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z'' CThe Christmas Announcement \ ' fig Marg Qrahau* Bonner (©, 1*14?,Western Nowapftper Union^) ; ‘ ‘ ALLACE TREADWAY,. or •\V al ly, aa hia friends s knew "lilm/sang the tenor , part in the moving -picture and vaudeville theater .quartette. • Magnificent songs they sang (Vprogram changed weekly") with beautiful • stage • set- '•>' tings as their- background. “By the Old Camp-Fire” thrilled ..hl8 listeners, and .V^ally,. sitting oyer —a-s to ge^iftre-cohslBtln g-o f=two~el ec trltr Tight bulbs: shining upon a strip of painted tokivlth a red streak of paint In the. curtain^, above him to Indicate the glow from tn® fire’s embers; ’.Wally in a khaki bar and suit and ^sllk hand kerchief aVoht his neck singing the song of haying, or making the tears come to the eyes of the audience 'when he sang “As 1 Sat Upon My Dear ' Oid Mother's Knee,” was about the -V'grandeBt’L man Blanche Draper,, the head usher,' had ever seen. ' -TruerWally had 7 never*Beeira_camp~ fire, nor hap be ever sat upon 'Mb- ^mother's knee, for he-had. spent his •^youth In an orphanage and he cooltT Jove the golden light .which was sent down from the green and; gold ceil ing upon the “new-mown hay” as- he stood pitchfork. In’hoiid, bven though he had never seen the real country .... *, They went out a great' deal to gether, yet as the time went on Wally ^eemed to gro\y quieter. Perhaps he wsb tired of her. - He had sent her " a Oh^atmas gift that afternoon of Christmas Eve, nnd yet with It" had como this note, shattering all her hap piness : "Blanche Dear: I know It-will seem awful to you reading of the engage* ment announced In this afternoon’s.pa- per, but If you'll only give me a chance I’ll explain so you won't think me such a cadi Give me the chance to put myself right At least ^for the sake of our friendship and the grand times we've had, don’t Judge me hastily. Not that I don’t want to be engaged—I do I But I want, to talk to you about everything soon I So I ‘cah explain. Perhaps after the show tonight?” _________ * So ,there was some one else, an Jthe engagement had been announced. That was why Wally had grown quiet er and quieter. He had been trying to break it to her. and she had thought at times he was shy. He-hadn't been so shy, after all I •*“ 7 She would not go to the theater to night. What did she care for ex- OUR HEART-RADIOS , ON CHRISTMAS EVE *• ' ' OD owns the biggest broad casting station In the uni verse, and what He sends forth to all corners of the world Is love. *Every humhn being has a radio—a heart-radio. • If we take-the-trouble-^o~“taire_IiJ*,’ we are In a fair way of becom ing good receiving stations. And .a good receiver may hear har monies that will vibrate throbgh his being like chords on a harp. At Christmas/time we should have heart-radlos In perfect con dition that we may vknow the jautyi^of—God’s—love, —whleh-§ manifests itself In' kindliness, friendliness, happiness and good cheer. '/‘.‘Tune In,” friends, and who knows but we may hear the .dngels caroling on/Christmas Eve!—Martha Banning Thomas. (@. 1914. Weatern Newepaper Union.) 2 HERE'S WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AUNT LIZZIE ANN’S CHRISTMAS LETTER OW, If Aunt Lizzie Ann bad .JlFy only written for Christmas, the ^r. family / agreed as they sat around the big fire that blnzed upon the ; open hearth/ everything would have been just perfect. Ai It w . things were awfully nice and everyone was having euch a good time, but Aunt Lizzie Ann’s Christmas letter —had—failed—to—come=the—first—miss since they all remembered—and Its absence cast a little cloud over them, try as they would to hide It. ^vAunt Lizzie Ann had always written the slfe had none to send since Uncle Ed died several years ago—^ut always ^here-had-been-tbat-wonderful letter, CHRISTMAS CARDS WILL BRING CHEER 0 HEY all adorned the mantel piece—the inuny Chrlstran8 cards. How gay they were. How much Ihey helped In the way of making the room cheery and decorated for, Chrlstmns. Each one did its part to add. f Yet many of those cards bad almost never come! .So many of the senders had said— “Oh, I don’t believe I'll send them a curd this Christmas. We never see them any more.” But then tliey added— 1111-1b ey-n re~f r 1 en d a n d _ 11 would be nice to send them a Christmas wish.” So all the cards had come. And not one of them was ln the way. Not one of them birt thut brought Its own cheer.^-Mnry Graham Bonner. (©. 1914. Wertern New»p*per Union.) ... . V-- .vrv-.rt-f HELP THE ENUMERATOR Co-operation of Farmers terially in Taking Agricultural •lERATORV;-* ’ > -------- ! ----- .. ’• ’’ •; • \ \ iV '%*&■ iial agricultural ceiiBUH. Lro- by the Federal Qovornmont.ij^fe^/ O, Christmas cBells! Ring, gaily ring. O. Chriatmoa Balia. AerotM thm milt a of anonr; Ring aoft and claar, (ha day ia harm That bring a uajoy for woa. Lai chitdran a/ng tha Wondroaa aong That angala aang ofyora ,ALJaaua*-6irthrof-Paacg-tsyf'EdrIh"^~~^~' Whan war ahoald ba no mora. Ring, auiaatly ring, O, Chriatmoa BalU Whitm morning atar ahinaa bright, Tha inn'i claar baama Ilka happy draam( Subdam thm ahadma of night. Thia day to ua waa born a King, Thm Savior of mankind, " P*acm and Good Will” Hia maaaagm afiO With loom all haarta ahall bind. . “I Got a Couple of Extra Copies of the Paper/ planatlons? Cora Brown, her room mate and assistant usher, would take charge. She heard Cora’s step now. “What 1 You in, Blanche?” * she asked. ---------------- ^ -------------------------- -—- "Yea,” came from Blanche a moment later.. “You're a queer one—thought you’d be out celebrating. Only you bright . have slipped me the news first. I got •a couple of extra copies of the paper.” . ".Let me see,”. Blanche said (sadly. .She had to see\lt sooner or later, and 'face the situation.- And then sudden- •ly her eyes lighted upon her own name. With a rush and an explana- . tion which seemed mad to Cora, she had * hastened from the room. She . could just catch Wally at the pastry shop where so. often they had eaten • their supper together. V And then—as she saw Wally at n table at the far end—it dawned on hor that Wally had never proposed to • her.* \ It was a mistake! And' that waB why he w»9 apologizing.; > He beckoned her to his table. “Dar ling,”'hb cald,' “It was not my fault. I didn’t brag > to Jennings, our pub licity man,-you know, of what I-had no. right. 1 only said I hoped it would be an engagement* and he just thought he’d stipk Itdn, for he believes wo are fcngnged. ,»* VOh, Blanche, can you forgive mei . And .can't’ you make—the nnnounce- •*mcot como true?” • v * ; j, “I—I'H make.it real.lf you urge.good isnd' hard,Wally," she said. That night before bT ig went to bed •he took* one 6f . the newspapers to luck undfir her pillow. •, /'Oh, Whnt a nierry Olirlsttiias you’ve given me,’*8ho whispered-to the paper. “You’re r blessed ChriBimaB announce ment, that’s what, j?6ii.are.* I cobid al- that breathed so deep the very spirit of Christmas that lt_hnd almost be^ come a part of the very time itself for | the Dermott family. And although none of the family had yet framed the TheWindowLookers thought that Aunt Lizzie Ann must be 111, or something dreadful must have | happened, It ;lay heavy upon them, all.’ So when George, announced ,that ho g-going -Uown'tcrthe telegraph ofilce to wire they alb a greed; that .it the! best thing to . go. . . ’; f A soft, powdery snow was falling as he opened the door to step without He had been gone only a short time when a shout from him brought them all to the doorway. And there, with the snowflakeB falling around her, was the dearest little old lady, laden with bundlesf which George" tTTed In vain to help her with. “It’s Aunt Lizzie Ann 1” they all cried In unison. And sure enough it was Aunt Lizzie Ann, coming this year herself-Instead of sending her usual letter, nnd she had the dearest and loveliest gifts .for them all. And when the excitement of her coming had died dowm and they all sat around the blazing logs again, Aunt Lizzie Ann explained how she had beeu able to come. Uncle Ed had taken out an endowment policy for her several years ago; It had now ma tured and she was free to do the things hhe had wanted to for so long. "You have been giving to me for so many years,” she said, “It makes me feel real good to be able to make some return nt last” not the family assured ln / ’ I going."to“buy heraeVf' orfe'of those'pro. slrfeerlty that It waa she who had many.C0,0I*d B„k 8Carf8, nmi given the most to them a w"y6- / gr4 gold-hend-hnnd.-9he-had«lwaya-wnnt- her wonderful Christmas letter had helped them more thdn they could 'ever tell her— Katherlrte Edelman. 1924. Western *New*pap<r Untoni) By Mary G ta ^arff Boimer fWH'fWfWWW'WW-H- (©, 1924, Weatern Newapaper Union.) GAINST, the window of a big *store waB a row of small faces. The children who owned these faces _were pressed close, close against It. They seemed to think that the closer they were to it the more they could see. They were very ragged, their boots were not all that respecta ble boots should be, their coats were not all that respectable and warm coats should be. \ But more than that, their eyes were not oil that the eyes ofj children at Christmas-time Bhould be. She noticed It at pntze. There was something hungry anout their eyes. Something there, too, which looked so strange and unnatural.- She had finished her Christmas shop ping. Every one on her list now had a present wrapped up and awaiting delivery. She had saved a little of her Christmas mohey, too, nnd she was self Acknowledging Our Presents -O-O- By"Ethel Gook Eliot -j CHRISTMAS GIVING AND ITS MEANING IVE me elx,” the woman said as she crowded her way rude-. ly up to the handkerchief counter. "One has to buy something, I suppose, and I guess handkerchiefs (©. 1924. Weatern Nevrnpaper Union.) 'E3, we nil know the Christ mas spirit It dominate* ua for weeks before Chrlst- and most of Chriat- take the least- thouglR- h TTO consI(T?ra tion.” '"AJiy^p'arnduTaF pattern?” the" clerk inquired. "No, Just so they cost no more than fifty cents each. What an awful bore Christinas Is, and what a burden it throws on us. I wonder sometimes what It's all for.” "It's k vpry q 1 m a —T/v ed- these, and they-were too elaborate to nsk her friends to give them to’ her for Christmas. She was going In thia store to purchase them when the chil dren attracted her attention. . She stood , by them, watching them, listen ing to them. They weren’t paying any attention to her,." r’ *; • “Snnty won’t come to ua this year, mamma says,” one child spoke. “Mam ma says he’s awful hard up this year, Just as folks get hard up.”. . : . “My papa says.that, too,” the second said. “1 didn’t know Sfinty ever was hard up,” said a third, “bu^ I guess he has bad times, too.” She would try out the wild scheme ItWas Christmas Eve There Was Great Joy ® HK deep hush of night had fallen over the land and up.above thou sands of’ stars . twinkled, /seem mgly shining a little brighter than on any other night; of the ;year.From every window candies. and lighted Christmas trees sent their .* shining rays out Into the darkness, • symbols of the “Light bf the World,”, who was to be bom again next morning. Everjr-1 which had Just come to her. tfhete the spirit of the ‘season made * “Children,”’she said, ‘am a niece Itself felt and/ men and ^ women 0* Mr. Santa Claus/and he told me you thrilled with tlio message of lqve and would be here-^ho looked Into your peace and . good * will. Everybody homes this hftemoon—Just peeped In- seemed to be working feverishly to I j don’t believe even yotir mothers saw make .happiness for, othere, most of him, but be heard where you had gone all; to, make tho little, ones happy, —and he asked mo to take you ln and .for was not He flint was .coming on buy you each a Christmna present from the fnorrow even as opo of them?. In him., ’ \ every heart 6ierc was. added tonder- •'»nc has had* a, b'usy time-and he ness and* love; In every homo there isn't as well off thlrf year as usual, but 'whs- cheer.ipid goodwill. For.it was be has something for each of .you,” Christmas Ipvc and the song ^of the y c^ it was all right. Nothing was too -angelfl to welcome HU ’comlDg^as-^L^ondcrful - ior children / to;!believe peatlng Itsblf In the: hearts of men | They ^ent In— and women everywhere.—Katherine Edelman. / :' . S I;.-*. oormrw I 1 -' i Amid/Christmas Fcaliylty '/, (©. 1®14| .W«*t*rn N«w*pap«r Unioo:).' Pauselnow, for a apace,/'//* -/.-/' In tho pildst of -y.pur. tnlrtfau •' Remember the.6hrl»t,/\ V .’^ And HI* coming to. ckxth; './■ H!s life?and III* work; , r.‘ They ^ent Ifi—all of them. '. *. • . And each had a present which they fondly clung .to’ and which drove thnt grange, htmgry look from their eyes. .^Thcy fient many thanks to i Santa Claus, - these grateful little* window-- lookers.’ Curious,; Blie 'thoiight. to. her self,* thnt she had ever- thought of spendldgvthat extra money on a scarf and head-bandl ‘V : * . mo«t hug you—you’.beautiful printed :* ' :’/vords i” -'£f\ / V/vAnd sho^smiled at the announcement ___ ______ _ tn , a most approving way I , ' tho purpo*« in . view, ' • I / —-——- '/;• >’ •"./ ' ,/ I <•;}; *** I*! Tho woidDad originated 'from tlio X v;; Hayo>ou/read Ad vs? / u (/. irlfih word f 6r -fattier/!/ Dald. • • . day. Then comes Chrlstiuus night—and to morrow! The glamor and expect ancy ha6 gone now. Christ mas ls Just exactly twelve monthB away—uround at the other end of the year. Never are we farther from Qbristmas than the morning after; for on no other duy in the year la It just twelve months off. Well, what Is one to do about it. There Is still ’the white wrapping pa per, the tissue, the red ribbons, the gold nnd silver cord. There are still the presenta of all the family; each member has gathered bis Into a corner for display. All this must be tidied up; the honse set to rights. And next, well next come all the thank-you letters, and the Christmas spirit is twelve months away from usl « /How many of us sit down with a smlle^s'well'ST jrwiirto acknowledge" our Chrlstmns presents. With most. I’m afraid It's only a will. Our Jaws are set. .We’ll get them nil done up promptly this year or perish In the attempt L At. least that was my way of old. But now I've found a new one, nnd It gives the day after Christmas almost the glow nnd glamor of Christmas. It Is very simple. As I undid the presents I listed them In .a little book. There’s no confusion In- my mind about who gave what That's the first stone out of the path. Then as I write each letter I think of the one to whom It la going, never of all tho/ other letters waiting. I pre tend I have dropped In for a little visit .oi) this friend or relative. And I. write Just the first words I would say had I Just.dropped In nt their doors to thank them for their presents. Then I end with a "Happy New Year,” nnd In at the next door I pop. When those letters are dono and stuck'up outside in n neat white*pllo behind tho. letter-holder of our letter box,* I Jiavo more than a sense of ac complishment and ensy conscience. Much morel I am refreshed. There’s a glow, at toy hent't—yes, a glow as warm as any that Christmas gives. I hhyo Just looked Into the eyes of many distant friends. Human Brotherhood C HRISTMAS .Is. the moat hu- . man and kindly of seasons, as fully penetrated with the feel ing of human brotherhood as tbo month • of June with 'sunshine find the breath of roses.—George . AY. Curtis, i * Tbo special ing taken by ------------ ie woll under way, aud already ii) thlu;/ distriot many farms liave been. -yaaseiLami-the- information -reqiilye by the'census offiolalR forwarded'-to the supervisors at . Geneva. Tho. enumerators for the towns of PeriuX ton, Penfield, Pittsford and Webstd'r>/v*^(v§ are Brunor G. Bown, Melville Millqr../ and Johu It. Smith. They report that many of tho farmers visited have • * - operated ln a most enoouraglng way-irf/di’g iu Hopplying the information oalled:;/;^?!^1 for in the sohedule and that .this operation has greatly expedited tho/'OwAjI work. In oases where the sample/ schedole sont out somo tlmobgd by -v.V/V^ the Government liud been filled out iu - advanoe rapid progress waB made, the enomorntton, ond It is hoped tli fit other farmers in tliis oomrannlty will '//(X® find timo to help tho enumerator do a ‘ satisfactory job. v ii —It-iH-pomted out-by OODSUB—ofllolalo •’% that fche^nnmeratora are allowed suoh ; a small lluouoial remuneration .for •••*•: •. v 1 their work that ouly by oovoring a ' wide] territory and vieiting .a large number of farms oan they make enough to repay them for the .time and’work Jinvolved; therefore, every assistance that oan be given the enumerator is u decided boost to .tlie efficiency of the census enumeration. ’ pjumftTYJdhjeoL-of-^hia-spsoial. argionUural census is to aid thn Gov ernment at Washington in arriving at some worth while solution of the dif ficulties confronting the farmers of fche United States. Before any ef fective stepB onu be taken in thia di rection, however, the farmers mnat help to the extent ot giving certain information, without whioh' oii> Fed eral legislation would be like a shot lu tlie dark, say '.the census authori ties. By oo-operating with tho enumerator and expediting his work the farmer Ib helping jest that muoh toward earlier and more permanent relief of the farming si_tqatiPlL„it_iB- V : tes&l - & m -m v/'.Sr •m m ’ -J-ri?: cfbolared. ^ ..AIL enouiaratora are under..cafclxnot_ r.; to reveal nny ^information they gaiir in tho coorso of their work, and_the Federal Government has pledged its word that soon information shall not \ bo ovailoblo for any purpose other' than the census. * * ** i*‘I- •/ :W m •V ■:e me,” the girl answered. There Is too much that Is conven tional and artificial, perhaps, In onr Christmas giving. We burden our selves with obligation^ which we should never "assume. We give too often because we feel tliat we should do so, because we wonder what people will say if we do not, because we hope to receive something In return. We keep up the practice because we have not the courage or the diplomacy to break It. and we put little thought or personality Into It. “Please do not send me anything nt Chrlstmns time,” a friend wrote me, “for by so doing you would embarrass me and put me under obligations which I can 111 afford to meet.” It was a sensible letter which few would have had the courage to write. It Is not whnt we give that really counts, but the spirit In which the giving is done! The friendly, personal letter, the trifle which we have our selves made, even the card which we pick up nt the book store, often brings more Joy than the costliest- present* chosen without love or thought Chrlstmns Is a time of kindly thoughts, of forgiveness, of charity, nnd of good will to all men. There Is no other day on the calendar on which It would be so dreary to be away from home as Christmas day. The Rplrlt of ChrlBlmas Is the spirit of self-sacrifice and of love. The Wise Men bringing gifts to the Christ child came a long way over a rough and wonry road full of danger’s and full of discomforts; but the gifts they brought were gifts of sacrifice and unselfishness nnd of love, and the Impulse to bring them came from the heart. They arc the wise men today who enn give thankfully, gratefully, lovingly, with Joy in their hearts and without thought of .wlmt'they are to receive.—Thomas A. Clark, Dean of Mon, University of Illinois. (®. 1914, Weitcm New*pap»r Cwwk) TOTAL OF $4,650 RAISED - THUS FAR IN SALE OF SEALS / I - M Myst_Have S7.600 if ..Full.. Rrogram_fSi_. Carried Out During the Coming Year ■m M. . Bug—What kind of r Christmas do you expect'to have,. Mr. Snail? •/ ' Snail—Very slow 1 . » •' **> :l! H /';?i 1 •1 -vs. J +.S.* •># -M Evory mall briugs increasing returns, so that the (Jbristmas-Seal sale of tbo Oounty Health committee has reached a total of $4,flo0. The goal is $7,600, ond it ia hoped that this amount wj)l bo realized before OhriHtmaB day. To date retarnB bave been received from 0,600 persons out of the 11,000 persons living outside of Roohester, to whom Bppaals were addressed. It is expeoted that thoso who have not yet made thoir returns for seals will do so soon. Person^ living outside of Roch ester who dosire additional seals should commnnicote witlrthe olHcerof~tliG as- aociatiou by calling Stone 860. In ordor that organizations in the county outside of Rochester may have the opportnnlty to oontributo to the work of the Oonut> Health Commit tee, an appeal has been made by the committee to approximately 100 or ganizations meeting in tbo county. The appeal calls attontion to tho fact that tho committeo aotB as Health Agent for a number of organizations In tho promotion of good health and need'tho co-operation of all units of fche'Fnrm and Homo Bureau, tho Par- ont-TcnohorB' Assooiation, ohuroh so cieties and othora. Last yoar 15,791) • porsonB were reached through the health nduatlon program. Tlio piogrnm for 1925 lnolndoB tho enlargement of tho present scopo of activities to iucludo tho scouring ot hoaith examinations fox a still ‘larger nutnbor of pro-sohool dhlldron, for thoso nbonfc.to leave sohool nnd enter . industry, and for adults, to. assist thb*. sohoolii still more in teaoliing health ' habltfl; to promoto hoaltli and pre-— ^ vont disenfiO by four luBtoad of threo^ nutrltior^olaBsos and by moanB of ti ^ moro intonalve program oj hontlb - .1 education. Tlie full program oan bb/ . carried on only If the goal of t?,600 la. V fcalir.od. • — ----------- ---------------- =— ___ . 4 }:;. 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z''CThe Christmas Announcement \ '

fig Marg Qrahau* Bonner(© , 1*14?,W este rn Nowapftper Union^) ;

‘ ‘ ALLACE TREADWAY,. or •\V al ly, aa hia f riends s knew

" l i l m / s a n g the tenor , p a r t in the moving -p ic ture and vaudeville th ea te r .quartette.

• Magnificent songs they sang (Vprogram changed weekly") with beautiful • s tage • set-

'•>' t ings as th e i r - background.“By the Old Camp-Fire” thrilled

. .hl8 l isteners, and .V^ally,. s i t t ing oyer —a - s to ge^iftre-cohslBtln g-o f=two~el ec t r l t r Tight b u lb s : shining upon a st rip of painted tok iv l th a red s t reak of pa in t In the. curta in^, above him to Indicate th e glow from tn® fire’s e m b e r s ; ’.Wally in a khaki b a r and su it and ̂ sllk h a n d ­kerchief aVoht his neck singing the song of haying, or making the tea rs come to the eyes of the audience

'when he sang “As 1 Sat Upon My D ear ' Oid Mother 's Knee,” was about the -V'grandeBt’L m an Blanche D r a p e r , , the

head usher,' had ever seen. ' •- T r u e r W a l l y h a d 7never*Beeira_ camp~

fire, nor hap be ever sa t upon 'Mb- ^mother's knee, fo r h e - h a d . spen t his •^youth In an orphanage and he cooltT

Jove the golden light .which was sen t down from the green and ; gold ceil­ing upon the “new-mown hay” as - he stood pitchfork. I n ’hoiid, bven though h e had never seen the rea l c o u n t ry . ...*, They w en t out a g reat ' deal to­gether, yet as the t ime went on Wally ^eemed to gro\y quieter. Perhaps he wsb ti red of her. - H e had sen t her

" a O h^a tm as gift tha t afternoon of Chris tmas Eve, nnd yet with It" had como this note, shatter ing all her h a p ­piness :

"Blanche D e a r : I know It-will seem awful to you reading of the engage* ment announced In this af ternoon’s.pa- per, but If you'll only give me a chanceI ’ll explain so you won't th ink me such a cadi Give me the chance to pu t m y se l f r i g h t At least ^for the sake of our friendship and the grand times we 've had, don’t Judge me hasti ly. Not th a t I don’t w an t to be engaged—I do I But I w a n t , to talk to you about everything soon I So I ‘cah explain. P e rh a p s a f t e r the showtonight?” _________* So ,there was some one else, an

J th e engagement had been announced. T h a t was why Wal ly had grown quiet­e r and quieter. H e had been trying to break it to her. and she had thought a t t imes he was shy. H e-hadn ' t been so shy, a f t e r all I •*“7 She would not go to the th ea te r to ­night. W h a t did she care for ex-

O U R H E A R T - R A D I O S ,O N C H R I S T M A S E V E*• ' ' ‘OD owns the biggest broad­

cas ting stat ion In th e uni­verse, and what He sends

for th to all corners of the world Is love. * Every humhn being has a radio— a heart-radio. • If we t a k e - t h e - t r o u b le - ^ o ~ “ taire_ IiJ*,’ we a re In a fa i r way of becom­ing good receiving stations. And

.a good receiver may hear ha r ­monies tha t will vibrate throbgh his being like chords on a harp.At C hr i s tm a s / t im e we should have heart-radlos In perfect con­dition th a t we may vknow the

jautyi^of—God’s —love, —whleh-§ manifests itself In' kindliness, friendliness, happiness and good cheer.' / ‘.‘Tune In,” friends, and who knows but we may h ea r the

.dngels caroling o n / C h r i s t m a s Eve!—Martha Banning Thomas. (@ . 191 4 . W e a te r n N e w e p a p e r U n io n .)

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HERE'S WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS

A U N T L IZ Z IE A N N ’S C H R IS T M A S L E T T E R

OW, If Aunt Lizzie Ann bad . J l F y only writ ten for Christmas, the ^ r . family / agreed as they sa t a round the big fire tha t blnzed upon the ; open h e a r t h / everything would have been ju s t perfect. Ai It w

. things were awfully nice and everyone was having euch a good time, but A u n t Lizzie Ann’s Christmas le tter

—h a d —failed—to—c o m e = th e —first—miss since they all remembered—and Its absence cast a little cloud over them, t ry as they would to hide It.^vAunt Lizzie Ann had always wri t ten theslfe had none to send since Uncle Ed died several years ago—̂ u t always

^ h e re -had -been - tba t -w onde r fu l letter,

C H R ISTM A S C ARD S W ILL BRIN G CHEER

0 HEY all adorned the mantel­piece— the inuny Chrlstran8 cards. How gay they were.

How much Ihey helped In the way of making the room cheery and decorated for, Chrlstmns. Each one did its par t to add. f

Yet many of those cards bad almost never come!

.So many of the senders had said—

“Oh, I don’t believe I'll send them a curd this Christmas. We never see them any more.”

But then tliey added—1111-1 b ey-n re~f r 1 en d a n d _ 11

would be nice to send them a Christmas wish.”

So all the cards had come. And not one of them was ln the way. Not one of them birt thut brought Its own cheer.^-Mnry Graham Bonner.(©. 1914. W ertern New »p*per Union.)

... . V-- .vrv-.rt-fHELP THE ENUMERATORCo-operation o f F a rm ers

terially in Taking Agricultural

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O , C h r i s t m a s cB e l l s !

R in g , g a ily ring . O. Chriatmoa Balia. AerotM thm m ilt a o f anonr;R in g ao ft a n d claar, (ha d a y ia harm T h a t bring a u a jo y fo r woa.L a i chitdran a/ng th a Wondroaa aong

T h a t angala aang o fy o ra,ALJaaua*-6irthrof-Paacg-tsyf'EdrIh"^~~^~' W han w a r ahoald ba no mora.R in g , auiaatly ring , O, Chriatm oa BalU

Whitm m o rn in g a tar ahinaa brigh t,Tha i n n ' i c la ar baama Ilka ha pp y draam( Subdam thm ahadma o f n ig h t.

Thia d a y to ua waa born a K ing ,Thm S a v io r o f m a n k in d ,

" P*acm a n d G ood W ill” Hia maaaagm afiO W ith loom a l l haarta ahall bind.

. “ I Got a Couple of Ex t ra Copies of the P a p e r /

planatlons? Cora Brown, he r room­m ate and ass is tant usher, would take charge.

She heard Cora’s step now.“ W ha t 1 You in, B lanche?” * she

asked.----------------^ ---------------------------—-"Yea,” came from Blanche a moment

later..“You're a queer one— thought you’d

be out celebrating. Only you bright . have slipped me the news first. I got •a couple of extra copies of the paper.” . ".Let me see,”. Blanche said ( sadly. . S h e had to see \ l t sooner or la ter , and 'face the s i tua t ion . - And then sudden- •ly her eyes lighted upon her own name. With a rush and an explana-

. tion which seemed mad to Cora, she had * hastened from the room. She

. could ju s t catch Wal ly a t the pas try shop where so. often they had eaten

• the i r supper together.V And then—as she saw Wally a t n table at the f a r end—it dawned on hor tha t Wally had never proposed to

• her.* \ I t was a m is take! And' th a t waB why he w»9 apologizing.;> He beckoned h e r to his table. “D ar ­ling,” ' h b cald,' “It was not my fault . I didn’t b rag > to Jennings, our pub­licity man,-you know, of wha t I -h a d no. right. 1 only said I hoped it would be an engagement* and he ju s t thought he’d stipk Itdn, fo r he believes wo are fcngnged.,»* VOh, Blanche, can you forgive m e i

. And .can ' t ’ you m ake—the nnnounce- •*mcot como true?” • v * •; j , “I—I'H m ake . i t rea l . l f you u r ge.good

isnd' h a r d , W a l ly , " she said.T h a t night before bTig went to bed

•h e took* one 6f . the newspapers to luck undfir he r pillow.•, / 'O h , Whnt a nierry Olirlsttiias you’ve given me,’*8ho whispered-to the paper. “You’re r blessed ChriBimaB announce­ment, th a t ’s what, j?6ii.are.* I cobid al-

th a t breathed so deep the very spirit of Chris tmas th a t l t_hnd almost be^ come a p a r t of the very t ime itself for | th e Dermott family. And although none of the family had ye t f ramed the

T h e W in d o w L o o k e r sthought th a t Aunt Lizzie Ann must be 111, or something dreadful must have | happened, It ;lay heavy upon them, all.’So when George, announced , that ho

g-going -Uown'tcrthe telegraph ofilce to wire they alb a greed; t h a t . i t t h e !best th ing to . go. . . ’; f ”

A soft , powdery snow was falling as he opened the door to step w i th o u t H e had been gone only a short t ime when a shout from him brought them all to the doorway. And there, with the snowflakeB falling around her, was the deares t l i tt le old lady, laden with bundles f which George" tTTed In vain to help he r with.

“I t ’s Aunt Lizzie Ann 1” they all cried In unison. And sure enough it was Aunt Lizzie Ann, coming this year he rse l f - Ins tead of sending her usual letter, nnd she had the dearest and loveliest gifts .for them all.

And when the excitement of her coming had died dowm and they all s a t around the blazing logs again, Aunt Lizzie Ann explained how she had beeu able to come. Uncle Ed had taken out an endowment policy for her several years ago; It had now ma­tured and she was free to do the things hhe had wanted to for so long."You have been giving to me for so many years,” she said, “It makes me feel real good to be able to make some return nt l a s t ”

n o t the family assured ln / ’ I going."to“buy heraeVf' orfe'of those 'pro. slrfeerlty tha t It waa she who had many.C0,0I* d B„ k 8Carf8, nmigiven the most t o them a w "y6-/ gr 4 gold-hend-hnnd . - 9 h e - h a d « lw aya-wnnt- her wonderful Christmas le t ter had helped them more thdn they could

' e v e r tell h e r — Katherlrte Edelman.1924. Western *New*pap<r Untoni)

B y M a r y G t a ^ a r f f B o i m e rf W H ' f W f W W W ' W W - H -(©, 1924, Weatern Newapaper Union.)

GAINST, the window of a big * store waB a row of small faces. The children whoowned these faces _werepressed close, close against It. They seemed to think th a t th e closer they were to it the more they could see.

They were very ragged, their boots were not all th a t respecta­ble boots should be, their coats were not all th a t respectable and warm coats should be. \

But more than that , their eyes were not oil th a t the eyes ofj children at Christmas-time Bhould be.

She noticed It a t pntze. T he re was something hungry anout their eyes. Something there, too, which looked so st range and unna tu ra l . -

She had finished her Chris tmas shop­ping. Every one on he r list now had a present wrapped up and awaiting delivery. She had saved a li ttle of her Chr is tmas mohey, too, nnd she was

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A c k n o w l e d g i n g

O u r P r e s e n t s- O - O -

By"Ethel Gook Eliot- j

C H R IS T M A S G IVINGA N D IT S M EAN IN G

IVE me elx,” the woman said as she crowded her way rude- . ly up to the handkerchief

counter. "One has to buy something, I suppose, and I guess handkerchiefs

(© . 1924. W e a te r n N e v r n p a p e r U n io n .)'E3, we nil know the Christ­

mas s p i r i t I t dominate* ua for weeks before Chrlst-

and most of Chriat-

take the least- thouglR- hTTO consI(T?ra tion.”

'"AJiy^p'arnduTaF pa t tern?” the" clerk inquired.

"No, Just so they cost no more than fifty cents each. What a n awful bore Christinas Is, and what a burden it throws on us. I wonder sometimes what It's all for.”

"It 's k v p r y q 1 m a — T / v

ed- these, and they-were too elaborate to nsk her friends to give them to’ her for Christmas. She was going In thia store to purchase them when the chil­d ren a t t rac ted her at tention. . She stood , by them, watching them, l isten­ing to them. They weren’t paying any a t tention to h e r , . " r’ *; •

“Snnty won’t come to ua this year, mamma says,” one child spoke. “Mam­ma says he’s awful ha rd up this year, Just as folks ge t hard up.”. . : .

“My papa says . that, too,” the second said.

“1 didn’t know Sfinty ever was hard up,” said a third, “bu^ I guess he has bad times, too.”

She would try out the wild scheme

I t W a s Christmas Eve—’ There W as Great Joy

® HK deep hush of night had fallen over the land and up .above thou­

s a n d s o f ’ s tars . twinkled, / seem mgly shining a l i t t l e br ighter th an on any other night; of the ;y e a r . F r o m every w in dow c a n d i e s . and lighted Chr is tmas trees sent their .* shining rays out Into the darkness, • symbolsof the “Light bf the World,” , who wasto be bom again next morning. Everjr-1 which had Just come to her. t fhe te the sp ir i t of the ‘season made * “Children,” ’she said, ‘am a niece Itself fel t a n d / men and ^ women 0* Mr. S an ta C laus /and he told me you thrilled with tlio message of lqve and would be here-^ho looked Into your peace and . good * will. Everybody homes th is hf temoon—Just peeped I n - seemed to be working fever ishly to I j don’t believe even yotir mothers saw make .happiness for, othere, most of him, bu t b e heard where you had gone all; to, make tho li ttle, ones happy, —and he asked mo to take you ln and

.for was not H e flint was .coming on buy you each a Chris tmna presen t from the fnorrow even as opo of th em ? . In him., ’ ‘ \every hea r t 6ierc was. added tonder- • '» n c has had* a , b'usy t im e -a n d he ness and* love; In every homo there isn' t as well off thlrf yea r as usual, but 'whs- cheer . ip id goodwill. F o r . i t was b e has something fo r each of .you,” Chris tmas Ipvc and the song ̂of th e y c^ i t was all right. Nothing was too

-angelfl to welcome H U ’c o m l D g ^ a s - ^ L ^ o n d c r f u l - i o r children / t o ; !believe peat lng Itsblf In the : hear ts of men | They ^ e n t In— and women everywhere.—Katherine Edelman. / :' . S I;.-*.

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'/, (©. 1®14| .W«*t*rn N«w*pap«r Unioo:).'Pause lnow, for a a p a c e , / ' / / * - / . - / ' In tho pildst of -y.pur. tnlrtfau •' Remember t h e . 6 h r l » t , / \V .’^ And HI* coming to. ckxth; './■ H!s l ife?and III* work;

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They ^ e n t Ifi—all of them. '. *. •. And each had a p r e s e n t which they

fondly clung .to’ and which drove thnt g r a n g e , htmgry look from the i r eyes. .^Thcy fient many thanks to i Santa Claus, - these gra teful little* window-- lookers.’ Curious,; Blie ' thoiight. to. her ­self,* thn t sh e had ever- thought of spendldgvthat extra money on a scarf and head-band l‘V

: *. mo«t hug you—y o u ’.beautifu l p rin ted:*' :’/vords i” - '£ f\/ V /v A n d sho^smiled a t the announcem ent ___ _______tn , a m ost approving w ay I , ' tho purpo*« in . view, ' • I / — - — — -' / ; • >’ •" ./ ' , / I <•;}; * * * I*! T ho w o i d D a d orig ina ted 'f ro m tlioX v ;; H a y o > o u /r e a d Ad vs? / u ( / . irlfih w o rd f 6 r - f a t t i e r / !/ D a ld . • • .

day. T h e n c o m e s Chrlstiuus night— and to­morrow!

The glamor and expect­ancy ha6 gone now. Christ­

mas ls Just exactly twelve monthB away—uround at the other end of the year. Never are we far ther from Qbris tmas than the morning a f t e r ; for on no other duy in the year la It j u s t twelve months off.

Well, what Is one to do about it. There Is still ’the white wrapping pa­per, the tissue, the red ribbons, the gold nnd silver cord. There are still the presenta of all the family; each member has gathered bis Into a corner for display. All this must be tidied up ; the honse set to rights.

And next, well next come all the thank-you letters, and the Christmas spiri t is twelve months away from us l «/ H o w many of us sit down with a sm l l e ^ s 'w e l l 'S T j r w i i r t o acknowledge" our Chrlstmns presents. With most. I’m afra id It's only a will. Our Jaws a re set. .We’ll get them nil done up promptly this year or perish In the a t tempt L

At. least that was my way of old. But now I 've found a new one, nnd It gives the day af ter Christmas almost the glow nnd glamor of Christmas. It Is very simple.

As I undid the presents I listed them In .a l i t t le book. T here ’s no confusion In- my mind about who gave w h a t T h a t ' s the first stone out of the path. Then as I write each le t ter I think of the one to whom It la going, never of all tho/ other le tters waiting. I pre­tend I have dropped In for a little visit .oi) this friend or relative. And I. write Just the first words I would say had I Just .d ropped In nt their doors to thank them for their presents. Then I end with a "Happy New Year,” nnd In a t the next door I pop.

When those le tters a re dono and s t u c k 'u p outside in n neat white*pllo behind tho. letter-holder of our le tter box,* I Jiavo more than a sense of a c ­complishment and ensy conscience. Much m ore l I am refreshed. There’s a glow, a t toy hent't—yes, a glow as warm as any tha t Christmas gives. I hhyo Just looked Into the eyes of many dis tant friends.

Hum an BrotherhoodC HRISTMAS .Is. the moat hu-

. m an and kindly of seasons, as fully penetrated with the feel­ing of human brotherhood as tbo m onth • of June with 'sunshine find th e b reath of roses.—George .

AY. Curtis, i *

Tbo specialing taken by ------------ —ie woll under way, aud a l ready ii) th lu ; / d i s t r io t m any farm s liave been. -yaase iLami- the- in fo rm at ion -reqiilye by t h e ' c e n s u s offiolalR f o r w a r d e d ' - t o the supervisors a t . Geneva. T h o . enum era to rs for the towns of P e r iu X ton, Penfield, P i t t s fo rd and Webstd'r>/v*^(v§ a re B ru n o r G. Bown, Melv i l le M i l l q r . . / and J o h u It. S m i th . T hey repor t t h a t many of tho farmers vis ited have • * -operated ln a most enoouraglng w a y - i r f / d i ’g iu Hopplying the in form at ion o a l l e d : ; / ; ^ ? ! ^ 1 for in the sohedule and t h a t . this opera t ion has g rea t ly expedi ted t h o / 'O w A j I work. In oases w he re th e s a m p l e / schedole sont o u t somo t l m o b g d by -v .V/V^ th e Governm en t liud been filled o u t i u - advanoe rapid progress waB made, the enomorntton, ond It is hoped tl i f it o the r fa rmers in tliis oom rannl ty w i l l ' / / ( X ® find t imo to help tho e n u m e ra to r do a ‘ sa ti sfactory job. v i i— It-iH-pomted ou t -by OODSUB—ofllolalo •’%th a t fche^nnmeratora a re a l lowed su oh ; a small lluouoial r em u n e ra t io n . f o r• • • • * • : •. v 1t h e i r work th a t ouly by oovoring a ' wide] te r r i to ry and viei t ing .a l a r g e n um ber of farms oan they m a k e enough to repay them for the . t i m e a n d ’work Jinvolved; therefore , every assistance th a t oan be g iven t h e e num era to r is u decided boost to . t l ie efficiency of the census e n u m e ra t io n . ’

pjumftTYJdhjeoL-of-^hia-spsoial.a rg ionU ura l census is to aid thn G ov­e rn m e n t a t Washington in a r r iv ing a t some w or th whi le so lu t ion of t h e d i f ­ficulties confront ing th e fa rm ers of fche U n i ted Sta tes. Before a n y ef­fective stepB onu be taken in th ia d i ­rection, however, the farm ers m n a t help to the ex ten t ot g iv ing c e r t a in in format ion , w i t h o u t w h i o h ' oii> F e d ­eral legislation would be l ike a sh o t lu t lie dark , say '.the census a u t h o r i ­ties. By oo-operating w i th th o e num era to r and expedit ing his w o rk the f a rm e r Ib he lp ing j e s t t h a t m uoh tow ard ear l ie r and m ore p e r m a n e n t r e l ie f of the f a rm in g s i_tqatiPlL„it_iB-

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cfbolared. • ^. .A IL enouiara to ra a re under. .cafclxnot_ r.; to reveal nny ^information th e y ga i i r in tho coorso of t h e i r work, a n d _ t h e F e d e r a l G ove rnm en t has pledged it s word t h a t soon in fo rm at ion sha l l n o t \ bo ovailoblo for any purpose o t h e r ' t h a n th e census. * * **

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me,” the girl answered.There Is too much that Is conven­

tional and artificial, perhaps, In onr Christmas giving. We burden our­selves with obl igation^ which we should never "assume. We give too often because we feel tl iat we should do so, because we wonder what people will say if we do not, because we hope to receive something In return. We keep up the practice because we have not the courage or the diplomacy to break It. and we put little thought or personality Into It.

“Please do not send me anything nt Chrlstmns time,” a friend wrote me, “ for by so doing you would embarrass me and put me under obligations which I can 111 afford to meet.” I t was a sensible le tter which few would have had the courage to write.

I t Is not whnt we give tha t really counts, but the spirit In which the giving is done! The friendly, personal letter, the trifle which we have our­selves made, even the card which we pick up nt the book store, often brings more Joy than the costliest- present* chosen without love or th ough t Chrlstmns Is a t ime of kindly thoughts, of forgiveness, of charity, nnd of good will to all men. There Is no other day on the calendar on which It would be so dreary to be away from home as Christmas day. The Rplrlt of ChrlBlmas Is the spirit of self-sacrifice and of love.

The Wise Men bringing gifts to the Christ child came a long way over a rough and wonry road full of danger’s and full of discomforts; bu t the gifts they brought were gifts of sacrifice and unselfishness nnd of love, and the Impulse to bring them came from the heart . They arc the wise men today who enn give thankfully, gratefully, lovingly, with Joy in their hear ts and without thought of .w lm t ' they are to receive.—Thomas A. Clark, Dean of Mon, University of Illinois.

(® . 1914, W e i tc m N e w * p a p » r C w w k )

TOTAL OF $4,650 RAISED - THUS FAR IN SALE OF SEALS

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Evory mal l br iugs increasing re tu rn s , so t h a t th e (Jbris tmas-Seal sa le of tb o Oounty H e a l th commit tee has reached a to ta l of $4,flo0. T h e goal is $7,600, ond it ia hoped t h a t th is a m o u n t w j) l bo rea lized before OhriHtmaB day .To da te retarnB bave been received from 0,600 persons o u t of t h e 11,000 persons l iv ing outs ide of Roohester , t o whom Bppaals were addressed. I t i s expeoted th a t thoso who have n o t y e t made thoir re tu rns for seals wil l do so soon. Person^ l iving outside of R o c h ­ester who dosire add i t iona l seals shou ld commnnicote w i t l r t h e olHcerof~tliG a s - aociat iou by cal l ing Stone 860.

In ordor th a t o rganiza t ions in th e county outside of R oches te r may h a v e the oppor tnn l ty to oon t r ibu to to t h e work of the Oonut> H e a l th C o m m i t ­tee, an appeal has been m ade by t h e com m it tee to approximate ly 100 o r ­gan iza t ions meet ing in tbo county .T he appeal cal ls a t to n t io n to tho f ac t t h a t tho commit teo aotB as H e a l t h Agent for a num ber of o rgan iza t ions In tho promotion of good h e a l th and need ' tho co-opera tion of all un i ts o f fche'Fnrm and Homo B ureau , tho P a r - ont-TcnohorB' Assooiation, ohuroh so ­cie ties and othora. Last yoar 15,791) • porsonB were reached th rough t h e h e a l th nduat lon program.

Tlio p iogrnm for 1925 lnolndoB tho e n la rg em e n t of tho present scopo of a c t iv i t ie s to iucludo tho scour ing o t hoa i th exam inat ions fox a s t i l l ‘l a r g e r nutnbor of pro-sohool dhl ldron, fo r thoso nbonfc.to leave sohool nnd e n t e r . industry , and for adults, to . assist thb*. sohoolii st i l l more in teaoliing h e a l t h ' habltfl ; to promoto hoalt l i and p re -— ^ vont disenfiO by four luBtoad of th reo^ nutrl t ior^olaBsos and by moanB of ti ̂moro intonalve p rogram oj h o n t lb - . 1 educat ion. Tlie fu l l program oan bb/ . car r ied on only If t h e goal of t?,600 la. V fcalir.od.• — ----------- ----------------=— ___ .4 }:;.

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