Show e NEW YEARS YEAR'S RECONCILIATION BLANCHE TANNER h DiLLIN A 4 rP y 1 l i r i lA r r r ROOT and Mattie A ADDIE Campbell had always been friends until Miss Mattie I claimed Miss Addies Addie's dog chased her cat and tore up her flowers The fence was built and the boundary bounda bounda- ry line of the two places ran so close to Miss Addies Addie's gooseberry bush that some of the bran branches hes of J Y X e y V f 1 lr J v AThe The Jar Had Held Reid Candied Ginger in Miss Addies Addie's Childhood the bush hung over the fence The I bush belonged to Miss Addie but the I fruit on Miss Matties Mattie's side of the fence Miss Mattie claimed So Miss Addie picked the fruit on her side of the fence and Miss Mattie that on hers Last summer being sure that Miss Mattie was away awny from home Miss Addie went in through the rear gate and picked the fruit on Miss Matties Mattie's side of the fence The jam in the jar before her which she had taken down from the shelf for her supper that cold New Years Year's eve was from that fruit The jar had held candied ginger in Miss Addie's Addies Addies Addie's Addies Addie's Ad Ad- dies die's childhood and she recalled how she and little Mattie had eaten the ginger from it its She recalled that she and Mattie had picked gooseberries gooseberries gooseberries goose goose- berries from a bush which grew near the place where the bush which had caused so much trouble now grew She recalled the many happy times she and Miss Mattie had spent together together the the times when Miss Mattie had been a real friend in need need had had helped to ease some hurt or lighten some sorrow What a pity it seemed that such friendship friendship friendship friend friend- ship should ever be broken Miss Addies Addie's dog had been given away long ago and Miss Matties Mattie's cat had I wandered away from home and never returned With the two original original original nal causes of the trouble gone wasn't it too bad for time one-time friends to remain enemies Wouldn't it be better to turn over a anew anew anew new leaf this New Years Year's day and renew their friendship It seemed so to Miss Addie and she resolved not to waste another minute but do it right away So with a jar far of jam dam in her hand and love in her har heart she went to wish Miss Mattie a happy New Year 0 Western Newspaper Union d A. A 0 Watch Vatch Night NightOn On New Years Year's eve midnight masses and services archeld are arc held everywhere while those less inclined to religious observances make the closing minutes of the year an occasion for jollity k C Ji 1 i ue ew v ear 4 to you l New Year enter r newborn king kiDS Can you tell us something the 6 tidings s that you ou bring Do you carry corny ty Enough to last tho year yrol h h. Do you sing a Q song sons of joy I. I To cast out doubt and car T Perhaps Perhaps a 8 b balm olm for heartaches S i You bring along with you t J Perhaps a key to friendships T Al AlTo To buoy us all year through h. h Wo We bid you Now Year Year our our dreams we trust with you Forgetting ills of all nil the tho past we wo start sart the ilia book anew W. W v. v P. P R. R In Kansas City Times I l r A. A f New Years Year's at White House Since the White House was not completed during our first Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's lifetime the John were the first presidential family to occupy it The first drawing room or New Years Year's reception was held in in the Presidents palace as it was then referred to on New Years Year's day 1801 |