Let me entreat one thing of thee and i
will adventure to promise thee a good
year. The request 1B In itself reasonable
and may to thee be eternallV profitable.
It Is only this: duly to prize and diligent
ly to Improve time for the blessed end It
was given for and Is yet graciously con
tinued unto thee by eternal God.— REV.
JOHN SHERMAN (1613-1686).
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
HAT of the checks that
Wyou and I are going to
draw, on the Bank of
Time In 1922—if we
keep on drawing checks
through the year?
"There's nothing new
under the sun," according to a very
old saying. It's true, too, In a sense.
But in another sense it most certainly
Isn't true. For there Is something
new every time New Year's day comes
around.
There are several things that are
new at New Year's beside the New
Year. There's a new chance. There's
a new responsibility. There's a new
balance in the Bank of Time. There's
a new bank book. So, what will the
check stubs show at the end of the
year?
Rev. John Sherman had a right to
make his "reasonable request," If prac
ticing what one preaches gives that
right. His "three score and ten" were
busy years. He was born at Dedham,
Essex, England, and before he was
twenty-one he was an A. B. and A- M.
of Trinity college, Cambridge, a min
ister of the Church of England and a
Puritan on his way across the Atlantic
to the Massachusetts Bay colony.
There was no church, for him, since
the only three in existence —Boston,
Salem and Watertown —had efficient
ministers. So he was one of the "orig
inal planters" of Wethersfleld, Conn.,
and a "watcher," 1834-40. Then he
Was one of the founders of Mllford,
New Haven plantation. Next he was
a magistrate representing Mllford In
the New Haven colony and also
charged with the duty of dividing land.
Meanwhile he preached wherever op
portunity offered.
In 1647 he became the minister of
the Watertown church. There he
preached till his death in 1685. Church
and state were pretty much the same
thing In those days, so the village af
fairs kept him a busy man. He found
time, however, to publish for many
years an almanac, for which he made
all the astronomical calculations and
wrote the text. He, was also the first
fellow and overseer of Harvard uni
versity. Incidentally he also found time
to marry twice. Cotton Mather In his
"Magnalla Christ! Americana,'" says he
had 26 children; this is a misstate
ment, but he did have 16. His epi
taph in Latin on the tombstone In East
Waltham, Mass., thus sums up his
life:
"Sacred to the memory of John
Sherman, a man distinguished for pi
ety, character and truth; a profound
theologian; as a preacher a veritable
Chrysostom ; unsurpassed In his knowl
edge of the liberal arts, particularly
mathematics; a faithful pastor of the
Church of Watertown In New Eng
land ; an overseer and fellow of Har
vard college. After a life of faith
ful service to Christ In the church
for upwards of 45 years In the full
ness of time he passed away and
received from Christ the palm of vic
tory, in the seventy-second year of his
age, August 8, A. D. 1685."
New Year Gifts
As to the New Year's gift custom. It
Is supposed tP have been derived from
the Romans, but U probably much
older. Buetoolus and Tacitus men
tion it. Claudius issued a decree for
bidding the demanding of presents ex
cept on New Year's day. The Roman
colonists in Britain found that the
Saxons kept New Year's in the same
fashkm. SUrting a" a pleasant,
friendly custom, it rapidly becam# an
Let us hope that the "reasonable
request" that this early Puritan put
to himself was to him "eternally prof
itable." In any event, he stands forth
as a fine sample of a sturdy American
pioneer family that has given four
Immortals to the nation-.—Roger Sher
man, one of the framers of the Dec
laration of Independence; General W.
T. Sherman; Secretary of State John
Sherman; Vice President James S.
Sherman.
Certainly his request Is one that
Is always reasonable. And It Is one
that was never more reasonable than
now. The year 1922 Is a year when
every good American should endeavor
"duly to prize and dlllgeutly to Im
prove time." It Is a year with a chal
lenge. It Is a year with a promise.
Though In folly and In blindness
And In sorrow atlU we grope,
Yet in man's Increasing kindness
Lies the world's stupendous hope.
And it Is a reasonable request to ev
ery red-blooded, thinking, patriotic
American. Such a man knows that
nobody can stand still; that he has
either to progress or fall back. The
progressive man accepts responsibili
ties as the measure of his capabili
ties. He never shirks them, for he rec
ognizes in them the price he must pay
for advancement.
Competition is going to be keen this
year. The dollar Is going to be hard
to get. Men who have been getting
twice what they were before and have
had lots of money to spend are going
to feel the pinch. It looks as If ev
erybody who works for a living will
have to work a little harder. It may
be that life will seem hard. But what
of It? Life has always been hard —
perhaps It was meant to be. Anyway,
It is something that has got to be lived
and mastered. It's the business of men
"to greet the unseen with a cheer" and
"to advance on chaos and the dark."
Of course all of us cannot; have a
hand In the big things that must be
done In meeting the challenge of 1922.
But if all of 4is do the little things we
may, 1922 will indeed be the "Happy
New Year" of our greetings.
To save a little money,
To praise a little more;
To smile when days are sunny
, And when the tempests pour;
To pay less heed tc sinning
And more to kindly thought;
To see beyond the winning
Just how the fight was fought;
To be a little kinder,
A little braver, too.
To be a little blinder
To trivial things men do.
To give my hand to labor,
Nor whimper that I must;
To be a better neighbor
And worth ler/""bf a trust.
To play the man. whatever
prize at stake;
God grant that I shall never
These New Year pledges break.
Anyone looking for something to do
in the way of helping along can help
bolster uj» the morals of his communi
ty. The war has done what all wars
do. And the leeches on society are al
ways active at such times. Just now
we are facing all sorts of loose liv
ing and the public at large apparently
feels little concern. Any man or wom
an can at least help by setting a good
exarfiple. '
abuse and a nuisance. The kings and
feudal nobility of the Middle Ages
practically levied on their dependents
for gifts. The presents varied accord
ing to sex and rank.
FEAST DAY FOR RUSSIAN
CHILDREN
In the country towns of Russia New
Year's is the great feast day for the
children. Boy's fill their pockets with
dried peas and wheat and go in bands
from house to house. People they
THE ALAMANCE GRAHAM, W. C.
A good American can help Just now
by putting his respect for the law
strongly In evidence. For the law Is
the law. If It is a poor law, It should
be changed. But until It Is changed.
It should be obeyed—whether It re
lates to the shooting of game birds or
to the use of liquor or to the speed
of automobiles or to murder or to
anarchy. Many people who would
hotly resent the charge that they are
anarchists take delight In evading the
laws and In making sport of the laws.
Every thinking man must realize
that this Twentieth century clvlllza
atlon Is too complex to be sane, safe
and sober. Medical philosophers are
unanimous In declaring that we Amer
icans live too hard and too fast; that
our rapid ways are harmful both to
the Individual and to the race; tljat
we should slow up. We are, to use the
homely old phrase, burning the candle
at both ends. Men try to succeed In
business, to rule Ip politics, to be so
cial leaders —all at the same time.
To crowd dissimilar things together
has become a national characteristic.
Our avocations are often as wearing
as o\|r vocations; we play even harder
than we work. Thus to crowd two
or more lives Into one Is to borrow
of nature. She Is a hard creditor and
she always exacts payment.
One cannot, of course, Indict a whole
people. There are still millions of
sane, safe and sober people, in Ameri
ca. But a society that demands or
even countenances such recklessness
Is In need of reformation. It would
be Interesting—and startling—to know
how many men and women put them
selves In an early grave by going the
pace that kills.
"Of all sounds of all bells, most
solemn and touching Is the peal which
rings out the old year. I never hear It
without a gathering up of my mind to
a concentration of all the Images that
have been diffused over the past
twelve-month; all I have done or suf
fered, performed or neglected, In that
regretted time. I begin to know Its
worth as when a person dies. It takes
a personal color;,nor was It a poetical
flight In a contemporary poet when he
exclaimed: 'I saw the skirts of the
departing year.'
"Every first of January that we ar
rive at. Is an Imaginary milestone on
the turnpike track of human life; at
once a resting place for thought and
meditation, and a starting place for
fresh exertion In the performance of
our Journey. The man who does hot
at least propose to himself to be bet
ter this year than be was last, rfuft
be either very good or very bad Indeed.
And only to propose to be better Is
something; if nothing else. It Is an
acknowledgment of our need to be so,
which is the first step towards amend
ment. But, In fact, to propose to one
self to do well Is In some sort to do
well, positively; for there Is no such
thing as a stationary point In human
endeavors ; he who Is not worse today
than he was yesterday, Is better; and
he who is not better, Is worse."
So wrote Charles Lamb. Therefore
let us make New Year resolutions
"duly to prize and diligently to Im
prove time for the blessed end It was
given for" —even if we break them.
have any grudge against are doused
with the peas, while they shower the
wheat upon their friends. A curious
custom also is festooning the hand
somest horse and leading him to the
house of a nobleman. The pea and
wheat shooters follow In droves. Both
guests and horse are admitted to the
parlor of the lord and the guests re
ceive present*.
Berlin Is to erect Europe's first sky
scraper along American lines, a build
ing 22 stories high. 1
HP Daddy's j
*pdEvei\ii\£
Fairy Tale
GRAHAM BONNER
ii arrfccwi at vutun MPHOM M
COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
"It makes no difference to me," said
Santa Claus to his dog. Boy of the
North," whether they live In the city
or In the country.
"I go to both the villages and the
clttes and the places far out In the
country. I will admit, though, that I
think the country Is .lovelier at Christ
mas time than the city.
"To be sure, there are wonderful toy
stores In the cities, but the people In
the stores told me a long time ago
they liked to have It that way.
" 'You see,' they told me, 'we haven't
the beautiful snow banks and the won
derful Christmas look that Jhe country
has, so we like to make up for-.lt as
well as we can.
"'Will you help us, Santa Claus?'
"So 1 promised them that I would
and of course I always have.
"I try to have as gay decorations as
possible In their stores and to make
everything look Just like Christmas.
"For In the country It somehow looks
so much more like Christmas with the
greens and the snow anl everything
so close at hand to help decorate with.
"Then fireplaces are so cosy and
nice to sit around before Christmas
when the children are writing their
letters to me.
"I've always found, too, that people
were very careful to have their fires go
quite out before It was time for me to
come down the chimney.
"Or they have had an extra chimney
for me to come down.
"Santa "Claus knows how to get
down all chimneys. But still I am
fond of big old-fashioned kinds of
chimneys.
"What a time I had at first getting
used to those fire-escapes they have in
the cities.
"But I got used to them all right.
Still I do enjoy a nice big chimney.
Yes, I most certainly do enjoy that."
Now Santa Claus was In the country.
He hud a few more cities to visit, too,
but he was enjoying his talk with the
reindeer while they were dashing
through a long distance of country
where scattered here and there were
some farm houses »-here children lived.
"To be sure, there are some, places
which 1 visit where there lsift any
snow at all.
"I should be used to them by this
time," Santa continued, "but they all
seem strange to me, for I'm so much
more used to the snow and the cold
weather.
"And then we have to use the hard
ground sleigh, don't we, my lovely rein
deer?"
The reindeer all understood, for
when they oame to the place where
"A Nice Big Chimney."
there was Santa Claus always
put on the sleigh what he called hit
hard-ground runners.
They were for the places where the
snow-runners,/ Would not do.
Oh, yes, Santa Claus had spent tlm«
In his work shop a long, long time be
fore, fixing up the sleigh ft»r such
places.
"I must sing a song about the snow
and the country," Santa said.
So, as the reindeer hurried, scurried,
scampered along, Santa Claus sang,
and his voice rang out In the cold,
clear air of the night. This was hi*
song:
"Merrle Christina*, this I say,
I am happy as can be.
That the children care for me!
I make toya to please them all,
I make trains and many a ball,
I make dolllea that can talk,
And dolllea that can walk;
Dollies also made to hut, ,
Which will look so very snug
When they're held and rocked to sleep.
Now I will take a little peep
At the girls and boys tonight,
And I'll whtftwr. Tou're all right!
I lbve you all—yes! Every one!' "
And Santa Claus sang AS they went
from house to house on Christmas Eve
and the sleigh bells made music for
Satita's song!
Admirable.
"How did you 'get on with spell
ing?" Harry's mother asked him after
his first day at school. "You look
so pkwsed that I'm sure you did
well."
"No, I couldn't spell much of any
thing." admitted Harry, "and I couldn't
remember the arithmetic very well,
nor the geography."
The mother showed her disappoint
ment, but Harry had consolation In
reserve.
"Bot that's no matter, mother,"
be said; "the boys admire me; they
say I've got the biggest foot In the
class P
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:opyrl#ht, 1(11, Wuutp Newspaper Union.
Don't Idly dream! Orut deeds await
your doing.
Deeds that will live, and you In them
may live.
Noble your thoughts, each day your
strength renewing,
Be you but true, that strength your
talth shall give.
Life striving round you bids you, then
awaken;
Look where the future grandly
stands In view;
In God press onward! Be your trust
ne'er shaken,
Don't Idly but dol
—George Blrdseye.
FI3H DISHES
Aa canned fish la available In anj
market, these dishes are seasonable at
any time. Sail
pjj: ■ codfish Is In th«
market, put up It
boxes and n most
Ij a satisfying dish ol
■lll this Is easy to pre
salt Cod ar
Caaaarola. —Wash
and soak one pound of salt codfish lc
water to cover for several hours,
Drain and flake In small pieces. Covei
with boiling water and simmer before
flaking. Melt three tablespoonfuls ol
butter, add one small onion cut In
slices and cook slowly for five minutes
Add the fish which has simmered ten
minutes, one cupful of boiled rice and
two cupfuls of canned tomato. Poui
Into a casserole, cook for thlrtj
minutes. Season well before serving
Flah Cutlets. —Melt three table
spoonfuls of butter, add one-hall
tablespoonful of finely chopped onlot
and two tablespoonfuls of choppec
pineapple. Cook alowly for flvt
minutes, stirring constantly. Add
one-third of a cupful of flour and whet
w&l mixed stir In one-half cupful o!
milk and the same amount of cream 01
condensed milk. Cook until smootl
and thick, add two cupfuls of flaket
fish, salt and paprika to taste. Shap
Into small cutlets, dip In egg and
crumbs and fry In deep fat. Drali
on soft paper and serve with a gooc
sauce.
Molded Flah Balad. —Flake one-hal;
pound of tuna flah or salmon. Ml]
with one cupful of diced celery, on
tablespoonful of chopped green pepper
two tablespoonfuls of chopped ollvei
and three-fourths of a cupful of salac
dressing. Add two tablespoonfuls oi
vinegar and season with salt and pep
per. Soak two, tablespoonfuls of gela
tine In one-fourth of a cupful of colt
water for five minutes, dissolve bj
placing over hot water, then stir lnt
the mixture of fish. Turn Into smal
molds ringed with cold water and se
away to chill. Serve on lettuce 01
water cress and garnish with celery
strips of green pepper or parsley.
We hear a great deal about the psy
chology of color In the Interior deco
ration of the home, the theater and
the stage, as well as In dress. The
effect of color on appetite Is Just as
marked and fully as Important.
QOOD THINGS TO EAT
An attractive variety of cookies ma
be made from one recipe, using differ
ent fl avo r I ngi
and letters, &l
kinds of drlei
J Ks. ( fruits, nuta, am
BKvL colored sugar 1
desired. The ffll
foundation reel
pe: Take one-half cupful of butter
one cupful of sugar, two eggs, one
quarter of a cupful of milk, two cup
fula of flour and one teaspoonful oi
baking powder. Mix and chill the bat
ter well before rolling, adding any fin
vor or nuts and fruit which appeal tf
the taste.
The above mixture, flavored wIU
rose and baked In a sheet, may be cul
In fancy shapes, decorated with pink
frosting and pistachio nuts In the
form of a rose, with green atem and
leavea.
Spice Nuta. —To one cupful of sugar
add two teaspoonfula of butter and,
when well mixed, add two well beaten
eggs, one cupful of flour, one-quarter
of a cupful of thinly shredded citron,
one-half teaapoonful of clnnuihon,
quarter of a cupful of almonda, one
quarter teaspoonfu! each of allspice
and cloves. Mix In the usual order
and add flour enough to make the balls
the size of hickory nuta. Place on but
tered tins an Inch apart and bake until
a light brown. They may be dipped In
chocolate or any fondant, If desired.
Coffee Bponge Baskets.—Prepare a
sponge cake and bake in gem pana.
For filling, add three tableapoonfula of
coffee to one and one-half cupfuls of
milk. Place In the top of a double
boiler and acold. When the coffee I*
well cooked, strain through o cheese
cloth. Mix together one-half cupful
of augar, four tablespoonfuls of flour,
the yolks of two eggs and one-fourth
of a tc-aspoonful of aalt. Pour the
scalded milk over this gradually, stir
ring cfnstantly. Iteturn to the double
boiler and cook fifteen minutes. Cool
and add two stiffly beaten whltea, one
half cupful of walnut meat and one
half teaapoonful of vanilla. Hollow
out the rakes, fill with the filling, top
with whipped cream and place a
handle cut from an orange or use a
strip of angelica.
"HtuA /
YOU CANT TRUST
CALOMEL AT All
It's Quicksilver, Salivates, Causes
Rheumatism and Bone
Decay. j
i
The next dose of calomel yon take '
may salivate yon. It may shock your ®
liver or start bone necrosis. Calomel '
Is dangerous. It Is mercury, qulcksll- |
ver. It crashes Into sour bile like 1
dynamite, cramping and sickening you. f
Calomel attacks the bones and should '
never be put Into your system.
If you feel bilious, headachy, consti
pated and all knocked out, just go to
your druggist and get a bottle of Dod- 1
son's Liver Tone for a few cents which '
Is a harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful
and If It doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty calomel and without making
you sick, you Just go back and get your
money.
Don't take calomel I* It can not be
trusted any more than a leopard or a
wild-cat. Take Dodson's Liver Tone
which straightens you right up and
makes you feel line. No salts neces
sary. Give It to the children because
Jt Is perfectly harmless and can not
salivate. —Advertisement.
CHOICE BETWEEN TWO LOVES
Can One Wonder That Malvina Tur
tledove Hesitated When It Came
to a Showdown 7
Malvlnn Turtledove weeped bitten
ly. Those dear, brlgftt blue eyes were
In danger of being washed cleurer and
bluer still.
She was In love!
Then she dressed hurriedly, In prep
aration for Jack's expected visit.
Promptly at eight lie arrived.
"Juek," she breathed, "I am so wor
ried."
"My pet, my angel, what Is It?"
asked Jack, In great concern.
"I have got to give one of you up,
and I don't know which I love best.
Can't I—" the maiden wept.
"No!" returned Jack, determinedly.
"You must choose between us—he
or I!"
"Jack," she wept, "show me some
4Xjp rcy!" ,
Hut lie showed her none, and so,
with a last look of love, Malvina
threw her Pomeranian, Bob, out of the
window and said:
"Jack, I am yours!"
MOTHER! MOVE
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Hurry, mother! Even a sick child
loves the 'fruity" taste of "California
Fig Syrup" and it never falls to open
| the bowels. A teaspoonful today may
prevent a sick child tomorrow. If con
stipated, blllous v feverish, fretful, has
cold, colic, or If stomach Is sour,
tongue coated, breath bad, remember a
good cleansing of the little bowels Is
often all that Is necessary.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali
fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions
for babies and children of all ages
printed on bottle. Mother! You must
say "California' or you may get an
.mltatlon llg syrup.—Advertisement
Fine Eyes.
A young woman og Baltimore re
cently visited an old chum In Wash
ington whose husband she had never
met. "You told me," said the Balti
more girl one afternoon, "that your
husband bad such fine eyes; but (really
I haven't found It so."
"Haven't you?" said the other.
I "Just wait until the milliner's girl
cnme* with my new hat and the bill."
A Leuon to Him.
ItafTerty borer ten feet Info a min
ing claim and then abandoned It. An-
A'lier took It up and at 11 feet struck
irold. When ltafferty heard the news
he Hcrlalmed: "I'll never leave anoth
er Halm until I've gone a foot fur
ther!"— Life.
WASPIRIH
Never say "Aspirin" without saying "Bayer."
WARNING! Unless you see name "Bayer" on tablets,
you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by
physicians oyer 2t years and proved safe by millions for
Colds Headache Rheumatism
Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis
Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain
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One application ends W*
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It will appear a mass, i fy,jL- fl
so soft, lustrous, and mA. ■
easy to do np. But what
will please you most ,
will be after a few wglL ■
weeks use, when you
see new hair —fine and
downy at first—yes— but really new
hair growing all over the scalp. "Dan
derlne" lg to the hair what fresh
Hhowers of rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. It goes right to the roots,
Invigorates and strengthens them.
This delightful, stimulating tonic
helps thin, lifeless, faded hair to grow
long, thick, heavy and luxuriant —Ad-
vertisement.
DIFFERENT, OFF THE STAGE
Master Crook Had to Seek Ordinary
Mortal to Psrform What Would
Seem Bimple Task.
Dareham Drake, the, world-famous
film villain, had had a very busy day
flt the studios.
In the performance of part nineteen
of "The Master Crook" he liad deftly
cut open with his electric saw five
formidable safes, mastered swiftly the
mysterious combinations of nine more,
ahd with a nonchalant air had picked
the lock ot his prison cell.
And now, his day's work finished,
he breathed a sigh of relief as he
alighted from his car and reached the
door of his flat.
It was locked.
Anxiously he searched every pocket
of his clothes for the latchkey, but
failed to unearth It.
"Here's a fix!" he groaned.
After another vain search the
Muster Crook walked around to the
nenrest locksmith's shop, flung a S2O
bill Into the counter and begged the
unshaven man In charge to come and
open his "blessed" door!
ATTORNEY SURELY A WONDER
But Old Darky's Admiration Must
Have Been Embarrassing Under
the Circumstances.
In Alabama they tell of a prosecut
ing attorney who was so uniformly
successful with his cases that he be
came both the terror of evil-doers In
the vicinity and the admiration of all,
' especially the dusky portion of the
population.
Upon his withdrawal from office he
1 was at once sought out by those
k charged with crime. Much to his dls
i gust, the first two cases that he de-
Ir fended resulted In the conviction -of
- his clients. An aged darky, named Jo«
s Clinton, who had watched his proseco*
tlons with wonder and who looked
i on with equal amazement now he con
s ducted the defense, met the attorney-
Just after his second defeat.
I- "Mlntah Cal," said the old chap, l(k
s awed tones, "yo' shore Is a wonder,
s No matter which side yt>u Is on, they
it goes to the pen Just the same." —MII-
n waukee Sentinel.
No Labor Bav«r.
A traveling man was "eating In ■
!• stuffy little restaurant one very hot"
i- lny where there were no screens at
•r windows or doors. The proprietress
I- herself waited «n her customers and
r | "ithooed" flies from the table while do
y lug so. Her energetic but vain efforts
attracted the attention and roused the
r. sympathy of the traveling man, who
rl said:
" "Wouldn't It he better to*have your
windows and the door screened?"
"Well, yes, I suppose that would
i- help some," *he replied, after a mo
i- mint's reflection, "but don't you think
k It would look kinder lazyllke?"—Har
a tier's Magazine.
r- Give a woman half a chance and she
will proceed to boast of her ailments.