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Show 1 THE PROVO POST FRIDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1921 ooooooooooooooooo OOOOOOOOOO&&&OOO& Christmas Wedding Bells An Unasked-fo- r Gift Not because it is an honored custom, but because take this of the sincerity of our appreciation, opportunity to thank you for the part you have played in our business prosperity the past 'twelve months, and we wish you a good old Merry Christ-- , we Bt MART GRAHAM Bv MART GRAHAM BONNER BONNIR ooooooooooooooooo 131. VMllTi N.w,p.p.r Copyright. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Union. Coprrlsbt, 1M1, Wnntnra K.wnpnpnr NR. LOD1S BOTH true, admired Howard. He was so faithful and good Louis missed do 1 n g her own work. She liked to do Provo Tailoring Co. 119-12- 3 North University Avenue Provo, Utah the darning. She was nervous in a motorand a car, chauffeur depressed her. 8he had tried having one once, but she not only felt Uke a fool when ahe dolled up," aa she expressed it, but she was frightened when she saw the chauffeur'a look of disgust when she told him she. had no calls to make and no shopping to do except to the corner store. She didnt care about going .to smart hotel for tea In the afternoon. Now and again she liked to hare a "bite In a pastry shop. Louis was a musician. He waa one of the most popular of dance conductors. He made money from royalties on his popular song a great deal of money. She bad been often told that musicians were temperamental flirts. But the ones she had aeeu were not They liked cigars and pinochle and fat checks. That wasnt so temperamental. Neither waa there anything temperamental about the music publishers and the friends of Louis who came In of an evening for cheese and crackers. She was nervous when the maid broke dishes, though she knew there was lots of money to boy more. She was naturally a careful housekeeper, and the money had eome n little too late or else she was one of the rare kind who couldnt spend It! Very rare, but not at all pleasant When she went to shows she fell asleep. She longed to dust behind corners and nnder the rungs of chairs. She loved to bake a good cake. But prosperity waa hers, and ahe didn't want to let Louis know how hard It waa for her to be prosperous. He came In this time when Mrs. Louis was sitting stringing corn for the little tree ahe had bought It waa Christmas eve. Louis was very evidently excited. lie asked hlf wife to come Into the little bedroom so no one wonld hear. Louis hadn't become used to talking liefore n maid. Hla wife noticed that -- Theyll All BE HAPPY If your Christmas Dinner is right. If you buy your groceries here you may feel sure they will be right We have them everything to make the Christmas dinner taste good. Mince Meat better than mother ever made for the pies. Pudding that whets the appetite to the point of .keenest enjoyment 'And, say, we have the choicest cuts of Meat that money can buy. We use only choice young steers. YouTl surely want a roast Our Turkeys are fat and tender. . Order your Christmas candy here. Loose qr in boxes mixed, creams, chocolates, for every day. English Soft Shell Walnuts, Peanuts, Almonds and Pecans. Whitehead Market Phones 67, 68 and 535. PRACTICAL JOKE RECOILS. "Its Going to Be Hard on You," He Bald. be looked bled. 5 rather worried and trou "What's the matter! A sharp thrill of pleasure went through ter. Perhaps he had speculated, lost hla money In Wall street or on the curb. . So many people did, site had been told. Louis would be poor and ahe would darn his socks and get hi meals,' and they'd Uve In the old flat and keep the cozy red plush furniture. Louis had been talking lately of moving to ed him of hie money and valuables. better quarters. He took her hands In hla. "Its goWhen arraigned In court the boys Practical Jokes are never in good said they did not really mean It, and ing to be hard on yon, he said. taste, but when directed against the "Oh, no, she answered, trying to testified to their good majesty of the law they sometimes neighbors repress the exultant note In her voice, But sentenced the have a dangerous recoil. Thus in standing. judge I'll be glad Wllkes-BarrPa., the other day them to an Indefinite term in the She was about to tell him bow opthree youths, the oldest 1C, staged a the riches had been, boa pressive holdup, selecting as .their victim one beMcDonald Salt iAke City authorises con- they had almost suffocated her. How Clinton McDonald. much happier she would be to have came so terrorised that the boys turn- struction ot large 16,000, to save money, rather than try to ed the play into reality, and relieve- - emergency reservoir. .. spend It for Louis sake, to make him feel she enjoyed It Wlfey, be said Anally, they want me to tour Europe. Its a great chance. There's big money In It, and the boys BREAD--Th- e nil want to go with me. Do yon suppose, ulfey, I know you're awful sea v We use Utah County Hard Wheat Flour, - x His alck,v and a poor traveler. food-valDo you ever think of the of simple combiface looked worried. "But do you nations suppoee you could stand the seasickyou figure out balanced meals? ness and all, for Pd be so loneRoyal Bread with jam makes a perfect item For afte: some leaving yon home! They want noon tea or for the childrens lunch. me - so much and they know I At supper there is nothing better than Royal Bread wouldn't want to go "Without yon with milk for growing children a strength-give- r and a that they're going to pay your ex nerve-quiet- er All should eat MORE BREAD. penaes and make that a little Christmas present for you I She gave a look at the beloved red Would There never plush furniture. be any rest from prosperity! Iler fat - a, 000-gall- Perfect Food ue ?Do The bread that made mother quit baking Eaten freely, will raise the health and enjoyment o ' every member of your family. Sold by your Neighbor- ' hood Grocer. ROYAL BAKING CO. We use Utah County Hard Wheat Flour. was sealed. Catos. LIZABETH had always, it it become a money - maker. mas and a Happy New Year. . V and reliable. He had been good to h mother and his sister. Everyone knew he would be good to a wife, and they ail knew, too, that he wanted Elisabeth for bis wife. Youre foolish not to take him,' they said. "We all know you have the opportunity to do so every time he goes to see you. We would wager hed proposed any number of times. dont know about that, Elizabeth would laugh. They could get "I nothing ont of her. Once some of them spoke to. How ard. We wish you two would get married, We're tired of seeing you courting all the time." Howard smiled. "Its up to Elisabeth, he said. One woman spoke to Elizabeth one day in a very serious fashion. The trouble with you, the woman said, "la - that youve always had so much attention. Not only Howard, but everyone has been charmed by yon, and you think that will go on to the end of time. You'll find It wont They'll atop, and then, where will yon her "I dont want to escape being abeth laughed, happy ones to to be married so ns an old maid, ElisIve seen too many be afraid. Whats Dolls Below r Cost The best and most beautiful assortment of dolls toin the city will be sold at our two drug stores from night and tomorrow. We got a good price the manufacturer and you will get the benefit. Call and inspect our line. Kodaks For The Grownups . I A Kodak makes an ideal ready married and so Elizabeth, as a nice,- - qntet girl had qnlckly taken herself home and opt of the way! It waa snowing hard. Elizabeth was getting together her Christmas presents when the door bell tang. Outside stood Howard. "I thought perhaps youd not mind if I went with yon when yon took around the presents, he said. I knew it was Just about your time. How lovely It was outside. The snow was falling, the air was so clear and cool, and here waa Howard, so straight and tall, hla face glowing with health, hla eyes so clear, so keen and ao devoted.' It made even the cold, crisp air seem warm and soft and affectionate. f They had delivered the presents and were now passing the small church. Inside someone was practicing on the organ. That was doubtless the organist practicing for the music for the service in the morning. There 'was much beautiful music alSo many wonways for Christmas derful hymns, and snch an atmosphere about It all. "I wish, Howard said, that hed stop practicing the Christmas music and play us n wedding march. Perhaps be would, said Elizabeth. "Do you mean It! Howard shouted. Oh yes, my dear, of course mean It. Youve not said n word about marrying the last four times Ive seen yon and Ive been about to do It myself. The people they tried to keep 1 i me from seeing how wonderful you were by talking about you, making yon what they saw In you not giving me a chance to see for myself." The organist played the wedding march. The clergyman came over hurriedly to marry them, bringing two witnesses with him. g "I guess I could stand It, Louis,' The Christmas bells and the ibe said bravely. But In her heart bells are Joining together for there was hopelessness. little later. Money, Eu ns, Howard said rope, riches and more riches, a limouThey' took the basket which hud sine future and a street car soul I And had the presents in It back home. a Christmas present of such a trip! Then they announced to nil the peoAnd she, alas, would have so much ple what they had done. Christmas P everyone Merrie preferred a street car ride and a sewing basket from the boys such as wished them. But Elizabeth answered. they had given her that first Christmas We dont need to be wished Merrie after she had married Louis, Christmas, bnt we thank you all Just , they hadnt been rich I the sameP - Bt - gift and all the worries of finishing is lifted from your shoulders by our finishing experts. Call and Inspect Our Line m Hedquist Drug Co. Two Stores UTAH PROYO more I think a lot more of a person who la faithful to someone theyve loved than to marry for the sake of marrying. Lota of the old maids are that Some of the married ones have been so afraid theyd be thought unpopular and unwanted that they've married ont of sheer cowardice. This was very puzzling. Had Elizabeth loved someone In her earlier day perhaps when she had gone away on n visit! No one knew. But everyone was puzzled. So much puz tied that they asked no more questions. They stopped telling her she should marry Howard. They stopped telling her what a wonderful husband he wonld make, and how much be loved her. They were speculating on which vis It It conld have been when the tragedy occurred. And had the mysterious man married or had he been al- , Health and Work Not Luxuries Bread Upon the Waters A man who works with his brain When is a luxury tax! Representative Aaron S. Kreider tells this story: $11,000 back to her. Frank Mar- : A woman went Into a restaurant shall, who died In California In 1614, and ordered a plate ot Ice cream, left her that amount. Mrs. Gelntt and when she came to pay she had s told the story this way: check for 16 cents and I cents were One day a man, who appeared to added to it She asked: Wkat does be a tramp, stopped at my door and that 2 cents meant said he was hungry and did not have Well she was told. 16 cent any money to buy food. He told the for your Ice cream and 2 cents luxusual story about being In hard lack, ury tax. that he had money invested, or propShe paid.it and then she walked across the street to the drug store erty, bnt that he could not get it. I gave him a square meal and, and asked for a corn plaster and she when he finished, I gave him 26 got a check tor 10 eents, and 1 cent An Investment of 26 cents, made 1602 by Mrs. John P. Qelatt, of East Falrhaven, Mass., brought after passing n sleepless night, or about when In the clutches of some discomforting Indisposition, often does not see how he 1 possibly going to get through with his days stint. He goes at it. however, and 1 almost always surprised to find that he works more rapidly and successfully than when fine and fit. We suppose this Is because, feeling the necessity he concentrates more determinedly on what .Is before him. The fact that he la rather tired and 111, and therefore has little temptation or ambition to go afield in the flesh or the spirit may also have something to do with It. Whatever the explanation. It la the truth. Perfect health la n glorious thing to have, yet Its relationship to success in life is much exaggerated. A very large percentage of the worlds beat work has been done by men who did not feel well most of the time they were doing It. Abounding health, like unlimited riches. Involves Its temptations and its handicaps. One feels too much like cutting short the hours ot labor and going ont and having fun. Thus the theory of compensation works ont The spirit, not the body, is what really counts the will, not the stomach. cents to help him on his way. Ha talked, as I remember it, as If well educated, and seemed to be a victim of hard luck, rather than a real tramp, but I had entirely forgotten that particular dinner and the quarter 1 gave him until I received the letter from California recently. I remember that he took my name and address and said he wonld repay me If he could. HEMSTITCHING AND PICOTINO gives a beautiful finish to fancy and work. embroidery Hemstitching makes the crochet edge easy and saves time. Christmas gifts of seal-loppillow slips, luncheon Sets, table cloths, dollies, scarfs, dainty aprons, baby clothes, etc., a specialty. Midwest Refining company to drill All work guaranteed. Singer Sewing well in Hill Creek field, Uinta Machine Co., 67 North University test avenue. basin. ed added. She said: What U the 1 cent for! That Is tho luxury tax. Well, she said, this la the first time 1 ever knew that corns wert a ltjxury. WILL KEEP ROADS OPEN. Michigan will keep open about 1206 miles of Its highways this winter In order that motor vehicles traffic may move unhampered or intercity roads. Michigan first adopted the plan on a state scale daring the war, when It was necessary to move army tracks ont ot Michigan factories and to transport war sap-liby track between cltlea. It worked out so well that the highway department has been following the practice ever since. ' Substitutes for road-cleari- es ' Startups Candies Are Substitutes for PROVOS GROWTH PROSPERITY And Cost You More Money Than Startups Fresh Goods. Watch the Prices. Startups Industries Are Worth a Half Million Annually to Provo-Eq- ual to All Fruit Grown on Provo Bench ' , wed-jJIn- Assist Your Dealers to Help Advance YOUR Town by Insisting on STARTUPS CANDIES and CHEWING GUM . |