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cA CHRISTMAS CONFESSION
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I didn’t Kear old Santa come —he ncOer made a sound,
Just left for me a Christmas tree, with presents all around!
And tho I like each thing he brought, my books and all the rest,
I’ll tell sou confidentially?: I love my dolly? best!
Bj> MARTHA HART, in Successful Farming.
First Christmas
vT ree
Of'JUiMiEN Ansgarius preached the
White Christ to the vikings of
the North, so runs the legend
of the Christmas tree, the Lord sent
his three messengers, Faith, Hope, and
Love, to help light the tlrst tree. Seek
ing one that should be high as hope,
wide ns love, and that bore the sign
of the cross on every bough, they chose
the balsam Hr, which best of all the
trees in the forest met the require
ments. Perhaps that is a good reason
why there clings about the Christmas
tree in my old home that which has
preserved it from being swept along In
the flood of senseless luxury that hns
swamped so many things in our money
mad day. At least so it was then.
Every time I see a tree studded with
electric lights, garlands of tinsel gold
festooning every branch, nnd hung
with the hundred costly knlckknaoks
the storekeepers invent yenr by year
“to make trade,” until the tree itself
disappears entirely under its burden,
I have a feeding that a fraud has been
practiced on the kindly spirit of Yule.
Wax candles are the only real thing
for a Christmas tree, candles of wax
that mingle their perfume with that of
the burning Hr, not the by-product of
some coal-oil or other abomination.
What if the boughs do catch fire?
They can be watched, and too many
candles are tawdry, anyhow. Also,
red apples, oranges and old-fashioned
cornucopias made of colored paper,
and made at home, look a hundred
times better and fitter In the green;
and so do drums and toy trumpets and
waid-horns, and a rocking horse that
need not have cost forty dollars.
THE FEAST
OF LIGHTS
lights on the tree are said to
fJjy be of Jewish origin. In the
month of Kislev, of the Jewish
year, corresponding nearly to oar De
cember. and the twenty-fifth day. Jews
celebrated the feast of dedication of
their temple. It lmd been dedicated on
that day by Antiochus. It was dedicated
by Judas Maccabeus, and, according to
Jewish legend, sufficient oil was found
In the temple to last for the seven
branched candlestick for eight days,
and it would have taken eight days to
prepare "new oil. Accordingly the Jews
were wont on the twenty-fifth day of
Kislev in? every house to light a can
dle, on the next day two, and op the
the eighth and last day of the feast,
eight cnmiles twinkled in every house, j
It is not very easy to fix the ex-1
MERRY CHRISTMAS
MH ETHER we shout It
or sing it, we must be
sure to mean It; for if
we really mean it when we
say, “Merry Christmas, every
body,” we will do all in our
power to make Christmas a day
of unsullied joy for all those
within reach of our Influence.
Christ came into the world to
bring light which brings joy. He
came to bring deliverance to
men; to solve their difficult
problems; to inspire a higher
hope in the spirit of men. Tlud
is the cause of the deepest joy
to mankind. Yes, Christmas is
a joyful day as well as a sacred
day.
It is a day for doing good
deeds, as well as thinking good
thoughts. It is not a day for
receiving gifts only. There are
so many opportunities for doing
good, that we may receive Joy a
hundredfold, with the expendi
ture of just a little time and
thought. There are many Who
have little; many who do not
know the meaning of this dav as
you know it; many whose spirits
are crushed by disaster. Re
member them !—Boys’ Wor'd.
Washing Windows.
If windows are washed when the
sun Is shining on them they dry before
there is time to polish them, and look
streaky. Always dust windows before
washing them. Add a little ammonia
to the water to make the glass shine
j nnd polish well.
act date of the Nativity, but It fell
most probably on the last day of Kis
lev, when every Jewish house in Beth
lehem aud Jerusalem wus twinkling
with lights. It is worthy of note that
the German name for Christmas is
Welhnacht (the night of dedication),
as though It were associated with this
feast. The Greeks also call Christ
mas the feast at lights, the name
given to the dedication festival, Chan
ukah, by. the Jews.
Christmaf Marguerites,
cupfuls sugar, ft cupful water,
10 marshmallows. 2 egg whites, 2
tablespoonfuls cocquut, % cupful nuts,
snltines, vanilla.
801 l the sugar and water until a
hair Is forn’iCd'as the sirup drops from
the spoon; add marshmallows cut in
bits. Pour over the egg whites beaten
till stiff, add chopped nuts, coconut,
and vanilla and beat till stiff enough
to spread. Do not allow to harden.
Spreod thin, salted wafers with the
frosting and brown in the oven. This
amount of frosting will be sufficient
for about thirty wafers.
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. McDONOUGH. GEORGIA.
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MARY GRAHAM BONNER.
—i COmiGHT It VISTUN WWaM UNIC* ■ - ——
SANTA’S PACKING
Santa Claus was busy packing his
huge bags full of presents of al! sorts.
He had great enormous boxes of
candy to be divided up into other
boxes and into candy bags. He had
huge barrels of oranges and of apples,
of nuts and raisins, of popcorn, and
of cranberries to decorate the Christ
mas trees with.
He barf hundreds and hundreds of
dolls anti trains of cars and boats and
games. He had any number of books
with lovely pictures, and interesting
stories, and he had drawing books and
paint boxes too.
He had puzzles and he had balls.
He had machinery of different kinds
and mechanical toys which went when
they were wound up.
He had some pretty dresses and
some, fine little suits, and some useful
mittens and muffs and furs.
He had everything you can possibly
imagine and lie was packing them all
up.
“Of course,” said Santa, “when peo
ple pack up they are usually going
away for a visit or they are going to
move to another place.
“They have to take all sorts of
things with kind of a
thing from a toothbrush to a party
dress.
“But when I pack up I have toys of
ail sorts. That is what I have Indeed.
“And now I must keep all these
things straight. Oil, yes, I must do
that. .
“The zoo keepers and those who
know about animals say that the ele
phants never forget, but I must say
that old Santa Claus can never forget
either.
“And while the elephant lias a trunk
lie doesn’t have to pack up what San
ta Claus has to pack up.”
Santa Claus laughed as he said this
and then he picked up a toy gray
elephant.
“So you’re going to belong to Billy,
are you? Well, you are a fine looking
0
“He Was Packing.”
elephant and I’m sure he’ll like you,
and that you’ll be great friends.
“Yes, tlie children like toy animals.
I have a great many teddy bears to
take along with me and some of the
dearest little white lambs in all the
world.
“The little white lambs are very cun
ning. I couldn’t help but make them
that way for little white lambs always
turn out into such dear, lovable toys.
“Quite a few little girls who all have
the name of Mary have asked for
lambs. I wonder if they want to be
like the Mary who had a little lamb
in the old story.
“Anyway I have given collars to the
lambs end little strings are attached
so that they can be taken around and
so that they can be pulled along and
so that they will follow after their
owners!
“Now I have all of these bags filled
and all of these yet to fill!
“What a place my toy shop looks like
at this time. Dear me, but It does
look as if I’d never get all of * these
toys packed up, but I will!
“The children will never need to
worry that I’ll forget any of the toys.
“I won’t! I have heard that when
people visit they often forget and
leave things behind them.
“But they wouldn’t, I’m sure, if they
were taking things to ethers—and if
those others were children!
“Besides I’m so used to this pack
ing up before Christmas.”
As Santa Claus talked he packet!
and packed until bag after bag was
packed full!
“I’m almost through,” he said at
last, “and I’m not In the least bit tired.
I couldn’t be tired! I’m much too ex
cited to feel tired. If the children
think they’re the only ones who feel
excited they’re wrong, for old Santa
Claus is Just as excited as he can be,
and just as happy too!
“Heigh-ho,” he said after a long time
had passed and he had packed and
packed and packed, “I’m ready now
and everything is packed un”
GOOD
HIGHWAYS
REVENUE FOR HIGHWAY WORK
Much Money Made Available by Col
lection of Fees for Automo
biles and Trucks.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
A total of 9,245,195 passenger auto
mobiles, trucks, and commercial ve
hicles, 28,114 trailers and 177,234
motor cycles were registered in the 48
states and the District of Columbia
during the first six months of the
present year, according to the bureau
of public roads, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. As a result of
these registrations and the licensing
of drivers, the states and District col
lected, during that period, a total
gross revenue of $108,213,165. The
figures show an increase of nearly SO,-
000.000 over the full year of 1920,
when such revenues totaled $102,540,-
212.
“Of the 1920 registration revenues,”
says the bureau, “$97,671,742, or 95
per cent, was available for road work.
Of the registration revenues collected
during the first six months of the cur
rent year $101,793,416 is available for
road work, either by the state high
way departments or local road offi
«-
Cash Collected for Registration Fees
Is Available for Improvement of
Roadways.
cials.” The percentage of the gross
during that period is 94 —an apparent
decrease of 1 per cent, but the in
crease seems more apparent than real,
because in some stales the funds do
not become available until the end of
the year.
Ten state legislatures have Imposed
a tax on gasoline during the current
year. They are Arkansas, Arizona,
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Mon
tana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota and Washington. Prior
to this year Colorado, Kentucky, New
Mexico and Oregon had levied such
a tax. The state of Louisiana has
written such a measure into its new
constitution.
PERFECT MILE OF HIGHWAY
To Be Constructed to Stimulate Inter
est in Improvement of Modern
Road Building.
The best mile of road in the world,
to be constructed at some point on the
great transcontinental highway of the
future is being planned Lincoln
Highway association, says a writer in
Popular Mechanics Magazine. As an
object lesson this perfect mile will
stimulate interest in highway Improve
ments, and especially in the promotion
of ah ocean-to-ocean roadway, em
bodying the highest ideals of modern
American highway construction. After
an immense amount of consultation
and collaboration among the foremost
highway engineers, It has been de
cided to construct this ideal mile on
the Lincoln way, so located as to he
of easy access from all parts of the
country, and where it will carry a
representative and diversified traffic.
The location tentatively selected is be
tween Dyer and Schererville In Lake
county, Indiana. • 1
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TO PUNT MEMORIAL TREES
Several National Organizations Co-
Operating With Local Authorities
in Arrangements.
Plans are materializing for tlu
planting of trees along the principal
roads in many states, as a me
morial to the American soldiers who
lost their lives during the World war.-
Several national organizations, includ
ing the American Legion and the Boy
Scouts of America, are co-operating
with local civic organizations In ar
ranging for the planting. The black
walnut seems to be the variety most
favored for such planting. Planting
days are being arranged in Illinois, In
diana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Icwa,
Ohio and othar states.
HEALTHFULB
IN STRONG BLOOD
Rich, Red Blood Built Up by
Pepto-Mangan—Liquid
or Tablet.
Blood is strong nnd full of life-giv
ing vigor when there are plenty of red
cells in it. Anaemic people have little
strength because there are not enough
red cells in the blood. It is thin and
watery. Weak blood makes faces pale,
pulls down the strength and leaves the
body tired, weak, and sickly.
A course in Gude’s Pepto-Mangan
restores weak blood to its normal
strength. Taken regularly for a while
it adds red cells to the blood. Then
with good blood, the strength and
vigor of health return. There is pleas
ure in living, with good blood running
through the veins. Gude’s Pepto-
Mangan is put up in liquid and in
tablet form. They are the same medic
inally. Physicians have prescribed
Gude’s Pepto-Mangan for years. The
name “Gude’s Pepto-Mangan” is on
the package. Advertisement.
Couldn’t Fool Him.
An Indianapolis woman was visiting
her three-year-old grandson, and one
day saw him standing before the mir
ror looking at himself, and saying:
“Yes, that’s me.”
. “Thomas,” said grandmother, “you
should say, ‘That’s I.’ ”
“Well, it might be I, hut it looks like
me.”
A Feeling of Security
Yon naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Root.
It is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
It is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
It is not recommended for everything.
It is nature’s great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of Dr. Kilmer’s Swairp-
Root.
If you need a medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
in bottles of two sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. r for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.—Advertisement
*N Ev’rything.
“My own!” he exclaimed, as they
were starting on their wedding jour
ney. “Does it make you happy to
know that you are mine—all mine—
forever?”
“Yes, it makes me awfully happy,”
she replied. “Now I can eat candy
without being afraid of getting fat,
and have a charge account and every
thing, can’t I?”
Cuticura for Pimply Faces.
To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuti
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don’t fail to in
clude Cuticura Talcum. Advertisement
A Lesson to Him.
Rafferty borer ten feet into a min
ing claim and then abandoned It. An
vGier took it up and at 11 feet struck
gold. When Rafferty heard the news
he exclaimed: “I’ll never leave anoth
er claim until I’ve gone a foot fur
ther!” —Life. _
FOR COLDS, CROUP AND PAINS.
Use Vaeher-Balm ; it relieves at once.
AVOID IMITATIONS.
If we have no agent w r here you live,
write for a free sample to E. W.
Vacher, Inc., New Orleans, La. —Ad-
vertisement.
Taken in Turn.
“Let’s see, whom were we discus
sing?” “I forget! Who went out of
the dressing room last?” —London
Mail.
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