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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-19
Roswell IN. M News.

The tide OF Christmas shoppers had
ebbed and flowed up and down the
toy counters, trying with many
squawk and snap the mechanical de-
vices that modern skill has given
to the child, chattering gaily with
light hearts as they left with arm
fuls of burgling bundles. to be SNUG
gled into many hiding places till the
dim light of Christmas morning is
lit up with the gleam of little ewes
and made musical with the childish
shouts of glee.
Silently man and woman stood
watching the stream that of itself
was a whole sermon in the perennial
beauty of human love. There were
shots of gray in his cloisely cropped
heard, and line about her eyes that
told mute story Of Gethsemane and
lilies, but on her face was a tender
smile as one by one she watched a
little mother select playthings and
go out into the night, knowing the
! happiness that lay behind it all, the
mother-love that is as strong now
as in the time when the maid looked
down into the manger and smiled
with holy JOY over the blessed man
child. The man saw them, too. but
there was no light in his eyes. but
rather stern despair that was with
out light.
Then the woman's hand followed
her eye and from the heaps of TOYS.
she picked up a soiled and tousled
| Teddy Monkey that was weary with
the handling OF two seasons. and
whose value was glaringly less than
when he was new of person and first
on the market. Her hand trembled a
/ lE oh, Il.
| dark eyes We're the midst of unshcd
tears. In his eyes there was the
flash Of awakened memory. and he
turned away unsoftened. so that his
eyes fell upon an Irish Mail, gay i'm
red paint, seemingly waiting for the
thrust of little legs and the pull of
boyish arms, to be spinning over the
! walks, while corn-tassel hair hatten-
ed to the breeze
The man was thinking of little Boy
Blue as his expanding heart called
for the agents of growing muscles
and the dawning instinct of the man
to come, and there were stern lines
about his mouth as he looked be.
yound the long aisle and its now thin.
ing ranks of buyers.
She say only the baby that Law on
her arm, rosy and round and coong
back the sweet content of the child
that is loved and blessed with its
mothers bounty. Beyond that sh,
saw not, for the memory was TO hcI
OF child that sprang from her hear
In the days when the world wa.
bright with the glories of the dawn
and before the sable wing had lef
the cradle empty and hearts in which
the long sweet song was changed tC
dirge until God could bring tn,
rosemary and rue and sweet forget
fulness, and the boy was a bab,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-19
Sweetest Christmas Music.
Rock Hill Record


The Christmas season, instead of
being the gladdest time Of the year,
would be an intolerable bore but for
the poy of the children. The ex-
change of presents and greetings
among grown-up folks is far from
what il is Cracked up" to be. 1t
is merely formal observance which
most people are glad to be done with.
If there were nothing else in Chist-
mas-giving than this. the happiest
part of the Christmas time with nine
people in every ten would be the day
after. The signs of relief on that
day would be sincerer than all the
smiles of the whole week before.
But the joyous laughter of the de-
lighted children is the Christmas
music that sets the heart-strings In
quick vibration.
We call the Christmas bells sweet,
| but they would sound solemn and
meant gless but for their accompani-
ment Joyous shouts and laughter
of tn, little ones.
The JOY of n child is the only per-
| feet happiness in the world. And 1t
is so easy to cause.
This is why Christmas, the day on
| which we all unite i'm giving Joy to
the children, is the nearest approach
mankind can make to a foretaste of
heaven.
Let us remember that Christmas is
! supremely the day for the children,
and that the day for the children,
and that our own best Joy must lie
in making them as happy as we can.
What a glorious feast of universal
: gladncss the day would be if every
man and woman in selecting gifts
took care first of all TO make at least
one little child supremely happy!
God knows there is opportunity
enough. If the children of your own
friends are all supplied, there are
plenty of children of the friendless
They swarm In the alleys, where
the dollar that, il spent nsome
grOwn-up friend would bring scarce
ly a smile of pleasure, will, divided
into a dozen gifts, bring shouts OF JOY
from dozen hearts to which Joy is
rare.
1t is the sweetest music in the
world.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-19
At The Toy Counter

Sill, as 1T Will be so long as tho
angels see that the holy peal rings
on.
He was thinking of the boy that
would have cherished his old age,
she of the babe that blessed her
young womanhood, for such is the
way of man and the way of woman,
and both understood Without a
wo.d the Teddy Monkey was laid ten
derly down and they walked out to-
gether under the stars that are soon
to CLEAN as brightly as they did over
the stable at Bethlehem
For theirs was the lot of man and
woman who love each other. 1t has
been so since the morning stars sang
their glad refrain.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-19
Hand-Made Gifts.
New York Sun.

Once upon time the person who
received handmade gift at Christ
mas was justified in assuming that
the donor had sewed, painted or en-
Droldered 1t especially for him.
Those days have gone by. The hand.
made gift is still appreciated. but
people have grown wise and no Iongs
er spend time and work in making
these little remembrances. They
buy them in the shops.
For a friend who likes leather
things one may find portfolios. hook
covers, desk appointments and hand
fooled boxes, card cases and picture
frames
III candlesticks be a hobby there
are plenty of them to choose from
Ihere are hammered brass sticks.
beaten silver standards, carved wood
en- sticks for the hall fireplace and
quaint saucer sticks. There are sets
OF copper scones. too, just the thing
| for brown dining room. An ac-
compartment to any of these would
| be box Of the homemade bayberrv
/ candles. These grayish green dips
nave a peculiar lustre when lighted
and their fragrance is pleasing.
Variety is found in handmade
baskets. They are of all kinds and
sizes, from large wood baskets OF
twisted twigs to little work baskets
or the hnest weaving in intricate de
sign and Of nice coloring.
If needlework is the special prefer.
ence the shops offer towels, large and
small, with borders and inset motif.
OF fancy work and lace little EN-
broidered boudoir pillows, dresser
covers and centerpieces.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-19
THE LANCASTER HARDWARE SAYS {:

That besides the utility of China Closet it lends
cheer to the dining and adds it's home like ap-
and what has not among her possessions
choice pieces of china that she is only proud to
put in conspicuous place in order display them to the
best advantage and tthe time keep them under
We kindly ask each and every to visit store in
the next 10 days and look stock of
Furniture and China Closets, and be convinced to
their quality and the ridcuousy low prices. These
are great bargains Com eand see for yourself.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
It RT.. ] e. Is Stunned Announces
llClI 1V1dIIlCQ Lie That He Is Gong Paris Alone

tuous and the ache in her heart too
acute
She had lost her engagement ring
and now Warren was leaving her to
go abroad. The fear that he was
growing farther from her, which was
always in the background of Helen's
thoughts, was stronger than ever.
Toward dawn the air grew chill and
damp, but still she sat there. Sud
denly there was the creaking sound
of a step, then the bedroom door
opened and Warren came out.
Hello, what're you doing here?"
Nothing, dear" starting up. II
just couldn't sleep"
He touched the button by the door
and switched on the light. Perhaps
there was something in her white
from the sudden glare that touched
him, for he said, with unaccustomed
gentleness:
You'd better come back to bed
you'll catch cold" He felt her arm
through her thin nightgown. why,
you're chilled through! How long
have you been out here? What's this
your sleeves all wet!"
She tried to draw away but he
held her.
You've been sitting there crying
half the night-that it?" The words
were sharp, but the voice was, for
Warren, strangely gentle. 80 that's
the way you act when you think I'm
going away for q few weeks Well
you are a little fool! Now, none of
that"
Helen had turned suddenly and hid
her face in his shoulder, her slender
body quivering with soundless sobs.
He switched out the light again, and
for a moment stood awkwardly
smoothing her hair.
Now. that'll do! You've cried
enough for one night. Come on back
to bed and get some sleep or you'll
be sick-then you can't go at ALL"
Through a film of tears Helen
looked up Only the light from the
street lit the room, but he could see
her eager, quivering wistfulness, and
for once it did not irritate him.
"All right, Kitten, l guess we car
fix it for you to go. Now, come on
to bed and don't think any more about
IT."
But. dear-the expense!" faltered
Helen, who. woman like, now that she
had her hearts desire. felt that per-
haps she could put il from her. You
know | don't want to make it hard
for you-maybe I shouldn't go, after
all"
Now. you leave the expense to me.
III see to that. And if it'll make you
feel easier you may as well know
you were scheduled TO go all along.
But a lot of things went wrong at
the Office to-day. and ! felt bit bear
ish-that's all. Now, come on to bed
oil. wall hDth have double pneunO-
| MIA"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
HERPlclDE

There is nothing Just as good" as
Newbros Herpicide. Some dealers viii
even go so far as to tell you they have
something better.
That dealer has an axe 10 grind.
You can't stop his grinding, but you
can prevent him grinding It at your eX-
pense.
There is one sure. swift way to do It,
Go where you can get what you ask
for
You wouldn't be obliged to do this
very often. as fortunately the majority
Of druggists are honest and eonscien-
tious.
Newhro's Herpicide has been so long
and favorably known as the original
dandruff destroyer" that no one should
be deceived.
When you need a hair remedy, you
don't want one which merely promises
10 kill the dandrud germ and prevent
the hair from falling,
You want one RAT Win do il.
terpicide does II.
The hair D1.uu.us soft and lustrous.
There is life, snap and beauty where
formerly the hair was dead. dun and
brittle
Applications Of this wonderful pro-
phylactic may be obtained at the best
barber shops and hair dressing parlors.
Send 10 cents in postage or silver 10
the Herpicioe Co, Dept. r Detroit
Mich. for a nice sample Of Herpicide
apnd q booklet telling al about the hair.
Newbro's Herpicide in soc and BLOC
ICES is sold by all dealers who guaran-
wtee IL TO do all that is claimed II you
are rot satisfied your money Will be
refunded. Jacobs Pharmacy, Special
agents.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
Do You Know
That

During their 300 years rule Of Rus
STA the Romanoffs-the reigning fam
ily-have never been assigned A
stated income. The Cars have al
ways been allowed to take what they
like from the imperial treasury. At
present the civil list for the whole of
the imperial family stands at IS COO.
600 a year; but this figure, having
been fixed by the Car himself. could
be increased, if ne so desired, with
out any formalities. He has, more
over, vast private resources. his ST
berian properties alone bringing n
an annual revenue of $1,000 600.
Probably the most practical dis
covery made by the Inflated Scott
expedition to the South Pole was
great coal field. said to be at least $50
miles long Its width has not been
ascertained. Australian reports are
to the effect that the coal has been
analysed and is declared to be Of
workable quality. II is one OF the
largest deposits in the world.
Lupungu, Chief of the Basongi. and
one Of the most powerful chiefs IN
the Congo is described in a White
Paper issued recently as a Villainous-
looking individual with one eve and
pays a tax Of 80 cents for each wife.
More than 100000, 900 persons have
persisted in war since the beginning
of the Christian era.
Blood flows through bones Of very
young children almost as freely as
through the veins.
Bronchitis is Scotland'y most deadly
disease, consumption next, pneumonia
third.
The deepest colliery in the world is
at Lambert, in Belgium-3,500 feet
deep.
On a mountain top 5000 feet high
there are no bacteria in the air
In Dickens "a novels there are 1,425
characters.
Dutch people consume q pounds Of
coffee head in a year
The average person breathes in a
gallon Of air minute.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
CHAPTER XII.

FEMME and her girl friend went
to a place that the girl knew
- about for Jennie 70 get some
clothes--on credit She got a pretty
large amount Of things in proportion
to her salary-most OF which she did
not need--but they looked so pretty
she just COULDN'T help but get them
lace collars, silk stockings, a willow
plume and numerous other things
for which Jennie was to start paying
$3.50 a week
II sounded so easy 10 Jennie, and
she was quite delighted When Jen-
ME brought the things home her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
Up-to-Date Jokes

He was an optimistic soul and
sportsman--a combination that made
him a good friend to bookles, both d.
rectly and indirectly. His pals. whom
he infected with his enthusiasm, fol-
lowed his tips blindly, with more often
than not disastrous results.
See what you've DONE" walled one
of his friends after a race. And you
told me I could put my shirt on that
horse"
And did your"
''Yes-worse luck"
''wen. then" replied the optimistic
sportsman, "see the money you'll save
on laundry bills"
IT wish I was a star" the dude
sighed. smiling at his own poetic fancy.
Il would rather you we're a comet"
she said, dreamily.
His heart beat unanimously.
"And why?" he asked, tenderly, at
the same time taking her unresisting
little hand in his own And why?" he
repeated, imperiously.
"Oh," she said. with a brooding ear
nestness that fell freezing upon his soul
because then you would come around
only once in fifteen years"
And he took his hat and went out into
the shimmering moonlight.
A writer in a magazine says that the
most curious sight he saw at Cairo
was men ironing clothes with their feet
The men were employed in the native
tailoring establishments. Except fol
the long handle, the irons were shaped
like the ordinary fiatiron, only larger
A solid block Of wood rested on the tor
of the iron, and on this the men placed
one foot, guiding the iron in the desired
direction by means Of the handle Fol
the sake of convenience, ironing boards
we're raised only a few inches from the
ground, and however strange the meth
cd may seem TO US, the work was done
very well and very expeditiously.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
BY DOROTHY DIX.

NNE of the hardest laws of life is
that the sins of the parents are
visited upon the children. This
has been true from the days of Adam
down. but we are only just now be-
ginning to be enlightened enough 10
have some conscience about making
our children pay our debts to nature.
and to realize that we have no right
TO pass on our physical, mental and
moral Affections to another genera
ton.
The crime Of crimes is for disea sed
parents to bring into the world a
child that is doomed to suffering and
sickness, and TO weakness and fail
ure before ever il is born, or one In
whose veins runs the tainted bloo5
that leads almost inevitably to the
prison or the insane asylum. BY
the side of that murder is a small
matter. To give life is just as serious
a matter as to take it. and often far
crueler. because those who are kilied
have only an instant's pain, whereas
the unfit must go through weary
years of an existence that is a per-
petual torture.
The Consequences.
The sins of the parents are visited
on the children morally just g much
as they are physically, and there can
be no stronger incentive for people to
live decent lives than that their chill
dren must reap as they have sowa.
II is the parents who open or shut
the doors Of opportunity TO their chill
dren. The son and daughter of the
father and mother who are honored
and respected find that the world is,
at least, willing to give them their
chance, while the children of the
drunkard, the thief or the woman
whose name is on the lips Of scan
dal are handicapped at every turn
and condemned before they have
had a chance to prove themselves.
A boy may be as honest as the day,
but like father like son." says the
merchant to himself, If the father
has been dishonest, and so he refuses
to give the youth a place IN his store.
The girl may be as pure as a lily, but
if her mother has the reputation Of
being a light woman, shes her
mothers daughter says the young
man in his thought, and he looks
elsewhere for a wife.
The children are punished for the
sins Of the parents. We may think
this unjust, but it Is one of the in
exorable laws of fate that there is no
way to avoid.
Recently I have had two very pa
thetic letters from two young bust
ness women, each of whom has made
a fine place for herself IN the COM
mercial world but each Of whom IS
being called on to suffer for the sins
Of her mother.
One of these girls writes that her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

friend wanted to know where she
got them, bun Jennie would not tell
her-except that she got them aw-
fully cheap-only $3.50 a week until
they were paid for--and, besides,
NOW she could dress like the other
girls she had seen.
Jennie's friend, the boarding house
keeper, told her she couldn't af
ford the $3.50 a week. with her car
fare, that would hardly leave any
thing out Of her salary of IS per week.
Jennie got real angry, and "she
guessed it was her money; she worked
for H. and she could have $3.50 out
Of IL each week" But Jennies friend
knew now she would have to slimp
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

more than ever to get along-for $3.50
a week will buy quite a bit Of food
If one plans and spends it wisely Jen-
ME had good, plain little frocks be-
fore, which she and her mother used
to make together, and which she al
ways looked well In. Whole heaps bet
ter than the overdressed girls she now
wanted to look like.
So Jennie sat up late that night
feverishly making over her dresses
and as she sewed she could not help
but wonder what had become of Tom
and wonder what he would think
If he should see her when she was all
dressed up HAL COFFMAN
ITO Be Continued)
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home, and the mother when she can
get money no other way, sells and
pawns the furniture for drink.
This girl has been cut off from Ill
the natural pleasures of her time OF
life by her mothers sin. She can not
ask any of her acquaintance to such
a home. She dare not invite any
young man to visit her for fear that
he will see the hideous skeleton Of
this debauched mother that she tries
to keep hidden in her own closet. She
is even ostracized by the girls that
used to be her old friends.
An Irregular Life.
The other girls mother is leading
an irregular life. This girl says that
she was so ashamed of her mothers
conduct that she would never tell any
of the girls in the store where she
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
Items of Interest

Roof gardens are not uncommon In
the city of London; but the fowl-run
on the top of Market Buildings, No.
20 Mincing Lane, is probably unique.
Mr.. Woodland, the caretaker of Market
Buildings, resides with his wife and
family in the topmost story of the
block, and his yard, or garden. is the
fat part Of the roof. There he de-
termined, about two years and a half
ago, to vary his hobby as an amateur
gardener with little poultry farming
to which end, being a handy man, he
erected fowl houses and bought some
Of the best hens obtainable, with a
view to egglaying. Since then, save
In the brief non-laying season, he and his
family have had all the eggs they want
ed.
The immense amount of work en-
tailed upon the German censorship Of
nlms is almost incredible. According to
the official returns, during June alone
$4,000 yards of film (871s miles, were
examined by the censor; and in July
l73, 900 yards (9S miles,. 1t is difficult
to estimate the average cost of manu-
featuring film, says the report, be-
cause the managers grossly exaggerate
the fees paid to the artistes acting for
the purpose Of advertisement.
Came according to English law, in
cludes hares, pheasants, partridg es,
grouse, black game, ptarmigan and bus
tard
Europe has $4,000 births and $4,000
deaths daily
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
When One Is Old b Es91os5 {: Ge,sde

n MAN discovers that his wife is
~ looking old ten years before he
makes the discovery about
himself.
After a man passes so the number
Of times the hero saves the heroine IN
the book doesn't count for as imuch
with him as the size of the type the
story Is printed in.
1t is another sign you are growing
old if you feel grateful to those who
like you.
A woman who is made a grand
mother for the first time wants to be
congratulated, but when a man Is
made a grandfather, throw cold water
in his face to bring him to.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
:: :: The Sins of the Parents " ::
We Beginning Conscience About Making orr
Children Pay Our Debts 10 Nanw.

mother is a confirmed drunkard. and
that although everything has been
done to try TO break her Of her evil
habit, she comes home two or three
evenings a week Keeling drunk. The
girl spends her hard earned money
buying furniture and comforts for the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

Another sign of age: When a man
would rather gossip about wickedness
than engage in 1t.
The years that shrink a man cause
his wife to grow larger and fatter.
1t seems as if there must always be
just so much material in the family.
They are getting old" children say
of their parents with a sigh that i'm
plies the hope that they won't get too
old.
This is what all the great exhibitions
finally come to: That one may have a
welcome corner and enough to eat
when one is old, be of no trouble
to any one, and that ones final illness
may be brief
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
By MABEL HERBERT URNER

IN HE moment Warren entered
Helen knew by the set lines Of
his mouth that something un-
usual had happened,
There We're some things that past
experience could never teach Helen.
and one of them was not to purr
over Warren at such times. When he
came home with that grim express
sion, she knew that he always wanted
TO be let strictly alone, yet she could
never resist futtering about him with
anxious questions.
Dear, what is it? Has anything
happened? You look so tired and
worried
ION, for heavens sake let me
alone" as he shook her off and went
in 20 wash up for dinner.
All through dinner Helen's anxious
solcitude only irritated him more
1t was not until they left the table
that he announced with grim de-
fianCe:
well, / found out to-day that I'll
have 10 go to Paris on that Livings
ton case
ITO PARIS"
THE Kaiser wilhelm sails Tues
day" he went on, Coldly ignoring her
astonishment Looks now as though
I'd have to go on that"
"But, Warren, I-I-Why I didn't
know you were THINKING of going
TO Paris You never even mentioned
it,"
Took mighty good care not to
You always stew over things, so that
never tell you anything until
have to"