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THK PEOPI.lt BARN WEI.I.. R. C. Violet and Her * Christmas Catch By ETHEi: AUGUSTA COOK Cirl’t Kindnew and Understand* ing Appealed to Handsome Young Dick Barnes Aunt Sophia Played Clever f LC H A R D BARNES was the "best catch” In WU- Ilamsvllle. At least that la what the mothers of un married maidens there told them selves and* some- Part by Supplying times each other. a Dinner Party But what iB more, the maidens them selves thought so. And Violet Mar tin, who was neither the prettiest, nor the ^richest, not the cleverest of the idens, apreed with them In their es timate of the hip, handsome, wealthy fellow. BTlt-^ was, with her, not his riches, or ids good looks, or even his great popularity that gave her this thought. No, It was a feeling she had for the whole two years sine*' he had come to Wllilamsvjlle, that he would make one of the best comrades In tlie world. She understood his spe cial sense of humor. She loved his laugh. Violet Martin was honestly In love with tills big, congenial boy. Richard was in love with Violet, too. lie was quite certain of that. But he was spoiled.*—Anyone would be spollc*! who was adored as Richard was adored. Ycu see, It was not only the Klria—there was hi* mother who hud spoiled him from Infamy. That Is why Richard, although he knew he loved this gl I who wasn't the prettiest, nor the rteheat. nor the wisent In WII- liamavilie—no. not by far, had not quite eome to the point of proposing. For Violet, fcho was huoeatly In love with him (rot Ilk* the others who In love with the Idee of perhaps the hall at Aunt Moptua fi sc d deni y understood. Well, Vlole had always^known he was the beat comrade and the moat understanding • girl could ever hnve whether he wui ever t6 be more or not. Now he Juetl Bed tbnt filth. “Good for you," he whispered back, and together they went over to Aunl Sophia. But Aunt Sophia would not hear of It. “N^lndeed. Anyway, mov ing pictures are hard on my eyes." "But you know we couldn’t gefc»a seat at this last hour for the musical show," Richard explained. “And any way, If we did, you couldn’t sit with us. We want you to sit with us!" With what gratitude Aunt Sophia’s eyes beamed at that. “No, of course you couldn’t get a seat" there,” she agreed. “And I wouldn’t let you If you could, you-generous young linan! But I will tell you what I will do. I’ll get ■rare MKM* KTOWATIMUI. Sunday School * Lesson 4 - Or wev. r & nTZWAT**. £ n, Tsschsr of English BlbU la tho Mood* Instltuts Of Chicago.) 1«U Wasters Waw.rpapar Halas t Bltjj LESSON FOR DECEMBER 23 UNIVERSAL REIGN OF CHRIST LESSON TEXT—Isa. »:«. 7; 11:1-12. GOLDEN TEXT—• Aslc me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheri tance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.”—Ps. 2:8. PRIMARY TOPIC—Christ, the Prince of Peace. / ; JUNIOR TOPIC—Gods Promise of Peace on Earth. • INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Christ’s Kingdom, the Hope of the World. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —What Christ's Reign Means to the World. The time is coming when Jesus Christ shall reign as King over the whole world. I. The King (Isa. 9:0). 1. He is a Son of Man. “A child was born.”- The eternal Son became Incorporated with the race in order to be its Savior an<T Lord. The King shall be of David's line, royal stock. 2. He la the Son. of God. “A son is 0 Legion (Cony for This Dopartment Supplied by the Amorlcan Lesion JUST WHERE LEGION STANDS Influence of Orga-nization Not on De cline, A«««rta Douglas County (Neb.) Legionnaire. The Influence of the American Le gion is on the wane, avers a corre spondent of a western newspaper, dis cussing the decline in membership of this organization since the peak years of 1920 and 1921. ‘. “Following the war, the Legion was recognized as a powerful force, par ticularly in politics, national, state and community," points out the corre spondent. “Today, the Legion is not discussed much.” It is our humble opinion that one or two things Is the matter with, this correspondent, says the Douglas coun ty (Neb.) Legionnaire. Either he is not well informed on the status of the American Legion with the “home folks," or else he is using ids “hum mer” with tiie apparent intent to l»e- glven ” As the eternal Son of God ^ America’s largest and strongest He was not bora, but given. This Son orgnnlUtlqn of veterans. Happ>> With Her Christmas Gifb G«d fievatk. she ■wvred. I tksak Ikew far Ike power of Ik* As sirs !• Mve «tfk wklrt k«*e Invested ML Mfcdl dear _ w U> I fji |~ Kike threw k*rk her keed wMk resited sir Oeeeps one gelsg |e tee stag Rk* Most 4* Mew thsa Reeve 4M Wog ottk fwrik apdftt Mfcd vigor Me ssowtod trvly MspsreA “That Is Why That Was th# Night Ha * ^ * Chose for Proposing." up ■ little supper for you two If yoall come In after the theater, and you may bring some of your friend* Thai will be spleadld. I’ll have a merry I>ni Inr .! n, tjllr n,r..l !.r.-7 ti..l I ~ 'J* OUT M .. frmok .^4 . I '“' J ^ ' k **- r °' boy. sad (root him like aa equal. . Aad Richard was a little put out „ with this Auy tejrrvieu of himeeif Ik • girl s eyes ahert of e hem’i lies ^sp at J*g was fkR The Mreol at Fftotof kwi i e/kdsrew ekirk area kae mml% store s4 , > aammOf wRk Iks Hreerei^ sgeesefisciak at kse s«4l ks4 fiwetS S W reres Me kse •4<*etw wws M krui Hke rareMkl get to clarpi rwre aActo All c yew were viwfSy dHfe T«ur » ere ouo uemiMfki I kesur bsued you tMtg Mho that ketera" keane auo lapkod kNk eg) the nrvn R eon Mery "ties limtegm.’ akM RatWv. engguog out at has groap eesluiag that they ittag quite a oeu tteu um4e Mm feet HrOAre ke eenu t sMe far a maa to be k Ikdty ukleus Mm ■ sa m i lie hud pride, lam. Rut c imMuM alfks rpme le Re rWata ■greed le gv Mas e gm or re m la h SeuvaetRe ) ^ Re Wttttem e —oSd he theee eRh the RlrhurdL 4mm Ik kfts hu that they eage h* aee Mm el "I RmY Iseu ehy | feel eedmei* pesde th her" he ease with k ie with him the irams te k me*i cal Q ft... e ter* am) N i hie aue i Me eeulke ’ hhRs«L sad n. •■■ glad uMh VkeSeS UkU ia Id Mm- gayety ou Christmas eight, la the <*|r ponaeity to do a lovtag t hi ire for aemeuaa dear to yeq And TTotet was dear to Aaat Itophla. aad IHck kood eoatd bet At the theater tMrh suddealy laid hiametf 1 kaarw ehat it le ahamt VlMet that msNes her sweeter le my feeSiog thea all the ether girls pul MprelMr} It a hevrause she's the kldd eul And perhaps she'll he kldd tr tae sad take me evek If she ■ f(et ar an 4red la tove^ Aad that la why that a an the high! he rhae* fee peqmaakhtg Hr did U g«nag home fTem A eat N fblnn puny Ret peehagd VleSet eaa aue ef the I H kihdhev att. faq a partly. mode her ««•*• e» eaa at tenni. take hta ssi ha re m se qoeto tkol 1 ^ totov yww t«R res yww a Hfi# (Ms sfte* owe cere- "1*4*1 yww got rey H ktoM Sam Mi*e FsthT (ke gveel sews Ik R • tke pMM Ye« rsrwft- j , Grew,* UwseRs asML * yww weew as Mwe Hw 1 '» rwsgkt say Hews stoag Sknwl < . MMMI ftjkdt Ji'MRJI •w rererk okwwi ywwe give kamau shoe hew muH Mrs Y«eag wan teitlag aad Km Her > th IWTWmiMfT eMh alt WeM. Unseat, etdtedly "1 He has heard Mem- Mr Wk- nnmnii a. meet Mian Ret We lllat«q> ami yea i her frteudL ftl.es Mary Rader. Mr. WB- yuu ( UomaakL He Is eery Mtenasad la year vskau Ik fast, he had a prepeafttlau te pel before yet** Rasher slipped her arm shoes Mary sad pul her ei her arm t breach Gaawgv’h Rke aeeded aapfert. "My Idea eaa this." hegea Mr. RH 1 ' 1 N cw b yea 7 .JturK far ir»lnii>g U ■ ' tnr near my place aran't artists enough to sujqjiy the de mand. Ngw you know.” “Yes, she wants me to sing, I sup pose, but I am horribly out of prac tice. I—“ “Oh, hush! I never knew It to fail. That Is what they nil start out with. I took the liberty to tell her you would be glad to- dp It, so—” s yaaf aa aa gsve nee tf tag near my place of buttkeas, hug "You eld, could rvimrt often an ta your r "And I will be nenr George, loo." Fbe said, |»rt>- thought Esther. Bui. aloud, ahe auld. reeded Mary, as,-| m y| have to lake Mary. Khe Is my though nothing | iiin|»|rallon always. I couldn't do wlth- hnd hspiwnevl, (>u , her - "she was giving a “Then." proceeded Mr. Wllllnmson. Mg entertainment erant to semi you abroad ami finish for her settlement y OU 0 |f HS Hn o|»era ■inger." folks ( lirlstmas j out!" shouted the Janitor, rather eve. She whs hav- j peevishly. ing a hard time: "Come up to the house,'” Esther put P'ttlng artists. It j n “This Is so wonderful, I want to seems that there ^ j t ove r gome more. George, Isn’t are so many of it W onderful? We will he in New York these things going together. Oh, what a glorious Christ- mas !** ■ - (©, ISIS. Wvdvrn ?J-w»papvr t’nlon.) A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT 'tvs Fee iSea ever sireagth, a ike ayes of INS la ctklMrvs ssoam k he! ter tftUag l Ha a aur aus g«« d; aad then the tire*) root Me la Ike Uvea of ikouv aroood u* lavds out apaa aa Ikrougk eatoaaHi eyes, aad aa andrrfMaad better w* pMy. «e rr«ae (a oaudaam—wo would even amellaesle. we unuM akow that »e nee sad aadarslaad—and sa we fdfer tke damh gift wMck mutely leSb* «hat oar nvwds could never tell; aad then la our been*, la oar koun»dw4«l*. Joy and pea>v» earth's hlgKesf h«iqd self. “There are r*rettler glH*. ami as I nesn. — RUier M. Hden Rheiq^rosi la lolly- And girls that are nicer to me. iqitntmrgh lM«i«ntch. too. Hut !t*s Violet I'd rather be seen ' " with than any of 'em.'* gjvm Is the mighty God. the everlast- ' Ing Father. Being such. He will take the government upon His shoubleea. assume ail authority, lie la wonder- { fttl. The world will marvel at Him. Ilia kingdom will be different from all kingdoms because It will not be of this world He Is the all-wlae Coun sellor; therefore will make as min ; • lakes la tfts conduct of the affairs of I the klagdom. His kingdom will be a kingdom of peace No hatred or fear , will be known la His klagdom E The King’s QualMrafloa Has | tttffk- Tke Holy Spirit shall rest apno Him la Ills seveafold completeness. (I) “Th» spirit of tke L*r4~—that la a divine person prvwseding frwm tke Father and Ron (2) “The spirit of wisdom"—giving lasigbt into all (blags, human rend divine. IS) "RptfR of understanding"--that la the ability tk See that which la of tke highest and best (d) -*p4rtt of eoumml" ~ ! that Is the aMlitj to make pAsue fAf 1 f "RptHt of migHt"—tbut Is tho skiMy Is eteewte Hie pAuns 14} Tftplflt of knew ledge' thut la tke sMtNy to perceive Ike util «f QwJ ta all things m "The fesr nf the lured* that Is | rsveevaiial sad ekudftent fe«r A Tke (Tkornrier sf the King flua 11 'AA) fleessae ef HlS divine snoint tag He shall Ire quick in uadeestuad g*mdkess tv St Reeuuse af this die cecnment the right will have remgw! Uon and the pesuender is right sHsP Ho racogk'ard sad espeoed (2t He ' shall not fudge after efteehal appear ‘ akceo fc ft, (SI Khali sot deride upon Hearsay fv gl Rack cuss shall Ire decided upon the basis of skswluta and peefevt knowledge (4) He sknlt defend and avenge the poor and ureeh ! of alt the earth fc. 4)., Tke meek shall Inherit tke earth when tke lien Rah reigns (Matt 5 SI (S) ftkail amtts the eurth tv 4) Those whom He smites are the ungodly inks Hit sacs who are then In fvderation against Gkftst The head of this fir deration ta the Anti Christ (T Theus. 3 tl. ld> Hs shall have a sent far Justice and truth (r. SI. It. TH# Nature af H«S Kingdom (laa 11 «JO>. The American I^egi'ti is not to bk measured by mere numbers. The spirit of service, the spirit of fellowship, the spirit of arlf-aacrlftcs for their needy huddle*, the spirit of loyalty to their country nnd It* Instl- tutlotu—these are a few of tbnthl%uf afl by which the Legion should be The accomplishments of the Legw^Y la the field of service are a refutation of the charge that the Leghm * tsfiu- rnce la uaadertng For wit Hare t tka malldeuce at America, without tka auppoft sad co-operation of Its ettft- sens, the Legion uauld be uauMu to carry on Its program of asevtre -a pare gram which has boon *^ »urreaofUI and so unaetkati that the aegoeisatwre run* mauds the respacy and adaatrntlun of every right minded perswa in tke tanA Amerti a loans to tke American Up gbre aa tke •wtMktaaiton nMrk »r»ska f«c the i.mk'WM htatr aren sod nam es ukn fought tke nsttans buttles m (He grvuleal war at uM time IDKkag by aettee sr pnautve vunsont pruattruk |y sU af the sorvicu areu un4 uvrewn at Amorti u nsawgntae tke atmn at Mu Legwre its prtnrtpfton and Ha yeugeutn « %% Imi tto I If Is Iks* Vstw ttf ASSt^l»'S ’• MRS# HhR sun IInr Leghau mamtstmi na present Mgn idenm ns pmeni iwR y cvmceptktk at tkw oegnmanta-n s duty to pa cvrentry and to its bnddMh tan vvdru of the LegHre uM So hewvkrd Mendwevkip In tire aeganiaptren at* fees tittle to tke mRvudnal, Hut Iku right to Help vkouAdrr a Human tkn ngM to Hetp carry a Huddy s puck— Iftmt Huddy. who, heruunr at tka use, ia uhsMo to orewt the econuuntc cum Rttans at tftre day No luaurtotm rtuh pnreaa, ns Hena4tu sf any nwt are -dferod t • tke men and • oaoen a Ho unsetnvkly p-tn Hands through the Amertcwn Legtan to pee- petuole the fetiou akips of live but tie- 4cId. ibe ramp and the training skip. Yet It Is our hankie apmkn that tke Lrglvre. w henev er it avgkea ap Its It It naaiA ^ n i that there PLY YOUR CHRISTMAS HAND Christmas Imposes no time limit up on charity, mercy, gentleness and un selfishness. You enn ply your Christ- T surely will do my best I will mns hand every day In the year. «ln to practice this very night. I will aee Mrs.^Y^ung tomorrow about the ■ongs she warns me to slug. Do you suppose George would come down to hear me sing, and then maybe stay over for Christmas?" It was the night of the entertain ment and the girls were putting the ftn^ Isblng touches to their dressing when Esther suddenly broke the silence. 1 "I think It Is so queer that IJIIdn’t receive any answer from George! He might it least ~have told me ha couldn’t come.” Everything was excitement and nola# la the large hall of the settle ment house, where people ef all tlonalltias wm% crowding In. Thu pro gram began st the hour stated >LY STAR J9rHE little boy waa afraid of the dark. but. f* he looked out through the low window, upon the pane* oif which Mr. ! 'ro*t waa making hi* pictures, h>s^*w a bright *tar that waa winking at him with a moat friendly and assuring light. It •hon* through hla tear* and neemed to aay that It would watch owr hla sleep. So he ahut hi* eye*, and. atilllng hla aoba. th* better to hear the carol sing- •re scrum th* atreuc was aafelyr away to slumber aad a dream. The dream lady looked Ilk* hi* mother ail druaued la a robe that gllateovd aad spoehied like enow. *IH was Hctawtaa him the When he railed lor her the whtde family was sitting around the open Are in the big front parlor. Evident ly they had hud u family Christmas dinner, for Violet’s aunt and uncle and her cousin* were still there, and un married .Hint Sophia. “Time to start for the theater?” Violet’s- father exclaimed In amaze ment when he saw Richard. "Well, we’d better get our tilings on, too.” It seemed that not only youth was going to the musical comedy. But Aunt Sophia was not going. She had not thought to get hefself a ticket, and apparently no one had thought for her. Aunt Maud was going with her hus band. The young cousins, were going with their beaux. Mrs. Martin with Mr. Martin. And Violet was going with Dick. Aunt Sophia until this minute had not realized how lonely a Christmas night she had in store for herself at home In her tiny apartment. She stood now, gazing about almost like a child afraid of sudden loneliness. But no one noticed the look, and Sophia had never meant they should. OIu yes. Someone had noticed. Vio let’s clear eyes had caught It and with a pang at her heart understood. Why hadn’t father planned something for Sophia for tonight? Why hada’-l- he got a seat for her? How could her dear blessed parents be so thoughtless? Why, Aunt Sophia was mother’s own sister. “And mother sever seemed to guess how dreary It must be on Christmas Eve—" Violet hushed her criticism of her parrots aad took art km herself. Na girt la Wlltiainsvllle. It Is aafa CHRISTMAS CANDLES It is a pleasant custom, when the f'hrtstmas tree Is lighted and its many candles full to give all the needed cheer, to light a candle from Its fires nnd'give the tnlle*- candles on the shelf nnd on the table a share in the happy Illumination.—C. G. Hazard. <©• 1923. Western Newspaper Union ) The Land of Christmas Trees By Grace May North M Yauth’:iCompanion Ootdrk Apr of which ports her* eung aad for which the wise mca ef all . agr* have longed sad lo&ked Thcgr ' will thee hr pcs re. not only between i men. hut between snlmals 1. The Wolf Khali Dwell With the i’ L«mh (4* 6). ) The word “dwell" sag | mt* Intimacy as if the latuh should j rerefye the wolf Into Its home. The i only place and circumstance at prea- I ent in which the wolf and the lamb dwfll together Is when the lamb Is inside of the wolf.' 2. The leopard Shall Lie Down With the Kid (v. 6). .1. The Calf, the Young Lion and the Falling SIvhM Re Together (v. 8). They are so gentle and peaceful that » little chltfTTreh'lend^hem. 4. The Cow and the Boar Shall Feed Together (v. 7). ‘5. The Lion Shall Eat Straw (v. 7) —no longer preying upon other-ani mals. 6. The Sucking Child Shall Play Upon the Hole of the Asp (v. 8). 7. All Nations Shall Gather Unto Him (v. 10). The earth shall then be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. III. Ths Glorious Issue of tho 'King dom (Isa. ll:Ift-12L I IfflM UaJHRMmR^I^44UiM|A»-4M,mo^ the ifitttVre mark ****“ The pesqde of Asserkrs have faith Ik the Amrrirsa That theMflk^ d’Skdcsre has i**»! been misplaced Lf proved by. the legion's unselfish d«^4# votlun to the principle* of Anwricsn-^^ Istn and *erTire, a service for the m«iet part extended to noniiienilteni of ths organization. The legion may not he div<'u**e<| much In the particular circle in which the correspondent of the new»pai»er travels. But when the “honie folk*" think of the service^ man. ihey think of the Legion. They hav£ come to look upon the Legion as the mouthpiece of the nation’s u»»r»»n.iar« There is little to back up the state ment that the Legion ia losing Influ ence. Today the Legion stands as the au thor of practically all of the legisla tion pertaining to the veterans of the World war. Most of the early objec tives have been attained. The glorious reign of Christ shall attract the Gentile nations. This Is the real purpose of the kingdom, to attract the nations of Jhe earth to Jesus Christ that they might be saved. The nations of the earth shall be brought to the place where they will fecdghMe-CKtfst 1 ^dirSTffre Tfo?? and perfection of ftis kingdom. JT) Ilk/ to fir.fi ibr fpgMtrg mi;nr * Our Gethsemane. It Is s grest thing, when onr Geth- temane hoars come, when the cup of bitterness Is presented to our lips, and when we pray that It msv pass away, to fael that It la net fate, that It Is noil r H«i g K. ,h t ksessslty. tret gRins love for'TfiioJlnjiBd. B ends, working open «*.—E. H. Chaplin CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR HONOR Kansas Legionnaire Recipient of Gold * nd Plntlnum Cross From Rumanian Legation! To be the possessor of a war cross from a foreign government and yet unable to determine why he should be the recipient .pf the honor, is the pe culiar plight of Ira H. Burke, Kjmsaa J^gtoRaalJr., Rprently-Burke received a package from the RumapWn legation af Washington containing the insignia cross of the Star Of Rumania, cast in white gold and platinum, and a royal breveLdn heavy parchment, bear ing the signature and seal of the Ru- » tnaalah king. An accompanying let- tef explained that he had been ma by mm Tfre nd Burke served aa captala la the ft orty-Rfth lafastry overseas, but ran- hat rare ember when he ever raare Is nmimet wUh say I ssytklkg hs drcsrotVre Her tog ekle <e Red akyeres •««iS*Bk ISkgwsgi Rr a ^