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COLARES.-6 solares. 625 nile
$3.50 metros dc contado, $500
metro planos. Henry W. Dooley.
No. 9 Tspia 81 Tel. 1896. sAnaur-
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4 AsRRRADEROs Z DEPosIT0s

de MADEIRA del pals. Maderas pro
pias para muebles finos en- todas
las medidas. Tenemos. Laurel Sabi-
no. TabOnucos Guaraguao, Nnez-
mosca, Canelo Negro. Laurel ANA
rillO. Postes en- todos tamafios. Ca
mones de algarrobo para caro-, ra-
yos, lanzas ' ejes. Sc sirven pedi-
dos a Ia erden. Infermes, AGUSTIN
ALAMO, Box "A. Telefono No. 2,
no Grande. 5-26
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pOCIO DE FRANCIA legIt

perfume exquisite. freseO, aea-
hadO de recibir. Frasco SI39 CON
ZALEZ PADIN co. $50.
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de la Gale del Park, situado
en- la calle Lopez Landr6n que
mide IL m. de frente por 26n.. de
fondo.
Informara telefono 1l81 verde.
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pIEZAS UsADAS PARA AUTO

MUVIIES: HUDSON, BUICK. Uak-
land, Nash, Overland, Studebaker,
Dodge, Cleveland, National, Ford
Y otras marcas. Garage Mufiz,
Plaza Degetau Z, Tel. "a. Box 952.
Ponce. 81
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meses Ell Pictorial Review, Ia
mas completa revista de modas Y
alta literature. GONZALEZ PA
DIN ca B---ssil
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GHPORRUNTDAD, p0r no poderio
atender au dusfI0 yende en- q
me1or punto de San Juan cafetIn
propiO para pulperfa 81 10 desea.
Buena clientela. IufarEnara jose
Juan de Jesia Sol No: g. a
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desea hacer una mudanna rdpl-
da, economica, con absolute gaRan-
tia de su sus muebles, tlame nj 102
azul, Santurce y sara atandido aA-
>ezlnente. p.
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C0RREsPONsAI IneIsa Alsnan

Y Espafiol. Caballero de larga
experiencia en- negocios de impOrta-
cion Y exportaelon ofrece sns SER
vicios por horas 0 dfas a Casa de
Comercio o Comisionista. CIo Box
1889. San Juan. OF
5NEoEsITA UNA HAB1TAcToN2
Hagalo saber pcr mediacicn Do
la eecci6n de anancioa clasifrados
de Ell MUNDo. El costo es mas
baio do 10 que I'd. - flguRa. =.
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TNDENINIZACIONES a OBRERO

Las gestiono activamente ade-
lantando dinero casos especiales.
Vendo varios tipos casas. Precios
violentos. Admito eomisiones de
venta casa, fincas Ftsticas. Infor-
me Edificio Bouret No. %. Telefe-
no 1926. NJ. Rivera. 5r27
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G,ANGA!l Sc vende pn juego de
serpentinas para Planta Refri-
geradora, en- perfecto estado. Tam
bien una Tostadora de cafe de poe
co uso. Todo Sc da por Ia lnitad de
su precio. PLAZA PROVISION
COMPANY-Allen Is ---Telefo.
no $50 San Juan, P. R. 5-3
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TRI6TALES, ESPEJOS, los cris-
tales que lucen en- Santuree esas
casas tan bonitas son vendidos por
Ia FERRETERIA MERINO, Compre
usted sus eristales en- esta casa.
o.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-16
! Christmas Morning
! By EUGENE FIELD

THE angel host that sped last night.
4 Bearing the wondrous news afar,
Came in their ever-glorious fight
Unto a slumbering little star.
Awake and sing, o starr they cried.
Awake and glorify the morn.
Herald the tidings far and wide
He that shall lead His flock is borni''
The little star awoke and sung
AS only stars in rapture may.
And presently where church bells hung
The joyous tidings found their way.
Awake, o bells! tits Christmas morn
Awake and let thy music tell
To all mankind that now is born
What Shepherd loves His lambkins
well!'
Then rang the bells as fled the night
Ger dreaming land and browsing
deep,
They called, my child, to you asleep.
Sweetly and tenderly they spoke
And lingering round your little bed,
Their music pleaded till you woke,
And this is what their music said:
Awake and sing! tits Christmas morn,
Wherein all earth salutes her Kingl
In Bethlehem is the Shepherd born,
Awake, little lamb and sing"
So, dear, my child kneel at my feet,
And with those voices from above
Share thou this holy time with me,
The universal hymn of love.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-16

embarrass any Of my girl friends. You
may carry my trunk right out to tbs
farmhouse. know where Aunt Mar
garet hides the key. And know she
and Uncle Jack would want me to go
right there and use everything as my
own. I'll take care Of the poultry"
enthusiastically, sand I'll bake one Of
the turkeys for Christmas, and cook
everything that goes with 1t, pies and
cakes and all. Won't it be funl"
'You can invite lot Of your girl
friends to eat with you, too," grinned
the expressman.
"Afterward," agreed Brice. ''They
will all want to eat at home on Christ
mas. Then We'll have a round of nice
visiting. But for the real Christmas
I'm going to depend on the postals.
There are lots of nice girls in the de
partment store who haven't any home,
and who will have to depend on the
cheap boarding houses they live at
I'll write a postal to Aunt Margaret,
and five or six to girls know will be
glad to spend their week or ten days
vacation with me. And say, Uncle
Sam, I'll look around the house, and
then make list of groceries and other
things want you to bring out, and
any place where 1 can buy a Christ
mas treeT'
"Ain't none better than grow right
down on your uncle's lower shed med
DER
"All right. I'll get the Dill boy to
help, and Wen cut and rig up nice
one-Or no, I'll wait few days until
some of the store girls come. If they
feel like me-and I know they will
they'll want to help get the tree, and
trim 1t, and to help cook the dinner"
NEED any Christmas present stuff"
chuckled old Sam. "Tomson's been
sayin' he was havin' the grandest holt
day goods ever opened up here, COMM
In that box. Mebbe ye'd like to see
him pry the cover off,"
"'Deed 1 would" promptly. "ITl be
right over from the post Office
The girls condemned to a prospective
boarding house Christmas accepted
Brice's invitation relievedly. On the
third day old Sam brought the hilarious
five out in his ancient express wagon.
In the three days Brice and the Dill
boy had been making the house ready
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-16
Child Welfare Service
Making Good Progress

Actual work of setting up the Amer
lean Legion child welfare service in
all the states Of the Union is being
pushed rapidly, according to John w.
Gorby, director of the children's well
fare division of national Headquarters.
Orders to complete the state-by-state
set-up at the earliest possible moment
we're issued by the national convention
at Omaha.
This state set-up, which is the active
working force out in the field through
which the Legion plans to carry on the
actual work of contracting the children
of veterans who are in need of assist
ance, has already been completed in
IL states.
Preliminary conferences are being
held in number of states. Mr.. Gorby
has recently held such conferences in
Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, PENNSYLVANIA.
New Jersey, New York, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts. Yer.
mont, Delaware. Virginia and Indiana.
The groundwork for state orpan-
ization is laid at these meetings.
A check-up meeting was also held
recently in New Hampshire, the first
of the states to complete the child vel.
fare organization.
The plan Of organization calls for
state committees, district committees
county committees and post commit
tees. These committees will make sur.
veys to locate needy children, will give
them whatever first assistance may be
necessary, will arrange for billet care
where no other plan can be worked
out, will inspect homes in which adop-
tons are desired and will supervise
children who are being cared for 10
cally or who have been adopted.
A site of 16S acres near Pressmen's
home, Tennessee, has been accepted
for Legion billet, subject. to its beins
needed. The site was offered by Pos
National Vice Commander and Mrs
George l. Berry.
The national children's welfare com
mittee will be reduced. as vacancies
develop, to nine members. Three mem
bers each of Forty and Eight and OF
the Legion Auxiliary will serve as ex
oficio members Of the committee,
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for them and looking over the root and
apple cellar and preserve closet with
an eye to Christmas.
Then the girls piled in like whole
jolly Christmas in itself, and the old
farmhouse seemed like to burst itself.
The Christmas tree was cut and drawn
home with all the appropriate songs
and carols and huzzas they could think
of, and trimmed as never a Christmas
tree had been trimmed before Greens
found among the leaves at the edge of
the swamp, small holly discovered,
and sprig of mistletoe bought at
some store. The kitchen became filed
with fragrance and song, the evening
cracked with popping corn, rang with
voices about the awakened organ, and
the fireplace glowed with the logs be-
hind and the half circle of baking
apples In front.
And then right in the midst Of it
the hearty voice of Uncle Jack roared
through the door, mellowed by the
softer, happy laugh of Aunt Margaret
that accompanied it.
"Pm going to have that dinky post
Office over yonder indicted" guffawed
Uncle Jack. "Kept that postal four
days before the r. f. d. delivered it.
Fifteen minutes after that we were on
our way. OF course we had to come.
Five more girls to help wake the old
house up. Whoopeel Why didn't you
write so we needn't have left the lone
some placer
"Why didn't you write you were go
ing away, so I'd have known what to
| expect?" retorted Brice.
Lucky none of US didn't" laughed
Aunt Margaret, "for then we might not
have these nice I've extra girls. But
come, must get into the kitchen"
''But we've cooked and cooked and
cooked, till"
"Not enough" declared Aunt Mar
garet firmly, mo matter how much
you've done. There are all your old
friends that must be invited to come,
though they would, anyway. And we
want your friends here to meet 'em.
! Then we must invite a lot of extra
young people in evenings to help keep
things going. Then-my land! if 1
hadn't forgotten! There's wagon
load outside. Where's Jack? Oh, /
guess he's gone out to look after am
You see, Cousin Mary didn't want us
to leave, being nigh Christmas. So
we brought 'em all along. Not any
danger of havin' too much to eat.
Then there amt much Christmas goods
over in the next county, so Jacks goin'
into town this eyenin' to buy more"
But, Aunt Margaret, we've got a
tree ram-jammed full" explained
/ Brice
mot enough" firmly. 1--WE can pack
more on the floor under II. Now Pm
goin' into the kitchen Can't you see,
girls her firm voice suddenly drop
ping pathetically; being Christmas.
I've just got to cook something"
&c. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
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DON'T BROOD OVER
STOMACH DISTRESS

Don't lay awake nights and feel mis-
cradle all day-theres one right way to
fix UP your gassy, rebelious disordered
stomach in such a short time that your
heart win be gladdened.
Today Dare's Mentha Pepsin is the one
remedy supremely efficient where acute
or chronic Indigestion or gastritis is
making your days and nights miserable
Reports of its mighty power to over
come unbearable, near suffocating stom-
ach agony have swept the land until to-
day its sales are marvellous
Get one bottle Of this pleasant speedy
acting medicine today with the distinct
understanding that If it doesn't help you
your money will be returned.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-16

Publication, skating, visiting around
and curled up before the big fireplace
popping corn and reading and talking
just playing lady. After three
steady, grinding years in the depart
ment store it would be heavenly
Wouldn't Aunt Margaret and Uncle
Jack be surprised and pleased! 1t was
to be surprise. She had not written
them.
She flashed a look down the plat
form. Yes, there was wooden-legged
Sam, the eXpressman, peering into the
baggage room for possible business.
"Hoo-hooW she challenged.
The old expressman looked up,
stared, then stumped forward.
''Brice Harper, for fact !" he cried.
''Back home ag'in. Come to stay, or
a-visitin'Y'
"Just visiting, Uncle Sam. A whole
month, though After three years. I'd
never have believed l could stay away
that long. want you to take nay trunk
right out, and I'll ride with you"
"Ain't We heered-had a letter nor
nothin'?" asked the old man, whose
face had been growing troubled.
'N-no. Anything the matter?" with
sudden anxiety.
''No, except they amt there. Folks
round here know all other folks do, We
rec'lect. So l did hear your Aunt
Mag'ret Holmes said Christmas was so
lonesome here she wouldn't spend an
other like the last. Two, three days
ago she an your Uncle Jack went over
into the next county to spend Christ
mas with a cousin who has a regular
passle o. children. was by there yes
terday. an the house did look dismal
all shet up, with hens an turkeys com
plainin' all over the place."
isn't there anyone to look after
them?"
zone O. the Dill boys was asked to-
I b1ieve, but he's neglectin' 'em shame
full. He"
A shrill hail came from a store
across from the station.
"Say, Brice," wheedled the old ex
pressman, would We mind waitin' three
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melting. One never knew which Do
rinda, of her many selves, one would
find.
And" declared Sandy to his mother,
who had gently inquired about his rest
lessness, "she keeps wearing that sill
yer locket. She won't say who gave 1t
60 her and she won't let me peek in
side If she's got some other chap in
there I'll just drop her! She need not
think she can lead me around by the
nosep
Sandy struck an attitude of great
superiority and strobe about the room
like a pirate. His mother smiled a
little, but said nothing.
After a few dark mutterings and
anal gestures, Sandy said he was ego
ing OUT but would be in early. He
lifted his hat from q hook in the hall
and went straight as his feet could
carry him, to the house of Dorinda
Kent.
This sort of thing lasted all fall
BY Christmas time Sandy had worked
himself up to a great state of nerves
over the locket. Dorinda was quite
sweet about it, but also quite firm
She would never let Sandy see the con
tents.
Christmas eve Sandy's mother gave
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Brice's Christmas
at Old Farm Home
Jolly Girl Gives Uncle and
Aunt and Young Friends
Happy Surprise.
BY FRANK HERBERT SWEET

RICE H A R P E R
stepped h april Y
from the train. A
whole month vaca-
ton, with Christ
mas only ten days
away. That meant
nearly three weeks
for after-ChristmaS
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CHE
AMERICAN
oI-I:Gk)|lo
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
IN LEGION RANKS

The greatest year in membership the
American Legion has ever known with
a goal of a million members is the
plan of Legion leaders for 1926 that
seems likely of realization.
Unprecedented preliminary member
ship activity is f1aring up in all parts
of the country in response to Comman-
der John R. McQuigg's slogan, Start
1926 with 1925 strength
Membership contests, derbies, races
and battles are raging between posts,
departments and cities at pace that
portends that by the first of the year
the flame of membership activity will
be sweeping the entire country.
1--WE want to reach the million mark
this year and present competition, evil
dencing itself in lively contests be-
tween departments and posts, indicates
that million members will be en-
rolled before the year is DONE" So
declared Frank E. Samuel, national
director of organization and member
ship, in summing up membership pros
poets for the year.
Minnesota and Michigan were first
of in a series of inter-departmental
contests that are expected to do much
to boost the membership. The Goph-
ers challenged the Wolverines to a
contest to enroll more paid-up mem
bers for the year 1926 by December
81, 1925. The challenge was immedi-
ately accepted by Michigan.
Iowa and Ohio, departments that
have long glared at each other when
the subject of membership is men
toned, have closed in membership
battle. These scrapping departments
are going to settle their dispute by
December 81, 1925.
An innovation in membership con-
tests was introduced by the depart
ment of Illinois for the year 1926 in
their "City Membership Derby" now
under way. Forty-two cities are en-
tered in a great ntra-departmental
membership race. The plan of the
city derby is to place cities Of the
same approximate population in mem
bership competition.
On November 1, 1925, Illinois had
more than 1000 paid-up members for
1926, leading the Legion in that re-
spect.
The irrepressible department Of
Florida has hurled a challenge that as
yet has not been accepted: The def
of Florida is: 1.-THE Florida depart
ment challenges any and all depart
ments having five thousand members
or more to any kind of a membership
contest. Also any department to have
as many 100 per cent posts compared
to the number Of posts in the depart
ment We will accept any kind of
fair rules and will put up any kind
of a prize"
The departments of New York and
Pennsylvania have both accepted a
challenge to do membership battle
with Illinois. Illinois hopes to down
two big birds with one stone in this
contest.
South Carolina and Mississippi are
sparring with each other to arrange
terms for a membership war.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-16
Dorinda and Her
Christmas Locket
She Decides to Reveal Mys-
terioUs Picture Back
of Tiny Glass.

BY MARTHA BANNING THOMAS
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little party to her sons friends. 1t
was done chiefly for Dorinda, so San
dy's mother would have the opportu-
nifty of judging the girls charms for
herself. Sandy was earnest and SOL
emn about all the arrangements, and
even went to the point of asking his
mother if she had busted the back part
of the piano-was she sure?
"Well probably sing, you know" he
said, "and l want everything to look
just right"
Yes, my son." answered his mother.
Dornda 1oated in like a bit Of
thistledown. She was the last to ar
rive. Immediately she became the
lively center of laughing group. But
she had not forgotten her manners:
pushing the young people away, she
went up to Sandy's mother, and cap
tured her in half a minute. Mrs. Nc
Quinn did not even know when she
surrendered. "No wonder" she unused
aloud, when the lovely girl had re-
turned to the others, mo wonder poor
Sandy is temporarily out of his head
she is a witching lass"
OF course there was dancing: of
course there were good things to eat,
and Of course there was a bit of mistle-
toe cleverly concealed in an obscure
corner. Sandy had privately seen to
this. In fact the whole party revolved
around this particular bit of mistletoe.
Just before the last dance Sandy
lured Dorinda into that corner by say
ing he had something very important
to tell her. When she stood directly
under the tiny bough, looking up at
Sandy with her dark, laughing eyes,
Sandy opened his campaign. He put
his arms around her and kissed her on
her soft, flushed cheek.
She was furious. In the resulting
scramble, the silver locket snapped
its ring and dropped to the floor. Here
was opportunity! Sandy ducked, evad-
ing the swift reach of the girls hand.
He had the locket in his grasp. 1t
was openl
''You sha'n't look at it," cried Do
rinda, looking stormy but adorable.
1--WE got it," announced Sandy, "and
if you don't let me look at it shall
probably kiss you againv'
Dorinda stamped her little satin
slipper. "Oh, well, don't care!" she
said and shrugged her shoulders.
Sandy looked down at the open
locket. 1t was perfectly empty.
'"There!" triumphed Dorinda. "See
what you have for your pains. Moth
ing but a locket to let"
Sandy drew her farther into the cor
ner. ''Why not put me in as tenantY
he suggested coaxingly.
And do you know what happened?
After five minutes of battle, of Do
! rinda growing prettier every minute,
of Sandy's profound arguments, the
girl took the locket from hiIn, and after
prying up the tiny glass from one sec
ton, and removing blank paper said
shyly: Look, Sandy McQuinn! ~
And Sandy found. hts own grin beam
ing up at him cut of the silver square
of the locket. 1t was a snapshot
taken in the summer when Dorinda
and he had been on picnic.
''Was the party a successY'' asked
Sandy's mother as they were parting
for the night.
Sandy was inarticulate. He wavet
his arms about in excited circles. He
made funny little noises In his throat
At last he was able to speak.
| -T,@ rsT-a
said. Il found out what's in thai
locket"
i &C. 1875. Western Newspaper Union,
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or four seconds? That mad shouter
was storekeeper Tomson. Been 'spect-
in box o. Christmas stuff mOre'n a
week, an t was just throwed off this
train. He was yellin' to me. S'pose 1
take the box over to him, then come
an carry you and the trunk out to one
o. your girl friends? They'll all be
glad to have We visit en-
But Brice had been thinking rap
idly.
Take the box over, Uncle SAM" she
said, land I'll run across to the post
office while you're gone I want to
write some postals. And no, I won't
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-16

Sandy McQuinn said, and he ought to
know, If anybody. Sandy had made
a thorough study of Dorinda at all
seasons when it was possible. In
fact his research work would have
done credit TO a scientist.
There were times when Sandy felt
exuberant, and there were other times
when he called himself a complete
1di0t This simple barometer of emo
tions indicated the various moods of
.~Dorinda. Dorinda could scintillate
with wit and mischief; Dorinda could
droop in loveS usefulness; Dorinda
could be severe, and Dorinda could be
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-16
Where Credit Is Due

Reverend Whitsett--Seven children,
Ell? Ny good man, you deserve a
great deal of credit for raising fam
lily like that.
Truitt-I certainly do, but l manage
to pay most everything eventually
Philadelphia Record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-12-16

ORINDA'S hair was
so pretty that you
almost forgot to
look at her face,
but when you once
looked at her face,
you forgot all
about her hair. AT
least that's what
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-02
GUDERUP GETS ON THE MAP
 WHEN VIERECKS HAVE GIRL

GUDERUP, Mar. 2.-Marta Vier- eck's arrival in the world was cele- brated by this entire village, which hauled gigantic cake that covered an entire wagon through the town and presented it to Hans Viereck and his wife Gretchen in honor of the little daughters birth
 The Viereck's have seven sons ana had always wanted daughter. Sc when the villagers heard that the stork was about to visit the Viereck' s again, the parents were promised that they should have the biggest cake Guderup has ever seen if a sister was born to the Vierecks.
 When the announcement was made that the child was a girl work began on the gigantic cake. No oven was big enough to hold it. so it was baked in eight parts, one for each of the little Vierecks, and these were placed together and hauled triumphantly thru the streets to the home of the happy parents.