The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-01
From Another
Point OF VieW

New Years day and Christmas al
wavs str6ck Us as being much alike
IN one respect. They came but once
a year.
'MEMBERt
Member how We used 70 listen for the
whistle Al the MILL
with the supper on the table ana
white silence on the hill.
With the WoodboN fun Of maple we
had split that afternoon:
And the chairs around the table
"for your father'll be here soonY
And that old-red tablecloth that moth
night
And the spoonholder with brackets.
and the butter dish so bright,
When the kitchen door was opened to
admit young Fritz-the scamp
Who was always late at supper time
the wind blew out the laInpF
Then we opened up the kitchen stove
in front--its doors slid back
Till we saw the fairies dancing In
the swirl OF gold and black;
But we quickly had 60 close II, for our
chimney was too short
And il blew the smoke all backward
when the wind was In the north,
Wondrous DAYS, We well remember
fathers footsteps in the shed.
Where he left his frozen mittens ana
hung his lantern overhead
Little things we never noticed In the
old days, but We still
Member how We used 10 listen for
the whistle at the mill.
The new resolution may have been
broken already. but.H then, there -
something in having tried.
We have TO predict
DTS new year, you see)
That you'll put down
Where S ought TO be.
Poultry owners in Belgium must
pay war tax OF five cents per month
per hen. This means, We presume.
that in a nun Der OF instances the Z"
is due 10 soon fall out OF tax.
Then, again, there is that seripturaI
line that seems TO fit the case OF a
line car: "ln such 90
hour as ye think not"
When a conductor on a train in the
south found his watch refused TO run.
he tried TO borrow one from passep-
ger and found only one watch on the
train. Still thar train could not have
been very late: il had so little time
10 lose.
MR.. FOX
A well-known lawyer is respons-
ible for this. He swears It's true.
There's no reason to suppose,
though. that the narrative Is based
on a personal experience. II GER
talnly took all the Joy out Of one
mans merry Yuletide.
The man In question is inclined
TO be gay dog at times. His
wife doesn't approve Of this
gayety, and his wlfe's disapproval
Is pretty weiehty matter.
On the day before Christmas
she visited her husband in his of
flee. AS she sat by his desk the
telephone rang. Through the re-
ceiver he heard the murmur Of an
attractive but feminine voice.
The murmur was enough; he
didn't stop for details. With
ready mind he blurted oout:
"Oh, that's all right; that's all
right. Tell Jack not to trouble"
and banged the. receiver on the
hook.
He sneaked look at his wife,
and her placid face showed him
that he had got away with H."
He felt pretty good over his pres
ence Of mind. OF such stuff are
great generals made, he told him
seIf-the kind that are ready for
any emergency.
But he lost this feeling OF sat.
isfaction yesterday when he
learned that the feminine voice
had belonged to the stenographer
Of friend OF his who had called
up TO find out " he would be In
his office, as the friend wanted TO
drop in and pay him $500 on an
overdue debt before sailing for
Europe to be gone six monthsi