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The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-12-23

Thomas Mare could not lift out that bundle of bank notes. Not for the life of him, not for the soul of him. And so, impotently, blinded with rage, stitling with humiliation, the figure of Thomas Mare, leaving the bank roll, turned and tiptoed from the chamber of Theodore Longman.
 It was long about breakfast time on Christmas day just when Thomas Mare, sunk in the abjectness and shame of he knew not what, was be ginning to dread the little breakfast table circle of the frustrated faces of his wife and children, that the sum- mons came.
 Theodore Longnan, waiting in the paneled study of his Georgian house on the hill. informed him that, al triple his salary. Mare was to become gen. eral superintendent over the premises What Longman did not add was that, at one o'clock that morning, he had watched man with cap pulled down over his face and fiashlight in his hand, stand beside an open drawer containing six thousand three hundred - dollars and. shuddering, turn
 ing II untouched.
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the Christmas tree is believed by some to be relic of this old custom.
 The French have an interesting leg- end. In the Thirteenth century huge tree was found, the branches were covered with candles, some of which stood erect and some upside down. On the top appeared visiun of a child with a halo around its head. When asked to explain this extraordi- nary tree, the pope exclaimed: "1he tree represents mankind, the child is Christ and the candles are meant 10 indicate the good and bad human be- ings." Thereafter, according to this myth, the Christmas tree was used at Christmas time to bring happiness and good cheer.
 Now with all these vague traditions blended together we have as final result the permanent establishment of the Christmas tree. Germany first decorated the tree with gifts. Not un- til the time of the marriage of Queen Victoria did the tree become regu- lar English institution. When the Germans emigrated to America, they brought the Christmas tree with them and we Americans borrowed it along with many other Christmas customs.- Indiana Farmers Guide.
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cept a small fir tree. Because of the seeming miracle. St. Winifred decreed the fir tree be known as the Holy Tree, the tree of the Christ Child.
 Still another authority declares the tree comes from the ancient Egyptian custom of decking houses at the time of the winter solstice with branches of the date palm-the symbol of life tri- umphant over death and an emblem of the starlit firmament. At the same time the Egyptians were decking houses with date palm branches. rhe Jews were celebrating the Feast of Chanuekah. in which lighted candles were a feature. A Greek festival it about this time is called "The Feast of Lights" and the Chinese festival of a correspondins period is called "The Feast of Lanterns" During the old Roman festival. pine trees were decorated with images of Bacchus. and
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with ti!eiity toward her husband, md atl"ra. .on IoNard her children. hal won!an was A,.;il:a.
 And vel here WaS the fifteenth Christmas since fhuiItaS had married Ter, and "ni! The nnniIal hpartbreak f inadeGitate holiday spirit. made iuate funds. and fear of facing her children nn Christmas morning. to con- from her in the way of holiday antici- patton.
 The slow anger that had been lying tn elnhers in the heart of Thomas throughnli the years of their marriage seemed To catch fire this time. What dad Adnlia done except he sweet. sac rificing tolerant and godly. to de- ;ervr The insistently drah fate that 'ugged at her footsteps since her mar. iage io Thomas?
 What had Thomas himself done ex cpl try. as conscieniinuslS as man
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knows how, to fulfill his obligations to employer, family. children, and his God and why was he, at forty-five, un- able to get footing on the ladder of success beyond his wretched role of assistant gardener.
 Deep within the rebelling heart of Thomas Mare, rancOr against his em- ployer, against the little-girl daughter of his employer. against the whole scheme of society that made his state of oppression possible, began to burn and rage and finally sweep through his being.
 Another Christmas at hand, another period of behoding Adalia scraping and pinching to afford her children the minimum joy of this season; another Christmas day, dreaded because it would expose the disappointment and yearning concealed by the. valiant little faces of his youngsters.
 The plan to improve upon the scheme of his universe and somehow obtain for his brood some of the com pNhShiipllo hiIINI ildu dli VI lHclI iIlt- time been denied them, began to grow in the heart of Thomas Mare.
 For a man to reconcile himself to a society that was built on foul under growth was folly. Months of that SC cret mental fodder succeeded in rous ing within Thomas Mare the impulse and the courage to carry out an act that two or three years before would have seemed to him to be the act of a mad man.
 Thomas Mare had reason to know that in drawer of desk in the room in which Theodore Longman slept there usually reposed a roll of bank notes sufficient to keep Mares family in luxury. And curiously, stubbornly, almost insanely In the mind of Thomas Mare was the determination that this year there would be no little frustrat.' ed faces around his Christmas table
 The Mares were going to have their first real Christmas; and in his desper, ation Thomas even said to himself the Mares were going to have their first real Christmas even if a fy-by-nighl promoter named Theodore I.Ongman was going to be found dead in his bed on Christmas day.
 Secretly, cautiously, subtly and with tinesse that amazed himself, the plans of Thomas Mare took shape. So clever these plans. that even in the eventnaity of having to use force once he found himself in the apart menr of Theodore LOngnan, it would be impossible to trace the crime to the innocuous second gardener.
 Tie family of Mare was about to be enmncipated.
 Papa, am l going to get sled for Christmas?'
 Here 1t came again, the innocent and authentic desires of his innocent chil dren. that frightened look in the face of Adalia; that heartache look.
 The plans of Thomas Mare took shape, and there was within him neith- CT fear nor indecision,
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the wintry sky, Suddenly the idea suggested itself. He hurried to the garden. cut a little fir tree, dragged 1t into the nursery, put some candles on its branches and lighsed them. This was supposed to have happened on Christmas eve and the tale seeks to explain the origin of both tree and can dies. One of the most popular Ger man engravings represents Luther and his family grouped about the tree.
 Another older German legend says St. Winifred is the originator of the idea. One day while surrounded by crowds of converts, the Saint was having a giant oak sawed down for use in Druidic worship. Suddenly a great wind rushed past the tree and sent it crashing backward where It destroyed everything in the path ex-
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: $: !: 5: X = : x: ::: :: $ :: ::: M%S@ TWENTY years of conserva. kB' tism and impeccable ethics ill his dealings with men h-E had finally succeeded in w$g grinding into Thomas Mares F<ZsE::' consciousness one bitter
 outstanding conclusion - Tlp alleged law of com. penSalinn Was no law at all.
 As hc ar.N uider and more bitter and lln. r.N gned to the disillusion meni nj l'.. twenty years since he had been al h. nwn in the struggle for exiSl' att ."'iaS found himself more ar tfuIrntly airing some of hi in the presence of Adaiia hi " was part of the reason
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WRANGELL ALASKA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1882

And theIt were Ill the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over ther flock by night
 And. To, the angel of the Lord came upon them. and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid
 And the angel sad unto them. Fear not: for, behold. bring you good tldings of great joy. which shall be to all people
 For unto yuu Is born this day in the city of David Savior. which is Christ the Lord.
 And this shall be a sign unto you. Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddline clothes, lying in a manager.
 And suddenly there was with the angel multitude of the heavenly host prasing God, and saving.
 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace. good will toward men, St. Luke 2:S-14.
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THE CHRISTMAS
 DINNER

1NH HO among us can affect WO8 to despise the gastro- homie delights of the family 'hristInas dinner2 The most sophisticated person must admit our festive board at Christmas is a place where the gods might love to finger What picture
 presents to the eye. The big turkey Drowned to golden rrispness; the heaping dish of mashed potatoes, which need only the addition of the deli cious gravy to convert them into mama, and the dressing, sen sOned to just the right propOr tions Then there is the crisp pleasing salad, the golden sweet potatoes. the big dish of creamed cauliflOwer; the celery, olives. pickles and cranberry sauce; the mince and pumpkin pies. the rich. fragrant coffee, and the raisins, nuts and other good ies that follow. Kings and em per0rs In the past have con. ferred high honors on those who set some especially won derful meal before them, but no king nor emperor of any age ever sat down to a dinner that looks and tastes as good as that which is set on the tables of the great American home on Christmas day.-Katherine Ed elman.
 @. 1882. Western Newspaper Union.
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Mare, with a fash light in his hand, and his cap pulled down over his face, was standing be- side an open draw CT in the bedroom of Theodore Long man, W h 0 " a 8 snoring. There was the bundle of bank notes with a rub Der band around it precisely as he had known it would be And for the life of him, to his degradation, to his humiliation, to his B 2 1 f-lnat h ing
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TOT lne SllIlen re S C n { ID e mt that tugged al his heart, like Il tide.
 No more than in his own case did There seem any reason for the sul len kind of fate that dogged at the life of Adalia. She was a good wife. More than that, she was d gooG mot her. and if ever a woInan played her galIle of life fairly and square ly. with due re- arni.II Enn AtLnrn
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goals thai eniice them. Looking on that struggle and the oppression and injustice lhai accompany 1t, 1t Is easy to say that human love and charity have departed from the hearts of men.
 But ii is not so. All human rela. tiOnships are founded on the qualities that Christmas typifies In man. No human society could exist without them. Laws could not govern hearts that knew not love, nor force constrain the acts of men who knew not mercy. These qualities are inherent In man.
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Everybody's Christmas

Of all our religious festivals the most human Is Christmas. It cent"rs in a little child: around the child Is a family; and around the family me setting of thr thr'rtnlas story. It's whole appeal human syh' pathy which to all peopie' The Count .."n,c.
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HE hope of the world is that Christmas does not grow old-fashioned. The world may he cynical, life may be hard. hand may be raised against hand and breast op
 posed to breast in the bitter Strngrle of men for the
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HE origin Of the Christmas tree is much disputed and there are many popular leg ends concerning 1t. One pop ular tale pictures Martin
 Luther as attempting to de- scribe the beauty of the SHOW rus cred forest under
Evening star., 1932-04-24
A New Anti-Skid.

A tire has been built and is now
being marketed which will give
100 per cent anti-Skid service, &C
cording to Prof. Harry Tucker,
professor of highway engineering
at North Carolina State College,
who has Just completed a series
of road tests to determine tne
anti-skid life of automobile tires
1--WE have been working on TINS
test since January and nave
found some exceptionally inter-
esting facts" Prof. Tucker said.
"It is amazing to note only one
tvpe of tire of the many tested
gave 100 per cent anti-Skld mile,
age. The most effective antl-Sklo
tire was one which has two sep,
arate treads and employs mover
method of air-cooling. This tire S
total mileage and its antl-sKld
mileage were the same. Our test
was rigorous and closely super
yised We checked pressures
periodically, shifted the tires from
right to left and from car 10 car
at intervals and during the runs
we ran up against every KIND OF
weather except snow. Moreover,
we used good roads which per-
mitted of high speeds. The amaZ-
ing fact today is that tires which
give such uniformly good mileage
so often have such a short anu
skid life"
Evening star., 1932-04-24
RAILWAYS ATTRACTED
TO MOTOR FIELDS
Road Builders Meet Demands Of
Heavy Cars on High
ways.

Bus and truck transportation, which
transcends the future visualized years
ago for pleasure motoring, has become
so much an economic necessity to the
average citizen that large railroads are
considering new ways and means OF
further building up commercial service
on rural roads.
Recently. Fred W. Sargent, president
of the Chicago 81 North Western
Railway, urged all railroads to CO.
operate in the establishment OF q
nationwide trucking service. This
suggestion was prompted by the public
demand for truck handling of produce
merchandise as is evidenced in the
growing volumes of business being gar
nered by the myriad trucking firms.
Commercial use of rural roads hasn't
developed merely because truck oper-
ators have been good business getters,
highway authorities assert. Truck and
bus lines have f1ourished because they
meet the general demand for conven-
ience, quickness and cheapneSs in
transportation, it is pointed out.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
REVAMPING PEDESTRIAN, AIM
OF MOTOR SAFETY EXPERTS
Many Walkers Too 'Rght-Hand-Minded
and Unable to Think Way
Across Busy Streets.

Much is being planned in the way
OF helping the pedestrian help himself.
The use of safety islands is a case in
point What this does is to aid the
pedestrian in dividing his problem.
Give him a wide, busy thoroughfare
to cross and he has too much to figure
out in advance. Permit him to cover
the street in installments. however, and
he Is able to break up the problem into
easier components.
Safety Islands Favored.
Speaking in favor of these islands.
Connecticut Commissioner Stoeckel
says: They are practically stepping
stones, and the street is the brook
These islands also direct the motor
vehicle. traffic. They have been used
in France and Germany for many
years for the purpose of pedestrian
filtration through traffic, and where
both operators and pedestrians have
learned to use them perfectly there is
no hesitation, no delay on the part Of
the pedestrian in getting across the
street, and traflc does not have TO be
stopped, but the islands are big enough,
and placed so that they slow down the
car speeds. There is apparently no
enforcement needed in such set-upS and
it Is extremely rare to find an operator
or pedestrian who doesn't appreciate
this help"
Mr.. Stoeckel also finds that after
the age Of so pedestrians become a bad
risk. He advocates learning to walk
in this more dangerous traffic age. The
gist OF the suggestions seems to favor
an admission on the part of the pedeS-
trian that he is no longer as young, as
nimble and as alert as he. used to be,
and that he must, therefore, be content
to wait for those special periods in all
traffic flow when it Is entirely safe for
most any one to get across. All traffic
is distinguished by strange peaks and
valleys. At certain times the busiest
streets seem deserted.
Habit Change Needed.
The pedestrian will need to change
many Of his habits. He is, for one
thing, dangerously right-hand minded
Watch him cross a street and he looks
first to the right and then to the left,
whereas his procedure should be just
the reverse. His individuality often
lures him into trouble, whereas if he
would go with the crowd he would usu-
ally have less difficulty. In going with
the crowd, however, there are both
hazardous and safe positions Many
people have been pushed off the curb
by being too far in the lead. Stragglers
also often fare badly.
Something new in pedestrians Is the
promise of the motor world. It will
be needed to match the new develop
mentS in driving and the changing
world Of traffic control
tcopyrisht. 1892, by the Russell serviee)
Evening star., 1932-04-24

A new kind Of pedestrian is scheduled
for early production. He will walk on
the side Of the road where vehicles are
approaching him. He will carry re-
flector lights both front and rear. He
will be governed by special pedestrian
signals. Acceleration will be swifter;
deceleration perfect. Everything new,
improved and safer, from heels to head.
Has Become Obsolete.
The model NC pedestrian has become
obsolete. He Is due for replacement.
So say the traffic engineers, the motor
vehicle commissioners, the plain OBJ
servers of human nature. Too many
pedestrians are causing accidents to in
nocent motorists.
Robbins B. Stoeckel, commissioner Of
motor vehicles of Connecticut, has al
ready announced the departments Sc
rious consideration of the plan of re-
ouiring persons who walk the roads at
night to carry reflex lights or otherwise
distinguishing safeguards. Burton w.
Marsh, traffic engineer Of Philadelphia,
already uses pedestrian signals. Insur-
ance companies already advocate legis-
lation that will prevent the pedestrian
from making claims against motorists
where the latter is in no way at fault.
How much further will it go? Will
women be prevented from wearing high
heels or otherwise unsafe shoes when
on the public streets?
Shoes have been found to play very
hazardous role in preventing pedes-
TRANS, especially women, from stopping
as promptly as they should in emer-
gencies. Turned-over ankles are a
menace.
The Inspections.
The State of Pennsylvania during
the semi-annual car inspections this
year IS requiring mechanics to make a
report on the condition Of all tires now
in service on State-licensed cars. This
is said to presage a new law prohibiting
the use of weak tires. If this Is pos
sible in car-owner regulation why
should it not be extended to cover the
pedestrians? Rundown heels have
caused many serious upsets and turned
ankles, throwing pedestrians into the
path Of moving cars.
If a motorist has defective vision or
hearing he is made to prove his ability
to operate his car competently before
being granted q license. Meanwhile
the pedestrian leaps into the traffic
maelstrom with little or no regard for
his or her physical or mental handi-
caps. Under the system for greater
pedestrian control, as now being advo-
Gated, all persons with defective hear
ing involved in accidents while not
wearing their hearing aids would be
considered as much at fault as the mo-
torist is now who drives car with de-
fective brakes.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
Milady's S Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

Just a word about this trouble. II
you have driven only the newer cars,
you may not have had a chance to
know this trouble and therefore do not
realize how well of you are. Wheel
whip is an annoying condition whereby
the steering wheel reacts to variations
in the movement Of the front wheels.
When the car strikes a bump your
hands are made to shake.
This has been done away with In the
newer cars by inserting a special type
of shackle on the left front spring.
Sometimes this is at the forward end
OF the spring, Some&imes at its rear
end. The shackle is thus allowed to
have a certain latitude, but there are
coil springs inserted in it to absorb the
shock that comes back through the
steering assembly from the front wheels
Naturally, the shock is absorbed before
it has chance to reach the rim Of the
steering wheel.
II you drive new car, and you note
wheel whip" lust the same. the
chances are that the springs OF the
kick-shackle need replacing. These
springs often do not have enough ten
sion to start with. Then. again, they
may have weakened or broken. Some
cars provide means for taking up
such spring tension. Incidentally, II
the man who takes care of your car
hasn't put the right grade of lubricant
into the steering gear housing there
may be sensation of feeling" the
road. Steering gear oil should have a
certain elasticity and body without
actually being stringy or greasy.
These poor, hard-working shock alb
sorbers are more than purveyors of
comfort. Recently a woman found that
her car kept pulling to the left all the
time, nearly causing her to collide
with oncoming traffic on several occa-
sions. A check-up at the service sta
tion revealed the fact that one of the
shock absorber connecting arms had
rusted and was binding. 1t interfered
with steering.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
ROAD APPROPRIATION
ASKED BY BUILDERS
Relief Measures Should Receive
Support of Both
Parties.

Congress is now considering several
measures to effect unemployment relief
through road building. These bills are
non-partisian and, according to con-
gressional leaders, should receive the
support Of both parties.
The importance Of providing some
sort OF emergency appropriation with
which the States can match Federal aid
during the coming year cannot be over
estimated" states w. r. Smith, presi-
dent OF the American Road Builders
Association. Without such emergency
aid many Of the States will not be able
to utilize Federal aid without seriously
crlppllng maintenance and similar nee
essary highway activities Every dollar
spent for highway improvement lessons
the amount that communities must
raise for direct relief.
States, counties and cities will follow
the lead of the Federal Government in
making road and street appropriations.
Any decrease will result in additional
unemployment in all sections of the
country. Highway building is a widely
distributed and well tested method Of
unemployment relief" he concluded.