Santa All the Year Is
Found to Be Good Idea
SANTA CLAUS comes in July as well
as December to those who need
*«•» In Columbia. Mo. Last Christmas
* dollar given anonymously by "a
Croup of children" was used by the
Welfare society there to start a fund
Dor year-round needs. Instead of gorg
ing people with too many baskets of
goodies one day out of 365.
These are some of the things the fund
has paid for: glasses to replace those
brokeu by a boy whose mother washes
to keep him in school; means of get
ting a crippled girl to and from school;
oboes for the old horse used by the
society when there Is hauling to be
done; the cane a grandfather needed
to help him get about; fares of a
trachoma patient and a tubercular
child who were sent to hospitals; soap
and a razor for a young man who
wanted to clean up so he could try for
* Job.
Regular donations to the society may
he spent only for food. fuel, clothing
and shelter; these all-the-year gifts,
though badly needed, would have been
Impossible but for the dollar from the
children "to use any way you want"
that gave welfare workers the Idea of
the Santa Claus fund. —Frances Grin
atead.
£). Western Newspaper Union.
Christmas in Christ's
Land Is Without Snow
LITTLE Christian children who live
In Jerusalem or who are traveling
there with their parents will not have
• snowy Christmas. Snow almost
aever falls In Palestine, for the tem
perature Is seldom Jtelww 88 degrees.
When it does snow, the (lakes melt as
«OOQ as they touch the ground.
Host of the people in the country
where the Infant Jesus was born do
not celebrate Christmas, however! For
only a few of them are Christians;
most are Moslems or Jews. There are
•ome Christmas trees In Christian
homes, and gifts are exchanged among
those who observe Christ's birthday.
Bat there are no street decorations
«nd no late shopping problems. The
post offices have no hlg signs urging
""Mall your packages early!"
Yet there Is probably no place In the
world more appropriate to visit at
Christmas. The Holy Sepulchre Is In
the old part of the :lty, and at Bethle
hem, six miles south, is a great church
that has replaced the humble Inn where
Christ was born. Inside Is a large flat
•tone on which the Infant Jesus Is sup
posed to have been laid, reminding us
how Christianity grew from one hum
hie life. —Frances Grlnstead.
Western Nowso&per Union.
AT CHRISTMAS TIME
"Henry, what were you conversing
with the ashman about?"
"Why, Helen, I was trying ro coax
him to smoke those cigars you gave me
for a Christmas present."
"Call him back, Henry."
•"Ah, you would like to see him taki»
the cigars?"
"No, I want him to take some per
fume to his wife—yon .know, dear, the
perfume you- selected for my Christmas
rfft."
The Need of Santa Claus
"If there were no God it would be
necessary to Invent him." said a well
known writer. There is no Santa
Claus (n our grown-up world, hut we
have found we needed hirti as one of
the most beloved characters in the
world of childhood, which is peopled
with legends of the child's own mak
ing. The enchanting belief In Snnta
and his reindeer, his paunch and his
pack filled with toys will never hurt
• child. The cynical grown-ups. who
have too completely lost their belief in
him and his kind, need your help.
Demand for Christmas Toys
-Children are still running true to
form In their requests to Santa Claus.
The girls still want dolls, play furni
ture and toy household appliances and
the boys want cowboy suits and me
chanical toys year after year.
Children Like to Buy
Children take pride In being able to
hoy their own gifts for members of the
family and for frlenda Often mothers
And their Ingenuity put to a severe test
to find Ideas enough to go round In the
ncessarlly limited price range.
Poinsettias
Polnsettias require a temperature
that doe». not fall below 65 degreea
Fahrenheit While the plaata are
blooming, the soil should Lmj kept quite
Stout
"Lone Wolfs" Tracks
in the Christmas Snow
TbtUltE he stood—"The Lone Wolf I"
halfway down the hillside midst a
snow-covered landscape, the moon and
stars disclosing his tracks and shad
owy figure upon the glistening sheet
of ice-coated suow.„ He gazed hungrily
toward a small group of houses hud
dled together at the foot of the bill,
a faint light gleaming from their win
dows.
As Mary Louise was absorbed in
turkey-dressing, cranberries, recipe
books and Christmaa apices, her
thoughts wandered to this beautiful
picture—"The I.one Wolf." For many
years she had longed to possess It,
but het husband did not approve, so
she had done without It
Mary Louise brushed away a tear as
she thought of the coveted picture and
then promptly forgot all about It In
her loving efforts to make her family
happy on Christmas.
When all was In readiness and the
tn-e beautifully trimmed. Mary Louise
Called In the family for the (iiristmas
celebration. How the children danced
and tore about the toy strewn living
room! How dear old John absorbed
himself In his brand-new smoklns out
fit!
Was Mary Louise to receive nothing?
Turning, she saw John tacking up
the most adorable bit of tapestry he
had ever seen—"The Lone Wolfl Just
the thins for that great empty wall
space! "Merry Christmas. Mary." said
John, as they all stood gazing upon
"The l.one Wolf" with his tracks in
the snow.—Alice B. Palmer.
p). Western Newspaper Union.
Christmas Radio Skit
that "Went Over" Big
iItITHT don't you try a radio skit
VV for XYZ?" Dick Hassel had
written his mother, Grace.
Grace tried It and was as much sur
prised as anyone when it was accept
ed, to be broadcast at seven o'clock.
Christmas eve.
Mrs. Hassel had been greatly disap
pointed when Dick, for lack of finances,
had to give up studying for the minis
try and had gone to work In the big
city. Recently he had written that he
had a new Job. a surprise, that he
would tell Mother Grace and Father
Jim about at Christmas.
Because Grace had always pictured
Dick as the popular young minister,
she featured the idea In her play, with
the beautiful organist as his sweet
heart.
Christmas eve Jitn tuned in on XYZ.
Promptly at seven came the theme
song; then, to their amazement, a voice
strangely familiar:
"This is station XYZ."
Then another voice: "Our play this
evening, 'The New Minister,' Is written
by our announcer's mother, Mrs. Grace
Hassel. Our popular announcer, Dick
Hassel, will take the part of the minis
ter."
"Of all things!" Grace exclaimed.
•The young scamp!"
"No wonder your skit went over so
fast," Jim grinned.
"Now, listen! We're missing It," Grace
happily .admonished as the young min
ister's voice announced that the audi
ence would Join In singing "Joy to the
World." —Florence Harris Wells.
ffi. Western Newspaper Union.
| CHRISTMAS CAROLS }(!
• I
fi; «-plll£ carol was originally a
jjl 1 joyous dance, a sign of lib- S*
•Ij eratio:i from the religious aus- jL
terlty of the Puritan era. Percy
iff Dearmnr, writing In "The Ox
jjj ford Book of Carols." says: •j
"The carol, by forsaking the J
timeless contemplative melodies
V of the church, began the era of jl
JjJ modern music, which throughout u
$ has been based on the dance."
Cheese Rind for Birds
In a recent discussion of the best
way of feeding birds In the garden
one experimenter put forward the rind
of a Stilton cheese as the supreme
Christmas fare! Birds of many sorts
especially the robin, are greedily fond
of it. They have a desire for fat and
the cheese provides this in association
with other virtues. If we feed birds
for the sake of watching them as well
as comforting them, the rind, if pre
served in more or less unbroken form,
has the advantage that It cannot be
carried away and attracts five or six
species of bird If no more.—London
Spectator.
A Colorful Set of Bowls
No modern kitchen Is complete with
out a nest of bowls In a color corrj
spondlng to the color scheme of the
kitchen. If you know of a person with
out this delightful kitchen help. It
might be a suggestion for a Christmas
or birthday gift
Make Children Happy
The citizen who makes a child happy
Christmas time often learns that he
gets a lot of happiness out of the
transaction for himself.
Needs No Ceremony
A real man Is one who doesn't make
■ ceremony out of hla charity.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
PUBLIC IS ASKED TO
SHOW COOPERATION
Postmaster Makes Sug
gestions To Expedite
Christmas Mail
Due to the relegation of the class
of the Elkin post office from second
to third, the allowance for clerical
assistance has been reduced to ap
proximately one-third the former
amount, it was learned Saturday
from P. W. Graham, postmaster, who
pointed out that this fact is a con
siderable handicap in organizing for
the aproaching heavy Christmas
mails.
In order to ease to a certain ex
tent the burden with which the post
al force will be laden from now untli
Christmas, and to expedite the de
livery and dispatch of the mail, Mr.
Graham made the following sugges
tions:
Keep Christmas greeting cards
separate from all other first class
mail. Place rubber bands or strings
around all packages of cards or let
ters with stamps arranged in proper
order for cancellatipn. Mail pack
ages as early in the morning as pos
sible, before 10 a. m. if convenient.
This applies particularly to mail to
be registered or insured.
Greeting cards enclosed in enve
lopes for local delivery should be
sealed in order to secure the drop
letter rate of one cent. Do not mail
greetings in red, green or dark col
ored envelopes.
SHIP OFFICERS ARRESTED
The acting captain and chief en
gineer of the liner Morro Castle,
which burned at sea with a loss of
134 lives, were arrested Friday and
arraigned immediately before a Uni
ted States commissioner on charges
of negligence, misconduct and inat
tention to duty.
I WE WANT EVOW CHILD FOR M AROUND T^^RE!
I Santa Willi Arrive At 4:00 o'Clock!
Kiddies, bring; j our letters for old Santa to A iir'Tkl'T'C f ¥T f
igj read. Be sure and tell him about everything I AKLIN 1 ijl UrOWII-UpS!
«Y you want at Christmas time. Don t miss sec- T
ing and talking to Santa Claus in person Fri- YOU TOO, WILL FIND HUNDREDS OF
fjfo day afternoon, and don't forget he will lir An T IIIU II IV r oipTOI
gr * HAVE A GIFT FOR EACH BOY AND WOKIHWHILk (j ITI 0 !
GIRL. He will show you many beautiful rUTT?
Christmas toys.such as: UUiv
f rEsifcarriage is* CHRISTMAS OPENING
& zSHT —Gtunes of all kinds ' FRIDAY WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO SAVE
Sr —Wagons —Books—including The ON GIFTS!
Sjij —Tricycles 810 little books,
—Kiddie Kars The big BIG books Beautiful toilet sets—Guaranteed 26-piece silver plated ser
—Double - barrel pop vice sets—Belt and buckle sets—Cigarette lighters and case
—Single - barrel pop —Tin tea sets —Carving sets—Book ends—Fruit and nut bowls—Lacquered
guns —Aluminum sets trays and service plates—Finest leather and kid gloves—
—Musical tops —Kiddie tables and Make-up boxes—Shaving outfits.
2$ ~ ToQI chests chairs These items and many others will make appropriate gifts for
£6# and hundreds of other fine toys the holiday season.
1 Graham & Click 5c - 10c Store
W MAIN STREET ,s 1 I | ELK IN, N. C.
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