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) VERY year about the mid
! B dle of Novemaber a small
sign appeared over the
door of the Thomas cot
tage which bore the
legend, “The Evergreen Shop.”
Every year during the Christmas
season Ruth Thomas made hundreds
of evergreen wreaths, which she sold
for Christmas decorations.
This was why the people of Brierly
called her the evergreen girl.
The day before Christmas Ruth sat
in her little shop finishing the last
wreath she would make that season.
*“There!” she said, deftly twisting a
@gprig of bright red berries among the
evergreen stems, “that finishes Helen
Stanwood’s order, and thank goodness
4t’s done in time. Oh, dear!” she sighed,
faying the wreath aside, “I do wish I
ecould spend one Christmas time en
jJoving myself as others do. Why, there
has not been anyone here over the holi
days since I can remember, and I have ‘
not been to a Christmas party in years
—not since the time I went over to
Dolly Blair's with Dane.”
A warm color suddenly glowed in the
girl’s cheeks and there was a soft light
in her brown eyes as she thought of
that memorable night.
Dane Stanwood had taken her to
that party. Once duning the evening
he cgught her as she was standing
under the mistletoe bough, and—
The sudden roar of a high-power auto
mobile broke in upon Ruth’s musings,
and she looked out in time to see a
long blue roadster flash pafie gate.
The car belonged to Dane Stanwood.
Shortly after the Christmas party at
Dolly Blair's Dane had gone West to
become a mining engineer. He had
written a few times to Ruth and then
the letters had stopped coming, and
ghe had not hesrd from him for nearly
four years. Then, just 8 month ago,
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“The Girl | Expect to Marry Is Here.”
he had suddenly appeared in Brierly
with the blue racing car. Soon it was
rumored that he had made a fortune
in the mines.
The second week after his return
Stanwood bought the old Blain man
sion and gave the information that he
intended to move into his new home
before Christmas. Next he announced
that preparations were under way for
& party which he was giving Christ
mas eve.
The evergreen girl had been sur
prised and a little bit hurt because
Dane had not even called. She had
thought it strange, too, at first, that
Bhe did not receive an invitation to
the party, for she knew nearly every
one in Brierly was going.
But when Ruth was told the party
was to be given in honor of Stanwood’s
Slancee, she ungerstood why she had
not been invited,
@ ‘That is why Helen Stanwood didn’t
mention the party when she ordered
these wreaths,” Ruth thought, as she
began tying them together. “Of course,
1 would not go anyway now. My, but
they will have to hurry if they hang
all these wreaths before eight o’clock.”
The evergreen girl was so busy get
ting the Stanwood order ready that she
did not notice that the blue roadster
had returned and stopped by the gate.
Neither did she observe the broad
ghouldered young man who was striding
up the path. The bell jingled merrily.
“There’s Helen now, after the
wreaths,” Ruth thought, and she ran
to the door. Dane was standing in the
porch.
“Why, Dane!” she exclaimed, draw
ing back in confusion. “How you
startled me. 1 thought it was your
gister, and—"
“Helen has gone to Balford to meet
a friend who is to spend the holidays
with us,” said the young man, “so she
sept me after the wreaths.” He smiled
down at the girl. “This is the ever
green shop, isn't it?”
“Yes,” said Ruth, forcing a smile in
return.
“And you are the evergreen girl?”
“I believe they call me that,” she
answered.
“Well,” said Stanwood, “Sis told me
%0 be sure and fetch you back with me
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i “Back with you!” echoed Ruth.
“Really I—l can’t go. There is so
much to do here, and—" '
“Bosh !” laughed Dane, “Of course
you will go back with me. Fact is
you'll have to.” He waved his hand
as Ruth started to speak. *“No ex
cuses now, for I won’t listen to ’em.
You see,” Stanwood went on, “Sis and
her friend were supposed to help get
things ready for the party tonight,
but she telephoned just as I was leav
ing the house that the train on which
her friend was to arrive is very late.
| She may not get hack until nine o’clock,
and the party begins at eight. I told
Sis I could never get things ready in
| time, for the decorating isn’t half done.
]Then she happened to think of you,
and T said right off that you would be
’ just the one to help us out. Yon're not
going tv disappoint us, are you?’ very
I anxiously. .
“We-11, perhaps I can go for a littie
while,” said Ruth. “I'd dearly love to
trim that Christmas tree.”
“Of course, I won' stay to the
' party,” she thought as she scurried
lupstairs after a wrap, “so I won’t see
Dane’s sweetheart, for of course she is
the one Helen is to meet at the train.
And 1 really ought to help Dane and
his sister out, for they have been suck |
good customers.” |
Dane ushered Ruth into the big
double parlors of his new home, where
the Christmas tree had been placed.
“Do you suppose,” he asked, point
ing to a great pile of evergreen at one
‘end of the room, “we will be able to
‘hang all these wreaths and then deco
rate the tree before eight o’clock?”
The evergreen girl gave a merry lit
tle laugh. I
“I am sure we can if we work fast,”
she answered. “I am used to this
work, you know, and with your help
it won’t take long.”
“How long have you been the ever
green girl?’ Dane asked, as he and
Ruth were trimming a chandelier.
“This is my third season,” Ruth re
plied. “I found that there was a big
demand for wreaths and laurel trim
ming during the Christmas holidays,
so three years ago I opened an ever
green shop. I love to do this kind of
work, and although the season is &
short one, my little shop pays well.”
The evergreen girl might have added
that, more than this, the rush of work
just at Christmas time helped her to
forget the dull ache in her heart which
was always so hard to bear during the
holidays. She said nothing of this,
though, but asked, instead:
“Tell me, Dane, how you have spent
Christmas while you have been away.
Have you been where there was much
merry-making?”
“For the past three years,” said
Stanwood, “I've celebrated Christmas
by working from dawn till dark. This
i{s the first enjoyable Christmas eve 1
have known since I left Brierly.”
“It has been a very pleasant eve
ning for me, too,” said Ruth, “and 1
have enjoyved it ever so much. Now
we'll trim the Christmas tree, and then
you can take me home and get back
in time for the party.”
At half-past seven Dane surveyed
the big double parlors with satisfaction.
With the help of the evergreen girl he
had finished the decorations and every
thing was in readiness for the guests.
“The rooms look just as they did
four years ago at Dolly Blair’s Christ
mas tree—even the mistletoe bough,”
gaid Dane. “Don’t you remember how
that one hung right over our heads, as
this one does now?”
The evergreen girl was silent.
“Had you forgotten, Ruth?” he per
sisted.
“No,” softly, “I had not forgotten.”
“You never thought I had forgotten,
~did you, dear?”
~ “But you never wrote, Dane.”
“Because for a long time I was miles
from a railroad or post office and could
not send any mail. But I've thought
of that night, though, and all these
years I've been planning to have a
Christmas party as much like that one
as I could, only this one tonight will
be for you.”
“But isn’t the friend who is coming
with Helen your fiancee?’ faltered
Ruth.
“Not exactly,” laughed Dane. “That
friend is Harry North, Helen's fiance.
The girl I expect to marry is here,
now, and, by Jove! I've caught her
again standing under the mistletoe
bough.” %
When Christmas Sings. ;
It is a song, <
It is a smile,
| It is that long
| Dreamt ‘“Afterwhile;”
| That season sweet
l When in us rise
Our hearts to meet
The splendid skies
With love and faith
’ Of better things—
| When Christmas sings,
When Christmas sings!
} —Baltimore Sun |
The Greatest Qaality. .
The Christmas message tells us of
God's fatherhood. It is no cold heart
that waits us when we turn to grati
tude and prayer. God has always
loved us: he loves us still. Every true
Christmas thought and gift is an ex
pression of that divine love which has
made our own love possible. Every
claim upon our mercy and our germer
osity is a call to become like Christ.
All the enduring qualities of the hu
man spirit were present at the man
zer: “But the greatest of these is
love.”
One Advantage.
“What does it profit a man to have a
million dollars if nobody wishes him a
happy New Year?”
“Of course, he's rather to be pitied,
but he is certainly in a position to con
sume more champagne on New Year’s
eve than the man who has no money
and whose friends are as poor as him-’
| WILSON LEAVES U. S.
AMID UPROAR OF
FAREWELLS ASHORE
Woodrow Wilson, president of the
United States, sailed Wednesday for
Europe to participate as one of 5 rep
resentatives of the United States to
the peace conference to be held in
{ France. The transport George Wash
l ington got underway at 15:50 a. m.
President and Mrs. Wilson had
breakfast alone in the private dining
room which is part of their suite,
Later they took a short stroll on the
ship’s deck and were applauded by
persons assemkled on the pier.
Asg the ship proceeded toward the
bay the president remained on the
bridge waving his hat and waving a
handkerchief in response to the in
creasing uproar of farewells. The
noise of whistles and sirés became
Ideafening. The rigging of ships dock
ed along the river was crowded with
cheering people. Vessels passing the
George Washington blew their whis
tles like mad; their rails lined with
men and women giving the president
'a rousing sendoff.
’ The two airplanes joined in the
‘demonstration, looping the loop and
‘cuting all kinds of capers directly
over the president’s ship.
The trip down the river was made
through a gauntlet of action. Per
sons away from the water front
could follow the progress of the
steamer by the din, as it moved on
into the bay.
A big crowd was assembled at the
battery, where thousands from the
office buildings of lower Manhattan
gathered to wave good-bye and add
their voices to the clamor.
The George Washington passed
through the narrows and entered the
lower bay at 11:10 a. m. The dread
naught Pennsylvania and several des
troyers preceded the president’s ship
through the narrows. Another des
troyer sailed just ahead of the George
Washington. Destroyers flanked the
big liner on both sides and two more
were brought up in the rear.
The George Washington is sailing
direct for France and will make Brest
its landing place .
It should dock there at the end of
next week.
It was not desired that the presi
dential party should arrive before
that time inasmuch as the French
officials will be attending a big cele
bration in Alsace-Lorraine until the
middle of next week.
Tie Clasps, Rings, Beauty Pins, at
H. E. Kerley'’s.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
The wheat field of the United
States in 1918 was four-fifths the size
of the Kingdom of Austria and more
than eight times the size of Belgium.
When the Indians taught the white
settlers of this country how to raise
corn, no flight of the imagination
could have forseen the crop of 1918,
covering nearly 178,000 square miles,
or nearly as much land as there is in
Germany.
Potatoes should be handled care
fully and not as though they were
cobblestones. The potato is a living
thing, with a protective skin, which
it is able to keep intact if it has a
fair chance.
Getting rid of grass, weeds, and
undergrowth about the farm during
the fall and early winter is one of
the best protective measures the
famer can use against crop-damaging
insects the following year.
Uniform products command the
best prices. Pure-bred fowls pro
duce uniform products.
The United States Department of
Agricultue is at the service of every
farmer. Not every farmer, however,
takes adavantage of that service. The
department’s advice costs the farm
er nothing, but the assistance given
may save him a great deal—both in
time and money. |
Among the comedy afterpleces‘
at The Strand this week will be
“The Fate of Marriage”
“The Butcher Boy”
“Bright Lights”
“A Son of a Gun”
And other good ones.
Some beautiful Cameo Brooches at
H. E. Kerley’s. 1
Plenty of six per cent money for five year loans on
high class improved farms in Cobb and adjoining coun
ties. Prompt attention given all applications, and quick
results obtained. Call or write me.
J. D. MALOGNE, Marietta, Ga.
J. E. DOBBS E. C. GURLEY
We represent some of the strongest American
and English companies.
We solicit your Fire Insurance business, and
will look after your renewals promptly.
DOBBS &GURLEY,Agts.
SUCCESSORS TO H. G. CORYELL
Office in Merchants & Farmers Bank
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
WHAT DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS SHOULD KNOW
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R A el s i
ernment during his period of train
ing the same monthly allotment and
allowance as that paid prior to his
discharge from the Army or the
Navy.
That upon completion of his course
of training he will continue to receive
the compensation prescribed by the
War-Risk Insurance Act so long as
his disability continues.
That in nearly every case, by fol
lowing the advice and suggestions of
the ederal Board, he can either get
rid of the handicap caused by his
disability or aecquire new powers to
replace any that may have been lost.
That if he is willing to learn and
to take advantage of the opportuni
ties to increase his skill offered him
by the Federal Board he can usually
ocet a better position than he had
before entering the service. \
That if he fails to take advant
age of these opportunities he will
find himself badly handicapped when
he is obliged to compete with the
able-bodied men who come back to
work after the wap
That the Federal Board, through
its vocational experts, will study his
particular disability and advise him
‘as to the proper course to pursue
and give him free training for the
occupation best suited to him.
That on the satisfactory comple
tion of his training the Federal Board
through its employment service, will
assist him to secure a position.
That public authorities and other
large employers will in many cases,
at least, give the disabled soldiers
and sailors preferenec when filling
vacant positions, provided they pos
sess the training necessary to fill
them.
All disabled soldiers, whether in or
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GLASSIFIED ADS
i . FOR SALE
TFOR SALE—46 acre farm 3-4 mile
~ from Marietta. Two houses and
‘barn. Good pasture, fine orchard.
Will sell reasonably. Apply to John
iA' Seay, Smyrna, Ga. 47t1.
FOR SALE—Seven room house, all
} modern conveniences, running wat
“er in all rooms, lights and bath. Lot
85 by 185, bearing fruit trees and
‘raspberry bushes. E. T. Sheftall, 111
Gramling St. 10-11-tf
FOR SALE — A 1918 model Max
well five passenger touring car.
Can give terms. C. F. Ward. tf
FOR SALE—A fat hog at my home
on Artillery Range. Miss Nolia
Jordan. ' 50
FOR SALE—I9IS Ford. Perfect
condition. Run by owner. Price
$6OO. R. R. Claiborne. 511 Church
Street. 50
FOR SALE OR RENT—A good 2-
horse farm. Apply to Mrs. Tom
Irwin. Phone 2430. Powder Springs
road. 50
WANTED
WANTED—To rent a one-horse crop
on halves. Address H. W. C., 200
Clay St. Marietta, Ga. 49*
WANTED—A farm, near Marietta.
From one to five miles out. Can
pay cash or will buy on terms. Must
buy quick. 161-W. 46-tf.
WANTED—At once for Pyrite mines
—miners. Experienced machine men
$5.00; Underground laborers $3.25;
Surface laborers $3.00. Living con
ditions first-class. Transportation
paid if necessary. If you want em
ployment where you can be of ser
vice to your government, apply at
once to the Hanna Minerals Co., Hir
am, Ga. 49*
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Two comfortable rooms
to those without children. 504
Church Street. 49
out of the hospital, should address
their communications either to the
Federal Board for Vocational Educa
tion, Washington, D. C., or to the
district office of the Federal Board
of the district in which he is located.
The office for the district of Georgia
is in the Candler Building, Atlanta,
Ga.
~ ALL LIMITS OFF ON SUGAR
County Food Administrator Aw
trey asks us to say that latest orders
remove all restrictions on the pur
chase of sugar, and sugar certificates
will no longer be required.
During the many months of limit
ed sales many people learned to use
less sugar and it will be some time
before the use of it will reach that
amount used before the war.
Talulah Bankhead, the Alabama
beauty, in “Thirty a Week’ at The
Strand Thursday Dec. 12. |
HAND LAUNDRY
At Last we are Forced to Raise our Price to 2} cents on
Collars. Our Prices are still Lowest.
Quong Sing
202 Church Street, Handley Lee, Proprietor.
Santa Claus Headguarters
BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS NOW
Uncle Sam Says ‘“Shop Early”
He also suggests that you make useful gifts
this year
That Fits This Store Perfectly
Here you will find useful and Serviceable
gifts for Father, for Mother, for
Brother and for Sister
And
LOADSOF TOYS FOR THE CHILDREN
We have on display a larger stock of Prac
tical and Sensible Christmas Gifts for
older people and Toys for the
children than has ever been
shown in Cobb County
Come to our store and inspect our holiday
line of Christmas goods |
Make Your Purchases Early
F. E. A. Schilling
“THE HARDWARE MAN”
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