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That Day Long Ago
By F. H. SWEET
<6 1323. Western Newspaper Union.)
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Sf singing
C* vs s mrssags across lb t tohttr eitoto.
Cssfcsc!', loringlg, lo us are bringing
Cih ings that first toere brought ages agfl)
Cibiags that make men's hearts
anb gloin
(As on thnt Christmas bag
<Ages ago.
Cos us their greetings nrross theheep tttoitt,
Csisgiag fresh hope to the hearts that ait
climbing
Sptoarh in search of that feeling of gloin,
as the shepherbs felt
,&geg ago,
®hen tlieg inere milch bg the
Star's truher gloto.
What Christmas
Brought to Him
By LAURA ELAINE CAMERON
Back to Ilis OVI M
I- .
1011, the flgv
Present S>
Walter Manners
Needed Most
His Cup Was
~ lf 1 r
full to Over-
Sowing With
friletide Joy
J
jf wfnter sunshine, and his face
showed a dull red—the hue which
creeps over a man’s face when Insult
or humiliation has come to him.
For twenty years of service to old
Clarkson, twenty years wherein he
tiad given the best that was in him
to a man who was reputed to be the
suost 111-tempered man in all Wash
hum—Fie had just been told that from
now on his services would be dis
pensed with, and all because of a
small mistake that had been made,
which Clarkson in the blind rage
which had taken hold of him, had
laid on the shoulders of Manners.
It was hard, he told himself as he
walked along, that a man who had
given the best of Ills life in service
could he cast away like an old glove.
It must be that he was not as com
petent as other men, he told him
self. , For the hurt of dismissal had
sunk its iron deeper into Walter Man
ner's soul Ilian It would have done In
the case of another man, for always
he had been possessed of the feeling
that he was not quite as capable as
other men. Something within him al
ways tried to belittle him to himself,
and although ho had often fought
with this-feeling and had tried to
assure himself that he did as good or
•veu better work than some, in spite
•f himself it came every now and
then to torture him. Now, in the face
of Ms recent dismissal, it came with
added force, and he told himself over
and over again that he was a failure
or else old Clarkson would not have
lid him out. He never stopped to
think that perhaps it was the long
association with a man of Clarkson’s
type that had made him so diffident
about his own worth.
He dreaded the thought of going
home and telling his family the bad
sews. lie reproached himself that he
had not broken away from old Clark
son ten years before when he had an
•ffer from young Peters, who lmd just
then come to Washburn, and who had
since made such a success. But then,
as always, the fear of himself kept
lim from accepting and he had stayed
*n and home the ill-temper of old
man Clarkson since. His forty-five
years hung heavily upon him as lie
went on and ho looked with dread to
the future, for his family was just at
the ago when a steady income was an
absolute necessity.
\le shuddered now as he thought of
Christinas, when only a few hours
ago he had been living in happy an
ticipation of the day. lie had planned
*o ntunv things; so many little sur
prises that would bring joy to his
hved ones; hut now that was all over,
for how could he enter into the spirit
•f Christmas, weighed down with care
and dread of the future as he was
amr?
Walter Manners had always been a
nan who set a greet stress upon duty,
and as he went along now the thought
cttme to him that a real duty to his
family lay before him. For he felt
that he would be Indicting a great
,s £'K ®
M ANN Elt b
stumbled out
of Clarkson’s
store he felt
Hint Christmas was
indeed going to be
a dreary time for
ii ini and his fam
ily. His hand s
were clenc li e and
tightly as he came
out into the glare
| When Dreams Come True §
wrong upon them were he to go to
them now with the story of his failure
and' to spoil their Christmas. What
of his own feelings—surely he could
beman enough to hide them for a few
days for the sake of tho&e. he loved!
After Christmas there would be time
enough to tell them the dread news—
to let them know what a miserable
failure he was. .
He decided then that, he would not
go home until his usual homecoming
hour, lest it might create suspicion, so
to kill time he wandered aimlessly
around town. He stopped to gaze an
Peters’ window as he passed. He
admitted to hiiuSelf that there was a
vast difference between .the appear
ance -of this store and Clarkson’s.
Here everything was up-to-date and
attractive; the window arrangement
such as might make anyone pause to
look. Once Jhe had broached this
subject to old Clarkson, but lmd been
met by such an outburst of wrath that
he had never dared to open the sub
ject again.
So engrossed was he with his
thoughts that he never noticed that
Clyde Peters was standing inside the
window and gazing straight at him.
lie flushed a dull red again as the
thought came to him that surely
Peters would suspect something to see
him wandering aimlessly around at
what was usually the busiest time of
the day at Clarkson’s. But he nodded
as pleasantly as he could to Peters
and walked on.
Somehow he got through the eve
ning without his family suspecting that
there was anything amiss. He joined
In the general gayety and helped with
the decorations and various other
little Jobs, but all the while the heart
within him was sick with misery. But
he knew that the burden was his to
bear alone, and the thought that he
was saving his family from the truth
for a few days gave him a little feel
ing of comfort.
At ten o’clock, after the smallest of
the children had been put to bed and
the Christmas tree had received all
its trimmings, the door bell rang with
a loud peal. Walter Manners opened
It. thinking it was a neighbor or pos
sibly a Christmas gift of some kind,
but Instead the tall figure of Peters
stood in the doorway.
In a few minutes he told what he
wanted —seeing Manners standing out
side his store that afternoon and sus
pecting from his attitude that some
thing was wrong, he had made in
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
quiries and found he had left Clark
son’s. Whereupon he had come to
ask him if he would consider a posi
tion with him, and when he named
the salary Walter Manners gasped,
as it was nearly twice the figure he
had been getting. And when, because
of his high sense of duty that was
his, he told Peters that Clarkson had
let him out, Peters only laughed aloud
and said: “As if that would make
any difference. The wonder to all in
Washburn has been how you could
have stood him so long.” -
- After that it did not take Walter
Manners long to give- consent to the
offer, and his cup of joy seemed full
as he bid good-night and good wishes
to Peters at the door.
But it was full to overflowing a few
minutes later when old Clarkson came
puffing to the dhor and told him., he
could have his old job back again,
with a small increase in salary. For
although he never wanted to see Clark
son’s store again, yet the feeling that
he was wanted back in the old place,
added to the offer which he had just
accepted, gave him the confidence in
himself which he had always been
lacking, and that Christmas Walter
Manners really came into his own,
he had gotten the gift which he need
ed most of all.
(©. 1923, Western Newspaper Union.)
! Yes, Santa 1
| Was Here i
Popular Cloche Is
in Women’s Favor
Small Chapeau Promises to
Reign Supreme Over
All Headgear.
One of the surprises of the fashion
world this year is the persistency with
which the small cloche chapeau re
mains in favor, asserts a fashion
writer in the Washington Star.
Milliners seem quite oblivious to the
fact that other types might be evolved
or that a change in hat fashions might
he welcome, for they continue to offer
only close-fitting helmet and turban
models. The result Is that the unsus
pecting purchaser walks into a mil
linery establishment and finds many
hats designed for the flapper with
close-cropped hair. Knots or coils of
long tresses simply can’t be poked
under the glove-fitting crowns, so the
verdict is “bob or be your own mil
liner.”
Although each model varies a trifie
from the others, they all follow the
rule of the cloche. One, of light Alice
blue felt, has several rows of tin.'
slits cut at the front so that narrow
silver ribbons may be run tlirougl
them in a latticed pattern. Anothet
lias folds of wide silver ribbon drawn
through openings at each side and
draped gracefully against the crown
A third is trimmed with long, droop
ing sprays of feathers, dyed in con
trusting color tones, while another de
pends on the beauty of a soft silver
ribbon bow, placed low on one side for
its appeal.
A snappy costume suit is rather un
usual, for it consists of a one-piece
frock, severely plain, and Ims a nar
row coat so long that it comes well be
low the kneeline. The fabric is called
chenille and has a soft, velvet-like
raised surface that follows a striped
Afternoon Costume Suit of Beige Che
nille and Sable Squirrel.
pattern. Sable squirrel is used to trim
it, forming an exceptionally high
choker collar and banding the lower
part of the coat. A plaque of dull blue
adds a touch of color contrast to the
costume and serves, besides, as fas
tening for the collar. The sleeves
are interesting, for instead of being
cuffed in fur, as might be expected,
they are finished with wide circular
folds of self-material.
Brief Fashion News of
Interest to All Women
Slanting lines are smart In millinery,
wraps and gowns.
Itibbons lace up the broad brim of
a smart Paris tricorn.
Drapery, tiers and bouffnnt effects
are fashion’s favorites.
Bands of bright green suede trim a
coat of cornflower blue suede.
The straight, tubelike beltless frock
Is the latest word from Paris.
A motif of black vulture Is used at
the side of a black velvet cloche.
At present printed fabrics seem to
have stepped out of the limelight.
Quantities of rich lace drip from the
brims of picturesquely large hats.
Embroidery of rhinestones on lace
or velvet is exquisite for evening wenr.
The rolled brim of the large hat
usually ends in an ornament at one
side.
Bands of Pompeiian red embroidery
trim a blue serge dress in Russian
style.
Bronze buckles are effective on
Spanish -heeled slippers of brown
suede.
Coat of Leopard Skin
Very Soft and Wa m
Tills very smart street coat o(
South American leopard is very soil
and warm.
Novelties Will Help
Add Cheer to Outfit
If you are 111, feeling low ami un
happy, anew frock or even anew tag
of trimming somewhere about your
costume peps up your spirits most
wonderfully and makes the sickness
seek cover. And, if a lowness of en
ergy puts itself upon you just as one
season is passing into another, why
not look to the state of your clothes
to see whether or not you can make
regenerations in that direction to the
end of saving yqur own soul?
Haven’t you often heard a girl say,
just at this special season of the year,
“Oh, I’m so tired of my clothes; I
just hate to put on the same old
things when I get up in the morning?’
And haven’t you felt for her then be
cause your own case had shown
symptoms of that very essence at so
many times?
Well, one knows perfectly well that
a girl, can’t always afford a whole new
frock or coat just for the purpose of
reviving her sunken spirits—and Just
on a chance at that. But she can
have anew fol-de-rol or fixing for a
dress that is only monotonous and
not-old.
She can add a luster In this man
ner, and with very little expense, so
that she chn take a chance a ea
on the process of her own home n
- She can in this mannerrta
a little excursion of her own int
iriethods of modern nerve treatment,
and who knows hut she may
tabiishing a precedent-at le t f
herself, 'which is her most impoita
Concern at any rate.
Youth the Keynote.
•The keynote of the new modes -s
youth, distinguished, however by
dignity that is immensely
The season promises to b. (
luxury will be the dominant no
kishlon. This is the res,,lt .
materials of extraordinary rlcbnw
and beauty and embellishin, h
with costly fur trimmings -
broidery done with a most . 1
predation of its value a. a ae
tion.
Shirred brown satin Ir.co [l^ e £
turned brim of a bat of brown
ter’s plush. ar4
Motifs of silver-edged \ J -
used on the bouffant skirt of a
of yellow faille. , , ne
Over a slip of coral crepe
is posed a silver-brocade
a skirt of silver net. ftl
A bouffnnt dance frock of roe
has n scalloped two-tier s
broidered in silver. rib!* 1 ®
Motifs of brown f°, sgr ' smal | hat
are used at the back of
of sand-colored velvet.
For Lace Curtains. sh onhJ
Starch rots lace curtain ■*
not be used. Use gum * >■' ara blc
Dissolve one ounce of S>‘;> ?trala
one-half pint of boiling corkeA
and bottle, keeping 11 00 nfui
When using add a des~e .
a pint of cold water.
Favored Fabrics. ott(f
Jnlna, marvella, geron i• • oje d
deep-piled fabrics continue -■
for day wraps. Black ?rS r.
closely by shades of br ■■