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A Merry Christmas in Books He said. “Bverything grows steady | 28 1t grows old—ezcept an gld wom- | an and she gets frisky.” Not true Certainly not true. Or2®at least, so 1| thought and should have gone | straight on so thinking had it not | been for Mother Goose herself. And il have to own up that it was this | very old woman who made me stop | for a minute to wonder if there | might not be a little speck of truth in the fiippant ;0 of this pertly | amart male. For. old and old as she surely is, Mother Goose never did | before in all her long life frisk about | in rhyme and jingle and song as she 1s doing this very Christmas time of 1924. ANl the old rhymes are here, | oh. to be sure. All the old friends, | not one a missing. Little Miss Muf- | fet, old King Cole, Mother Hubbard, | affy the Welshman, Taffy the thief. | verybody among the old compan- | ions accounted for. And there are crowds of other folks besides—ani- mal folks and just plain folks—as if Mother Goose had held back some in the past years so that the broods of uew children might find brand-new friends to slip in smongst the old ones that have been coming for vears and years 4nd here, new and | old together, they cume—come troop- ing, come laughing, come Singing— in— MOTHER GOO SE NURSERY| RHYMES. (Edited by L. 13 | “The Children’s Classics. | Millan Co.) * Tripping light toes and kicking up sturdy hee's they play and dance and sing along their way o the Joy of your heart and mine us we hold out glad hands to the big ompany that good old Mother Goose | 1as bidden for our Christmas time Charles Folkard's pictures lire and galety, just like litt glasses frolic alongside this big and | happy crowd still bigger and still | happier. And here is, too | ROUND THE YEAR IN PUDDING | LANE. (Sarah_ Addington; Little, Brown & Co.) That's where Mother Goose lived—in Pudding Lane. And many of her famous folks lived there, too. Once into this book you will find out many of the things that ¥ou so much want to know. For in- stance, how Bumbo, the bear, came | to play with Humpty-Dumpty. laid up with his great fall; how Boy Blue hid the Sandman's bucket of sand so that little boys could sit up | late without getting sleepy; how Taf- ty, dear Tafty, came to be @ thief. A story for each of the 12 months in a | vear—but you'll read them all the | fArst day—Christmas Day, or the next | day after | THE RED FAIRY BOOK (edited| by Andrew Lang:; David McKay Co.) | fs, of course, a very speclal book of | fairy tales. For Andrew Lang knows the fairy lore of every country, so, choosing here and there from all over the world, he has made a beautiful book of beautiful stories, with pic tures that tell all manner of things | by Gustaf Teuggren GOODY TWO SHOES. (Oliver Goldsmith: The MacMillan Co.) Here | s an old friend, so very old that chil- dren were reading this story 150 | years ago in the same joy that you | and T are having with it today. A Httle book that fits a small hand in comfort and ease. THE ADVENTURES BROWNIE. (Dinah Marie Mulock; The MacMillan Co.) Here is another story that has stood the weathers of many a year without losing a mite of its first luster. Your fathers and mothers read it and will read it again | as it comes into your Christmas pack | of books TONY SARG'S BOOK FOR CHI DREN. (Greenberg Co) A broad, thin, flat book, made to fit the plc- tures that ge racing along beside each gay story that in its turn helps to round out the whole great story itself. Tony Sarg says that his chil- dren and the neighbor's helped to mnalke this book, and I guess they did. It feels so. PORRIDGE POETRY. (Hugh Loft- ing; Frederick A. Stokes Co.) This poetry is “cooked, ornamented and served by Hugh Lofting.” A savory and tasty mess that vou will like, 1o end. PUSSY WILLOW'S NAUGHTY KIT- TENS. (Lillian E. Young: Funk & Wagnalls Co.) That is the mother| cat's name—Pussy Willow. And this | is the story of her naughty children, | ‘Fluffy” and “Scamper” and “Purr.” The great joy of the whole matter is that, as you read, you are able to open the doors of Pussy Willow's cot- tage and to see just what those kit- tens are doing. Every picture has one of these doors for you to unlock for yourself. Great fun. THE KELPIES. (Ella_ Austin Blaisdell; Little, Brown & Co.) All about the doings of the kelpies that live at the bottom of the sea—more'n a million of 'em. At their head the oldest kelples of them all, oid as Noah, maybe. In thls story you will find out what they nights as they frisk and shine the great waters and tell, so some folks say what is going to happen to a man who goes a-saillng. THE GOBLIN'S GLEN. ge; Little, Brown & Co.) some spot, where goblins live by day and from come out 4t night to do things so | sirange that, after reading about them, boys and girls will step lightly and sing low as they pass the friendly 1ooking glen just beyond the pleasure | pasture, | THE MUSHROOM BOY. (Theodore A. Harper; The Penn Publishing Co.) It you sit down under a mushroom, or even on top of it, you can at once tell whether or not you are a mush- room boy. 1f you are, the oddest things will begin to happen. You will see the strangest sights and will hear the queerest sounds. If you are not, nothing at all will happen. Just) a boy here and a mushroom there- quite apart from each other. Now David, in this story, was a mushroom boy. No doubt about it. Read to seo what happened to him, sitting under the fat little umbrella of the fields. THE VALLEY OF COLOR-DAYS. (Helen B. Sandwell: Little, Brown & Co.) Burr, a new fairy, lived in this| valley. A very busy fairy, this, whose job it was to chase away the troubles that seemed to follow the | animals about—the lost puppy, the strayed cat, the little bird fallen trom the nest, the hunted fox. You would better gat acquainted with Burr | at once. ! RUFFS AND POMPONS. (Beulah King: Little, Brown & Co.) A clown doll perched on the shelf of a toy shop thought that a stupld w, pass his time. So he got down from the perch, left the shop and went out into the world. Yhat he saw made him so sorry that he fell to for thé helping of everything that was hav ng too bad a time. Busy clown, that. THE PEEP-SHOW MAN. (Padraic “olum; The MacMillan Company.) ‘You pay a penny—a large, brown penny—and you put your eye to the pesp-hole—and the wonders you see.” Tust look in at Padraic Colum's peep- show. Great showman THE FRIENDS OF DIGGLEDAY DAN. (Edwin P. Norwood: Little, Brown & Co.) The greatest story slown on_earth. You know him already. Just rush up to meet the joy-giving fellow again, for you will find “that day by day in every way he has grown better and better—if this were possible. E JAPANESE FAIRY TALES. (Laf- cadio Hearn: Boni & Liveright) Al little book, made in part by Lafcadio Hearn, about the fairies that iive on the other side of the world among the little children of Japan. A very| speclal kind of story since this writer has & mind and a heart that open to peauty—the beauty of children, and OF A (Harold A fear- and pixies which they | 1ooking- | ¢ the world. and the things that are not seen except by those, who like him, have the gift of inner sight. x ok k% BILLY MINK. (Thornton W. Bur- gess: Little, Brown & Co.) Billy Mink deserves a place by himself—so he gets it. Billy one day saw some traps around the Smiling Pond. He w sorry. So was the Pond. Billy went away, over to the farmer's woodplle, full of good plac for Billy to stay in—when he wasn't chasing the band of Robber Rats that-came around the place. A busy and gorgeous time Billy had, for a while. But he grew | homesick and finally ventured back to the Smiling Pond, strong in the | hope that those old traps had grown | tired of lying in wait and had gone away. Nobody goes to bed without a minute or two in the company of the Thornton Burgess folks. So, here is another chance for many good nights x ok x We are coming on So, our stories grow too, till some of them look like real history books. They are not a bit like them. They are juicier and much more alive. Here is a group that you wliil like: HILD" HISTORY OF THE (V. M. Hillyer: The Cen- A very fascinating thing that t back to the beginning of things and comes along up where we are now in great big chunks of his- tory that have no clutter of names and dates to tire and confuse us. I'm any child will find this a very interesting rney te take with waywise who seems to know Just what children do find to enjoy tl world around them. COLONIAL TWINS IN VIR- L (Lucy Fitch Perkins; Hough- ton, Mifflin Company.) One in the series of “Twin” book, this one hav- ing to do with the life of boys and girls in colonial days in the great State of Virginia. A fine picture of the perfod, one calculated to interest readers who are drawing near to more formal history. NICHOLAS. (Anne G. P. Putnams' Sons.) A Christmas story of Manhattan wherein a little Dutch boy goes hunting for Christ- as. In the company of St. Nicholas and with a good map of the things he | wants to find he passes from one ad- ventue to another in a breathless tour of discovery and enchantment. * THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY. (Padraic Colum; The MacMillan Com- | pany.) Here stories of King Arthur told as the old Centic story tellers! used to give them. Padraic Colum’s story opens when a youth rides into the court of King Arthur. And this vouth strikes the kevnote of the whole. For it is a story of strength | and hope and high thoughts and brave deeds. Beautiful book * ok ok w THE BOOK OF SCOTLAND. (Sid- ney Dark; George H. Doran Co.) Sid- ney Dark is used to making books for young readers. and older ones, too. And you may in safety count on any one of these books. So here, you | read of Mary of Scotland, of Bruce, of | getting older. Carrol Moore | Wallace, and those others who have given to this land sweet flavor. its own bitter-| GIRL OF THE PLAINS COUN- TRY. (Alice MacGowan; Frederick A. Stokes Co.) Just pure story this The story of a girl living on a ranch in the great plains country of Texas. What she did day by day, mostly in the saddle, how she came to know the | affairs of ranch and how, finally, it fell to her to carry on there. the responsible head of the difficult busi- ness—all this will make you sit up, it you chance to be a girl, entirely pleased with girl's account of herself. * % oxox CREEPING JENNY; AND OTHER STORI (Kate Douglas Wiggin; Houghton, MiMin Company.) The name of this author passes the book itself right over into the hands of countless readers. Here is the same bright spirit, the same vivid imag- ination the same humor and the same kindness, that without fail, animate all the stories of this beloved writer. Stories of New England, these, par- taking In part of the austerc c of life in this quarter, but in much larger part of the sunny quali- ties of the author herself. A book that will supplement the happiness that lles in “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” and in all the other storles by | Kate Douglas Wiggin. . 80O A KS RECEIVED. THE BLOSSOMING OF PATRICIA- THE-LESS. By Lida Larrimore. Tllustrated by Hattie Longstreet Price. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Co. THE STORY OF THE ELIZABETHS. By Grace Humphrey, author of “The Story of the Marys,” ete. 11- lustrated by Hattie Longstreet Price. Philadelphi. The Penn Publishing Co. LEAVES FROM THE GOLDEN BOUGH. Culled by Lady Frazer. With drawings by H. M. Brock New York: The Macmillan Com- pany. THE MUSHROOM BOY. By Theodore A. Harper. Illustrated by Florenz Clark Philadelphia: The Penn Publiishing THE CHILDREN'S CLASSICS—FEATS ON THE FIORD. By Harriet Mar- tineau. Illustrated by Boris Art- basheff. New York: The Mac- millan Co. | THE CHILDREN'S CLASSICS—MOTH- | ER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYME:! Tidited by L. Edna Waiter. Illus trated by Charles Folkard. New ! York: The acmillan Company. THE CHILDREN'S CLASSICS—GRAN- NY'S WONDERFUL CHAIR. R Frances Brown. Illustrated by Emma L. Brock. New York: The Macmillan Company. THE CHILDREN'S CLASSICS — AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND. By George MacDonald. II- lustrated by D. Bedford. New York: The Macmillan Company. NAN'S CHRISTMAS BOARDER. By Frances Margaret Fox, author of “The Country Christmas,” etc. Il- Justrated. Boston: L. C. Fage & | Co. THE LITTLE LIBRARY SERIES— LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES. Re- printed with new pictures by Alice Woodward. New York: The MacMillan Company. THE LITTLE LIBRARY SERIES— THE PEEP-SHOW MAN. By Pad- ralc Colum. Illustrated by Lols Lenski. New York: The Mac- Millan Company | WINDY LEAF. By Frances Gill. Il- lustrated. New York: The Mac- Millan Co. LITTLE TOM. By V. Tille. Tlus-| trated by O. Stafl. Prague, Czecho- slovakia: B. Koci. FORTY GOOD NIGHT TALES. By Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Thelma Cudlipp Grosvenor. New York: George H. Doran Co. | PEPIN; A Tale of Twelfth Night. By Evaleen Stein, author of “When Fairles Were Friendly,” ete. II-| lustrated by T. Matsubara. Bos- ton: L. C. Page & Co. AT SHALL WE PLAY? By Edna Gelster. Decorated by E. Mac- Kinstry. New York: George H. Doran Co. CHATTERBOX FOR 1925, Founded by J. Erskine Clarke, M. A. Boston: L. C. Page & Co. SILVERFOOT. By Illustrated by Florence Liley Young. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. PERSONALITY OF INSECTS. By Royal Dixon and Brayton Eddy. With Frontispiece in color by A. Garfleld Learned, and with 32 {l- lustrations from photographs. New “harles W. Clark Co. Maud Lindsay. | Center, 8. | Mils, W, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Recent accessions at the Public Li- brary and lists of recommended read- ing will appear In this column each Sunday. 5 Literary History and Criticism. Bidwell, A. T. The Places of English Literature. ZY-B472p. Reference. Bliron, Sir Chartres. Plous Op!nions. ZY-E526). Roynton, P. Some Contemporary Americans. ZY83-B716s. Butterfield, Herbert. The Historical Novel. ZY-B988h, Camp, C. W. The Artisan in Eliza- bethan Literature. ZY-C15. Campbell, O. J. and Gingerich, S. F. comps.” Critical’ Essays on Poetry, Drama and Fiction. ZY-C158. Carrere, Jean. Degeneration in the Great French Masters, 1922, ZY39- H. Joseph. Taking the Literary Pulse. ZY-C694t. Duff, J. W. The Writers of Rome. ZY36-DRTw. Dyboski, Roman erature. ZY55-D98m. Dyboski, Roman. Periods of Polish Literary History. ZY55-D98p. France, Anatole, pseud. The Latin Genlus. ZY39-F842 1. Gissing, G. R. Critical Studies of the Works of Charles Dickens. Z D35gile. Gorman, H. Masks, Modern Polish Lit- S. The ZY-G678p. Grandgent. C. H. Discourses Dante. ZY35-D237grd Hearn, Lafcadio. Pre-Raphaelite and Other Poets. 1922, ZYP-H357p. Houston, P. H. Doctor Johuson. ZYA- | J637TH | Howes, A. W. A Brief English Lit- | erature. ZY-H833 Livres de l'annee 77239-1.76. Reference Lewisohn, Ludwig. The Creative Life. | ZY-L587e. | Loane, G A Short Handbook of | Literary Terms. ZY-5L7S. Refer- ence London Statione Procession of on 192 sl Les | < < Company. An Anafytical Index to the Bailad- entrice (1557-1709) in the Regis ters of the Company of Stationers of London. ZYP-L843. Reference. Madariaga, Salvador de. The Genlus of Spain. ZY40-M2ég. Megroz, R. L. Walter De La Mare *m. G. and liot DI Reference F. I Training in Literary | Apprectation. ZY-P83st. Ralelgh, Sir W. A. Some ZY-R138s Schott-Moncrleft, ¢ K. Proust. ZY39A-Po4ss Smith, M. A. Short History of French | Literature. ZY29-Smé5 | Vincent. Burled Caesars | s | Teachers’ Manual, to Be Used n Con- nection With the Cambridge His- | tory of English Literature. ZY-C: «. Reference | R. J. E. The Mummers' Play. | - T438 Van Doren, C. C. Many Minds. ZY83- | Vosm | Weirick. Bruce. From Whitman Sondburg_ in American ZYP-W4ST, Whitridge, Afnold in Modern ZY29-W617c A ZYA-EI Pritehard Authors, | ed. Marcel Tiddy ZY to Poetry. | Critical Ventures | French Literature. | Practical English Books. | J. H. Debaters’ Guide. ZBEH- Reference. Mrs. M. 1. A Reader's Guide Book. ZX-B3S. 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ZCJ-Y86p. Writing. The Development and of the Newspaper ZCJ-M275 2v. Reference. The first three months of Summer seem to be the hottest 4 MOTHER! Fletcher's Castoria | clean | is doing a Parent-Teacher Activities This column is conducted by the District of Columbia Congress of Par- ent-Teacher Associations. Branch of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. Ali notices for this column must be sent to the publicity chairman by noon on the Wednesday preceeding the Sunday on which publication is desired. Address Mrs. J. N, Saunders, 3618 Porter street northwest. The regular meeting of the Dis- trict of Columbia Congress of Parent- Teacher Assoclations was held in the Ebbitt Hotel Tyesday afternoon, with the president, Mrs. G. S. Rafter, in the chalr. By unanimous vote two changes were made in the constitu- tlon of the organization. The first change concerned the aims and ob- Jjects of the organization. The se ond amendment increased the number of elected officers by adding two dele- gates to the Federation of Citizens' Associations. The following delegates were elected: George H. Russell, from Park View, and Col. P. M. Anderson, recent president of the Chevy Chase Parent-Teacher Association. Thare were reports read from the education chairman, Mrs. William T. Banner- man, and the health chalrman, Mrs Joseph Sanders. Mrs. Bannerman spoke about the joint resolution now before Congress, which authorizes the Bureau of Bducation to make a com- plete and thorough survey of the pub- | lie schools ganizatior Mrs. William the child labor in The or- resolution. Washington rsed Wolf bi Dist distribu- Mrs. The first number of the ict of Parent-Teacher bulletin will be ready fc tion by the middle of January. William Wolf Smith is the editor Mrs. G. S. Fraser, clothes conser- vation chairman. has announced that the room will be open every Friday, when donations may be sent and gar- ments distributed to those school children who are sent by either the teacher or the school nurse. She will have a8 her assistants some repre- sentatives from the different school associations. Kor the month of Jan- uary members from the following school Parent-Teacher assoclations will be on duty as follows: January 2, Columbia Junior High Parent Teacher Assoclation; January Woodburn Parent-Teacher Associa- tion; January ¥, Hubbard Parent- Teacher Association: and January Langdon Parent-Teacher Asscciation The new clothes conservation room is In the health center building, 1464 Co- lumbla road northw The District of Columbia Congress of Parent-Teacher Assoclations at th November meeting passed a resolu- tion authorizing the president to have the open window schoolroom made with paint and otherwise at- tractive. This school is now being conducted in the Blake Building and great deal for the anaemic and otherwise delicate children Rafter announced during the meeting last Tuesday that the work of paint- ing the walls of this schoolroom will be done during the Christmas vaca- tion and that she had received sev- eral pleces of statuary to be used in beautifying the room For some years it has bee tom of the District of Columb) gress of Parent-Teacher Associations to give a Christmas dinner to some of the pupils attending the “A-Typical Book of Washington By Robert Shackleton At All Bookstores, $3.50 The Penn Publishing Co., Ph S On Four Vital Subjects The Lord The Holy Scripture Life Faith Book of 634 pages, clear print, xood paper, substantially bound in stiff paper covers. Endow- ment enables us to send this book to any address without further cost or obligation on receipt of only FIVE CENTS The American Swedenborg Printing and Publishing Society Room 357, 16 E 41st St., New York is a pleasant, harmless sub- stitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages. It has been in use for more t Constipation Wind Coli Flatulence Diarrhea han 30 years to safely relieve c To Sweeten Stomach Regulate Bowels Aids in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest and Natitral Sleep without Opiates To avoid imitations always look for the signature of Proven Bt ko directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend. it. thly | Mrs. | WEDENBORG schools in the city. The dinner this year will be served to the pupils from the Northeast, Congress Helghts and Brookland “A-Typleal” Schools and will be served in_the northeast building, 800 East Capitol street. The Almas ‘Jemple has donated the turkeys and the candy and the Har- rington Hotel will cook the turkeys and have them carved. The rémainder of the dinner will be donated by dlif- ferent members of the District of Co- lumbia Congress of Parent-Teachers Assoclations. The December meeting of the John- | son-Powell-Bancroft Parent-Teacher Assoclation was held Wednesday aft- | ernoon at Powell School, with the president, Mrs. Joseph Sanders, pre- siding. r. Lois' Hayden Meek, edu- | cational secretar: of the A rican Association of University Women spoke on work with and for the child of pre-school age. Mrs, Weld, chair- man of the milk lunch committes, réported that in the Bancroft School the children were paying for a week's supply of milk in advance. A sum of money was voted to be used as Christ- mas gifts to the matron and janitors of the buildings. The next meeting of the Park View Parent-Teacher Association will be ]he]d Monday evening, January in- | stead of the afternoon of January . The meeting will be at the Park View School and will be in the form of a father's night.” A special program being arranged A High tion mecting of the Columi chool Pavent-Teache: held December president. Mrs. Carl Smith, Dr. Arthur M. Stimson, a Junior Associa- 11. The presided. assistant sur- | | | | geon general of the United States PRLVRVEVEVIVZVCVR[VERLRER OSSR AR SRR RN REE GIFTS On Any Purchase Of $20 or Over SSS S S SRR RS S AR RN A IR AREXLLERCARNRANEN ARLERRRANEANENNNNN A (53 ¥ Use Your Credit for Practical Gifts e e e e S L AT LA 2T A LA LAY A LA A Z AT L LA LA T RT3 o R R R R VEVEVR VR RV VLD RV AT IINTBNE SERAS ARSI RSN SRR SRR 3 EA S A S AN SRS SRS COATS Fur- Charge It Durable $9 i 85 Guaranteed SR FOR BOYS .95 Do S S ST UUIRRRSSRSSNR FOR GIRLS Stylish $ 85 Trimmed 1 0:—- Models SUITS FOR BOYS All-wool brics Charge Your Purchase O’COATS Guaranteed 8‘= Chargz Your Purchase DRSS AR ISR R AR SRS SRR AR AR A A A SRR ? PR t Public Health Service, spoke on the high school boy and his problems. Miss Helen Coolidge, vice principal of Central High School, spoke on “The High School Girl and Her Problems.” Miss Alice Deal, principal of Colum- bia Junior High, spoke of the school and the local association. The Girls' Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Bonnell, assisted in the program. Mrs. G. T. Shannon was appointed as representative of the association to recaive magazine subscriptions. The Morgan Parent-Teacher Asso- clation met December 9. Two piano solos were rendered by Miss Harriet Lloyd of the seventh grade. Miss Harriet Taylor of the eighth grade sang a Christmas song. She was ac- companied by Miss Gertrude Scott, also from the eighth grade. Dean W. C. Reudiger of ‘Washington University gave a talk on “The En- richment of the LElementary Curri- culum.” Tea was served by Mrs, M. H. Tompkins, assisted by the eighth grade girls. The “honor” pleture was | awarded to Miss Dulin’s seventh grade for having the largest attend- ance of mothers at this meeting. At the recent meeting of the Lenox- French Parent-Teacher Assoclation, at the Lenox School, ths following offi- cers were elected: Mrs. A. J. Goddard, president; Mrs. F. Free, vice presi- dent; Mrs. Anna Wiblitzhouser, secre- tary and Mrs. Ruth R. Wilkins, treas- urer. The assoclation discussed the needs of the two schools and decided to work this year for the following objects. Electric lights, adequate | playgrounds well equipped, an eight-| room addition and an assembly hall Blair-Hayes Par met Tuesday ir sident, Mrs. in | the Mrs. Hodgkins reported | that the sum of $30 had been rea at the card party by Mrs. G. 8 The Associath with t-Teacher | the Blair, | Magruder A talk was given Rafter, zither solo | puptls. by Donaid Magruder and Lewis Ma- BMPRELEVLVLIVEVER gruder gave a recitation. The at- tendance banners were won by the classes of Miss Gilbert of the Hayes and Miss Naylor of the Blair. The Cranch-Tyler Parent-Teacher Assoclation met Monday evening, with the president, Mrs. W. A. Hamilton, in the chair. The flag committee re- ported the purchase of four silk flags, also an opalograph machine for . the teachers. M Yost, first grade teacher, received the banner for at- tendance. Solos were rendered by Miss Herfurth, accompanied by Miss Luckett at the piano. r. Waters gave a demonstration of the switch- board. The Benning Parent-Teacher As- soclation met December 2 and made arrangements for an entertainment to be given next Tuesday in the Epis- copal Hall, at 8 o'clock, for the bene- fit of the school. The teachers will have charge of a play, “The Tree Tri- umphant,” which will be given by the Mrs. G. S. Rafter will give an address on “What a Parent-Teacher Association Means to the School.” Mr. Reh from Hillbrook, D. C., will give a slelght-of-hand performance and there will be orchestra music. The Force-Adams Parent-Teacher Association met Monday afternoon in the Force. Mrs. H. L. Watson pre- sided. A committee composed of Mrs. Waldo, Mrs. Surface and Mrs Brazelton was appojnted to frame a constitutfon for the new assoclation. Mrs. Thompson was appointed chair- man of a committee to work for elec- tric lights the Adams and better sanitation In the Force. The sum of | 825 was donated to the shoe and rub- | ber fund. All parents are requested to send clothing for the servation work. clothes con- Maine was called after the province of Maine in France Queen Henrietta owned that province The Better Store for Better Clothes 703 Seventh St. N.W CLOTHES ON CREDIT! FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY THE BEST FOR LESS ON OWN TERMS ;‘sxm“)\\\sssm\\\\\\“&\x'&\ \“&&\)\S\&“\\\\" 20 WEEKS TO PAY ] YOU DON'T NEED THE CASH CHARGE YOUR PURCHASE LUXURIOUS FUR-TRIMMED COATS For Women and Misses Specially Priced in Three Big Groups $2 4.75—$29.75 A striking oollection of the newest oceats, in a variety of pleas ing colors and me. tarials, This fresh new lot of anddresses just un- acked. ~ They are Boautiful_oreations “x a price that says BUY NOw. CHARGE IT Pay Next $34.75 Buy Now Now is the time to dress up on your Yoiir own terms. 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In 1 and first editor was Dr. Charles Lu noted physician and politician. ¥ and Grattan were at one bered among its contributors Both during the Anglo-Irish | flict, and later, in the contest [ tween the Free State govern the Republicans under De Valera newspaper came out op aga the use of force to attain a free land. 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