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Show ?W1S the night when all through the houseS ' lot a creature was uiuusu PlentuOfTlme i!,Christmas,iS UIEY had a good time Christ mas at the Mackey home; in fact they had several good times more good times than needed, BIr. Mac-key had a Urosnerous Insurance busl- s-'i ness dwn wn 11,9 8n j) rant, was a deputy in the city clerk's office and his daughter was a confidential clerk In one of the big law firms. Mrs. Mackey was housekeeper and homemaker. She was president of the Ladles' Aid society and In addition addi-tion to other duties, was organist for the church choir. . . Christmas was coming, In fact was only a few days off. An energetic clock agent was In town selling elec trie clocks. The Mackeys needed a cloc k so It was easy to sell Mr. Mackey one as a Christmas present for his wife. The agent Inquired about-the family, and In a day or two he had cold a clock to the son for bis mother, and the daughter boujrht one. confi dent that a clock would be Just tho present her mother would enjoy The members of the Aid society were Interviewed and a clock was bought for their " president, Mrs. Mackey. Of course, the choir wanted to express their appreciation of their organist and they bought a clock and cent It to the Mackey home marked "Do not open until Christmas ere," On Christmas eve all the packages were brought In and the family gathered gath-ered around the tree to Inspect the gifts that old Santa had brought.' That generous old spul handed Mrs. Mackey five good electric clocks. There was eome little tinge of chagrin, but It could not be helped. Mrs. Mackey kissed them all and said ninvfuiiv ttm she was going to have the time of her Ufa. The next morning, as Mr. Mackey was. dressing he looked out of the window and saw the clock agent hurrying hur-rying toward the depot A hundred yards behind him came one of the Mackey neighbors. Mr. Mackey hailed the neighbor and said: "Stop that man ahead of you ; I want to see him, I will be right up," en the neighbor neigh-bor reached the depot, the train was ready to start and the ageot was climbing aboard. The accommodating neighbor pulled his coat and Informed him that Mr. Mackey wanted to see him. can't wait," replied the agent, "but I know what he wants. He wants one of these clocks." "If that Is what he wants," said the neighbor, neigh-bor, "I can take It to him. How much Is ltr "Fifteen dollars," replied tha agent The exchange was soon made and as the train pulled out -Mr. Mackey came running all out of breath. "Has that man goner he exclaimed addressing ad-dressing his aelghbor. "Yes," replied the neighbor, "but that Is all right I Kot the dock for you. Here It Is. yon can hand me the money any time." (ft Hit, WaUn Ncwtpnr Colon.) L 4 (Si i r..t. V before Christinas, stirring, not eveira MKcd Coalsfs Christmas rve itfVBij Miry GtttKom Bonrtty TT fc - yt K -V V?1 " HE children had gone to bed, their stockings were all hanging by the fireplace. They were filled now. And two persons were sitting In front of the fire talking. "Shall I put on another log?" he said. "No, we had better not sit up much longer. Let's Just stay until the red coals become dull." she answered. an-swered. . Every Christmas, eve they had sat like this when the house was quiet after the stockings had been filled, after the tree had been trimmed. It was becoming cooler since the fire had almost gone out, but their chairs were drawn closely up before the shining andirons. and-irons. Tou always polish pol-ish them so beautifully beauti-fully for Christmas," Christ-mas," he said. "Tou never grow tired of making everything as lovely love-ly each succeeding year." "And you never grow tired of appreciatingperhaps that is why I can always take such an Interest," she said. "The andirons shine with fresh brilliancy each year," he said. "Like our love for each other," she added. And then, for fear he might think she was a little too sentimental for one whose hair already had many streaks of gray she added: "You make me so sentimental, you darling." He put his hand on hers. "It has been a hard yearall the years have their' struggles, but every, j;ear, as I sit with you In front of this old fire it seems as though there is nothing that I want In this world." They were straightening up the room now. Everything was In Its place. The presents were under the tree, the small toys were poking their Jolly little selves out of the stockings. "I think the thermometer will show tero before morning," he said. "I'll give the furnace an extra poke." She waited while he went down into the cellar, and as he came up, and then went to lock the front door the flickering lights from the stars and the bright white of the snow gleamed through at them. "It's so beautiful" he said. "Let's1 take a look at It" He put her heavy coat around her shoulders and together they stood cut In front of the bouse for a moment "You always," he told her. "have been my guiding star." And she put her hand In his and smiled through sllghMy moist eyes. He was so willing to praise, so willing t say those things when h thn,f them, that It had rondo ekA v I cuts aucw, tne sort of a person she was. fcach of them lived m, f t, n,t. and love the other gave. The glow f the rhrltm warmed their hearts throughout all ujc j far. IS. H5. Wtra Xrwnmvm CaJon.) 1 mi vr-r THE LEW SUN. f imiHV. ej'jm' Pii.ti, iif ,'WKH',Jg,Wr' Jf" H ' MARV GRAHAM. BONNER. IN THE GARDEN It was beautifully warm and sunny In the garden. It helped H.ivid to have such delightful thoughts, lie could think of the cretk rind the little fishes swimming ulong, right at this very moment. Even the garden was nice to think about. The squirrels were such fun to watch and there was a particularly wideawake looking little toad hopping down the garden path. A humming bird buzzed around a few flowers still left on the honeysuckle honey-suckle bush and two nhts were trying to lift n twig which was Inrger thnn both of them. David sat In the summer house and looked at all these things and thought of all these things. Yet he knew it was not the time to be thinking and daydreaming or making plans for good times. That was why it seemed such a good time for oil these thouglrts. He knew he really should be studying study-ing the open book before him. Cut it was so dull, so dull fo study when It was such a beautiful day for everything every-thing else except study. And there was so much to learn a whole review of everything In the book studied the year before such an Idea. : ; No wonder the person who had invented in-vented examinations had never shown A Humming Bird Buzzed Around. himself or let it be known Who he was.- lie wouldn't dare! It was hard enough to remember One or two things without trying to keep everything straight, And everything seemed so alike and yet everything was Just a little different. differ-ent. ' ; That was why all the mistakes came In. How could he be expected to know which rivers belonged to which country, and which cities were Important Impor-tant and why they were famous for this or that, and what oceans there were and what continents, aud what latitude and longitude meant and the hundreds of questions the book tried to makf you answer. And the book told you facts In such a proud, sure way. It gave so many tiresome little ones to remember and It seemed so puffed up over each small fact and If you don't get it right or put one fact In the wrong place well, then there was trouble! He was supposed to know the Western West-ern hemisphere pretty thoroughly, or at least to have a clear, general Idea of it The Eastern one he knew because be-cause he had had so many adventures through It , Oh, he would like to see the places In the Western hemisphere and adventure. adven-ture. He would enormously like that. The wind was trying to blow the pages of the book Just a little. It was fun to see them move and flap and then fall back into place. But now it was more fun to watch the two ants. They were having a dreadful time with that twig. How could they work so hard when It was so -warm and so sunny and when the wind was making a person feel so lazy I1 , , "I don't think you can make it,". David said, half-aloud, but as he spoke he noticed that the two ants looked very much smaller than they had and that now they were trying to creep over the map in this book, and as they did so were holding on to something not much thicker thnn a single, single hair. Perhaps he was going asleep? But no, that could not be. He believed, he really did, that he was going to have adventures. And when he awoke once more what adventures he had had I You all know that . Pr!nc Michael Knew One evening not long ao King Carol of Rumania went for a walk with his little son Michael, and took t'ue occasion oc-casion to warm him that he must never forget to smile in a friendly manner when receiving the salute of the officers they met Michael listened to these exhortations for a while. Then he lifted his eyes to his fathers fa-thers face, and said tolerantly "That's all right Daddy; don't forget for-get that I was king too." Th Child Philoiooher "Mother, isn't your hair permanently permanent-ly waved r ; "My dear, what makes you ask su.-h a mingi I Tve been thinking. Why can't I Jhava my neck permanently washedr iifeililii LEHI, UTAH DIS-nNCTIVE EVE KING GOWNS; TUNICS COPY RUSSIAN MYUL AN EVENING Kn 19 known by Its decollet.ige. Intriguing decollete decol-lete necklines such as distinguish this season's most formal modes remind us Unit again nfter so l" ln",m;s' we Hie livlns in an era of picturesque pic-turesque timl romantic fashion. No need to seek romance ln tIie reading of hooks, when e me living It seeing It, brwith'iig H In the very ionosphere of the world of Mshlon today. Do your dreams of the picturesque pic-turesque In dress carry you to scenes . the Middle ages or the lirst or second sec-ond empire or to the Victorian ai;e? Are you recalling the naive charm of the fall-off-the-shoulder decolletage as told in pictures of sweet Jennie Mud? Behold .In the present seiisnn's fashions fash-ions your dreams made realities History His-tory is repenting itself in the picturesque pic-turesque decollete necklines which are adding such a glamorous beauty to the evening scene. . , The little decollete sketches as they appear In the panel to the right In the illustration might have been reproduced re-produced from fashion pages of yore, but such is not the case. They picture pic-ture modes of the immediate moment as they are glimpsed at opera, at the dance and other of festive and formal functions such as make up the winter social program. ' Many of the most stunning evening gowns are made up absolutely without with-out decoration, the costume relying ? - f s - 11 (t A I - i J MsXv si?, I MA I 1 felW I - ffJ Sli W Hi 1ft 0 1"'H h HI - i I .1 is.' 13 1 Irl -J -v-.. "v ' A Rutwan-latpired entirely ou elegance of fabric and beauty of neckline to give It enchantment enchant-ment It Is the wav of fash choose velvet as being most effective for the dress which makes trimming conspicuous by its absence, which accounts ac-counts for the fact that the distinguished distin-guished looking gown in the picture is of exquisitely sheer black. transparent velvet. The outstanding feature of this elegant model is Its devollet.ige which answers the call of the present evening mode for the very low cut. The younger set are coming out In the prettiest gowns Imagination can picture which make the adorable fall- olT-the shoulder necklines, such na Is shown at tne tp of the panel of skelches. their feature. In the Russian Style. We hnve with us a new entrant l the winter style pageant-the Russian-Inspired tunic. Enthusiasm for this venture In smartness kiwws no hounds. All the way through the dress and blouse program, from sports to the ultra formal, we find fashion expressed In terms of. the tunic. It Is the fabric -f which It U uinde which tunes the tunic to environment. If the tunic Is styled f some one or other of the chic new woolens or per x-x:-::-:-x-:-X":-x-:" Charir.ing Evening Gowns. X"X"X"Xx:"XXK":"Xxx tiajts of modish creiie ,ln a dark color, or possibly satin either hiack or a deep warm tone, and if It is simply made with oerliaps a wee hit of em broidery,,! hen does it declare its vogu isliness for wear Jurlng the practical prac-tical hours of the day. As It Interprets the formal mode the tunic becomes a. theme of untold luxury. No weave is too sumptuous for its styling! Richly colorful metal brocades, Jewel -starred materials es-qnisite es-qnisite lace, elaborately embroidered textiles, shimmering, sheer velvets In tones and tints delectable, of such are tunics de luxe fashioned. From Cossack turban to ric-hty'' embroidered em-broidered tunic one senses the Russian Influence in the costume pictured. This charming tunic is made of lovely transparent velvet. Fancy may ptcturr s 1 1 I Tanic -wh tJ tf "i6 C0,or ou ,ifee be and whlte n te Wie sl;Jrt ta binfk lull ZP1 T Wi" Jr,e,1 ' lure of a pastel tint preferably . debcate blue, fr ,nr(jUoise J naHon. - "S " comb,- W-Jh,ga,. emhro!(fcry Interworked Rh gleaming ,eta, thrc;ids gracefn cord and tassel ginlle are decorative touches such J wUh f"e DOtf M -- ' with fash;o0s of the Far Kst ClIEUiu NU'IIOIJVS a.i..wniNewtBiiwrDnloit WORlj) WAR YARs by Lieut. Frank E.Ha!lc vi::ti The Death Plato Most Americans are hH, I the story of the f of the "Lost Bat,.!'; how many know the stnm S r- "Death Platoon"? It ,..: men of the One Hundred an uf Infantry of the Fifty-second 1. brigade of the Yankee Qj'.te f was commanded by Lieut ChJ1 5 't"M,t ,0 Howard, an Iowa boy. insi. '.ch'' During September, pjis ,1 Muii'men Hundred and Fourth had served hi terrific Bghtlng at Sg, Mihlel aD I more than 30 days .n the ttm trenches the outfit was loot!! ward to a few days if relief, wr they were ordered to Join the corps of the American armj, thenf Ing the Meuse-Argonne battl .S winter m fl.H-h fl'l'-' biTfi g'vf Wish t C ',-s be; In t set out for that sector, marching l' thromrh rnln and tnit ann . t- 0 - Mu uiug, k tired they were, but for seven they marched, resting in the da2 Upon their arrival at Haunow were attached temporarily to t Eighteenth French division. On October 13 the One Hundred-Fourth Hundred-Fourth was ordered to support prise attack by the French tanu-J night Lieutenant Howard was the post of honor, the lead of tht J fantry attack. Ills objective tul I I ' I. : 13 ' I I I- I. ridge a mile ahead of the JumiMii t9 fcd his orders were to "gain this e 01 To fac-il a r.ifj t! i h sc-i tch nnd hold the position at all ctl The attack was no particular garj to the Germans. No sooner hi been launched than they opened! with everything they had. SixolJ nine tanks were disabled and k.' the attack was called off. The ret? ing three tanks lumbered bark safety and the Infantry retired. Tj is, all of It retired except Lieote' Howard's platoon. Advancing steadily he and his v crept ahead and were soon lost It t fog. He did not know of the ms to retire and kept on until heme1 his objective.' There he and his some of them wounded and 4 drenched and mud-covered, thrn breastworks as best they .could, pus'! f. their rifles over this slight defense 1 waited for the remainder oftbeorf to come up. But almost immedu the Germans laid down a heavy h. rage to clean up any parties thai bT survived the first furious bwkr ment. This continued for hours. Twenty-five days later the One hj dred and Fourth took part in aUf tack by the whole di vision. Tate la-' the attack was successful and 6 Americans swept forward to tlieob tfve of October 13. There on the 1! ridge they found Lieutenant How. and the 2 men of his platoon. f,uns were still pointing towards Hermans. Every man, rigid In fc'J was facing the enemy. The "Dfn Platoon" had obeyed orders. - I Anti-Climax Soldiers of a signal corps school s Leavenworth. Kan., were required assume the guard duty of their tr camp at the same time they wi training for service overseas Drilling s rookies In the dayt studvtnsr signal corns maneuvers!. walking post meant really was a combination !i all work and no p! And It didn't add to the enjoywe the corps that a number of inf'r men made a practice of crawling it a row of, ',pup tents and hadns "snooze." " "Slake the rounds of the tents f t see that no one is 'gold brickint , the major ordered, according to f vate Aaron tambaugh, when he n informed of the doughboys' practi "One evening I saw a large pair feet protruding from the uitmncfi n pup tent," says Private Stambaf, "1 called the corporal of the f' Hnch of us procured a pup tent and crept toward our victim. Sett, ourselves firmly, we lambasted i outstretched feet with terrific bio f "With a cry of rage and pain. 1 5 victim sprang out. It was our . tenant . The Tod Kick's Triumpl Anyone who approached the Jj ; mansion (Paris) where President , Mrs. Wilson established fhemselve , Decetnber. 1918. experienced theft usual sensation of being challenge a first sergeant or another W8 commissioned officer, acting M fVf" Top kicks vied with supply and f sergeants for assignment to the .which walked post at the quarter! their commander In chief. , As a result, the Wilson serin 1 the Murat presented the most w appearance of any body of trooi the gay French metropolis. A company of the One Hundred , Fifty-eighth Infantry supph ' guard of honor for President and Wilson while they were In Parit j iccinnoii iffifir were 8 volunteer, The result was tn' j -ora in charge of 1 pany clerks were run vivibfi wi jL. . . .11 the p ; companies, iney ranui , per work and other details. 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