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pie the children wondered if he
would sing for them again as he
had done the last time they watched
him at his work. 1t was the song
about the miller's dog that they
wanted, but they found him work
ing on a toy horse, and when they
noticed that there was something
wrong about the horse they forgot
about the dog. "You haven't got
that right, Mr. Hans" said Ruth
you shouldn't put a necklace of
sleigh bells around his stomach" "
"Well, WE'LL" said the old man, "Fll
have TO see about that; but perhaps
/ was thinking about something to
eat when l put the bells in the
wrong place" "Well, here it is"
said Ruth, uncovering the pie, "and
we wish you a Merry Christmas.
Sure" said Mr.. Hans, "sure it will
be merry, and you shall be merry,
too" and he took down a bundle as
he put the pie upon the shelf.
1t was a very interesting bundle,
but the children suddenly remem-
bered the song and forgot the bum
die. This was the song:
The miller's big dog lay on the mill
floor,
And Bango was his name, oh
wondering what he lay there Ior,
And why he was so lame, on.
B-a-ng-ooo
Oh, Bango was his name.
The miller he said if the dog was
dead,
Why that would be the end, oh;
But since he's only lame instead,
Old Hans would soon him mend,
oh.
Bah g-OoO
oh, Bango was his name.
The special fun of it was when
they spelled the dogs name around
the circle, each singer taking one
letter, and then all joining in on
the last line.
Then the children forgot the song
and remembered the bundle. 1t was
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burst of gay laughter at the end of
his recital to which she had lis
tened apparently so sympathet-
ically.
Listen, Tom," and she reached
for the evening paper. II read this
Just before you came in and was
interested, because he was your
friend: Doctor Barnes was this
afternoon declared by prominent
specialists to be insane. For some
time he has been obsessed by the
idea that his friends as we'll as
his patients for various and sun
dry reasons, had but twenty-four
hours to live, etc No use read
ing it all, Tom. That's enough. ]
didn't laugh when l read it, but
now I feel like shouting because
it brought me YOU" }
"And it brought me you," Tom
returned, inwardly rejoicing that
he hadn't allowed Fate to make a
coward of him. The thought of
what it would have meant if he
had followed his impulse and gone
to bed swept over him for a min
ute; then he clasped' Margaret to
him. n 20
thought" He exulted from sheer
JOY of living. -
"a most merry one5'}Margaret
laughed up at him triumphantly.
CeS. 1925 Western Newspaper Union.)
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a FyTER a continuous fall of snow
IN for forty hours, the small town
of Bethel was covered with pure
white mantle on the day before
Christmas.
Over the hills the tinkling sound
Of sleigh bells was music upon the
frosty air of the early winter morn
ing as Judge John Wainwright
looked out Of the chamber window
Of his farmhouse. AS he peered out
of the little paneS Of glass with
their tiny draperies Of snow he saw
Jasper Jones with his twO-hitch
plow breaking q way through the
narrow Main street of the town,
while an occasional salute Of Good
mornin', Jasper" came from neigh
bors as they shoveled paths from
their gateposts.
Reckon We'll have q real Christ
was-snow nearly two feet deep
came down pretty heavy" re-
marked Jasper
The words "a real Christmas"
with the sound of sleigh bells, rang
all day long in the ears of Judge
Wainwright, even after he had fin
ssished his supper in lcompanX with
ssiiis wife and son Roland. sIeOlley"
and his wife, Marion, lived with
Judge and Mrs. Wainwright. Mari
on, being somewhat i'll in her room,
was unable to join in the evening
meal.
After supper Judge Wainwright
climbed the handsomely carved old
colonial staircase, and when he had
reached the seat on the landing he
sat for a moment ON the red velvet
cushion to glance down at the hall
with the tall clock ticking merrily
and the Log fire swapping happily,
its rosy glow painting the white
walls and their decorations of
greenery-such a picture And the
Christmas joy of the olden days
came to him. He had romped on
these same stairs with a happy
heart, with his sister Lucy at his
heels. Yes, Lucy-there was the
one shadow on the joys of Christ
mas Eve. Lucy had married against
the wishes of her family, and as
result none Of the family were on
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self to think of her many bless
ings or to frame. even the slightest
excuse for the friend who had
failed t
8 Now. with Christmas approach
ing, she grew even more bitter than
usual. "I'm not going to. do a
single thing this year." she re-
peated to herself over and over.
Why should 1, anyway, after my
great loss?" ~
Soewhen the Ladies' Aid called
for an offering for the annual en-
tertainment and Christmas baskets
to be given to the poor she was
ready with her answer. But when
they left hurriedly after her curt
refusal she was more unhappy than
ever. ''No one seems to have any
sympathy for my great misfor-
tune" she walled to herself. ''What
cruel world it is; no one seems
to care"
The window where she sat brood
ing opened out on Arbor street.
Soon after the Ladies Aid left she
looked out to see that some one
was coming up the steps. This
time it was young girl, and Hulda
shifted to herself as she saw her.
"Another who comes seeking," she
said under frightened lips. ~
But the young girl who entered
had not come begging. Instead,
she had come. to tell lHulda that.
she was the daughter CT the man
to whom Hulda had entrusted her
moneysand that she had beard that
Hulda was ia need-that her loss.
had left her stranded. Her father.
had been i'll for several months,
-cftfsted shy'fha failure of his. hopes,
all of which was due to the treach-
efy and deceit Of his partner in
business. He was now better and
things were beginning to look
brighter. There was every hope
that no one would lose a dollar. In
the meantime the girl came to of
fer Hulda some money from her
own savings-she was private sec
retary to some big man in the, city.
After the girl left Hulda sat hud-
died in her chair. God. how selfish
she had been-how blind-how I'M
GRATEFUL Great tears trickled
slowly down her cheeks, tears that
carried away forever the bitterness
and selfshness that had been In
her heart of late. The world, after
all, was wonderful place and it's
people were wonderful people
Making her way to the phone,
she picked it up with hands that
trembled and called for the presi-
dent of the Ladies Aid.
20, 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
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window upon tie ngIt, me SKY
was clear and q large star shone
brightly above the distant hill Of
pine trees and all the other stars
seemed to twinkle happily about it.
The loveliness of the landscape
charmed him, and, relaxing from
any other thoughts, he turned the
light very low and lay upon a couch
near the window.
When a loud knock upon the door
startled him he realized he had fall
en-, asleep and the excited voice Of
Sarah, the colored maid, called to
him that "Missus Marion done took
very sick"
t'It was the midnight hour when
Judge Wainwright again stood by
his study window and glanced out
again into the night. The big star
was high and luminous and long
beams seemed to stream from it as
it hung aloft, over the little town
of Bethel. A new joy had come in
TO the judges heart for a newborn
babe had come into The home. And
as he turned from the window he
glanced at a pictured motto on the
wall, placed there by his own moth
er. 1t read: blessed Are the Peace
makers, for They Shall Be Called
the Children of God" Speedily the
bitterness toward poor Lucy which
had been in his heart for so many
years had departed and the tears
came to his eyes. He determined
then to make the grandest peace
upon the Christmas day. He would
call upon Lucy himself, ask for her
forgiveness and announce the glad
tidings of a son-a most glorious
gift bestowed by God in the old
Wainwright homestead. It was a
day Of real Christmas rejoicing, up
on which the spirit OF the man who
said ''Peace upon earth" rested and
the little town Of Bethel had its
share in the advent Of a new citi-
zen-John Wainwright III"
(GG. 1926, Western Newspaper Union.)
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Christmas GiOirg Is
The Years Opportunity

- OSE stamped sturdy oxford:
AN"Don't YOU dare, say again you
have to give at Christmas r.
Ills Marsh grinned sat his q sis SIS
ter.
"All right. Where's the fun?"
Rose sat down and explained: "If
you'd seen Joey and Betty Boggs
last Christmas in their play suits,
that l couldn't have given any other
time of year without Mrs. Boggs
thinking it was charity And what
luck it was 1 could give Cousin Ell
eanor a vase for her car, when she's
always taking me out in 1t"
"Hm-m. / might give old Bobby
Green something for his car. He's
saved me lot of dull hours on the
train. / never could think OF way
to do him q favor"
Rose smiled a little triumphantly
and went on: '"Then there are the
girls at school that l would lose
touch with if there were no Christ
mas. They appreciate my little
gifts and appreciate Christmas
cards, l can tell you.
well, If you're so clever, tell me
how to make it up to my stenog-
rapher, for keeping her late so
many evenings"
| Jessie? Why, she's be delight
ed if you'd get her new type
writer. That would eliminate over
time and she could keep up her
night school work"
''Tip-top! And I'm going to give
the kid that caddied for me last
summer the club he needs to round
| out his golf set. Then-Well, first,
let's see that opportunity list you
were showing me. Frances Grin
stead.
"a. 1926, Western Newspaper Union.)
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WeIl wrapped, for tney TOOK OF pa
per after paper, like peeling an on
ion, until they came to- the girl doll
that could call for mother and the
boy doll that could play on mouth
organ. Then, with both the pres
ents going, they also went, leaving
a pleasant smile on the old mans
face and all the toys looking hap
PLY at each other. Z"
Mrs Jones welcomed the travel
ers back with a taste of her cooking
for themselves, and was as happy
as all good Christmas cooks. arei
She said, "You can't make choco-
late almonds out of horse chestnuts
but those youngsters surely did put
in their thumbs and pull out plums." >"
Ca 1895, Western Newspaper Union.3
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: Edelnnan

(The story Of a woman who had
lost the greatest thing in life-faith
in her fellowmen-and how it came
back to her at Christmas time.)
HULDA POTTSFIELD was very
L unhappy. For two months she
had fretted herself because a sum
of money which she had invested
had been lost. She had entrusted
it to an old friend of her girlhood
in a nearby city, and when the
news came that the money was
lost Hulda made up her mind then
and there that all humanity was
alike = eager to cheat its own
friends if there was a chance. She
grew more bitter and sullen each
day and withdrew herself almost
entirely from the circle of friends
that she had known so long. She
never stopped to think that even
without this amount she could still
live in comparative ease; that
there was nothing in reason she
would have to deny herself, as the
income she stih I'D was quite
large. Blindly she shut her eyes
to all this and would not allow her.
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HNqT RS. JONES hassbeen making
Avl pies, observed Ruth 'Mince
pies?, replied her sister. mo, Jones
pies,'' answered Ruth. 1t was prom
ising for somebody, for Keturah
Jones never made pies without max
ing one over. The batch might be
mince, apple or pumpkin, but there
was always an extra pie for good
nature and good luck.
This time it was a Christmas pie
and destined for the old toy maker.
It was his only chance of holiday
Joy, for, while he could whittle out
boats, carve dogs that could almost
bark and cats that seemed afraid
of them, and make doll houses, he
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Y SRoor11 for By sTsAEns FRANK |.
Vi M in Atlanta

THE earth ON Christmas Eve e1-
claimed
To winter, with a pOut,
"My old brown coat is shabby now,
In fact it's all worn out.
It's ragged here and raveled there
And torn the other way.
I ought to have brand new one
To wear On Christmas Day."
Old winter clustered for awhile
And loudly banged the door,
And then gave in as he has done
So many times before. ~
And 10, when Christmas morning
dawned
All cold and blue and bright,
Earth wore truly regal cont
bf OF ermine pure and white.
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The Mistletoe Bough;
SeUenty-Six Species

OUR grandmother used to sing
~ the old English ballad about
the mistletoe that hung on the cas-
file wall and the "baron's retain
ers." who so blithely kept the
Christmas holiday and the young
bride who. weary of dancing, cried:
"Tarry a moment, I'll hide, I'll
hide !S We youngsters listened
breathlessly and saucer-eyed as the
story progressed and the lovely
lady crept into the chest with the
secret lock that went "snap" after
Winslow daily mail., 1926-12-19
American Scr1ta CEaus

The American Santa Claus is. a
corruption of the Dutch San Mich
olas. G. Fl. McHughes says Santa
Claus, the name derived from Saint
Nicholas through the familiar use
of children in Teutonic countries.
crossed to America. The direct route
! followed by him is somewhat open
to question On the way he traded
his gray horse for a reindeer and
made changes in his appearance.
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Christmas Greens

The custom of hanging ever
green's in the house during tho y,,1a-
tide originally had purnose no.
yond that of decoration. In o,don
days each kind of evergreen wos
believed to confer special ,blessinss &c &c
on those who passed beneath ifS
boughs. To pass under holly in.
sured good fortune throughout tha
year, bay meant victory, while Ian
rel was supposed to impart a spirit
of beauty and poetry.
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When you 4give your son or
daughter Savings Account in
this bank for Christmas present,
you not only are giving them
something of lasting value, but you
are starting them on a road for
which they will thank you ever
lastingly.
If you will show them that this
gift is Just the beginning, and that
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could not cook,
and he lived
alone.
He was an old
man, queer but
kindly. His old
house seemed to
be falling down,
or at least 1t
as3leanMg that.
WA but yet it
sheltered the toy
SIlOJ VI a. WIZ "
tried. to feel as
young as ever
because it had
seen old Hans
stand on his head
just to S h 0 w
how young he
was. On the way
to him with the
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Here's a Real Christmas Present

their regular deposits in the ac-
count will make it grow for their
later use, you will have started
them on the way to financial in
dependence. There is no lesson
more important to the youth OF
this country than thrift.
You can't give any finer present
this year than Savings Account.
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IQo1llDeFoU III l )
re al mission,
and the futility
of the love he
had been so
slow in realiZ-
ing broke upon
him. The stab
at his heart
woke him cons
pletely fr ON
his dream and
he poured out
to Margaret the
tragedy i h a t
hum g over
them. '''+
I'll e h a d n t
thought w h a t
Margaret would
do, but he was
entirely unpre-
pared for the
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speaking terms with her Lucy, a
widow, feeble, but graceful in her
age of seventy-fve years, lived in
the little cottage on the Vain
wright estate, cut off with very
slight income by the will of her IA
ther, John Wainwright.
Judge Wainwright went up to his
study and looked out of the dormer
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Scissor Painted" Vase

- - - - - - - - - =; - -
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y OSE stamped a sturdy oxford:
AN"Don't you dare say. again you
hayeto give at Christmas r
Willis Marsh grinned at his sis
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-12

Orchestra
Vale e...........................Kennedy Russell
Soprano Solo
Blanche Ferguson Bronson
Grafton. Hon. Ladru M. Layton
Member Springfield (Ohio) Aerie
The Day is Ended ...................B Bartlett
Quartette
Closing Exercises
Worthy President and Members
Near, My God, To Thee. DIR. L. Mason
Audience will please rise and sing
Benediction ............................
Bl the Worthy Chaplain
F. o. f. March. Roy O. Myers
Eagles Orchestral. Edward Lehm-
kuhl Director.
The committee in charge of the
services this year are: Joseph A
Becker, George A. Carver, Harry W.
Hetterich, Henry E. Yordy, L. F.
Montique, Chas. Schrichte, George
w. Hoffman, Albert B. Brown, George
Besselman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-12
Are You Overlooking an Opportunity
BY GEORGE L. BERRY
Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of N

the privileges extended to the men in
this connection. Hence the lack of
information with regard to>govern-
ment insurance is appalling. Many
ex-service men are of the opinion that
they have to repay all back premiums
in order to renew this insurance,
while others are of the opinion that
the converted insurance is handled by
commercial companies; while still a
larger group do not konw anything at
all about government insurance.
This article, therefore, is written in
an effort to bring to the attention
of eX-service men, few facts about
their privileges, and who would un-
doubtedly benefit by the information
contained in this article.
Government insurance is used to
serve many different purposes. The
provident eX-seryice man can take out
an insurance policy with the govern
ment at this time in order to insure
favored child or children a college
education; while the improvident ex-
service man can deny his dependents
great many comforts by neglecting
to take this insurance up again. The
far-sighted farmer who is eligible for
this insurance may take it for the
purpose of paying off mortgage on
the old home. If he is taken away
from this world before he has lived
his allotted three score and ten years.
his dear ones, instead of having to
struggle under the responsibility of
paying off a mortgage and earning
their livelihood, will have this taken
care of by the payment of the gov
ernment insurance policy.
Settlements are made in cash or
allotments, according to the policy
holders desires. The six different
forms of government insurance poll
cies available are: Ordinary life, 20
and 30-payment life, 20 and 30 year
endowments, endowment at age g.
Men retaining their war risk term
insurance must convert same before
July 2, 1926 After that date no term
insurance can be secured through the
government bureau.
1t is not necessary for me to dwell
upon the hazards that many of our
readers are continually facing and the
fact that they would have to pay ex-
ira premiums for insurance obtained
through commercial companies, be-
cause these men, more than anyone
else, realize all of this
The writer has the assurance of the
United States veterans bureau that
any one desiring additional informa-
tion with regard to government insur-
ance can obtain same by communi-
eating with the Insurance Division,
u. S. Veterans Bureau, Washington,
D. C. Those who desire to talk to
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-12

Approximately fourteen million per-
sons throughout the country face a
loss of over $4,000, ,O0O, 900 during the
course of the next fifty years. This
loss is in prospective income in the
value of government insurance which
has been dropped by ex-service men
since the war. Incidentally, the ex-
service men and their dependents are
among that class of citizens who can
least afford to lose this money.
The government, through congress,
has provided that the ex-service men
who lapsed their government insur-
ance may renew and convert it pro-
viding they act before July 2, 1926.
The only thing the ex-service man
has to do is to pass physical ex-
animation either by bureau physi-
clan or a private physician and pay
one months back premium at his war
time rate and one months premium
on the kind and amount of insurance
selected at his present age.
Ex-service men who are engaged
in active occupations are especially
favored in connection with govern
ment insurance, in that they do not
have to pay any extra premium be-
cause they are engaged in a hazard
Gus occupation. The contracts issued
to these men are written on the same
basis as those sold to the lawyer or
doctor
All converted government insurance
has cash surrender and loan value
after the policy is one year of age.
Among its five hundred seventy odd
thousand converted insurance policy
holders, the government has distrib-
uted in loans an amount exceeding
S27,000,0 900 600. These loans are
made at the rate of about one mil
lien and half dollars each month
Such loans are re-payable at the bor-
rower's will, and only nominal
rate-6 per cent interests charged
Every man who is eligible for this
insurance should Immediately inves-
tigate the beneficial features Of the
governments program. This advice
is given with the understanding that
MI such men are interested in pro-
viding for their own future and that
of their dependents The men are
not required to renew the full $4,000
they carried during the war 1t is
possible for them to renew and con-
vert this insurance in amounts from
$1,000 to $4,000, in multiples of
$500.
While congress was very thoughtful
in making every possible provision for
the ex-service man in an insurance
way, even to the point of selling it to
him at net cost, one important feature
was neglected. Congress did not pro-
vide a fund with which to advertise
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-12
EAGLES MEMORIAL
SERVICES
Will Be Held in Eagles Tenn
pie, Sunday, With Pub
lie Invited

Butler Aerie No. 407, Fraternal
Order Eagles, will hold memorial
services for it's dead, Sunday after
noon. The services will be held this
year in Eagles temple, South Second
street, beginning at 2:30 o'clock p. m.
Hon. Landru M. Layton, member
Springfield, Ohio, Aerie, will deliver
the memorial address. A splendid
musical and singing program has
been arranged for the services. Since
last memorial, twenty-four members
of Butler Aerie have passed away.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend the services Sunday afternoon.
Following is the order Of services:
Melody of Love.......
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. H. Englemann
Thy Love Hath Spared Us......W Wallace
Quartette
Opening Announcement.
Worthy President JOS A. Becker
Opening Prayer ..............................
Worthy Chaplain l.. f. Montique
The Voice in the Wilderness.........
......................Joh John Prindle Scott
Soprano Solo
Blanche Ferguson Bronson
Duties of the Day...........................
Jr.-Past Worthy President
g. M. Johnson
Weep No More ................. Alfred Gaul
Quartette
Violin Solo........M Miss Melba Addison
Calling the Roll OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Secretary Harry w. Hetterich
In Natures Garden LEO E. Berliner
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-12
PAINT SPRAYS ARE
DEADLY

Boston.-State officials do not ac-
cept the claim of painting contrac-
tors that paint-spraying machines are
harmless. The workers insist that
these sprays poison the air and jeop-
ardize life
The state department of labor and
industries agrees with the workers
and is attempting to minimize the
danger through the compulsory use
of respirators.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-12

someone about government insurance
will be gladly received by any local
office of the United States Veterans
Bureau or officials of the American
Legion in their respective localities.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-12
SECRECY DISCARDED
BY UNION OPPONENT

Chicago.-John NJ. Glenn, business
agent for the Illinois Manufacturers
Association, has thrown aside all Sc
crecy in opposition to organized Ia
Dor and calls for lineup in the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-03-12

April primaries against every candi-
date who is friendly to the workers
cause.
At the next legislative session the
unions will urge an old age pension