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1 i ■; :. 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 ..vrtm „ j 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.) .1 . zii, f Ik,/ 1 ..*w 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 ■>.<* ■•A 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, v" * ■ •• i: p ’ 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. V 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 i y your kitchen work rob you of all these treasures. It has countless conveniences to save titne and work. N. FURNITURE—UNDERT AKING a# "m