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Y !F7? j Ig Nvs\vk> x I I The Mother'a Chriatmaa C It ne?er comes to Christmas think about the times We used to save our pennies our nickels and our din And we bunched them all togi even little baby brother Putin something for the preser we always gave to moth Wo began to talk about it very in December, Twas a very serious matter children, I remember, And we used to whisper night] suggestions to eaoh oth< For by nothing cheap and ta V could we show our loi mother. Hers must be a gift of beauty, symbolize her ways; It must represent thesweetnes the love that marked her It must be the best our mom combined, had power tc _And be somethiag that she h T tor;nothing else would s? V Then it mattered not the token the purchase had been i It was smuggled home and h and with other treasures And we placed our present pr in her lap on Christmas And we smothered her with I and we laughed her tears It never comes to Christmas think about the times Wo used to save our pennie l our niciteis ana our urn And the only folks I envy &r sisters and the brother! Who still have the precious pri of buying for their motl ?Ammriamt Here's a Merry Christmas Ga THE old English game of quires the use of enough uf Christmas candies, nuts, and other dainties to make a sm; upon a table, also a pair of sugar One of the party Is chosen, wh( retire to another room, while t maining players decide upon one dainties In the pile to be kno "tip." The chosen person is th called and with the tongs r? pieces from the pile, trying to the piece named Tip, of which, 1 er, he does not know the locattoi pieces removed belong to htm un moves "tip," when all must be re to the pile and the turn passes next player, who retires to the room while another "tlpM Is nam player may pass his turn when, drawing several pieces, he wai avoid the possibility of losing through drawing "tip." The gam tlnues until the pile disappears I ? % rut lift TH1 bo.1 1 A- X ,J 1VJC?O 1 P ?e?, | ether/ 3 I 1 day? i risses ^.. rvxy# away. t , DUI1 v iiR] s and ------ ,jU ICS, e the rilega "RAl] ?'? ... .-o Siii n Bmy. , a 11 2 SB 8 & Ir-J' me | / ^ isorted 11 Jm* raisins jpfluHHi all pile |^H9Hg; m tongs. HW Sv WfflS wn as i'l re- | ;if lower- |1 less he |^l turned |9 . to the 1? I f^^^^ljiVrTTTTTTT"! other : I ed. A v^lj ^nPl55Syfol73fl| J&w} ft?* ats to ^ e coo > W AXTKR NKW > TUESDAY, DEC. 18, S WEEK AND NEXT A kR THEAT1 [STMAS DAY LIET DAY ? in ? SBOW GIRL" igle-Reel Comedy. Tlli llSI?.\Y. DKCKMIIKU ii~ IUM1.W W-li.W NK "The Adopted Son" AImi Animated Weekly. nuii\), lilii KMItKK US, SOMA MAKKOVA ?in? "The I'aintnl Madonna" And Font Wwkly. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, LITTLE ZOK KAK "The IJttle Pirate" AIho (UMjY WEST, Chaplin's Double ?in "FEY COP." MQNDA Y, DECEMBER 81, Jack Pickford and (smise liufT ?In "THE (.HOST ROUSE" Al.sn Hearst-Pat he News. 1917. T i' RE? 15c \ - i TODAY GAIL KANK | _ I ? "The Bride's Silenoe." WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Itt ' I Win. 8. HAHT i ?in? " The Silent Man" 1 Special Arte raft Production A1 s > Hearst-Puthe News. f TH1 KSDAV, DKCKMHKH 2<? Mine. PETROVA "More Truth Than Poetry" Also \itim:it??il W<H*kl>. | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 Jl'NK CAPRICE ?in? "MISS 1*. S. A." Ford Weekly. SATIRDAY, DECEMBER 22 FRANCIS FORD ?in? "Who Was the Other Man?" Also lionesoine Luke In "Luke on Tin Cun Alley." MONDAY, DECEMBER 2-4 VIVIAN MARTIN ?in? "Mollie Entangled" llearst-Pathe News. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2<i PA 1'LINE FREDERICK ?in? "The Hungry Heart" llearst-Patlu- News. S jj y ; ' pAULINtTReDF.RlCn f ' iivTheHurfiryHeart* J oodooooooooi, & 1 ? 7 1 ) ? J It's Christmat Time Again rhere's a (ire in the grate and a light in the hall, For it's Christmas time again, find the sleighbells ring and the children call, Fat Sl'? rkn*hn?* ??'? VI ? V VIU I0IIIM10 HMW {Ulk Ifs time for & Christian land to raise Her loudest paeans of lore and praise For the Holy Babe of the Bethlehem days, For it's Christmas time again. There's a wreath of green at the windowpane, For it's Christmas time again, And the church bells echo the glad refrain, For it's Christmas time again. Oh, it's time to turn with the golden smile To the friend we doubted and scorned awhile, To rid our hearts of their greed and guile! For it's Christmas time again. ?Lalia Mitchell in Ladies' Home Journal, Passing Christmas Eve Outdoors WK all slept under the Btara. a* usual, an Christmas eve. To shut oneself up In a room from the delirious South African night la Imply to miss one of the Joys of 11t? lng. "No one knows the stars who has not slept, as the French hnppllj put. It. a In belle etolle. lie may know all their names and distances and nmf nltudes and yet be ignorant of what alone concerns mankind?their serenf and gladsome Influence on the mind." Stevenson surely would have lovefl ~ -v.... _i MV/MVOia iUI HO 111^1113 UlUUt*. One groat advantage of the long drought from which we had been suf? ferlng?In Ithodesla one must needs bo an optimist or die?Is that there were practically no mosquitoes and very few Hies, so that the stutllness of a rao> qulto curtain was unnecessary. The night was cool and silent, except for the dlstunt howl of a Jackal and the occasional hoot of an owl? About five o'clock the life of day began to stir, und the sun gradually turned the mopanl and mimosa trees to g golden green and bathed us In tho cent of mimosa blossom, the go away bird called Impertinently from a bush Close by, and two green parrakeotn flew over our heads. Then one little sleeper after anotheg rubbed his eyes and crept to the foot of the Le4 to fathom the treasures of the Christmas stocking. As the still rose higher tongues were loosened, sag soon crackers cracked, and trumpet^ six of them, were heralding the mor% If not exactly In the manner of 'Jie am gels. The noise worried no one. Bat when we had had enough we dispersed ft# seek baths, and some of us were OTSM energetic enough to have a round of golf before breakfast.?"The Heart of the Veld," by Madeline Alston. L*" 1