H Artaban, Fourth Wise i i
Man of the East
I H Br JORN DICKINSON SHERMAN ' t
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(ti 1>24. Western Newspaper Union.)
j ^ ^ADTIlAZAU. Melchlor Ka-:p.ir. ,
4ka who follow t-d that brRnt
Christinas star? <
Tou know the tale f the M i-?
Men. who came bearing gift* ,
from afar.
Here is? the tale of Artaban. the Fourth
Wise Man of the 11aft ]
Who saw not the Hat ... in the manif'T.
)>ut not of the four xvaa the leant!
. He stopped to succor one dying ..;.d
lost his companion.* and way, , '
But ever It- pi- . hi - t|U" aw ; rd 1
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^Mind e' t-r he nursed the r
he hungry fed,
ever h?- rti n. :. d wh?.r- .
led.
nfter . -h?.i ' r.-:f.s ?
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This I:; the "> ' lesson
as etr? ?> -? t: . - i hen:
"To God y . rv: ye may
do r I' - n."
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Vltf Frank Herbert Sivcel ^ j (
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?gy > ?W much?'* nsltor.
Iff35?! ' " pirl n 8eali
is si;'n ??at? pec
HjjKM poised nbpve her j
^ ; - :" V1' wmher ^
^sp^A^fr > i, s for MWV annual
1,1 ''^? c'u!> dinner ,
^MgfcAa^rrV ri\ ;inil we want tc
outdo all previous
H efforts. Shall I pu' 'm am. say $-00. ^
There will be an on-best;:' and danc- ,
|ng before the colintiou. Surh things ,
V cost. I'm nlr. my promised rboul |
f2,0(>\ anil want ?2 Mi ]
you can manage .y.iUn this .Near." ,
Bob Henderson gh.n<->-.l toward n
Iter shabby girl who had slipped i
1 j a few feet dowr.
I J the counter. lit
L gj Lvu-j hud 5 e!i waiting:
r P iWfW^'i ' n l "1" when Misi
?"i?i j.risii.w pushe|r*i?
a r r ga n 11 v igj
| ^ m i s g Bristow
|| %Iuttored her eye-lids toward the
if fciri. "The person nn wall." she said
Superciliously. "She is used to It.
'V-z-.'T
*1 don't belong to the club, never i
been 'asked to it, wouldn't be c??n
ildered eligible, and?"
She lifted her eyebrows. "You do
Hot understand. Our set?"
"I understand nil rlg^t. I'm wondering
why I should help pay."
"Beenuse we trade with you?"
"Because I have the goods yov. want,
rather."
"You don't seem to realize what an
fionor it ia to be associated with our
set even in a donation way," Icily.
"How much shall 1 set down?"
'Til be with you In a few moments,"
called Bob to the shabby girl?"or If
you're In a hurry I'll end this meaningless
talk at once.
"No?no, sir. I've got plenty of
time," faltered the girl.
"TITnnk you. Now, Miss Brlstow,"
turning back and speaking crisply.
"Last year I gave you u hundred dollars
for some charity that wiisn't charity,
it seems. Tlie trade of your set
was welcome; but more, I was young
^ and?easy. This year my't^uJe has
^^been bettej^j^^I really can afford
'though
'promise'T
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"You willy r t' trade of my set,**
she snapped. N
"Itetuv that tk" m.v self-respect."
[ oi? answered *: '7. "And the trade
?f v<?ur s?-t, v.- elcome, is not es<eri!l:il.
tlond-'
I< ' t?? ? ' girl and began to
unroll 11. pretty. gray piece of goods
she had poshed ha- k.
"About t? n . ar* - I suppose?" he
Inquired. "I liear-i yon mention that.
Kisunlly, when you first looked ut rlio
imoils. For your ni? titer, perhaps, for
'Christ nuts."
"I've?clam: I my mind. I will
look at s?'nii?*t . " ??:j!???r."
"Considering Ity, t!;!?= |? the
cheapest goods 1 ] lint I hare a
little story to tell 1 Then I want
von t?? help to1 . And you mustn't
think trie ; < vu'r.' if I say things
i'ou v.. i*' Y? a ' card us talking
|USt
"Yes." . r. . : at was fomlrig,
fen:! I'!! li-t-n."
"Then y?*:j .now ray trade l as been
rood enough to alio < >' a .S-~?00 Christinas
offering. I want to make it worth
A bile. 1 ?7. .n"i ev i..... v
tire fnin:i:.-:r v;ih ti . stni? tries of
-?i* i> ^i. ls nntl wltli 15m* pathetic shlo
?f ''iirifiiiias Imyvs. Alice."
The ytri looked cd. "I never
::nv you l.r:"-.|v/" .v? 'aimed. "How
!o ynu knnxv my r
"I don't. ::ll '! Alice. That
s why T !!- ! no Listen! I
" over to the
i ' *'t:s?*nt store
l " moraine, ?s
I =. m .v.... h.-unL i
; | p .. itched t he
' .'-Sr V*5 to or. ! >ut
cdr $K'' vv : 1 "1Ton, '*
W I iM ,iimlr?s| dolA
;i A 1:,rs ?:
F |. :| gogg Tliore.
The plrl's face li-'i. !. "Indeed,
t would. Mr. l*i ni?oi>o, . I know thin
Jlrl with :i crippled >i;ler. She suptorls
her Invalid mother ;?nd her small
brothers niul sisters. and sends some
>f *111*111 t?? s' hoi !. Anil I know others.
What wouhln't "< :i
"I feel so. too, Alice. And you're
lust tin* one to do it."
"Me?" Incredulously. "Why, you
Jjn"t know me."
"Yes, I do. I was standing n?.ir the
oorn manager when In- i-nili-d you up
md discharged you. After you wont
nit I heard him say to some one. In n
:?gretful way, that you were one of
he best sal. s girls h? ow-r but.
hat you persisted in dreeing so shah:?i!y,
in spite of repeated warnings,
that he was forced to let you co. lie
a anted only attractively dressed girls."
Alice blushed scarlet. "I luive so
many to look alter that it isn't right
to waste on myself,** she said in a low
voice.
"I understand. I made inquiries
about von ?n?i ?n?i are :J:c girl
I need. Now, I want you to work
far r.it, Alice. our t shall give ym the
forenoons during the holidays to expend
til- SoftO wisely. Yon may keep
a report to show!me. Afternoons and
evenings I shall [want you here. The
salary will be ?'J0 a week."
"I got only ?10 m the department
store."
"I always pay ?20. A good ulrl la
worth It. And, oli yes, yon must dress
nicely. T can ti^ke two or tlireci dollars
from . >ur wages each weA to
pay on th things yon buy. Mou'il
want at 1< .st two dresses for yourself.
with sh?>es, hat and other things.
This dress f?.r your mother, and what
things you want for the children.
You'll comes?"
"Y-yes. Indeed."
Tears were slipping down her
cheeks. P,ut they were happy ones.
tzfo (ilorioiur^
Life o/'Ae g|
Cliiimtuulfee
Mary Gjvih<miKonn?r*
,JR 1RST i was a beauti^
fill tree growing in the
-woods. Then I became
a handsome, decorated y
f" Christmas tree, and was '
v shall greet the
Year, and then,
^ ^ shall be burne^^^^^^
splendid bonrirdM H
sWl'enJ
a blaze of
f'lt is a
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7 Anna I.
Demim \':
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?.. . H?J4. Wi. tern .Nawnjia^r Union.>
iyANTAIJV 1 \v.i-. tun always Now
^1 Year's Pay. -n.i oven imw in
CrnTc :?n?l IJi:ssia? il does not
arrive nntu !\c r.ftri r?e\V
i year lias start* ti.
j|W "it took longer agree uji??n a common
?1ay.to o, !? !?ra: Now Year's than
it <li?l t?? select a < wanton Christ mass.
It wa< late in the Sixteenth century
before .'aniiary 1 was accepted univen-ally.
The more nnelent nations
h:al always had a preference for tlr.s
late, and Kgypt, < Minn rrul Itome celehrtitotl
the ilay with public rejoicing.
In Itnssia tlie ?lay was tuade sacred
to Janus ami was a time of special
, sacrifice and prayer at his shrine, lie
I is pictured as a god with two faces,
one looking backward and one forward
i ?one youthful and one very old?the
Old and the New Year. In Dcrbyslilre
nn old custom still prevails. At
just twelve o'clock the doors are llung
wide opt n and the New Year is ushered
in with shouts of welcome.
There are places in Kngiund. also,
: where the old Year is still swept
I1 out, according to nn old custom. Men
and hoys with blackened faces and
( dressed to look like ehimney sweeps,
rto through the streets with brooms,
sweeping.
The practice of buruins the Old
Year out with huge bonfires stril prevails
in some places, while in many
Sdlstriets it Is rung out by muffled
Jh^^yjdjust at midnight the hells
and the New Year is
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
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.DooacwMMHM?oe aooeeocK^oo
? ARRIVAL OF THE NEW %
YEAR ?
? By MARY GRAHAM BOHNER c
OllWltn ilu? mhtuight service g
j j? wl?I?-!i w*ul?l MsSii-r L:i tlio a
^ NVv Yonr there was on orjiin ?
2 n?Itnl. !rf
5 ? Tl?.. cKuedi sr*u? * ??- ?? -
t ^ ever*:Idng was very still. <>nlv o
j t- tin- h'uutiful chords of the or- q
j ? gan sounded. A glorious, lighted v
i o star hung down, and the Chris;- ??
|q uu s greens wore still wound S
j 0 around the pillars and the pulpit a
? and tl?<? 1'ilde reading desk. 0
Sometimes the notes of the |
Kr or an w?'H' deep and low. again ?
i ~ tin y were high. clear thrilling. ? ; I
; i Awidu .? IQSftP'H '*?une new <3
ambitions, new resolves. As they
O a!! joined In the opening hymn <>
I o of the New Year midnight serv- V
I jj* ice they all felt heller. *>
? The heauty of the organ's ?
music had toiiched the soul of O '
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: a each. o
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A qOOD
RESOLUTION
B'j Emilij Burkp Adotir
3T WAS New Year's Kvo and Uncle
Hen?everybody -ailed him Uncle
lien?said he didn't think he'd
make a resolution, and then he'd have "
none to break.
Well," said Mrs. Smith, his neigh- |
| hor, who had brought him a loaf of 1
i bread, "if I were you I'll make a rcsi
olution to marry before another year.
1 I'm going to quit sewing your buttons. ;
: ?
Uncle lien did think about It, and
j mused t?? himself: "Well, If I had-re- '
solved long ago t" cet married. I'd he '
married. Other folks keep their res- |
! olutlons. By Jolly! I'm going to re- 1
solve to marry before a year and I
i won't break my resolution, either."
Ngw Year's day Uncle lien put on
\ his best bib and tucker and started to
! church. As he turned the corner he
i met Wl?low 1 tender.
"Well, Uncle Ben. Happy New
Year." said she.
"Thank you. Mrs. Bender, and Happy
New Year to you. Mine will he u
I happy New Year, for I'm going to be
I murrled."*
^^j^^jge!" said the widow, with a
^^^^^ft^Blsappolntment. "My New
Is get married. If
Uncle Ben. "that Is n
my resolution?If
I^^^^Hfckcd at tach other, klttena
shot t time and went on.
was surmised to witness |
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THE
Christmas i
| ' Party ||
^ ^ By Eleanor King
< r. ](i2(, Wr?i*rn N*-w?paprr Union.)
,MH&" -u^
v J-t * w'< out :In? two r>f" >lV*lf
JL\ ,"1'1''1 "
'Jl\ ; v- " r-y ' < I. If ! M
Irr 7 -7'!
>-'^~namely Knotil, 411'
eldest." i:-i.-i?-rtn.
the middle, anil Louise the your--'"Tonisjlit."
mused Mrs. I'ourrer. "!?
tlip anniversary of our <. f >
Anierlquo. Three years : m.vc i n;
cn?l we still have no? r-uint! Andre.
1 I'.-ive tried every . :.y to !?.? ;,f
The lady at the s< tt lenient l.oi?<?? ?
me to ! s ire an<'. eome to the Chri>!
I'M; IV I.n-iiw in.i'iv f
to tlant who fi r # t ??nr
the year. She said T nil :ht n?rot him."
*" "*?ii. ma mere. do ?n." said Rnonl,
"T ''<? w!s?i we c- i:!ij find father. We
would have the happiest Christ inns we
could imagine."
Mrs. iv?urr?v/ work kept her quite
late !n the evening. Her tasks .-. re
1:> nvy. Slie was i n dei \. ring to send
her tlir -e children to school m:d support
their little home.
WW"/^ Mere." no 1.1
- Itaoul. "wo shiill
*?" " fi " ? l'!:; our candle in
^ " the winieov to welI
come you when
I ^*2t>y \..n r<-. urn. nd
I I I.,; WO ; : [
I A^A 11,1 to w: oilier
"iir 1' ;i t In' r
J. 1 ??irn> v.-.ill you | \
Wr<^f*r r; - iw ciiiuirer
1' " * "Si v..,;s voulej!.'
chorused t!-e ehil
rs- I'ourrez'i
husiiand, Andre
had left his wife and fatsHly to come to
America to try and he:uw himself. He
left with n promise to'hud u cozy home
and to save money for their 4.as-sage.
Three and a half years ago'word had!
co'-,.. that, by saving ami hart!'
work, the house had hoen secured and
awaited ilielr arrival. Itut no Mr.
I'ourrez v. as there to meet them, a.lit.nni'ii
mi ihrir jirviv-il inlo this
country. Tin* poor mother, broken "
hearten. had had to start out and e ?rn'
a living to keep her family. And s. I
each Christmas. the anniversary oil
their arrival, she looked to meet her |
husband.
Now she hurriedly made iicr ?n\ iis
wuru uie settlement house, arrayed la
her best attire. Her hopes were running
high. The pumis had already fe- ,
tmn. Tiie settlement house w.is a ba- 1
bel of voices. The fa<es ia that rather J
mixed crowd were i.ll heamiup with j
delight as they forgot their many worries
in the games they w-t.- placing.
But one face in that picture lost its
pnyoty as the crowd was carefully
scanned, s > > saw no Andre. Iler
hopes were shattered.
Tlie panics continued Finally some
one proposed that ihe different nationalities
pet together in groups and give
one of their respective country's j
dances. The Italians started the fan. ;
the t'reiieh w re ft? i?C next. The ;
dance to lie .given was de< ided upon j
and the anisic commenced. A door ;
opened at the barl: .if the hall. A man !
appeared. A settlement house worker j
ushered him In. saying:
"You are Just in time to join the j
French dance. Mr. ?"
A woman came bounding forth, j
"Andre!" she erh-d, and she was lost
I LfJI 11 ''ie byo hope j
I arms which encirIw
'*?'jfcctaariic,etl herHRl.
J&r*"\V here have
I Jttk you been?" was all
| 'jK.-ai the |MH?r woman
I could gasp in lur
Christmas morning
found the
PoQrrez family reHH
united in
^^^^B new home. Around
i ^^^B the table the fani"U?
jB ily wus gathered, .
gazing at Andre
EfllBI Puurrez. He was :
telling how lllhess i
V had kept him lying j
delirious in a hospital
for months
and at the time when their boat was I
due In America. Every year he had
gone to every settlement house Christ- j
mas party In the hope of finding them.
That was why he had fc^^^Mate in
arriving last rvenlng^^^^^^^^Hast
all MA
Friday, January 2, 1925 B
THE NEW LEAF J 1
By MARTHA B. THOMAS *
T*TE % I
VV over a T I
! "* Years, How about turning pver ^ I
J*? our brains? Most of us work I
> these factories in our beads < 1
J : I !: liitlf - .m !mir-mr?o J 9
> i:\. When n new idea walks In ^ |
!? wo hustle liim oni !. -fore IK* tils- ?
> turhs the qi' of the place. 4^ p
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> and stir up iK. i'l ii-.t'chine^p 1
J& ^ 1
asr?Vt 1
1 -i ;-,ui , . . Vim fan ef??s?r I "
V t? *' iJjimi: afterwards, and J
rill 'ly t .-l amazingly re- X I
? fri? (!. Til- tr.ail.U? with most ? l'
< f - is a ; p oted :ivits!os 1
> 1 : larglug (In.1 works*! * $ t
* Let's put '.u a now window <
> and :!. a. >i 1 up tlio cogs, *
./ liml a i : : now thoughts *
ami have a -rind time with ..ur- 4.
:* Lamer n??t only turned his 4.
I in over when lie nailed that ^
> fani""^ 1? : 1 r on th ohurch ?#?
.r. hut a!>out the whole world, J
1> ?* ;v?11- jgg
Newton oniy needed an npple X
*? a - a self- r toward* the ? ?"'
* 1.1. .-rax mi.mi. 4, 1
'X s ' spear* ked about 111m * ?
V 1 vor ! il' inus of '-high 1
X ami i ' 1 foil.-." and see ? \
j* he :i> -'. oil. 4? \
V.I : nov . n tell whether * *
> yon , is ... n?>; until you ?3?
j. >-?-r:.v >Ie . ! In your own ?
head and |u>. Mcaethingl j
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Starting Off
the Neip year
1 j Bij MAR',] qR^.HAM BONNER j
lee ;ne' ii each other for
only a lilt while, l'.ilt hoth of I
tlo knew tli.it through the long
stivi.li of ye;,!' ahead they would
grow 1.::j?j i 1 -:* ait-i happier as they
1 r;ew > ; -a other better tind better.
it v. as on New Year's day that they
announced their et .;:igonienL It was
stteh a beaut j 1 ul day tinoli which to
announce such ? glorious, romantic
! fart.
".My dear one,** lie whispered, "no
man could care about n girl as I care
about you." , i
"No 1'iic could love n niiin as I love
fhc wdu. nunra giris, i know, >
could never fe I the h?ve Uj ?k.. It i> . v
a n -w finding?to feel so much, sucli
great, great quantities of love for another."
"No one will he as happy ns we
\v III lie," he said.
"No one," she agreed.
"I don't think any one ever loved
as 1 do you," lie said.
Tin sure no one ever loved as I
<io v?>n," -he suit!.
For to l?oth of them love was new,
t-\ en as the year was new.
What muttered It to them that others
had said the same?that to everyone
to whom love came it came as
something fresh and new and beautiful
and unusual?
For the continuing of romance Id
life Is like *he continuing of the years.
They come along, ever, ever new because
they carry with them new hopes
and new Joys.
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Bugs- I wonder if Unit's the chimney
Sunt.: Is coming down?
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Let Christmas Spirit
Prevail Throush Year
\ OjVJflV* IIAT u world it would be if all
I ilXljj of us kept up the Christmas
j spirit all* through the year I
How much of unliupfdness, or dlscon|
tent*, or unrest, would we nil be
! spared? How many foolish quarrels
and useless bickerings would never be
if our hearts held the message of love
and trust and peace that they do today?
How many homes would he unbroken
and bow many men uud women
would work together in a new and
deeper bond of love and service? IJow
. trivial and small would appear iotn<r\
f of the reasons thai estrange us frnrnJ"^
| euch other? How petty and mean the ^ ( \
kjogs that hamper our way una our
jHjjkm? How different our
^^Rjtauipear in our eyes? diein^Hh^