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HAT joy on Christmas Morn! What exclamations of
sincere delight when packages from Mother. 81s, or
“Her” are opened ! Especially when the gift is from a
We’re accepting the responsibility of pleasing him. We gather-
ed an immense array of merchandise suitable for men’s gifts.
We’ve made certain that he’ll like the styles, the colors and the
And we know—you women shoppers—that you’ll
A man can't get enough ties. Espec-
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Seoteh plaids. too,
so popular with the boys at school.
$1.00 and $1.50
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Fitted Oil and Water Color Boxes, Artists Colors,
Canvas, Brushes, Stretchers, Stencils, Academy
Board, Canvas Boards. Studio Size Oil
Moist ‘ and Semi-Moist Water
Illustration Board.
Colors.
Colors.
Johnson’s Electric Floor Polishers. Devoe Paint
and Varnish Products. Quality Wall Papers.
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THE EVENING SENTINE
By PETER B. KYNE
l‘Cappy Ricks Discourses
On The Christmas Spirit
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('nmh- mot... aiullt'd utintily as nellvtth every reasonable excuse to he
maul: illltl his chair at the luneheollIOl-lrt's. they managed.
of tile lliltu'walt-r ('illil.
“You look tired, t‘appy." said
l'lysses (:rllhb. eympalhetlcally.
"it i look half as tired as I feel.
l'ln exllnurtpd, l'iyssvu. my boy. l’n'l
lit, {or ill“ scrap heap today. Old.
tillllVilltui .\\'ili(i—i)l‘(li(l‘il. full of coma.
itoys, l
linow exactly how an old tired cart
horse feels when he's turned out in
a soft green pastllro after having
tllllllitimi the cobblestones of the city
. lltmL Ci. ili-‘i “[0."
“As bad as all that?" J. Augustus
“Why. I thought
It this time of )t'ar was writer‘fi
amp from sllznllli: cairn. dividend
.ld t.‘llrlstnrm honus checks."
"tint that. too." (‘appy complain-
l. "t‘an't harilly close my lingers
t my fodder."
“Serves; you right." Eddie Smith
:nllenlzcd the old gentleman. “Why
.-_ you. at your age. i|0iil0r to sign
'il st?"
Only ““00 a Year.
“i do it only oneo a year. 3'0“
on: head. \‘t'llt-n those, to whom 0X-
i'.i dividend and Christmas bonus
hooks are 8"lll see my signature on
itlltzir r tperflt gives them contldencc.
i'i‘llt‘y say to thcmsclves: ‘liello. the
WM mall‘s still on the job. Oil? And
,.lot a d'ly older. it‘ one may judge
|lly his handwriting! ltoy. but that
‘old crook (it'lt'H sling: it mean pen!
ichll. with this assurance, 1 dill—«say.
it will l..- safe. to buy that house on
.the illstalnlt nt plan. t'uppy will live
i" in: enough lo get us paid out!
l "lt' thv'y saw you now they‘d have
ja rash of gray hairs to the head."
{‘Ull‘fl'l’iil‘ti yotlln: t‘aptaln liibbcl'd.0f
’tlll.‘ Shipping llllll‘d. "What have
‘yoll ill‘t‘u llullla. t app} '3"
i “Sell. l'vt iwl'll doing my Christ-
mas shopping." mid t‘appy. wcurlly.
"licllold ill me one who is captivated
}by titht‘l'iLil‘L S‘l"lT-’lll>‘. in me you
late all that is mortal ot' a once wcil-
iprtst-rvid old lll'il‘l who. through the
.ycars. illlli in en accumulating u
lt‘hrlslmas list a»: ion: as a recall p0-
tition. and who has all but immoltlt—
wt hill: e l‘ upon the altar of friend-
lilp. l m :l .‘-.lt‘i'iiit‘t,‘ to wnoly lambs.
it‘-t‘ll'7". r.:tl..l sets. parrht-si hoards.
lit").. , l.le;.cles. exprirs wagons
'iitl no. l"lil'ii ttlys--~{liitl all lie-
.itlrv- l \‘t':‘1it'illilllll enough to be
iiit‘ll in it], ll it a mum of the limit,
l-\'.it. .i..p tally and avoid thi-
:sh.’ l sh ppul tili‘y but I dii not
void tll- l.i-..l. livel‘yllody in the
.ty. who il.’ll a dollar to spend. tic-
'itlerl to .l vii t1;-- rush by shoppllzg
early. out i iii‘ r suit that In: hail
the Me at: l l sum-zed out ot‘ lne
.hy U:;t'.it’.l ’ : .’ divs in department
istol'e “lee. '
"\\'t-ll. t... a -. «luau next year,‘
lictlcll :'. l 'tll 'l' inlet and
[inllid i..t- l‘ . t
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"No l. . 1 . -tll ,. ,. you stat“.
" . .l and you
.tl i' \ ..l; .11 tllv- lic-
Lil‘llll-lll hub". that the coopera-
.on llolumll tlt l'.t'\\.~»]l:,|llt‘s and
ll- til‘fl'll‘llll- li' :-l< r l.“ practically
all. All the things \I'li \\.illl to buy
at Christmas , l'l 1,1 >lm‘iv when
.lle 'Sllup t'.ti‘l_\" :‘i'l :iu Marts the.
list-ova I».
. lllit‘-lltit' olt~~ll..i\-. [hep mow in
the Sielra has ldeelo-d lhi railroads.
t'tw-iulil “'0“. the it...» is slow this
year. or iill Hutton-r on which the
Loom. \\l'i. «'i.ipp.d \\.l.". wrecked ill
the i'alrllna t‘;lll:l.. So you go home
and rn-st and the {allowing week.
mm! to your ruin by the false pro-
illiFt'S ot' limit-walkers and head
:~alcsl:ltll.-.~’, _\llll l'I’ilii‘ll to tho (it-
' lurk all-i ills'emrl‘ limit the}: arc only
.l'lll’ the ma \.ll‘i4‘fiil-l'.‘-i you thought
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“l haw no empathy for you.
.v'appy. ‘y-t. :‘twml know better
illiull to play the \it'lltll‘llllt‘ill stores
during Fill-Limits wet-k. You rhouid
hil‘c smnellotiy in shop for you."
Cappy raised his trembling hand
and let it t’dl :lualn. dcspuiringly
”t‘nn't. My daughter. Mrs. Mutt
Peaslcy. makes me go shopping with
her. That girl just drips with Christ-
mas spirit. She knows that every
year since the first Christmas. 1
have been picked to play Santa
Claus at tho Merchants Exchange
Christmas Tree for the indigent
poor. or as one of our prominent.
citizens once called them. 'thc indig-
nant poor.‘ So she had a marvelous
time. buying presents for the tree.
and she. makes me trot along with
ilLl‘ to O. K. her purchases. All the.
all-ls who wait on us are tired and
listless and nervous. and Florry
complains to me of their discours-
esy. when the fact is that Florry
and every other tool shopper is as
close to a nervous breakdown as the
salcswomen they complain of. and if
they are ireatr d snippily it is be-
cause they do not I(IIU\\' what they
want when they want it and can't
recognize it win-n they see it. The
only people in the country who
really earn a bonus are the sales-
women in (it partnlent stores."
"You could give them a bonus and
not miss the money." Eddie Smith
suggested.
“Well. you can bet. young feller."
Cappy shrillrd. “that every girl who
waited on Harry and me and was
nice and patient and courteous under
tire is going to find Guppy Ricks
check in hcr stocking 'iiristmas
morning. Why. the poor tired thing's
.they break my heart. Take. for in-
stance. the exchange of presents be-
tween Flurry and me. I know what
ll‘lorry wants. to wit. a large. (at
check. So 1 hand it to her and take
\alue received in hugs in kisses. Bin
Florry never knows what I want
because I never want anything. I
don't need it. I have everything I
do not need. and poor Florry wears
herself out trying to think of some-
thing to add to the lie of useless-
ness. She even asks a saleswomen
to help her decide! Finally sin
thinks of it or they do and Florrs
buys it. it is always very expensiw
and in the natural course of eventl
the. bill comes to me and I pay it
By the Holy Pink-teed Prophet. old
Scrooge was right! Out upon Merry
Christmas It‘s making a burn out or
me!" I
"What interests me. Guppy." said
Ulysses Grubb, "is the number of
sales-girls who . are going to find
t‘appr. ltlcks' checks in their stock-
ings on Christmas morning because. .
VJJB, 411$" ‘: .1.
nevertheless.
to be sweet and courteous."
"Well, now." (:8va declared. "in
View or the howl that goesup from
our women regarding the dlscourts
esy and inatt'cntlon of saleswomen
in department stores. you would be
surprised at the number of namel-
added to my Christmas list this
year. instead of sorting out the low
bone of an ass irom under the coun
ter and whanglng tool shoppers on
the head. as they deserve. all the
girls i saw waiting on" folks gave
uniformly smiling and 'courteous
service to those who extended thy
palm: to them. The other kind hav-
en‘t got a smile coming to them and
l for one. cheer when they do not
get it. It i had the crust of tht
plumber's wife 1 saw yesterday I'd
steal the United States sub-treasury
before morning. She had all of 7!»
cents to spend on a. handkerchiet
[or her husband and she stood in
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TRINITY GUILD
T0 ’ENTERTAIN
They Will See Nativity
Play and Hear Solo.
ists —— The Cast ——
- Xmas Tree—Gifts
The Young People's Musical and
Dramatic Guild of Trinity church
will have charge of the Christmas
entertainment for the Scholars ot
the Church School. this year. The
entertainment will be ’leid on the
the Parish hall and a feature of (in:
program will be the elaborate pre-
sentation of a. beautiful pageant.
The “Miracle Play of the Nativity."
in addition to the cast of the play.
there will be an invisible choir.
which will be lead by the soilsta oi
the church choir.
been taken by the members at the
Talent committee of the Guild in as-
singing the roles to the members.
and most of the parts call for solo
work. . .
The cast to-date includes. Miss
Maud M. Sherlock. soprano soloist
lot 'i‘rlnlty choir. as Mary: Rowland
iSchwebel. former juvenile lead with
the l'oll players. as Joseph: Miss
tlrene Hannon. star of “The Charm
’St‘iitml." as Ruth. George F. Harris.
-lenor soloist of the First Congrega-
tional church. as Gaspar: Miss
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evening of Holy innocent's Day in ‘
Great care has.
Annette Somers as Naomi the dun-v
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cer. Miss Lillian Field as Miriam; tree. to be decorated by members oftE tor the affair consists of Miss
Charles Doulens as Melcholr. and a ' the Guild. The women of the church : llannou. Harold Pennington.
number of tho children of the Jan— are dresslul: dolls. for the girls of lit-lv-n haunt-let‘s. Mlss Marlon
ior Department of the School as the lower grades. while the Guild tram. Mrs. Fred G. Benedict
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set-L will also tarnish candy and fruit to Annie Newton. George E.
There will be a large Christmas the entire school. The committee
and Fred Ht-idell Jr.
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We Add to the Gift by Allowing Interest Com-
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