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Christmas Ere Alliance Made Two Hearts Happier THE wind howled dismally, and Os car Hugglns, looking out at the whirling snow, put up the shutters. Put them up right, too, as the little grocery would be closed tomorrow. Dimly, he wondered how to spend Christmas. He checked over his stock, nibbled a bit of cheese, and opened Che back door to throw out a rotting apple. In the snow stood a boy. The lad dove for the apple, polishing, .and handling it as something preclpus. "Here!" said Oscar roughly. "What are you doing?" The boy looked startled. "I thought you threw It away," he answered, "and see. It's pretty good." "Humph," said Oscar.""Al t right, keep It But, mind, you've no business loitering here. You should be hoott In this weather, and on Christmas eve, of all times." The lad shifted uneasily bat did not leave. "Well?" Oscar de- Bonded. **l was looking for work, sir." Oscar looked at him sharply. *\)ut on your own, son?" "Yes, sir." "Where are your fdlks?" His tale of bereavement, struggle and and loneliness was brief but Impres sive. "How'd you like to spend Christmas with me?" the grocer offered. Funny, this life. A bit ago he had almost wished he wasn't closing tomorrow— now it seemed Jolly. "Gee!" exclaimed his new friend. "Swell 1" They packed a market basket to overflowing. But Oscar turned back "Walt a minute." He selected his best candies and found a bit of red string. "If I keep him to help In the store he'll probably eat it anyway," he con soled, "might as well show him a Merry Christmas." —Helen Gaisford. © Western Newspaper Union. Santa as He Appears in the Different Countries SO SANTA CI-AUS wears a red suit and a long white beard, and when he isn't busy in the toy store, drives a sleigh pulled b.v Dormer and Blitzen? Not if you live In Hawaii. There, on a moonlit Decehiber night, you might see Santa come riding in from the ocean on a surf-hoard. As likely as not there would he a lei, or wreath of flowers, about his neck, though he wears the same red suit and water proof boots he dons for boys and girls of the United States, since Hawaii Is really American territory. In the Philippines, though it, too, is American, the white cap turns conical like a Spanish clown's. He carries a red-and-white lantern which helps him find the home of every good boy and girl, and drives buffalo, which they call carabao. The gifts are packed in baskets slung across the backs of these creatures. What would you think of Santa In a rickshaw? But, after all. If you were a Chinese child Isn't that what yon would expect? And Santa never dis appoints. In Japan he sits with his feet tucked under him to take his tea on a wintry afternoon, and in the Afri can tropics—well, you Just wouldn't recognize the red suit! He has even taken to using the airplane in our own country. I am sure that when he leaves the reindeer In his barn, he pats the nose of each one and urges tbe ice elves to feed them plenty of reindeer moss till he comes home again.—Fran- ces Grinstead. © Western Newspaper Union. SANTA CLAUS THERE is a Santa Claus. His real name Is Spirit of Charity. He is the symbol of benevolence, compassion and altruism. He is the Ideal of that small legion of really human humans who pave unselfishly numerous paths to hap piness with kindness, sympathy and charity. ■ ==q He Was a Dutch Boy Christmas was celebrated long be fore Santa Clans was ever thought of. His prototype was the Dutch boy bish op. St. Nicholas, who on December 5 used to go round punishing little chil dren who did not say their prayers and rewarding those who did. Grad ually he was changed from a boy Into a jovial old man, while the sledge and reindeer are modern additions. Ac tually, Santa Claus was unknown In England a hundred years ago. The Dutch founders of New York Intro duced him to America, and England borrowed him from the States.—Lon don Tlt-Blts Magazine. Believe in Yuletide for Dead Kltzbuhel, Austria, is one of the few places in the wotfd which believe that the dead should share in the Yuletide celebration. Ob Christmas eve, this picturesque little village In the Tyrol has, for many yehrs, decorated each grave in Its cemetery wt*h a tree Hghted by candles and other Bmall lights.—Collier's Weekly. Select S tardy Toys Well-built toys which will provide happy play throughout the year are tetter than those which make s brave showing on the Christmas tree but which are soon broken or discarded. 4 Mr. Gandjr Good Shopper, but Forgot Own Present IT WAS pimply out of the question for Mrs. Gandy to go to Sayvllle that morning. The day before Christ mas and a thousand things to do; hut Mr. Oandy was going. Of course he could do many errands, yet hardly the one she wished most to have done —n gift for himself. Sayville was the near est shopping place to the tiny village where the Gandys lived, a good fifteen miles over the mountain, by a rickety bus which ran once a day. "Mrs. Gaudy was struck with an Idea. She hurried to a neighbor's house and begged hsr to come home with her ".Just ask Mr. Gandy If he will buy for you a pair of gloves, for your hus band. Give s large size. He'll neve' guess." The neighbor obligingly consented. Mrs. Gandy felt well pleased with her bit of a scheme to get her husband to buy his own gift (unknowingly) for himself, but she was a trifle dismayed when, at Are o'clock, Mr. Gandy came home, tired, hungry and tumbled an armful of packages on the kitchen table. "You got the sage for the dressing? The celery? Tbe red toy truck for Tommle? The blue mittens for Sarah? The nuts and raisins, and the white wool for grandma?" Mr. Gandy nodded and Inquired how soon supper would be ready. "And," asked his wife casually, "the gloves for Andrew, his wife wanted?" Mr. Gandy smiled. "I clean forgot about them until the bus was ready to start! So I just hopped into a place and grabbed the first pair I saw. 'Good enough for old Andrew,' I thought, but they aren't much." He grinned a lit tle shamefacedly, like a boy. Mrs. Gandy plumped down In a chair. "Bill Gandy, that serves you just right. Those gloves are a Christmas present from me to you. You are served with your own sauce!" And she laughed so hard that Bill Gandy had to Join her at his own expense.—Martha B. Thomas. © western Newspaper Union. Mothers' Night, Ancient English Christmas Name THE oldest English name for Christ mas is Moddra Night, or Mothers' Night. In the early days, when our Saxon forefathers had just settled down In the country that was to be England, the day of December 25th was given up to games and feasting, but the night was dedicated to the special honor of mothers. They oc cupied the seats of honor, and every one brought them gifts. Sons and daughters who had gone out into the world strove to be at home on that one night In the year. A little later the name Yule was giv en to Christmas, and the rejoicings of the day were prolonged into night, when men sang and told stories sitting round the cheerful blaze of the Yule log. The old customs of Mothers' Night gradually died out, though they still survive In a few parts of the country. Its place has been taken to some ex tent by Mothering Sunday In the North of England. On that day everyone who can do so still makes a pilgrimage homewards, and the mother receives the homage of her family.—London Tlt-Blts Magazine. THE DAYS BEFORE "What nice manners the polite lit tle Thompson boys have!" "Yes. They are always like that Jus't before Christmas." Proper Size for Toy Block* Four Inches long by two Inches square is a good size for children's building blocks, according to educa tional experts. These can be made at home by cutting them from a 2 by 2 planed Joist, sandpapering tbe edges and corners to a slight roundness, and painting them in bright colors. Old, worn blocks can be given a new lease on life by enameling them in gay hues. -=q Mm+e====r- Shakespeare and Christina* Christmas Is mentioned but twice by Shakespeare and then Incidentally. Yuletide was, however, an important time In his life, because it was then that iiis plays were produced by com mand at the courts of Queen Elizabeth and .Tames I, with Shakespeare in the casts. Toys Should Please the Child Select Christmas toys to please the child, not to amuse the adults in the family. Your CLristmas Pleasure Your Christmas pleasure is dm when your Christmas duty la done. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA NEW BANK REGULATIONS Raleigh, Dec. I.—Regulations in keeping with a legislative act and designed to "promote safer banking and to better protect the interest of depositors, creditors, stockholders, and the public in their relation with banks" have been issued by Gurney P. Hood, state banking commissioner. The regulations govern the keep i ' Reddy I Kilowatt j. tidlpj Says- ItffW //jl/ 0 When Someone Tells (V^-k |\ /1 11 I You lAm Expensive .. JlL X \ 1 1/ I Show Him This.... -v Here Are Only Some of The Things I Am Doing In Homes For ONE CENT! 0 £ Make 37 pieces of golden orown toast. ■ H Keep a 25-watt light burning from dusk 'till daylight , \ (12H hrs.) I 1 Bring in more than six half-hour programs on average | /j _ _ _ _ _ Fan you for six hours. IJ I I »■ Keep food fresh and make ice cubes five hours. oo""'"""" "»» *- "«'• SIS _ __i Vacuum clean eight room-size rugs (two hours, five your electric n/lIA/Ln minutes). service.' Make 0 !■/ I I \#\f ( |V him a part o/ I T T Im I Operate food mixer five hours. your plan for liv- Wash a " dlshes tor » ,uU week 22 ''* mealß) - you Y ZeTt U Wash 3V 4 tubs full of clothes. and enjoy life • I V J more! • Give over six hours relief from pain with a heating pad. ss ,i 1 "My wife likes the smartness Til|Q II A FUPIHIPQ and roominess of the Ford—but IHlu YD LIimIIiLU a WHAT OPENED MY EYES!" I **l JgNGINEERS have knovvn about in -8 1^ 2 ' n ° 0116 f Since its introduction this en- This is the engine you need for Ij| gine has been constantly refined quick, sure, cold-weather start* ik. features of Ford design have re- "ppened the eyes" of over two mained through the production million : enthusiastic Ford owners; terms tbnmgb Unhttntl Credit Co* ON THE AIR.— Ford Symphony Orchestra, Sunday Ewbn —Fwd Warinc. IWdnlw Inn- Columbia N.twork -Unlwd PT— N.wa R.W. «»d Gnrfy Coh-IS p, m.-WBT Sec The New 1936 V-8 Fords At Our Shcwr nom ELKIN MOTORS, Inc. SALES SERVICE •". " ■' i I ' ik i wmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmrnaamMi urm • i r i- ■ -i ITTI— — ing of more extensive records by the banks to Improve operating meth ods. DIES HAPPY Twin Palls, Idaho, Dec. I.—Joseph William Walker, 71, was dead .to day, the victim of a perfect rummy hand for which he had hoped through a lifetime of card playing. He succumbed to heart failure as he viewed his hand. A survey says that youth is losing its influence—why the fact is the old folks are getting younger every year. Patronize Tribune advertisers. They offer real values. Thnrwdflv. IVrwiher 5. 1935 ■ wKm ■
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