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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-06-16

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de los astros. dine......
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ba.
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otras estrellas?
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como ella 10 habfa llan1ado, era Mar
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Sc sobre 81 horiZonte m~irandonos CO.
mo IA pupila irritada de un tisre que
Sc encienda Y fiamea II fijarse sobre
su presa. ST aparici6n Ell aquelioi
momentos era tremeada, porque pa
recfa como amenazarnos con ST. pre-
sencia.
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nos viene del cie!o.
Ell rubf celeste hab(a aparecido
siempre para .nosotros, como IN pre-
sagio funesto.
Sea por n preocuraci6n ous me m
piraba. O mas cientificamante habla7
do. por la densidad atmoStsrica. :.
hechc es. que el disco del planet
aparecia aQuci.a OCCASION cor. Srandes
dimcnsioncs. ' su hernloso color eS-
taDa mas oraco Y mas somb:lo. iiu-
hierase dicho, que ell astro tenla, CO
mo nosotros. gran t~risteza o Cue tam
bien sentia.s@ entermo
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men.
i Marie: ~pronuncid o esfuerzo;
pero no te Tijes en q.
Al ~contrario. ms contest1. esa es-
trella es ia que p%refiero de todas
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-06-16

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ira e. respa!do del coRfidente, 70 me
ccloQus = 81 derecha Y mi nadre p!-
do una gondo!ita, sentandose en-
ella = como I unas dos varas. entren-
- d. los dos.
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las neEras pupilas de Carmen que me
ni-aban con fijesa. con arrobamien-
%. con extas!s.
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MO +. 81 :ondo, n nUoec.tla i'm
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lefos. aun mas q tondo. Ia luz glo-
ROSA. 81 luz e-evna. Ia luz iArnorta-
alco u no Sc define Y TO - eHpu-
"a ,o-quy nc Sc copprends sino
clsodc So h5 visto; algo cue GeSds
aoyel tnsrante. y por aQuella sofa nj
-aGa. me hizo Greer en- dos,
Con ruho. y con verCUenza 10 con-
TieSo. LibroE e~silpiioS esc=i;oS p7T
cershroS iocos. e. orgIllo y Is suticien
cia lie nj misrno. eI Greer que o 10
Saba cua1de todo 10 ignore. me M
hran v1:el-o cas-; a;eo. iAh. no. dos
ric. vo soEocaha n O DE- nj con-
~rlsnc.a. per0 III sabes b!en sc en- o.
temple d. mi c~oraz6u-...yo - aGo-
rita!
.CuAurbs e-eos exiSren aSi Que sin
r~on7Drender'o clos mismos. estan 70
gau6o : -, supreme. con todos '
cada uno de los latidos que ia 81
c~oraz6n, Guam cleric es ';IUello Ge
que 5poca cienc!s alicia de 0ios y ma
cha ap-oxima a Ell: Guam cleric IS
ramb.en. y este 10 diso y 10 soscer~O.
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: IN poquito de amor--..-.lCe toda
=, rss,.sa -I-- Nv a cCuscante
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-06-16
Nueve Meses para Pagan

Possession Immediate. con-
rorne a nrestro tAcii plan
I 10 pages ncusuales. Las
condolences mas ventajosss
III. hasta hoy Sc hna ofCe-
lido en- hicIcletss de tan e.
a caliGRd.
DE LA FABRICA AL
Los precios
c econom!zsr a usted dine
70. Ha-emos nuestrHs bici-
-'c:as en- nuest-R auera "a
b-ca. y !as vsndcruos direc-
.Smenre a listed. Est&n "a
b-!cadas con materiales de
!rueiorable calidad. = por
10 tauto Ie dRrGn a useec
-,-~Is-a satisf-cci6n.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-06-16

Para libros IN espanol dirijass
listed a Ia Casa Editorial Lozano.
l1S n. Sta. Rosa. Ave. San Antonio.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
DS@-0-9ase
Good Year for VioIets.

Sweet peas have been forced for the
Christmas market only for many years
past. They must be started blooming
before the cold weather begins. Then
they will bloom all winter Daffodils
do not get in until February, but al
most all the rest of the spring flowers,
hyacinths, narcissuses, bavardia, and
so on, are on the Christmas counters
Easter lilies, too. though rather cold
and white for Christmas, are sold. Vi
Diets, are fine this winter deeply,
darkly, beautifully blue. Some mi
gnonette now comes in enormous
sprays. There are carnations but the
bright red Christmas carnation is the
favorite. Holly comes from the hills
OF Maryland and the south. The wild
holly supplies the market and there
has never seemed To be any percepti-
bic diminution of the supply. Great
quantities of ii are purchased by all
sorts of dealers. who decorate their
stores with it and send out n Sprig at
tached to every Christmas parcel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
THE TERM OF LIFE.

A rule which holds fairly true among
the higher mammals is that an animal
lives five times as long as it requires
for its muscular system to reach it's
full strength. Tie dog is fullX devel-
Oped at between two and three years
of age, and lives 10 years: the horse
reaches his prime not later than FIVE,
and If he escapes OverwOrk and i'll
usage, lives to be % and even 80. In
fact, the rule seems to be an under
statement of animal expectation of
life, rather than an overstatement. The
one conspicuous exception is man, who
seldom reaches his full muscular
strength before he is % and counts
himself living on borrowed time if he
passes the age of 10. If man were as
well circumstanced in this matter as
the horse, dog or cat, his average term
of life would vary from 10 to 125
years. says Chicago Journal. To state
the case thus badly makes it sound
fantastic, yet if there is any reason
why human beings should not be as
tenacious of life as other higher man.
mails, science has failed to discover
that reason.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

Call things by their right names. We
are always willing to give a proper
name to the thing we dislike. But we
do not carry it far enough. We give
big No. II names to some of our little
No. 2 troubles. We give a big high
sounding name like sacrifice" to some
act which really consists in a plain
sort of duty. We are hypnotized by
words. And it is q harmful condition
to encourage. 1t affects the mind bad
ly. Little difficulties are made to swell
up until they fill our whole horizon /;
while the real big blessings of life are
dwindled down to nothing. Let us go
back to the honest use of names. says
Dearborn Independent. We ought to
be as accurate about the size of our
difficulties as about the size of our
shoes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
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CHRISTMAS WEEK IN ENGLAND
Time When Scattered Families Are
United and Tender Memories
Are Revived.

MANY and great are the changes
1F1 which have occurred in England
since Dickens wrote "A Christmas
Carol" but they have not affected the
national love for the festival and the
determination 10 preserve unimpaired
the traditional warmth and heartiness
of its celebration. Christmas week is
still the great week of the year for
the English people. II is the one week
when scattered families are reunited.
when tender memories and old asso-
Citations are revived, when friend greets
friend with a CHEEKY eXpansiveness In
striking contrast with the character
iStic reserve of the English nature.
so, undemonstrative TO those who do
not know ii well. apparently SO dis
tant and unsympathetic.
From Wednesday all business will
be suspended, not 10 be resumed till
Monday morning. The whole nation
will give itself up 10 good cheer and
good fellowship, and for brief season.
all strife and controversy are hushed.
and peace. charity and concord reign
supreme.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
Dumb Animals Remembered.

The noblest Observances of Christ
mas are its charities. In all ages and
among all peoples the poO- have al
ways been bountifully remembered on
that day, and in many parts of Eng
land and Scotland even the lower ami
mails are given an extra feeling that
they. too. may have cause for rejoic-
ing when all mankind are glad. Many
readers will remember Burns address
of the auld farmer 10 his mare when
presenting her with an extra feed OF
corn on New Years day. ~ guild New
Year l wish thee, Maggie. Haze, there's
a ripp TO thy auld baggie."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

The preachments of the psychia-
trists that an active mind and body
are conducive to sustained mental
health have never before been so de-
ciSively demonstrated as in the sui
eide slump of the war era. In Eng
land and Wales the rate declined by
% per cent and in America from 1916
to 1919 the suicide rate was lessened
by 81 per cent The actuating source
of this sudden sunlight in darkened
lives was, beyond all doubt, the en-
forced opportunity for service in the
common cause, says Portland Oregoni-
an. The war engulfed a host of petty,
personal miSeries, drew men and wom-
en- from the folly of self-pity and the
dangers of morbid introspection and
gave to each the powerful tonic of a
task. So suicide fell
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

An extensive survey made by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture shows that 90 per cent of the
farm women do the family washing and
more than half of them are still using
wash board. SiXty-one per cent Of
the farm women carry water an av-
erage of 40 feet. Ninety-two per cent
do the family sewing and mending, and
large majority do the family bak-
ing. The farm woman's work day av-
erages 1112 hours, the survey shows.
The department is cooperating with
state colleges Of agriculture in an eff
fort to bring about better conditions
for women on the farm. especially more
home conveniences. AS a result of
this work l 200 farm kitchens were re-
modelled last year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
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GOOD TURNS ON CHRISTMAS
Chance for All to Aid the Friendless in
Having Happy YuIetide
Season.

ID EAL purveyors of Christmas cheer
IN may often find a market for their
precious wares outside the pale of
charity, for all homeless people are
not necessarily poor. and neither are
all childless homes necessarily unhap-
py. HOuSekeepers who are short on
homes may combine these two lackings
and make Christmas day merry de-
light for the grOwn-ups in spite of
these unfortunate conditions.
There is always something peculiar
j. pitiable in the idea of any one
blocking alone" which should appeal
to the hoGe-maler without family,
so that this should be the occasion for
her to gather in all the bachelor maids
and homeless men of her acquaintance
and give them a joyful opportunity to
flock together. - Even the ScrOoges,
if she knows any, should be rescued
from their lonely bowls of cruel and
persuaded to open their shut-up hearts
and wear them outside for general in
spection, as Dickens says, "FOr Christ
mas DAVIS to peck at" Therefore, col
lect six or eight of these birds of a
feather who are destitute of nearby
kith and kin and make your Christ
mas feast 81 center of good cheer for
all the charming sOlitaires you are
able to draw within its radius
WOman's Home Companion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
Roses at Christmas.

The fact that we can get flowerS-out
of doors at Christmas time is in itself
n sufficient justification for growing
the Christmas rose, but besides that
it is worth growing for itself, says
Country Life in America. It's large
white flowers, fully two inches across,
resembling those of a giant single
rose. although as matter Of fact It
belongs TO the same family as the but.
tercups, never fail to excite enthusi.
assn in the season of snow and ice.
The plant itself grows only six to
eight inches high, and the large,
greenish-white flowers are borne in
clusters and nestle closely among the
dark green leaves.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

An Indispensable Christmas dish OF
ancient times was 'frumenty" or
"frumante." Here is the recipe for
making the dish according 10 a faith
full old chronicler: Take clean wheat
and bray IL in a mortar until the hulls
be all gone of. and seethe IL until IL
burst. and take IL up and let Ii cool:
and take clean. fresh broth and sweet
milk OF almonds or sweet milk of kline
and temper IL all; and take the yolks
of eggs. Boil IL little and set IL
down and mess IL forth with fat veni-
son or fresh mutton" Frumenty was
often served alone without venison or
mutton. When served by itself II was
well sweetened.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
Novel Christmas Salad Bowl.

BY the time that the salad course
arrives Ut the Christmas dinner all
that surround the festive board are
apt 10 be warm. 1t will be refreshing
10 see the salad come to the table in
a block of ice. Smooth the ice square
with hot fiat iron and make a cavity
in the center with the same utensil.
Border with crisp lettuce and sprigs
Of holly and fill with salad. Place the
block on several thickneSSeS of cloth
or deep platter and put around it n
wreath of holly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
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CHRISTMAS BAG FOR GUESTS
Container for Presents Attached tc
Backs of Chairs With Bow of
Red Satin Ribbon.

THE Christmas bag is an innOva-
l. ton planned by one houSekeeper.
The breakfast table is TO be decorated
with a mirror in the center, outlined
as star by holly sprigs, and with a
slender cut glass vase in the center
holding red chrysanthemums. Long
stemmed flowers also radiate from the
central star with the blossoms toward
the plates of those for whom the
flowers are intended. Every napkin
lies beneath Il Christmas card with a
sprig of holly tied upon it with red
ribbon, and to the back of every chair
is tied bag with big red satin bow
The bags are of all sizes, and each
is full of individual gifts. One is an
opera bag, another a shopping bag
in black and gold, still another is
brown leather and gold nailheads, an
other a bag for collars and cuffs, an
other gay laundry bag, one is sug-
gestive of the scraps grandmother will
put into it, and the other of books
that small girl will carry to school.
All are as dainty and fine as careful
workmanship and good materials can
make them, and there will be fun
emptying the materials out of the va
riouS bags.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
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We are not going 10 have Christ.
mas tree, writes a correspondent. To
make them brilliant many pretty little
ornaments are needed and they cost a
good deal. My plan is for a barrel
in place of tree. / have the barrel
now in closet. Ii is covered with old
dark green cambria and the day before
the great holiday / am going TO pin
sprigs of evergreen and holly over il.
1t will look pretty gay, | think, when
it is filled with the gifts that are go-
ing into it now, all prettily tissued
and tied, and my son as jolly Old
Santa Claus stands over IL to delve in
TO its mysteries and TO proclaim the
names of those who are to solve them.
1 am sure we will enjoy our barrel as
much as we would a tree.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
BOXES, OLD CHRISTMAS FAD
Ancient Custom at One Time DeveI.
oped Into Demand as Right and
Became Nuisance.

eT1~1 HE bestowal of Christmas
.SM u boxes is of great antiquity.
~ VA and was formerly the bounty
49, of well disposed persons
who were willing TO contrib
ute something toward the Industrious.
Later the gift came TO be demanded
as a right and became somewhat of
a nuisance. Long ago the Roman Cath
Ollie priests had masses for every
thing. and fla ship went TO the West
Indies they had a box in her under
the protection of some patron saint.
into which the sailors put money or
other valuables in order TO secure the
prayers of the church. At Christ
mas these boxes were opened and were
thence called Christmas boxes. In
England the day after Christmas is
known as Boxing day." from the
Christmas boxes which used TO be in
circulation, and in the British mu-
scum can be seen boxes covered with
green glaze with slit in the side for
money and presents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

The ex-emperor of Austria is report
ed to be seeking the throne of Hun
gary. One would suppose the depOsed
kings had enough of the business.
especially when experience proves they
cannot run it, but that does not hinder
the desperation with which they cling
TO a job too big for them to manage.
In view of the increasing tide of de-
mocracy, thrones, especially made-Over
ones, are a shaky investment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

a Brooklyn mOtorist who killed two
women and then drove away was sen
fenced to serve from five to ten years
in the state prison. The sentence is
called a very severe one, and while
it might to other opinion seem a light
punishment for the reckless taking
of two lives, it is the only way to
deter others from the criminal care.
lessness which is making the death
rate from accident mount up In all
communities.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
FARMING, A PROFESSION.

One of the greatest and most urgent
economic problems pressing upon the
people of the North American continet
is how TO make farm life attractive
and how TO retain young people on the
farm. With the ever-increasing drift
10 the cities. the world is threatened
with starvation We are told that the
young people are being attracted 70
the professions" which in somescases
are being lamentably Overcrowded.
What is profession? How distinguish
1t from trade or an occupation? A
recent writer specifies four marks
which characterize 1t. profession
implies a special body of technical and
scientific knowledge, an extended per-
iod Of study and practice, az service
rendered which is essential to public
welfare, the recognition of definite
moral obligations by its members to
each other and TO the community. Why
should not farming be exalted as a
profession? The day is long past when
1t can be claSSed with unskilled labor.
Vastly more is required than being
able to hoe potatoes. Our agricultural
colleges are establishing q high stand
ard. In the scientific, business. and
political worlds farmers are taking
high place by virtue of their eAuca-
ton and practical training. Thai 20
largest welfare of the communl, $.
very dependent upon them needs no
argument-the last five years has fur
nished practical demonstration-whea
had more to do with the winning Of
the war than any other single factor.
AS to professional ethics few have act
ed upon so high and unimpeachable
moral standards as the tillers of the
soil.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
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Santa Claus Favors

Christmas wouldn't seem natural If
a new plncushion failed to make its
appearance.
Three new ribbon-cOvered cushions
shown above include a long roll COW
cred with MORE and edged with
frill of plain ribbon, a small round
affair edged with lace. and a barrel
shaped, hanging cushion, decorated
with lace, baby ribbon and satin-cov-
cred fruit.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

Continued reports come of the fall
Ing of the soviet government i'm Rus
sia but it is TO be feared the wish is
father to the report. The soviet idea
is still functioning, TO the destruction
of Russia and the enlightenment Of
the rest of the world, but the Russians
have not yet so far progressed as to
throw ii off for a civilized rule.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
Best of All Holidays
TAKING it all in all. II ma,

TAKING ii all In all, IL may
Il be safely asserted that
Christmas is the merriest and the
best of all holidays. and one
which is likely TO be observed for
ages yet to come. Nations may
rise and fall, new beliefs and re-
Egions may sweep away the old,
but that would seem, indeed. a
dreary and empty year which
brought no merry Christmas in
its annual round. May old Fa-
Their Time long spare his holi-
day TO mankind 20 gladden. the
hearts of all with Its coming.
and may each Christmas be
still merrier than the last.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

The old bogie held up to women CT
the rough treatment which would be
accorded them If they mixed with men
at the polls has nowhere up TO date
materialized. On the contrary, the
women have been treated everywhere
with the respect which is innate In the
average American man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

+ ,TNNl FUTILE cannot be TOO care
kS\S<fN full in guarding against fire
sS9Ts when trimming a Christmas
t9M tree, says a correspondent
in Good Hou Ike p
ing. There have been scores Of Christ
mas tree fatalities in homes and in
Sunday schools which a little care
might have prevented. The writer
once set tree in a blaze, consuming
ing with the green branches. A tiny
candle had been wired too high, and il
took only few minutes of its brisk
heat to char branch above it and
start flame. A thick pOrtiere was
torn from its pole and thrown over the
blaze. If it had not been at hand the
light window curtains would have
caught fire in another minute. Since
that Christmas our tree has always
been placed in the center of the room,
and we have eschewed cotton wool,
tissue-paper angels, and cellulOid or
naments. First Of all, we wire each
candle securely in place at the furth-
est end of a branch which has moth
ing above it, either f. tree or trim
ming Then as the tree is denuded we
watch carefully the fast-disappearnS
candles. Sometimes one of them, near
ly burned down, will topple over or be
merely a spark of flame, but near TO
something infammable and be men
ace
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
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Differ ol CsrisFs Birthday

HHE early Christmas were Gi-
4 viGed a. to the date on
which The nativity Of Christ
should Ee celebrated. Some o.
these celebrated it on the first
or sixth OF January. other groups
observed September 20 and still
another March %. As early as
the fourth century. however. the
period of the new year had been
generally accepted as the time
for celebrating ChriSt'S birth.
The Western branch of the
church observed December %
and the Eastern church January
6. Finally it was decided that ALE
should celebrate December %.
Pope Julius L., who presided in
the first half of the fourth CEN
fury. is credited with having set
the date.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10
To Avoid the Rush

Soldier. just back from his harvest
furlough. 10 the sergeant-"My father
wants To know II I'll get another fur
Tough M Christmas Here is the pic
ture Of the pig that is going 10 be
killed. Fllegende Batter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

While there has been n decline in
the wholesale prices OF foodstuffs,
the retailers seem not to have heard
the news. Uncle Sam should under
take the job of shouting it in their
ears.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

It Is entirely probable that n few
hundred thousand French soldiers
would like nothing better than an or
der TO proceed through Germany to
Poland. and to meet with armed re-
sistance on tie part of the Germans.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

Veterans of the overall movement of
a year ago point with pride TO the fact
that they gave the first kick that start
ed the downward movement of clothes
prices. In time we may have an organ
ization of Ancient and Honorable Sons
of Overall WearerS.