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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10

get the baskets with the presents.
haven't delivered any Of my gifts yet"
Couldn't I come, too?'
Indeed yes, you'd be great help
in carrying the baskets. always did
like school-bags and baskets carried
for me-"
She looked up at him and laughed.
The general snOwballing had
stopped. Groups were going off to-
gether, all bent on their Christmas
Eve activities.
"I'll be obliging," Constance said.
"You take the mail down and I'll be
ready as soon as you come. won't
keep you waiting. They do that, don't
they, in stories?''
She stopped, little embarrassed.
Besides l want to get through" she
added firmly. "Pye so many places
where l must CO."
1t sounded in his ears like beauti-
full refrain, almost like melody. II
won't keep you waiting. won't keep
you waiting"
He said it over and over again to
himself. Nor did he keep her waiting.
He was there in scarcely any time ut
all. His family had understood. They
had seemed happy that he had found
himself so quickly at home in the
town. 1t was what they had dimly
feared he would not be.
What gay thing that was-taking
around Christmas presents in baskets,
in wishing people Christmas cheer and
holiday greetings, in having doors
opened to one where Whit of balsam
and shadows of freight sent glow
over ones whole heart and mind and
SOUL
It was late, very late, when they
got back to her house. He supposed
he should wait. He supposed he should
keep quiet-for a little longer than
this. But he couldn't Besides, it
was Christmas and at Christmas, feel
ings weren't supposed to be hidden.
One wasn't ashamed of sentiment, one
didn't barricade ones affections.
Connie, you may say don't know,
but do" he began. II knew at once.
think I've always known. 1t has
been there, unrealized perhaps, but
you know even as kid you were I'M
usual. You weren't like any of the
others-all nice enough-but you!
81 wish I'd made a hit with some
thing other than a snowball" he
ended.
"Pm rather glad it was with snow
ball." Constance answered slowly. ut
was like getting back at once to the
days when was child and you were
so nice to me and let me be included
in so many of the older boys and
girls games"
I'D like to include you, to eXclu-
sively include you, in my whole life"
he said gently. couldn't you tell
me that you wouldn't keep me. wait
ing?"
well, maybe I could" she said,
very seriously, land maybe I'd mean
it, too! Merry Christmas, old dearl"
"Only six years older. young smarty.
but Merry Christmas just the same !"
And the old town just seemed to
sparkle and twinkle that Christmas
Eve as it never had before.
&c. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10
Ct Kitchen
Cabinet

Co. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.l
Promotion comes to him who sticks
Unto his work and never kicks;
Who watches neither clock nor sun
To tell him when his task is done:
Who tolls not by stated chart,
Defining to jot his part,
But gladly does q little more
Than he's remunerated for.
Edgar Guest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10

ACK had not been
home in seven years.
T h e y h a d gon e
quickly enough in
t h g W ay t h a t
years will go, but
now that he was
back, it seemed as
though they had
been longer. He had
missed so much.
1t was not that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10

one for formal occasion must be Of
silver or gold cloth, or of some choice
fabric all over embroidered with metal
thread and paillettes. AS to the coat,
in order that it may measure up to
the requirements of winter wrap, it
should be full length and handsomely
furred.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
O. 1895. Western Newspaper Union.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10

III the nlVe. Inc
nectar is changed
in the honey sac
so that it finally
becomes delicious
favored h on e y.
Honey b in g a
natural sweet is
easy Of digestion.
N Rad
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10

or three pieces after q
meal will satisfy the
craving and provide the
heat-producing and en-
bodybuilding elements
their young bodies re-
quire.
Salt Water Taffy.-
Put one and one-fourth
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10

PAPER SHELL PECANS
High grade so to, 100 lbs. 40c per. less
amount soc per Id. F. o. b.. Fort Deposit.
Ala. c. NJ. Davis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10
sEAsoNABLE SWEETS

Very few, young or old, refuse
sweets. Children crave them, and two
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10
More Bills

"Any mail for me today, sonny?"
eyes, dad, letter with a baby win
dow"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-10
Don't Fuss With
Mustard Plasters!

Don't mix a mess of mustard, -four
and water when you can relieve pain,
soreness or stiffness with a little clean,
white Musterole.
Musterole is made Of pure oil of mus
tard and other helpful ingredients, and
takes the place of mustard plasters.
Musterole usually gives prompt relief
from sore throat, bronchitis, tonsillitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia,
headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheu-
matism, lllrnbago, pains and aches of
the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of
the chest lit may prevent pneumonia.
Jars & Tubes s
| l|!E j ] y
go :. -
Better chan a mustard plaster
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
OLD PORT PART.
OF FMARSEILLE
Is STILL EVIL

.MARSEILLE, France, Dec. Is tE).-,
Kefornist organizations admit the
futSlity OF their efforts to clean out
the deep-seated iniquities of the fa@
mors "old Port section of Mar
seille.
No tourists penetrate into the old
port where in labyrinthian alleys,
narrow, dark, dsrtier and more sor-
did than the most squalid slum in
an American industrial town, the
riff-raff of the world--white, yellow
brown but mostly African black
shuffles furtively.
Despite an elaborately organized
system of police protection with
heavily gendarmes, always in
pairs or groups. constantly circulat-
ing in the James, thick with the
smells of the lowest form of dock
life and the sounds of artificially
merry vice, danger turks at every
corner after dark.
Foreigners Kept Out
Even during the day, there IL
danger. Foreigners who pass arc
warned not to enter, particularly II
they are we'll dressed or accom-
panied by women Sometimes, when
curiosity seekers insist, the police
men allow them to pass through
the district, walking several PAGES
behind them,
-Marseilla- At-Night'' tourist
autobuses steer a safe course, not
coming within half-nile of the
infamous old port, Even groups OF
men are kept out on Saturday nights
when the streets are packed with
sailors and soldiers from all parts
OF the world.
The police. point out that it is
the Oldest city in Western Europe
and its iniquities are too deep-seated
to be eradicated. The number OF
aggressions nightly is still very high
hut the number Of fatalities is much
lower than it was a generation age
when human life was worth nc
more than few sous.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
MODERNIST OF
ARABIA ANNOYS
MANY MOSL.EMS

CAIRO, Dec 1S 'R)-Egypt has it's
own fundamentalst-m affair
in the case Of DR.. Taha Hussen, pro-
fessor of Arabic literature in the
state university accused of defam-
ing the Moslem religion
DR.. Hussein. blind scholar and
roet, has appeared before the Cairo
courts for Investigation Of the charges
which resulted from publication Of
q book in which he stated that the
various Moslem traditions as well as
the text OF the Koran could only
be interpreted figuratively, the weight
of evidencelH being overwhelmingly
against literal acceptance.
Priests Suppress Book
Among the traditions mentioned in
the book, entitled -Islamc Poe
try" is the visit of Abraham to
Mecca and the origin of the famous
Black Stone avenerated by Mos1ems.
The book. published last year,
caused the high priests to make a
stir about what they called an out
rage" to Islam, and they demanded
the immediate dismissal of DR.. Hus-
sein from his PROFESSIONAL post. They
failedF to ahring about his dismissal,
but they succeeded in having the
whole edition of the book bought up
and the type destroyed.
], Members sof the family of one of
the defending lawyers have sent a
statement to the press dsowninG
their relative on the. grounds that
the family cannot recognize mans
who undertakes the Cefense of an
infidel."
Law Protects Religions
The Egyptian constitution asserts
the right to liberty of opinion and
to it's free expression within the
limits of the law" The law pro
vides penalties against defamation
of any religion, whether Moslem,
Christian, Jewish or any other, for
the reason that in a cosmopolitan
country like Egypt attacks on the
religious views of others are liable
to lead to breach Of the public peace.
If Dr. Hussein is held for trial,
the courts will be called upon to
decide whethee assertions such as he
made constitute an "attack" on the
Moslem faith, such as the law In
tended to punish.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

Catherine DeNino, 16, with school
girl figure and round, dark eyes
suggesting softness and affection
embodies in her own life most OF
the social problems which have
nagged people for centuries-the
old perplexities, such as:
Sneering neighbors A past that
comes back hauntingly! How to
safeguard a home! The question
whether a woman should tell! The
dreadful necessity to stop a ma
licious persecution!
Four years ago, says the expert.
ence-wise Catherine, one Luigi Fine
brutally. attacked her. He was 80
She had baby, but it died. Then
in July of last year, the girl was
married to Rocco DeNino, ma
chinist, and they went to live in
Chicago. But Fino heard of it and
began writing letters to her hus-
band. DeNino turned her out OF
the house.
Well, Catherine, cropping for way
cut of her woes, came back to
New York and killed the betrayer
She is calm as she awaits for the
courts to act.
Whatever they do with me, / am
glad | shot, she says.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
woMAN FILM PRODUCER

LONDON Gp.-Britain's first wom-
an film producer, Miss Dina Shurey'
believes women have as much chance
as men in film producing, and per
haps, more.
"Women have greater originality
than. men," asserted the new pro
ducer, they have usually a greater
sense of artistic values, and are
better qualified to judge he 'hu-
man interest power of q picture
than men.
"British films will succeed when
half of the present directing forces
is eliminated" Miss shuray van'urea'
she contends that most of the Brlt-
ish producers have no enthusiasm
for the goods they haVe to sell.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
CIVIL. WAR RAG
MONEY FOUND
IN NEW MEXICO

MEsILLA, N. NJ. Dec. Is GA
rare piece of rag money of Civil
war days has just been discovered
in this little town near the Mexican
border.
The yellowed scrap of cloth was
found by a souvenir hunter in =
budget of old documents and is
the only specimen of its kind known
to exist west of the Mississippi river
It's face value was 81 and it was
printed when Confederate troops oc-
cupied the town in the early years
of the war.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
GERMAN STREET CAhRs
NOW CARRY MAIL BOXES

BERLIN, Dec. s1S R.-Letterboxexs
on street cars are an innovation in
the German postal system. Boxes
similar to those at the street cor
ners are attached to the rear plat
forms of trolley cars on lines which
pass the main postoffice or important
branches.
Persons desiring to mail letter
wait until the. car comes along,
step up. behind II and drop the mis-
sive in the box. AS the cars pass
the postoffice or branch the boxes
are opened and emptied.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
AMAzoN,s EJECT HEcKLERs

LONDON P..-Shingled amazonsl
whose hobby is throwing noisy wom-
en- interrupters out of meeting, have
been formed into a special patrol OF
the British Facists.
They came into prominence at Ken
sington town hall when they 'oustedH
several women hecklers during Com
mander Locker Lampson's speech
Their largest bag was Is women who
were pitched into the street from
meeting Of the Junior Imperial
league. The chief of staff is big
muscular young woman, Miss Lintern
Arman, with red shirgied hair.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

Oberjoch, situated high up in the
Allegaeuer Alps.
1t came into being because the
housewives of the town, sol;eitous
fer the safety of their homes, were
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
LEIsuRE LApY,s CRAzE

LONDON R).-English society as
written with capital ''S'' has gone
to fortune telling for amusement
Private fortune telling parties dur
ing the morning hours is the latest
craze of ladies of the leisure class.
Invitations are dispatched and
group of smartly dressed, shingled
women arrive and await their turn
to go into the little room set aside
for the prophetic one. Then they
all get together and compare NOTES.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
SIZE ls sIIGAR scI11NT1sT

BATAVIA, lava lE3.--Miss G. Will
brink of Cherib5n, Java, holds rare
position for awofr1an She is the
chief directorate Of the important
Miss Wilbr;nk, a gold meaalist in
chemistry and botany, is an expert
or the diseases ofs sugar cane and
other tropical plants, in connection
With which she has made important
Dr.. veries.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
GERMAN WOMEN DOCTORS

BERLIN P).-The number of wom-
en- doctors in Germany has increased
from 1876 to 1927 between. the years
1918 and 1926. OF the present to-.
tai, 230 are assistants to visiting
hospital physicians. The majority OF
the women doctors are general prac-
titioners; 116 specialize in cnildren's
diseases, and are obstetricians and
ynaecologists.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
WOMEN'S WORLD
MRS. BAssETr LED TICKET

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. GA
mother of three children, Mrs. Mabel
Bassett, led the democratic ticket
in the general election in Oklahoma.
Although the names of a number
of popular state officials were on
the ticket, Mrs. Bassett had a plu-
rality of 60,299 votes over her male
republican opponent for the office
Of commissioner of charities 1nd cor
rections, to which she was seeking
reelection. Her popularity is at
tributed to the fact that for 16 years
she has been active in welfare work
in a number of which she served
without salary.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
STAMP LICKER
NEED NOT FEAR
ITS EFFECTS

WASHINGTON, Dec 1S (P9.-Re-
gardless of the sanitary question as
the licking of postage stamps as il
might affect others, the Ticker has
no need to fear harmful effects IRON
the operation.
On the contrary, the postoffice de-
partment says the gum is really
food -stuff material, and they arc
afraid to make it more palatab1e
hy adding flavoring because tha'
might be an incentive for users to
remove too much of the adhesive
and thus get the postoffice peep1e
into trouble with an overload of mail
to be sent back for postage.
The gum used has been so good
that many have asked for its corr
position Tt is composed of 8S per
cent cassaca detrin, starch OBJ
tanned from certain South American
plants which is used in making tap
ioca and !. cassava bread. Ten per
cent of corn detrin and about tive
per cent, glucose completes the mix
ture. 3
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
FEMALE rIRE nRIGADE

BERLIN H9.-After the police
woman the fire-woman The first
fire brigade in Germany
aas been formed in the village Of
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

their absence at work in the for
ests.
The women fire-fighters, however,
are for the most part not less husky
than the men.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

Despite a slowing down in auto
mobile production, most Michigan
factories are bringing in large
AMOUNTS of raw materials against the
time when production will increase
according to a survey by the Pere
Marquette railway.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

not satisfied that the existing fire
brigade, comprising virtually all the
brawny males in the hamlet ar.
forded sufficient means of protec-
ton should pig fire break out in
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

Bob Grove, star southpaw finger
of the Philadelphia Athletics, top
ped all American league pitchers
in effectiveness during the 1926
season. He also led the circuit i'll
strikeouts, getting 1874. This was
35 mere than his. closest rival,
George Uhle of Cleveland, famed.
Grove won 10 games and lost the
same number. Many of his de-
feats were close affairs, his mates
often being unable to hit behin'
him when he was on the hilltop.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

standard wotnen's activities before
the war. Dresden is to have q
women's singing society of 100 voices
one of the largest in the country
It is being organized by Siegmund
Whiting, conductor Of the famous
Orpheus orchestra.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
PRINCESS AsTR1D,s DILEMMA


BRUSSELS N9.-Princess Astrid is
working hard at the two languages
of her new homeland, which is bi.
lingual-French and Flemish
French she already speaks a 1T.
tie, although she is more sure OF
her English, and prefers to use that
in talking to. her husband, Crown
FRINGE Leopold, who knows no Swed.
ish, which is his wifes mother
tongue.
Flemish was new to Astrid, and
she did not understand a word OF
a welcoming address which was read
to her when she landed at Antwerp
the seat of Flemish culture.
Herman Teirlinck, noted Flem-
fsh literateur, has been appointed to
teach the princess.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
MORE SMOKE CARS FOR WOMEN

LONDON lP.-Women smokers have
revolutionized the subway rules,
whereby no smoking used to be
permitted in elevators or cars un-
less labelled Smoking" and these
latter constituted so per- cent of the
subway rolling stock.
Now that women habitually smoke
on their way to and from busi-
ness, the demand for seats in smok-
ing cars has grown so much that
the percentage of the latter has had
to be increased to 20 per cent.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
MoMEN,s CHoRAL soCIETY

DRESDEN, Germany R).-Women
are taking great interest in the re-
vival OF chorala societies, one Of the
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-11-18

TO your dictionary again. To zap.
preciate" means to ''set a value" The
man who has adopted Gods standards
Of values. who sees the true and the
good and the lovely and lovable as the
worthwhile and abiding things. is the
real appreciation, and for him there
viii always be occasion for the CRATE
fnl thinking which is thanks
II you find little OF II in your mind
today there is something wrong with
your standard Of values. You are
errlng in the practice Of "apprecia-
ton" You have set your heart upon
things that are unworthy, temporary
nlusory. and they ars disappointing
you. Take Paul's recipe Begin TO think
about all that is excellent and praise
worthy. Take your mind. ont OF the
material shadows and into the sun.
light Of Gods thought and love. Make
your wants known TO Him. The spirit
Of thanksgiving will enter your soul,
and the peace Of God, 50 far above
any human thought" will come 10
stand guard at your minds gate
way.
And 50 on this Thanksgiving day
let ali good Americans give thanks IN
spirit to the Pilgrims Of Plymouth
Rock; for turkey. cranberry sauce
and pumpkin pie; for their heroic
struggle for freedom. and for their sue
eessful demonstration that their new
land could be made TO yield living.
For the specialties served up at all
good Thanksgiving dinners, Ameri-
cans must bow to that friendly old
Indian. Massasolt. II was he who in.
troduced the cranberry and the pump
kin to the American people through
the Pilgrims. Massasoit may have
been a poor uneducated savage, but
he and his people had q delightfully."-
simple and fairly efficient agricultural
system: Corn in the hill and a climb
Ing bean; a pumpkin seed every FIVE
hills. Massasolt showed the Pilgrims
the cranberry growing wild I'm the
marshes, and had no difficulty what
sver In demonstrating that roast tur-
rey and cranberry sauce was an IN
,eafable combination. The Pilgrims.
u course. knew all about turkeys
which had been taken across seas
rom Mexico and had become common
N English farms before the year 1900. |
3uf 1t was the friendly Indian who
IS impresario brought together for the
Irsf time on any stage those three
thanksgiving stars-furkey, cranberry
auee and pumpkin pie.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-11-18

I the amiabIe or lovely. the kindly. In
| his philosophy II was vitality Impor.
tant that our minds should be oc-
cupied with such thoughts as these.
He understood, as We are understand
ing better today. that what Is in a
mans thinking will determine the
character OF his life. He understood,
also, that in order to keep ones think
ing on high and wholesome plane
there must be effort and discipline
1t was not easy in Paul's day to do
this. The world in which he lived
was specifically provocative OF anuch
bitter, evil and unclean thought. In
city like Philippl there would be
many things happening to the Chris
tIan and many things under his obser-
walton to evoke thinking on the baser
level. Even In this joyous letter he
felt ii necessary 70 warn his friends
with tears against those whose "appe-
tites are their god who glory in their
shame. and who are absorbed In
earthly matters"
1t is not easy In our day to follow
Paul,s instruction and example-for
he practieed splendIdIy his own teach.
ing. " hat we do not actually see IN
the happening is brought to as in the
news columns Of the daily press
things that are evil, indecent, ugly,
cruel. We cannot wholly ignore these
things; Paul did not in his day. When
necessary he spoke frankly Of them,
calling a spade a spade. in his let
tiers. They are part OF the world In
which we lIYe-of the world we must
help. But our effort must be to dis
ciplIne our thinking so that they viii
not flood and overwheIm our minds,
excluding or submerging thought OF
better and fper things.
Even more difficult. perhaps, Is It
to escape the peril Of those awhO are
absorbed In earthly matters" The |
tide of maferiaIism IL strongly set /
against the influences Of the spiritual.
Unless the channel Is kept clear which
admits the flow Of Gods thought we |
win find ourselves presently with
minds Incapable of grasping His pur-
poses and principles. with mindswhich
cannot mediate happily upon HIS
ruth or which will not respond to
what is right and pure and lovely.
rhe possibility Of the thankful life,
II the life which knows the comrade-
shIp OF the God of peace. viii be
Ost TO us.
r,,ss zee ~ ri0hf thinking and clad
hnu8s Is the appreciat8ve life. Got
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-11-18

otherwise be deceived by the plaus-
ibie tales Of professional beggars. II
Is q complete who's Who Of rogues
Of this class and gives the stories
they tell In order TO abstract money
from the pockets Of the tender
hearted Most Of the information IN
the Volume has been gathered from
the authors personal experience. He
has found that most professional
beggarB have only one story apiece.
After they have exploited It TO the
fun In one district they move on to
another. AnaweFa.