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Show the sALiSIA SCKBBHM&SE--i Hard to Select Works Either Way j We all think our thoughts are worth j if a predatory nature has clever making public If we only knew which brains It swindles the public; If It words of the 400,000 in the language hasnt it holds the public up with a to clothe them in. Distol on dark streets ir sUn. sALiblA. irfAii jWUWWWANWWV.V.VAVAV.W.W.'AWWAVMT.WWVAW.WWMWW Merry Christmas to All .VwA,r"AW.VA.v.7BVww.v.v..v.w.vr.v.v.w.v.v-.vvv.'.v.w-v- . it1 ROBERTA HOOD Ant: OOEERTA HOOD had lived all her life up to eighteen ou her fathers Cl farm at Pleasant Valley. So v pE'TRIC 3 UI '''TviiiVi'g all 1:3 l II came time for her to begin to th S her own financial future, she nat- two1 rally turned to the city. And inwork-let ffitnths she was one of five girls In the pressing room of the higj fjurment factory that supplied ISNT Dax. Repair up-tow- " 'Aj J1 A' shop with childrens kr.e d?SM?s.j Vtom eight to five she ironed dumb raffles and tucks and plaits. Thej tier workers rarely spoke to her; a'lj Viat about their business In a cluli.j otermlned way; at intervals the looked In; and once In two week., eke drew her pay envelope, h'he h can so used to the four mustard-co- l ortd walls that she was no longer con Clous of anything beyond her ironing board and the shelf above. Then one week she went home for INliday. It was April and the wood1 wore full of violets. Roberta Hood picked a big box of violets and mos tt take to the city with her. Wher tow left for her work on Monday morn toff the blossoms were so fragrant that to took a few with her In a glass anc t them on the shelf above her iror. iBf board. All that day as she looked to Intervals they seemed something thing amid the mechanical routine her motions. The head of the roon came over to take a sniff and said that he came from the country, too Ob her next visit home Robert! brought back some Ivy, and the fw workera took turns watering it and ashing down the glossy leaves. Through this common Interest they belts to eat lunch together. Then they tarted a window box,, and finally they achieved curtains, am a table where they spread their sandwiches and bottles of milk. The pressing room had become a after of Interest In the factory. Finally, one day, the president of the company strolled In. lie was a progressive man and he appreciated the business value of the esprit de corps of this little group, le upshot wa8 a clnhroom for the workers of the factory a room of their own freshly painted, with gerttnlunts, and a disreputable yellow cat that they had adopted as their mpscot. To open the new club they had a The head man In Robertas party. room sut next to her. This Is your d lings! said he. Aw, go on! liuiglied Roberta. Chops J! man-30- & M an $3o& Kis!)?s JF 1 Jttm (JWrtawM tt I Prosperous Itln $m Alter The Peerless THE WINCHESTER. STORE Some jokes are so old that no one feels insulted by them. FLYING CHAFF Dont judge Most arguments are a nuisance. Stinginess is a in.. n by his clothes They may be his thrift gone to seed tailors fault. not he ashamed to say what you are not ashamed to think. Do Too much care may weaken work. Incivility Is the extreme of pride. No recipe opens the heart like true friend. a Walk, If you would live long, say the doctors; but be careful at cross lngs. giu.. out some go .u uiAin.-tak- e it j ourself. Look out for the man who uses too muny adjeethes. Worry seldom kills, but It couldut be stopped if it did. Some charity that begins at home Is too likely to stay there. It is not well to have an open door end a locUd-ricoonten ince. p W Wish Christmas and A Merry A 0 Bright & Happy New Year to ( r r |