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The herald., 1920-12-16
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Trees and Fires.

It Is doubtful whether any single
agency has caused more fires than
Christmas trees. These are covered
with inflammable ornaments and kept
until the branches are n dry as tim
der The practice of decorating with
candles and lighting these In order to
beautify the tree is the main source
of danger. There Is something so
pleasing and satisfactory about Christ
mas trees that no one feels like CIV
ing them up, or opposing their use,
but they are a source of loss and dam
ger. Something should be done to
eliminate the danger. even though II
should reduce the number of trees.
Until regulations from the outside in
terfere with the practice, 1t will be
well for every person who INDUCES in
the luxury to have a garden hose
ready for immediate use in case the
tree catches fire. Those who have no
means for extinguishing a fire should
not have a tree-From the Kansas
City Journal.
The herald., 1920-12-16
COLD-BLO0DED WITH GIFTS
Program for Those Persons Who
Think Santa Claus Deception
Should Come to End.

We have tried to work out little
Christmas program for those who OBJ
ject TO Santa Claus. We respect the
opinions of all who think the decep-
ton should be stopped and feel that
we ought to help them to arrange a
disillusionized and thoroughly HARM
less Christmas-what you might call
q germless and renovated and disin-
fected and veracious Joy season.
which the children will take hold of
with enthusiasm without in after days
wishing to upbraid their parents and
hiss at them, you lied to us!"
We suggest, therefore, that the chill
dren be called together on Christmas
morning by the governor and address
ed as follows:
kids: We shall now enjoy our gift
giving. I tore off few scads from my
roll the other day and handed them to
your mother, and she dived headlong
into the bargain counter food and for
two whole days appeared not again,
and when she did crawl out, battered,
TANNED, ragged, torn, bruised and old,
she clutched to her bosom these few
gimcracks. fol-de-rols and highly I'M
serviceable articles. We have placed
them upon these chairs so as to divest
the business of any stage effects that
might heighten the pleasure In any
way or give a false impression. You
are TO understand that / had to give
up for these things, and I wish to for
get about it before feel real good In
side again, and with these few re-
maris we will now fall to, and you
want to be quick about 1t, for want
to read my paper in peace."-Judge.
The herald., 1920-12-16

gift of box of stocks might be made
valuable If the box itself was thing
Of beauty, and this could be brought
to pass by the girl who is expert with
her needle. Giving the same sort OF
gift to a large number of people Is
perfectly proper If the gift Is one which
is calculated to please everybody.
We've heard the story Of a nice old
lady who always made pln-cushions
for all her nieces and mittens for all
her nephews every year. 1t was said
that her plan gave great pleasure to
one person, the aunt. It's good idea
to be sure your gifts will be appreG-
ated before you go into the wholesale
manufacture Of one style of article for
many people.
The herald., 1920-12-16

Use OF CHRISTMAS STOCKING
voc St Nicholas, Saint of Fourth
century Of Christian Era,
Founder of Custom.

Nh HRlSTMAS stockings have
IN come down to us from the
AG good st. Nicholas, who was
N4S a saint of the fourth CEN
fury Of the Christian era
was born December 6, $40, In
.'ea' Asia Minor. He was regarded
specially the patron saint of chill
a young girls and sailors. The
blows:
a seems that st. Nicholas, who was
:. acnolshop Of Myra, lived in the
~. 'O~n with an impoverished no
Ia ian who because he had no por-
" give his daughters, and indeed
~ esns With which to support them,
4, 'Uout TO sell them into a life Of
r. o. Nicholas, who was accus-
~ s0 to dispense his large fortune in
,as. " eharity, resolved to rescue the
IA, AS hc uBplOouhSNI
po,.' 1ouse wondering how he should
49,, u' The moon shone out and dis
N,a 49, an open window. Instantly st.
ss ~, Threw a purse of gold In at
"a. uuow which, falling at the feet
4 ~, - lather Of the girls, enabled him
fnuon his Oldest daughter. The
so.. me- ume St Nicholas visited the
mr. ne also was able to throw a
n. " gold through an open window,
s,r,ss 'Oviding for the portion of the
1. laughter. On the third visit
m a'ner, watching for his benefac-
~, 'sst himself at the feet Of the
y, and cried:
n, 81 Nicholas, servant Of God.
~ seek to hide thyselfY"
n saint made the father promise
d, S reveal his benefactions. From
"a .s N OF bestowing gifts in secret
h.,,.u. ef the cloak of night arose the
isssee Of putting out shoes or stock
~, ene younger members Of the
" mat the good saint would
The herald., 1920-12-16
NO KIDDlES-NO CHRISTMAS
Children Are Absolutely Necessary to
Keep the Yuletide and Happy
Season In Existence.

,T~1DWARD S. MARTIN, who IS
never happier than when
SNhIs writing about children, had
llGSpA a characteristic article in
the Metropolitan Magazine
entitled Christmas and Children" In
the course of its lines Mr.. Martin in
PRODUCES a suggestion that IS extreme
ly unpleasant, but he clears II away de-
lightfully. He says:
Consider, If there were to be a
lapse of new babies for even so short
a time as ten years, Santa Claus would
fade out of active existence and be-
come a mere tradition to be read
about in books. A failure Of the
infant crop for fifteen years would
result In the decay CT the habit Of
hanging up stockings, and only an
tiQuarians would any longer take the
trouble to have Christmas trees. OF
course, In such an unthinkable con-
tingency as that our worId would be In
such a desperate state Of detection
that 1t would have no fun, though 1t
would go through the motions of ex-
istence from habit. But the kind Of
Christmas keeping we are used to
would be knocked on the head. That
lasts simply and solely because there
are children. The people who have
the children maintain the current
Christmas practices for their chill
dren's sake, the older children main
tain them for their own sake, and the
folks who have no children keep them
up for old times sake and because 1t
Is the custom Of the country.
"What an intolerable suggestion that
Is, Of there being no children to be had
under fifteen years old; no babies to
blink and coo at the Christmas tree
candles; no fve-year-olds to come
downstairs in their nightgowns after
their stockings; no seven-year-olds to
wake up everyone In the house hours
The herald., 1920-12-16

be able to fill them without being spied
on. At one time 1t was the custom
for young women pupils in converts
on the even of Saint Nicholas to hang
their new silk stockings on the door
of the apartment Of the abbess. They
would also write notes calling the
attention of the good st. Nicholas
to their stockings. In the morning
when the convent pupils who had not
gone home for the holidays arose they
invariably found their stockings filled
with sweetmeats.
The herald., 1920-12-16
WHY JIMMY PRAYED so LOUD

Dick and Jimmy were visiting their
grandmother. One night when they
were saying their prayers Jimmy
voiced his petitions for Christmas
presents in tone that could be heard
a mile.
"Why do you pray for your Christ
mas presents so loud?" interrupted
Dick. "The Lord amt deaf"
NO." whispered Jimmy, "but
grandma is"
The herald., 1920-12-16
Christmas Eve in the Home
~ HRISTMAS EVE In the

~ HRISTMAS EVE In the
~ home is always a jovial
event, or should be. The father
has closed his ledger with a
Thank God" that there Is now
and then a respite from toll,
from the perpleXities and cares
OF everyday life, an oasis in the
desert of the year, and yields
himself for the time to the
pleasure OF creating new joys
for the loved ones at the home
fireside. The mothers heart
overflows with love and thank
fulness as she watches the lnnO-
cent and enthusiastic glee of
her little ones over their Christ
mas gifts. And as for the chill
dren themselves, what eternity
of time could compensate them
for the loss of one Christmasf
The herald., 1920-12-16
An Unsatisfactory Plan.

"why, Johnny" said the caller. as
the lad wept bitterly, crying on
Christmas mOrning?"
"Yuh-yessir." sobbed Johnny. 1--WE
all agreed in our family this year TO
gug-give each other only what we
needed most"
swell. that isn't such bad idea. Is
It? Nothing TO cry about. anyhow,
eh?'
airs rur-roftpn." snhhed johnny
"pad gave me lick:n'"
The herald., 1920-12-16
Christmas Animals.

They're red.
They're OF rubber.
And they're for baby.
They make good chewing.
They cannot possibly wound.
And they are wonderfully Iovapi
One may indulge at from - ce
upward.
The choice ranges from mice to eie-
plants.
The herald., 1920-12-16

. s1HITf tfaJ7h o. - lc7N eve y 20 ~ - :
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-15

stroyed his last chance for sleep that
night. He would have slept little II
she had not said it, but since she had
said it he did not sleep at all. For he
knew that it was true-if 1t could be
true-that his mother, II she still lived
in spirit, would be weeping on the
other side of the wall Of silence, weep
ing and seeking for some gate to let
her through so that she could come
and swatch over him."
He felt that if there were such gates
they We're surely barred: they were
like those awful library doors down.
stairs. which had shut her in to begin
the suffering to which he had con-
signed her.
The room was still Isabel's. Moth
ing had been changed: even the pho
tographs of George, of the Major and
Of ''brother George" still stood on her
dressing table, and in drawer Of her
desk was an old picture of Eugene and
Lucy, taken together, which George
had found but had slowly closed away
again from sight, not touching 1t. To
morrow everything would be gone ;
and he had heard there was not long
to wait before the house itself would
be demolished. The very space which
tonight was still Isabe's room would
be cut into new shapes by new walls
and floors and ceilings; yet the room
would always live, for it could not die
out of Georges memory. 1t would live
as long as he did, and 1t would always
be murmurOus with tragic. wistful
whispering.
And If space itself can be haunted,
as memory Is haunted, then some time,
when the space that was Isabels room
rooms and "kitchenettes" already de-
signed as its destiny, that space might
well be haunted and the new occupants
come to feel that some seemingly
causeless depression hung about it--a
wrath of the passion that filled 1t
throughout the last night that George
Minafer spent there.
Whatever remnants Of the old high
handed arrogance were still within
him, he did penance for his deepest
sin that highland 1t may be that to
this day some impressionable, over
worked woman In "ktchenette,'
after turning out the light, will seem
to see a young mar kneeling in the
darkness, shaking convulsively, and,
with arms Outstretched through the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-15

But ANDERSON waited too long. The
Major had already taken eleven months
since his daughters death to think
important things out. One evening
his grandson sat with him-the Major
seemed to like best to have young
George with him, so far as they were
able to guess his preferences-and the
old gentleman made a queer gesture;
he slapped his knee as if he had made
sudden discovery, or else remember
ed that he had forgotten something.
George looked at him with an air of
inquiry, but said nothing. He had
grown to be almost as silent as his
grandfather. However, the Major
spoke without being Questioned
at must be in the SUM-" he said.
There wasn't anything here but
the sun in the first place, and the
earth came out of the sun, and we
came out Of the earth. SO, whatever
we are, we must have been in the sun.
We go back to the earth we came out of
so the earth will go back to the sun
that II came out of. And time means
Eothing-nothing at all-so in a little
while wen all be back in the sun to-
gethcr | wish"
He moved his hand uncertainty as II
reaching for something and George
jumped up. "Did you want anything,
grandfather?
"What?"
"Would you like glass Of water"
"No-no. No; l don't want anything"
The reaching hand dropped back up
on the arm of his chair, and he re-
lapsed into silence; but few min
utes later he finished the sentence he
had begun:
81 wish-sOmebody could tell me"
The next day he had slight cold,
but he seemed annoyed when his son
suggested calling the doctor, and Am.
berson let him have his own way so
far, In fact, that after he had got up
and dressed, the following morning,
he was all alone when he went away
to find out what he hadn't been able
to think out-all those things he had
wished somebody" would tell him.
Old Sam. shuffling in with the break
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-15
Regular Bowels Is Health

Bowels that move spasmodically-
free one day and stubborn the next
should be healthfully regulated by DR..
Kings New Life pills. In this way
you keep the impurities of waste mat
ter from circulating through the sys-
tenn by cleansing the bowels thorough
y and promoting the proper flow Of
biIe.
Mild. comfortable, yet always relia-
bic, Or. Kings New Life Pills work
with precision without the constipation
results Of violent purgatives. 25c. as
usual at all druggists.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-15
"ONLY ONE THING
BREAKS MY COLD!
"That's DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery for fifty years q
cold-breaker"
\ IOTHING but sustained quality

NOTHING but sustained quality
N and unfailing effectiveness can
arouse such enthusiasm. Moth
ing but sure relief from stubborn old
colds and onrushing new ones, grippe,
throattearing coughs, and Group could
have made DR.. Kings New Discovery
the nationally popular and standard
remedy 1t is today.
Fifty years old and always reliable.
Good for the whole family. A bottle In
the medicine cabinet means a short
lived cold or cough. 60c and $1.2O.
All druggists Give 1t trial.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-15
HOW IT WORKS

The Richards primary law seems to
be furnishing a severe test of the popu-
larity of the non-partisan party in
this state. None of the men who
are worth while considering as can
didates seem willing to accept posi-
tions on that ticket and are promptly
refusing to declare themselves mem
bers of the party.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-15

had enough Of your disposition, myself.
at your age, to understand q little OF
what cocksure youth has to go through
inside when 1t finds that 1t can make
terrible mistakes. Well, with my train
coming into the shed, you'll forgive
me for saying that there have been
times when I thought you ought to be
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-15

wall, clutching at the covers OF a
shadowy bed. 1t may seem to her that
she hears the faint cry, over and over:
Mother. forgive mel God, forgive
mel"
(To be continued.)
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-01-15

fast tray, found the Major in his ac-
customed easy-chair by the fireplace
and yet even the old darkey could
see instantly that the Major was not
there.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-04-19

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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-15

Denlson. Texas. May 10. The Odd
Fellows held their annual Thanks
giving Sunday at Mt Olive Baptist
church. The sermon was delivered
by Rev. Qualls. former pastor Of
The NJ. e. church Mr. p. b. BOals
and Mr. George Harris have returned
from Cleburne, where they represent
ed Dcnison in the American Feder-
alton OF Labor Union, Mr.. ]. p.
Pollard, President Of the American
Negro Trainmen, has returned from
Washington, D. c., where he trans
acted business for the union. Mr..
George Harris Is in Marlin, Texas.
where he will undergo treatment
for rheumatism. Mrs. Mildred Jones
OF r. Shepard street is visiting in
JEFFERSON, Texas Miss Beatrice Black
is In Fort Worth. Mr.. Bus StinsOn
has returned from Mckinney. Texas,
after visit with relatives. Mt.
Zion Baptist Church and Antioch
Baptist are engaged in revivals.
Rev. Roe of the St. Paul Baptist
Each is meeting with much success.
Church. East Nelson street and his
members are rejoicing over a sue
ccssful rally which came to close
last Sunday $4,000 was raised
Every body is invited out to the
Civic League meeting Sunday. Pres.
T. T. Mckinney has message for
you; there win also be debate on
HAS the Negro been Benefited by
his Migration North" d. G. Chisolm
and w. B. Crawford. Affirmative;
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-15
ITAsCA

Itasca, Texas, May 49, Sunday
School was. fairly well attended. b..
Y. p. U. and splendid services Sun
day evening. The annual sermon of
the Odd Fellows and Household of
Ruths was preached Sunday even
ing at Little Bethel A. NJ. E. church.
The Bethlehem Baptist church chior
furnished the music. The Mothers
Club under the leadership Of Mrs.
Nelia Thompson, Is doing fine. They
meet Tuesday evening Of each week
at the Booker T. Washington High
School. Let every mother get in
terested and become member Mrs.
Hattie Freeman and Little Willie D.
returned from Dallas. Moses Steele
of Dallas is the guest of his gran l.
father, Mr.. G. Sedberry. Mrs. Waters
and sister, left for Houston Monday
night. Mr.. N. s. Taylor made a fly
ling trip to Lampasas Tuesday Wis
iting parents. Mr.. and Mrs. F. M.
McGinnis spent Saturday night in
Waco. mortoring home Sunday morn
ing. While in Waco, they visited
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sims, lakewood
street, and Mr.. and Mrs. Randle, Ivy
street. Mr. Sanford and Miss Orr
spent Sunday at White Rock with
Mrs. McMullen. who is still sick in
bed The rains last week have help
ed the gardens as well as the farm
ers. Have your news ready for F..
NJ. Jr. Sunday morning. because he
will certainly call at your door with
the Express. The teachers are get
ting ready for the school closing
May 1928. Mr.. TAnd Mrs. Calvin
Shaw entertained number of little
friends. at thejf AobJ Sunday even
ing. The young Reos9e certainly on
joyed themselves.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-15
DENISON NEWS
By the ChisOIm News Service,
D. c. ChisoIn Reporter
Handling the Dallas Express,
"a Letter From Home. !"

IA. T. Gordon and Mrs Ida Barrett,
.egative.
have no way of knowil'~ your
church news unless you prepare 1t
and give it to me. We have asked
each pastor OF the several churches
to do SO. Mrs Helen Black Of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, is visiting her mother.
Mrs. Leota Darden. Miss Ona May
smith OF Winsboro, Texas, is the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. Chas, Pool.
Mrs. Mathews Biggers is on the
sick list. Miss. Flossie May Brown
ing is able to be about again. Mrs.
Oneida Clayhorne Is reported as
much improved but still confined to
bed. Mrs. Washington, who rooms
at the home of Mrs. A. B. Johnson,
-701 Bond street. was found dead in
bed Monday morning. She had been
IN only a short time. j. A. Monday
has charge of the remains. Mr..
Bush Whatley who lives at 702 w.
Bend street fell from the roof of
Crystal Ice House and broke the
bone in each of his ankles. At a
meeting in which much interest was
displayed in the interest Of Colored
Business College for Denison; Mr..
Joe Thompson was elected President,
P. w. williams, Vice-President. J. II.
Awars. Secretary. w. w. Willis,
Treasurer. This Board which con-
sists Of seventeen members will put
forth every effort to establish bus
mess college here in the near flu
.ture. This Board will have some
thing to tell you later.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-15

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