Show o Ifal I II I II I I I I I I I I i TT T WAS foolish to waste time and IT I material making them John Carlson told his mother when she said she would like to make some gingerbread dolls for the Christmas display in the window of his bakery No one was interested in such things any more Yes he was a very good son to her her her-he he had given her a good home She had nothing to worry her now now now- no responsibility But she would enjoy making the dolls doUs that wouldn't seem like work She would furnish the materials and make male them in her own kitchen Of course if she wanted to make them she could John said That he was wrong John had to admit We have never had so much interest shown in the window display and never sold more than th n nwe we have since we put those ginger ginger- gingerbread gingerbread gingerbread I bread dolls doUs in the window John told a customer who had returned for a second purchase of dolls Hul- Hul Hulda Hulda Hulda da Carlson had made not one type of doll but different ones and grouped them into families Her idea of grouping them into families is new That's what attracted attention the customer said When John told his mother this she smiled It was the love and I happy thoughts thoughts glad glad memories memories- i 1 l What Attracted Attention the Customer Said which went into the making that was the cause she told herself Her children had loved the sweet bits she had made for them at Christ Christ- mas Her children and grandchildren grandchildren dren had outgrown such pleasures 1 but weren't there others who would enjoy those things There proved to tobe tobe be many m my And what joy it had brought her No profit in money I but large dividends in joy real joy real Christmas joy that joy that of serving and giving happiness 0 Western Newspaper Union Unton I II I I pi I I I |