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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26
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CHRISTMAS EVERYWHERE

1t was the middle of an afternoon.
q Christmas afternoon-and Santa
Claus was back home after all his
travels. His beloved dog, Boy of the
| North, was by him and he was looking
at his master with his big, loving, un-
derstanding eyes.
Santa had taken out his telescope
and was looking at all the different
places celebrating Christmas afternoon.
| 1t was a wonderful telescope, a
magic telescope, which gave Santa the
power to see everywhere at Christmas
time.
All he said to Boy of the North,
as hef looked through it, .even the
pigeons and squirrels in the parks are
being fed by children and by old
people, and are having a regular
Christmas feast. Oh, that is so nice
The villages are all decorated and
have trees in the centers Of towns
with many little colored lights upon
them.
II can see people looking out of
train windows and seeing all the beau
tiful Christmas sights. 1t just re-
joices the hearts of everyone to see
the Christmas decorations and gayety
of every town everywhere
"Oh, l remember all the glorious dec
orations / saw on my rounds.
"Then it was that saw little girl
who had kept bushel basket over, a
| tiny corner bed of yiolets in the gar-
den. The snow had come over every
thing but the bushel basket had saved
the little violets and she had wanted
them to be for her mother at the break
fast table Christmas morning.
II passed by towns and gardens COW
cred with snow and forests of tall
pine trees wrapped in their soft white
garments. all SO exquisitely pure
white.
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SUNDAY
Ry THOMAS ARKLE CLARK

BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
a CROWD Of boys was noisily play
( A ing football in vacant lot az
came home from church on Sunday.
1t was a pleasant day, and football
Is good game, but the sight and the
sound gave me a little shock. The
training of my youth asserted itself.
There were no such things allowed
at our house when l was boy. Fa-
Their was an old-time Presbyterian, and
being an Englishman, was the head
Of the household by his own nomina-
ton and election We children spent
a quiet Sunday We arose with the
dawn, we did our simple tasks, and
then we arrayed ourselves for church
and Sunday school Our shoes had
been shined, our bodies bathed and
our fresh clothes laid out carefully
the night before, so that nothing un-
necessary should be demanded on Sun
day.
Usually we drove the three and one
half miles across the prairie to the
village church, but in planting and
harvest time when the horses had all
been working hard during the week.
we walked, starting early so as not to
be late. Father believed that even a
horse which has worked hard for six
days is entitled to a Sabbath of quiet
and rest and meditation in the pasture
lot. Sometimes / rebelled a little
within me at the long walk over the
dusty road, but the path was flower
bordered, and my heart was young and
my legs strong.
We returned after church to a SIM
pie dinner, most of which had been
prepared on Saturday, for mother, too.
believed that nothing unnecessary
should interrupt the quiet and sanctity
of the day. The afternoon dragged
sometimes. There were no games al
lowed, no going swimming, no movies,
no vaudeville, no golf, no motoring,
no engaging in anything that made
q noise. Sometimes the sound of the
ungodly neighbors' boys rioting at
baseball in Babb's pasture tortured my
ears but such sinful allurements were
not for me. Sometimes mother read
to us-she had a marvelously sweet
voice, / still remember and sometimes
l got an interesting book and ate it
up myself during the long afternoon
and evening.
In the twilight after our simple sup
per we sang familiar hymns and Sun
day school songs before evening pray
ers, for we had prayers both morning
and evening on Sunday. Perhaps the
voices were not well trained, but I'd
give good deal to hear them all
again, mother and Mary carrying the
air, fathers full bass voice and Johns
tenor ringing out clear and strong.
Sometimes mother led the prayers on
Sunday evening was usually
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(To BE CONTINUED
CONDENSATION,

The wit of conversation consists
more of finding it in others than in
showing a great deal yourself. He
who goes out Of your company, pleased
with his own Righteousness and inge-
nuity, will the sooner come into it
again. Most men had rather please
than admire you, and seek less to be
instructed and diverted than approved
and applauded,. and it is certainly the
most delicate sort of pleasure to please
another. But that sort of wit which
employs itself insolently in criticizing
and censuring the words and senti-
ments of others in conversation, is alb
solute folly; for it answers none of
the ends of conversation. He who
uses it neither improves others, is i'm
proved himself, nor pleases anyone
Benjamin Franklin.
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Il sped over the sparkling dry SLOW
and there were icicles hanging down
from houses and foOtmarks in fresh
snow.
"Now see how much pleasure all
that is giving.
II see the children taking out their
new sleds and coasting down the hills.
II am so glad I gave lot of sleds
this year.
There is little Lois with, the new
doll which gave her. The doll can
speak and say Mama and Papa and
1 gave her new warm coat so she
will never feel cold On single win
ter's day.
II see the Christmas wreaths, some
of them decorated with old pine cones
from the forests. And red berries are
being used as decorations too.
st see that Bessie, to whom / gave a
big book, is keeping the large red rib
bon which l tied around the book and
is wearing it about her head.
"She is already in front Of the fire
reading!
IT see the children who made the
gay candy bags to give to other chill
dIen having such fun now giving
candy bag to every little boy or girl
who comes with a message or a parcel.
81 see Bobby, who hoped there might
be stocking for him in the house
where his grandmother lived, and
his grannie said she would fill him a
little stocking, but that Santa always
knew the houses where there were
children and didn't go to the others.
81 see all the red ribbons and Christ
mas favors and holly and bright can
dies, and the shining faces Of happy
children before the glow of the fire.
light.
II see them beginning to eat the
clear candy animals which have left
them.
st see the little gray kittens run
ming up and down little Gertrude'S
tree. They love the tinsel and they
love to hear the tiny icicle bells ring
which l put on the tree.
81 see out-of-doors the little trickling
brook with snow on either side has
become covered with ice.
81 see little Margaret with her doll
and doll carriage and stocking and
tree, and see how happy she is. She
is quiet when she>is happy while some
like to shout and exclaim with happi-
ness. don't mind how anyone takes
it so long as they feel happy.
''Then little Cary is out on the gar
den seat making snow-people now. and
she is going to have them sit upon the
snowy garden seat and fix them SO
they will stay securely. She has been
indoors all day and she has gone out
for little air.
ooh, it's beautiful to look down at
all that is going on when it is Christ
mas afternoon and every one is hap
py!"
And Boy of the North thumped his
tail to show that he agreed.
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Enjoying Yoursef7" He Remarked,
Wondering What is Going to Hap.
Penn"
so I'm going to kill you, as I always
intended to some day. It's pity, and
in many ways l regret it, but you
must admit yourself that you really
leave me no alternative. 1t will ap-
pear to be accidental, so you need en-
terrain no bitter sorrow that / shall
suffer in any way. And it will take
place very soon-so soon, in fact, that
doubt if you will recover from the
effects of the drug. / wouldn't guar
antee it: you might. AS 1 say, you are
only the second person on whom /
have tried it, And with regard to your
wife-our little Phyllis-it may inter
est you to know that l have not vet
made up my mind. I may find it nee
essary for her to share in your acct
dent-or even to have one ali on her
own: / may not"
The raving fury in Drummond's
mind as his tormentor talked on
SHOWeu ClSdIly III MS eyes, ana Peter
son laughed.
"Our friend is getting quite agitat-
ed, my DEAR" he remarked, and the
girl came into sight.
You're an awful idiot, my Hugh,
aren't your she said "And you have
given us such lot of trouble. But I
shall quite miss you, and all our hap
by little times together"
She laughed gently, and glanced at
the clock.
"They ought to be here fairly soon,"
she remarked. Hadn't we better get
him out Of sight?"
Peterson nodded, and between them
they pushed Drummond into the bath
room.
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tain-what would happen to Phyllisf
They'd got her, too, somewhere; what
were they going to do to her? Again
he made a superhuman effort to rise !;
again he failed so much as to move
his finger. And for a while he raved
and blasphemed mentally.
1t was hopeless, utterly hopeless; he
was caught like rat in trap.
And then he began to think coher-
emily again. After all, they couldn't
kill him here in the Ritz. You can't
have dead men lying about in your
room in a hotel. And they would
have to move him some time; they
couldn't leave him sitting there. How
were they going to get him out? He
couldn't walk, and to carry him out
as he was would be impossible. Too
many Of the staff below knew him by
sight
Suddenly Peterson came into view
again. He was in his shirt sleeves
and was smoking a cigar, and Hugh
watched him sorting out papers. He
seemed engrossed in the matter, and
paid no more attention to the helpless
figure at the table than he did to the
fly on the window. At length he COM
pleted his task, and having closed the
dispatch-case with snap, he rose and
stood facing Hugh.
Enjoying yourself" he remarked.
Wondering what is going to happen?
Wondering where dear Phyllis is?'
He gave a short laugh.
Excellent drug that, isn't it? The
first man tried it on died--so you're
lucky. You never felt me put a pin
into the back of your arm, did youy'
He laughed again; in fact, the Rev
erend Theodosius seemed in an excel
lent temper.
"Well, my friend, you really asked
for it this time, and I'm afraid you're
going to get it. 1 cannot have some
one continually worrying me like this
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In the course of year | married and
after my first baby was born ] got up
too soon and it caused displacement.
This troubled me so that could hardly
walk or do my homework. knew what
the Vegetable Compound did for me be-
fore so took it agein. 1t strengthened
me and now have five little kiddies.
The eldest is six, the baby is five months
old and I have twin boys three years old
and boy of five years. do all my own
homework, washing and ironing, and
never felt better in my life. / owe my
health to your wonderful medicine and
recommend it to all my friends. -
Mrs. VERBENA CARPENTER, 127 End
Avenue, Evenston, Wyoming.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26

Hams Are Tokens of Friendship in China

The Chinese have many ham dishes
of their own fried, smoked, steamed
and boiled. On such occasions as we'd
dings, birthdays of important persons
the birth Of a first son, spring and au-
tumn festivals and, most of all, at Chi
nese New Year, the Chinese send gifts
to each other much like westerners,
but more lavishly, the North China
Herald says.
If ham is the first present in the
parcel, the recipient feels that an
appropriate display of friendship has
been made and appreciates it accord
ingly.
Various factors contribute to the
reputation of Chekiang hams. One
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26
Beach Combing PAYS

A beach comber at Manchester,
England, has made close to $50 in two
days. To be successful as a comber,
he says, one must be constantly on
the alert. for a valuable jewel or
piece of clothing washed up on the
beach may be swept back in the wa
ter by the next wave that comes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26

Favorite Prescription for feminine
weakness" Mrs. Chas. Timmons, 245
North G. St.
DR.. Pierce's famous family remedies
can be procured from your neighbor-
hood druggist. Write Doctor Pierce,
President Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N.
Y, for free medical advice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26
Lovely Won1on

"It's rumored that you're engaged
to Mr.. Richley. Are you marrying
him for his money!"
There's nothing in the rumor. l
shall never marry-especiall a man
don't love-unless he has a lot more
money than Mr.. Richley.
Mail
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Horizontal.

f7OFIZOnCdIs
1-MOistens roasting meat with a
liquid cookery
6-Smarts IA carOusaI
12-To quote 13-To Droceed
15-Disregards 17-Either
1S-An African antelope
2O-Pertaining to the sun
21-TO initiate
PA brOwnish color
24--TO deIve
25-An incipfent plan
26-OMcers of universities or colleges
2S-~A leaf, especially that of a palm
20-NauticaI (abbr.)
3O-A round. hollow piece of wood or
Iron
S1-Ablaze
$40 go come In
37--A musical instrument
3S-A small mass of butter
4O-A prefix meaning "haIfo
41-A title anciently given to the none
42-PeeIed 44-Indfsfinct
"a printers measure
46-DecOys, as for gamblers (sIang)S
Asa proposition
"A fine milestone or OilstOne
6O-To drudge
ga meal
GAN elf or fairy
Vertical.
Caught, as game
2-TherefOre
"a prefix meaning s'three"
ARTICLES of food
5-A council (eccIes.)
0-TO kill by hanging
IA row or rank
S-BeIOnging to it
"a point of the compass
1O-TO scatter 14--At one lime
ia hodEepOdge 17-NOt closed
IA chemical element
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21-Taken by adoption
23-TO deprive of arms
25--Implements used for pressing
27-TO go to court to gain legal re-
dress
2S-An enemy 3l-ShaIxea
ga proposition
33-A musical instrument
S5-TO send forth
36-FuIl of assures
3S-A substance made i'm the form OF
thin leaves
3O-AbOunds
42-Part of a window
43-TO let fall
46-A policeman (slang)
"A title of respect
49-HOrsepOwer (nbbr.)
51-LOng Island (abbr.)
The solution will appear in next issue
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26
What Pauses Are

'Now," queried the teacher. scan
anyone tell me what pauses' areY'
81 know" replied the youngster at
the foot of the class, that's what the
cat hides his clawses in"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26
Willing to Substitute

A neighbours child was calling to
Walter to come out to play.
Finally Jimmie became exasperated
and, opening the window, called out,
my bruvver isn't home. Call jim
mie, OATS me-"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26
AILMENTS OF
YOUNG GIRLS
Relieved by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
School Teachers Experience
Evanston, Wyoming. ia few years
400 I had troubles every month such as

girls often have, and
would suffer awfully
every time. | was
teaching school and
it made it hard for
me as / had to go
to bed for two or
three days. One day
my mother sugges-
ted that | take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound,
which I did, and it
did wonders for me.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26

cuticura Soap ia the Complexion.
Nothing better tlIar Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum, and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Advertisement
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26

W W OAAANAAs AFA
mother persuaded
me to take DR..
Pier ce's Colder
Medical Discovery
and Favorite Pre-
scription and | shall
never forget how
quickly they re-
Iieved me. l always
&c o m m e II d the
G old en- Medical
Discovery for colds
1 IL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26

Is that hogs and pigs thrive well In
that province, which is believed ia
affect the flavor of the meat. Any
way, they are famed throughout the
country. Another is that the hog food
available favors the production Of rec
flesh.
The prosperity enjoyed by the
Chekianese makes il possible tor
nearly every farming family to raise
couple of pigs every season. Pub
lie opinion, as matter of fact, is
against those who do not keep pigs
regarding them as shiftless indeed.
When one looks perfectly well. even
yrhnn h. ..x.lco.,sz-G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26

HOW TO SOLVE CROSSWORD
N
i word
and
Auvo
n denn itons
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26
First OsteoDathisf

Osteopathy. the system of treating
disease without drugs, was propounded
by DIR. A. T. Still, in 1874.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26

$40 to 500 Needed-Land investments make
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Owners describe give lowest price. G.. r.
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health. Closed comfort. Simple installa-
ton Price low. Terms. Write today, Koupet
Auto Top Company, BelleyilIe. Illinois.
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Dreaming and Doing

some men simply dream of fame !;
others keep awake and achieve it
Boston Transcript.
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QUICK RELIEF

Popular Bluff. MOI had a terrible
cold and cough, besides an ailment pecu-
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Mother-Nice little boys don't fight.
Darling Son-Naw, they get the
pants beat off'n 'em.--Life.
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Best He Could Say

"Can't you recommend that resort?''
"AlI depends. / didn't like it, but my
wife's dog gained an ounce"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-26

When one looks perfectly well. even
when he isn't, why undeceive peOplei
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Solution of Last Weeks Puzzle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-10

but five upheld the sentence. 1t sounds like the
poor devil got 'fair and impartial" trial, but the
net result is that he gets broken neck The eds
senting opinion of the four judges fail to save his
life.
But when the postal wage bill was up in the
senate, how brilliant was the example of Coolidges
savage aim to keep the working class from getting
one penny more Of wages out of the enormous
fortunes piled up by the capitalist class of this
country He had rallied all the bloated overfed and
semi-moribund old senator's, half of whom are al
ways absent from their benches in ordinary times,
to attendance and support against the postal work
ers Only two senators we're absent on the final
roll call.
And what lovely steering committee Calvin had.
Senator Curtis, the senate "whip" was every
where, working every minute right up to the roll
CALL urging the doddering old imbeciles to stand
fast for reaction against any appeal from voters
in their constituencies They stood.
In the republican cloakroom sat Secretary Weeks
of the war department to whom the hesitant and
weak were brought for divine guidance And if
this were not enough the reports tell us that "Mr
Butler of Massachusetts was always within call"
Mr.. Butler, you must remember is the president
of the Textile Manufacturers Association, which is
trying to force a ten per cent cut of wages upon
all workers of that industry. Mr. Butler is the
same multimillionaire who hired a swarm of Sher-
man detectives to spy upon his mill workers in
New Bedford and even to worm themselves into
the unions. The Mr.. Butler who did both of these
things and who was "always within call" to help
crush the postal workers. wage demand is the same
Mr.. Butler who was the campaign manager for
Coolidge.
The gang was all there And such precious
gang it was. If only the postal and other workers
would elect real Communist into that assembly
of senile corporation lawyers we would guarantee,
not successful wage raise, but a thoro exposure
of the most reactionary gang of capitalist bench
men who ever gathered in any parliament in the
world
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-10
PEASANTS EAGER
TO LEARN new
FARM METHODS
Priests Regard Tractors
as 'Black Magic"

Especial to The Daily Worker)
WILMINGTON, Della, Jan. 9.-Har-
old Ware, recently returned from Rus
STA, where he carried on agriculture
work for three years under the aus
pices of the international welfare as
ISOLATION, spoke here at a meeting Of
the Society of Friends. Ware said
that with the exception of the priests,
who regarded the tractors as black
magic, and bitterly opposed the bring
ing in of this advanced method of
farming, they were met with the
heartiest of cooperation at every
place." The priests preached to the
peasants to keep away from the trac-
tors, but the peasants were quick to
see the advantages to be gained and
eagerly learned as much as they. could
about the new method in framing.
Ware said IAN example of their CO.
operation was manifested when they
first begun in the spring of 1922. AT
that time the Soviet government gave
us a concession of three farms in
southeastern Russia, and we began
work with two shifts a day Of seven
hours each. Being afraid to leave the
machines in their hands, we were
forced to work the entire fourteen
hours ourselves. When the peasants
saw that we were working the full
time they Immediately held a meet
ing-which is one of the best things
they can do-and unanimously decid-
ed that since we were there to help
them and were working fourteen
hours day, they would also work the
same length of time.
Their eagerness for learning is as
tonishing for people who have been
kept in ignorance for so many CEN
turtles. Not from the professional
men did we receive so much aid as
we did from the peasants. These
seem to realize the situation that fac
es them and want to prepare them
selves to meet it.
"As our work kept us largely in the
small farming villages Of southeast
ern Russia, we had little chance to see
what impression our work was having
on the rest of the country, but when
we visited Moscow in the fall, we
found the warmest welcome awaiting
us. The people there seemed to re-
gard us as living gods who were prov
ing salvation to them from the fam
inc that strikes them every seven
years."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-10
The Gang Was All There

In what was admitted to be the first test of
strength for Coolidge since the election, the strike
breaker administration its fight to prevent the
postal workers from getting decent wage. Silent
Cal is letting it be known in deeds, not words that
he regards his election as a mandate to crush labor
into serfdom if the power of government can do it.
OF course the postal workers are still too timid
and bound to tradition Of servility TO take
strike vote and let the autocrat in the White House
see what would happen to the sacred COW of "bus
interests" The darned critter would, we
imagine, wrinkle up and die. But they ought, at
least to have open as to who are the enemies
of the workers.
II the postal workers-or the workers generally
for exmaple will survey the whole capitalist
system with analytical gaze, they would see
that they are foolish to depend upon anything but
their own organized power to get decent treatment
out Of a government which is but the executive
committee Of the whole ruling class. Losing their
case by one vote has suspicious air about it. 1t
is like man sentenced to be hanged and who upon
appeal, is told that out of the nine judges of the
supreme court, four willing to let him live,