The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-02

hurt hRr., perhaps. and u the SgAHeE
5eane Is played Just before school
Teacher dries the scholars ont sual-
cIently 30 that in the sad event that
the sun has dried up the pools be-
fore late Afternoon, the children
reach home in fairly pEesentable
condition.
stop staring wildly.
watched an ambulance take
away a member of a family yester-
day and many thoughts circled
swiftly in my mind. There is some
thing about tho white ambulance
when It stops before a residence
that strarts ono rejecting sadly The
winter months here bring much
sickness and many tragedies, and
none greater than the sudden lay
ing low of dear one in the family
who grows worse 30 steadily that
the ambulance must be called to
carry he or she to the hospital for
more expert attention. l suppose
it's because the last ride on earth
must of necessity be in moving
vehicle of some sort that the ride
in an ambulance ILLS one with fears
and miserleB. There isn't a bit OF
reason why we should be afraid OF
an ambulance. It's merely the as
ISOLATION which alRrmB-which
chills. And the ride in an ambu-
lance to the hospital may mean just
the opposite OF death. For most
people have become convinced in
this more enlightend age that hos
to FnVs UnVsf0VIR
ailments. There 1t is that every
thing known to medicine and sur
gerry is kept In Immaculate order,
ever ready for instant use. So let's
not stop all down the street and
stare wlde.eyed and frightened be-
cause the white ambulance comes
softly down tht street and stops at
a familiar house.
Does Your Child % ItH
A friend of mine said to me not
long ago: When you run out Of
you'd tell about the children who
come down the various streets TO
school who stop to play and in so
doing destroy valuable property. /
know a family who have repaired
fences in front of their property
time and time again quite uselessly
Just because the school children in
sist on hanging on every kind OF
fence which has been placed there.
This family now has a hedge about
their lot and wire has been placed
about the hedge to keep the boys
and girls from catching small ten
drills and swinging onto them wild
ly. Does the wire do any good I?
The wire does not! The children
climb onto it and teeter back and
forth. And at least a half dozen
times 1t has been repaired and
Strengthened. It seems to me chill
dren should be taught in some man
ner, however drastic, that other
peoples property should be respect
ed"
Beautiful Xmas Presents.
What lovely day we had yester-
day-all rain and sunshine ana
changeableness. If we left our UNI
brella at home it rained. II we car
ried it out, It stopped raining. But
we hada nice time in the stores at
that gazing at Christmas articles
placed on display. notice many
OF the tree ornaments this year are
20 cents apiece. Wo won't buy
many at that price, will we? Just
a 1eweled ball or two for the tip-top
maybe, with perhaps q glisteninG
pretty for the other prominent po-
sltion. Using last years ornaments
for the rest. Does it seem possible
that Christmas will soon be here
with all its hustle and worry and
joy and heartache? How fast the
years go by. It's been three Christ
masses now since began chatering
for your entertainment, and I'm not
chartered out yet. My, my-miracles
do happen, don't they.
want to tell you about some
pretty presents saw yesterday
which were all homemade. These
consisted mainly of tiny powder
puffs bordered with narrow silk
braid in different colors and edged
with dainty lace-With now and
then a bit OF medallion on top fash
Toned out Of loop of two Of blue or
pink ribbon-One or two puffs actu-
ally having touch OF hand paint
ing just OH top. They were so cum
ming, so fat and attractive, that I
Immediately hoped somebody would
send me one on the 25th Of Decem-
Der. Don't for a moment believe it
is necessary to buy in the shops all
the gifts you wish to send your
friends. I could write all day and
not tell you the half that Is being
made this year out OF odds and
ends at home-all beautiful. useful
and inexpensive. Just because you
haven't thousand dollars to in
vest in presents don't get spell of
the blues. Get your ingenuities to
work, I'll tell YOU a lot of things to