Thursday. November 30. 1939
UNSUNG HEROES
Helping Make
Your Yuletide
A Happy One
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Sipce last spring they've been
painting toy wagons and put
ting eyes in baby dolls, just to
make your family happy Christ
mas morning!
At home and abroad they
work long hours to guarantee
delivery by Christmas morning.
They start several weeks be
fore Christmas each year, cut
ting evergreens in the north
woods and shipping them to far
away corners to brighten up a
living room on Christmas.
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Miss Ella Butncr of Winston-
Salcm, N. C., works all year
making candles for the Mora
j vian church Christmas love
feasts.
Each autumn and early win
ter ia roundup time on turkey
ranches, where birds are shipped
to market in time to reach your
dining room table Christmas
K% Tyrolian Village Folk
Have Odd Yule Rites
VIENNA.—Simple-minded, devout
folk of the Tyrol have grotesque
Christmas customs. At Innsbruck,
for instance, they celebrate the
Lord's birthday by wearing masks
of animals. In another section the
Christmas tree is carved out of
wood and elaborately decorated. A
third extraordinary custom is the
wearing of towering headpieces
which are brought out only on the
December holiday.
Christmas
Invitation
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By Katherine Edelman
JACK TRESLAR hunched his
shoulders deeper Into the
big chair, turning a new page of his
book. He was reading a Christmas
story, trying hard to become ab
sorbed in the tale.
A sharp ring from the telephone
brought him to his feet. Who could
be calling him on Christmas eve?
A strange voice responded to his
"hello." "I hate to bother you on
Christmas eve, Mr. Treslar. But
I'm ringing up to ask if it would be
possible for you to come and spend
Christmas with me. My name is
Bevan Willers. I live out at Rich
mond. I have a big home, and—"
"But—but I don't even know you,
Mr. Willers. There must be some
mistake."
"I want you!" the low voice was
emphatic. "Will you come or not?"
Jack repressed a quick exclama
tion. "I—l had thought of spending
Christmas—" he began.
"Wouldn't it be possible to change
your plans? I have a feeling they
could be side-tracked easily."
Jack thought of the lonely Christ
mas he had been anticipating. Aft-
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He ascended the steps leading to
the massive door.
er all, there might be something to
this unusual invitation.
"You are right about my plans,"
he admitted. "They are rather in
the air. But—but going to spend
Christmas with an utter stranger
took me back for a moment."
"That's why I thought you might
come." There was a note of disap
pointment in Bevan Willers' voice.
"I probably got the wrong man,
however."
Jack thought again of the lonely
Christmas before him. And before
he could debate the question, he
heard a voice inside of him answer
ing, calling through the wire to Rich
mond, "You got the right man, Mr
Willers. I'm coming."
An hour later, bathed and dressed.
Jack Treslar was speeding along the
frosted highway to Richmond. Fol
lowing the detailed instructions that
had been given him, Jack found the
long winding drive leading from the
roadway. What a secluded, ghostly
place, he thought, as he drove un
der the snow-sprinkled trees.
BEVAN WILLERS was waiting. In
the dim light from the chandc
lier, his tall bent figure seemed gro
tesque. "I have let the servants
away for the evening," he said, his
bony hand motioning toward the end
of the shadowed hall.
Jack Treslar felt a twinge of fear
as he followed. Here he was—alone
in the house with this strange old
man. Anything could happen. There
wasn't another residence within
blocks. Then, his adventurous spir
it reasserted itself, and he looked
smilingly across the table at Bevan
Willers. "Well, what's it all about?"
A dead silence was the only an
swer. Gray eyes under heavy bris
tling brows stared at him intently.
Jack stared back unflinchingly.
Then a hearty laugh rang through
the library. With amazement Jack
saw the old man straighten up in
his chair. Years seemed to fall off
his shoulders. The twisted, gro
tesque appearance vanished as if by
magic. He spoke quietly.
"I'm not crazy," he began; "I'm
just a lonely old fellow, ticketed as
a sort of recluse. The true facts
are that I've been trying for years
to write. Yesterday I got word that
a story of mine had been accepted."
"But I still don't understand your
strange invitation, and—" Jack in
terrupted.
"I'm coming to that," Bevan Wil
lers continued. "The hero of my
book is a daring, adventurous fel
low. A man willing to answer a
strange call that came in the night.
I got intrigued with the fellow, and
began thinking. Wondering if there
was any young fellow who would
act as he had done. So I rang the
first hotel that came to mind and
described my hero. Young, unmar
ried, interesting sort of chap. Pre
tended his name had slipped my
mind for the moment They con
nected me with your room. You
know the rest"
Jack stretched out his long arm
across the desk, and gripped the old
man's hand. "Now that I'm here,
Mr. Willers, do you still believe you
have got the right man." There was
wistful entreaty in his dark eyes.
"I don't Just think—l'm absolute
ly positive."
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