Show 1 A d we h 4 a e Q h 1 41 P t 1 4 r y l 0 I Y S I oNi g 3 r R fi tam M My y 4 t r oK S M s v J 4 I r I 9 rI I f A 4 J 1 f t et AND ja i r iF ou ARE t 1 jF r rr r r R ay w CHILDREN T I I i a e I I I I rte p 9 I Id d 1 f fN N t uC rh hE CANDLES x by ANNA t BEG a tho thousand sand pardons said 0 II Wade Woodburn as he stooped Ul and reached under the feet of ot oto o hurrying pedestrians to retrieve some of ot the Christmas candles that he had knocked from the hands of ot Doris Marshall It it uIt-it It was unavoidable Im I'm sure I answered the girl who too was trying tryIng try- try Ing to salvage some of ot the fragrant waxen sticks Im Tm afraid that most of ot them are ruined Wade went on OIL It was awkward awkward awk- awk ward iward of ot me but come Into Brownell's and we can replace them with others so so youre you're party wont won't be spoiled But we cant can't replace them them and and they weren't for my party said the girl sorry that they couldn't be re re- placed laced You see they are bayberry I candles and I make them 1 1 I Make them I Then the fat Is In Inthe Inthe the fire fire or or to be more exact the candles candles can can- ri dies are trampled under foot What were you you where where were you taking them To some one for Christmas fr Yes and no Lowes Lowe's sell them for x e to me-to to order you see sec They were orde ed then then and and nearly nearh nearly near near- ly h all ruined But surely we can buy some to replace them Candles are 1 candles arent aren't t they P 1 Please dont don't mind pleaded Doris Im sorry but It couldn't be helped helped- at aid ald d I can make male Lore swore Then TIlen get Into my car here and I Ican Ican Ican can run you ou home in no time And Wade taking her ber arm directed her ller to his roadster at the curb What direction he asked y I live at 2240 22 East Vine VIne almost almost country country and and Its It's putting you to a lot lotof of ot trouble Doris Dods answered 1 dui And you can cnn mention me that after all the trouble Ive I've caused rett you ou by my carelessness o ct o Please forget It It was purely an oo o accident and might have happened to toy y del anyone But Bat It didn't tt It t happened to you I co and me But tell o mo more about tho the I candles There Isn't much to tell ten I thought both bot every everyone one In New ew England knew about bayberry candles They rhey arc are made It from the leaves and b LorrIes of ot the bay baytree bayr baytree r tree are fragrant and vely to xo burn But how do you you- you You cant can't get berries find and leaves this time of ot year We boil bon them at various times during during dur dur- ing the summer as the berries ripen and make tt tallow Bayberry candles candles dont don't dont they date back to the Puritans And Isn't there some good luck sign about them he asked I 1 thought you ou ought to remember and Doris quoted q A bayberry berry candle burned to tho socket Brings luck to the house Fo Food d for tor the larder Jarder And And w Gold Gol for tor the tho pocket Wade finished the quotation with witha a smile You have ha a fine y memory laughed Doris and this Is my acre the acre the gray house In the bay trees Thank you so much for tor the trouble It was very ery kind of you to bring me But If you think my task Is done you dont don't know Wade Woodburn Woodburn- and by the way you haven't told me your name Doris Dods Marshall she told him as ashe ashe ashe he assisted her from from- the car Youve got my Interest all aroused and now Im I'm going to help you dip those candles so you wont won't have bave to work all night to make good your yoUl loss Indeed you'll do no such thing thing- waste the rest of ot the afternoon on my candles with Christmas only three days away Then you dont don't want me to help you you wont wont won't even let me have the pleasure of helping to replace somethIng something something some some- thing that I destroyed 7 Of course If you put It that wa way way way- I do so lets let's go In and get busy Doris Introduced Wade to her semi semi- I invalid mother and told why he had come then she led the young man Into the spotless kitchen and provided him with one of her own blue ging- ging IiI r l 3 Iii r t tAnd th h And Now Im I'm Going to t Help You Dip Those Candles Candies ham aprons She set the kettles of bayberry tallow on the stove to heat and then showed Wade the intricacies of candle Soon he be was able to do a pretty fair Job of ot making the several dips between the first few and tho the finishing plunges which Doris did herself bersell For or two or three hours they worked together over the fragrant wax war Wade told her of ot his days das da s In Brown university university uni unI- and Doris confided to him that she had left Miss Baxters Baxter's School for Girls for a practical business course after her father had bad died and that she had to gIve up her position as asa asa a n stenographer when her mother became became became be be- came partly disabled from a paralytic paralytic para para- lytle stroke Tills This way I can be at home and andI I can make as many as a day If It ItI I work hard she told him making a day and andI I how many times is each one dipped he lie asked thirty five The delicious New England supper of baked beans brown bread and Christmas delicacies Mrs Marshall prepared almost alone She pushed her wheel chair from table to shelf shelt and stove with ease and dexterity Bayberry candles shed a n soft light and a pleasing fragrance No wonder there is ready sale for them said Wade Vade They elThey are so fragrant fragrant fra fra- grant And they bring good luck to all who burn them smiled the moth mother r 1 s r rL L r J Send One Ono to Your Sweetheart to Burn Tomorrow Night even to uniting lovers who are true tr If if they both burn them on Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas eve Two hours later when Wade was waa leaving he asked for a pair of can can- dies Doris had already wrapped a n pair for him so as she gave them to him she said Send one to your sweetheart eart to burn tomorrow night flight He unwrapped the candles candIes handing her one Will you yon do me the honor 1 I didn't mean to tell you now that I Ilove Ilove Ilove love you you that that I seem to always to have been looking for you you that that I want you to marry me Will you youcan youcan youcan you you- can you care caro a little dear Doris tho thought ht It would not be hard to love him a great deal and after much planning he be said And at Christmas we shall always dip bayberry candles for our friends hoping the tho candles will bring to them I the good luck they brought us our us-our our I meeting I p. p 1928 1828 Western Newspaper Union L' L J 41 1 A 41 J l lh W ti 1 sN j SANTA CLAUS CLAUS' SACK m a ar r THIS HIS is a Jolly game to play t at a Christmas party One ne nei i player starts with the letter lettera i a n saying Santa Claus Claus' sack 9 g has Animals in it It The next nest one t says Books Dooks Candles Candies says l lt t the third and so on until every 1 S Sf f letter of the alphabet has bas been used If It a boy or girl cannot Ig think of ot something to say before bet be be- t fore fora the rest of the group have quietly counted ten ho he or she rg 1 must drop out of ot the game any 3 1 5 player speaking out of ot turn or g using the wrong letter must also drop out 1 Ii i IIo |