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Greatness
BY DOUGLAS MAlLOCH

7 LOOKED for greatness In a tree.
l And found one very tall to see,
For rich the soil and warm the sun,
And much 1t had of either one.
And then, amid the sterile ground,
A cleft within a rock I found
That little soil or summer knows,
Yet in that cleft there grew a rose.
I looked for greatness in a man,
And found one who with gold began.
And all the nation knew his name,
Paid tribute to his purchased fame
And then, amid the huts and streets
I found a man who met defeats,
Yet made a little, millions less,
And did not think 1t was succesS
I looked for greatness in a soul
And found singing Orioie
Upon the stage, whom crowds ap.
plaud,
Yet whisper when she walks abroad,
Then, by little thoroughfare,
I found spotless mother there
Whose songs. remembered by a son,
Had brought him to that Other One.
q. 1882. Douglas Malloch.-wNU Service.
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the friend and teacher of Chrysostom,
who later became & bishop and one of
the great preachers of the early
church.
1.-THE festival of Kalends," says Ii
banius, "is celebrated everywhere, as
far as the limits of the Roman empire
extend !. The impulse to spend
seizes everyone. People are
not only generous toward themselves.
but also generous toward their fellow
men. A stream of presents pours it.
self out on all sides. The
Kalends festival vanishes all that is
connected with toll and allows men 70
gre themselves to undisturbed enjoy
ment. From the minds of the young
people, it removes two kinds of dread,
the dread of the schoolmaster and the
dread of the stern pedagog. Another
great quality of the festival Is that IT
teaches men not to hold too fast to
their money, but to part with it and
let 1t fall into other hands"
In all the periods of history, 1t has
been found good to have special sea-
sons of good will. when friendship
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LITTLE STORY FOR BEDTIME
By THORNTON w. BURGESS

Chuck's case Old Mother Nature has
fixed things so that the body can get
what it needs from the fat with which
it is covered. 1t needs only a very
little at a time during the winter, be-
cause you know Johnny is asleep |;
curled up quite motionless. A great
deal of the food we eat is used up in
what is called energy, which is the
power of moving about and doing
things. You know how it is when you
are sick and cannot eat. In a little
while you have no strength to move.
You are very weak. But If you did
not have to move at all you could live
a long time with very little food, be-
cause none of it would be used for en-
ergy. 1t is the same way with Johnny
Chuck. Sleeping and lying perfectly
still, he needs no food for energy, and
so his body gets all it needs by alb
sorbing it from the fat. Absorbing
means taking In the way a sponge
soaks up water.
So you see 1t was quite as impor-
" ShuCh SlldI hC
be fat enough as it was to Striped
Chipmunk that he should have his
storehouse filled before the coming
of Rough Brother North Wind and
Jack Frost. 1t was this that Johnny
had on his mind as he sat on his door
step, that bright, cool autumn after
noon. There was still plenty of food.
He could eat more if he really needed
it. To be sure he was tired of eating.
For a long time he had been eating,
not because he was hungry, but to
store food away in the form of fat.
His neighbors didn't understand this.
They watched him eat and grow fatter
and they called him piggish. OF course,
this was very unfair.
81 wish / could know if the winter
is going to be hard and long," said
Johnny as he waddled over to patch
of clover. He was already so fat that
he was roly-poly and waddled when he
walked. ''Im sleepy enough to go to
bed right now, but want to be sure
that / am fat enough"
e. 1882. by T. W. Burgess.-wNU Service.
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1CV&
Mince Pies Prohibited
in DAYS of the Puritans

THE mince pie has had many en-
L emies.
The Puritans would have none of
it, and even in the Eighteenth GEN.
fury it was a forbidden delicacy TO
a large number OF clergymen. During
the Commonwealth the holding of
Christmas festivals was forbidden.
In 1914 parliament passed an act
ordering all citizens to observe Christ
mas day as a solemn fast, to be spent
in silent atonement for previous fes-
tivals that had passed In riotous liv-
ing and merry making. This order
remained in force for II years.
The authorities in several towns
tried to reduce Christmas day to the
level of other days. In Canterbury, by
order of the mayor, it was proclaimed
that christmas day and all other
superstitious festivals should be put
down."
People who attended service in the
cathedral were mobbed. The inhab-
itants formed themselves into two
parties, and feeling in the matter
frequently resulted In the exchange
of blows.
In 1852 it was proclaimed that no
observation shall be had of the five
and twentieth day of December. COM
monty called Christmas day. nor any
solemnity used or exercised In
churches"
This order was enforced by soldiers.
Ovens and larders were searched. and
where seasonable dainties or decora
tons were founo they were carried
off and destroyed. A changed attitude
towards the Prriran dislike NJ Christ
mas festivities came with the restora
ton of King Charles
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81 Wish Could Know If the Winter
Is Going to Be Hard and Long,"
Said Johnny.
late sweet Mistress Spring might be
in coming to wake him up. But if
he didn't have fat enough tucked away
under his skin he might not be warm
enough, and if Mistress Spring should
happen to be very late he would be
so weak when he awoke that he might
not have strength enough even to
crawl out of his house. Or it might
happen that hunger would awaken
him before Mistress Spring arrived
and then he might freeze to death try
ing to find something fit to put in
Woodchuck's stomach.
So you see the matter was really
very important to Johnny Chuck. The
fat under his skin was both blanket
and food. That seems queer, but it
is true. The fatter he was the warm
er he would keep and the more COM
Portable he would be. In this way the
fat was like a blanket. While he
slept through the long, cold months
OF course he would eat nothing. In
the first place he wouldn't be awake to
ear, and you know people do not eat
while they are asleep. In the second
place there would be nothing to eat,
anyway. So wise Old Mother Nature
has provided that the fat Johnny
Chuck lays up shall take the place
of food
You know how it is with food. We
take it into our stomachs and from
there it is taken into our bodies to
build them up and to make the heat
which keeps us warm. In Johnny
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quaint bit of verse that he wrote
for his children in a carefree moment,
when the jolly boy in him came to the
FORE
The children instantly adored "The
Night Before Christmas" and it
spread like wildfire, eagerly quoted
by people everywhere, handed down
from each generation to the next
When Clement Moore died, he was
buried in the famous old Trinity GENE
terry. Broadway and One Hundred and
Fifty-fifth street, New York.
Recently a children's service, called
the feast of Lights" has been held
in Intercession chapel in Trinity Gene
terry on Christmas eve. Trumpets her
aid the service, and from all direc-
lions come the children, pouring into
the church, even as they fioeked on q
distant day to the Pied Piper of Ham
elm. The capacity of the church is
1000, but on this occasion extra seats
are required.
After the service every child Is pro-
vided with lighted candle, and the
eager band goes forth TO place q
wreath OF the grave of Clement Moore.
Trinity cemetery is terraced, sloping
down tc the Hudson. The procession,
vending it's way downward through
the wintry twilight, animated faces
glowing in the light of the little
torches, is a scene of quaint beauty
in the midst of Americas largest city,
Alfred Tennyson Dickens, son OF
the famous Charles Dickens, also was
buried here, when he died in America,
far from his English home. Upon his
grave, too, is placed a wreath, trib-
ute to the immortal Christmas
Carol"
Then the little ones return to the
entrance, where they sing carols. Pas
sersby listen. and into their hearts
come peace and Joy as Tho beautiful
old melodies float through the dusk
on the night before Christmas.
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THROUGH A
WOMAN'S EYES
Do You Close Your Mind in Fear to
fha onnr.,nki,IaVo
By JEAN NEWTON

Do You Close Your Mind in Fear to
the Locomotive?
a LOCOMOTIVE roaring down the
\ track on moving picture screen
so frightened an audience in little
Rumanian village that panic en-
sued in which twelve persons were In
jured.
The occasion was the introduction
of motion pictures into the village of
Georovesti. whose inhabitants had
never before seen real thriller and
when the scene flashed to the train
roaring along, as they do In the
movies, the peasant audience thought
they would be surely run down. They
made a wild rush for the door, in
their panic wrecking the fixtures In
the theater and injuring twelve of
their number.
What dumb, british stupidity, you
are impelled to think, IL you do not
say ito be so afraid of something
that can't possibly hurt them, to fee
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The Wing pagty gets its name be-
cause most of it's members wore pow.
dered wings.
A, grand jury Is a group of men
picked out of a hat.
Describe the circulation of the
blood.
1t flows down one leg and up the
other.
Newspapers are useful for report
ing calamities such as deaths, mar
riages, and the like.
The blood vessels are the veins, ar
teries and artilleries.
Sediment is what you feel for some
body you love-
What is pork?
Pork is meat that we get from a
porcupine.
e. 1882. Bell syndicate.-WNU Service.
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and all through the house,
Not creature was stirring, not even
mouse!
The stockings were hung by the fire
place with care,
In hopes that st. Nicholas soon would
be there"
Who would have thought that the
composer of this familiar rhyme was
a noted member of the faculty of the
General Theological seminary, New
YOrk-teacher of Hebrew and Greek!
This man, the son of Bishop Benja-
min Moore, was Clement G. Moore.
He gave to the seminary the land it
now occupies, known as Chelsea
Square. Clement Moore compiled
Hebrew lexicon, requiring years of re-
search work. But it was not as COM
piler of the Hebrew lexicon, nor as
professor of Hebrew and Greek at the
Theological seminary that he is re-
membered. 1t is as composer of the
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Starr

Stars shine brightest In the darkest
night; grapes come not to the proof
till they come to the press
Such is the condition Of all Gods chill
dren; they are then most triumphant
when most tested; most glorious when
most afflicted.-Bogatsky.
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COSMOPOLITAN DISHES

a S AMERICA has been called the
melting pot of the world, so are
we cosmopolitan in our national fare.
1t is not strange, as our foods, drinks,
condiments and fruits come from all
parts of the globe.
By association with foreign people,
travel and reading, we are becoming
international in our recipes as we
have been with our frocks. At our
breakfast tables we use tea from
China or India, coffee from South
America, and fruit from the West
Indies.
With the increasing transportation
facilities, we will be able to enjoy
many of the perishable fruits that
have never before been shipped to
northern points in America.
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MOOreNext
to Santa in
Children'S
Hearts .

OESN'T the thrill of Christ
mas lie in the spirit and
atmosphere of the season?
What, on Christmas eve, de-
lights children and pleases
grown-ups more than a rep
etition of:
Twas the night before
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Diplomacy

att Is sometimes wise," said Hi Ho,
the sage o. Chinatown, ito pretend
ignorance in order to claim naively the
privilege OF asking significant ques-
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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Panama Salad.

Place slice of pineapple on bed
of lettuce, cover with alternate seq
ments of grapefruit and orange, u.s.
ing six slices of pineapple, one grape
fruit and two oranges. Fill the cavity
in the center with pitted date that
has been stuffed with cream cheese,
which has been softened to a paste
with the juices of the fruits.
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The
Impulse to
Buy Gifts
sN,%
By DR.. Alvin E. Magary
In Detroit Free Press

)OKING for light on the
origin Of our Christmas GUS
toms, one might go back to
Libanius, who came from
Antioch to Athens, in the
Fourth century, and became
a leading teacher of the
SnnhiSt nhilnSnnhv He WAS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-16

BONERS are actual humorous
tidbits found in examination papers,
essays, etc., by teachers
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Porto Rican Sandwiches.

Cut slices of pineapples into halves,
making them half their original thick
ness. Split canned pimientoes into
halves and drain between absorbent
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paper. Spread thin slices of bread
cut into rounds of the same size as
the pineapple-with softened butter.
Cover one round with a layer of
mayonnaise, on second place a
slice of pineapple and round of
pimientO.
e. 1892. Western Newspaper Union.
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THE BEDTIME STORY
By THORNTON w. BURGESS

make the long journey, and they must
be shown the way by the older birds.
Then it always is much pleasanter to
travel with company.
A great party of blackbirds flying
over the Old Brier Patch reminded
Peter that it was quite likely that
certain other friends would soon be
starting, among others, the Quack
family, who had spent this summer in
the pond of Paddy the Beaver. So
the first chance he got Peter hurried
over to Paddy's Pond deep in the
Green Forest. He was half afraid
that they might have left already, and
he half hoped that they might decide
to stay all winter. When he got
there he found Mr.. and Mrs. Quack
and the ten young Quacks, now as big
as their father and mother, still there.
"Oh, I'm so glad!" cried Peter.
"What are you so glad about?' de-
handed Mr. Quack, swimming in close
to where Peter was sitting on the
bank.
nat yOu Sllll uclc, lCphCu
Peter. 81 was afraid you might have
gone away. Are you going to take
that terrible journey again this year,
Mr.. Quack?"
Certainly" replied Mr.. Quack.
''What else can do?"
"Why, stay here all winter the same
as do" replied Peter.
"And what would we do when all
the water has turned to ice, stupid?"
demanded Mr.. Quack.
Peter looked foolish. 81 hadn't
thought of that" said he. "Of course
you have to go where the water
doesn't freeze. Just the same l think
it is dreadful that you have to take
that terrible journey"
''It wouldn't be so bad If it were not
for the hunters with terrible guns" re-
piled Mr.. Quack. 1--WE don't mind the
journey; it is the terrible guns. Have
you seen any hunters near the Old
Brier ePatch yet?" Mr.. Quack asked
this anxiously.
NO." replied Peter.
'This cool weather is sure to bring
them out" replied Mr.. Quack uneasily.
Il almost wish we had started earlier,
but we have been so happy here this
summer that l cannot bear to leave
until we have to. What's that?" Mr..
Quack started nervously and stretched
his head up to listen. All the other
ducks did the same thing. 1t was
only the swapping of a twig under
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hIHe\/:
DAIR4
COW FAMILY MAKES
HIGH RECORD MARK
Half-Sisters Lead Class in
United States.
81 5. J. RRowNELL, New york state Col.

BY s. ]. BROWNELL New York State Col
lege of Agriculture-WNU Service.
Two New York State HolSteins, half
sisters, broke the state record that
has stood for five years as junior four
year-olds on ten months test and three
daily milkings. The cows were bred
by e. ]. Chaffee of Wassaic and owned
by James Stark of Pawling. Mr..
Chaffee is vice president of the New
York Holstein association.
Oblong Valley Kokee Sadie Boon.
the youngest of the half-sisters by
seven days, gave 20,297 pounds of
milk containing 651.S pounds of but
terfat to displace the five years.
champion, Casa Colantha Blossom,
owned by HI. FL. Longhouse of Casa
daga. This record placed the Stark
cow third in the United States for
the present year and fifth in the all.
time list.
The half-sister, Oblong Valley Ko-
kee Inka Ladoga, completed her rec
ord few days later of 206S4 pounds
Of milk containing COILS pounds of
fat. This record placed the older of
the two cows first in her class in the
United States for the year and Sec
ond for all-time class list with the
highest such record reported within
the past five years.
Mr.. Stark's herd of % cows led the
larger herds in New York dairy herd
Improvement associations for the past
year with an average of 1850 pounds
of milk and 521 pounds Of fat to the
COW.
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Herds Earning Power
Increased bv Culling

One means of reducing the surplus
milk and at the same time increase
the earning power Of the herd is illus
trated by Leonard Sumney, explains
Samuel Frazee, Allen county tester,
in the Indiana Farmers Guide. Three
cows in the Sumney herd, represent
ing 800 pounds Of fat annually were
sold to butcher for almost sufficient
cash to purchase one COW of known
production. This animal returned 430
pounds of fat at feed cost of SOC. 10
per year as compared to feed cost Of
S121 for the three cows. This was
saving of $64.90 for feed with less
labor and investment. The owner also
disposed of $40 pounds of so-called
surplus milk. An offspring from this
one cow could easily be valued, when
six months of age, at SIS more than
one from each Of the low-producing
cows.
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Guarding Against Bloating

Losses through turning the dairy
herd on legume pastures have already
been reported. These losses may be
largely eliminated If a little fore
thought Is exercised. nearby dairy
man who has pastured his cows large
ly on alfalfa for the past 80 years, has
yet to lose the first COW by bloat. He
never turns them to pasture when the
clover is wet with dew or rain. For
the first week or so the cows are on
pasture only few hours daily. and
are always turned on after they have
mad full feed of hay and are not hum
CRY. After few days of this treat
ment the cows are left on the pasture
except at milking time If it should
happen at any time during the season
that the cows are on permanent pas
ture' for few days or weeks, and are
then turned back to clover pasture.
they are again filled with dry feed
before being allowed on the clover,
and the clover must be dry.
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Inheritance Factors

Experiments aimed at fixing the in.
heritance factors in dual-purpose cat
tie are to be undertaken by the Min
nesota agricultural experiment sta
ton at its Waseca branch. DIR. An
drew Boss, vice director Of the Mime
sofa experiment station, and Supt
Robert e. Hodgson of Waseca, will
carry on the work. They are now
studying pedigrees of milking Short.
horns with view to buying a num-
Der of high-producing females for a
foundation herd.
More interest is being manifested
by farmers In dual-purpose or milk
ing Shorthorns now than ever before,
says Doctor Boss. This has probably
been accentuated, he says, by the re
cent high beef prices and the present
low prices for dairy products. While
it is known that many individual ami
mails of the dual purpose type have
the capacity to produce both beef and
milk efficiently, one of the big draw
backs is that such cattle cannot be
depended upon to transmit these quail
tiles to their offspring. The present
series of experiments will be designed
to correct this deficiency.
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THE QUACKS GROW
UNEASY

DETER RABBIT doesn't like the
very hot weather of midsummer
any more than you or do. He can
not go to the seashore or the noun
tains as we can, and just think, he
has to wear a fur coat all the time !;
OF course in this respect Peter is not
worse off than a lot of his neighbors.
IL fact none of them likes the very
hot weather So with the coming of
the first cool days in September new
life seemed to fill Peter. He loves
the fall. Next to the spring he likes
the fall best. But for two things he
thinks he might even like it the best
of all the year. Those two things are
the parting with old friends who are
leaving for the far away sunny South
land, or who are preparing to sleep
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WAITING
BY DOUGLAS MALLOCH

MO, WE'RE not buying much,
~ A case or so.
1t surely beats the Dutch,
Our business, though.
l don't remember such
A year, l know.
Our advertising, too,
We've cut that down
Until these times are through
A mans clown
To try thing to do
To sell this town.
No, we're just sitting still
In our old groove
Till people loosen, till
They make a move.
If someone only will,
Things will improve.
G. 1892. Douglas Malloch.-wNU Service.
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and then sprinkled into an omelet be-
fore it is folded. Chopped cooked ba-
con is good addition to potatoes
fried in the frying pan.
You can make a very good canape
for the first course of dinner with a
little leftover calf's liver or chicken
liver. Chop the liver fine and add one
tablespoonful of grated cheese to two
tablespoonfuls of the liver. Put in a
small saucepan with just enough thick
paste. Heat well and spread on small
rounds of freshly made toast and
serve hot.
(@. 1892. Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
(WNU SerVice)
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| YOUR HOME
and YOU
BY BETSY CALLISTER
BACON CANAPES

bacon canapes are good for the
~ first course of dinner or luncheon
at any time of the year. Here is the
recipe for bacon canape that is al
ways well liked. Cut up raw bacon
in small pieces and cook until crisp
but not too brown. Have ready some
chopped olives, preferable olives
stuffed with pimientos. Now take small
strips or squares of bread and toast
them or fry them quickly in bacon fat.
Place one on each plate, spread with
a very little french mustard. sprinkle
with the bacon and then with the
olives.
Leftover bacon can always be
turned to account. 1t may be used,
cut up and warmed, in the preceding
recipe. 1t may be cut up and warned
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Buster Bears feet, and in a moment
he appeared.
At once the ducks dropped their
heads and began swimming about
again, for they did not fear Buster
Bear. But it was very clear that they
were uneasy, very uneasy, indeed, es-
pecially Mr.. and Mrs. Quack. The
young Quacks had had no experience
with hunters, but they were uneasy,
too. The truth is they were anxious
to try their wings. They were looking
forward to that long journey as some
thing very wonderful. They were
anxious to be on their way. Something
inside was urging them to start for
their beautiful Southland. It is often
that way with the young. They did
not fear because they did not know.
20. 1892. by T. w. Burgess)-WNUs Service.