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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29

treatment and at this time is getting
along nicely.
Miss Helen Ross of Kalispell spent
Christmas at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Nacarado of
Whitefish were calling on relatives
the first of the week.
Mrs. Leslie La Dyer and infant
daughter returned from Libby the
latter part of the week
Miss Madge Melvin, Rexford
postmistress, spent several days in
Spokane the past week visiting her
sister, Mrs Fred Hafner
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wenzler and
child of Milan, Wash, were guests
at the John Wenzler home Wednes-
day and Thursday
Pauline Farr accompanied her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. c. T
Young, to Great Falls for visit
with relatives during the holidays
Mrs. Otto Swartz of Whitefish
was a guest at the Thomas Wilt
shire home the first of the week.
Mrs. George Clark and son Her
bert are spending the holidays al
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29
December %, 1898

TIFTY years ago Christmas Day in the City of Phla-
II depha, few squares distant from independence
Hall. my eyes first the light of this world I'M
migrant parents lately come from England struggled with
poverty give If anyone should this day be
appreciaVe of the opportunity which America besoWS
those of humble origins it is he who pens these lines.
Out of this deep of Obligation less ferven be-
inexpcit is derived natural soctude for the fu
ture of Amerca-all that gratitude may command
Through nearly three decades now my daily thoughts
have been focused upon Government its fluctuations of
party its vcssitudes of personality has been my task
to write each day of the changing Sometimes the
unfolding paradoXes of human ambition human aspira-
ton and human ideals have been crystal clear sometimes
they have been befogged by of nadequacy
Too often the mpetuous hand of the daily pen has done
injustice too often the fallbe judgments of immaurty
have skeched the not with the objectivy of
soned impartiaty but the irritable moods of faction
bias For these shortcomings one can ask only the for
giveness sometimes bestowed on youth coming of age.
New Spirit Envisioned to Unite All
But through these years of experience Truth last has
knded fires which be to others to the faithful
beacons of light in these times of national travail
If therefore, share with those who read this page my
meditations what might be helpful national pol
icy at the moment let it be considered by test of prac
tcaity at least provocative of spirit designed to
stimulate amongst all higher and better
than have devised for advancing the destnes of the
people of America
Friction today is the outstanding mark national
life Group fights group Race fights Greed fights
creed The battle always in the open the poisoned
shafts of intolerance and dstrust carried to the inner
recesses of every day life.
Glass wars have become commonplace of times.
They have infected politics they have poisoned the
minds of men who carry responsibilities in economic
life
Out of this friction Of this class warfare has Hate
become intensified The suen thoughts of labor of capt.
tall of management of governmental officers each
ing the hurt of wounds inflicted by Others each blaming the
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29

REXF0RD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Chester Howe spent
the holidays visiting relatives and
friends in Spokane and Butte.
John Wenzler was a Saturday
caller in Libby.
Reno Ussin spent the weekend
in Troy visiting his mother, Mrs.
Henry Merel.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ross of Tooley
Lake were visitors here Saturday.
John and Dick Gaertner and
James Hurst, Jr., were callers in
Kalispell Wednesday,
The Christmas program that was
to have been given last Friday even
ing at the school house was called
off because of the prevalence of
whooping cough
Miss Ethel Montgomery went to
Kalispell Friday evening to spend
TIE holidays with her parents.
Mrs. c. T. Young of Libby visited
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Grin Farr last Thursday.
Miss Louise Wenzler of Missoula
spent Christmas with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs Jack Stevens visited
in Whitefish Sunday.
Mrs. Ed Arnold and son Edward
went to Kalispell Thursday to meet
Jack Arnold, who returned from
college in Bozeman. Jack will
spend his vacation at the home of
his parents
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29
THE YEAR AHEAD

This week is the last Of the year 1888 Sunday
year daWns With it hope rises-hope that 1899 will
be happier year for all the world and its peoples
Looking back at the year that is leaving the calendar
take its place in hstorys niche sees much that he
regrets Looking ahead at the horizon of hope, he
wonders what lies beyond that horizon
In reality there is only void beyond There is nothing
there awaiting mans arrival What will be created or
ranspire beyond that horizon will be achieved by
Whatever written in the chapter of history will be
written by him In other Words 1889 will be just what
makes it.
There can be no better New Years resolution than to
cross this horizon with determined spirit of good will
toward fellow If too many people don't break that SIM
pie resolution 1899 will indeed be happier year for all the
world and its peoples.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29
MIR. EDEN'S MESSAGE

Americans should give lot of thought to the message
Anthony Eden brought to America And when the thinking
process complete Americans should feel treasured that
America is not after all the only stronghold of Individual
freedom.
Mr. Eden's message was simply this: Free government
will never fade from the British Empire for the reason
that the English know it far better than any of the tota
tartan isrns.
The significant and reassng part of that statement is
not in that suggests defiance Of the Rather is
that Engands millions of citizens living close enough the
ism countries to weigh comparative values seadas to
their way above all other systems.
Americans fortunately, have not had to live so close
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29

Miss Agnes Wenzler came from
Bonners Ferry to visit at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wenzler for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Baker and
small daughter were Libby visitors
the first of the week
Mrs. Ross La Dyer was a caller
in Libby Friday afternoon.
DR.. and Mrs. Earl Madden of
Thompson Falls were guests of rel
atives here the fore part of the
week
Mr.. and Mrs. John Saxon spent
Christmas in Whitefish at the home
of their daughter, Mrs. Ralph Baker.
Miss Agnes Wenzler made brief
visit in Kalispell last week.
Miss Nora Handley of Libby was
a guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Handley, the first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Parcels and
baby of Libby were guests of Mr..
sand Mrs. VIM Parcels the first of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Nordstrom of
Libby were guests at the home Of
Mrs. Nordstrom's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. f. E. Madden, for few days
the first of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Eayrs were
Sunday dinner guests at the home
of MIR. and Mrs. Lem Collar.
Duke Truman, youngest son of
MIR and Mrs. A. r. Truman, was
severely burned last Thursday
Duke was carrying a teakettle of
boiling water from the stove when
he stumbled and fell, spilling the hot
water over his face and arm. He
was taken to Eureka for medical
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29
Justice Resides Not in Books But in Hearts


national spirit.
Justice Resides Not in Books But in Hearts
Patiently we wait for abstract Justice to solve ills
with magic wand from somewhere still unrevealed But
Justice no abstraction 1t does not sWoopmg down
suddenly from another planet correct here and there
the mistakes of yeseryears The world moves rapidly
giving to each generation the chance to develop It's own
sense of Justice For nowhere the key be found to the
problem of national unity be it economic social political
except in the hearts and minds of the individuals who today
WELD the sceptreS OF OF present DAY govern
nen we of present day management in industry, we OF
present day leadership of labor of agriculture of education
the press, and the professions.
At best the span of life is short Our entrance and exit
on the stage of passing time controlled By higher
Destiny than with finite minds permitted to un
dersand When the hour approaches for the Final Curtain
there time to look back to try things again
even to transmit others the advice of the which, hav
ing discovered its mistakes yearns IN vain Tor an
other chance
How much better then to look squarey now at our
selves reappraisa While there still time to reshape our
national life through the reshapng Of our individual at
titudes How much better aside the sham and
the arce the pride and the prejudice the cancers or re-
sentiment that burn along with pride and prevent either
from acknowledging from undong the wrongs we
have done
Truth Is Vital in Quest for Cooperation
To express in phrase the of frctions, the
basis for our dissenon the meaning of the barriers that
insurmountable at times we cry out for COOP
Grafton between group and group between man and man.
may seem like over-simplification but in WOrd-Ds
honesty-lies the origin of our disunity.
We shall not achieve Honesty in government nor Hon
esy in economic struggle Honesty in the everyday
atonshps of neghbor to neghbor until redscover the
Divine force that unhapplly lies dormant only to be
awakened when in streamined age, hectic days and
nights are drawing to close.
This Force the archoe of those cyncs and skepcs
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29

the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Berg in Trego
MIR. Hutchingson of Whitefish is
relieving Chester Howe as fireman
on the hill while Mr.. Howe is on
vacation.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29

Fascist and Communist neghbors to learn the aces of
sms and to discover democracys virtues Instead Amer
leans have had the undstored picture presented by Free
|uncensored press
Yes it is good to know that in America aren't alone
tin our decision that freedom is still better than any Utopian
ism vet dreamed of by
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29

(NOTE-The writer of the accompany
ing editorial David Lawrence, is editor of
The United States News, Washington, d.
C., and is recognized as one of the fore
most political writers and commentators
of the day The editorial touches such a
vital problem in the welfare of our nation
that we reprint it for the benefit of our
readers-Editor Western News)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29
Chr Ttglrt Tl1at Nfufr Yatla
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
On the States News)

who IN their hearts would resist the penetrating voice of
Truth It conceded nowadays for instance that spir
itua renaissance is needed-but for whom? Always the
skepc who is surrounded by creature comforts and but
treSSed by tenacious pride speaks of worth while
for else Barely does he accept God for himself
Rarely he willing to make complete surrender to those
simple but enduring principles written in the tablets of old
But it is the duty of all of is obligation not to be
led by those who scott
More of us must seek from the living God the guidance
the courage the determination to reveal truth against
untruth to unmask dishonesty and mpant fundamental
honesty to restrain anger and emotion and substitute there
for the inspired and thoughtful processes Of reason.
For what need a national policy in America is
readiness to understand another to have regard for
one another to be tolerant of another to be helpful
to another 1t is not the acqustve instinct but it is
unselfish giving which needs stimulus 1t is the
gifts of money that regenerate the human spirit but gifts
of time of energy of oneself-gfs that sharing
with ones fellow the precious gold of honest heart
the nuggets that mbedded in soul which in its pur
sense seeks to find fulmen in the current years
l-noW-and not when it IS too late
For Thomas Gray spoke eternal truth when he wrote
THE boast Of heradry, the pomp of pow'r
And all that beauty, all that wealth eer gave.
Await alike tn inevitable hour:
1.-THE paths of glory lead but to the grave
May we, therefore ask al-Wise God to teach how
articuate the needs of this ateu period in the world
and to show through individual lives, neghbor
hood contacts our group activities our business pursuits
our policies and governmental actions how may
make those selfsame paths of glory in retrospect the
true to better life.
May we approach Maker in later days with sad
recoections but with joyous hearts, ready for the in
evtabe hour because shall have built nation which
will lead whole world in intelligence and serestrain
nation triumphant every completely of social
nornic and political life
To achieve these detectives may we in the precious
years that still remain turn eyes again and again
the Light that Never Fails.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29
NOTICE

Coasting will be permitted at the
south end of Utah avenue. Cedar
street between Dakota avenue and
Louisiana avenue is hereby ordered
closed to vehicular traffic during the
coasting season. No coasting on 9TH
er streets.
Tf9IFHTS-II ApAffahT-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-12-29
By DAVID LAWRENCE
On the United States News

other as of their Illustration only make IN
these days for dsntegraton rather than Indignation OF the
national spirit.
Evening star., 1938-03-03

gay as the sunlight. It's perfect to
wear without a coat on all your shop
ping and outdoor errands, and is
equally smart under your spring wrap.
The style is one of this seasons best.
with It's wide -shouldered effect and
fitted waistline, marked by side
belt that fastens in the back. The
skirt is straight, slim and tailored.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Elaborate Nursery
Of a RoVal Baby.

OF interest to the world is the elabo-
rate royal nursery designed especially
for Princess Juliana's baby, who will
some day probably rule the land OF
windmills and tulips. 1t. will be some
time before this famous baby will be
able to appreciate the wonders OF the
world set out for its delight IN the
decoration of the day nursery. air
planes and sailing ships, elephants and
whales, Esquimaux and Indians. The
walls are soft gray-green, on one OF
which is painted 6-foot-high map OF
the world. All the countries are Illus
trated with little men and women, ami
mails and buildings showing their his
tory and general characteristics.
In the rustic garden nursery is to be
hung with ropes from a beam the Or
nate peasant cradle given by tenants
On the estate of Prince BerrhArd's 8
mother, Princess Armgard. 1t is cush-
ion-lined, with cushions being filled
with goose down and feathers from
turtledoves' breasts, as is customary Tor
babies Of noble birth on the Polish bor-
der. The quilted coverlet is of orange
satin and the tiny linen sheets are
wonderfully embroidered.
The baby's everyday cradle is 4
present from the nurses of the Dea-
conesses' Institute, made Of closely
woven basketwork and mounted on
rubber-tired wheels, with = folding
hood Of silk. Its furnishings are the
handvork Of the nurses. The cradle
= lined with salmon.eolorsd silk and
avegy tuba
Evening star., 1938-03-03


piece number
linens your buffet
Although the pictured
size rectange you like.
The pattern contains complete
directions with block diagrams aid crochet
material
To obtain this pattern
Of Evening
Evening star., 1938-03-03

This design would be stunning made
up in sheer tweed or flannel, plain
colored or checked, or one of the new
striped suitings. With it wear an
ascot scarf in bright contrast. The
pattern is accompanied by complete
and detailed sew chart that makes it
easy to give the dress the crisp, tai
lored lines it needs.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1888
is designed for sizes IA, Is, 1s, 20,
40 and ~. Corresponding bust meas
urements. 80, "a. 36, SO, 40 and A.
Size is (34) requires az yards of 80
inch material for the skirt, IL yards
for the blouse.
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Pattern Book Make yourself attrac-
tive, practical and becoming clothes,
selecting designs from the Barbara
Bell well-planned, easy-to-make pat
terms.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Perfection Is
Relative in
Children
What Is Good for
One May Be Bad
For Another.
By ANGELO PATRI.

EVERYBODY longs for the per-
- feet child. The one who never
makes any trouble, who charms all
he meets with his beauty and intelli-
gence and his gifts; who never makes
serious mistakes, never Genes to grief.
but Is always happy and successful
There is no such child There never
has been and there never will be.
Every child born into this world brings
trouble along with him and meets
plenty. The combination is some
thing to keep family alive and work
ing hard for 20 years. And usually
the family likes it, in the end.
No child has ever grown up without
giving his people sleepless nights and
anxious days. No child ever grew
to maturity without experiences, ILL
ness, mistaken behavior, failures Of
one kind or another. The child who
looks so sweet and clean and good
is known to his mother on occasions
as anything but. Nobody, no matter
how loudly they praise their child.
has perfect one. I doubt that any
body would enjoy him if he had him,
but there never will be any flrst-hand
knowledge on that score, so We need
not dwell upon it.
How good can a child be? As good
as he can be, without giving you a
smart answer. His goodness is rela-
tive Relative to his own power, to
what is expected Of him, to what
he might do under the best conditions.
What is good for one child may not
be passing fair for another. One
child's best may fall far short of an
others best, and one child,s failure
might be a success for another. The
child's ability and opportunity and
background have to be considered
A child Is good when he does the
best he can.
That is not clear. free statement
either. How do you know he is liv-
ing up to his best? You can only
guess on the basis Of what he has
done before. The more opportunities
he has had to do his best the closer
to his true measure you can come.
If child lives in family where he
is nagged, or teased, or frightened, or
ridiculed, or driven, will not be doing
his best. He cannot work in an at
mosphere Of that Sort He cannot be
good under such pressure because
he cannot be himself. He is q prisoner
Of force. He does not improve.
It Is never easy to understand
child He may be doing his noble
best, may be about his Fathers busi-
ness, and we not see it. He may be
closer to perfection than we dream
of, while we are fretting and fuming
to get him to be good, to learn from
us how to be wise
Often wonder how Joseph and
Mary felt that day when, missing
their boy, they had to 60 back and
search for him. They found him In
the temple, and 1 imagine they asked
him why he was there and why he had
not followed them as he should have
done. And he answered them, saying,
How is it that We sought me? Wist
ye not that l must be about my
Fathers business?"
I wonder If Mary and Joseph
thought him impudent, ungrateful and
4 sore trial?
(Copyrisht. 1889
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Manners
of the
Moment

WHENEVER you meet. up with q
plate for calling cards in some
ones hallway, the best thing to do is
to sneak quietly past 1t.
Calling cards are very nice idea,
but the trouble Is, I don't have any.
And I'll wager you don't either. Or
If you do. you can't find them.
Anyhow you have to be in the Navy,
or in the diplomatic service to get any
real pleasure out of using them. The
only use the rest of us get out of them
is to keep notes on them. THE back
of calling card makes a fine place
for a shopping list)'
All Of which leads up to the point:
Which is that people shouldn't have
plates for calling cards standing on
their hall tables, because 1t just
embarrasses the callers who didn't
bring any cards along that day. A
caller who has calling cards can leave
them on the table without a plate, or
she can drop them on the floor. But
why she should have more considera-
ton than the rest of us, I can't see.
She's really practically obsolete. you
know. JEAN.
(Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1938-03-03
Pork and Cinnamon Apples Cold Spel
Dorothy Dix Says
Four Questions All Men Should
. Check on Before MARRYING.

~ EAR MISS DIX: Suppose a
young man Is very much at
tracted to . girl, but Is not
- yet really in love with her.
Is there anything that he can do be-
fore he goes of the deep end to assure
himself whether she Is the right one
and would make him the kind Of a
wife he wants? CHARLES.
Answer-Yes, there is a lot that a
man can do to save himself II he will
only look before he leaps into the sea
Of matrimony. II, while one is still
sane and in complete possession OF
his faculties, he would make few
soundings into the depths of the water
into which he is contemplating plung-
ing and investigate how dangerous
are the rocks amongst which he is
about to dive, it would save lot Of
heartaches and possibly alimony.
You see, love, except in novels,
doesn't strike q man down like bolt
Of lightning. Instead it creeps upon
you slowly and insidiously, like some
obscure disease that you never
dreamed that you would have. You
meet a girl who just looks at first
like any of the other thousands of
girls you have met, but somehow you
find yourself thinking of her after you
leave her. Then you meet her again
and she looks better at closeup than
she did at first, and for some reason
you don't bother to fathom you send
her flowers the next day and make a
date with her.
She Is still nothing in your young
life. but you keep hanging around her
and taking her places. You discover
you like the same things, read the
same books. 1t is just wonderful how
well you dance together. and you feel
yourself slipping. The malady is
progressing. You are falling in love
You have that gone feeling and are
subject to hectic chills and fevers
But your trouble isn't fatal as yet.
There Is still time to save yourself
If you act promptly.
X X
1T IS the moment of grace which
every mans guardian angel grants
him in which to stop, look and listen
before he falls so much in love with
. girl that he Is blind to all her faults
and blemishes and desf to all the
warnings that prudence shrieks in his
ears against marrying one who is
totally unsuited to him.
50 while you are trembling on the
brink Of love I would suggest that
you consider four points very carefully
and prayerfully. First. Will she make
the kind Of wife you want? Now Is
the time to have that question out
with yourself because after you fall in
love you won't be able to tell.
You will be 50 doped up with senti-
ment that YOU will see things as you
want to see them and think that an
extravagant. clothes-mad girl with
social ambitions will make an ideal
wife for poor man striving to rise in
the world: that q girl who loathes