Newspaper Page Text
THE MAY BASKET
By GENEVA A.'ELDREDGE
Soon* of apple blossoms filled Cyn
thia Smith's living room, n clumsy boe
tumbled up and clown the ouudde of
the screen door, and now nnd then a
swallow* darted across the sunshine,
his blue wings glistening* Away .down
*1he street sounded the rnt-tat of a
drum, and Cynthia heard the patter
of children’s feet running, toward
the town squunx Still she sat tense Jind
upright in the old-fashioned rocking
chair, her inouth drawn in a straight
hard line, her eyes fixed upon life
work in her hands.
The 'screen door squeaked on its
spring and a round-faced, brown-eyed
lJttle hoy squeezed in, his eyes filled
with surprise when he saw her sit
ting there so stiff. hor‘ work in her
hands, and lie Stammered a little as
he said : "Wh-why, Aunt Cyntb. ain’t
you going to pieet the tra il and see
the p-parade?"
Soft and quick came her answer:
"No. dear, not today."
"Fat Aunt Cynrh. they ain’t coin! to
be no more p-parade days, an' l got on
my white suit, an’ an ther thought
maybe you'd like' to have a little bey
what was all splo and span to go wiv
you."
And his little faee grew wistful and
. troubled. Fie bad never seen an Auvr
Cyntb like this before. so straight ai d
fit range.
He meant to know before he loft
just why she was staying homo the
GIVE TO THE LIVING.
If we gave unto the Using as we lavish
on the d«*ad,
Kindly thoughts and gentle phrases,
tender words and, trivially praises.
Blotting out nil tmporrevtlons. holding
If
virtu
? left
up
Ugh
dally
11 spoken— * * • »>
i-d life be well worth living
orld ail glad and bright.
If tve offered to the living, as w<
upon the dead, ,
Fragfunt flowers of affection, blossi
sweet recollection,
Waiting not till hands are folded
quiet. pnlBeless breast.
Then the p-tssion of our pleading
not full on ears unheeding.
Nor ohr tears fall, unavailing, i
weary form at rest.
heap 1
If
unto the living as wo
dead J
long hidden tre’.sui
unstinted measure,
hy day, new jewels
full.
■ Ida Goldsmith Morris, tn New York
BOUND TO SHOW GRATITUDE
Trr.r*.o Probably Meant Well, but His
Action CL'lined Considerable Era-
cement to Lawyer.
<*d to defend n |' r
tiny
dow:
whispt
else in to
elcom
the ht
rs,
A ff$
So lie crept up close
"Is it '
Joe ain’t
In’.- nuntie?" Tears sprung to her eves
ns she gathered the little spic and
spun boy close. '
"Yes. Toddle boy. that’s just why
auntie isp’t going. She can’t bear it.”
Now 'that Toddle was sure lie felt
that he. ought to say something to
help make auntie happier, so he said
ns he stroked, her face with his fat
• little hand: ‘‘Never ndnd. auntie;
I’ve got a secret it ml maybe tonight
’bout dark you’ll know it. Maybe
right ’fore supper, maybe right after,
nn.vway. don’t you come out doors
} rigid :hai time, will you?”
An.I uiiutirf promised to stay In the
, house. Their hearing his mother call
ing. he scampered away leaving Aunt
Cyrttluaione with her thoughts. Slow-
she closed her eyes and In Imagina
tion saw ihi* town square filled with
people, the train pulling In filled with
returning soldiers, the happy greet
ings. and far and faint she ljeard the
band anil the cheering.
The ‘hot tears trickled slowly down
her fare as
reported mi
Uml
heard
plea. I have not cried before since 1
was a child. 1 have no money with
which to reward you, hut" (drawing
a package from the depth* of hi*
rugged clothes) "here’s that watch;
take It and welcome.”
SHOES
Don’t get excite d about shoe costs.
The press notices to tlfe effect that
"$25.00 aud up" slices are in sight Is
largely a myth. There always have
been $25.00 shoes and about one per
son in ten ihousand would pay this
pored, "And mine price. There Always have been $10.00
uiy boy, who was j tP $15.00 shoes, and numbers of peoplo
the pride of my heart!" And then W0U ]d buy these shoes—possibly be-
T(.*’<ii..'s hnppy -iftie face seemed to, causu Ul( , y .. ml , t eUed a dress” or for
shine out, and she .remembered what . ’ • ‘ * n
> . , . , , some other equally important reason,
n comfort he had been n 11 tlie weary [
months, ‘‘and now lie Is bomlng to
There always have been shoes for
dress-up and street wear, retallipg
from $5.00 to $15.00 for the past ten
years. Our shoes retailing at $5.00 to
$10,000 before the war, now gell at
$7.00 to $1.5.00, showing an advance! In
price of $2.00 to $5.00 per pair. j
Yfc. as leaders in our line, have
always carried some of the newest
and best shoos for those who wanl
the latest thing in style and, of couyse.
merchandise of this kind costs mori
than plain staple goods. These shoes
drums hud ceased their rat-tat nnd j interest, men and women who like to
hang me a May basket, bless Ills dear
little heart, and 1 must cheer up for
his sake. T think I will plan a little
surprise myself.”-
So she went into her dining room
and set the pretty table, bringing in
great bunches of apple blossoms to
decorate it with until the room looked
like fairyland In the pink and white
dress. She frosted little round cakes
nnd made an iced drink for the crystal
glasses, aiid almost before she knew
it, twilight came drifting down. The
happy voices called to one another in
the street. "It’s almost time for Ted-
dle and his secret,", she thought as she
patted her hair into place. Then she
heard steps tiptoeing up the board
walk and a child’s quick panting
breath, and she smiled the old-
time glad smile that she used to greet
the boy with who was missing tonight
when he came to hang May baskets
at the very sume Uoor.
When two fat fists pounded hard on
the screen door she waited only long
enough for a small boy to hide before
she opened the door, to find a .dainty
little basket, all fringed and festooned
and fairly bursting with randy kisses,
setting on the step.
"Why, how surprised I am,” she
said. "Who could have left tills beau
tiful little basket hare? Surely It’s a
mistake; some little boy must have
thought Stifle. Grimes lived here.”/,
Just fheto a Vninlf hoy in white wrig-
glefi
out from
behind
the
snowball
busli
and called
bren tlilejsly^
“No
r-bO.
Aunt
C’.vnfh, ’in
in’t no
’’stake
, it’s
; my
secret and so in
e more
of it
is ’
hind
the catalpa tree
You come si
ee;”
Rut
Just
then a kli
aki-clnd
fit'll r
e sprang
out -with wide-<
ifpeA ari
ns, and
then
Ted's
1 secret w o
s out.
•*. \
traln to
1 don’t 1
“Oh, Joe,” cried Aunt C’vnth as she
wept in his arms, "how you must have
felt not to find me at the
meet you.” /
“That’s all light, metier
blame you under the circnn
"When Ted told me his
thought Fd wait and surpris
"Some May basket aJJ a.-o
Say, Ted, it looks like It v
and lemonade in the dining r
hurry for mess.”
And as mother and son ■
tears of gladness from their eyes. :
little voice shrilled out: "You won’
never cry no more on p-parade day
will you, Aunt Cyritli?”
(Copyright, 1919, McClure Newspaper Syr.
• dlcate)
wear "exclusive” styles and can af
ford it
There always have been work shoes
$3.00 to $5.00 for hard wear. There
always have beep boys’ and girls’
shoes at similar prices. The shoes of
this kind .which we sold before the
war flt $3.00 to $5.00 were sold during
the war at.from $4.00 to $7.00 and are
being sold now at $^.50 to $8.00.
They advance in the price of our
shoes in four years averages about
112,00 t^i $3.0^ per pair. *
Now. these are the facts about our
shoes, and it looks different from
the fiction which is being so largely
handed around the country about
"$25.00 shoe.-? ”
The above quoted pricectahow the
advances which have been necessary
In our shoes, due to increasing cost
(with everybody is familiar) of
hides, leather, materials un<l labor,
plus the intelligent' and efficient ser
vices >we reader our customers.
Don’t be talked into paying any
fancy or rid:colons prices for your
foot-wear. jsf.yaneos' there (ire and
advances there wil) t**—legitimate and
nym->&ry 1-. ’ -itching like flip extra-
vagerrt •!;:*: :/ z.1?. frequently made
•s" need give you a
Shortage*of Medicine Bottles.
American manufacturers of medi
cine bottles are offered un excellent
opportunity for the sale of their prod
ucts-in the English market today.
Supplies are practically exhausted, re
ports Vice Consul Leroy Webber at
Nottingham. nn& the retail druggists
are looking to American makers t v o re
lieve the situation. The shortage ap
pears to he particularly . .In bottles
ranging In size from one dram to
twenty minces, In the white flint nnd
quinine tint colors. The 8-ounce bot
tle, quinine tint, Is considered the
recognized size of the trade, and the
selling price at present is $8.08 a gross,
delivered free, ns compared with $1.02
u gross paid In 1014. The panel bot ?
ties are made in all sizes and in both
flint and quinine tint, while poison
bottles are always dark blue, in con
formity with the British Pharmacy act.
Sllfek ' PRKa
Scrlbbs Is a
freo thinker Is
ho not?
Well, no
editor will give
h 1 m anything
far his
thoughts.
Tracing Bomb Fiends.
The-X-rnys are to ho used by the
police In examining bombs that may
be sent to citizens. IVy this means,
it is expected, that tell-tale evidence,
including, perhaps, finger prints, will |
ho obtained and kept to aid the imlleo
iu their work. Particular warning
was issued by the bomb squad against
hand grenades that have .been kent
by returning'soldiers ns souvenius. IF
/as said that it* these fell Into the
hands of anarchists they could he
loaded with deadly explosive, and
'would be particularly dangerous.
ali-om "$25.Of
liioim n. - r;*::
• X
I; let
the
. lot-of: EL :■
r Tibs :*
. r otd of advice. Don’t
oea. Don’t buy any
need. Meaning, don’t
-ome people are doing.
• :r of shoes suited to
ake good care of them
. repaired when, they
keep them well 'halt-
, Leeied—you can save
y on your footwear,
ende d give V<>u.a plain
No Housework for Them.
"Well, the soldiers learned to sweep,
wash and cook.”
\"Yep. the present crop of brides Is
going to have a perpetual cinch.”
statement about shoes. fin contradic
tion to tne wild and extravagant
rumors so prosisteiitly j» u b ] 1 s h e 0
•brtiurboxjt fiie entmtrv
Giles
Brothers
A Longer Wai$.
A Now York banker figures nut that
he dollar is now worth but 50 cents.
»n that basis our creditors will have
o wait twice as long as'we thought
bey would, for the money we owe
XPERTLY blended choice
E .
Turkish and choice Domestic
tobaccos in Camel cigarettes elimi
nate bite and free them from any
unpleasant cigaretty aftertaste or
unpleasant cigaretty odor.
Camels win instant and permanent
success with smokers because the
blend brings out to the 'limit the
refreshing.fiavor and delightful mel-
•>. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY. WSn.t,
tsmz
■*,; • • * , a v » «. «.
?.»*>(•••• « *::a
4.
I
■j
Said An Owner
What One Says is Voiced by All
“Yon Can Have Comfort, Per
formance and Endurance All at a
Moderate Cost”
About His Essex
Ten thousand owners, almost to a man, voice what
you have hejHjd of Essex performance and reliability.
Have you Considered the weight of that endorse
ment in connection with tile car you will choose?
Let us look at it this way:
ITS MODERATE COST
AND RELIABILITY
Consider the type of ear that equals Essex per
formance. Some owners affirm their Essex is the
fastest ear they encountered.
Certainly none ever thinks of a similar priced or
like size car ih;connection with the speed of an Essex.'
Nor does anyone compare such a ear with its accele
ration or hill-climbing ability.
Isn’t the comparison always with larger and higb-
er .priced eai'.sj
And so also is Essex finish and completeness.
There is nothing skimped .or cheap about it either in
appearance or in those parts that are not visible but
which account for its reliability.
IT REQUIRES LITTLE
ATTENTION
Though a light small car, the Essex calls for little
attention. Its motor fulfills its work without con
stant attention. The car is so Resigned and con-
Ktfueted that it is practically free from annoying
squeaks and such as' may develop are usually and ,
easily removed' with a few drops of oil.
it is the car for the man who does his own driving
and who, while ho demands top notch performance,
has the time nor temperament to be constantly ad
justing it.
That is a quality all owners admire and speak of.
BIG CAR LUXURY
SMALL CAR COST
And in this sense, luxury means more than mere
beauty and detail finish. It includes coTfort to
drive, freedom from mechanical annoyance, or per-
• formance limitations. It means a ear .one can be
proud of—one that because of what it can, commands
respect from every motorist. Essex owners have no
. fear from the dust of other' ears. If they are so
: minded they can lead the procession in' any group.
’Tlikt'they will tell you if you will but ask about the
Hseex.- '
WITHOUT EXTRA
OPERATING COST
Other cars are as economical to operate as the
Essex, but ask yourself if they are as satisfactory
in other ways as they are good 1o look, at or ride in.
Cun they go as fast or as quietly? Do.they appeal
to you as the Essex does in these.details'of perform
ance and reliability? '
Essex owners know the difference. We want
Vou to know it by riding with us. in an Essex.
It is the light weight ear Which thousands have
adopted in place of heavier, more costly cars.
They get in tl|e Esses the quality they demand.
..’They obtain a performance akin to what they have
. had from their larger ears at much less expense, and
they have no. concern about reliability.
> All these reasons you must, have considered.
Gan you answer the without knowing the Essex?
J. P. L. G. CANNON
Local Agents