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8 Children and 01 r * *>' .... r - >. . ^^^|IITL.DREN are eonservath I beings, even old fashlone when It comes to choosir toys. They aren't up to date and i full of the tfcodern spirit of progre! and invention as the toymakers b lleve them to be." Thus spoke one who is a sort < professional Santa Claus?that is, 1 has played the part at so many Su day school Christmas parties that 1 sometimes imagines he is growing co ton whiskers. "They display the same quaint, sir pie, old-fashioned taste as their fathers and grandmothers when the were children," he continued. "Moi of them, do. anyhow. Every year tl: toy manufacturers break loose wit a new crop of automatic racing car aeroplanes, submarines, tire engim and kicking donkeys. If the childre were constructed on the same nervoi clock-work plan, they would give ol Santa Claua no rest unless he kept u with all the modern inventions. 1 stead of toy soldiers they would d mand mortar batteries, and they wool not be satisfied with mooley cows, bi would demand that they have ped grees and give only certified inilk an cream. "They would not accept a Noah ark unless it was a combination < the steamship Lusitania and a in ode r cement bungalow, with sleepiti porches, twin-screw propellers, ele trie searchlights, wireless upparatu second chattel mortgage?in tact, a thii comforts of ship and home cor plete. They would require Mr. Noa to carry a pilot's license as well as college degree in natural history. A the animals would have to bo trainc to do tricks, and poor Noah's fa mil would have a fine time herding thei while wearing wooden raincoats an stove-pipe hats. "Fortunately children, real childre are not constructed that way. The want their arks on the old-fashionc plan, whereby you lift off the roof an find Noah minus his head, and most < the animals trying to hobble on tlm legs. "Automobiles in miniature, with re HE WAS THANKFUL. irrriTl "John," said the Lorlny Wtf, "I 1 |UBd?d to K?t you nice now neckt for Chrlitmu, hut I am ashamed 1 lAOknowledfe'that In tha rush of tl Hkopfiac I ooaplAtely tof?ot ltM "Thank 70a, nevertb?lMi," Mid tl lHappy Husband. ANNUAL "HOLLER" DAY. fWhoa children hare their Christmas to; The house will rln* with laughter ga Jkad thus. In truth, by glrla and boys, lg ChrWtmaa made a "holler" day. * - - 75 it ? -v, tlA A SB^^3S5BrT5fS5r^TH=TSF^5fgT5r=3>r?r!^Zrg??' 7 "" "y W W ?U* Jl> VN ^iv* W*vTv* vfv* w*yii*' Id-Fashioned Toys <J''? <JV> ?'V, A'/. .M/. .\t/_ -il#. .< >- ; re upholstered seats and rubber tires j ., d, may fascinate a small boy for a few y ig hours, but you'd better place your' pj is faith in a good, old-paftern rocking If is i horse, with saddlo and stirrups, and a j H e- mane and tail of real hair. The rock- : H ing horse Is not going out of fashion w of by a long ways, and 1 predict that in ! le the horseless age, if that time ever ^ n- comes, our children's children will be 10 jerking the mane of a wooden 'horsey', A it- and whipping him on his painted1 flunks, and trying to feed hint crack- ^ n- ers. Also, they'll be falling off hi: .1- back and bumping their little fore- H >y heads in the old-fashioned way, and ^ st 'horsey' will have to be thrashed and - le looked up in the clothes closet for his ! h bad behavior. s, "And as for dolls, you've got to give ?s them real 'baby dolls' and not grand i 11 ladies in the latest tango gowns and | is hats. For the last 60 years or so Id doting parents who are well to do have ip been trying the experiment of present- i n- ing their little girls with waxen fash-1 e- ion models?only to find the precious 1 id one crying for the rag buby of the it laundress' daughter. Children show J li- the real mother Instinct when they j id spurn the 'play-child' which is too j dressy and up to date. 's "I have one friend, the father of a ; jf ( large and lively family. 1 make him n happy every Christmas time by pro- 1 ig sentlng his kids with a bunch of cheap, c- mechanical toys. After about half an j s, hour of winding them up, the little 11 ones tire of the clicking wonders and n- return to their woolly dogs, rubber li | dolls and other simple favorites. That a ; is when father's fun begins. Ho in11 | slsts on winding up tlio toys nnd runid | ning them all Christmas day, ostenly , sibly for the pleasure of his youngin | sters. He does not cease winding until id the toys begin to get out of order, and ; then he has the additional pleasure of n, | trying to repair them. y | Sometimes I think that a manufac- ^ d ' turer could make a fortune selling j id j toys just for grown-ups. Seeing a j, 3t' i bunch of adults busy working me- E jo chanical toys reminds mo of the time A ' when tlio whole family insists on takal ing little Johnny to the circus. TO KNOW FUTURE HUSBAND f Many Old English Customs and Su- J, perstitions Center Around j. Christmas. 1' / All down the ages girls have been v eager to find out their future destiny I' ?whether they will be "old maids," I or, as they are now called, "bachelor _ girls," or wives and mothers. Christmas. as well as all the other festivals, j has been allotted its customs and superstitions through which the secret ^ of the future may be learned. To And the answer to the Impor- . 1 tant question, wife or old maid, a girl had to go alone on Christmas eve ; and knock on the henhouse door. If | / a cock answered her knock by crow- 1 I ing, she would be married, but If no ! j cock crowed in answer, then she ; ( would be an old maid. This undertaking would require a good deal of i courage In the old days of supersti- 1 tton, as on Christmas eve evil spirits were supposed to have increased pow- t er and ghosts were supposed to prowl ] around If a girl wished to know the name i of her future husband she took four t a. onions and named each one after a < It boy friend. She then placed one in each corner of a room and the one M that epronted before January t bore i the name of the man ehe would 'i l# marry. In some districts this was carried < out rather differently. Several onions 1 were selected and named and placed close together, and the one that eprouted first gave the name that was re to be hers. We can imagine how 71 carefully the warmest place would be ' chosen for some special onion. 1 < 1 . THE LANCASTER NSW6 ''' ' 7^' I o all?good-by. My task is done, ve swung the circle of the sun. ve given all that Life bestows, ve dealt Fate's cards to friends, to foes, ve touched you each with joy and care, >rawn wrinkles here, smoothed wrinkles there. ind if I've frosted temples gray, ve made warm lips to kiss away he chill. Tho' Death, tho* strife ve visited?I've granted Life. m Time. I/ve robbed your cradle dear, et 1 ask you?your dying Year, lave I not filled it? Answer free, f I've robbed you have not you cheated me? lave not you sought to kill me?Time? lave not you wasted ine?God's gift sublime? lisspent me, mocked me, wished me on my way, oathed and reviled me?prayed another day, nd when I granted it. mocked that one, too, re wo not quit at evens?1 and you? "is Kismet?Fate. Old World, good-by, ly cycle's done?I faint?1 die. I / \\^\ ' 'h// ^ xjjj j ?h. World! dear World?at last my dream is true, "hrough all eternity I've longed for you, npatient of the years I had to wait, lach nerve aquiver, lest I be too late, ind now I'm here?and all of you are mine 'or my brief reign Yet, also, I am thine, 'or use?abuse- but treat me as you may temember this I'll give and take away, i nd but this moment born?but half awake, 11 tell you now what I'll both give and taka 11 take a life from out you here and there. 11 give?a lover true?a sweetheart fair. Jalf of your fondest hopes I'll steal away. 11 grant a grain of wisdom day by day. tnd tho', perchance, 1 should take Peter's all. 7ith lavish hands I'll shower it on Paul, ! 11 smite some of you with an iron glora '11 nurse some others with my tenderest love, 'm 'both your queen and slave. I now make way. *his night is yours. Tomorrow you'll repay. I Jring forth the jesters. Fill the cup of rhftfir i fou've waited me forever. World, I'm here. The 1915 Do/. "I will not put pins in my dear teach- j jr'a chair." (Tucks will hurt Just as l nuch, anyway.) "I will not quarrel and fight with ' ny big brothers in 1915." (What have 1 got a little brother for?) "I will not play hookey from school to go fishing or swimming." (That Is, n the winter time.) "I will be a regular attendant at Sunday school." (At Christmas time ind Just before the summer excursion, sf course.) "I will not take mother's currant jelly from the pentry without permission." (Her raspberry Jem Is rood enough for me.) "I will be kind to dumb anlmels, such is tigers, lions end elephants." (Stray cats and dogs, however, had fetter keep out of this neighborhood.) "I will not (Oh, gee, that's enough. They say the good die young, 4nd I want to live until I catch th*t redheaded boy on the next block wty stuoh bts tongue oc>>v at 'ihe y fester* lay!) ___ \y DECEMBER 29, 1914. NORTH FACADE OF THE HUGE PANAM Cmvrthiii. ir?i 1 ?iv Pnn!i>nii """ii" This photograph shows the north Exposition. San Francisco, 1015, as it of the building is Unman, with decora Lincoln Heachoy made the world's lii feet long and four hundred feet wide. TWO GIRLS SHOT BY STRAY BULLETS Threats Against Duel Participants for Possibly Fatal Wounding of Miss Marie Fowler. Jonesville Special to The State, Dec. 26.?A bullet from the pistol of one of two negro men engaged in a duel this afternoon near the depot wounded Miss Marie Fowler and Miss Myrtle Colonicn, two 16-yearold girls, who woi'b passing along the street when the combatants opened (ire on each other. The accidental shooting of the two young women, the dnught< rs of well known citizens, create I great excitement in Jonesville. Angry men heat one of the negroes severely. Sheriff Hay Fant of Union arrived opportunely on Southern train No. 4 1, which passes about 6:30 o'clock and took the negroes aboard with him before any violence had been offer e?l to them for their criminal carelessness. MisB Fowler was seriously wounded, the bullet pasr'ng through her chest. The same shot struck Miss Coleman in the arm, inflicting a flesh wound. Miss Fowler is the daughter of C. C. Fowler, a farmer who lives two miles from Jonesville, and Miss Coleman is the daughter of R .It. Coleman, a member of Jonesville's police force. Miss Fowler, who received tho worse wound of the two, was carried to the Jonesville hotel, near the scene of tho shooting. Tonight she was said to be resting well and to have a good chance for recovery. The negro men who did the shooting are Will Ilames and Crawford Thomson, both about 35 years old. 1 hey are said to have borne each ether a grudge for a long time. Th^' took occasion to settle it this afternoon about 5 o'clock when they were on the street near the depot and started shooting. Thomson was rhot in tho leg by Ilames. A stray bullet from the pistol of one of the negroes struck both Miss Fowler and Miss Coleman. Olllcers arrested the negroes while the intense excitement caused by the affulr spread over the town. Sheriff Fant was notified of the shooting in time to catch the westbound afternoon train before it left Union. When the train arrived at Jonesville, ten miles away, the negroes were loaded on it and left in the custody of the sheriff, who took In llonnlnl ?.hn>n l,n ...nil...l i itcix x.\j a a* wict n uci c uc r? aiicii until Southern train No. 10, easthound, arrived. Then he put the negroes aboard and carried them back through Jonesvllle to Union, where they were put In jail about 0:30 p. m. IkXHl H<?u<Is, (tetter Ntwt?. Greenwood Journal. If there is anything that would appeal to the people of this community and county at the present time, we should think that it would he a demand for good roads and for bettor streets. They ar?i both In such a fearful condition as to make it almost impossible to travel. Not only are the streets in a bad condiI tion, but In many places the sidewalks are in such a deplorable condition as to make it very unpleasant for people who have to use them. What shall be done to give us bet ter roads and streets? This should be discussed until something is done in the way of permanent improvement. Other places have made Improvements alone this line that are a credit to them, and there is no reacon why the same should not be llniK h?M O# MVIIMA l? ..til money, but It, will be money ..well Spent.' * PALACE OF MACHINERY BUU.DII A-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPO! hi linn i ii i iiiHiii WB?BBgeaa?in umeaamaam national Kxposltton Company, facade of the great Palace of Aiachtner; appeared ,?lx months before the openin itions suggestive of machinery and inve st indoor aeroplane flight. The Valace WINTHROP GROWS I1 WITH THE YEARS , Kxtenslon Work is Broadening. f Itepiitatioii of Institution is Increasing, President Says. We take the following from The Columbia State of yesterday morn- " ling: II Advance sheets from the annual 1 report of D. It. Johnson, president I of Wlnthrop College, Itock Hill, have been received in Columbia. The re- | port will be sent to the general assembly through the state department. of education. I)r. Johnson says that the usefulness of the col- ' lego bus been broadened by an ex- ( tension of the work for the welfare .t of the public at large and the movement is bearing fruit. At the joint meeting of the conference for education in the South and the Southern educational As- * sedation, held last April in Louis- 1 ville, two of the most important demonstrations were assigned to ' Winthrop College, that of the model < rural school and the model rural ' home. ' An evidence of the growing reputation of Winthrop College and Its 1 increasing usefulness Is the ever Increasing demand for its graduates. ' Of last year's graduating class, over 1 27 procured positions before they ' received their diplomas. The Win- ' throp diploma is being accepted in ' lieu of examination in states that 1 are very strict in the certification of teachers. President Johnson say that, notwithstanding the greater enrollment during the past season, the college 1 ran smoothly in every department there was no sacrifice anywhere of quality for quantity. "It seems that in this small, sparsely settled state, with only a little over 700,000 white popula lion, men, women and chi'dren. there should be no fear of Winthrop College becoming too big to do efficient, acceptable work, In the lace of all the facts and the experience of other states," says Dr. Johnson. Winthrop College this year lias its largest enrollment, there being SH2 students attending the instit'itlon. There were 1,473 applications for admission this year. Theto are now 100 officers and teachers of the < ollege. Poison, Fountain Inn Tribune. When men are loafing, they find it necessary to talk. At the present time, state politics and the war furnish material for much conversation and argument, but any given gioups of men will soon talk itself out on these two subjects and the talk will lag. Then recourse is had to smut? vicious and lascivious stories along with rapid-fire profanity. Many little boys roam the streets. They hear much of this sewer dragKing. You \?M1 notice that each father, when he begins a smutty tale, glances around to see that none of his sons are present. If his neighbor's boy is there. It doesn't matter. Genuine wit is wholesome and enjoyable. But smut Is literally nasty, wherever you find It, and the ability to enjoy unadulterated filth Is hardly a certificate of Intelligence. However, everybody to his taate. II have no quarrel with raen who enjoy these thlnaa. But I have a just quarrel with men who relate vicious tales before little boys. The poor little chaps are naturally greedy for knowledge, they long to be like grown men, and It's taking a cowardly advantage of their admiration and Innocence to fill their minds with nastlness that 1 |':ppg \ m ~~ 5ITI0N, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915 y at the Panama-Pacific International g of the exposition. The architecture ntion. It was in this building that of Machinery is nltnost <>ne thousand hey will never be able to forget. Give the boys a fair chance. Jon't poison them. rHE FILIPINOS ARE NOT UP IN ARMS (Continued from Page One.) ured. Twenty of this party wero aDtured by constabulary or uauniciml police. "Ten men with two lire arun In mbuna de Hay attempted to make rouble last night with 110 results. Everything quiet and vigorous at.empts will be made to secure lead?r;.. chief of whom is believed to be i man under sentence of imprisonnei.t for hoimcuie, who has jumped .is tail. \ "Nobody of any standing or inllu3nee is concerned in this movement." Assistant Secretary LJreckingridge mid Governor Harrison's report was complete and that no request would tie made for Information about the trouble. Administration officials have refused to believe that the uprising was serious, but have watched the w situation closely because of its pos iible bearing on the Jones bill granting more independence to the natives, which has been passed by the house and now is pending in the senate. The senate Philippine committee will continue itR hearings on the measure Wednesday and Chairman Hitchcock said today the war department would be asked for full information concerning the trouble. Prohibition in the National House. Augusta Chronicle. That the prohibition amendment received a majority vote in the national house of representatives is surprising to many people. Particularly when it is known that many congressmen would have voted for the amendment but for the state's rights feature involved. Men who would vote for prohibition on its own merit voted against the Hobson measure because they take the position that the proposed amendment to the federal constltu tion wouia encroach on the police powers of the several states. The Prohibitionists declare that they aro satisfied with the result. The anti-Prohibitionists declare they aro satisfied so long as the proposition stands defeated in Congress. There is no question that in the next Congress. another effort will be nade to pass the legislation. It had beep predicted that congressmen would dodge the vote and a long list of absentees would ho noticeable when thp "ayes" and "nays" were called. This prophecy proved Inaccurate. There was a larger attendance in the house Tuesday?when the vote was taken? than lias been the average attendance throughout the session. There is pending in the senate a resolution simllnr m _ ? ..... ww ?mv 1 1uwbui resolution. *t was introduced some time ago. There is a movement on foot to force it to a vote with the purposo of disclosing the prohlbitiou strength in the senate in so far as It can be disclosed on legislation of this kind. Not Half as Absurd. Republican papers say Mr. Bryan's utterances about a million men responding to a call to arms "before sunset," if they they were needed by America, is all rhetoric and is absurd; but it isn't half as absurd, when you come to think of it. as the stock RODUbiican ?r?nm?nt you can make the people prosperous* by taxing them.?Anderson Intelligencer. 4 - 1 >