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The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
CAMPHOR M. E. CHURCH
Rev. P. A. Morrow, Pastor

We had wonderful Easter serv-
Use last Sunday. The resurrection
sermon was preached by: the pastor
at II A. NJ, after which the Junior
Choir sang 1.-The Crucifixion." Nine
united with the church and were bap-
tized. The living pictures Day
break" down through the centuries,
were very beautiful and effective.
A beautiful Easter luncheon and
egg hunt was served at the home of
Mrs. ONeal, Wednesday afternoon
by Morrow Sewing Circle.
The All Fools Social given last
Thursday by the Queen Esther Girls
was quite a success financially and
every one had fine time.
The Story Hours egg hunt last
Saturday afternoon was largely at
tended. Mrs. d. M. Johnson and
Mrs. 1. r. Hagan were supervisors.
We will be glad to have you come
and worship with us any time. You
are welcome. . ...
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
WELCOME HALL NOTES

A Musical will be given under the
auspices of the Ladies Aid society,
Thursday evening.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Wei
come Hall met Thursday evening.
The Neighborhood Community
club is growing in membership and
new interest. The ladies are now
busy making garments for the needy.
Women who are interested in COM
munity welfare are invited to join
The club meets every Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock.
Our library branch is at your ser
vice every Tuesday and Friday after
noon from 2:30 to $50.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
MEMORIAL BAPTIST
CHURCH NOTES

Services were well attended last
Sunday, every loyal member felt
felt their duty of being present at
Easter service. Rev. E. G. Harris
preached a splendid sermon on the
resurrection of Christ.
The S. S. rendered a well prepared
program and candy eggs were given
each person present.
The covenant services in the eve
ming were full of fire and were much
enjoyed. The day closed with an
offering of $500.
The $4,000 rally will close on the
third Sunday. Every member is ex-
pected to be present and do his duty.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
BONDS FLOATED

:. The Sterling club has ordered
bonds to be floated, the purpose be-
ing to pay off an extra debt incur
red by the club. The bonds are is
sued in $4,000 denominations and
are for sale only to the members.
This is new financial idea, orig
mating with the club, and the legal
work was prepared by Attorneys
Joseph Douglas Crane and Hammond
Turner.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10

We wish again to call your atten,
ton to the coming of Rev. H. P
James of w. Va. We cordially in
vite the general public to hear him al
Memorial Baptist church, corner
Fuller and Rice st. Sunday morning
and evening, April IL. We wish to
say again that Rev James comes
recommended by men of our Nation
al Convention, as a splendid preach
err and wonderful christian charac-
ter.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-04-10
ST. PAUL

Miss Nilee Luckie is jill at heI
home, with a dislocated knee.
Mrs. Lulu Rountree of Omaha
Nebraska, is the house guest OF Mrs
Bobby Make, FOL Carroll Ave.
Mrs. Clarence Thompson, 3lS N
Avon, who has been quite ill, is much
improved. 49,
Miss Odessa Williams, former
student of Mechanic Arts High
School, graduated from st. Paul
Institutional Evening School. Miss
Williams was the only colored stu
dent to graduate from the CONNER
cial course.
Miss Antonnette Mcfarland was
the recipient of many gifts of friend
ship on her departure to Chicago for
an indefinite stay. Quite number
of friends were at the station at an
early hour Sunday morning to see
her off.
Miss Mabel Douglass entertained
Miss Antoinette Mcfarland at most
delicious dinner on Palm Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Williams, 31S
n. Grotto, entertained at dinner Sun
day, Mrs. Margaret Parke Grissom
and Mr.. Murphy Greer, who left
Tuesday for Rochester, N. Y. Covers
were laid for eight. =
Charles and Dorothy Williams
have been quite sick at their home
with the flu. -
Mrs. Rosie Alexander of Memphis,
Tenn, who has been visiting her
brother, Mr.. C. C. Burford, left for
Memphis, Tuesday at 5 P. M, over
the Rock Island. During her stay in
the city she was royalty entertained
by friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Burford.
A series of parties were given in her
honor by Mrs. wellington, Mrs. Mary
E. Bannister and Mrs. James Triplet.
A final party was given Monday
night by Mr.. and Mrs. Burford.
Mr.. Burford accompanied his sis
ter to Memphis, and will visit in St.
Louis and Erie, Pa, before returning
to st. Paul. He will be gone until
July.
Pursuant to the fact that the
Grand Lodge of Elks has set aside
next week as Educational Week,
Gopher Lodge, No. 1O5 of st. Paul
has completed arrangements for a
Mass Meeting, Sunday night, April
IL, at st. James A. M. E. church,
Dale st. and w. Central Ave. The
general public is particularly urged
to be at this meeting, as this move
ment, nationwide in it's scope, is one
of the most forward-looking steps
taken by our group in years. w. B.
Walker, Exalted Ruler of Gopher
Lodge and his committee, consisting
of DR.. V. D. Turner, chairman, R. S..
Harris and C. w. Wigington, have
arranged a splendid program in
Guiding DR.. L. r. S. Ferguson, Com
missioner of Education and Mr.. E.
A. Carter, Executive Secretary of the
st. Paul Urban League.
Mrs. F. D. Williams and Mrs. NJ.
Tunstall gave a surprise birthday
party Wednesday,, April Z, in honor
of their sister, Miss Susie Layert,
who is leaving for her home Sunday,
April II. All enjoyed pleasant
evening.
The Sidney Williams recital given
at st. James A. M. E. church We'd
nesday evening, under the auspices
of the Harriet Tubman Civic League,
was grand success.
Robert T. Bess, president of the
Robert T. Bess Co., stock brokers, is
stopping with Mrs. Villa Wilson, 697
st. Anthony Ave, Mr.. Bess's head
quarters are in New York, N. Y. -
Mr.. Louis P. Moore was seen on
the streets driving his new Nash
touring car.
The D. Y. w. Y. K club met at
the home of Mrs. Horace Craig, 42S
Edmund St., Thursday evening.
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same spot. so that il was easy to dive
through them and swim out to the
barrels, although she was not a strong
Swimmer. Beside her was her cousin
Walter. Walter had really no faults
except that he was in love with her,
and did not consider it important that
she was not in love with nina state
Of mind which led at times 10 his
being irritating. AS he SWAMI beside
her he exhorted her not to be nervous
assured her that he could pull her
In, even If she were drowning, only
she mustn't grab him about the neck.
Ard that he did not mind in the
least, although il was going to make
him late for Il luncheon engagement.
TO which Flora replied that she had
no intention Of grabbing him about
xhe neck, that she was "A competent
swimmer, and that, as a matter Of
fact, she liked swimming alone. and
wanted TO sit on the barrels and think.
All OF which statements. except the
3l.st were untrue, as she realized the
instant Walter took her at her word
and swan back 70 the beach. Flora
vent on and sat on the rope with
her arm about a barrel. She was out
of breath and had meant TO rest
there. But the slow, regular swells
were stronger than she had expected
they kept pulling her back and
forth: IN fact, she saw 20 her alarm
that resting an aheA~baErslsA Nra@-e~sn
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she had said all these things, and
Flora. incurably truthful but also
believing she would nave plenty of
time to explain further. had said,
Yes" and she had never seen him to
speak TO again.
She heard afterward that an aunt.
who had brought. him up, had at
tempted TO neutralize the effect of his
fortune by teaching him that he was
not attractive personally. 1t was his
fixed belief that no woman was likely
to love him for himself.
Flora was TOO sensible a girl TO &C
cept the situation without action. She
wrote, trying to tell him what she suf-
fered through the breaking of their
! friendship. He did not answer the
letter. She went to endless trouble to
get herself invited to stay In his neigh
borhood, but he avoided meeting. II
she had been in New York, the chances
were In favor of their meeting sooner
or later, but Winter In the country
was death.
| CHE drove up to the front door. and
~ Chester, the butler, came out. AL
| most all OF the servants OF the Gage
| household had some disadvantage, or
they would not have stayed for irregu
! larly paid wages through Winter in
] the country the cook was allowed tt
keep her child with her, the house
~.na "a ,.rnm x,0 nxm Aha N mn1mnA0fmd- Of toe
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American Turkey Has Many Rivals
At Christmas Feast in Other Lands

After church comes the main Christ
mas dinner. of which the principal in
gradients are roast goose stunned with
sausage meat, and a variety OF cakes
headed by straeussel kuchen and baum
kuchen, which latter is a cake baked
more or les in the shape of Christ
mas tree. The meal may last until
the next day.
At Hungarian place veteran az
the art of serving food asked which
Christmas dinner was meant. There
were two In Hungary, he said--one on
Christmas eve and the other at noon
on Christmas day. The characteristic
dish for both is roast duckling.
The Christmas eve meal is distin
guiShed by wine soup with eggs.
The full astronomical grandeur to
which Christmas can attain was dis
covered among the Russians.
In addition to sundries in the way
of appetizers, soup and fish. roast
goose stuffed with sauerkraut 10 q
prime necessity. Smoked ham with
green vegetables is also prime ne
cessity. So is roast sucking pig. All
three of these must be present in
very considerable quantities.
There is a Christmas custom OF
visiting. After the noon meal people
make great fOuHQ, Calling upon
their friends. Some members OF the
family stay at home to receive the
friends that call on them. The Wis
itors, going from house to house, par
take of the meals at each. And so .
constant succession Of dining Is
kept up.
A Russian gave the further informa-
ton that Christmas was not the most
important day for dining in Russia.
Easter is celebrated more solemn
ly.'' he said. Eggs and a sweet
cheese are dainties which are char
acteristic of the day. They are car
ried on plates to the church In the
morning, and there receive the bless
ings of the priest. The people eat
more on Easter than they do on
Christmas"
1t appears that the Russian Christ
mas is a trife confused these last
several years. The bolsheviks have
decreed that the Gregorian calendar
take the place Of the Julian, which
was traditional in Russia and was
10 days behind the Gregorian. The
The irreligious do not celebrate Christ
mas. The religious celebrate It In 40
cordance with the old calendar. Il
is not December rs any more. II 10
January 7. But it's Christmas Just
the same.
Different countries" said McnGRa,
brooding with philosophy, different
countries, different dishes on Christ
mas. But in Italy we eat panetoni on
Christmas"
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had lost her one chance. She took
the ring and held it out to Roddy.
Il can't keep this" she said.
He took il in silence and looked at
it. Postley, the sheriff, was now be-
side them.
Gould I trespass on your time a
few minutes, Mr. Lee" he began, and
yours, Miss Gage, If / might?" He
opened a door into a room back OF
the hall, used, it came dimly to Flo"a,
as a sort of jail, for the windows had
bars across them. IN be back be-
fore many minutes" he said. They
were alone.
What is this" Roddy asked. star
ing at the little pool of blue light in
his palm.
Didn't you send it to me?"
why should | send a diamond ring
to your" he replied.
The form OF the denial was unneces.
sarily harsh, but she did not notice 1t,
nor did she pause TO speculate as to
who the sender might be. She did
not care, since II was not Roddy.
"Oh, my dear" she said, I'VE were
so happy, and now we're so wretched."
He moved toward the door. II hope
you will be happy again. he said
formally, with some fellow who will
be able to satisfy all your ambitions. "
She could not speak. A sort OF
paralysis seemed to come over her, as
hshe realized that he was moving to
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ing Roddy. This is the German dia-
mond all right. There's a $4,000 re-
ward for it's return"
What the deuce does that matter
to me?" said ROddy why do you
keep running in and out of the room?
Who are you, anyway"
I'm q detective, from the insurance
company" said the man. II want
this girl to tell me how she came into
possession Of this stone"
Keep civil tongue in your head"
said Roddy.
why, 1 got it in the mail today"
replied Flora Something In Roddy's
tone had made her happy.
Registered"
NO; just the regular mail"
mo one would send jewel like that
unregistered" said the detective.
1T happened" said Roddy exactly
as Miss Gage tells you
The detective shook his head. "The
circumstantisl evidence is pretty
strong"
"Circumstantial evidence-what ut
ter nonsense said Roddy.
oh, Roddy. do you mean that?'
said Flora. She ran to him.
"Of course l mean it," he answered
tenderly. The idea Of any one sus-
pecting you Of stealing"
She looked up into his face. Dear
est" she said. II don't think stealing
is so bad-it's a clean sort of
crime
us that so?" said the detective, and
left the room, without any one motto
ing it.
But what you accuse me of-lying
to some one l love--that would be a
horrible thing to do. -
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guessed at the explanation by nov
/ presume. I'm sorry to tell you, Miss
Gage, that your butler is a thief.
Chester" said Flora.
Yes; 1t seems he has been carrying
on a series of robberies. When he
found himself suspected he mailed the
German diamond to you. knowing
your family rule of not opening pres
ents until Christmas. IL you hadn't
opened this one he would have stolen
It back and disappeared. Wasn't it
lucky you broke the rule?'
Luckier than he knew.
II do hope you'll forgive me, Air.
Postley continued, these New York
detectives 1t wasn't my fault, can
assure you. All this trouble.
There hasn't been any trouble, ox-
cept the sticking Of the door, said
Roddy.
sticking of the door," said Postley.
Didn't you know that you two had
been practically under arrest all this
time?"
They did not answer him; they did
not need to answer Their faces
plainly betrayed the fact that they
| had not known it--had not known II
at the time. and were not much in
| terested in II now.
! They moved out into the main room.
| All the lights were out. but by the
| electric lamps outside they could still
see the dressed Christmas tree stand
| ing like a deserted beauty. They were
hand in hand The sheriff watched
them go.
Love" he said aloud. lis wonder
full thing, and that's sure"
CCopyriRht. 1882
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is national dish with us. but on
Christmas it. is especial and the big
gest and the best. The first week of
December is killing time. and by
Christmas everything Is ready for the
cocido.
Take the two sausages. morcilla
and longaniza, and the smoked pork
toZino add to them the beans, gar
banzos, and boil them all together
and you have the dish cocido. 1t is
very good, and when you have eaten
plenty you are ready for the drink,
cidra. That is the favorite Spanish
beverage and the necessary beverage
for Christmas, the marvellous cidra,
which in English is called cider, hard
cider. For the Christmas desserts
we have the favorite aroz con leche
which in English is known as rice
pudding"
After that we went to Greek res
taurant. where the proprietor youch-
safed the information that among the
Hellenes the favorite Christmas dish
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should he have come into the neigh
borhood at all If he doesn't want to
see YOU"
THE only upstairs telephone in the
Gage house was in the hall.
Flora was still talking when she saw
Chester approach the door. Thinking
he had a message, she called; Il m
here at the telephone, Chester. Did
you want me?"
only TO say dinner is ready. miss.
he returned sadly, and went down
stairs. Flora rushed back 10 her
room. Dressing, however, was almost
impossible. Her hands shook. She
| felt so much like crying that she sat
down to cry--and found she couldn't.
Her eye fell again on the sealed box,
and this time she decided to violate
the code of the Cages and open 1t. 1t
seemed really possible that It was
from Roddy.
| She cut the string, pried off the
seal and opened a small, rather cheap
! looking pasteboard box. She took the
cover off, and there was an enormous
| light blue diamond, set as rtng--as
! blue as the sky at dawn, as sparkling
as an icicle in the sun, and a little
larger than the diamonds on playing
cards. Its value must have been i'm
mense, but Flora did not think of its
value. She only knew, as in dreams
we know the most unlilSaly facts. that
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NOT TO BE OPENED TILL CHRISTMAS NJ
BY ALICE DUER MILLER

the door-that in few seconds he
knob, turned 1t. The door did not
open. He shook it, hammered it,
vainly.
She seized her chance.
Cant you believe l love your" she
said. Even II I were mercenary,
should still be myself, and nothing
would make me humiliate myself as
I'm doing-,except love-"
You'll get over It," he answered.
And / hope that this fellow who sent
YOU this magnificent jewel. :" He
got no further in his sentence. for,
as he opened his hand to return the
diamond. Flora snatched 1t from him
and threw 1t through the window. It
crashed through. twinkling like a
falling star, and disappeared into the
blackness of the night.
That" she said, 'is all / care for
diamonds that you don't send me-"
He looked at her. THAT was a
valuable stone" he said.
Not to me- she returned. "Oh,
Roddy," she added, IF you will say
hat you don't love me. I'll give you
up without a word. but
II can't say that" he answered. II
love you, but | cannot believe that
you love me. l never shall.
=;
THEY stared at each other in sill
L ence, conscious of the wide,
chilling spaces that separated them.
Then Roddy was almost thrown to
the ground by the door being silently
and quickly opened A man, an utter
stranger, entered and said:
"Will you be so good as to show me
the diamond which that young lady
was trying to pass you moment
ago"
What do you mean by coming into
room like that and nearly knocking
me down and interrupting a CONVEX
sation?" asked Roddy.
This suggestion that he did not
want to- be interrupted 30 delighted
Flora that she turned to the new
conner and said: "Oh, that diamond
/ just threw it out of the window
The man looked very cross. His eye
fell on the hole in the glass. He made
dive for the door.
1t was A great relief to have him
gone, and Flora went back to the
point. why cant you believe me.
Roddy?" she said.
Don't you see that the chain of
he returned. You tell every one you
intend to marry a rich man. You
have me pointed out to you at the
races, then"
II didn't. / didn't. / did not know
who you were that day In the water"
Helen said"
she lied"
She had no motive for lying,
whereas you----'
mo motive! That viper"
At the realization that he could be
lieve Helen. rather than herself, 1t
seemed as II her heart broke. All she
cared for now was TO make dignified
exit. She walked to the. door. An
hour ago she would have said 1t was
| impossible that she should be the one
to leave him.
'Good-by. Roddy." she said. and
turned the handle. Then she shook ii
angrily.
You will find hundreds of men TO
love you" he said.
I'm sick of telling you that l don't
want any one except you" she an
swered. pulling at the door.
Suddenly 1t opened again, and the
same man was in the room. This time
he had the diamond in his hand
This is serious" he said, address
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II don't believe IT any more" he
said and took her in his arms and
kissed her. TRY to forgive me for
having been so eeOtistical and stupid.
* X 4
THEY stood locked in each others
- arms. discovering how utterly
unnecessary were any verbal explana-
tions Several minutes, a long time
elapsed. Then the detective was back
in the room again.
This man is getting to be a perfect
pest" said Roddy loudly, but Flora
said nothing. Chester was with him.
and she felt horribly embarrassed at
being seen by her own butler, with her
head on Roddy's shoulder.
us this your chauffeur" said the
detective.
NO" said Flora: "he's the butler. :"
oh" said the detective and disap-
peared with Chester. He was gone
so long that they had time to discuss
| a number of important topics which
| had been crying for attention. For
| instance, what had been Flora's SEN
sations every time she read his name
| in the papers: what he had felt on
! seeing her at cabaret one evening
| only it had turned out not to be she.
| Then there was the full history of
| how she had herself invited to house
| party in his vicinity.
All these had been touched on be.
| fore they were again interrupted
| this time by Mr. Postley, who, If any
one had looked at him, might have
been seen to be In an agony of en-
| barra ssment.
IT am so sorry, Mr.. Lee, after all
your kindness" he began. But you We
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Fossil Fish EsSs."

MOT long ago there was reported
the fact that town In oixlahona
was found to be built on q depsAA Of
fossil fish eggs. which, through the
processes OF Nature, had been con
verted into limestone.
AS matter of fact, many towns in
that State, as well as in Missouri and
Arkansas, stand upon deposits Of the
same kind, which are known to the
geologist as 'oolite," because the ma
terial Is made up OF small round
white bodies resembling eggs. The
notion that these bodies are actually
accumulated roes Of multitudes Of by
gone fishes has long been entertained
by the unknowinE. Science itself is
puzzled TO know the reason for this
peculiar formation. One theory IL
that the limy material was precipi-
tated from sea water In the shape de-
scribed by the action Of certain BAG
terra.
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was turkey stuffed with rice and
cheStnuts.
At a French restaurant the pro-
prietor informed us that the French
Christmas dish was roast goose.
At a Mexican establishment the
word was that the rich went in for
sucking pig and imported Spanish
cidra, the poor for roast mutton,
frijoles, tortillas enchiladas and
pulque.
But" observed Moneta, we've had
enough of these light lunches. Let's
go some place where they eat some
thing on Christmas"
So we went to a German restau-
rant.
In Germany the Christmas tree is
unveiled at or o'clock on Christ
mas eve. After there has been a
general thanking for the presents the
eating begins. People of good health
and appetite are likely to continue it,
varying it with drinking, until church
time the next morning at 10.