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S Christmas V for Alice m u By nYM MARIAN RIAN WING Q 1944 1924 rn Newspaper Union UTH ALICE lay abed late ChrIstmas ChrIst ChrIst- mas morning What other gIrl of eighteen eight eight- een W would 0 u I d have stayed lazily In bed with the marvelous marvelous mar mar- ChrIstmas presents waiting her attention attention that were waiting Ruth RuthAlice's RuthAlice's Alices Alice's She was the only daughter ot of an eno enormously rich father She was also on that ChrIstmas morning the one shining hope of halt half a dozen rich beaux So you can Imagine what gifts were hers At ten o'clock Ruth Alices Alice's personal maId Flora came rattier rather timidly but determinedly Into the luxurious bedroom bed bed- room where There Ruth Alice Allee lay dreaming among her pillows her beautiful eyes halt half closed Well Flora why are you disturbIng disturbing disturb disturb- Ing m me Im I'm not goIng to get up yet yeta a whIle I But Dut Miss Ruth Alice I Your father Js is just walking back and forth In the lIbrary and asking every halt half minute when you are coming down Oh dad He wants to see my joy jor over oer the stocking I suppose Well iVell there are lovely things down there thE goodness knows I And such flowers finvers Oh both bother r the flowers I dont don't want them But tell me has the post post- come yet 1 No tie lie dreadfully late today of nf on Ye so 80 I 1 supposed Well what's iJ l It II rAll r. r All Right Flora Flor 1 Briny Me My Slippers the good of getting up then 7 Ruth nuth AlIce stretched her ber pretty trills above her head and yawned Flora stared What can the postman bring y you U that you hav haven't nt already Id I'd like to know Inow But needless less nee to say the perfectly perfectly per per- trained maid made this remark to herself But Ruth Alice Allee sUddenly relented All rIght Flora FIOla bring me my slip pers Ill I'll get on some clothes and go godown godown down to Dad I needn't spoil his Christmas And It was with thIs determination not to mar her dear dads dad's Christmas that Ruth Alice Allee ran down the stairs and tripped Into the library with a smile But Dut such a forced smile I The maIds noticed It and the butler too And they aU all puzzled about It and whispered among themselves They were aU all very fond of pretty Alice and It grieved them to see her so out of sorts on ChrIstmas of all times And she's been lIke thIs for more than a week Flor sIghed to the butler Just Isn't Inter interested sted In any any- thing Oh yes theres there's one thIng still can excite her That Is the postman She sends me out forty times time a day dayto to see If hes he's dropped letters letter In the box and forgot to ring Yesterday she o J I Il Ii l i I N Made Me Ma Go Out and Look Down the Street even made me go out and look down the street to see If he was anywhere sight Oh Ob well that explains It then She hasn't heard from her sweet sweet- he heart rt Sweetheart I She's beard from dozens of em every mall mail And you ou ought just to take a look at her presents pres pres- eats In there Flowers books candy music And her father has surprised her with a new lImousine all her own Guess even you didn't know that Mike kept the secret pretty prett well He only let it drop to me by accident Mike was the chauffeur of course No A lImousine And then those pearls The old man showed them to tome tome me himself last night Just couldn't l keep It to himself any longer They're beauties you can take my word and cost a good round fort fortune ne How liow any girl with all that can be glowering around on ChrIstmas ChrIstmas' da- da I lIng a tang ling the front front- door bell Interrupted Flora Jumped like a Jack the in-the box when the cover Is sprung be bethe bethe the postman she said Ill In get there this time before Miss Ruth Alice Allee sends me But Ruth Alice Allee was at t the door first for she too knew v the postman's rIng Eagerly she went through the pile ot of mall Then her eyes flooded wIth tears that she could not hide NothIng Nothing Noth Ing And Its It's Christmas day I she whispered But Dut what's this Flora asked bending to pick up n a picture postal that had bad dropped to the floor Miss Ruth Alice Allee snatched It t from h her r hand but not before Flora had 5 seen eD It was just a picture ot of a wreath hung I IC A Christmas C Carol I fig James a. a r 0 Russell Lowell w HAT means this glory round roundy y our feet teet The magi mused more bright than morn And voices chanted clear and sweet Today th the Prince ot of Peace Is born I What means that star the shepherds said That brightens through the rocky glen And answering overhead Sang Peace on earth good will to tomen tomen men All round about our feet teet shall shine A light like that the Wise Men Dien saw It If we our loving will Incline To that Sweet Life Lite which Is the law So shall we learn to understand The simple faith ot of shepherd J then And clasping kindly hand In hand Sing Peace on earth good wIll to tomen men And they who do theIr souls no wrong But keep at eve the faith ot of morn Shall dally daily hear the tho angel song Today the PrInce ot of Peace is 18 born 1 on a door and under It scrawled In Ina ina a bold masculine hand Merry ChrIstmas Christmas ChrIst ChrIst- mas and Happy New Year Miss Norman Nor Nor- man That was aU all except the signature signature sig- sig nature Jack Dalton But suddenly Miss Ruth Alice laughed merrily and seized Flora by both hands She whirled her around In a happy dance Merry Christmas Flora she cried when It was done and rushed toward the library She passed the butler oa 01 the way Merry ChrIstmas Walker WaUer she cried to him Then they heard her Merr Merry Christmas Christmas- Ing her dad I Well Irn glad to hear her saying It it Flora ejaculated I thought she never would nut But think of a cheap postal doing that to her after aU all those wonderful things In there and the automobile au- au I What are pearls and a car to love whispered Walker drawing very near to Flora she sho pushed him away Merry Christmas she laughed buck back nt at hIm over oyer her shoulder ns as she ran up the stairs |