The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03

Vii lDpiilto tiiitC, dllN oSpo ~
piled, "Righto, and let's do it as
it should be done, the real ray
and the right way"
The two sisters were home
for the holiday season, one from
her teaching in an Ohio city
and the other from her clerk
ship position at the Nations
capital.
dad, dear old soul, has stood
by us all and stood up nobly
and grand. At holiday time he
has never failed to remember
us superbly, and he has ac-
copied our little two-by-twice
and uch-of-consequence
gifts with delight in his face
and expressions of real thank
fulness. / really don't believe
he ever thought we should do
more" was the way Bess ex-
pressed it.
"Do you remember the
Christmas a few years back,
said Jess, when you gave dad
an ash tray? You were home
that holiday time. was in
Massachusetts at Aunt Lucia's
that Christmas and / sent him
an ash tray. Unbeknown to me
Aunt Lucia also sent him an
ash tray. That amused us,
when we compared notes later,
but the giving of dad ash trays
did not end there. Delayed in
the mails was another ash tray
from dads brother, who lives in
Phoenix, Ariz. 1t was a long
time coming, not arriving in
Barre until early summer.
That was the time when Bur-
leson's mail service was at its
best"
Properly" exclaimed Bess,
dad would have been justified
N smoking himself black in the
ace and would have had to
make use of the four ash trays.
And where are they now? In
rumaging through a trunk in
the attic only yesterday / ran
across three of those ash trays,
each nicely wrapped in the orig
inal papers and labeled with
the donors name. The fourth
tray, the one | gave dad, was
broken long while ago. Dad
has no doubt forgotten about
the other three and where he
placed them so carefully. |
hope So"
WELL" said Jess, "then
we've decided at this Christmas
time to do for dad in a practical
way what we should have done
long ago at each succeeding
Christmas. Now, what is it to
bew
"Just yesterday" responded
Bess, Il was reading a list of
useful things for men in an sd-
vertisement in The Times.
Let's find the copy"
The Times was located and
soon the young women were
porting over the advertisement
of Moore and Owens.
81 have a fine idea," ejacu-
lated Jess. Now, why not you
and | create a fund by starting
it with ten dollars each, asking
Aunt Lucia to contribute
twenty dollars, explain to Uncle
Henry, who has made lots of
money at Phoenix, what we are
up to and suggest that fifty
would look good coming from
him and if we are diplomatic
we can no doubt get together
fifty from Uncle Will, who lives
in Chicago and was a member
of the Shipping Board during
the war. With success in every
instance, and am sure we will
have no failure, we will have
$4,000"
Bess clapped her hands in
her enthusiasm. "Grand!" she
exclaimed, lust the grandest
project we have ever under
taken. And with the $4,000
we can buy him one of those
blue serge suits, in which he
always looks so well, a new
overcoat, gloves, a new hat,
shirts, underclothes, collars and
neckwear-all of these articles
for the $4,000 and at the low
prices prevailing at the Quick
Money Sale. Won't it be fine?
We will write to Aunt Lucia
and Uncles Henry and VIII this
very day" :.
When Bess and Jess make up
their fund for dads Christmas
presents we viii give them the
warmest Of welcome at the
Quick Money Sale and will do