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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13
THE POTTERS
PROLOGUE

HIS the of the year when the harassed seeker Tor
Christmas etings his large white cravat and asks
what all this merry stuff is about why are the JOY
bells ringing the of the and 10 cent engraved cards
enquiries disrnaly And for whom all the Haleulahs!
Or is Easter stuff In the flag end of December the
shopper gets them all mixed upChrmas, Easter Flag Day,
Mothers Day, Yom Kippur and Eat More Rasns Week.
The Poters like all good hundred per Americans have
m off the selection of their Christmas greeting until the last
mnute-ey dechered 7ss variations OF Ye Odc
Crsasse Bun have had serious conferences without
number such important decisions SHALL have canels on
this year wouldn't wreath be nice Meat and
rnassy don't you know Pa whose fine old brain has sagged
considerably the has voted for of those little
churches with the roof and Ezabehan singer out
the doorstep holding roll of wallpaper doctor has just
asked Ye Merre Ode Nuisance his mouth real wide and
say Ah but you can't the doctor and you think he sing
ing The sentiment is equally refreshing for its striking
originality.
To you and yours from and mine
A merry Christmas and happy New Year
e1 SCENE
The entire family gathered Potter lamp tonight
and you can almost brains fry with the concerted effort
Suggestions flying hiher and yon-swell rhymes like
and chochet off the ceiling with joyous thud while
under the confusion be heard the low whg sound of
Keats Shelly and Milton revolving rapidly in their graves
MAJ don't the point of all this jawng about getting
suitable Christmas card Here's sample card left by Mrs Good
rich of the Ladies' Aid she's selling them from house house
for the benefit of the South Sea Islanders and think it's
pretty good card, if you ask
PA: (Exomining it critically and running nqnisitve fore
fisgy the surface Yeh, it's engraved all right but don't
think much of what says
MA: Indignantly think it's very pretty Listen
PA: don't want to hear it. I saw il.
MAJ ho passes UP the chance to read poetry aloud
Can't you hear my message clear
Calling to you the miles
1t says Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
And brings heaps of joy for everyone.
PA: That last line sounds kind of flat to me-
MA: (Doggedy) Well it's got lots of feeling
MAMIE: I'll write you that will lick that to death I'd
have radio broadcasing station
RED: That would be And it would certainly be
refreshing to lot of people to hear something about radio
MAMIE spose you'd prefer those three hungry camels
that always leaning around the edges of card? Well
wouldn't walk hundred yards for all three of 'ern.
RED: That's because you can't nhale without choking your
self
PA: (WHh considerable truth What's all this got do with
selecting Christmas card If don't get pretty soon we
may well let it go until Christmas.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

THE years greatest holiday is rush
= ing upon us now; the time has
come when EVERY ONE Of US has,
or ought to have, Christmas on her
mind.
For come women the road lies ex-
quisitely clear: Mother, Dad, John, the
children for big dinner; the toys, the
turkey-and not nearly enough money,
so Love will have to fill the gaps.
For other women that delicious
young mother time has passed, or has
never come, and their houses are silent
at Christmas time; they look wistfully
on at Christmas.
Somehow they don't belong" A
few presents made and marked for
women friends weeks ago, walk
through streets insultingly crowded
with happy family groups and a tur-
key dinner at a restaurant. Not much
fun. Not at all what Christmas
OUGHT to be.
WHAT WE'VE LOST.
And get, If you HAVEN'T hus-
band and children, mother and father
and big family circle, what can you do?
We break the ties of family very
lightly when we are young. Poverty
and crowding and the half-serious,
half-teasing giye-and-take that goes on
among brothers and sisters seem so
common" somehow-something TO
escape.
But on Christmas eve how we'd like
TO creep back, through the side gate,
into the kitchen door, back into our
places among the beloved forms Of
long ago. Mother peeling apples, Min
ME telephoning in the icy hallway 10
her beau, Tom tracking mud all over
everything, Mary letting that ador'
able baby Of hers sit up until LATE
enough 10 kill it.-Dad grumbling
about the collapse Of the government
how wonderful it would all be.
HOW WONDERFUL!
How wonderful il would be TO set
the long table, scrape the celery, vel
come the cousins on great gusts Of
snowy air! To hear Dads knife plunge
into the crisp, fat brown breast Of
the turkey, and to hear Mother, fan.
ming herself with her apron, say hypo.
critically, Don't eeem to me my pies
are any good this Christmas !"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13

across the miles
Red: Sign off Is good.
PA: Static aE
MA: Well, think that's sweet, but don't understand it.
RED got better than that I'm going to send out
myself. Want to hear IT'D
MAMIE: Certainly not
RED Splendid You'll like this Lots of brothery love
and emotion in it. and the illustrations will be SWELL
MAMIE: WE'LL thatll help lot. If the illustrations
twice good your stuff will still have hard time making
the grade
RED It's Just professional jealousy. Listen Pa listen Ma.
You might listen too Mamie, you'll learn something
Elephants don't have Christmas cheer
Neither do conger ees,
The hppopoamus gets no cards
Imagine the way he feels! a.
No Christmas mail for the lonely whale
And how he would dearly love it!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13
Says Kathleen Norris 81 Beg Every Lonely Girl and Woman Everywhere
to Have Finger Some Chds Holiday This Year. Adopt Child Just
for This One Day. Fill His Lonely Little Heart Full"

so uproariously CHRISTMAS! Some
times look at the stately big man
sions on the Avenue; those imposing
indeed, repelling-palaces, whose
windows blossom with expensive
wreaths so decorously on December
10th and with window boxes on March
18th and whose shades come down
so regularly about the fiFt of May
and stay down till the first of Octo-
ber-when the family is in Europe
and wonder If the persons behind them
ever have any FUN.
ONE RULE STANDS.
Perhaps they do. Perhaps it is
as silly to despise the very rieh as
to despise the very poor.
But, anyway, we know this: Those
of them who have thought Of some
body else, who have sacrificed a little
time and effort to make somebody else
happy this Christmas, are happy
themselves. And those who haven't
aren't. There's no getting away from
that rule.
And my object in mentioning
Christmas so early in the month,
when we haven't yet recovered from
Thanksgiving, is to beg-beg-beg
every lonely girl and woman every
where to have a finger In some child's
holiday this year, and so get her own
share Of real Christmas. Some child
outside the family ! mean.
Go to the nearest charity bureau
and ask them what they are doing.
Go 70 the nearest orphanage and ask
if it would do any good to send
something for just one chiId-for Just
five children.
RED STOCKINGS.
But Of course it would" they'll
tell you, amazed
Find out what the red stockings
are-those marvellous red stockings
that marched all over Brooklyn one
Christmas years ago, that have been
marching, a triumphal army, into 20
many towns since.
Just red SILICA stockings, with the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13
nd That's That-Until Next Sunday
You Want Real Christmas? Here's Certain Way Enjoy One

fed and warmed and clothed, Of course
America sees to that. But Uncle
Sam can't fill stockings: be can't pick
out dolls with sweet faces"
Wouldn't it be terrible to have
doll with an unkind face!' Swear
old said to me, Mortified, last year.
people think their dresses count!
But their faces are what count"
VISIT AN ORPHANAGE.
Our taxes pay for orphanages. You
have a right to call at the nearest
one. Ask to see it. Ask If you mayn't
at least send toys to the sick babies.
Ask what the Christmas plan is. Ask
il they KEEP a list of the Margarets
and Toms; their ages, their wants.
If you find a cross superintendent
"a "snippy" one-you may be sure
that things are all wrong with tnat
institution and that more than mere
toys are wanting.
But probably you'll find sweet
woman-a woman who will tell you,
as a lovely nun recently did me
that with so much poverty and i'll
ness, so many foreign-born, underfed
children poured in upon her year aft
or year, Christmas gifts couldn't-sim'
ply couldn't-find a place on her bud
get.
WOULD BE MIRACLE.
ave have nearly 400 children here
They're sleeping in the halls. They
have soup and cereals, bread and but
ter. milk. vegetables - almost never
meat or sweets. And Christmas night
we will have candy and ice cream. But
TOYS" She shook her head.
Suppose 200 women called at that
orpbanage on the oath and each ont
went off with two bewildered and ex
cited children.
But no; that's a dream! Two
hundred women will air dogs or
Christmas morning; two hundred
women will yawn over turkey and
stuffing and sweet potatoes and pie
and pudding and candy and salad on
Christmas Day and say, I'm not one
bit hungry
NOT ON THIS EARTH
; But give four hundred children
forty-eight hours Of heaven! No, not
on this grim, dirty old earth; not
even on the birthday Of Him who said
"Inasmuch as you do It for the least
Of these, you do II for Me-
A lonely working girl in a BIZ
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13
By ]. P McEVOY
You can have your frozen noses
We use ours to smell the roses
And may you hear our Christmas e


In spite of your poor old frozen
MAMIE: Well. can't steal that one, that's cinch Fine
chance of us getting to Florida
MA: hear people make lots of money down there Pa.
Pa Yeh, well got better scheme than that for making
money I'm going if can't start syndicate that will
collect money from everyone who goes Foda-coect just
enough guarantee their railroad fare home and then we'll keep
it for them until they write home and ask for it
MAJ Well don't where you'd make any money out OF
that
PA: Why, when they write won't answer en- That's
lot safer scheme than Florida and nobody who has specuad real
estate will call that crooked.
MAMIE: You'll pardon but while you making your
speech wrote little Christmas card for us.
Have little wish ~
Hang it your little tree e
Tuck it in your little heart
SIttle wish and amt smart &
But it's jam smack full clear up to the brm ~
Of wigor vitality, werve and win,
Merry Christmasi
MA: don't understand that last hne
RED did better than that the coming
over here Makss foes Monte uho compliment srah
INTEREST," wish could sling them fancy rhymes 80.
MAMIE: (Seormfaly) Them! =
RED: (Unhssding) Like those Christmas poets do.
MAMIE: Those?
RED: (Farng onscard) I'd write you card that would
MAMIE: knock you stiff" The spirit of Christmas Is
everywhere.
RED: It would be so beautiful too
MAMIE: So is your maiden aunt
RED:
The things that think Of you feel so grand
They ought to make Eddie Guest
But the words that gosh darned dumb
MAMIE: Now you said il.
RED: Finishing calamity They amt got kick in EN-
curses.
PA: like that think I'll send that myself 81 =
RED: How do you like it, Ma!
MAJ Some of sounds all right but don't understand it
Here's the one though, think ought for card
think it's lively and friendly like
IL, ~:--
is itl
MA (Reoding svith feeling) y
Again your door
1 tapping to say
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas today
RED: Well it's all right with but all got say is the
fellow who that and collected fifty line for
crook at heart.
And That's That-Unt Next Sunday
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And this sort of thing goes along for years
And, to get the point-what of it?
Merry Christmas!
MA: 1t sounds flppant think Christmas is very
solemn
Pa gets solener along after the first of the year when
the bills in.
Ma Well here's bunch of cards got last year Can't
maybe use something from of them?
MAMIE: You wouldn't steal Christmas greeting, would
you?
MA: ignoring thrust Nth maternal nonchaance) This
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13

RED That's idea We could swear we mailed 'em and
they got lost.
MAMIE: Doesn't anybody to hear my radio greeting
PA & RED: No.
MAMIE: Then all right listen:
Tune in to this
And dodge the static
merry Christmas
(dost emphaticD
Happy New Year
(Aint that clear
'rLots of luck!
(Sign off here.)"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13

We took it all for granted ten yean
ago. But oh, to have it all again!
Christmas, however, isn't a matter
of place or Of money. You can have
it anywhere, if only you are smart
enough to find it.
One woman / know, in an eight
room city fiat, has a regular old-fash-
Toned celebration every year. Dickens
himself would be needed to describe
HER Christmas.
INVITES THEM ALL
She has one child, her sister has
three, her brother has two. She man
ages to invite them ALL in from the
country to help distribute gifts at a
big charity tree in the neighborhood on
December 23d every year. On the
24th, having slept Oh couches and mat
tresses all over the place, they trim the
tree. Then they all 90 out to a movie
or play while the presents are stacked.
Their jokes, their games. their tum-
bling over each otter, the joy they
feel in being together-for the cousins
live away m in the country-filI the
place with u-roar.
On Christmas Eve they set the long
table for the feast next day, having
their supper, wearied and happy, in
the kitchen; then the turkey gets
dressed and the pies made, and some
body PUSHES out on a last GRAND with
everybody else tagging after him,
and horns are blown in the dark
streets and quiet doesn't settle down
on THAT house until almost mid
night.
SECRETS IN AIR.
The air is by this time bursting
with secrets, and while the women
discuss the new baby and the men fuss
with Christmas tree lights the chill
dren rush back and forth with night
gowns and toothbrushes. already sat
lated with bliss.
They sit down to the feast on
Christmas Day, after early church and
a sketcby, toy-interrupted breakfast.
at about two, so that Julia can get
away for HER family dinner with
HER family.
And sfterward they walk, or play
games or go to a movie, and have a
pickup supper and general clearing
up at eight.
Nothing sensational about it-but
it's 50 happy and it's so emphatically,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-13

very nice think and has the real Christmas spirit in which
is than I say for yours Reds
It's than just
Or just jolly day
To get a lot of presents
And give lot away
Christmas is a memory
gadness deep and true
That sings from friendly heart to heart
That speeds from to you
PA: like that about presents not being important but
don't get the friendly heart to heart stuff.
MA (Simbly) It's beautiful
Pa (POring through stack of cdrds Oh, here's good
I'd forgotten this one-he PERRIN from Florida lucky
dog.
You have your biting breezes
And your flannel beeveedeeses
You have your radiators
We prefer Our aligators
Evening star., 1925-06-16

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Evening star., 1925-06-16
FOREST FIRE RAGING.
Huge Blaze in Mexico Visible 100
Miles at Sea.

: GUAYMAS. SONORA. Mexico. June
16 CP.-A serious forest fire Ia
raging between LaPaZ and San Jose
del Caho in Lower California. seamen
arriving here Yesterday reported.
The blaze covering wide area. was
easily disCernible 100 miles off shore
In the Gulf of California, the sesmen
50 i'd.
No report had been received here
from either LaPaz or San Jose del
Caho.
Evening star., 1925-06-16
School Handiwork Destroyed.

: Choice specimens of the handiwork
of the pupils of the Public Atypical
School at $40 Sixth street south
west. were destroyed by an un-
known person. who entered the
hIilding over the week end. 1t has
been reported to the police by school
authorities A number Of ink wells
also were upset.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-13

expressed for Mr.. Dow and family
in their great loss.
Miss Frances Bean of Skowhegan
is visiting her aunt and uncle, Mr..
and Mrs. Fl. e. Croker.
Miss Carrie Drinkwater of Lincoln
willie was a week end guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orwood Whitehouse
of Skowhegan We're calling on rela-
tives one night, recently.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Brock of
Boston, Mass, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alpheus Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Jewell, Mr..
and Mrs. Leland Jewell and son,
Earl, were week end guests of rela-
tives in Bar Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Bean of Show
hogan were Sunday guests of Mrs
Beams brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. e. Crocker.
Mrs. Eugene Keene and son, Ken
meth of Skowhegan. were calling on
Mrs. Keene's sister and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Drawn, one even
ing, recently.
Mrs. Gertrude l.. Stevens of New
Sharon, who was a summer school
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[Sk0WHEGAN LOCAL NEWS
Somerset County Headquarters Phones, n.n u, -

The Skowhegan fire department
was called to Malbon's Mills on
Wednesday morning for a. fire at
Verne Willey's residence. The fire
started in a shed and the origin Of
fire is unknown. Mr.. Wiley Is one
Of the r. r. D. mail carriers and 1t
is understood both Mr.. and Mrs.
Wiley were away. The buildings
were completely destroyed. Mr..
Wiley conducted a small store at
his home. Much of the goods and
furniture were saved. The fire
! spread to the adjoining place owned
by a Mr.. Bailey, who lives out OF
the State, and occupied by a Mr.. Ell
lis. This set of buildings were also
consumed but household goods
saved.
The Farm Bureau executive meet
ing which was to be held Wednes-
day has been postponed.
Harold Martin of The Forks was
before Trial Justice Royden v.
Brown of Bingham on August 10 for
operating a car without a muff1er.
He pied guilty and was fined $1795
fine and costs, which he paid.
L. c. Bixler of PENNSYLVANIA was
before Trial Justice r. V. Brown of
Bingham on tuesday, Aug. IL, for
cutting aSound car ON a curve. He
pied guilty and paid the fine and
costs Of $3.50.
Mrs. Frank Ames of Norridgewock
and her mother, Mrs. Charles Bart
lett of Unity, were in town shopping
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Fannie Fletcher of Baptist
Hill Is passing few days with her
sister, n-law, Mrs. Emeline DECKER
son, at Lake Wesserrunsett, while
Mr.. Dickerson is on a business trip
| to New Jersey.
George Thornhill and brother-in-
law, Henry Davies, and baby, Lillian.
of Plymouth, Mass, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Thornhill on Alder street.
j. Mccormick Ross bookkeeper
of Boston was in Skowhegan on
business the first of the week.
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vile were guests of Mrs. Greta wad
dell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Porter and
daughter. Helen were guests Sunday
OF their son. Oliver in Oakland.
Oman Briggs and William McSor-
ley were trout fishing Monday re-
turning with a good string
Mrs. Daniel Petley, Mrs. Lillian
Weymouth and sons, Wilfred and
Morris and Chester Doak enjoyed an
automobile ride to Bear Pond and
Pennington, Sunday.
Ben Moore and Mr.. and Mrs. WAL
ter Beahe were up river blueberrying
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lewis of
Norridgew'ock were Sunday guests
of. Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Petley of
Hartford, Conn. and Mrs. Walter
Harpt and baby of Philadelphia left
Friday for Bar Harbor after passing
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Petley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Heald were m
Harpswell Sunday. making the trim
by automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oman Briggs and
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Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Marden and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Tobey OF Kit
terry Point are visiting Mr.. Tobeys
daughter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Varney of the Middle road.
Mr.. Tobey owned a small farm on
the Middle road for number OF
years, selling 1t q year ago and NOV
ed to Kittery.
Sheriff John Healy and Medical
Examiner DR.. Stinchfield were at
Good Will on Tuesday investigating
the death OF Ronald Scholheld, aged
II, whose body was found fioating
In the Kennebec river near the
shore at Good Will. He was an or
phan and he and two brothers were
living at Good Will. The medical
examiner and sheriff pronounced 1t
a case of accidental drowning.
The Somerset Pomona held Its
regular meeting with Wesserunsett
Grange in Cornville on Tuesday. The
meeting opened with all ofncers
present and w. NJ. Grant Whitman In
the chair. Degree was conferred on
two candidates, $50 were present at
the dinner. Invitation was extendeu
to Kennebec Pomona to meet with
them at Smithfield In september.
Mrs. Mamie Ellis was given q de-
lightful birthday party Tuesday eve
ming at her home on corner or ZINE
and West Front streets. 1t was ar
ranged by her husband and was a
surprise to Mrs. Ellis. Twelve of her
friends were the guests Of the ever
ntngs. Cards were enjoyed and re-
freshments of a beautiful birthday
cake, other cakes and ice cream
were. served. Robert Hall In benaif
of the guests presented Mrs. Ellis
with an electric toaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Thornhill
and daughter, Doris. of Plymouth
Mass, were weekend guests OF MT
Thornhilrs son, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Thornhill of Alder street. Mr..
Thornhill returned home Monday.
Mrs. Thornhill and daughter are
remaining for longer visit.
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The Country Club held a quilting
on Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
susie Ames on Mt. Pleasant avenue.
The quilt was for Mrs. Mildred
Thornhfll. A baked bean dinner
was served. Twenty-one were pres
emit. Guests for the day were Mrs
Arthur Thornhill, daughter, Doris,
and granddaughter Lillian of Ply
mouth, Mass. The next meeting VIII
be held next Wednesday, August ~,
at the home of Mrs. Ethel Gofooh Oh
East Front street.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. G. Rockefeller
and son of New York state are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Folsom Jones
Of Locust avenue. Mr.. Rockefeller
Is Mrs. Jones brother. They are
touring Maine and came from Old
Orchard here.
Mrs. Susie Ames and daughter,
Helen, of Mt. Pleasant avenue have
been in Norridgewock recently, visit
ing with Mrs. Ames' mother, Mrs.
Mary Huntoon.
Mrs. Lena Taylor and slaughter.
Elizabeth, and son, Hugh, of Cam
bridge, Mass, are visiting with Mrs.
Taylor's mother, Mrs. Pauline Hill
Clifford Barton of Boston Is
guest this week of Miss Edith Young
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Young on Mt. Pleasant
avenue.
Miss Fedora Lessard, who Is In
charge of the Office of DR.. u. f.
Young. is enjoying short vacation
and her position is being filled by
Miss Eva Blair, Office girl at the
Kennebec hospital.
Rev. and Mrs. Nichols and son,
Francis, and family of Chicago, who
have been passing week at the
Spear cottage at Southport, return
ed home Tuesday evening.
Bert Mayby of Boston Is IN town
on business.
w. B. Pierce Of Beverly, Mass,
/ is in town for short time visiting
with Mrs. Pierce, who has been here
some days with her mother, Mrs. j.
o. Smith on Water street.