-CHRISTMAS!
Yule Epidemic Sweeps America;
Nobody Escapes This Disease!
Immediately after Thanksgiving each year, America begins
planning its Christmas celebration. In every city and hamlet deco
rations blossom on streets and in store windows. Merchants put
their shoulders to the wheel, for December is responsible for one
sixth of the years total retail trade (see graph). On Monday,
December 4, banks begin paying more than $300,000,000 to some
7,000,000 Christmas savers.
, i In New York, Santa Claus is
welcomed to the city on Thanks
giving day in a huge parade.
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Throughout the nation, volun•
teer groups begin repairing dis>
carded toys for needy tykes.
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At Santa Claus, Ind., Charles Hou'ard of Albion, IS. Y., begins
conducting his school for Santa Clauses.
Toy manufacturers finish their
seasons work. These eyes will
soon provide vision for the doll
Sister receives on Christmas.
In a war-torn world, Christ
mas is a time for good deeds.
Thousands of gift boxes like
these are shipped to China.
Christmas trees are cut in
northern forests and shipped to
market, where they will gladden
many a heart on Christmas.
In schools and churches, choral
groups begin practicing Holiday
productions. Every community
has many such activities.
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Uncle Sam's postoffice gets ready for the Christmas rush.
AMNESIA A II
86
By THAYER WALDO
(McClure Syndicate—WNU Service.)
STIFFLY Brian rose as she
came smiling toward him.
Without a word he pulled back
the chair and seated her.
“Sorry to be late, dear," she said;
"but you know how those studio fit
tings are. Honestly, I sometimes
think a picture career isn’t worth
going through that for. Three solid
hours of just standing around, being
pinned in and out of gowns, while
the designer and the director and
two supervisors looked on. I’m sim
ply iworn out."
Chancing around at the group of
tables under the broad canopy, she
exclaimed:
“But this is delightful! I’m be
ginning to feel refreshed already.
Such a charming continental air
about these sidewalk cafes.”
He sat staring at her with hard
eyes, still silent.
Suddenly she became aware of it,
and concern masked her face.
“Why, Brian—what’s the matter?
You haven’t said a thing, and you
look so-so strange!"
A waiter attended them.
Crisply Brian ordered, then faced
her again with a slight grim twist
to his lips.
“Yes. Perhaps I’d better explain
right now. It may make our lunch
eon a less pleasant affair than I’d
looked forward to; but I’m afraid
that can’t be helped.”
She kept her gaze steadfastly upon
him as he lit a cigarette and con
tinued:
“We’ve known each other quite a
while, Linda—since a couple of years
before we were married. I’ve al
ways thought you were the one wom
an in the world I could really trust.
That is, until last night. You didn’t
know it, but I was awake when you
came in from—what was it?—oh,
yes: from ‘visiting Aunt Emily.’ I
was awake and I heard a decidedly
unfeminine voice say, 'Well, toodle
oo, old dear.’ ”
There wasn’t an instant’s hesita
tion in her response.
"Why, you silly, shameful boy! I
wouldn’t have believed it of you.
To think you’d let such a suspicion
destroy your confidence in me—and
with no more grounds than an over
heard whisper. Brian, I hope it’ll
make you feel very small to know
that the man who said good night
to me at the door was Uncle
Edgar!"
He didn’t reply at once.
Into his expression had crept
something which didn’t entirely re
semble conviction.
Yet at last he smiled apologetical
ly and said:
“Very well; I’m sorry, my dear.
Just forget it and forgive me, if you
can.”
The service came and neither
spoke while the waiter was bustling
around them.
Brian’s glance idly swept the now
rapidly filling cluster of tables, to
light upon a man just entering.
An impeccably garbed fellow he
was, with steel-stripe trousers,
spats, and a malacca cane.
As he drew near, Brian saw the
face and started.
Then, pausing at a vacant table
nearby, the man beckoned the head
waiter.
"I m a trifle early,” Brian heard
him say; “I have an appointment
here with Mr. Jones—Mr. Alexan
der Jones. You can serve me now;
I’ll have coffee and liqueur when he
arrives.”
Linda noted her husband’s absorp
tion and asked:
“What are you watching so intent
ly?”
With an odd look at her, he said
carelessly:
"Oh, just a chap who came in a
moment ago. The one sitting alone
on your right.”
Her eyes followed his indication.
The newcomer had seated him
self, and for a moment she scru
tinized him in silence.
"Why, you know,” she remarked
finally, "there’s something awfully
familiar about him, but I can’t for
the life of me think who he is.”
"Really?” A hint of intensity was
in Brian's mantier, though his tone
remained casual.
"That’s unusual; you have such
an excellent memory for names and
faces.”
She turned upon him a smile both
sweet and frank.
"Only with people we both know,
dear, I’m afraid. I’ve become so
wrapped up in you and our life to
gether, I doubt if I should remem
ber anyone I knew before I married
you. Queer, isn’t it, what love can
do to a perfectly normal woman?”
Almost fiercely his hand closed
over hers, but the grin he wore was
of sheepish delight.
"Honey, I—listen: let’s get out of
here. I want to go home; I want to
be alone with you and try to tell you
how ashamed I am of what I said a
few minutes ago. Never mind the
lunch; we can eat any time.”
Regarding him in wide-eyed sur
prise, Linda reached for her purse
and fumbled it uncertainly.
"Why, Brian, what on earth made
you say that all of a sudden? I
don’t—”
“Tell you later. Let’s go.”
Quickly he summoned the waiter,
settled their check, and led her from
the cafe.
When they reached the street, she
halted him to demand:
“Now, out with it. I won’t go an
other step until you tell me what
this is all about.”
Beaming down at her. Brian re
plied:
"Gladly, darling. It just happens
that that fellow you didn’t recog
nize is the man you were going with
and practically engaged to when 1
met you. What you said about it
made me realize what a rotten fool
I’d been to doubt you. Come along
—we’re gomg where I can just sit
and hold you m my arms!”
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The gentleman in spats was
leisurely finishing a frappe.
The headwaiter approached and
made a throat-clearing sound.
“Pardon, sir; did you—ah—say
you were expecting someone to join
you?”
Consulting his watch, the diner
said: “Hmm-yes; but it looks as
if he weren’t coming. Too bad.”
“Then of course you'll take the
check, sir?”
"Well, now unfortunately I’ve
come off without my billfold."
Immediately the waiter stiffened.
“I shall have to call the manager.
Here, number ten; inform the man
ager that—”
Just an instant there, garcon; I
hadn’t finished. I was about to say
that my coming here was arranged
as a little favor to a lady. If you’ll
just look under the nearest plate on
that table—the one right over there
—I think you’ll find she hasn’t for
gotten me.”
Palpably skeptical, the headwait
er stalked across and lifted the half
empty dish of lobster salad that had
been Linda’s.
There on the white cloth reposed
a five-dollar bill.
“Ah, quite as I thought,” the man
at the table said.
Rising, he flicked a crumb from
his lapel, reached for his walking
stick, and added:
“Keep the change, but let that be
a lesson to you. Only trouble and
embarrassment come from hasty
suspicions. Toodle-oo, old top.”
Act of Congress Aided
Telegraph Development
A last-minute act of congress gave
telegraphic communication to the
world and that act undoubtedly has
been of as much universal service
to mankind as any other act ever
passed by that august body.
The senate in the last five minutes
before adjournment on March 3,
1843, voted to grant Samuel Morse
$30,000 to construct an experimental
line for his magnetic telegraph be
tween Washington and Baltimore.
The house had passed the bill 10
days earlier, perhaps to placate
Morse, who had asked for a similar
grant five years before. Few of its
members believed in the practica
bility of the idea.
Morse left the senate gallery late
in the evening of the third, con
vinced that in the short time re
maining before adjournment his bill
would not come up for a vote.
Next morning, since no messenger
had brought him any word concern
ing the fate of his bill, Morse took
its defeat for granted and dejected
ly prepared to return to New York.
Before his preparations were com
pleted, a caller. Miss Anne Ells
worth, was announced. Miss Ells
worth, the daughter of his intimate
friend, Henry L. Ellsworth, com
missioner of patents, explained to
Morse that his bill was one of two
passed during the last five minutes
before congress had adjourned.
Miss Ellsworth also brought her
mother’s invitation for Morse to
breakfast with the family.
As a token of his appreciation of
her good news. Morse accorded
Anne Ellsworth the honor of select
ing the first message to go over the
wire when the line was completed.
That message, "What God hath
wrought,” was sent from the Su
preme court room in the Capitol in
Washington to Baltimore on May 24,
1844.
Shortly after this first transmis
sion of words by dots and dashes, a
rhymester of that period wrote:
“What more, presumptuous mortals,
will you dare?
See Franklin seize the clouds,
their bolts to bury;
The sun assigns his pencil to Da
guerre,
And Morse the lightning makes
his secretary.”
Neither Morse nor congress itself
could have realized the prophetic
significance of the demonstration
message before a few New York
friends before Morse left to present
his bill to congress. It was, "At
tention the universe—by kingdoms
—right wheel."
State Political -Barometers
The most reliable state political
barometers are Arizona and New
Mexico, whose electoral votes have
always been cast for the winning
candidates since they became states
in 1912. North Dakota and Ohio have
been on the winning side since the
1896 election, while Kansas has giv
en her electoral votes to the winner
in every election since and includ
ing 1900. California is fairly relia
ble, on the winning side in every
election since 1888 with two excep
tions, in 1892 when one of her nine
votes was given to the loser, and in
1912 when 11 of her 13 votes were
given to the Progressive candidate.
Maine is unreliable, having voted
for four ldsing candidates since 1884.
Her alleged strength as a barometer
comes only from the fact that her
state elections precede the national
election by two months; these often
hinge on state rather than national
issues.
It’s a Blouse, Chic and Lovely,
That Gives ‘Oomph' to the Suit
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
CUITS are in! And now for the up
^ keep in the way of one flattering
blouse after another to wear with
the suit of your choice. For as we
all know it’s the blouse that gives
“oomph” to the suit.
One among many of the likable
things about the blouse is that it so
graciously fits into the scheme of
things, enters, so to speak, into the
mood of its wearer, being formal or
informal, sportsy or dressy to suit
time and occasion. One good-look
ing suit and a wardrobe of versa
tile blouses and your clothes prob
lem is solved, for via a proper
blouse one can meet almost any
emergency in dress.
The world of fashion has gone
wildly blouse-conscious this season.
About the most exciting spot in shop
ping districts these days is where
blouse displays hold forth.
The revival of sterling quality
white satin for the blouse marks a
significant highspot in the present
program. See the smart white silk
satin blouse pictured below to the
left in the illustration. Note that
the sleeves are long and full, gath
ered into a snug-fitting band at the
wristline. Sleeves in the new blouses
trend in three directions: short,
bracelet length or long, as here
shown. The silver necklace and
jewelry worn with this blouse add a
note of formal elegance.
Not only is white satin a favorite
in the blouse realm, for satin blouses
Her Plaid Coat
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Of course little daughter must
have a winter coat of gay plaid
wool, for fashion simply adores
plaids this season. The new wool
plaids are the handsomest ever and
the winter landscape, wherever
young folks congregate, is ablaze
with colorful plaids. A scotch cap of
velvet with crown of matching plaid
adds the finishing touch to this styl
ish outfit.
Initials on a Bow
Your own Initials cut out of silver
and set into the center of a flat
silver bow make a personalized pin
which may be worn at the throat of
a frock or as the clasp for a plain
dark belt
L
in pastel tones are being shown In
tempting array.
Many of the latest models have
a yoke at the back with a gathered
in full blouse effect below. With
the voluminous graceful long sleeves
and self-satin buttons down the front
a youthful soft styling is achieved.
For dinner or daytime "dates” a
pale pink silk chiffon over-blouse
(the very new and smart type fin
ished with band that fastens over
the skirt belt line) is shown above
to the right. A solid tucking back
and front, together with gold em
bellished glass buttons, bespeak
style for this dainty blouse. A roos
ter head in gay colors with coq
feathers trim the pill-box hat, which
is significant in that wing, feather
and bird trimmings, milliners tell
us, are quite the smart idea this
season.
Regarding the blouse shown below
to the right, the spontaneous impres
sion one gets at first glance is the
formal elegance of this model, and
rightly so, for it is just that, ele
gant and formal. It glorifies a black
velvet daytime suit. In the eve
ning wear it with a copper-colored
metal cloth skirt and you will be
dressed to the queen’s taste. It is
made of sumptuous white satin, pat
terned with a delicate tracery done
in copper. The perky bow ties, the
long fitted sleeves and the deft use
of shirred fullness are distinctive
styhe touches.
In the panel to the left behold a
costume of the present suit and
blouse trend. The jacket and skirt
are of black wool with nubby self
stripe. The blouse is of fine faille
silk in the new blue that reminds of
royal. It has a clever group-shir
ring down each side of the front
stressing the current trend to
achieve soft fullness through artful
shirring.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
New Jewelry Ideas
Are Cropping Out
Gold jewelry accents on black are
still the outstanding fashion. How
ever, new jewelry trends are devel
oping. One of which is the increas
ing favor expressed for silver neck
laces, bracelets, clips, buttons, belt
buckles and other gadgets. Huge
silver-wrought lockets suspended
from silver chains are especially
good style.
There is also a tendency to wear
white jewelry, moonstone settings
being in high favor. Many style
alert women are wearing exquisite
diamond or rhinestone pieces espe
cially with black or the new rich
wines and greens. As for pearls,
they have held good right along and
still remain first choice with women
who dress quietly and with un
failing good taste.
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Gulliver Travel
Prints Are Latest
Fabric prints inspired by the char
acters and mood of Jonathan Swift’s
immortal classic are op the way.
The promise is that we will be see
ing ere long children’s dresses, neg
ligees, nighties, and so on made of
these new picture prints. Ladies'
housecoats, dresses and blouses will
be styled of these tested rayon prints
that promise perfect fabric construc
tion, color fastness and washability.
They will show all the leading char
acters in miniature, also castles in
the sky and other pictorial motifs.
Gay Pinafore Apron
Shields Your Dress
L-----„.L I I,.
No. 8557. Your favorite kind of
apron! Make it up time and
again, so that you’ll always have
one ready to slip on! It thorough
ly protects both the skirt and the
top of your dresses from splashes
and spots, and it simply can’t slip
off the shoulders. Grand idea for
gifts, too, and church sales. Sizes
34 to 48. Size 36, 3 yds. 35-inch
material. Six yds. braid or bind
ing.
Send your order with 15 cents
(in coins) to The Sewing Circle
Pattern Dept., Room 1324, 211 W.
Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
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Given Took the Words
Right Out of His Mouth
The dashing young traveler with
the lady-killer reputation seated
himself at the table and put on his
most seductive smile as the pretty
waitress approached him.
“Nice day, little girl,” he said.
“It is,” she replied. “And so
was yesterday, and my name is
Qwen, and I’m pretty, and have
lovely blue eyes, and I’ve been
here quite a long time, and it’s
not a bad place, and I’m not too
nice a girl to be working here,
and my brother is cook in this
place, and was once a profes
sional boxer. Now, what is your
order—roast beef, roast lamb,
stew, or liver and bacon?”
Pull the Trigger on
Lazy Bowels, and Also
Pepsin-ize Stomach!
When constipation brings on acid indi
gestion, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated
tongue, sour taste, and bad breath, your
stomach is probably loaded up with cer
tain undigested food and your bowels don’t
move. So you need both Pepsin to help
break up fast that rich undigested food in
your stomach, and Laxative Senna to pull
the trigger on those lazy bowels. So be
sure your laxative also contains Pepsin.
Take Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative, because its
Syrup Pepsin helps you gain that won
derful stomach-relief, while the Laxative
Senna moves your bowels. Tests prove the
power of Pepsin to dissolve those lumps of
undigested protein food which may linger
in your stomach, to cause belching, gastric
acidity and nausea. This is how pepsin
izing your stomach helps relieve it of such
distress. At the same time this medicine
wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your
bowels to relieve your constipation. So see
how much better you feel by taking the
laxative that also puts Pepsin to work on
that stomach discomfort, too. Even fin
icky children love to taste this pleasant
family laxative. Buy Dr. Caldwell’s Lax
ative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin at your
druggist today!
Vanity Dies Hard
In some obstinate instances
vanity outlives the man.—R. L.
Stevenson.
May Warn of Disordered
Kidney Action
Modern life with its hurry and worry.
Irregular habits, improper eating and
drinking—its risk of exposure and infec
tion-throws heavy strain on the work
of the kidneys. They are apt to become
over-taxed and fail to filter excess acid
and other impurities from the life-giving
You may suffer nagging backache,
headache, dizziness, getting up nights,
lee pains, swelling—feel constantly
tired nervous, all worn out. Other signs
of kidney or bladder disorder are some
times burning, scanty or too frequent
urination.
Try Doan's Pills. Doan's help the
kidneys to pass oil harmful excess body
waste. They have had more than half a
century of public approval. Are recom
mended by grateful users everywhere.
Ask your neighbor!