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Show CHRISTMAS AT THE BOARDING SCHOOL 3T WAS a boarding school, but the girls called It "The Bastille." They felt imprisoned as the holiday season sea-son approached, and I hey realized the stringency of their Ilnanclal condition 8S they thought of the contributions Unit they wanted to make to the general gen-eral and particular Christmas Joy. They could bend over the schooluooks for the fsv.- fiaja i. nit separated them from home, but what would the wise girls from the East have to offer upon up-on the Chilbtmas trees on their arrival? ar-rival? Their Impecunious state, usually usu-ally chronic, now ui.trmed them. There had not been so much consternritlop since 1'hll Overbaugh fell overboard at the boat race. A star of hope arose, however, as the conference ended In a resolve to undertake sui'll personal commercial enterprises a? might solve the puzzle. Thus. Betty Glider, surramed "Pudge." cut off candy, and appeared with an advertisement of her course In the label that she wore, "Don't feed me, I'm reducing." This promised to he" lucrative, as it Involved a large reduction re-duction in her Income tax. Sue I'erkins ("Perky") confessed that she had put a safety pin upon the collection plate in lieu of her usual contribution and pleaded "safety first" ms her excuse, but was duty reproved uy lilt; i;iuri. Colly Spencer ("Pretty Poll") and Emma Gay ("Whoa, Emma") started ;,n odd Job shop in their room, polishing polish-ing shoes and taking in washing and mending, with lectures at the doors of the girls' rooms on the good effects of bright shoes on dull minds and cautions cau-tions that,no holes larger than a fifty-cent fifty-cent piece' would be accepted. Sarah Oodd ("SpinV'l. the class cheer -leader, saved three dollars by . ountering on a book agent. After the agent had enlarged upon the beautiful binding, the thick paper and the lovely pictures of the History of Great Women Wom-en and when he had run down and lapsed Into silence, SpllTy sweetly refused re-fused the opportunity offered to givA; him a copy of .losephus. That settled Man- Wlngate ("Maryhud") undertook under-took to learn her catechism, accepting five dollars In advance from her father for the feat. But she halted after the fiftieth question, being only half through, and had to return two-fifty to her parent and report only the same . amount to the class. Groans greeted her recital, possibly for her fa.lr.re After all, they had a merry Christinas Christ-inas Gathering again when the vaca-r vaca-r tion was over, each had much to show .. ,na hnrl heen able to tor ii ami cvcijv- do something for the happiness of the rest Christopher G. Hazard. (. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.) |