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Evening star., 1924-12-21
ARkARkEC Observation-Disclosures

A few minutes later Tommy was
rummaging among the antique
trunks in the garret of the Clay
Bank. In an old carpet bag he found
a paper falseface with a very much
fushed-up complexion and a long
white beard made of trailing goats
hair. A wooden cap of Pop Turtle s
and a belt taken from a shawl strap,
completed the effect. and Tommy
donned his costume and took a look
in a glass. The effect was remark
able. Tommy looked a cross be-
tween a water turtle. a goat, a hall
Ioween masquerader. Santa Claus,
Kris Kinsle and a circus clown.
Imagine that, IL you can!
Satisfied in his own mind that
Santa Claus would be jealous If he
saw him. Tommy got a gunny sack
and stuffed 1t full of nuts, oranges,
apples, raisins, a few broken toys,
and, after pulling on a pair of top
boots, he slung the sack over his
shoulder. slipped out at a side door,
and made his way across the snow
fields, under the dark snow-laden
pines.
A. half-hour's walking brought him
to the Rabbits front door. The upper
slipped the bolt over and stepped in
side.
Everything was snug and quiet.
From a bed in a distant corner came
a steady rhythmic sound, like the saw
ing of wood 1t was the sound of
the snoring Of seven little rabbits
tucked into a single big bed Seyon
pairs of furry rabbit ears just
showed above the rim of the covers.
Ranged along the mantelpiece were
seven mool1y stockings, each stocking
| tied with a string and neatly huhs
on its separate peg.
Dropping his sack on the floor near
| the fireplace, Tommy took q stocking
| down and began flling 1t with the
| apples, nuts, raisins and toys AS
he hung up the last stocking, his
sleeve caught on a mantelpiece orna-
msnt and down came a china mus
and crashed on the hearth!
| Right away the snoring OF the
whistler stopped, and Tommy knew
] that Daddy Rabbit was awake and on
| the alert over the top of wooden
| sideboard Tommy saw a hand reach
| for a shotgun that always hung at
| the head of Daddy Rabbits bed.
Tommy looked about him for a
place to retreat His eye caught an
| leading to the cellar. Pulling the
| trap door UP, he quickly dropped out
Of sight, closing the door after him
a. quietly ~ he could A moment
later Tommy heard pattering foot
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Written and illustrated BY
EDWARD McCANDLISH.

EDWARD mCSANDLkShs
TT all came about because Of Tom
my Turtle drinking his Christ
mas cider through the wrong
end of a straw.
At least that is what old Simon
Bluejay says it was. and he ought to
know, being, according to his ac-
count, a hundred and seventy or
eighty odd years Of age, and know
Ing pretty nigh everything. But
that has nothing whatever to do
with this story.
II was Christmas eve at the Clay
Bank, and the Turtle family had one
of those bang-up dinners that the
folks OF the Mill Pond jolly well
know how to have. This time 1t
was roast goose, plum pudding
sweet potatoes with apple sauce,
spare ribs and hominy. cranberry
sauce and goodness knows how
many other equally rich and-let US
say-highly nutritious things to eat.
that mark the season Of Winter
holiday. and help to produce
proper Christmasy state Of mind.
Ma Turtle presided at one end Of
the table and served the pudding,
while Pop Turtle sat at the other
end and carved the duck"
"L0mmo have little mo OF cat
sweet apple sass" said Little Billy.
the youngest of the family, and
Gimme nudder. one o. dem nice
spah ribs. and some mo- hominy,"
said Susie Turtle. Tommy Turtle
displayed great dexterity in picking
out the largest sized pieces OF every
thing In a casual way. Select one
quickly with the eye, and don't paw
over them" was Tommy's maxim,
which he had read somewhere In a
book-the same book which had eau
toned all diners mot to put their
feet on the table when eating"
Better lay OF on dat scrumptious
plum pudding" Pop Turtle eau
toned "I once knew Q nuskrat
what ate SO much plum pudding dat
no plum bust hisself. We don't want
to be havin' no casualties on
Christmas day!'
'Pawv' said Ma Turtle 20 the
head Of the family, KINDLY remove
yo' elbow from d. gravy ladls"
Pop Turtles carving knife was
dull. and In his wrestlings with the
| roasted goose, the fowl slipped on
the creased platter and slid off on to
| the floor. Immediately every Turtle
popped his head under the table, to
look for the goose ITS all rightr'
sang out Little Billy. i've got my
foot on It"
Tho goose was rescued and re-
placed On the platter, and the dinner
progressed smoothly from the roast
Evening star., 1924-12-21

direction. SO watch out for the girl
WHO has Jet her hair grow long
enough to be arranged In curls like
those OF Little Miss Muffet or Mar
jory Daw in the Mother Goose book
not long, formal .ringlets, but little
curls that cluster distractingly at the
nape of the neck and over the ears.
Only a few years ago the ambition
OF the very young woman was to
ape the mode of her mother and her
mothers smartest friends. That was
when every girl aspired TO formal
marcel wave, wore a hair net and
pearl stud earrings. Now she leaves
such artful ways to her elders and
assumes the inimitable role OF the
charming, butterfly creature that she
Is. She may wear earrings, but II
she does she is inclined to rose COL
ored pearls that dangle coquettishly
from beneath her hair.
X X Y
HAVING started to trip the light
fantastic toe in silver or gold
slippers. Dame Fashion Is now ap-
pearing in satin slippers to match her
gown. This is a fad. however, that Is
best followed only by the woman who
has ample dress money, for the slip
Evening star., 1924-12-21

Olaf lived in the Valley OF Christ
mas Trees. He lived with his uncle,
as both his parents were dead, In
very small house that was oYershad
owed by the big pines which sur
rounded II. Most of the pines, how
ever, which spread for acres and
acres around the little house never
grew to be very large, for they were
cut off while still young and were
sent down to the big city at Christ
mas time.
Olaf's uncle was one of the wealth.
est men in the valley. though you
would never think it to see his house
and the way he and Olaf dressed.
The old woman who kept house for
them complained that Uncle Jen was
tighter than paper on the wall"
Now once again Christmas time had
come to the valley, and how busy
they had all been, loading the Christ
mas trees on the boat and getting
them shipped off in time. Olaf drew
a sigh of relief when II was all over.
Uncle Jen," he said timidly, the
day after the boat was gone, may 1
have a dollar?"
"A dollarl What for?" asked Uncle
Jen over his spectacles.
'I don't want to tell you. I think
maybe you-you might not like it.
But I do want the dollar very badly"
Not unless you tell me what it's
for" his uncle answered firmly.
Olaf pouted his lips sullenly, but
did not answer, He wanted some
thing very badly, but he wouldn't
tell his uncle what 1t was. He'd have
to earn the money himself.
Since they had hired man to help,
Olaf had little to do about the farm.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
with pink rosebuds and fcrget-me.

with pink rosebuds and fcrget-me-
nots.
One thing at least seems apparent
from the frocks chosen for the holi-
day wardrobe of these young women,
anu that is that they seem to have
lost interest, to great extent, In
the vampire fashions that lured them
two or three seasons ago. OF their
own volition they chose fluffy ruffie,
flower trimmed frocks that look as
If they had been inspired by Frag-
onard canvas. They choose the light,
clear colors, leaving the blacks and
the snake greens and other vampire
tones to their elders.
Pink roses and forget-me- are
chosen to ornament a party frock,
instead of crystal beads and metal Sc
quins, and instead Of the severe shin
gle not a few of these very young
revelers have actually grown curls
with which they intend to distrac ct
their dancing partners during the
Christmas holidays.
This really Is an interesting fash
Ion development. No fooling this
time--bobs- do seem to be tottering
on their throne of supremacy. This
has been said SO often-possibly so
often in these very columns-that the
situation is getting to be like that OF
the shepherd in Aesop's Fables who
cried wolf, wolf!' so often for fun
that when the wolf actually did
come no one needed his cries.
Bobbed and shingled hair has been
spoken OF as waning so often that
most folks are beginning to wonder
whether II ever will go out But the
fact is that right now in Paris GER
tain women who are looked upon as
fashion leaders are letting their hair
grow long enough to be curled In
little "girly-girly" ringlets at the
nape of the neck. And these curls,
they say, are sometimes SO arranged
that they relieve the severity of the
plain felt hat.
American girls have been working
in the direction OF these distracting G
curls for some time, and doubtless
the little girls OF the cinema world
have had something to do in start
ing the pendulum swinging In this
Evening star., 1924-12-21

pers usually must be made to order
to match the gown perfectly, and one
pair, of course, can be worn with
only one frock. You may sec at
smart gatherings young women fol-
lowing the fashion of wearing
frocks, stockings and slippers to
match. In other cases there are satin
| slippers to match the frock. while
stockings are of flesh color or some
contrasting light hue. Thus with a
blue frock blue satin slippers will be
worn in combination with orchid coll
| ored stockings.
Slippers of gold kid are by no
means out of the picture; in fact, In
most circles they would still be re-
garded as a novelty. and a decidedly
smart one at that They may be
| worn with practically any color
frock, save one Of silver. Silver kid,
they say. has scored less of hit. and
metal brocade slippers are still a
conservative choice for evening. For
formal afternoon parties slippers al
most as gay and elaborate are worn
| as those selected for evening; in fact.
at many holiday afternoon festivities
| the frocks worn by the young girls
are gay and flmy, enough to seem ap-
proprtate for evening.
While not quite off the subject of
footwear, have you seen the new
painted slippers? Some OF the smart
French shoemakers are making dark
| satin slippers with satin heels paint
= ed In some interesting device--a
horses head or a bunch Of grapes. for
instance. Now there are light kid OF
satin slippers with sprays of interest
Ing flowers painted on vamp and heel
Long white gloves have certainly
won their way back into good so
ciety, and no one who has ATTENDED
grand opera this winter, to observe
| the audiences as we'll as to revel in
the music, has failed to notice that
| white gloves are gaining ground. The
objection that many women have
raised to gloves for evening 10 that
they must wear bracelets. But this
objection has in some measure been
| overcome by wearing bracelets right
over the gloves.
The young girl however, stiIf
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Banana Fritters.

Correctly made. banana rritters are
particularly good. and, served with a
lemon sauce. they are sufficiently
hearty to round out a dinner in which
the meat course is lacking. Many
housewives when making these frit-
ters merely cut the fruit in slices.
dip In a batter and then fry, but you
Will like the following recipe better:
Mix and sift together one cupful of
pastry -four. one and one-half tea
spoonfuls OF baking powder. one
tablespoonful of powdered sugar and
fourth of a teaspoonful Of salt.
Beat one egg lightly, add a fourth
OF a cupful OF cold water and gradu-
ally beat the liquid into the dry in
gradients with two bananas pressed
through a ricer. Stir in one teaspoon
full of lemon Juice, one tablespoonful
Of melted butter, and drop from a
tablespoon into deep hot fat heated
to brown a piece of bread in one
minute. Fry crisp and brown, drain
on brown paper and roll while warm
In powdered sugar and ground CHINA
mon.
Evening star., 1924-12-21

steps and knew that Daddy Rabbit
with a shotgun--was out reconnoit-
ering the room.
It was cold in the cellar, and Tom
my took q look around for some
means of escape. Quietly opening a
cellar window, he started to put his
head out, but thought better of it,
and held out his wooden cap instead.
"Bangr went a shotgun, and Tom
my's wooden nightcap was blown into
80 bits!
Don't shoot" yelled Tommy Tur-
tie, but his voice was drowned In an
other discharge from the other bar
rel of the loaded gun.
Tommy waited a few minutes, and,
pressing his right forefinger to his
left temple, tried to think what was
the best thing to do. Pandemonium
had broken out in the room above.
Little rabbits were scurrying about
in every direction, in a wild state of
excitement, half of alarm and half of
delight, while Daddy Rabbit stood
ready with his trusty-rusty gun.
Tommy hung a mitten on a stick,
and sang out Merry Christmas"
Bang" went the shotgun, and
Tommy's mitten was blown half way
around the house. "'Tother mitten
aren't much use to me now" said
Tommy to himself. "a Happy New
Year" And he hung out the other
mitten. Bang" went the shotgun,
and the mitten did a skip up into the
air and disappeared in the snow.
II kind of like this here cellar,
after ALL said Tommy, very sensibly
"and l allow I'll just stay here until
Daddy Rabbit uses up. some of that
birdshot of his'n." Whereupon Tom
my settled down for the night In the
warmest spot in the cellar, while
Daddy Rabbit took his. post in a
wooden nightshirt and guarded the
cellar door.
Hours passed without a sign from
the cellar, until a glorious sun ross
upon a beautiful Christmas day
Evening star., 1924-12-21

Daddy Rabbit put his eye to a hole
in the trapdoor and called out to the
darkness below:
Who dat in my CELLAR
Dis here Is Santa Claus!" came
familiar voice in reply.
A surprised look came over Daddy
Rabbits countenanoe.
"How'r you maxim outr" said he.
mot bad!" replied the voice. mot
bad at all. I got seventeen bushels
of ripe apples, two barrels OF cider
fo'teen Dutch cheeses and some pud
dings and cakes! How are things
sagaciatin' up yo' way?'
Not badr" replied Daddy Rabbit
Santa Claus done paid us O brief
visit, ad he gone off in a hurry and
ler US his bag!"
a moment later the trapdeor
opened and Tommy Turtle stood re
vealed in all the glory OF his Christ
mas makeup. Don't say the little
Rabbits didn't squeal with delight.
They laughed. and hollered, and
rolled on the floor; and olawsd at
Tommy's pants legs, and climbed on
his back After that they had . no
table breakfast. Molly Hare and the
little Rabbits fairly laid themselves
out fetching hot chocolate. and oat-
meal. and things like that--fo :
Tommy Turtle.
For Tommy has always been Il
great favorite with the Rabbit Fam
lily. and always will be, no doubt.
As for old Santa Gaus--he mus
have been Jealous. for he stayed
away from the Warren for that
Christmas night. But perhaps Old
Santa doesn't go to houses where
where they usher in Christmas with
a loaded shotgun. But--to this day
whenever the little Rabbits wanl 90
have a Tot of fun they just point
their fingers at each other, pull the
thumb trigger and say:
Merry Christmas! Baag!"
Try IL yourselft Merry Chrfstraes!
eCeryright. 1924. by Edward MeCsndilsl
Evening star., 1924-12-21
/ onions to the cranberry

goose and onions to the cranberry
sauce,
When dinner was over. Pop Turtle
promptly proceeded to fall asleep In
his armchair, Ma Turtle retired to
tho kitchen, Susie Turtle went of to
play with her doll, and Little Billy
moseyed out of doors to look after
some fishing tackle. This left
Tommy Turtle alone In the Clay
Bank, in company with his cob pipe
and cosy wood fire.
Tommy filled his pipe with fragrant
mullen leaf, and leaned back COM
fortably in his chair. AS he sat and
watched the smoke rings curling up
toward the rafters a cheerful picture
came into his mind. Through the
wreaths Of the curling smoke rings
he saw q picture Of the Rabbit fam
| lily hanging Up their Christmas stock.
ings and getting ready to crawl in
Evening star., 1924-12-21

bed and sleep until Christmas day.
Tommy could see the little Rabbits
scuf11ing about the room at the War
rem, as Brother Jack Rabbits house
was called, and getting into their
woolly nightgowns by the side OF the
open fire. ~
ing to Simon Biue3ay- that Tommy
bethought himself OF two things. One
thing was that he conceived the
novel idea OF dressing himself UP like
Santa Claus, and playing the part of
Christmas Angel to the little Rab-
bits at the den.
The other thing was that Tommy
decided he would relish mug of
Christmas cider, which he straight
way fetched for himself from the
kitchen pantry and drank--as was
said-through the wrong end Of the
straw.
Evening star., 1924-12-21

wishes to be arrnfree. Moreover, she
seldom has the excuse that the older
woman has Tor wishing to wear gloves.
There is something unusually attrac-
tive about a young girls arms, even
| IL they are a trifie scrawny. She says
1t cramps her style dreadfully at a
party to have her hands and arms en-
cased in the skin of a kid.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Not Working.

"Rastus, I sho' was sorry to hear
that yo' sistuh was sick"
What do yo' mean, sick?"
We'll. I was down to your house
yesterday, an I saw sign, Bell out
of ORDER"
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Gas Trouble.

Editor-we can't accept this poem.
It isn't verse at all, merely an escape
Of gas.
Poet-Ah. see; something's wrcns
Eith the metee.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Not Needed.

Business Man-Here, walter, bring
me q spoon for my coffee.
waiter-Sorry, sir; we deET serve
spoons-the music Is SO stirring.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
Urge Change Of the
immigration Laws


Monroe, Wis Modification of pres
ent immigration laws which are called
detrimental to Green county's Swiss
cheese industry and other dairying in
terests is being urged here by Louis
Alder and Fred Marty representing
big dairy associations in this region.
at is well known fact that each
Swiss cheese maker is an immigrant
and that the continuation of extensive
dairying is and has been largely de-
pendent on immigration help" Alder
declared.
sUnless we can get hired help who
are willing to work on our farms
with the intention and hope of be-
coming the future owners we can
never expect our sunken land values
to rise again and buyers of our farms
will become scarce for neither will
milking machines, hoboes or buns
from the city take their places or buy
our farms.
AS the immigration schedule stands
today it will be seen that certain in
dustrial interests have been taken
care of, as the southern part of
Europe and even Russia has the adj
vantage over more desirable colonists
such as those from Great Britain,
Germany, Sweden, Norway and Swift
erland."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
COOLIDGE STANDS PAT
ON MELLON TAX BILL
President Hopes That Senate Will Not
Make Any Major Changes in Mel
lon Tax Program.

Washington, D. C. Adherence to
the principles and provisions of the
Mellon tax plan was reafirmed today
by President Coolidge.
Mr.. Coolidge's position relative to
tax legislation remains exactly as out
lined in his message to congress, de-
claring for the Mellon plan. This was
made clear at the White House in
answer to inquiries about the compro-
mise bill passed by the house.
A direct inquiry as to whether the
president would approve the compro-
mise bill brought the reply that he
could not say at this time whether
he would veto or approve hypo-
thetical measure.
The president hopes the senate fl
nance committee will report the Mel
Ion bill with only such minor changes
fas may be considered advisable to
make the measure more effective.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
Leading Problems of
the Dairy Industry

Beloit.- Production, overproduction,
combating substitutes, marketing and
recruiting dairymen, are the five
leading problems of the dairy indus
try today, according to W.. J.. Dugan,
Beloit.
'In production, the matter of breed
ing and selection of dairy stock, eco
nomical feeding and handling the
herd all affect production" Mr.. Dugan
declared. "Cow testing associations
solve these problems for any farm and
are now the most far reaching infu-
ence in the entire dairy field, affect
ing production and the keeping only
of profitable cows. The COW test rec
ords enable the dairyman to pick out
the best COW with which to build up
the herd. It's greatest value is in find
ing prepotent dairy bulls.
"The use of dairy products must be
increased in proportion to the in
crease in production efficiency or with
more good cows the market will be
overstocked Milk and its products are
nowhere used to the extent they
should be-"
The dairy industry will be ruined
if butter substitutes continue to gain
prominence, in the opinion of Mr..
Dugan who is prominent dairyman
in this section.
"Ti.e first principle of marketing is
an adequate supply of good quality,
accessible to consumers" he said.
"The second principle is to let the
consumer know that you have and
create desire on his part for it, in
other words, advertising"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
BRIGHT LIGHTS LURE
SMALL. TOWN TEACHER
Went from "Main Street" to Big
Town and is Now Charged
With Forgery.

st. Paul, Minn.-It is far cry from
the position of high school teacher,
respected and admired, in Sank Center,
one of the towns where Sinclair Lewis
lived while writing main Street" to
the double shadows of death and dis
grace in St. Paul, but Leila Lewis
charged with forgery yesterday, trav-
ersed the distance in three years.
Unable to endure the comparative
quiet of the small town after gradual
ing from college, Miss Lewis resigned
her $3.50 a month job as teacher of
French, English and higher mathema
tics to work at the First National
bank for SIS a month, to be near
her parents, she said.
But the lure of the lights proved
too strong, and today authorities say
Miss Lewis has confessed to having
taken $4,000 of the banks funds by
means of dummy account.
grace. For while the girl of % was
Ten days of grace were given dur
Dental preferential primary election
their efforts to find him. Johnston's
name was certified for place on the
April Z as soon as he hears from John
1t was the serious illness of her
mother, which kept Miss Lewis away
from the bank for the first time in
three years, and that illness resulted
in her mothers death and Leila's dis
grace. or while the girl of % was
away from the bank, at the bedside of
her mother an investigation of her
books disclosed the alleged shortage.
Ten days of grace were given dur
ing which the mother died and was
buried and the daughter was dis
charged from the bank. Then it was
decided legal action was necessary
and charge of forgery in the sec
ond degree was preferred yesterday.
Today Leila will have hearing in
municipal court.