The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1937, Page 11

e a. Se RIBAS RBARRBAARBRARBARAS | Ey Ree SSE RS RRR BR RRR oe Plas Husband Py Gertrude H.Walton ee ry BORESOME holiday! If A only I hail invited Fred to come heré with me,” Manly jerked his hat from a rath when Julia, his siiter, fushed into the hall: “Manly, please ¢omé with ine to: night to the dinner party at Judge Thompson's. Horace has just tele- phoned he can not get here untii too late. Roads blocked with snow and cars because of - the blizzard yester- day. Our first big spread in this burg. We're so new and this is our first oppor- tunity to meet many prominent citizens of Palas City. Judge Thortipsoh’s din- ners are anitial affairs and he gives special in- vitations to new- comers of the city,” “I don’t care much about the party. But so much ih the papers about the Willis Graham’s family who will be at the Judge's. Gra- ham is the big shot who made mil- lions from his washing machine Se Christmas Eve in the Market Place By Louise Abney in Christian Advocate RA RS NARS TE A nt Rat pe hg place on Christmas Things and ‘things for sale ss. Tinsel Tables bilded toys Along the Christnids trailf Jostling crowds of shoppers; Trees of fragrant pine And Douglas fir os silver spriice; A never ending line Of ‘eager noisy vendors Crying out their wares: ‘ “Whoever-buys. on Christmas Eve The Christmas Bleising shares.” Throngs a harried shoppers, Children’s eyes aglow, Remuniscent of a Light That shone—long ago. Vendors in the market placé Bid you come and buy . . Tiel wa en Gi hd cane, Priceless. from the sky! } ‘ { 1 { | Wears at Yuletide MAY YOUR CHRISTMAS BE JOLLY AND YOUR NEW YEAR BOUNTIFUL Pierce Brothers FLEMING—AT ELIZABETH SRI LILDII ISI IIVG IS Iss. THE KEY ‘WEST CITIZES patents. He's sort of & god in these parts. He has no son—but some daughters. Maybe, when I’m through college old Graham might Tremiember a Manly boy, for an efigineer of in his office.” Manily’s parents had gone South for the winter and Julia had urged | * her brother to spend the holidays with them because she and Horate would be a bit lonely since recéritly settling in the thriving factory mu- nicipality of Palas City. In evening clothes Manly was nearest satisfied with himself as being “well groomed,” than in any other attire. Somehow, the black dinner coat, light vest, brilliant studs in the spotless shirt front, illuminated the spatkle of his brown eyes and éehliatived the man- liness of his form. Upon artiving at the ancestral estite of Judge ‘Thorhpson’s, Manly was Bewildered wee the Judge, With uniisual cére- introducéd thetii as “Mr. | tha Horace Liki, new resi: | dents of Palas City!” | “Sh! They think you.dre my hus. | barid... Don’t make them any wis- | er, Horace and I are strangers, | you know, here,” Julia motioned. Not knowing whether Julia had | plafined to paSs Her brother off as | her husband, Or whéther it was a surprisé to Julia, a8 well as to | hirfiself, Matily played “hus- bandly faithful” beside Julia. But it seemed that every place Manly stood or Sat, Patricia, one of the Graliam Qa daughters, was near, kindly gra- cious, but aluof. 7 When he asked her to dance she quickly assented, as though stie feared he might never ask for an- other ddbve. “She thinks [ 7 am mafried Huh! A Manly Christmas husband, indeed! Dum it all! Why did Julia get me into this jam? have to un-jam me,” he snorted to himself. The next morhing’s mail brought Manly an invitation to a party at Willis Graham’s for the Graham daughters! “Of course, you'll go. A secret! No, not a secret any longer be- cause the secret has been long | enbdugh,” she teased. “I whispered to Patricia, at thé party, that you you to others of the younger groups; and to Mr. Graham;-.She, however, promised secrecy to all but Mr. Graham. Since she did not introduce you to others, not even to her father, I believe she enjoyed the brother-+husband affair} and plarined a party to reveal the secret to her father and guests. No, her interest in you began be- fore 1 ir you were not my husband, She was faving about my husband’s eyes, and hair, and form, and clothes and—"* After the party at Patricia’s, the | Christmas Holiday failed to be | boresome. For with Patricia's pep, and ptomiise’, Manly looked for- ward to the days after college, of | becoming a Manly busband, in truth, © Western Newspaper Union, —SOOOTITTTOOTOTLD sy She will | C hihdkdd dead dhiddididk ddd di dededid a Coa. SLOTITOIIIOTITTTLS Season’s Greetings WE WISH TO THANK ALL OUR PATRONS FOR THEIR BUSINESS IN 1937 AND SOLICIT A CONTINUANCE OF THEIR BUSINESS IN 1938 WILLIAM CURRY’S SONS CO. HARDWARE AND BUILDING MATERIAL SLLDIDIIIIVISDIIVI—IIS Sa. . \) NI NI NI N NI ¥ | ty N Ny N Ni Ni N N N N N N N N \ N N N N Nl . \ = | ED MR. SADDLER had the most unique and delightful | ideas. Unquestionably he Was the happiest man in town, though he hadn't much money, and lived in quite a modest way, in quite the smallest house. People loved to drop in for a chat. Old men came for a smoke by his fire- side. Women brought their chil- dren to spend the afternoon when they were busy. Mr. Saddler wel- | eomed everyone as if he were a king in a palace. One snowy day when every foot- Step creaked underfoot, and the whole world locked buried under wool, several feople on their way here and there droppéd in to see Mr. Saddler. A bright fire crackled on the hearth. A green wreath hung above the mantel- piece. There was a distinct smell of a rich pudding having been re- cently cooked. “This place has more Christ- thas about it,” declared one guest, “than any place I’ve seen. How @o you do it? After all, there’s only oné green, wreath.” “Well, I hardly know how to tell you;’’ said the host. “I guess | it’s just that I feel Christmassy « + + and maybe it sort of fills the room like steam from = pudding. I know,” he smiled at them, “you think me peculiar at times, but it’s what goes on in your heart that makes the outside you live in, pleasant. And here's another thing. | Laugh if you like. I shan't mind. 1 like to think that all the happy | chimes of church bells at Christ- mas keep traveling around the | world until it’s time to ring them | again. Why not? And the fine songs and anthems and all the joy- ous laughter of children. We speak | of planets being so many ‘light- | years’ away from the earth . . and sound taking thus and thus a time to reach a certain place. Well then,” he smiled at them,” I guess | 1 just sort of hear those things. Maybe I have a good receiving-set in my head. And perhaps I sort of,” he waved a hand around, “broadcast my happiness here in this room.” The guests nodded. “Maybe you do,” they said, “Anyhow we feel chock fall of Christmas. © Western Newspaper | ARVAVPH cor were my brother atid to iritroduce | Why Not Be Polite? Jud Tunkins says politeness com- pels you to wish a man Merry Christmas even in cases where you may not honestly believe he de- serves it. i Soe DIDO P OL EL N N ‘ N N N N) IN . N people of Key : \ ; N ) ; iS ‘ . . N . . : : : : : : : ‘ : : . : . : \ Mistletoe Hunt By FRANCES GRINSTEAD “By-O Baby Bunting, ‘ URRENDER Daddy's gone a-hiinting” Spirit ef Christmas! Let its PAGE SLEces CHRISTMAS IN THE HOME HRISTMAS festivities are like- ly to be much more fun when ing sheet. Father wilt also be nvased to know how well his small fi Or daughter can find his tools, + dat the string used t wind the Ghristmas wreath when, both of fa- \ ther’s hands are busy, or to ie, | With other preparations. One thing father and mother should remember is to watch for, signs of fatigue or nervous strain in’ | stairs, former British speed-boat ; tion and British taxes, emerged ;from her seclusion to aid a yacht (|man named Albury had guided When the mothers of young oni dren in the east Oklahoma coun’ side sing this nursery song to ther little ones they may out of loyalty to Mother Goose add the next two lines: “For to find a rabbit skin, To wrap the Baby Bunting in.” But that isn’t exactly what daddy does down there. When it comes | the time o. year that. the baby needs wafmer covering. daddy takes his gun and goes out to shoot | down miistletoe! This he sells for | the Christias trade and buys Baby | Bunting a different kind of rai- ment. For mistletoe, with its well- known holiday meaning, grows in abundance there and is always | found high among the bare winter branches of the native elm. Little | Boys climb for it, of course, but the quickest way to gather it for commercial use is to shoxt it down. “Open season” for mistletoe hunting begins about the last of November and the demand in- creases steadily until Christmas. | Truck loads of the green sprigs | with their wax-white berries ace} driven to the cities of tae north for the holiday trade. As the mistle- | toe is not always uniformly ripe at | the time it is warited, mutch “hunting” is required tc find sprigs whose berries are at a stage to suit the demands of the buyers. At such times the roadsides may be strewn with discarded mistletoe, for the condition of the berries can- not be seefi until the sprig has been shot down. But such waste is not lamented, for mistletoe is a parasite that reappears in abun- dance each year, however ruthless- ly it may be treated. © Western Newspaper Union. RIL 9s 6 Ee MYSTERY GIRL AIDS RESCUE Miami, Fla.—Miss Betty Car- racer, who retired to the island of Whale Clay in October, 1934, as a means of escaping from civiliza- in distress. A Coast Guard flier who landed at Whale Cay, re- ported that the young woman garbed in men’s clothing, and a him to the yacht which had nine persons aboard. We wish to thank all of the West for the splendid patronage given us dur- ing the past year—and to wish erry Christmas § AND A PROSPEROUS appy New Year VWaervrerrrerrerrreee> | eles it accomplishes! S= thrill you—let its péace steal softly across yotir heatt! Open your ears to the magic of its mes- sage—open your eyes to the mira- Read again Dickens’ Christmas | Carol, the best known and most in- | spiring of all the Christmas stories. And don’t feel ashamed, if at the done all ber jend, as Tiny Tim whispers, “God Christmas o \ } bless us, every one,” Dick—Oh, yes; last month. Nov | she’s started to buy a few things | cense, and myrrh, which they pre-| | sented to the Christ Child. Then, with the Spirit of Christ. | mas in your heart, go forth and | help make Christmas a brighter | and a happier day for others! © Western Newspaver Union. | ODES | A Lesson For the Boss “You want more money! Why, | my boy, I worked three years. : for! $11.00 a month right in this estab-| lishment. Now I'm the owner.” “Well, you see what happened | Let Matthew tell you of the com- to your boss. No man who teeatal ing of the Wise Men from the East, his help that way can hold onto} with their gifts of gold, frankin- his job. | angels, “Glory to God in the est, and on earth peace; good will toward men.” Cdk The Season’s Best Greetings AND WE ANNOUNCE Two New Ford V-8 Cars for 1938 THE DELUXE 85 HORSEPOWER MM DT THE STANDARD 60 OR 85 HORSEPOWER —NOW ON DISPLAY AT— Trevor & Morris INCORPORATED——____- PLM LI SS SLES SASL MD MS SS My, AS “Oldest Continuous Ford Dealers In The World” Le wulle u ale aille ule ull de ull ude "III P IPOD PPPPIIII A \) VOOIIOLIDOOIDIIIS ST LIILOTMIIOIILIIDHL IH}, N) rfstmas To Our Key West Friends We Wish You \ A Merry Christmas \ Happy New Year THROUGH YOUR PATRONAGE AND CO-OPERA- TION WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR SUCCESSFUL RISE AMONG THE BIG COMPANIES OF THE COUNTRY. Gulf Life Insurance Co. A FLORIDA CORPORATION —PAGE BUILDING— J. B. SYMMONETTE, Managet W. B. NORMAN B. G. SAUNDERS H. M. ALBURY MARY E. SAWYER R. B. RUSSELL J. CARMONA 0 ON ER Ly tte of LUCK oe laed CHEER en bd dndbddndtAddddhd ddd i tbdbbbkbttttitititididdididtdtitiditiditeiddddid | economics. leager to trim the Christmas tree, MSM a the younger children. They should’ not ask the children to dc too or too difficult tasks. © Western Newspapet-Union. AAV ar ee the whole family helps. says the New York state college of home The older children are always collect Christmas greens, and make | wreaths. Often they have good ideas ‘on how to arrange these holiday (decorations. Because these tasks are unusual they have a special ap- peal, but with the right encourage- ment from father or mother even the more routine work may seem a part of the general family-sharing | at,Christmas, Big brother and sister can be a help if they show their small brother | or sister how to help in odd carpen-— | tering jobs that come with Christ- mas. If mother is busy, older broth- ers or sisters can help the young- | sters to dress or get ready for bed. What can the small members of the family do? Little Johnny or tiny | It is illegal to ride or drive a goat in a race over the streets of Wilmington, Del. | Christmas Cheer —and— New Year Greetings —FROM— Thomasine M. Miller Beauty Parlor La Concha Hotel Building Mary can cut out gingerbread men and other fancy shaped cookies, which mother wili lift onto the bak- tom: PPOCC OCLC CLL LL OL 1937 1938 TO GREET YOU WITH A WORD OF THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD-WILL AND PATRONAGE AND TO WISH YOU: A MERRY CHRISTMAS —AND— A HAPPY NEW YEAR J. R. Stowers Company 515 Duval Street Key West, Fie. 1937 1938 WISEOIEOOOTOT TET STS \. 4 N N N N N N N ‘ N N N N N N N N N N ‘ WITH SINCERE WISHES FOR A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A JOYOUS NEW YEAR TO YOU, WITHOUT WHOSE FRIEND- SHIP AND CO-OPERATION OUR BUSI- NESS RELATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS PLEASANT, WE SINCERELY EX TEND THE MOST CORDIAL GREETINGS. OF THE SEASON. MAY THE BEAUTY AND JoY oF LIFE BE YOURS, MAY YOUR TROUBLES AND HARDSHIPS BE FORGOTTEN, MAY THE HAPPY SPIniT OF CHRISTMAS BE WITH YOU IN EVER INCREASING ABUNDANCE THROUGHOUT A JOY- OUS NEW YEAR. THESE ARE THE SINCERE WISHES OF THIS FIRM FOR ALL OUR FRIENDS. Funeral Home PHONE 135 NIGHT 696-w N N N N N N ‘ N N N N N N a iN ‘ N N . N N N IA¢eezigitzztztitztttiie.