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CHRISTMAS EDITION IAGIR PROMISES Is There on Easy Resolution? New Year resolutions have long been a common practice of human ity—and the brunt of a million jokes. Neither fact Is too surprising. Man always has been eager enough to make promises to himself and to others, just as he has been quick to criticize bis own weakness when he falls to follow through. djft there are always reasons w!Y resolutions fail. True, they might have been made with all seriousness, but still be lacking in strength or perseverance. The fallen resolutions are always those that A new light-weight drum for 1 shipping and handling corrosive | liquids collapses for return ship IBenrsi m |H Christmas We express our appreciation WSiThe Mens Store Kp- pfSJ.; ||||M Wb£3UU n>lf i nri_nf Mint Ib4 A.C WBBgp ccnf\omK9 m rpm, jpr •«'!** SfißT u» oorry ormard in thd fu- jl 'ifirWAß : 'r ; .’’ xMi&L ' turoaowg have in t*m port.’ M jg|&£NgM .‘I- .Through Hid guidance «ndj- J I C-, EgT • W*d»ings in our actions and. ' 1 • o£» ffflfo thoughts, let us strive to *»• J ■ '•’ AV sure "Peace On Earth— .. y, » v R- re*:'’ ' * ' -jSSr#* - e? "v* f p"’' , jhi^P ; * • v i~ • m \Jkt\ffm ' w** ft ft *■-' •-w^j f wyiuru r ntain%/^\ }. r r;* ** -ffitf". ' ■ V y : ‘ PH? - ' *-. ~ . \ jp ', • . , ,'•■ J* were impracticable, and not easily adapted to the general pattern of living. •• Thai% is « parable: “No man putteth new wine into old wine skins.” A fermenting wine would easily burst the seams of an old wine skin, just as a nan-practicable resolution falls along the wayside of daily liv ing. If one is to make new and strong resolutions, there must be a new and stronger person to uphold them. The easiest resolution of all to make and follow Is one to work tor a world of peace and harmony. Iment when empty. It ip made of rubber or any desired synthetic elastomer. yw^frfiy; In Tree Industry The United Stated ft the world's leading source of supply as (MS as the top bluer to the Christmas tree industry-* better than feMOMdg The majority of our Christmas trees come from New England, Now York and Penntyiveaia, to* north Middle-west, and the Northwest Pacific region*. In recant years, Now Jersey has annually marketed around 100,000 trees tor total two. Moat at the trot* lor Christmas sales am cot early m the faH and the trees are kept grata with plenty of water until stopped to diautooflao centers. Soim# mass pfodttCfrt» howsvir, cut trees early to the new year, and . treat them with preservatives and coloring solutions tod storage In chilled warehouses. ‘Snapdragon* Popular A gams called "naapdragMY* was vary popular at Christmas time to England mar* than 900 years ago. I* n limited extant it is still played la same parts sd England, as wcß as to Amorim. The original gam* called far a quantity at raisins to be deposing to a large bowl or dish. Brandy nr some other spirit was then poured over the fruit end Ignited. At a given signal, the participants at tempt to snatch a raisin from the blazing bowl. SECRETS ... IMi fltOe girl wants something far Christmas, but she’s not t<«% anyone ex cept Santa Clam, who leeks Hke be understands tbs problem. The acreage planted to cotton'in 1903 will be considered as a port of the base acreage Ja -mtaUishing future cotton acreage allotments. THE DAILY MOOBD, PPNW. N, CL the rersaasry sbtwb, symbol of fideOtf end constancy, was ones supposed SO pOMO* assay otculf virtues. Hamlet’s Ophelia said, "There’s rosemary, that’s forrommthnmte.” Tbs fail tied Rosemary blooms at Cbrutmas has introduced * to to celebration of this foast. Maternary, atcordneg lb Ossa legends opened to bide the Virgin Mery end bar sbiid from the soldiers of Herod, a legend shared with the juniper and oeborSroee. Amoebae legend toys that, during the flight to Egypt, Mery threw bar blest aimak Over a bttsb of rosemary whom she lay down to rest. Ever since, in kwkome, ike flowers hme Isom She heavenly blue of the mantle. HAS ODD COLLECTION MEMPHIS, Tenn. flfl-B. F. Kerr collects railroad switch keys. He tow over 400 keys, no two alike. Bp'- ri ,^r We say Merry Christmas to all our friends and customers .. • I We you to know how we your end ‘ and we take thl* opportunity to wMi you and youtt-* * 1 ' 1 I ' j*. • ' *•-•■;.' * & ‘.< .. i-rSftm rar ! ; _j Two coats of lacquer applied hot to automobile bodies by a new method equal three applied cold in the ordinary way, giving a substan- Basilica of the Nativity One of Oldest Churches Tht Basilica of the Nativity at Bethlehem is one of the oldest churches in Christendom, having been built 1,620 years ago. -As it stands today it represents the original building as erected by the Emperor Constantine and res torations and additions made un der Justinian. It is surrounded by three con vents of separate faiths, Greek, Latin and Armenian. All three have the privilege of worshiping in the Grotto of the Nativity, and, suprisingly enough, all three cele brate Christmas on separate occa sions. { THEY GROW OLD IN WEST , BUT THEY STAY TOUGH * BROADUS, Mont. (W They’re still wild and wooly in Montana, * at any age. I A writer tried ■to interview 92- year-old Charles Thex while the r oldster was working in a nearby » field. He was brushed off with: “I’m too busy to talk. I have to . get this haying done.” Thex first came to Montana with 1 a Texas trail herd in 1877. ! > l tial aaving in time needed for fin - ishing. iyi"ii PWPBMi Wthe/faends cfChrisimaM itoLftMgfrf'?..,? JL ...SlJßH^mPßgaggsgaatffi^Sß ■(•HERE ARE almoat as many £ Christmas legends and super stitions as there have been Christ mases. Countless customs froth the Old World havg bees absorbed through the centuries into the cele brations that we particfcMto to to day. A few, however, have Men passed down from one generation to another, remaining always the same. The Indians of Canada, for ex ample, believe that the deer kneel in prayer each Christmas Eve. An early missionary probably is re sponsible for the idea, but it still Ungers and wily Indians have- al ways attempted to catch the deer in the act. In England, it is believed that the bees express veneration for toe PANHANDLER WOULD SETTLE FOR DOLLAR HAIRCUT WATERTOWN, Wis. (IP)—A pan handler stopped a business man on Main Street and tried to beg a cup of coffee. The merchant said he had PAGE FIVE nativity fry staging to thafar atom at midnight. The bee hives are ah : ways adorned with telly aglpb to* the Yuletide season. In Europe it wee custom tot * young girl to creep to toe family woodpile on Christmas Eva aM MjO , out toe first stick that tea hand touched. If the stick was a straight one, with no knots, tradition said that she would have a good taiehatld. Farmers in Europe else give torches to their children and sent them singing into the apple eed|furds • and the fields. The mice, eatespfli . lars and moths were said to flee before toe approaching songster*. ' i In early Germany ft W*a a beiie| that water turned into Vlat AWm i the hour before midnight Ois Qmsv ! mas Eve. ‘0S&?, nothing smaller than a doHatJ, “Then ho wabout staking me to a haircut?” the moodier asked. Massachusetts forbids coding feet by hanging them out of the win dow. i
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