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on earth did you and Marion become
acquainted?"
Juliana dropped her eyes to hide
their shamed hilarity. I'VE are no'
exactly acquaintance" she said g!
am-working here"
Mr.. Wentworth's happy face fell
His troubled voice invited confidence
My dear, dear Juliana," he said
what has happened?"
Mr.. Farnsworth arose from his
place and came across where they
stood. Don't worry. Billy" he said
Miss Favrille has been masquerad
ing. It's up to you to make her give
her reasons"
Juliana avoided a glance in his di
rection. Her answer was to Billy
1T was for articles" she said. Mag
aZine articles on the Domestic Serv
ice Problem. ! didn't know this was
your house, Billy But Billy hat
gone off into happy and continued
laughter.
Mrs. Farnsworth spoke, chagrin, re
sentiment and relief-she knew who
the Favrilles were-mingling in hel
voice. .
Bring another chair, Kane she
said. IF Miss Favrille-"
Miss Favrille will serve the rest
of this course" said Mr.. Farnsworth
Discipline must be maintained.
will help her." He opened the door
and waited for her to pass out before
him.
Kane insisted she wasn't a ser
want" came from Mrs. Wentworth.
aggrieved, apologize voice. -
$50, she's the grill" exploded
Billys jolly one. Why, my dear,
wanted to marry her myself when sh,
was eighteen"
Kane followed Juliana down tn,
hall and closed the kitchen door be
hind them. 's t
viii you marry me. Juliana?" hi
said.
Juliana succeeded in freeing ont
hand and took a step in the direction
of the stove.
mot until after dinner" she said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-12-19
This Christmas Decoration Grows Best
in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia
and the Caroiinas.

Thousands of dollars are spent
every year in holly, mistletoe, ivy
and laurel and other greens. The holly,
which, by the way, is particularly line
this year, cones from Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia and the Carolinas. OF
course, it grows in other sections, but
these states produce the most beauti-,
full quality. In South Carolina the
holly trees have been known to at,
tain height of 60 feet. In Maryland
it is often cultivated, and several
splendid holly trees are to be seen
on the grounds of the United states
Naval academy at Annapolis. These
are full of berries at each Christmas
season. Of course the trees are well
cared for, and no one is allowed to
break the branches. The holly for
the market is gathered and sent out
in cases, usually bringing about S.
Der case. Some idea of its popular
;ty as Christmas decoration can be
gained from the fact that last year
in New York city one dealer alone re-
ports the sale of 600 crates. At one
time an effort was made to substitute
holly pine for Christmas trees, but
owing to it's stiff leaves it never be-
came popular.
One of the fads of recent years is
for the young people to go out and
gather Christmas greens in automo-
biles-even to bring home the tree in
this manner, and just before Christ
mas it is no uncommon sight in the
country to see a man chopping down
pine tree while a bevy of girls are
gathering holly and laured and piling
1t into the automobile. Last year one
of the finest churches in a northern
city was decorating for Christmas by
the young girls of families who own
ed automobiles. The girls gathered
the green's themselves-the young
men did the decorating. The money
heretofore used to pay a decorator
was turned over to the girls. who used
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averted face and stony silence of his
companion. that all the work Of the
world could be done, and we'll done,
if each person devoted four hours to
it, Authorities differ somewhat as to
the time, but four hours is the maxi
mum. Now, you and /"
Mrs. Wentworth entered. Her face
was flushed and her eyes were bright.
Juliana, to her great disgust, felt her
own face flushing. Her eyes, after the
first glance, she kept on her potato.
Mr.. Farnsworth spoke up cheerfully.
Il was just explaining to Julia" he
said, that if we all worked four hours
a day"
Mrs. Wentworth interrupted. Her
voice was quiet, but it was the quiet
that is achievement. Are you think
ing of choosing Homework as your
career?" she asked.
Do the duty that lies nearest" he
quoted. not without an accent of vir-
tue. He finished the potato and Sc
lected another.
Il wanted you to help me hang some
pictures in the library" said Mrs.
Wentworth. Between fear of losing
her cook and fear of losing her broth
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Very scarlet were Juliana's cheeks
when she reached the kitchen. and
very dark and angry her eyes. II
shall go Immediately after dinner"
she said, land I'll never see any of
them again, never, never, never!"
She went into the dining room to see
that everything was in order. The
two pretty girls were crossing the hall
and glanced in at her indifferently
without speaking. They were beauti-
fully dressed and had holly in their
hair, They went into the drawing
room.
"Oh, Mr.. Farnsworth, do come and
sing" she heard one of them say.
Redder grew Juliana's cheeks. She
stood a moment. Then she started
swiftly for the back stairs. There
was a limit to human endurance. No
one, it seemed, was able to read the
real worth under a 1898 exterior.
She reached her room out of breath
but determined. 1t was too late to
don the linen dress but there was a
simple and ravishingly becoming
home gown of soft Indian red. In an
incredibly short time she was in it.
Next the hair came down and went
up again in a hurried but artistic
mass. Then Juliana, her eyes as bril-
liant as her cheeks, returned noise
lessly to the kitchen just in time to
hear the peremptory tinkle of Mrs.
Wentworth's table bell. She seized
the platter and with head held high
pushed open the dining room door and
entered. .s -.'s
For an instant she did not see the
man at the foot of the table. For an
instant he did not see her. Then he
looked up and their eyes met. And
into the soft babble of voices and
laughter broke two cries.
"Juliana Favrille!" cried the mas
ter delightedly.
BILLY Wentworth" cried the maid
amazedly.
AS in a dream, Juliana saw the
dazed faces of Mrs. Wentworth and
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kind was she that all the boys loved
her.
1t was easy to like the Choir sister,
too, because she played ball with the
boys before rehearsals. And those
nights when the Choir Master let
them invite their frienls in for games
she was the girl most of them wanted
for partner.
So anyone can see why the boys
were blue when Ricky Jackson, hen
brother, came into the choir room
Christmas eve and said:
mil" (short for Mildred, her real
name) isn't going to have any Christ!
mas"
The boys stopped right there, some
with their choir clothes only half on.
If they didn't find out right away whau
was the matter with the Choir Sister,
the Christmas eve service would have
to 60 without their singing.
So Ricky told how she had come
down that morning with a funny tired
feeling, and shifting and hot cheeks,
and had to stay in bed, and how she
cried when she thought of the tree
she was going to miss.
You can see why that Christmas
eve service was not as happy as it
should have been for these boys. Af.
terward, when the tree was lighted
with the starlike candles and the Sun
day school room was filled with boys
and girls opening their presents, each
choir boy was thinking of the Choir
Sister, lying there at home, wishing
she could be with them.
Next day people in church thought
the boys sang the Christmas hymns
better than ever. But the people did
not know that just before the boys
marched in the Choir Master had told
them plan by which the Choir Sis
ter would have Christmas she would
never forget.
At evening the janitor's doorbell
rang. The Choir Mother opened it.
and in came the Choir Master and a
lot Of boys with red cheeks and smil-
ing faces. Back Of the others four
Of the biggest boys dragged through
the door a small Christmas tree.
They set the tree up in the parlor.
Everyone was still. for they didn't
want the Choir Sister to know any
thing about it till it was all ready
Soon the candles we're in place, ana
the trimmings, and they lit the can.
dies, and each boy placed a package
under the tree, and then wonderful
thing happened!
The door opened and the Choir
Mother and the Choir Master walked
In, carrying between them a little
Btretcher, and upon that lay the Choir
Sister.
You should have seen her face! You
could almost see the light Of the can
dies sparkling in it, so happy was
she! The boys held their breath, won.
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tentions of supposedly well-bred young
men. Not that she was able to dis
cover anything either patronizing or
surreptitious in Mr. Farnsworths be
havior. He came out into the kitchen
during the afternoon, cheerfully slam
ming various doors behind him so
that all the world might know where
he had gone.
PAIRING potatoes for dinner, Julia ?"
he said with great good humor. II
will help you"
1T is quite unnecessary, returned
Juliana, looking very naughty, in spite
of the overpowering pompadour and
the lace waist.
Again you miss the point he said
1T is not a question of necessity, but
of ethics. Here am idling, and you
doing the work of two" He got a
large apron and tied it carefully
around his neck. Then he got knife
and seized a potato. You under
stand, Julia" he said, unheeding the
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er she was really pathetic sight.
Juliana felt STRINGS of sympathy.
In few minutes" he said. "Hav-
ing put my hand 10 the pillow, in other
words to the potato"
Il would prefer to do the potatoes
alone" said Juliana. You pare them
too thick"
He looked at her accusingly and Sc
lected two pieces of peeling from the
pan. Exhibit One" he said. 'Peeling
removed by Miss ,''ulia-" paused in
quiringly, and getting no answer, re-
peated with closing infection, by
Miss Julia. Exhibit Two"
Kane said his sister sharply. He
gave her an innocent and inquiring
smile.
There is great interest in pairing
potatoes" he observed. Now notice
the way in which Julia holds hers. -
Juliana, uncomfortably aware of her
own lack of skill in the potato pairing
line. grew scarlet under the two pairs
of watching eyes. She knew how
Mrs. Wentworth was interpreting the
blush and breathed sigh of rage and
relief when Mr.. Farnsworth finally
drew his athletic figure to a standing
position and followed his sister from
the room.
Il find it difficult to get started on
my articles wrote Juliana in her
notebook the next evening. Il won
Ger if it is Socialism that makes Mr.
Farnsworth haunt the kitchen. None
of the Socialists that met at the Set
Element House were especially inter
ested in cooking
No material for articles. yet she
added the next evening Il know Mrs.
Wentworth longs to be rid of me. but
she can't get a cook. | would leave
her if she could, and go somewhere
else. must get my facts this week
or ! won't get home for Christmas.
Mr. Farnsworth gets up and builds the
kitchen fire. Wouldn't that make
fine item in an article on Why Serv-
ants Won't Stay | can't make him
stop. Mrs. Wentworth is nearly wild,
Out tNcH hlO" 10" 10
boil potatoes. She is southern girl,
and absolutely heiG:-sss. My sDomes-
tic Science lessons - te in most con-
veniently just now.
Mrs. Wentworth nad two pretty
girls TO dinner she wrote the next
night. They are having music in the
Grawing-room nov. | found a book IN
Socialism just inside my door wa.n
came up. I've been looking it over.
but it doesn't explain Mr.. Farms
worth's building The kitchen fire. 1t
hasn't the appearance of having be en-
much read. either. \ love poem by
Heine dropped out of -
Il really must &C." crete Juliana =
day or two later. 'ev.a If the famiI,
starves to death. I'T. MT getting any
thing done, and in spite of all nv If
forts and Mrs. Wentworths .ir.
Farnsworth continues calmly to spenG
the greater part of his time in the
kitchen. She looked positively aghas;
today when she found him bringing I'D
the coal. She will visit all the intelIi
gence offices tomorrow, | am sure"
This proved true prophecy. Kane
Farnsworth sauntered into the kitchen
in the middle of the forenoon to tell
her about it. "She wanted me to co."
he said, but compromised by taking
the kid to that aristocratic day nurs-
cry he patronizes. l didn't feel equal
to deciding from the looks of a lady
whether she could cook" He COT
on the corner of the table and watched
Juliana moving about in her big blue
apron with her sleeves rolled up and a
patch OF flour on her chin. She had
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lem and she was getting her material
at first hand,
She felt very pleased with her notes.
They were lightly satirical. When she
had done her hair over before the
malicious mirror she made some
more notes. These were filled with
yearning cry of gloom. She felt a
gratifying certainty that half-column
of pathos could always be secured by
few minutes spent before her
trunk, pausing occasionally to add
other heart-rending walls of house
maid cast away on desert of lop-
sided furniture, and when a final
survey of herself reflected a cross
eyed face under the exaggerated
pompadour she had substituted for
her usual rather classic couture. and
!umpy and grotesque figure in a
cheap lace waist, she had really to
tear herself from the room, so filled
was she with gloomy and satrical lit
erature.r Just outside the door she met
Mrs. Wentworth
"Oh, julia" said that lady, who was
4 pretty and smartly groomed young
person. Il quite forgot to tell you that
/ have ordered some new furniture for
your room. We have just moved to
New York and / have not been able
TO get it attended to sooner The new
things will be up tomorrow"
Juliana did not write up her notes
that evening on the sleeping accom-
modations offered servants. But she
made two notes on different subjects
and UNDERSIGNED them. They read
as follows:
The cook has been called home. |
am to do her work this week as we'll
in prospect"
Mrs. Wentworth expects her
brother tomorrow, making-when Mr..
Wentworth arrives in the fam
lily. 1t is this uncertainty of the de-
Mands on ones time and strength
that makes household service So I'm
popular
But perhaps the chief thing"
Juliana sharpened her pencil and took
a fresh start, lis the line drawn be-
tween those who employ servants and
those who serve; a line, apparently
impossible to cross, that lies between
the drawing room and the Kitchen
She glanced that over in the morn
ing before she went down to prepare
breakfast. It eomforted her for her
lost inspiration on the subject of sery-
ants rooms, and she decided to elabo-
rate that line of thought for her first
article. Not that it was new
thought, but all one needed was
new viewpoint and a feeling style,
and surely she, with her experience be-
fore her, could count on these. She
ran lightly down the back stairs,
pushed open the kitchen door and
came to standstill A young man
sat at the kitchen table partaking of
a generous piece of apple pie. He
looked up at her and smiled. He was
large young man with a handsome
mouth and nice eyes. Good morn.
Ing" he said. Don't be frightened.
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cost $3.9S ready-made She was going
to play fair with Mrs. Wentworth.
Even then she parted from her reflec-
ton in the new mirror with smile.
But when she ran noiselessly down.
stairs intent on the finishing touches,
the carriage had returned and Mrs.
Wentworths door was ajar Her
voice came from it, a mingling of hor-
ror and tears. Evidently she was
seeking the first opportunity to pour
her woes into her husbands ears.
And do you know" she said, "he -
tually wants to marry her. Isn't It
too awful? He actually wants to
marry herr"
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she was happy, and some of the boys
SMILED a bit, just because she was
crying. Then there was all the Jolly
fun that goes with tree.
But soon they took her away. She
was so tired that she fell asleep right
after they put her back in bed. She
dreamed that she saw flock of sheep
Suddenly there was great light from
above and she seemed to hear angels
singing.
She awoke. The singing did NOT
stop. She arose and opened the win
dow. -, III.
There, in the moonlight under heH
window stood her Choir Brothers with
lighted candles, like the Christmas
carol singers of Old England. They
were singing this hymn:
"Hark! the Herald Angels sing"
When the verso Yas finished tba
Choir Sister leaneA out and called
down to them:
Brothers, you have made me love
God whole lot more. A merry
Christmas to you ALL"
'And to you!" they echoed.
AS the Choir Sister crept back to
bed she heard the voices Of the boys
die away in the distance. Then a
chime of bells somewhere out in ths
great snow-white world rang out the
very hymn the boys had been singing
and the Choir Sister TIL asleep.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas
To the sinner and the saint!
Do your Christmas shopping earlyi
Mix some red in with your paint!
Get green's and holly berries,
And mistletoe the door;
Send Christmas cards to all the rich.
And turkeys to the poor!
For the aged earth is spinning
With a quiet unusual spin,
And excuse me, please, for grtnntng
At the kind Of times we're In.
Lift the lid up, just trife,
Let the inner spirit call
Merry Christnasi Merry ChTistynasi
Merry Christmas to US all!
Edward 3. Martin, q LIZ
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glancing about her. Three promis-
ing places-prom,sing from her point
of view-had she refused because
she could not command her cour-
age to the poiEt of sleeping down
stairs. In this house there was no
basement bedrooms and the two tiny
attic rooms were given up to the cook
and the housemaid. She reviewed
mentally the apartments on the lower
floors through which her mistress had
conducted her and compared them
with this in which she sat; after
ich she got her notebook out Of
her bag and made q few hasty notes.
Juliana was going to do series Of
articles on the Domestic Service Prob
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Christmas Tools.

Mrs. B.-My little boy wants tool.
chest for Christmas, and / suppose
must get him one
Clerk-Yes, ma'am; here's our
Christmas special. It's just the thing
for you.
Mrs. B.-These tools appear to be so
fimsy, though. Surely, they can't be
very strong.
Clerk-No, ma'am, that's just it;
every one of 'em will break before the
child can do much damage with 'em.
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UIANA was soci-
ologically inclin-
ed. That was
how it came
about that she
fcund herself one
December after
noon sitting for
lcrnly on her
trunk and home
sickly surveying
an attic apart
ment containing
a small hard bed,
a lopsided wash
stand, and a mir
ror that assured
her with untruth-
full persistency
that she was not
a pleasure TO
look at.
"A n y w ay, it
isn't a basement"
said Julian q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-12-19

you know. I've been five years away
from this blessed country. Think oI
it, Told the firm | couldn't stand il
another minute Not but what Eng
land is all right, in it's place. met
Marion over there, you know. She
was-by the way"-with a sudden
great increase of astonishment-"ho
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A Chriatma2 Mstto.

The more we know, the better se
forgive;
Whoe'er feels deeply, feels for all who
live E-
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e. s9.AZEas.akA sy|aNl
LITTLE CHOIR SISTER

Hey called her the
Choir Sister, be-
cause she was the
daughter of the
Choir Mother. Chill
dren have mothers
to m nd their
clothes and See
that their faces and
hands are clean be-
fore they march
into church. The
Choir Mother was.
the wife of the
j. nitor of the
church where the
choir sang. and SO
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her guests. Then Billy took the plat
ter from her, only to place it on the
nearest chair, and was holding both
hands. .-..
Il thought you were in England,
Billy" she said helplessly.
Just back" said Billy. Didn't let
any of my friends know. Wanted to
surprise 'em-sort of Christmas gift
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Boiling in solution Of borax in wa.
ter will brighten discolored tea and
coffee pots.
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dering what she
would say. Her lit
tie cheeks glowed as
she sat up straight
and held her arms
out toward the tree.
And her eyes spark
led as she cried:
ooh! my Christ
mas tree!"
Then she turned
to the boys, and
said:
"Oh! My Dear
Choir Brothers."
Then she cried
n little inst because
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-10
EDDYV|LLEETCH|NGS
MRS. r. " MATER RETURNS TO
HER HOME IN FRAKER FOL.
LOWING AN OPERATION AT
oSkALooSA HOSPITAL.

- y
Eddyyille,, April 8.-Mr. and Mrs.
Geo, Stdbefs OF SBellville, Kansas, are
in Eddyyillle visiting at the parental
A. Stuber home. Mrs. A. Stuber is
improving slowly from her recent i'll
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mac Crossen, Mrs.
Fred Crossen and Mrs. Phil Scott
and children were in Oskaloosa Sat
urday attending a birthday dinner in
honor of Mrs. Earl Alcorn
VIM. Fails, of Spencer is visiting at
the home of his mother in Eddyville
this week
Harry Saunders, of Rock Island,
Ill, is the guest of relatives in Eddy.
vile.
Miss Noel Johnson and Mrs. Quin-
cy Myers visited friends in Abba
Saturday.
Henry Maloney and Aline Arnold
have returned to Webster City after
a weeks visit with their grandmoth-
er, Mrs. M. ]. Crswell.
Mrs. r. " Mater, who underwent
an operation recently in Oskaloosa
hospital, has recovered sufficiently to
be able 10 return to her home at
Fraker.
Mrs. Lydia Weber was a business
caller in Ottumwa Saturday.
The scale house at the mines at
Buxton No. IL caught fire some time
during Saturday night and burned
the most of the building. 1t is thought
can of powder took fire from the
heat of radiator and started the
fire.
Clara Barr, of Goodland, Kansas, is
guest this week at the Abe Stuber
home and other relatives in Eddy.
vile. -.
Miss Edith Lee returned to heI
school duties at Mt. Pleasant Monday
after weeks vacation with her par.
ents in Eddyville.
Mrs. Joe Decker has returned from
a six weeks visit at the Charles
Griffin home in Minneapolis.
Robert Martin, of Des Moines, was
calling on old friends In Eddyville
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Elliott, OF
Washington, are visiting the parental
Joe Elliott home.
VIM. Fais has returned to Spencer
after weeks visit with his mother
in Eddyvile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Chord and Mr.
and Mrs. John Krizer drove to Oska
loosa Sunday in an auto and spent
the day with relatives.