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run away from you when that truck struck you. No, l didn't know it was you. but something just made me fly to the scene. and"
 You were watching, Agnes?"
 "Yes. dear, was watching, but had given up hope. thought you didn't care; that I had called to you in vain. was crushed
 so none of my. messages reach ed you. Too bad! had to trust them to others. But now that we are. together. dear, you will not leave me for a single moment, will you. until we are man and wife? Never! {; It is going to- be such q wonderful Christmas after all Rob, and had thought it so desc late. sua nss tfaesaf j. sa ; sa II .Yes, dear, wonderful Christ mas.1a aeas. . s sg.f1A <briN
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chimes proclaiming 10 the world the. birth. of the, Christ. The grand old hymn with its martial strain brought to the mind of every hs- tener the glorious words:
 Joy to the world, the Lord is
 come,
 Let earth receive her King"
 Agnes stood with bowed head until the last note of the last stanza had died away, struggling hard to grasp the true spirit of the day, though her torn heart was unable to entirely cast aside the bitterness. of the great disap- pointment she had suffered. A lit tie later. from a nearby church the crowd of early worshipers came pouring out and as she look ed, came the thought: ha es.s
 All of these people are happy. With joy they can think of their Lord and King, their loved cnes, little tokens of affection and ap- preciation to cause their hearts to swell with unbounded joy. But what have I? Only emptiness and hopelessness. An, Christmas bui mocks me with it's reyelry.' a
 Determined to fly at once te some unknown address where Bot would never find her, Agnes ar rayed herself hnrriedly for th' street. ' But every minute or two between garments slipped on, sh' would draw aside the curtail again for one more searching glance into. the street below. A last she pulled her hobby, close fitting hat becomingly into place drew on her gloves. and turned fo
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"Oh. Agnes, is it really you"
 .'Rpbip sprang from her. lips.
 Without a word of explanation to anyone, the frightened but hap ny girl climbed into the taxi by the side of R b. forgetful of everything except, getting him to the hospital as quickly as possible for the dressing of his wounds which he declared could not be serious. -=a.aA -
 Didn't quite make it on time dear,9. he said with his head on her shoulder, but l was doing m, level best. And to- think this should have happened right ,, II front of your honse," rsat :.
 "And. to think, was about tt
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PATRON SAINT OF CHRISTMAS

-paygnN sAl,'sT .5T g.sf
 St. Nicholas, as the patron saint of Christmas, seems to- have been adopted by Ameriea;e Fath- CT Christmas is indigenous to aBri- tain, Santa Claus, to GefmanY and Kriss, Kringle to Holland but they all seem. to be .yarsants of thes first named. ae essaaf
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is hurti' she al- m 0 8 { screamed, and her nurse s instinct to offer first aid sent her rushing pellmell down the stairs and out into the street W b e re a crowd had gath Ie r e d a b 0 Il t 2 wrecked car.
 A g n e 8 forged ahead to the sidt of | b e machins
 iuot aa a taxi ar,
 rived to receiv, [ h e injured per
 son. ....u... M.
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TILL IF COMES AGAIN

Though Christmas does come in the calendar but once. a year the. gifts made at this time ex- ceeds its substantial cheer till Christmas comes again. ss s.aa
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her coat when the screech of col liding cars directly under her win dow called her back once more
 "Oh. some one
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she listened through the long hours of the day for a telephone call, telegram or his ring at the door of her boarding house. Nothing came. and all this merry-making about her but mocked her in her misery.
 When Agnes awoke with the dawn of a clear Christmas morh- ing she looked out upon q Ear different scene than that which the glowing lights of the night before had presented. The streets seemed deserted, and but for smoke curl ing out of chimneys, one might suppose that no one cared enough for the days celebration to quit comtpEialle. .bsds- to- spread tha glad tfdings.
 But hark. There broke upon the air clarion notes of cathedra
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him a W a y that that both might ' earn [ h r o Il g h ,ong separation if
 .ach meant to the
 other all that was
 needful to insure their future hap piness. And she
 had told him to come; that at. last
 she kn e W her
 heart s desire: on Christmas eve she W o u d welcome him and go with him to the end of l the earth.
 | In va in had
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Using. Of fashion, and Of passing
fads whether the nnail-ofder cata-
logIle. the InstaIsment plan, the
charge accounts are q convent
ence or q temptation, whether
bargains are bargains or unneces-
sary expenditures. None of these
things advertising. fashion. mail
order, installment buying, or
charge accounts-are necessarily
good or bad. 1t all lies In the
way they are used. And that can
be found by going over the years
record Of expenditures.
Taking part in planning and
recording the family expenditures
is a part of the necessary educa.
ton OF the children. 1t helps
teach self control, a sense of
justice, Willingness to share, the
ability to carry responsibility, and
to take part in confidential dis.
cussions. If each member of the
family has clear understanding
of what the family income is.
what it will buy in terms of
goods and satisfactions. and what
are the necessary family expendi-
lures which must be provided for
before the desires OF the individ-
ual members can be justly. con-
sidered, there will be more mu-
tual understanding and co-opera-
ton between the different MEM
bers of the family. If such mat
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spend not only money, but time
and energy. From It can be found
what articles it is most econo-
mical to buy, what articles it is
most economical to make, and
what articles to do without.
This record of expenditures also
gives assurance. If IL is decided
that a certain sum may be spent
for new equipment during the
year and a record of what has
been spent to date is available,
them. when a chance TO make a
purchase on good terms arises,
there is no doubt, no question of
Should cor shouldn't I?v The
family knows. IN other words,
what it can afford to buy and
when it can buy it. 1T is sure
Of what it can and can rot spend,
and On what to spend it.
A record shows mistakes in
buying, indicates whether articles
bought at a certain place give
better value than those bought at
another. Knowing what has been
bought, and when and where, the
knowledge upon which to base
future buying is available.
Another thing a record shows is
habits of buying. Looking back
over a year, good picture of
what has been bought and why 1t
was bought can be had. One can
discover the influence of adver.
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Brides Attire
The Informal wedding

DEAR MRS. BEEC MAN
have 3 friend who ii 10 BE
married III 3 few months and !
would like to know IL It is proper
for the groom and best man 70
wear light suits Tt Is to b. q very
homeIike wedding in hotel and
the bride IS to wear light taffeta
and no veil. / think II IS = nlattey
Of choice, but we would e.ppreciate
your opinion very much. The we'd
ding Is to take place At or 5
o'clock.
3. Is it proper for the bride e
carry bouquet. even though she
rs not dressed ill bridal attire
A CONSTANT READER.
III would be much better form
for the gentlemen to wear dark
suits. dark blue business suits Il
they wish to dress inEorna lly
They could consistently wear cut
away coats and dark striped
trousers. But il they do not
choose to wear this formal attire,
the dark suits would be much bet
ter form more cosmopolitan n
taste.
2. Yes, II she wishes to. Or she
may wear q corsage. Just As she
chooses Many brides dislike ~
give up carrying flowers, even "a
they are dressed informally and
there is no reason why she should
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By George A. Dorsey,
Phi. ID. LII. I'D.
CHAPTER So

rs education attempting to en-
courage creative thought, or mere.
" trying to divert thinking into
old channels and so stifle it en-
tirely? Thinking on old lines is
to continue in the same old way
regardless OF reason or intelli-
gence. Thinking soundly is 10
wake up and ask questions; 1t IL
to make new creations possible.
/ went through one school and
was half way through another be-
fore I woke up and discovered
that I was alive: that it is no sin
to question anybody or any
thing; and that there are several
problems yet unsolved! It was
quite too long before / realized
the difference between That is
so' and THAT is necessarily SOL
quite too long before I realized
that going to college did not
necessarily mean anything in par
ticuIar.
Curricula change and lists of
electives" grow like weeds, but
the human nature in. the professors
and in the pupils remains the
same. The school merely demands
LudG a CCILdlA dAHOuAAG III "a GpCIA~
fled number of courses be abb
sorbed; the success Of course is
measured by the number that
take it.
The curriculum itself reads like
mail-order catalogue. No con.
ceivable course is omitted. except
one on life and how to get more
out of it with less friction to
others and less lost motion to the
liver.
- TX
All this may sound like propa-
ganda. 1t is. Propaganda for
sanity; for enlightenment: for
brain work; for time to live and
the acquisition of a few simple
tools to live with; for understand
ing; for such charity as will abolish
the need for aims; for honesty in
rulers and intelligence in legisla-
ton: for a stop-and-think-it-over
week; for regard for human rights;
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LIFESAVING
RECORD

During the last fiscal year the
United States Coast Guard saved
1913 persons from drowning,
while 1895 were warned Of dan
ger and directed to safety. The
guard went to the assistance of
ships on 2,791 occasions, the value
of the vessels saved totaling $751;
sol, 1857, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. Nearly $50 ships, rep
resenting Is different nations, are
known to have been guided by
the tce-patrol service. which adj
vises of the presence Of icebergs
in the shipping lanes. This infor-
nation is communicated daily by
radio, when the ice is considered
to be Of particular menace.
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Why We Behave Like Human Beings = 3D. Dsusy

professions compared, let us
say, with farming, preceding, and
teaching school.
What Ii wrong with the pic
ture2 Each one. repeat. VIII
have his own opinion and his own
remedy and win be ready enough
to express opinion and remedy
and back up both with hot argl.
ment, if necessary But what viii
he do about it,
Parents win continue to DO
business with unsOcial or crimi-
nal professions, and teachers Will
probably labor In vain Tor
living wage: but there Is one
thing both parents and teachers
can DO; give youth the Oppor.
tur1ity to become conscious Of So
ciety Of human life. of humanity;
encourage II to think. TO specu-
late, to revalue, To weigh evidence.
to become disguised, to CHOOSE. 10
see through things, to see things
and life Collectively. Critical con-
sciousness.
How has progress been made
In medicine, in chemistry, in
physics, IN engineering, in all the
respects In which progress has
beenamade? BY doubts, by ques-
Il, iings by testings OF hypo-
theses, BY solutions Of problems,
by critical activity in the human
cortex.
Man is q free moral agent and
can be magnanimous and deal
disinterestedly, humanity is
definite goal, social justice is de-
sirabIe and possible, individual
lives may be gIoriously diversified,
uniquely individualized, and yet
socially useful; or, these are mere
phrases, snares to catch gulls,
soothing syrup for troubled souls.
Here again, opinions win differ;
but no one win pretend that so
ciety today is organized las a
living organism is organize0 or
that social relations are one whit
more inteIIigently ordered than In
the days Of Pericles or Of Julius
Caesar.
The problem, then, narrows
down to this: Children Of nature
and creatures OF circumstances
as we are, can we discover what
organic evolution is up to and
can we help it on, its way?
Copyright, 1923. by George A. Dorsey
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WHITE HOUSE
PESTS

Never before in the history u
the nation have there been %
many men and women taking
real and fancied troubles to the
door of the White House. They
generally complain that they have
taken their grievances to lOcal,
State and even the Federal Gov
eminent without obtaining salts
faction. That il their excuse for
making q personal appeal to the
President.
Al considerable number Of these
people are popularity known IS
''cranks," i. e. nuts" cuckoo,
''all gone, flight between the
ears" In other words. they are
mentally unbalanced but not
enough so to warrant their be-
ing committed to an institution
for. safekeeping. They constitute
one of the chief pests with which
the Secret Service men and spe-
cial police detailed to the Execu-
tive Mansion must deal.
The Pathfinder.
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MANS FOOD
NEEDS

Women need less food than men,
writes Prof. v. fl. Mottram in his
new book, Physiology" just pub
lished by w w. Norton and Co.
An adult woman needs but $500
great calories day while a man
requires 5000 great calories day
il engaged in sedentary occupa-
ton and 5000 If in heavy work.
The physiological reason given is
that the female organism utilities
food more economically than man.
1t is wrong to proportion chill.
dren's food according to their age,
Prof. Mottram writes. "a child
often needs more than half the
food of an adult at 20. Boys and
girls of IA are to be considered as
adults in food requirements"
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FASHIONS
FANCIES

BIazfng q Vivid Trail through
the maze OF new fashions, "blaxe
red" is the leading shade In silk
scarfs for spring. Violet, purple
and beige are next in favor.
Among the newest patterns are
those depicting landscapes or
aviation themes, printed on back
grounds of one of the aboVe-nnen-
toned tints.
Carrying Caricatures OF all sorts
upon the carved porcelain or
carved ivory balls Of which they
are formed, the latest chokers are
both interesting and attractive.
Many Of the large balls are sep
arated by colored crystal or onyx
rondels, and when they are or
porcelain they are hand-painted
in Dresden colorings.
The Hare and the Tortoise form
a pair well known in fables, out
the new combination Of suede and
tortoise has only been known, in
it's latest version of handbag, very
recently in purse fashions. Among
the newest imported. shopping
bags is one whose entire sides ere
of tortoise, tan suede appearing
in the fullness at the ends.
Curly Locks can be readily re-
placed by feather curls; for with
the tight-fitting, hair-line hats
whether skullcaps or draped tur-
bans-the wearer's hair doesn't
show. Two little coque curls, ono
upturned and the other down.
ward bent, and very saucy air
when placed either at the center
front or over one eye.
An Endless Chain is wrought by
the delicate scroll designs that ara
traced in silk floss or metal
thread, with chain stitching, upon
recently imported chiffon scarfs.
Evening scarfs must be diaphsn-
Gus, and are made of the sheersst
plain chiffon, hand embroidered,
or of printed or brocaded chiffon
or transparent velvet. Metallic
embroidery and hand painting are
quite the fad.
Peculiar Pendants of various
semi-precious stones represent
queer fish, odd animals or curious
flowers. Quartz, in orchid, rose,
green or white jade tints, Is one
of the most popular stones used
for these artistic pendants, which
are worn in either a very shiny
or an unpublished state.
French Toast With Pineapple
Make French toast of bread
which has been cut round. Dust
with sugar and top with slices
Of pineapple. In center OF pine
apple put half teaspoon red
jelly.
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Dividends In Friendship
By Lucy Lowell

attitude toward friendship; more
than keeping smile ready for
those we wish to cultivate, and
a supply of entertaining CONVERSE
ton.
The idea goes deeper than that,
I shouldn't wonder, and takes in
something of the golden rule.
You show yourself friendly to an
other when you meet that other
on a basis you wish him to meet
you on. When you are express
ing toward him the kindness and
squareness and faith and good
will and liking that you would
wish to have him express to you,
then you are proving yourself a
friend to him.
And the result OF this must be
that no matter how Indifferent
he may have felt toward you in
the first place, no matter how
ignorant he may have been of
your friendliness toward him, he
cannot but respond with the es-
TEEN and liking you wish from
him.
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DEMAND FOR
LINEN

Trade advices from road men
and from factors in the market
indicate strong advance in the
retail sale of pure flax linen
buck towels, according to the
Linen Damask Guild, of New
York. While linen towels have
not supplanted the Turkish
towel for bath purposes, the linen
face towel has become increas'
ingly popular in recent months.
The super-absorbent qualities OF
linen, it's soft texture and the
fact that stains-even cosmetic
stains do not set in linen towels
are reasons advanced for the in
creasingly popularity Of linen
towels.
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Few things in this world just
come to you with no effort on
your part.
You cannot sit back and fold
your hands and let your thoughts
go wool gathering and expect to
find your hearts desires shower
ing down around you.
Whatever you wish most you
acquire only by working for it;
by planning ahead and holding
yourself in readiness and willing
ness to toll. and then by per-
sistency which carries You
through to final accomplishment.
And this is true, whether 1T is
wealth you are seeking or educa-
ton, business or professional sue
cess, or whether it Is thing OF
such a different nature from
these other desirabilities or
friendship.
There is proverb which in
forms us that "a man that natn
friends must show himself friend
ly." And this. it seems to me,
means something more than
merely maintaining receptive
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having dared TO be 4 leader. The
least we can do is to keep our
hands off the courage Of youth.
Emotional drives are not new
In man, or even IN Primates. The
newness, the uniqueness, are
mans responses. Rage and fear
once led to fight or flight, they
now supply the drives which may
lead to drink, to burglary, to
murder, to insanity, TO suicide
even.
AS Thomas points out, the day.
dreamer may become scientist,
a swindIer. or liar; the adj
venturer, vagabond. cowboy,
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CORRECT
MANNERS
Mrs. Cornelius Beec gn
Tlns Cordial Reply

DEAR MRS. BEECTSAKA1Ss
nv friend ana ! have been
keeping steady company for AZ
most 3 year. Would Il be proper
"a send him an anniversary eardt
III not, what would be properg
3. When leaving = person wlncIn
yOu have met for the first tins,
is IL necessary to say, "A am very
glad to have met your What III
the other person supposed to say
Al LITTLE READER.
Yes. Ii would be proper. ana
very charming, too, / think, for
you to send an anniversary card
or. perhaps, even better. an ami
versary note.
2. 1T Is not exactly necessary
To make this friendly comment,
hut Ii Ii correct to do 80. II YOU
wish For instance, Il you have
lust met the person, and perhaps
not talked together at al. or
spoken only two or three sen.
fences to each other. Il does seem
q bit forced to say when yOu are
leaving, n am very glad 10 have
met you. But IL on the other
hand. you have had quite 4 long
and friendly conversation with the
other person. and have found the
meeting especially enjoyable, i
would seem quite natural to regis
ter that enjoyment In some kind
lof cordial statement.
The person to whom You say
this usually says. Thank YOU
am very glad To have met yssa,
too. or, IL you wish I'd vary the
word GLAD !. - d bit easier tp
say. Thank you. am very happy
10 have met you. too. or, Thank
YOU. IT has been q great pleasure
to meet you. too
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for critical judgments; for dispas-
sionate opinions; for hatred of
shams, intolerance, falsehood and
deception; for radiance Of quacls,
mountebanks, impostOrs, charla-
tans, vernin, squalor and ignor-
ance; for a car for every family
and joyride through life for
everyone; for socially useful be-
havior.
Everything that man has made,
done, said, and thought has been
built on the impulse to live,
organic hunger for food and mate,
fashioned, nodded, and reinforced
by the emotional drive in life.
Every normal human being has
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BY Hannah Wing

Household accounts should not
be kept merely for the sake of a
feeling of righteousness nor for
the satisfaction of having ac-
counted for every cent. There is
no real use in keeping accounts
unless some use is made of them.
Al record Of expenditures enables
a family to Judge whether or not
1t is living up to its plan of
spending and to improve that
plan. 1t may be looked upon as
a speedometer which shows a
family how far IL has gone along
the road toward its goal. 1t
makes it possible to plan how to
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Hour to Keep Household Accounts

tiers are discussed: the high school
girl, for example. win understand
better. why she cannot have just
the clothes she would choose il
she could, and so throughout the
family.
Planning expenditures viii not
develop 4 material outlook in the
children. on the contrary, the
person who knows how to handle
money wisely will spend less time
later in life thinking about money
and need worry less about how
TO make ends meet than the
person who has no training in
and little knowledge Of wise
spending.
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that equipment at birth. It Is
in the very marrow Of the child's
bones, in the protoplasm of its
nerves. IT Is the foundation Of
every personality. 1t cannot be
wiped out, crushed. or stifled; 1t
can be warped, distorted, diseased,
degraded.
IT can encouraged to grow, 10
expand, to blossom, to bear fruit.
1t may produce an inspiring
leader who win show the way and
be the way to bring a new order
into the world OF human affairs.
Society may kill him. Never
mind. Society will build a monu-
ment to him in admiration OF his
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missionary. geologist, or ethnoIog-
list; the killer may shoot big
game with 4 rifle or with q
camera; the sex-impuise may lead
to Don Juan, to a prostitute, to
d love-lyric poet, or to 3 lover o.
home ana family.
The problem, then, is such 3 re-
organization of society that
socially useful behavior shall be
at least as profitable and inter
estinR as unsocial or criminal
behavior. Opinions may differ
III To the extent 20 which boot
legginR and prize fighting are I'M
social. but there ID no doubt
about the profitableness Of these
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Timely Topics

Portrait busts in aluminium are
the latest fad in the artistic circles
Of London. England
In the past year about 1000
widows receiving war pensions in
Great Britain have remarked.