Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

A H-HA! So you pulled something out of the
= to sport, Ell? Come Off Amt that new
the rest of it too You're finishing the festive
with crimp in your bankro and fresh box of in
digestion tablets but think of the fun you We had.
No. Well, say then you We been tryln to run
through on grown up basis, leavin out the young
sters. Don't come around here lookn for sympa-
thy in that case; for, unless you can produce ere
dentals from some kid delegates you amt got any
more right tryin to butt in the Santa Claus stunt
than a monkey has at cat show. No wonder you
look like the Grand Crouch of the Bioustne Brother
hood! Get in linel that's my tip.
Me: Well, there's little Sullivan McCabe amt
there? Course, he's some young to get all the Joy
out of it that he will later but don't believe IN
savin such things up. This is shifty world, and
my idea is to give him all the fun that's coming to
him while it's on hand to pass out
~ Chrstmastide and Sadie starts IN plannln
how We'll do things this year Now, we amt great
the social splurge act but we like to have COM
p'ny around well as the next ones, and were as
glad to have friends run out to dinner unex-
pected corned beef nights when we We laid in
turkey and trimmin on a three days warnln
Also we don't take any pride in stickin to one par
tic lar set If it's the Purdy-Pells. well and good;
but they're liable to be paired off with Snck But
tiers or Rusty Quinn or Mr. and Mrs Hank Merrity
from out Bedalia way and if anyone wants to tuck
his napkin under the top button OF his vest, there
won't be any asparagus cast his table manners.
And specially plans to make our Christmas
Eve don free for all In gettn up the list of in
vited guests we don't have any more for the
social register than do for the telephone book
seed catalogue. Little Sully he don't show any
signs of bein exclusive yet, and this is his party,
from Alb to Zun
Lets see" says Sadie, "therel be Pinckney's
twins and the three Tidwel children down the road,
and the Olsens from the gardener cottage next
door"
And I'll tell Pasquale to have his wife bring
little Shorty McCah-by Paggliocini, my namesake.
says l; you know, the one that's the same age of
Sully.
Certainly says Sadie. And we mustn't forget
to invite that cute little Allison boy over on Cliff
sde-ave.
= Just you say. says l.
Well we had the tree brought in and set up, and
we hung holly and roIing and wreaths until the
house looked like Ben Greet stage setting and we'd
filled candy cornucopias and popped corn and
cracked nuts until had bsters my fingers and
crick in my neck. I'd come home every night for
two weeks luggn packages of every diff rent kind of
toys l could find and I'd been roasted good by all
the women folks because I'd brought out set of
tools and an air rifle for Suy but couldn't expect
u get through without making some break could /!
HOWEVER, things was shapin' up fine for the
IL grand celebration and / was takn day Oft
to put the fnishin' touches to the decorations,
get in the way tryin' when notices Sadie stickin
out one finger tied up with piece OF baby ribbon
and lookn' kind of wild at it.
Now, what on earth is that for?' says she.
Is it a new fad :" saysI. 'Or maybe you thought
YOU bandagn up silver