The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1937, Page 6

AM a happy little tree. I stand | beside the front entrance of a white cottage on a quiet street. | Each Christmas time I bloom out, im beautiful colored lights, and all | who pass share my beauty and) eatch something of the joy of Christ- | mas. | But I was not always happy like | this. Once I lived in a great forest, | surrounded by trees so tall I could | only catch a glimpse of the blue sky | above me, and I felt very small and | lonely. I, too, wanted to be tall; to | Wok out on the big world like the | others and feel the sun shining | through my branches. I would | stretch out my limbs as far as I | could, and send my roots deeper in- to the earth, but my progress was 80 slow I grew discouraged. One day I saw a man and a boy | coming through the forest, The man carried something over his shoulder and they seemed to be looking | for something. Then the boy saw me and cried; “Look, father, there is‘just the tree we want.” He ran | over to me and fairly hugged me in | his eagerness. The man looked me over. “Fine,” he said. But when he began digging with the thing he had carried on his shoulder I be- gan to tremble. I felt my roots snap one by one and soon I lay a tumbled heap on the ground. Life seemed over for me. Next I was tied to a funny looking thing on wheels, that sputtered and growled when the man and boy climbed in and we started off down a twisty little road that woynd through the forest, then out on a big shining highway until we came ‘to a wide driveway that led through ® sloping lawn to a white cottage. _ Here I was untied and put into a (rye earthen jar filled with sand and carried into the house, and set mirror opposite I could man as he fastened me Then he put a string of from my top to my toe, he worked. Then a door open and a rush of slittle boy and a girl dashed room crying; “Mamma, ick, and see our Christmas “*.. They clapped their hands danced about me. Soon the) mother came with a box filled with | lovely things and my plain green dress was covered with) oe x Twos, : Little Dolls REN’T the dolls beautiful?” exclaimed Joan to her 6“ mother, as she gazed upon | the finished product of the “Two Little Dolls in Blue” which Dorothy May had ordered from Santa Claus. “They are quite the loveliest I have ever seen,” spoke mother. “TI do believe that you have put your very heart and soul into their fash- ioning.” Joan had spent many days and nights, too, stitching a loving holi- day thought into each tiny garment. The dainty materials had been transformed into things of beauty. The dresses of pale blue silk with bonnets and slippers to match, had proclaimed them the “Two Little Dolls in Blue!” “Oh, won't Dot love them?" | beamed Joan, as she again eyed the dolls from head to foot with a happy smile of complete satisfaction. “I dare say this will be her hap- piest’ Christmas, one that she will never forget,’ said mother. Christmas eve, with its bright lights and cheer, was in full prog- ress and the two little dolls in blue were being fon- dled by one of the happiest little girls in the world. Rocking in her own tiny chair Dorothy May be- gan singing a lul- laby to the dol- lies, wholly ob- livious of the at- tendant gur- Toundings. It was such an) adorable sight that the others had stopped their celebrations and were beaming’ up- on her with transformed emotion. The spell was broken when Doro- thy May suddenly stopped singing and called out, “What shall I name the ‘two little dolls in blue’?!" “Well," said Joan, is thoughtfully, “‘since they are dressed in blue and are two ¥ important little ladies, why not jcall one Alice Blue and the other Blue?" . And so the dolls namee. : On Christmas. morning in ai House a: the corner, { Saiatarant eat Gus tne Ge iday and shouted, “Mother, did ta come and ‘did he bring big baby doll with curls and ¢yes that open and shut?" “Yes, dearie, Santa came brought you a very pretty doll.” Then spying it, seated the tree dressed in scarlet Bonny Jean clasped it to her Upon close inspection, she learned that it was the same of doll she had always recei only with new features. Just as she was about/to into protest at her bitter disa) ment there came a rap upon/ the door and a kindly neighbor was jsay- “Merty Christmas.” Then jwith a happy. smile— “What is the matter, little Hasn't Santa Claus come yet?” “Oh, yes, he came, but he b: me the same old rag doll aga! thought sure it would bea \ § one this year, because I'm nine, | you see.” | ith ‘. it, OBY BARNES, just home from the office, stood regard- ing his wife with amusement. ing about to leap up and wave a flag. What's happened?” i “I’ve just discovered something | important about myself.” | haphazard. Her eyes were of an intense blue. She. was slender and | young and vivid. “I'm supremely | selfish.” She rose to her feet and gesticulated with. both hands, “I | want to be utterly, gloriously en- | grossed in ME!” | They both laughed. Then Kay ran | forwar and dragged her husband | | | down into a wide, comfortable chair, | squeezing in beside him: “You're a perfectly grand guy,” | she smiled, “‘but this Christmas, my man, I’m going to be superbly seif- | ish, as.an experiment. Will you | try it too, Toby?” | “All right,” he agreed, “I'll take | you on."* The next morning Kay tilted 2 | walked imperiously to the shopping | district. ‘I'm fed up with being | poor, and scrimping and saving so | I can be generous in mean, little | ways. Today I... . spend on my | self!” She felt guilty and ridiculous. and she turned her eyes away from a haberdasher's window where gentle | men’s furnishings were invitingly displayed. Toby needed masses and masses of things. No, just this once | she would spend with a barg all she | had on something frivolous for her- self, Toby had promised to do the game. | At noon she happened to notice a | tall person standing by the nex! store window. He was absorbed in thought. Kay hardly breathed while | the man suddenly plunged into the store door. She crest close to 2 ~sheltering pillar while she watched what happened inside. She saw the man point to a wom- an’s rich, quilted housecoat, She saw him pay for-it; and leave, but without a package under his arm. Just the sort of housecoat for which | she had yearned hopelessly. She gasped-in dismay. For one ; hot second she was possessed with | anger. Toby wasn’t playing fair. | He had no right to make her feel | ashamed and abject on Christmas t | When Toby's flapping overcoat | was out of sight Kay slipped into jt ‘the same shop, going straight to the | it | counter her husband had left. “May | without court reorganization. I inquire,” ‘she asked crisply, ‘‘if that quilted housecoat just pur- | chased, is to be delivered to Mrs. | Toby Barnes?"’ She gave the house | “T asked i Barnes, to step | buy that for me. j n mnind. May I ex- } chan something else I pre- “You have the manner, Kay, of be- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN By C. E. HONCE Associated Press News Editor | traordinary news year of 1937 | ends with probably one of the big | the making, although - still not| | clearly defined—the business re-! |cession and current administra-| tive steps to scotch it. | Such a story—first brought to; COMPILE LIST IN RESUME OF — MANY ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR growing constantly smaller it realizes that it has some possible NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The ex-| future stake in the lining up of of America’s patriots sent as nations around the globe. The Spanish civil war is a great story in itself, but now it has be- | stories of the twelve-month in| come a move on the larger inter-| there, born at Groton, Conn. Died national chess board. The Japanese invasion of China likewise is a big story, but it also may only be the first act of a greater drama. + These two undeclared wars are FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24,.1937. First Christmas Carol When Christ Was Born Todav’" Anniversaries Seeseeer Desoesesseseseese | 1737—(@00 years ago) Silas | Deane, Connecticut patriot, one) is the time when men are drawn together in a great unity. Much of this may | | agent to secure help from France} eae aoe wae oe a in 1778, estranged and embittered| t) commemorate over dispute as to transactions! little Child on | in want and obscurity, in Eng- | land, Sept. 23, 1789. |. 1745—Benjamin Rush, famed | Philadelphia physician, patriot, | signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, born near there. Died Kay's | | short, light curls were becomingly | pert gray hat on her curls. ano | sharp general attention by anoth-_| being rece m weaieigs ae | Sides o! e world, and yet even ce pai aie moire es esa seem to be drawing them closer | ally is difficult to fit into any cut- | together. and-dried list of the “ten biggest} Already they are connected tri- | stories of the year.” | angularly by three of the lin ee hardly a gp beg ss first which the powers now call “axes”. | because presently the recession! On from Berlin to Tokyo, >; $ : | may peter out and in future. years! acishar trae Berlin to oo Died at Delafield, Wis. May 24, | become little more than a foot-/ And Rome has just completed the} 1870. ry | note in history; likewie it cannot triangle to Tokyo through recog-| See ¥ be placed last because of its po- | nition of Manchoukuo. 1809—Christopher (“Kit”) Car- tentialities. On the other side “axes” are son, trapper, hunter, guide, scout Therefore it seems best to list’ being formed too. One runs from and Indian agent, one of the hero- it in a special tentative category | London to Paris and another from|i¢ men who were the advance as something still in the lap of the, Paris to Moscow. | guard as America spanned the gods. | The United States is separated| continent, born in Madison Co., When the story finally is told from the wars by two oceans, but Ky. Died at Fort Lyon, Colo., there will be with it one equally! President Roosevelt already has) May 23, 1868. as interesting—the extent to asked what can be done about a/ which the New Deal foe of “eco-| “quarantine.” nomic royalism,” will have co- operated with big business in re- | Tragedies of the War cove! In assessing great stories there Ty moves. Supreme Court Fight |are at least three sets of glasses | through which they can be con- faving His Sonia ea. AUaer sidered. There are stories which this riddle, there is little diffi-|— ; | | ah , . fag ~ "| will have an effect on history;} 1821—William F. Poole, librari- culty in picking the outstanding |, or¢ are others which make great an, born at Peabody, Mass. Died story of the year on which the! ;. ‘ i i h 1, 1894. curtain already has gone down af-| peeing, suc es he wena ot gee waauatina ; | ; | the Duke of Windsor to the Amer-} UD TESS eels aa Sat eel ican woman, Wallis Warfield; and 1822—Matthew Arnold, English | a | there are still others of horrify-| poet and essayist, born. Died ing proportions, but only one-day | April 15, 1888. : wonders in the stream of history.| renee r " | the dest ion of the Zeppelin) PRE aed ene tates tony | Hindenburg at Lakehurst, N. J. | DES MOINES, Ta—Alexander| America. When Preident ih e-| That same terror engendering Starcevich, 49, and Mrs. Mildred |velt in February presented his| interest attached to another great) Sheehan, 34, applied at this city program for court revision—| American tragedy of the year—|for a marriage license. — Frank *coutrt packing® his oppuseate Bact the explosion in the New London, Sheehan, Mrs. Sheehan’s divorced mediately ‘termed i ea were| 1ox8S school that stunned # com- husband, signed the paper as a dice snd fair pa sg ad munity as 297 of its children died | witness. ahead. peared’ horribly. | But as week succeeded week! 5 oe sae See SCOGHatlan, meaur ia reel Teast din hias Seuded, cai i t | Mississippi and Ohio river floors. | totalitarian state in Brazil. Does} salt Fast Raping te ee 8) America is ever one to ap-| the latter represent the spread of ig ut a veritable hurricane.) jiaud high individual endeavor; fascism to the Americas, or is it) Laing -jonmsthisey Fate split | it grieved at the loss of the daring simply the same old type of South ates se i the beckon a peg btlgener gh Amelia Earhart, in American dictatorship with a new ‘i ~ : ~ | the Pacific. | name? ling thumbs. Staunch liberals such | Love and Politics And a sports follower likely ag Senator Burton F. Raise nad It is a democratic country bu‘ | would say that the feat of War seen ee wr Havine Pilot, with a nostalgia for pomp and Admiral in winning the Derby, ipig ite et ison, WAS display; therefore the coronation the Preakness and the Belmont struck down. Finally came disas-| 4¢ George VI of England received stake and thus surpassing the rec- | ise : | admiring attention. \ords of his famous sire, Man 0’) | But there was aan eae to “It is one’ also to love a lover; War, was worth a place on any | gai capi Saag sues a bat-| and when that lover is an ex-king man’s list. So there it is. which Mr. Dooley said “follows | regis veal ton the yet: Hf net | No two persons could be ex- April 19, 1813. 1789+Jackson Kemper, _ first | missionary bishop of the P. E. Church, in the great Northwest, born at Pleasant Valley, N. Y. | | | | 1809—William T. Porter, pic- neer New York publisher of sporting news and literature, | born at Newbury, Vt. Died July |19, 1858. | the American public ever has wit- nessed. tions, come the words of “Away in Manger,” “Silent Night,” “Joy to| “Little Town of Bethle- hem,” “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” and “Come All Ye Faithful,” sung by soloists, choirs, choruses or the voices of school children. So each year new joy is expressed through old channels. — Frances’ Grinstead. : © Western Newspaper Union. Merry Christmas —and— Happy New Year LOWE’S SERVICE STATION LANCE LOWE A Merry Christmas to everyone is my sincere wish. ROBERT KNOWLES —Agent— RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY | the election returns,” was hand-| | ing down decisions about which | pected to agree on the ten biggest jnoteven a New Dealer could) stories of a year. Many will ‘say |complain—the upholaing of the) 42+: \he LaGuardia-Dewey vic- | Wagner labor relations act Wad tory against Tammany and the oes | emergence of the American Labor | j Labor At War | party as a balance of power in It appeared. Roosevelt had won| New York city was one of the In most magnificant stories of the | addition, Justice Van Devanter | period. \had retired, and Senator Robin-| Others will see in the passing ‘son, New Deal leader, was slated| of John D. Rockefeller the end of |for the supreme bench. When an era. Then there are the strange | Robinson died the plum went to liquidations in Soviet Russia to be | Senator Hugo L. Black, and a new | climax was provided as Senator) | Black returned from abroad to | tell the world in a radio address | lof his one-time connection with | Cordial Christmas 7 stayin’ In Washi near Santa Claus. ese AND PA’ is From SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY W. M. ALBURY VA hd hdd hed didi dididihuaatd,, TO THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ——of the—— : FIRST METHODIST (STONE) CHURCH GREETINGS The Pastor and Officials of our Great Church take this opportunity to wish you = very MERRY CHRISTMAS and the HAPPIEST AND MOST PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR May the Christ whose birth we celebrate be en- throned in your hearts in such a way His light will be reflected from you to those with whom you come in contact. You will always find a warm welcome in this Grand SEASON’S GREETINGS MENDELL’S Greetings We thank you for the favors of the past and ex- press the hope that we may Sparkling jewels. I hardly dared | in the mirror for I remem: | I was only a humble tree all, and what I saw could not | me at all; but the great silver my topmost branch made} very happy. I seemed to | courage from just looking at | time I was left to myself. “Oh, Tam so sorry,” said Dor) May, with true feeling and i | of the two beau- Tae Christmas eve found Kay a bit | tiful dolls which ff AF TN cryptic. Toby carelessly inquired Santa had left for Es | if a package had been delivered | her, Then with a eR ay 57 | that afternoon, Kay said yes; it happy Christmas a4 | was waiting in the closet. And it | See was, though not quite what Toby oat | | the Klu Klux Klan. i | Running concurrently with the | Supreme Court drama was an-/| other sensational play of many} scenes, this time in the economic field, and affecting millions of Americans whether participants | or merely lookers on. | This was the tremendous labor i | ‘The clerk weakly nodded. aT rout thought, she | su] MOLINA’S BAKERY 1120 Packer Street : de | Tight over to the f | big house on the ; bill nestled un- Then once more the doors opened | and a merry group of people came in. This time there were Father | and Grandfather and Grandmother, | too; and Mother leading the little} boy and girl. Everyone was saying | how lovely I was; but I did not want them to Iook at me, I wanted them | to see two little faces outside | pressed against the window pane. The boy saw them first. “Look, Daddy, Mamma!" he shouted and / pointed to the window, “There are | two children out there. “Bring them in, Daddy; give them some of our Christmas.”" And the little gir} lapped her hands and cried: “Oh, | do, Daddy, it's cold out there!" ‘When they were brought in look fig rather scared. but glad. I was go happy I almost shook my baubies off. Then Mother made music on a big box with shining keys and everyone sang Christmas carois. ‘Then Father told the old story of the Shepherds and the Star that lea to the Christ Child. Then a jolly man with a red coat and @ pack un his back gave everyone presents, including the litue strangers. There were candies and outs, plenty for al, and such a babble of happy woices. I felt the thrill of it myself and the big star glowed in sympa ty. e ‘The Salton Sea of California’ lies below sea level, tera Newscapet Union der its burden of Christmas snow. Bonny Jean for- got all about the rag doll when glimpsed! the wreaths when she saw she gasped, breathlessly. “Their names are Alice Blue} Eleanor Blue,” said their little jnis- tress, proudly. “I want to give you one of Bonny Jean; which do you like?” With unbelievable surprise, her eyes fairly dancing with joy, | she clasped the beautiful doll in her arms and asked, “Is—it—really— mine—for—keeps?" “Really and truly for keeps,” said Dot. Dorothy May explained it all to her mother after the happy little girl had left, that somehow she just did not miss Eleanor Blue very much when she saw how happy she bad made Bonny Jean. In her heart she felt that it was truly “more blessed to give than to receive,” and hugging the one little doll closely, she whispered, “Mer | ty Christmas, Alice Blue.” © Western Newspaper Union. The female cod produces as many as 10,000,000 eggs. There were waffles for breakfast and especially | good coffee, Afterwards Mrs. Toby | Barnes shoved her tall husband into | his big chair. “Sit there,” she com- manded him, and left the room. “When is this fine exhibition of selfishness going to begin?” he shouted after her. “I want to see it in action!” Kay returned with a large pack- age elaborately wrapped. Toby he said. “I'm sorry, Kay, to fall down on our agreement, but I knew “There you are!” cried Kay burl- ing the box at him. “I simply will not let you squander your money on expensive things for me, Toby.” Toby opened the box, drawing forth a manly, well-tailored dress- ing gown for a tall gentleman. “You know,” muttered his wife in a small voice, “you haven't a thing to sit around in at home.” “So this,” he raved, “is the great exhibition of selfishness! And where is your housecoat, I'd like to know?" Kay, in a thin, quivering voice, begged him to be kind while she ex- plained. © Western Newspaper Uaion. The cinnamon tree is a native of Ceylon. pposed, | Kay was excited as a child on battle, both external and_inter- Exclusive Men’s Shop Old Church, and you will revel in its worshipful atmos- necine. Backed by the Wagner act, labor took to the field with) banners, but it was a divided la- bor. Two Wars Connected The Committee for Industrial Organization, led by battling John L. Lewis, broke with the American Federation of Labor, went out to unionize horizon- tally the mass production indus- tries; called, sometimes won and sometimes lost strikes in the steel, automobile afd other huge businesses; perfected the sit-down strike as a labor weapon; signed acontract with Big Steel, and ended the year fencing with AFL in peace maneuvers. Strikes of al kinds earlier in the year produced bitterness and bloodshed, particu- larly in the Chicago steel district, but comparative calm ruled as the year Nations At War America is far from war and the alarums of war, but in a world Losing No Time The hardware dealer’s daugh- ter threw her arms around the neck of the bridegroom-to-be. “Oh, Walter,” she said, “dad's going to give us a check for a present!” “Good!” said Walter, “then we'll have the wedding at noon instead of 2 o'clock!” “But. why dear?” “The banks close at 3!" GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS From your friends at- RAUL’S On Roosevelt Boulevard We Sincerely Wish That You May Have A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR PAUL'S tre AnD Auto SUPPLY STORE White and Fleming Sts. Phone 65 phere. 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