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Little Falls herald., 1913-12-19

You know, my papa he went and died
And left just my mamma and me
And Spot-that's his name-and we cried
and cried,
For we missed him lot we three
And mamma she works. and we got along,.
And Spot he stayed home with me
And never went out, for I'm not very
strong,
And / havesto have some o1e.s y,o,lH sse.s :il
The dog man that took him away he said
He'd keep him ten days in the pound
And after that time poor Spot'll be dead
And three days from now Spot'll be!
drowned. ,
So please, Mr.. Santa, if you can spare
A dollar to set Spot free, g
Please take it and give to the man up1
there
And send home my puppy to me-
And please, Mr.. Santa, if you haven't got
No dollar to spend that way
/ wish that at least you would go see,
g. Spot rs& Sd
And tell him Wen meet some day. |!
And If you don't mind that he's not very
clean, @. "a,
And if there's nobody to see
I wish you'd just kinda-he'll know whati
you lnean-- ...t- .' 81"
Just give him a pat for me. "s
Little Falls herald., 1913-12-19

/ W. oAAA>A~ As1@AD4, AA"AAo, SACA.
but listen. I'm listening to my heart
now. There is something I want,
jack
"Yes."
Its big something. Guess. No;
don't guess. Wait. It's you" Ruth
hung up the receiver and ran to the
chair by the window quite the other
side of the room.
1t was not quite a minute when the
telephone bell rang ,shrilly.
'sIs this Miss Hazen?'' said the oper-
ator's voice.
eyes, said Ruth.
message wasn't finished-wait."
"Hello!' came Jacks voice, big,
strong, vibrant with happiness. '"That
you. Ruth?''
Eyes,
Coming said the voice, mother
and I, to take you up state with US.
Can you be ready in an hour?''
"Yes." said Ruth. "I've been ready
always, Jack
What came next must have surprised
even that long suffering, much endur-
ing wire. Sure it is that Ruth's cheeks
famed like red holly berries.
And even before she ran to put her
clothes in her suit case, to do her hair
and to put on her one good gown. from
above her bookcase she took sprig
Of scarlet holly. With q red ribbon
she tied It over the telephone.
'If ever anything deserved . merry
Ohristmas,'' she cried, you dor III
Little Falls herald., 1913-12-19

SITTING IN HER LITTLE WINDOW.
Ruth: we've been talking of you. Any
thing else:'
mo-
"Sure, dear?"
Ruth's eyes We're so full of tears that,
as she said afterward, she couldn't see
to talk.
"Sure, dear?'' asked the voice again.
That's ALL she said bravely, "only
are you well:'' -"z.
perfectly. And your
''Oh, yes! Wasn't it strange I heard
the bell when you didn't really ring up
last night, Jack?''
NO." said Jack firmly. "Your heart
heard mine, little girl If only you
would listen to it oftener.''
II can't always hear it." laughed
Ruth. my head is such a good talker." !"
Times up" said strange voice
somewhere. III. ~ &.
Little Falls herald., 1913-12-19

pictures, enough to eat and wear.
What more need any one ask? Moth
ing-except at Christmas. At Christ
mas. to a woman, love is necessity.
That night, in the middle Of the
darkest hour, Ruth sat up straight in
bed. She was absolutely sure that the
Telephone bell over her desk had just
rung. All was still, so, after min
ute of waiting, she lay down again.
laughing to herself The telephone
had been so busy all day bringing her
messages that she had heard it in her
dreams. 1t could not really have rung.
After little she drowsed of, only
to hear it's shrill jingle again and
again. It no longer wakened her. But
phone. took down the receiver and lis
tened Out Of the darkness and dis
tance voice spoke-Jack's voice
Merry Christmas'' was it's only mes
sage. But so strong and clear were
the words that when Ruth finally
awoke to sunny Christmas morn.
ing, she still tingled to their memory.
Perhaps, when one first awakes, the
heart has more control over one than
the head. Anyhow, when Ruth sat up
and looked out of her window at the
already busy streets far below her, her
heart was doing the talking.
"Jack is waiting for you-some.
where" it said. 'And he belongs to
you. Why not claim your own?"
After minute Ruth's heart spoke
again. "What If you are poor? What
if he is not rich? Can't two work to-
gether better than apart? Why not
give Jack Christmas gift? The only
one he wants.!
Ruth did not give her head time to
argue with her heart. AS soon as she
was dressed she was ut the telephone
giving Jacks business number. After
long time her head did remind her.
why, of course she said slowly,
che will be up country today" She
was just about to hang up the receiver.
"Wait a minute,'' cried her heart.
Hearts do know things, especially at
CAl iAAu
'Hello!'' said a big, hearty voice out
Of the distance.
"Oh, Jack!' cried Ruth els it you,
really you?"
'Yes, Ruth said the voice. 'Who
else? You wanted''-
'"To-wish you a merry Christmas.
Jack Ruth faltered. s.
"Thanks. That all?' -
'Yes,'' said Ruth, listening to her
head. Then: ''No-not quite. IL want
ed to hear your voice: that's ALL
"Is it?' asked the voice Ruth wanted
to hear.
"You see. jack Ruth hurried on, II
dreamed about you last night. II
thought you called me up, and-and it
was only a dream
Il came so near it, said the voice,
"that stood here by my phone for al
hour. But it was late. and-well. Ruth,
I wanted you to call me up this time"
you're not in the country:''
'Not yet. We go tonight
"We?'
Mother and I. She's spending part
of Christmas in the city. But we miss
the snow and the sleighbells and the
home folks
1T sounds lovely" cried Ruth. "and
so Christmasy Give your mother my
love, Jack. and wish her the merriest
Christmas"
She'll be glad to hear from you,
Little Falls herald., 1913-12-19

"GoOdby, Jack. dearr' cried Ruth.
But there was no answer
The next minute she again took down
the receiver.
"Get 1896 again; quick!'.' she said.
"Hello!' said Jacks voice.
us that you, Jack?"
"Of course. Something you forgot.
dear?"
"No; didn't forget. wouldn't say
it, but I must Don't look at me, Jack,
Little Falls herald., 1913-12-19
HOW TO SPEND CHRISTMAS. il
Forget Yourself For the Day and Try
to Make Others Happy.

Forget Yourself For the Day and Try
ma ,l to Make Others Happy.
~ DAY off, few remembrance$
from relatives and friends and
[7 a good dinner-is that all that
4.AD Christmas means to you? Sure
I'LL ly you are going to make it an
TIT occasion for more than usual re-:
LII joicing this year. a real old fash
I'LL ioned Christmas. Surely you are
going to be more LIBERAL in spirit;
II than ever before and scatter lner-:
Il riment on all sides. Have you
Ill been a little selfish, have you de-
III voted so much time to enjoying
HI yourself that you have forgotten
IL other folks?
iii Those you have forgotten are
II good folks, aren't they, the best,
I'LL folks in the world? And you are
III just going to show them how ap-
III preciative you are. You don't
I'LL like this modern way of turning
xf* dear old Christmas into an occa-
: II sion for trading and exchanging
gifts. You are going to see all
the friends you can on that day.
and shake hands with as many
pat them on the back and tell
them how glad you are to be with
them. And to those you cannot
see you are going to write CHEEKY
warm hearted letters and tell
# them you want to hear frOml
them oftener. Isn't that how you
X II fool .,hnat tho orrno %nc% - o1l&
X - >'>."cc 'S' eAAS 6ASAsSSs " '0AAAf
birthdays:
Little Falls herald., 1913-12-19

~ EAR Mr.. Santa, don't know you.
III N And maybe it's just as wel1.
Nv For, bein's YOU never done nothin'
~ for me,
I amt quite so 'fraid to tell
What it is that Id like to have you do
r Just as quickly as ever you can. E
And maybe some day can pay you back
If l ever grow up to man.
A dog catcher came here last week and
took -. Ist
My puppy away somewhere, +
And am so lame that can't so look /
And get him away from there. !
And even if / could go where he's at {
haven't no dollar to pay. !,
And il you will kindly advance me thats /
I'll try and return it some day.
Little Falls herald., 1913-12-19
A CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE AT NIGHT
BY ALICE e. ALLEN.

copyright. 1918, by American Press Asso-
ciatiOn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
POCAHONTAS
Special to The Times. Dispatch

SpeCiaI 10 IN Times Dispatch
Pocahontas. Va, April l2.-Cap;ain A. W
Landon was in 'razeweIl this week. the guest
OF friends.
Mrs. S. " Morley and son, Samuel were
in Graham this week the guest OF Mrs
Worlcy's parents.
Mr. ana Mrs. James W. Bailey have for
their guest this week Mrs Henry r. Shut
nebargcr. az Graham.
Mrs. w. p. C;arwood and son. accompa MED
by Mrs. Garwood's father. Mr.. Hampton
left Monday for North Carolina, where they
will spend few weeks visiting relatives
Mrs. Floyd Black and Miss Bertha Iandon
were IN Bramwell, w. Va, on Thursday the
guests OF friends.
Thomas X. Moore. OF Anawalt w. Va was
here Sunday. the guest OF Mrs. James Bailey.
the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs James a. Heather
man the oaks.
Miss Bertha f.andon leaves Friday for Phil
adclpha Pa where she goes to complete
her musical education.
Miles Cary left Wednesday for Cleveland
o.. where he will visit for several DAYS
Fred Pendleton. Of razewell. was here this
week visiting friends
c. $ Painter. OF Elkhorn. W. Va, was in
the city Thursday "
Mrs. lsah WEIGH Taylor. OF Mt Calm W
Va. was in tho city this week the guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. l.. Mustard
y. Pharro GaEgo left Thursday for Coiun.
bus, o., where he will spend some time
Julius Goodman Is in Cincinnati o. Tim
guest OF his aunt and uncle General nnd
Mrs. Samuel l.. Matt. ~
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HARRISONBURG
Especial to rho Timcs-Disna,c,,

Special TO The Times Dispatch
liarrisonburg. Va. April l2-Afiss Ed,h
llarr. of Washington, was a recent si,eet ~.
Miss Alice Wh!tesel e'' v"
Mrs. Lizzie Darlington returned Wednas
day to her home in Chariestown " Y.
Mrs James I. Avis. anu
Mrs. Il. G.. Grove. of Petersburg, W yo
spent some time with her aunt, Mrs A n
Newman. ' "a W.
Miss Frances Roller has gone to Ricbrona
10 visit her aunt. Mrs j. H. Hardwicto
MIS- Wine. widow OF Rev 8 H. Wine bo .
returned 10 her home in Wilmington. Del
after visit 10 HarrisonburS
Rev and Mrs. j.. &. Messicl; of Ell, a.,
Harrisonbwrg and Mount Clinton. Il"
Miss Annie Gillian. If Woodstock ,o
recent guests of Misses Shirley and Mar
rite Manor. " '' cue
Mrs. "a II. Rosenberser is spcnains -.
month with relatives in Washington e
MISS Nellie Minor. OF CharlottesviIie No.
q recent guest OF her brother, DR.. "Sa
Minor. In Charlottesville ~ '' u.
Miss Bessie EchoIs OF Iewish,r, Tt. ~.
spent some time recently with Mr.. and N "a
4. r Wager. an" Mrs.
Rev. G. w. StinesprIng of Baltimore :.
visitor here In his native county 10
Mrs. O. u. Brock and Miss Alice Conc.
were delegates from Harrisonhurr 70 IN
district meeting OF the Daughters ~ IN, ne
coniederacy In charlottesville '"e
After spending ;hc winter with t.
cnta. Mr. and Mrs. G.. r. Ens,ban, H., par
risonburg.. Mrs. c. S. F. Lincoln and ,hn..
children. left several dayH ago for Phi,aa L
phia, where they Will Join Dr. I.incoln aItI
spending some time jn Northern citiss ~, !
Lincoln family Will sail July for 81, tme
where they are missionaries
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SUFFOLK
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch. !

Suffolk. Va. April 12.-Miss Bessie Holland
entertained Tuesday at 80 o'clock at her
home Bank Street to announce the en-
gagcment OF Miss Sallie Beamon Twitty to
Alexander Graham Martin. Jr.. formerly OF
Petersburg now OF Suffolk The Holland
home beautifully decorated with masses
of dogwood blossoms. ferns. violets and
tulips. The table was laid with cover OF
cluny lace with pink-shaded candles in sill
sticks. at each corner. The centrepiece
was glass vase OF pink snapdragons and
maidenhair ferns. The favors we're wedding
rings and pink packages OF nuts. decorat ed
with orange blossoms. hearing the announce
ment cards. 'Martin-Twitty. June. 1913"
Bonbons we're placed in pink satin boxes.
decorated with Cupids. The place cards
were "honeymooners in a bower OF roses
Mrs. Ellsworth VanPatten, OF Raleigh is
the guest In Suffolk OF friends
The Literary Club met on Thursday after
noon at o'clock with Mrs. Simon Lawrence
on Main Street.
DR.. and Mrs; ]. J.. Kindred and son. of
New York City. arrived here Wednesday
afternoon to visit Judge and Mrs James L..
McI.emore.
Miss Louise Holland is the guest OF Mrs ].
Peter Holland on CRANKY Street. Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Curtis Smith have is
sued Invitations to tho approaching mar
rIage of their only daughter Miss Mary
Judith Smith. to Moss William Armistead,
Jr.. Of Norfolk. The ceremony will talk,
place on Wednesday afternoon, April "a. at
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
A 0N1HERE VIEWER5 TABLE nk
S-Sss.s;ika&=sl kESkkssI %J

, method must he employed which will
insure completeness. accuracy, and
promptness. One of the ends also to
he reached is to locate responsibility
for waste. ineffciency. and infdelity;
another is to make and preserve tho
evidence of efficiency and proper re-
gard for the duties and responsibilities
OF office. To do this requires that
each act be recorded in such manner
that the evidence may be preserved:
that the many facts he anaiyzed and
summarized so that their Significance
may be readily understood: that the
results be promptly reported; that the
form OF reports he such that each sub
ject OF immediate concern may be
brought to the attention of the officer
or the public; and that further means
be provided for knowing whether the
information thus made available is
acted upon
This is the only book on municipal
accounting that tells what to do and
how to do it. That the methods de-
scribed are applicable to a city of any
size is proven by the fact that it has
already been adopted by New York.
the largest American city, and by
Montciair. y. j., n town of less than
$4,000 Inhabitants. The book should
he of the greatest value to all interest
cd or engaged in municipal govern
ment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
o'clock. at ST. Paurs Church. Suffolk, by

o'clock at ST. Paurs Church. Suffolk, by
Rev. John F. Coleman. Miss Smith is one
of the most popular and prominent members
of Suffolk society, and the event is OF
marked importance In the social season.
Judge james l.. McLeMore gave a delight
NJ. r.; Church Sunday-school room at c:a)
O'Clock to the teachers OF the Sunday school
The supper served by Miss kimball and
the girls OF Jefferson High School domestic
science class.
Miss Allie Mcclure was hostess Wednes-
day afternoon to the members of the Sans
Souci Club at charming party at her hos
pitable home Main Street.
The Tuesday Afternoon Card Club was de-
iightfully entertained Wednesday afternoon
by Mrs. Henry Land at her beautiful bung-
allow In Kingsboro Heights. Tho lovely Land
home was lavishly decorated with dogwood.
yellow jeHsamine and hyacinths. with palms
and ferns Fruit punch was served by Miss
Pattie Urquhart. OF Sebrel, who is Mrs.
Lands guest.
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learned how TO celebrate the glory of
the Erubbing hoe and appreciate the
music of tho swinging scythe, the SER
mons preached by apple trees. the find
ing of freedom from business, the en-
joyment in the companionship of dumb
animals and the sense of well-earned
rest when evening comes.
The book SAYS: AS your eye sweeps
the distant hills dotted with the quiet
hamlets and well-illed barns of those
who have never known the turmoil of
city life, your soul is filled with a sense
of serenity and peace and YOU will be
happy in the thought that the evening
of life Will come to YOU where You
can see the stars and hear the still,
soft silenccs Of nature, instead of the
Earring, changing discords of the city
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
FRECKLE-FACE
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots
How 10 Remove EnalIy.

Sun and Wind Hiring Out Ugly Spots
How 10 Remove Icnslly.
Here's a chance. Miss Freckle- face,
to try a new remedy for freckles with
the guarantee of a reliable dealer that
ii Will not cost YOU a penny unless it
removes the freckles; while IL 1t does
give you clear complexion the eN-
pense is trihing.
Simply get an ounce OF othine-dou-
BILE strenGth-from Tragic Drug Co.,
and few applications should show you
how easy 1t is to rid yourself OF the
homely freclllos and get a beautiful
complexion. Rarely is more than one
ounce needed for the worst case.
Re sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othine. as this Is the
prescription sold under guarantee OF
money back II 1t falls to remove
Observation-Disclosures
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"Thc Drift of RomanticIsm..

T'N PauI Elmer More. Houghton-
Mifiiih company, of Boston and New
York sl.25 net
This is the eighth volume in the
series known as the 'Shelburne Es-
says Mr.. More has made a marked
departure from the lines previously
followed. Instead of q collection OF
more or less independent essays. Mr.
More has brought together u group of
papers critical snot only of the half
dozen writers about whom they treat.
but also pointing out significantly the
expressions in literature of the roman
tic drift, the restless, seeking spirit.
that is one of the most characteristic
phenomena OF the nineteenth century.
Writing to Mr.. Mather in his pre-
face, the author says: when the essay
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
..Ichn @, .Iamcsto,yn."


BY Vaughan Kestcr. The Bohbs-
Merrill Company. OF indianapolis. Ind
Sl.35 net.
4 reprint Of Vaughan Kcster's John
O Jamestown is among the literary
list of the Bobbs Merrill Company for
this spring.
John o. jamestown" is. of course,
John Smith, leader and organizer OF
the colony in Virginia, where the
American nation had its begin
ming. a book that goes back to an
adventurous period, when, but for
Smiths uncQualed courage and deter
mination, the settlement at jamestown
would have been abandoned, and the
ColonistS would have returned TO Eng
land, furnishes an inspiration which
every American boy should read com
prehcndingly, else. in the absorption
of the commercialized present, the ser
vice rendered the Western world by
Smith and the pioneer Jamestown band
might be forgotten or undcrestimated.
Far from home and civilization, I'm the
wilds of untrodden shores amid Indian
foes. weakened by starvation and ILL
ness. Smiths stout heart was the bull
wark which transformed such hard
ships into tests of manhood and final
success.
interviewer with the history Of the
book, the romantic and golden pages
of which the Old Dominion and her
people have every right to be proud,
is love story that is Il necessary
part of all that really pictures life in
reality.
Permanency and order. lack of dis
may and instability began with the
coming of Lord De LA War;. And that
brings the romance to Il climax and the
heroine of it to a Virginia home.
The hand that wrote John o James
| town" has been stayed from It's work of
promise. But the memory of the hand
and its purpose will live in such books
as the one under review. in which
Vaughan Hester has immortalized him
self.
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on Pater. now IL this volume. was f,rst
printed in the Nation. you. who have
been In general SO kindly reader of
my work. were honest enough to tell
me you did not like 1t at all. What
profit was IT. YOU asked. to
take an author whose writing
Is filled with the subtlest ap-
probation of the worlds beauty and
stretch him OH the rack of q harsh
ethical formula? Why not follow the
lure and enjoy the spell of romance
wherever 1T meets the eye? Pater was
I. lover and confcssor of strange souls
Should not, then, II true critic come to
him In the same receptive spirit? We'll,
l dare say YOU were right. l dare say
other readers of the essay were right.
who. in print and I'm speech. objected
to its severity, with less friendly inten-
ton. My preface. YOU see, is a sort of
apology for what may seem lack OF
sympathetic taste, even OF understands
ing"
The writer's taken up in rotation are
William Rockford. Cardinal Newman.
Walter Pater, Fiona Macleod, Nietzsche
and Huxley. The volume ends with a
series of reflections on the definitions
of dualism.
1t is hook Of great deal of force
ana close study of the minds and meth
DDS of the men under consideration, and
the chapter on dualisin is particularly
attractive.
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"a step on the Stair"

"a Step on the Stnir."
by octave Thanet The Bobbs-Mcr
Company. of Indiana polls. Ind.
After Tho Man OF the Hour we
have the right to expect something
out of the ordinary from Octave T'hanet.
This the reader will find In "a Step on
inc Stair. This short story opens with
n scene in hospital. whore a noted
physician. who has been injured by an
automobile, is supposed to pass away.
He is attended by a physician who is
an intimate friend. and is comfortcd
D! MS sister. his parents being dead.
Inc end is shown with great vividness,
ana just at the last the dying man is
visited by his dead mother, whom he
recognizes. She takes him on n long
Journey into the world beyond. and
the Journey is described I'm great de-
tail and in n most interesting man
ner All the strange sights and tho
stranger experiences have their proper
place and full account. In the end
he is brought back to earth to complete
his work that was interfered with by
his accident The book ends in his
convincing his physician-frienda and the
nurse that he really died and left the
mortal body. this being part of his
new belief and prospective discovery.
He does not recall the trip to the world
beyond. but can give the details of his
death. and at the end
The title of the book is gotten from
the steps on the stairs OF lifc--the
first on into the world beyond, and the
second, a higher step in that world.
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"'rhe Bcnd in the Road,

by Truman y. De Wcese Harper &
Brothers. of New York and London.
sl.O0.
charming sort OF book. which has
= toreword in il that says: THE
thought of the author in writing il is
to bring the aroma OF apple blossoms
and new-mown hay into the sordid life
Of the man who has seen nothing but
city streets and breathed nothing but
the atmosphere of commerce In these
chapters he hopes to bring freedom TO
the life that is hobbled and hampered
by city conventions, to bring health
and quiet calm to the mind that is
stormtossed on the surSing sea OF the
city. 1t was written to help the city
man find the bend in the road. and
having found it. to show him how to
tarry I'm the quiet shade of the hills
until the strength and enthusiasm OF
youth have returned"
The book sounds clearly the call of
the country in telling how one man
hearkened TO its voices and found his
hit of blue and name for his farm,
which he called Hilltop" Then the
man went step further, and, in ac-
curing a hired man. was called on to
decide between the new and old phi
losophy in farm cultivation. He
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BURLINGTON
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]

Burlington. y. G.. April l2--On Tuesday
evening Miss Lenna Andrews entertained
at the home Of her parents. on Tarpley
Street. the Philathea class OF the Baptist
Church. together with a number of young
men friends. Numerous contests entertained
the guests. and delightful music rem
dered. lust before the departure of the
guests refreshments were served.
Miss Bertha Gates left Wednesday to at
tend the Baraca- Philathea Convention.
which convened at Charlotte to-day. She
has part In the program for Monday
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nornIng. From charIotte MIS- cates wlll

IUNte MISE NHltS
visit in Monroe for some days.
The members of the Rural Letter Carriers
AsHociation. of Alamance County. were given
a banquet at the Piedmont Hotel on Sntur-
After an excellent three course dinner had
been served and number of snort speeches
made the carriers held their regular annual
business meeting and elected officers for the
following year.