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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

The Catholic Library Club held the last social of 1917 at St Josephs hall Friday evening and also awarded the mid game prizes. The latter were car ried off by the following in the order given. Lacies; Mrs Jacovina, Mrs. J. ]. Walsh: Gentlemen; Al Carey and George Cahill The weekly prizes were awarded to the following, Ladies; Mrs. K. Davy. Mrs. Jacovina and Mrs Kirby. Gentlemen, Al Carey. Phi Corrigan and Patrick Sheridan. On ac- count of the holidays. the usual weekly social will not be held next Friday
 aving been postponed until the first Friday in January.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

Dr. A. F Heimlich has announced that he will leave Nome in the near future to take up his new residence in the town of Marshal. which Is at present without medical practitioner. The departure of the genial doctor will be deeply regretted by his num- erous friends, of whom many have known him from the days of the Ed monton trail, over which he mushed as 8 medical official connected with the Northwest Mounted police back in 1898.
 Dr. Helmlich received the wire urg- ing him to come to Marshal yesterday, the message being couched in such terms that he decided at once to leave. He will depart Thursday morning by dog team, pilotcd by Paul Kjedstad and will take along 0 large quentity of hospital supplies, instruments and medicines to meet the possible require ments of the Yukon community.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

Milton B. Roper arrived in town Saturday evening from the Hobson creek dredge, which Is now in process of removal from the site of operations during the past several years to a new location near the mouth of Dexter creek, and reports that the dredge is being cut in two at present. prepara- tory to being hauled over the ice. Contractor Chas Ross is making good progress in the work of placing the huge machine at the new place of op- eratlons. The machinery and working parts have already been hauled 10 the point where reconstruction will com mence and the hull will probably be landed on the ground within a few days after the cutting process Is com. pleted.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

day advertisements appearing at pres ent, the Nugget has been forced to depart from the usual custom of print ing the local news notes on the fourth page. Such news matter is now pre- sented on the third page of the daily issue and the practice will be con tinued until more space Is available on the back page
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24
WILL THERE BE 4 V|CTR0LA IN YOUR HOME ?

Pa buy me one of those dinner sets 100 pieces, only 5000 or a elastic Felt Mattress at s17.50. or a set of all Coil Springs De Luxe at S17.5o HOLT has the goods.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

Miss Kate Bongard. who Is the pres. ent teacher in the government school at Teller, has returned to the city tc spend her holiday vacation with hel parents. Mfr and Mrs. Joe Bongard
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

The Arctic Bakery will hold the drawing for the big Christmas cake at eleven o'clock tonight and the huge and delectable appearing confection will be awarded as soon as the holder of the winning ticket appears.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

Nome enters the holiday period de- voided Of none of tho usull outwalG ( aspects of holiday spirit, Most of the business houses have excoliun. cls- plays of holiday goods and are pret- tily decorated in the conventional man. par
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

Alec Smith. the well known fur buy CT. started out yesterday on a fur buy ing expedition which is expected to endure for the remainder of the winter period
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

The Nugget today prints tho second installment of the Capt Hekkila's in- teresting story of the adventurous voyage of the schooner White Bear. The installment will be found on the third page of the presen; issue under caption-The Log Of the White Bear.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24
NEWS NOTES

In Keeping with the custom of years the Nugget staff will take layofr to- morrow and the paper will not appear
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

Billy Rowe returned Saturday from a trip to the Solomon section endur- Ing several days.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-24

Give your wife, sweetheart or child a box of fresh made candy from the Arctic Bakery and Candy Store.
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Owing to the large number of holi-
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The Washington times., 1917-12-23
AUS Vel That Ends Vel

] dinner for Bill Her -four little
rooms were sc-upulous-she was q
perfect fiend for cleaning.
Everything was perfect and she
herself, in neat, rretty little suits,
looked exactly like her little flat.
We did not thirk OF calling her
commonplace, but her pretty little
face even then was wont to settle
into peevish, sAlfish lines.
All the older women spoke OF her
with praise.
"She's an excellent manager;
Bills a lucky fellow"
"Yes, he ought to be glad he did
so welI-a girl who never did
housework until she was married,
too"
And all the young wives had
winIfred held up to them as a per-
feet example. 'cBi'rs wife" used to
be a regular password in the. neigh
borhood.
Then the baty came, and we all
looked for q s!:.mp in the manage
meRt, but winifred was still the
model. We used to marvel at it
Her baby was always the pink Of
perfection, his clothes always fresh
and sweet, and win-fred herself In
starched house frocks was like
white rose. But the peevish lines
were more evident. and she some
times spoke GROSSLY to the baby.
Then Nancy Came.
Then Nancy came into the neigh
borhood. Nancy was anything but
a model housewife. She would
chatter across the back fence while
her cake burned in the oven. But
every one loved her, including her
husband.
We began to wonder IL Bill loved
winifred as much as he had when
he had first married her. Once
some one went to dinner there and
the story leaked out OF a spot OF
gravy on the clean tablecloth. Bill
had been serving. and in laughing
heartily at joke he had carslessly
dropped the spot of grease from his
serving fork. winifred had spoken
to him rudely and had embarrassed
Eood-natured Bill, as well as the
guest.
winifred had taken a great dis
like to Nancy. In fact. she rather
looked down on Nancy and spoke OF
her once as slovenly. That was the
beginning of the waning OF her
popularity, the beginning OF the
end of winifred as the perfect ex-
ample.
Just about this time Bill began
to look seedy and to lose his spruce
look OF well-Eroomed young man
hodo. We all wondered, and no one
pretended to understand.
Nancy's Jim was happy-Eo-
lucky chap and he never minded
the fact that Nancy was not me-
thodical They made their tiny
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home the rendezvous OF the place.
The big. careless room where Jim
read in the evenings. with Nancy
curIed up next to him, was the
best loved place in town.
Even in the beginning we had
never liked to go to see wfnifred.
That Is, we had never even thought
OF dropping in for a coy chat, for
fear OF spelling the regularity OF
her rooms. We used to make little
formal calls, and sit stiflSs on the
edges OF our chairs. But at Nancy's
wo all lounged and ate good things
that we had all helped to make. and
watched the soft pink color come
and go on Nancy's smooth cheeks
when Jim looked at her in that lit
tlepway he had.
II was just queer the way IL hap
pened, but eVeryone-eVen the older
women = transferred allegiance
from winifred to Nancy Excuses
were made for her careIessness in
housekeeping People used to pake
remarks like this:
what a wonderful friend Nancy
in love they are? Nancy just
couldn't do wrong in Jim,s eyes"
And many more OF the same kind.
They Are Left Out.
Winifred did not encourage people
dropping In, so the young people al
ways gathered at Nancy's and after
a time Win and Bill were left out.
Bill used to sit longingly on the
porch and smoke his pipe and listen
to the nonsense going on over at
Nancy's, and he would never say q
word when Win would sniff and ask
him IL he were crazy to get over
there. and II so 10 go on. she didn't
care.
Two years passed and we older
people still viewe< the same situa-
tion. Nothing changed very much
In the neighborhood, and Nancy was
still the center Of attraction
Nancy it was who cuddled all the
babies OF the neighborhood, who
listened to the condolences OF the
older girls and who made real
friendships with everyone.
WInlfred was still just as good
a housekeeper. but Bill had lost his
gayety and had taken to speaking
morosely. Frequent alterations
took place between them as to the
bringing up OF Junior. and wtni-
fred's voice had developed an un-
pleasant edge"
We older women. who had seen
matters from the very beginning,
sized up the situation this way: A
good housekeeper does not always
make a successful wife. Too much
dusting means too little kissing
too much Of the housewife and not
enough OF the friend.
Nancy, the careless, the irrepress-
ib'e. had delved deeper into life
than Winifred ever could, and with
her little home secure on the foun-
dations OF love and understanding.
what did the rest matter?
The Washington times., 1917-12-23
The Tale of the Dancing Mouse

show off a Chinese toddle. or a
Hawaiian hula-hula, or a grape
vine twist, or thinks he hears a
Jazz orchestra playing somewhere
in his head. we don't wonder that
his keepers have labeled him mot
all there"
Otherwise. the explanation doesn't
seem TO ft, for you can't exactly
associate an atrophied brain with
savages. where each tribe has Its
own dance. or with young children
who love to run and jump. or with
grown-ups who dance because they
are supposed to be too old to play.
Maybe they are not using all Of
their brains at the time they dance.
but an atrophied brain suggests an
old brain. one full OF cobwebbly
compartments, an inactive. sluggish
brain. one that has ceased to act
because its owner has been too
lazy to use 1t.
II this little mouse ycurled up his
tail in a nice peat little scroll and
sat stilI and blinked at you as you
passed the cage. he would be al
lowed to pass for a normal mouse.
l have heard people who refer
TO children who acted that way as
proper children"-children who
fold their hands and cross their
thumbs and blink at you out OF
owl-like eyes and answer. "Yess.
ma'am," and mo, ma'am;" who
never speak when they are not
spoken to: who never make a
noise: who never run away: who
never get any mud on their little
white starched aprons; who never
tease the cat or tie tin cans on the
dogs tail; who never ask for candy
and who ere always ready to go to
bed at o'clock-but / think they
are elfish children. and unnatural
children. / think part OF their
brain is atrophied. They seem TO
be old before they are young. They
seem to get no joy out Of motion.
They are more like plants with
roots. that never move unless some
thing from the outside. like a
strong wind. moves them. They
healthy young animals.
Some one wrote TO one of the
daily papers bemoaning the fact
that the life in our large cities
cramps the young. growing chill
dren and STILES their natural in
stinct TO run and jump and yell
and dance. They are taken TO the
parks by their nurses or mother
for a little air. but the space Is
too circumscribed for them to give
free vent to the growing life with
in them.
"Our children roller skate" says
this writer. but they have never
heard OF picket. hide and seek.
yards. chalk the rabbit. duck on
rock. The little ones never learn
delights OF farmer In the dell or
skiptOmalOo.
Worst OF all, the children walk.
IL was not until was a freshman,
and sixteen, that learned to walk
We ran or skipped or trotted We
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Young People and Thinking

last husband. The personal and the
trivial do interest us too much
Since the war. we are interesting
ourselves in deeper things, but
again I fear they are personal
things. Except for our philosophers,
we Americans are generally think
ing iL. terms OF ourselves. our fami-
lies and our own communities.
Now our horizons are widening.
What Mrs. Jones cooks for dinner
on Sunday isn't half as important
as the fact that she has bravely
given to her country three splendid
young sons.
1t has been said that there are
three grades OF mentality. Paople
OF the lowest mental grade talk
about people, those OF the next
talk about things ard those Of the
highest talk about ideas.
In order to converse about ideas
and ideals you have to think about
them. Youth is very naturally con-
cerned with its own emotions and
The Washington times., 1917-12-23

desires. So when In q group OF
young people you start an academic
discussion OF the poetry in Shake
speare you are likely 70 bore and
annoy. American youth has a way
Of feeling that such discussions be-
long to school periods, not to the
hours Of relaxation.
i know q brilliant young for
eigner who came to this country
and made q verX great success. But
he was hideously lonely until he
discovered a woman with whom he
could discuss the things about which
he was thinking In his own soul
Down IN the world of mer an busi-
ness he had plenty II companions
with whom he couId discuss dia-
mond cutting and the conditions in
south Africa and Amsterdam
But apart from his shrewdnsss as
a business man he wal q dreamer
and an ideRlist. He married q very
homely woman and everybody said.
Now. what could he see In her!"
What he saw In her was a commun-
The Washington times., 1917-12-23

AASAtos
As a Man Thinketh.
We are too much given to think
ing in terms Of the ordinary. We
keep ourselves on a low level by
doing It "As a man thinketh in
his heart, so is he" and the men
who never think about anything
but their business become money
Erubbers and lose all opportunity
for rest and relaxation. Those of US
who think only of dancing and
clothes and good times shut our
selves on from all development-w.
deprive ourselves Of a chance &
appreciate hne spiritual pleasures.
This little preachmeat Is two
sided. One must teach oneself &
take people as one fRds them
Don't try to force your friends tr
think about or talk about things
merely because you want to think
about them and talk about them
Don't insist upon leading the conver-
sation all the time. Don't except
everybody to admire your superior
wisdom and to be interested In
what you have to cont!'bute to tn"
conversation. Take Il fer granted
that other people besides you have
ideas and ideals.
Learn TO listen. Find out vha;
appeals TO the people with whom
you are thrown. II you show a
sympathetic Interest in their inter
ests. your friends will probably re-
ply in kind and try to give a SYM
pathetic hearing to tie things you
care about
Being a good listener often means
putting yourself in sympathetic
touch with the thought of the
world and there II a great deal to
be learned that way. People who
think triyially. ere just as interest
ing q study as characters In. a book.
Take stock OF silly little Susie
DrakS. who only thinks about
clothes. notice how her fondness for
pretty things Is really an expression
OF an artistic impulse.
Let the writer OF the lette- above
quoted observe his own thoughts
and see how training and environ
ment abroId gave him one set of
mental tendencies and how circurl-
stances here are reactlnE and
changing thern. And then gradual
~. he San have very amusing
time directing the attention OF his
friends to the things about which
he sees them thinking.
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took or our gloves and we carried
our hats by the rubber. and we
scurried through the dead leaves in
the fall. mad with the joy of liv-
ing.
The only kind OF brain cells
that could become atrophied during
a childhood like that would be
those that govern a sense Of deco
rum. of setness, of fixedness. OF
staying planted. and IL they must
go, let them 60"
The Washington times., 1917-12-23
BY EUGENIE HAIR.

, ~ Ut at the Zoo there is a
cage that contains one lit
~ tie mouse that rolls and
tumbles and turns somer-
sauIts. and seems to be having the
time of his life.
wouldn't call it just dancing.
only that one can call almost any
thing dancing now. But that's
what the label on the cage says
"The Dancing Mohse''-and it goes
on to explain that the reason the
little fellow is having such an up
soariousIy good time is because
part OF his brain is atrophied."
Well. I wonder il that explains
why. when the music starts up. you
begin to feel restless and your feet
won't stay still, and something in
side OF you sways and keeps time
with the music, and the first thing
you know you are cut on the floor
and floating away in another world
where the air Is lighter and the
lights are brighter. and the rules
are more lax than they are in that
wOrk-a-day world where you plod
along in a lOckstep to work, and
pIod back again and settle down in
your chair and read the paper and
wish the time would pass so you
could go to bed.
What does it all mean? That a
part of your brain is gone. and
that is why yOU want to dance:
What a victory that is for those
who hate the modern dances! For
those who claim that a one-step.
fox trot and hesitation are only so
many different ways Of approach
ing a certain place-BilIy Sunday
will tell you what place.
OF course. II that little innocent
mouse at the ZOO" is trying TO
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Have Your Mother Meet
Them.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAS:
In my town Is a naval station
where there are a number OF
young boys training. / have met
quite a few and have had many
invitations to 90 out with them.
which l have 10 refuse because
my mother does not approve.
am seventeen. Now. Miss Fairfax,
l would like 10 know whether 1
should have these boys call, know
ing that my mo her does not ap-
prove, and Lave tnem meet her.
because would love to 20 out
with them. but not against her
wishes. Mother las never met
any of them and PERHAPS she
would think differently toward
them II she knew some Of them.
BILLIE II.
THE only safe and Eane Way to
conquer your mothers objec-
tons to these Young navIEa,ors IS
to have her meet them. Get her
permission to invite some OF them
70 'SSE house AID trust her fair
The Washington times., 1917-12-23
DRACULA,
OR
THE VAMPIRE
BY BRAN STOKER.

her hands before her face, and shud-
dered whilst she moaned.
Van Helsing had not intended to re
call her frightful experience. He had
simply lost sight of her and her part
in the affair in his intellectual effort
When II struck him what, he said. he
was horrifed at. his thoughtfulness
and tried to comfort her.
HORRIBLE RECOLLECTION
INADVERTENTLY RECALLED.
''Qh, Madam Nina" he said, dear
dear Madam Nina. alas! that I OF all
who so reverence you should have
said anything 80 forgetful. Tbess
stupid old lips OF mine and this stupid
old head do not deserve so, but you
will forget II, will you not?"
He bent low beside her as he spoke,
she took HIS hand, and looking At
him through her tears, said hoGrsely:
"No, 1 shall not forget. for II is
well that remember, and with st i
have SO much in memory ofzyou that
Is sweet, that I take It ALI together.
Now, you must all be going soon,
Breakfast Is ready. and we must all
eat that we play be strong"
Breakfast &ss q strange meal to
US all. We tried to be cheerful and
encourage each other, and. Nina was
the brightest and most ehserful of ".
When II was over, Van Helsing stood
up end said:
Now. my dear friends, we 60 forth
to our terrible enterprise. Are We all
. armed. as we were on that night when
nrst we visited eur enemy's lair:
arn1ad a0afnaf xr-a1I
nal attaek?" n
We. all assured him.
Then IT is well. Now Madam Nina,
you are in any case quite safe here
until the sunset, and before then we
shall return-if-we shall returni
But before We 20 let me see you
armed against personal attack.
have myself, since you came down,
prepared your chamber by the placing
OF things of which we know, 80 that
He may not enter. Now let me guard
yourself. On your forehead touch
this piece Of sacred wafer in the
name OF the Father, the Son, and"
SACRED WAFER BURNS
ITS MARK ON NINA.
There was a fearful scream which
almost froze our hearts to hear. As
he had placed the wafer on Mina's
forehead, It had scared it-had burned
into the flesh az though 1t had been
q piece of white-hot metal Ny poor
darling's brain had told her the sig
nificance OF the fact assquickly as her
nerves received the pain OF II. and
the two so overwhelmed her that her
overwrought nature had its voice in
that dreadful scream.
But the words 10 her thought came
quickly; the echo OF the scream had
not ceased to ring on the air when
there came the. reaction, and she sank
on her knees on the floor in an agony
OF abasement. Pulling her beautiful
hair over her face. as the Ieper Of old
his mantle. she walled out:
'Uncleani Unclean! Even the Al
mighty shuns my polluted flesh! 4
must bear this mark OF shame upon
my forehead until the Judgment Day
They all paused. had thrown myself
beside her in an agony OF helpless
grief, and putting my arms around
held her tight. For q few minutes
our sorrovful hearts beat together,
whilst the friends around US turned
away their eyes that ran tears
silently.
Then Van Helsing turned anu said
Rravely; SO gravely that l could not
help feeling that he was in some way
inspired, and was stating things out |
side himself:
(TO be, Continued TOmerroW)
(CopyriEhtedl
The Washington times., 1917-12-23
A Tempting
Relish
BY JEANETTE HARDMAN.

~ EMOVE the green leaves from
- two heads Of white chicory.
cut away the roots. wash
thoroughly. shake well TO
remove all water possible, put in a
cloth and place on ice TO chill.
When ready to serve. place leaves
in a large bowl, add some thinly
sliced sweet midget pickles. and a
seasoning OF salt, pepper, two table
spoonfuls of vinegar, and an equal
amount OF olive oil. Mix well be-
fore serving.
To serye-Arrange leaves on in
dIviduaI salad plates. add some
sliced bananas. nd distribute some
of the pickles over the chicory. This
dish will tempt the most delicate
appetite.
average cost. 20 cents. VIII
serve six persona
The Washington times., 1917-12-23
A Lack of Fine Feeling.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Is II proper for = young man
who has been giving attention to
a girl for q year to be attentive
to a friend to whom she intro
duced him? He gives her every
thing and takes her out. His
sweetheart loves him, but DO you
think II worth worrying ovor?
PUZZLED.
THIS Is not a question Of propriety
but one OF consideration and
nps feeling. A man who really
loves one girl is unlikely to want 70
make love to another and surely
would not wish 70 humiliats his
sweetheart by demonstrating the
charm another girl had for him. lie
Is either hckle or has a rather
brutal desire to hurt the girl who
loN > 3m and to G,Dry In showing
hAs kSNa
The Washington times., 1917-12-23
Our Topics of Conversation.

We talk about the latest play, tho
newest dance step. somebody's bat
ting average, the fashions. Mr..
Jones latest AhInIty 0r krS Smiths
The Washington times., 1917-12-23
BY JANE MaeLEAN.

y HE lived In our street, and
every one spoke of her as
~ the perfe:t wife. When she
was first married she used
to have plenty of time to run
around everywhere, and yet she
was always home in time to- cook
The Washington times., 1917-12-23
Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

ness and mature judgment to de-
eide whether or not her little girl
can afford to be friends with these
boys.