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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25

Widow j. with nine children. >. hat
did | find there? | found the nine
| children, of course. Amy Christ
mas cheer! Not any, unless you
count a pitiful old broom set up as
tree and draped with some
shreds of pink and white twine
from the city dump. | found cold
and hunger and diphtheria and
despair. This | could not trace
back to Santa Claus. Certainly
not He had not been there. And
| could. not find that he ever. had
any record of the Widow j. family
Oh, this Is not all. There we're
slathers of cases like that of Mil
lionaire X, and tens of thousands
like that of Widow j. To enumer.
ate them would tire you. 1t gives
me a pain to even thinK of them
| Passing, therefore, over count
less minor outrages which | could
cite, like the giving of jewe Try to
people who would rather have jer
seys aud jackets and jumpers and
food, and the giving of junk where
cash would be appreciated. and the
giving of cigars to husbands who
do not smoke that brand, and the
giving of trifles to mothers who
have worked marvels in bringing
up families. and the giving of un
deserved gifts to those who ceie
brate Christmas as graft and the
giving of ostentatious things and
the giving of foolish things-pass
ing over all these lesser plumbers
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25
Love in Remembrance
the True Spirit of
Christmas Giving.

friend acquaintance. That person had sent you
something last Christmas to your surprise, perhaps and
You felt that You ought to MAKE return this year
You will likely either feel bit ashamed your forget
funess rake up something to forward tomorrow, trust
ing that if the party doesn't get the present until after
Christmas day, he she will attribute 1t to delay in the
mail express delivery rather than to your negligence.
Now don't worry about the matter at all. The Christ
has many absurdes: much OF hypocrisy and
empty courtesy If You forgot that friend you may be
your love for him her WASH deep enough to make
it really worth while sending anything and your sending
would simply be payment of debt sort of business
transaction far from the true spirit OF Christmas giving
paying your coal bill To give to person merely be-
that person gave to You foolish for it defeats the
object of giving and destroys all its delights 1t wise
who out of the east with the first Christmas
presents and worshiped love alone prompted them.
The true spirit of Christmas giving is love- love OF ones
fellows If person has done his her part toward help
ing the really poor and his her close relations to
happy Christmas, through genuine love, all has been done
that good demands the Lord probably expects
Other giving is pretty much based seltisness and van
ity and makes for no substantial good in the world
Women by long odds. the best givers, oftenest i'm
bued with the true Christmas spirit. man fixes the mum
Der of presents in his mind PUSHES into store at the last
minute and simply buys, rarely selecting things that are
appropriate or mean anything than gift Rare
is the woman who does not weeks perhaps before Christ
mas needles and threads and cloths and and
Whatever else Christmas things made otand create
some fabric into which she puts love and remembrance all
her spare moments. There in pair of wool socks
knit bv grandmother mittens yarn hat created by
mother sister, than in any jewel case that bouy ever
knew The loving labor is there. The recipient OF such
present isn't forgotten until Christmas morning.
No Don worry much about the presents have Tor
gotten to send They would not have amounted to much,
whatever their value in money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25
Those Letters on Love
and Marriage.


terested in newspaper
Here his latest:
Editor Press: I have been reading those silly let
tiers love and marriage and all that sort of thing
in your woman's page every night Are you trying to
solve the problem, us Marriage Failure?' or are
you running matrimonial bureau? Cut it out. You
can't find the answer and for not interested.
Constant Reader
Ali So Mr.. c. Reader isn't interested? Yet he has
been reading those silly letters every night
Now, let's
Various periods in the worlds history have brought
forth various absorbing problems Students and scholars
have fought and argued different things, each Of
which in its time appeared the investigators to be all
important The approximate date of the Menes dynasty
the theology of Luther the shape of the earth the Copper
mean theory, the location of Atlantis the evolution OF man
kind and the CookPeary conroversyeach has had It's
place III the story of events.
But the one problem that has down through
the ages unsoved and apparently unsovable by count
less millions of human beings is the that affects
their lives the most-the silly question Of love
and marriage.
in addition to mere publication OF the days happenings.
newspaper such The Press strives to be is not
thing foreign aoof from its readers. 1t is of
them As such The Press believes that whatever subject
itself OF great interest to It's readers that subject
is worthy of space and consideration.
The Press had idea when it printed a letter from 81
Housewife that it would such avalanche of let
tiers to the editor followed The housewife said there
ought to be- in this day of reform something done to make
the lot of the hard working wife in the home somewhat
easier "A Shop Girl replied that She for one would
like to trade places with "A HOUSEWIFE That started
the discussion and it branced off into many bypaths.
The Press has printed of these letters from readers
Lack Of space has prevented publishing hundreds
Are people interested in this subject? We rather
imagine Is silly is it serious? We have good
to believe is the latter for of all these letters
from and women, remarkably few have been
flippant in tone or otherwise than earnest.
No Mr. Constant Reader, are not running matri-
monal bureau. Nor trying to solve the problem.
We have smp given opportunity to thousands of our
readers to express their thoughts and ideas with the belief
that they not only interesting, but that in Of
he hpl
to little to solving the problem for him
self or herself. That's all.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25

false side, which had an opening
about five feet from the bottom.
In some manner the letters got
down in there. Recently there was
wreck near Hamilton, Ohio, in
which four people were killed and
II injured. The mail car of that
train. smashed pretty badly. was
taken to the shops. One of the re-
pairmen in going over the side of
the car found these packets of let.
tiers.
One feature of the incident is
that Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T. jamie
son, who live here now, were par.
ties to one letter. Jameson had
written to Mrs. Jameson, who was
then his sweetheart In PHILADELPHIA
Ia Miss Duncan-and received no
reply. When he waited for a whole
week and no letter came he went
to Philadelphia to see her. They
were married then and returned
here. The letter reached him this
week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25
Press Humor --Most Anything--Havea Smile
MOST ANYTHING
JOSH WISE SAYS:
"Be it ever so stuck up,
there's no place like a glue
70 cto,.xy ,,

"Be it ever so stuck up,
there's no place like a glue
factory"
Il live my kindling wood, but oh
Yule log!"
A certain fatl(r said with sigh
| that it seems an awfully long time
| ago when a stick of candy, jack
in-the-box, and an orange was
| enough to make childhood happy.
Giving, giving, giving
Presents large to all;
Getting, getting, getting
Presents very small.
What's the use of Christmas, please
If the proceeds are like these?
A boy who stayed up to see Santa
| Claus says that Santa is no myth
| because his father would have
| known where the rocking chair
| stood and wouldn't have fallen over
it. But he can't explain how Santa
! came to use such language.
This is the time of year when the
| most careless boy takes notice
when there's a hole in his stock
ing. He wants to take no chances.
1t takes person
Who has a barrel
To keep from nursin'
A crouch, and carol.
Mother: Well, Clarice, dear, do
you want nice dolly for Christ
mas?
Clarice: No, mamma: | want a
nice dolly for all the time.
| Twas the night before Christ
mas and Santa so fat
Melted to death in steam-heated
flat
The fellow who has to spend it In
a lonely hotel 500 miles from home,
doesn't refer to it as the Season OF
Good Cheer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25
ELECTION SONGS IN
EXCITED ENGLAND

LONDON, Dec. pa big fea-
ture of the election in England is
the campaign songs sung by work
ingmen to well known tunes. When
ever there is a Liberal meeting, the
supporters of the land tax deafen
the neighborhood with their roars
of melody. Here are some of the
most popular songs:
Tune of Marching Through
Georgia"
Sound a blast of freedom, boys. and
send it far and wide.
March along to victory, for God is
on our side,
While the voice of nature thun-
ders DER the rising tide,
God made the land for the people.
The land. The land. Twas God
who gave the land
The land. The land The ground
on which we stand.
Why should we be beggars with
the ballot incur hand?
God gave the land to the people.
Hank, The shout is swelling from
the east and from the west.
Why should we be workers and the
landlords take the best?
Make them pay their taxes for the
land-we'll risk the rest!
| The land was meant for the people,
Tune of Come, Landlord, Fill
! the Flowing Bowl"
Come, landlords, pay your honest
share
OF national taxation.
You surely will assist to bear
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25

Very probably, the first
thing YOU remembered,
when you got up this morn
ing, was that you had for
gotten to send a present to
That person had sent YOU
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25

which have been allowed to grow
into a positive vice, Santa Claus is
shown to have betrayed his high of
flee.
Far be it from me to suggest i'm
parchment. My mission is not
that But it is my privilege to
recommend reform. This, then, is
my advice:
Let everyone who does not wear
the collar of the tyrant devote the
week intervening between Dec. %
and Jan. l and undo, each accord
ing to his or her power, the injus.
tice done by Santa Claus. Restore
conditions to what they ought to
be. If you have received too much
swag, restitute-pass it on to those
who need it. Induce others to as.
sist. Rebuke old Santa Claus !.
Overturn the system.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25

Maybe this is late date to
mention it. but the secretary of
state handed out quite a message
on the same day that Bill did, and
it was writ" lovely, too.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25
CLERK AT DESK 62 YEARS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-
Thomas Harrison for 62 years has
plugged along at his daily grind or
clerical work for the government,
the oldest employee of the nation at
present in harness. He was ap-
pointed in 1847 and is today as ac-
lively performing desk duty as he
was more than three score years
ago. He is clerk in the naval OBJ
servatory. Senator Jones has in
troduced a bill granting Mr.. Harri-
son an annuity for life.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25
WRECKED CAR
DISCLOSED LETTERS
LOST YEARS AGO
Eighty Had Fallen Behind Double
Wall in the Mail Car and Were
Never Missed.

CONVICTION, KY, Dec 25.--Let.
ters mailed In Philadelphia in 1903
have just been delivered here. They
number 80 odd. some to business
houses. some containing money and
others just postal cards. They have
been dispatched to their proper
places OF delivery, most of them
going 10 Columbus. Cincinnati and
Dayton, o.. and others to Little
Rock, Ark. and Louisville. KY.
Six years ago. when these letters
were being brought TO Covington
on the Pennsylvania lines. II hap
penod that In the car there was u
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25

all. (He gives useful things to
some, yes; but often to such who
cannot use them.)
He gives to those who do not
expect, which is illogical.
He doesn't give what they don't
expect to those who don't expect;
which is, to say the least, irritat-
ing.
He is capricious and stingy and
unreasonable and wastefully lavish.
Here is only one of a million
straps of evidence | found, a leaf
| torn from his order boob:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25
G O N tt N u E D
r o NJ
P a @ T. O n E
SANTA CLAUS
MUCKRAKED!

formerly, he now gives even less,
He is giving more and more to
grown people in preference to chill
dreni
He gives useless things nine
times out of ten, when he gives at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25
MILLIONAIRE X. & FAMILY &
DOG.

Deliver one solid silver Gus
pidor; one new $1,000 automo-
bile; one flawless $4,000 dia-
mond necklace: one mahog+
any rocking horse wl.i real
spawn and locked tai; one
French doll (operatic voice..
with costumes from Worth;
pair canine automobile Cog
giles and pennyroyal sacset
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25

TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS-The when subscription
expires on the address label of each When that dae
arrives subscription has been paid advance
taken from the list date the address
label is receipt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-25

Every once in a while our
old friend, Constant Read
er, takes a fall out Of us.
This gives us more salts
faction than he may think.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Come Home, Mother.

Mother, dear mother, come home
from the club. and rustic some sup.
per for me; it's time you were here
working over the grub and getting
things ready for tea. The tables not
set nor the teakettle boiled, the vege.
tables are not prepared: nc wonder
my temper and feelings are rolled.
though tits doubtful, indeed, II you
cared. Come home. come home, come
h%o-hO-home! Yes, cut your symposium
down n wee bit. dear mother, and
hustle right home!-Los Angeles Ex-
press.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Ours and Theirs.

"A play on names unconsciously per-
petrated by my youngest o vas
other day. 1--WE live next door to a
family named Feitenour, and the other
night while my family was busy read.
ing in the library we heard a racket
on the back porch. My son went out
to investigate. and On his return my
wife. always inquisitive, asked what
had caused the noise.
"'Nothin' but a couple Of CATS Jim
told her, and then I heard her ask:
Did you see whose they were?'
"'Yes; one was ours and the other
was FeitenUur's.'"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Women,s Federation Elect.

The eighth meeting Of the Fifth
District Of the Missouri Federation Of
Women's Clubs was held at Sedalia.
The addresses of welcome by Mayor
J. L. Babcock was responded to In
behalf Of the federation by Mrs. G. 8.
Martin Of Marshall. At the conclu-
sion of the business session the fol.
lowing officers were elected and in
stalled: President. Mrs. Anna Lurck,
Boonville; first vice-president. Mrs.
Herman Kuellman, Clinton; second
vice-president, Mrs. o. M. Barnett,
Sedalfa; secretary, Mrs. Kraus, Eldon.
The next meeting will be at Clinton.
when a two days session will be
held.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07

from gown or coat. There Is moth.
ing smarter than It's trimming OF
quilts, and nothing that will stand
YEA so we'll. The turban Is Just as
pretty when finished with a group
Of wings at the left side, and an or.
nament placed to hold the drapery
at the right.
Fig. 2 shows a model covered
with blue kid piped with white and
trimmed with a pair of large white
wings. The bow at the front is made
of the leather so that the entire hat Is
Of this material. The same model rs
very pretty with the hat Of MORE or
corded silk, and the trimming Of vel.
vet OF kid. 1t has already proved
popular made OF black MORE, faced
with white and having a band OF white
kid about the crown finished with a
fiat bow of the same at the left side.
This model is very elegant with broad
black velvet ribbon used for the front
bow, mounted with wings in white or
black tOr both.)
Silk.covercd hats hold the center Of
the stage, and those Of MORE and
corded silk most popular. One OF
them is shown in Fig. 3. They are
to be found In all sorts Of colors and
color combinations, but black and
white In this hat has outdistanced all
others in the race for popularity. The
model shown is OF white MORE faced
with black. Its trimming is a triple
ruche Of boX-plaited maline about the
crown and upper brim, and a crushed
tie of velvet finished with a knot at
the side. Such a model is the best of
between seasons millinery, and as
near to all.thc-year-round wear as can
be found.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
BY JULIA B~orrOMLEY.

lust now there Is nothing more in
teresting to the shopper than the
milliner's windows. They are
abloom with their autumn millinery.
and their offerings seem much more
to the taste Of the average woman
than were the early showings OF the
season just passed. These new hats
will not be the sport OF the c%aricatur.
list. as many modes for spring we're.
They are not startling, and they are
elegant and attractive. Dame fashion
seems to have adopted a new fad
judging by the new fall stayles, II is
fashionable to be sensible in choosing
at hat. There is a drift toward dur
ability In all millinery and especially
In hats for the street.
Hats Of silk, cloth or leather pre-.
dominate and trimmings are of quilts,
wings. well.made fancy feathers com.
bined with ribbon. velvet or maline.
This last looks fragile. but since the
process OF water-proofng, It has been
discovered, 1t holds its own with other
millinery fabrics.
Three pretty new models illustrate
the seasons modes. The round hat
trimmed with quilts Is a draped tur.
ban made of beaver cloth over a buck
ram frame. This hat is also seen
made of broadcloth, felt, silk and of
chamois skin combined with velvet.
Some OF the best models shown for
TALL 80 far are made of channels. AS
1t may be successfully cleaned, 1t will
appeal to those who require a durable
hat and want a pretty one.
This model is a happy choice II one
happens to own a piece of good broad.
cloth. or other heavy fabric. left over
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
GATHERED FRILLS OF LACE
Useful In Arranging the Fuliness on
Cors>A Covers Used with
Thin Waists.

A girl who is a little inclined to be
thin Will often find 1t hard to make
the fullness in the front OF her sum.
mer waists sit just as she would like
to have 1t. These thin waists cannot,
OF course. be kept In the proper lines
all the time, as thicker ones with
bones can. and they need adjusting
when they are put on. A great help
in arranging the fullness is to have
little gathered frills of lace or en-
broidery on the corset covers to be
used with thin waists.
These frills are also most useful
with all lingerie gowns. Many of the
most beautiful of these gowns have
fronts that are largely made OF very
thin lace insertions. and they need
something to hold them out. Besides,
the effect Of these little ruffies is much
better through the transparent lace
and lawn than when the buttons Of a
corset cover can be seen.
The frills should not be sewed TO
the corset cover, but 10 a separate
piece of muslin, which must be ar
ranged to fasten on the corset cover
with tiny buttons, or can be fastened
with the very small safety pins under
the upper RUNE. A piece OF muslin "
lawn must be used large enough tt
the front Of the corset cove:
from near the top to below the bus.
line. On this are sewed two or three
rufies-the number depends on tn
h.l-A - A. ,o~. A. ~,
Of the lace used-made of q lac,
strong enough to stand considerable
washing, or Of embroidery.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
When Smallpox 10 Costly.

In the circuit court at Marshfleld
Fred Hendricks Of Springfield was
given q judgment for 5000 against J.
NJ. Butcher, a wealthy realty dealer
Of Springfield. for having given him
the smallpox. Mrs. Rebecca Frank
lin was also given a judgment for $500
on similar ground. Butcher was sent
to the smallpox hospital here about a
year ago and left the institution be-
fore he was cured of the disease. He
is alleged to have mingled with a num-
Der of people. who contracted the
smallpox. There are four other dam.
age suits pending against Butcher on
similar grounds. The cases tried at
Marshfield were sent there on change
Of venue.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Poker Finance.

Nose Coonley "a winner)-Guess Ill
cash In. boys.
Abe Mokeby (also to the good) -
Guess I'll do de same.
Jefferson Yallerby-Me too!
Bill Bingy (the banker. a big loser)
We'll, ! guess yo' each done got an
uddeh guess a.comin', genlemen!
Ownin' to dis heah attempted an un-
called-fo' run on de bank, de instertoo-
ton am now suspended an won't re-
sumo operations till de panicky feel.
in hab fully subsidized an de foolish
depositahs continues dom business as
fohmahly. And it's youah deal, Nose
Coonley!"--lllustrated Sunday Maya
zine.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
news FROM MISSOURI :
johnson Declared Not Guilty.

William A. Johnson Of Buckner was
declared not guilty Of an attempt to
kill his wife by a jury at Kansas City.
The acquittal Of Johnson leaves I'm.
solved the mystery surrounding the
attack on Mrs. Johnson. She and her
husband lived In a farmhouse near
Buckner, sleeping in the same room.
At three o'clock the morning Of Au.
gust 20, 1908, she was found on the
floor OF her % with a fracture Of
the skull, the result of a blow. Her
husband said he was awakened by
hearing her call him. He gave her
temporary aid and then called other
persons sleeping in the house. PLY.
sicians said at first that she could not
live. He was arrested 500 after
wards, and accused Of assault with
intent to kill. The theory Of the de-
tense was that Mrs. Johnson fell.
striking her head, or that . burglar
attacked her.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Adair County Raising Goats.

Adair county is one OF the big goat
producing counties of Missouri. The
but also for the purpose of clearing
up underbrush. They will go through
a thicket like a rifle bullet and eat it
to the ground, peeling saplings and
stumps SO that they will never sprout
again. The goats get as fat as butter
balls on such forage. They then are
shipped to market and sold to city
folk for the choicest mutton.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Peasant Modes.

The peasant skirt is a case in point,
with It's deep kilt and its broad sash
draped round the hips and tied at the
back In a loose bow. Then there 10
the chemise paysanne of the Swiss
type. expressed In snowy muslin slight.
ly gagged into q narrow band OF EN-.
broidery SO that the throat is left en-.
tirely bare. The chemise paysanne
has balloon sleeves cut Of at the el.
bows and finished like the guimpe
with q band of lace or Of embroidery.
Such guimpes az these are extreme
ly useful for the frocks Of girls and
children. and OF great beauty az . IN.
ish to cloth and serge frocks.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Hioh.Walsted Skirt.

There ia q line In gowns that threat.
ems to keep its popularity. This Is
the one that brings the skirt material
up to q sharp point at the bust In
front and between the shoulder blades
at back.
Not even the woman who is having
her best frock fashioned in this man
ner admits that the approaching point
10 a pretty one. The human figure
seems to demand points and curves
that go downward. but In the turn
about.face OF the universe Of clothes IN
the twentieth century n Is thankful
to escape with merely a perverted
point