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TIE CARROLL FREE PRESS, OARR OI.LTON, CARROLL COUNTY, GA.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1923
Fine Way to Keep a
Face Looking Happy
RS. LARKIN is n little old lady
who lives in a red house Just
over the hill. The children
troop by her door-yard every
day on (heir way to school.
They always look up at her windows,
for Mrs. Larkin is sure to be at one
of. them, nodding and smiling in Ue
pleasantest fashion.
^Irs. Larkin has cookies In Jnrs and
Larkin can knit red mittens
faster than anybody else In town. Both
rookies and mittens find their way to
tk* mouths. and hands of half the
Children In the village.
■At Christmas time, the little old
lady Is busier thun ever. But the
nicest thing about her Is the expres
sion on her face. To say It shines,
does not half deserfbe the brightness
of it. One day Tilly Tinker said to
her:
"What makes your face like a
candle, Mrs. Larkin?”
“Bless you, Tilly!” lnughed the lit
tle old lady, “What do you mean?”
Tilly had difficulty In explaining, but
the Anally succeeded In inuklng Mrs.
Larkin understand what she meant by
jCompnrlng her fnce to a candle.
‘Til tell you a secret,” said the lit
tle old lady In n whisper: "At Christ
mas time I always pretend I'm look
ing at a Christmas tree! A tree with
a thousand candles, everyone lighted!
So perhaps some of them are reflected
ny fnce. It's a fine way fo keep
ace looking happy, .lust try It
itrself!"
Perhaps Mrs. Larkin found the host
recipe for happiness—she Ailed her
hands with good works and her mind
with the brightness of lighted candles.
•—Martha B. Thomas.
(©, 1!)23. Western Newspaper Union.)
Christmas, the Snow
and the Sleigh Ride
O T AVAS Christmas night. The
moon was shining and the
snow sparkled like diamonds
more rare und wonderful than
are ever seen In a jewelry shop.
The bells jingled, the frosty ulr
seemed to say In its cool, cheery way:
“I’m hfcre. I brush against your
faces so you can feel me and my cold,
bracing ways.”
And the sleigh went merrily along.
Inside the sleigh were a man und a
girl. And they were saying things
which may not sound new to you.
' “There Is nothing In the world like
lo f va,” was one of the things they
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l » ( { -)."And to be In love, and sleigh-rid
ing on Christmas night after a perfect
. Christmas day—there is nothing In the
world like It.”
;.U*.But It was as beautiful to them ns
,though no one else had ever said these
things. For beauty Is not dependent
• nove,t - v - 11 depenijkya^j syig,e-,
* '"thing far deeper and truer.
Thore Is nothing now about love.
” There is nothing new about Christ-
'„ jByt tjiat doesn't make either of
ihprn any less wonderful!—Mary Gni-
Mra Bonner.
(©, lBI'S, Wofitcrn Newnpaper IJnton.)
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1 he Spirit
of Christmas
++ By Robert Stead
Widow Stately
Recognizes the
.Voice of Freddie
Freedman,
Mischief Maker
XV*I1E Widow
SkP S tately’■
Friend Wife
Satisfied There
home l.iy In
•jjr 1 a nook In the
f 9 othills
where the sun In
mornings came
up from the east.
At noon he poured
is No Party of down gently among
the Third Part the evergreens that
clothed the hill
sides of her little farm, anti In the eve
nings, before time for sunset on the
plains below, ho faded out In yellow
splendor over stark white peaks that
guarded the widow’s valley from the
The Widow Stately had been a
widow even when she came Into that
little nook In the foothills with her
son Frank, o winsome lad of fourteen
or thereabouts. Hero they had “dug
In” with their little herd of heifers,
and Frank had plowed the valley fleld
for oats and potatoes, and, wltl) the
help of a carpenter, they hnd built the
house of spruce logs where a mountain
stream gurgled lullabies in the still
nights.
At the end of the six years they
were on their feet. The holds had ex
tended: the herd had grown; the cream
cans went down to town three times
a week; there was new furniture In
the log house and n lilt of song again
In the widdw’s heart. Rut one new
pang was hers; mother love could not
quite stille the pang when her hand
some Frank rodo out with the yellow-
haired Allison girl from south of the
ridge.
At tho end of that snmc six years
came the war. And now the Widow
Stately is doubly a widow, and the
Allison girl Is Old before her time.
Down the valley n mile or more live
tho Freedmans. And Freddie Freed
man, nt fourteen, unhappily runs to
mischief, ns the sparks fly upward.
Was It not Freddie who left the Stately
gates open at Halloween? Was It not
Freddie who unbolted the reach In the
ifcidoWs wagon? Who but Freddie
transposed the front and rear wheels
of her buckboard? Who but Freddie
iBhot the wild ducka which she was
.taming, and drank cream In her dairy
when she had gone to town?
I And tonight as a blanket of Christ
mas snow carpets the foothills and the
[Talley^ the wj(\p\v returns from towi}
with her melancholy parcels for Cljrtt|t-
djjjm, {jbeeiy : Xojilght the Are will bpra';.
on ner hearth, and strange vlBlons! jrill’
wax )an0 tn. the glow of emtjers;i
visions'of the'First Frank and the
«yjt‘J’paaJ<, ajnJ. f nightmare of hptri
FURNITURE THE SENSIBLE GIFT
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Beat Beauty P&rlor
a for Christinas Time
^ E BUY wreathes for the window,
tinsel for the Christmas tree,
holly for pnekages and flowers
for the tuble, hut what about
; ■ j giving some attention to our
faced?- •
Have you ever thought about that?
Dress your face up In a smile,
Wear it late and early,
It puts tlio sunshine in your eyeB,
■And make* your hair look curly!
There is an undeniable magic In
happiness—it beautifies!
Happiness makes holiday in the
heart, and the face reflects it.
Better than a thousand candles Is
the light of cheer.
“J-O-Y" is the sign that hangs over
the best beauty parlor, and it serves
men as well as women. If you would
become handsome, become joyous first.
And joy comes from living and giv
ing with kindliness and good-will!—
Martha B. Thomas.
(©. 1923, Western Newspaper Unton.)
■HUfair*' —o
BOTH DISAPPOINTED
He—l expected you’d stand under
the mistletoe when I called.
She—And I expected you’d have au
armful of Christmas presents.
ERASTUS’ CHRISTMAS TREE
A Blanket of Christmas Snow Carpets
ths Foothills and ths Valley.
at Vlmy Ridge. The fire will die out,
and Christmas will creep In, . wan
and cheerless and alone.
.But as qhe drives up by the log
house she sees a sturdy young figure
at work In the woodshed, und—can she
be dreaming?—the spruce logs at the
end of,'the house have been cut and
piled for the winter’s burning. And
the sturdy young figure conies out and
takes her horses by the head.
"Let me put your team away while
you go in and warm yourself, Mrs. ■
Stately,” said a voice. “See, I have
started a Arc for you.”
So like Frank it seemed that she
dared not break the spell. Without, a
word, she sank in the rocker by the
fire.
But he was so long In coming that
at length she went to the door. The
sturdy ugure was just disappearing
down the road in the gray cloud of
night. ...
“Who nre you? Who are you?" she
called after him.
“1 am the Spirit of Christmas," he
answered.
And then she knew’ his voice.
“You’re not!” she lnughed. "You’re
Freddie Freedman!"
“Where’s yo’ gwlne?” was the ques-
,ttao, as Erustus passed by with a
good-sized Christmas tree. “I’s been
where Ts gwlne," was the rather
eolgmatlcal answer.—C. Q. Hazard.
‘ CO, 1*13, AY„■ term N« mmpmpcr Union.)
Friend TIusband had had a busy
day at the office and Friend Wife hud
looped all day at home.
It seemed to Friend Wife that her
husband took his office duties alto
gether too complacently. For a time
after they were married he alwayn
was home before six: now he was fre-
Of all gifts, furniture is the most sensible. What else can render so contin
uous service and be so generally useful for so long a time, as a good piece of fur
niture? To those who are perplexed as to what they should give their friends,
we extend a cordial invitation to come in our store and avail themselves of the
many pleasing Christmas suggestions. We have many useful, practical and or
namental articles for the home that will be long remembered and appreciated.
Come in and see them at your earliest convenience.
For Christmas
Had you thought of giving her a new Oil
Stove for Christmas? Why not give her the
best? The stove that burns cheap kerosene
with a fast, clean gas heat? There are models
to fit every kitchen and every pocket book. The
RED STAR has two rings of clean blue flame,
furnishing a cooking heat equal to city gas at
its’best. All are equipped with the patented;, '
all-metal RED STAR burners that burn kero^r ■;
sene or gasoline withput wicks or wick substi
tutes. We invite your inspection,
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Red Cross Mattress
The quality of the RED CROSS Mattress is traditional.
More than thirty years of conscientious manufacture have in
vested it with a good name which no monetary standard can
measure. RED CROSS saleB which have mounted higher with
each month, have reached a new high level and we believe
that you will want to join the many thousands of loyal friends
by buying one of these mattresses which has been associated
with the best Southern homes for nearly half a century.
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Kitchen
Cabinet
Keep your youth and health.
Don’t work so hard. Kitchen work
need not be drudgery now that you
can have the Sellers. Don’t let
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your kitchen work rob you of all
these treasures. It has countless
conveniences to save titne and work.
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FURNITURE—UNDERT AKING
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