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t 2fhj ttnnmw6 thursday- december 3 192g xooperative r fc tho light of faith wiih fading aqt as through o northern town thcro puuuotl a youth who boro ujm a mehhtiko that wiih full of gmco co operate try not the town an old flnnhsoiil the peoples hopes urc long nlnce dead but still the youth tuyig- forth in jpy i brine- the word without alloy cooperate tho people hard im ilcttsod tti say took heed and by tho better way they grow in wiwdom mid- in health they know tho secret of truo wealth cooperato a sutcllffe does education pay what a question i xo0o it pay to prepare the ground before sowing tho aecd does it pay to polish tho precious atone before putting it on tho mar ket does it pay to piano and aandpapor tho board before putting it into the piece of furniture does it pay to sharpen the tools before working with them does it pay to know things rather than live in ignorance does it pay to have a nalnd rather than be a mere anlmal nnd be di rected by those who havbnalnds does it pay to think and if so to think with a trained mind rather than with an untrained one does it pay tq bo a leader rather than a follower does it pay to make tho most of the faculties god has endowed oho with or to let them lie dormant does it pay to be one of the cap able of the human race or to be one i of tho inferior does it pay to prepare oneself to do large tilings or to remain satisfied to do small things and lot others take the advanced positions does it pay to take advantage of opportunity and make the most pos sible of oneself does it pay to get an education only the lazy and ignorant answer no pay surely it pays manyfold there can be no better investment nor one anywhero near as good letno youth be deceived ask any of those who are educated ask the wise of any generation b sensible get tho education while you have the chance prepare to live a happy and a prosperous life ward h nyo monced going out jyith lizzlo whom ho af tcrwnrtlh nuiniuil sacrifices you have no right to make while some sacrifices are to bo ap proved for the good of tho cause others are unjustifiable it is all very well to deny yourself candy in order to give more to charity but it is all wrong to go without your luncheon for the same purpose give up some luxury for a month if you need the money hut do not put off buying something necessary to your health the knowledge that you have do med yourself in order to give your jfrionds certain gifts may heighten their appreciation but they would be horrified if they know that tho sac rifice had an injurious effect upon you as a matter of fact there arc some sacrifices you have a perfect right to make and others that arq wrong v good intention all of us give ourselves credit for our good intentions and wo regent tho fact that other people will not do as much- teachers are not inter ested in your intentions to learn your lessons neither employers do not care about all you meant to do this practical age is interested in the fel low who delivers the goodfj not in tho one who hoped to do so and planned to do it and then failed because something went wrong good intentions are enormously im portant of course but there is danger that in giving them their due you will underestimate tho importance of carrying them through to accomplish merit there is nothing more fatal so far as your reputation goes ihan al ways to mean well and never to go any farther the roads of old therouds of old how fair they gleam cd how- long each winding way was deemed in days gone by how wondrous high their little hills and houses seemed the morning road that ied to school was framed in dew that clnug as coq to childish feet as waves that beat about the sunbeams in a pool the river road that cropt beside that dreamy aiderbordered tide where fish at play on saturday left some young hopes ungratiflcd tho valley road that wandered through twin vales and heard no wind that blew the cowbells clank from either bank was all the noise it ever knew the village road that used to drop its daisies at the blacksmith shop and leave some trace of rustic grace to tempt the busiest eye to stop the woodland road whose windings dim were known to watcher straight and slim how slow it dioved as if it loved bach listening leaf and arching limb tho market road that felt the charm of lights on mamya sleepy farm when whirring clock and crowing cock gave forth tho marketmans alarm these all anew their olden spell with rocky cliff and sunny dell j with purling brook and grassy nook they bordered childhoods country vrel and we who near them used to dwell can but tho same sweet story tell that on them went youngeyed con- tent they bordered childhoods country well ethelwyn wet herald the boys homemade clothes a generation and a half ago it was tho practice in many of the homes of the district vhexe there were hoys for the mother to make their clothes at least until they began going to see the girls they were usually made of good serivceable homespun either woven at home or at tho woollen mills at rockwood li m chouse or lowville and thq boys had various ex periences with these hornetmade clothes of mothers i remember hearing of a little family talk about gold leaf by new method the old method of making gold leaf which has been in use for many cen turies was very expensive as the cost of the tabor outweighed the cost of gold electrochemistry lias now en tered the field and a new process re ceritly invented promises to rnakpthe gold leaf far less expensive upon a ribbon of thin silver a film of gold is electrically deposited from a solution of gold and pptnsslum cyanide the silver ribbon with the gold on its up per side is then- laid upon a celluloid band and immersed in a bath of ni tric add this eats away tho silver which la later recovered and leaves the loaves tf gold leaf on the collu- lbld band there it is washed in alcohol and the warm air from elec tric fans blows the gold leaf from the celluloid and slides it between pro tecting leaves of paper tit for tat motorists riding near a farm or chard stopped tho car got out cllmb- ed the fence and gathered b of npplos to eomplote the joke they slowed down as they went bythe farm house and called out to the owner we helped ourselves to your apples we thought we would tell you oh- thats all right the farmer called back i helped myself to your tools while you were in the orchard was he a reneqade7 two irishmen differing in political p xl to me refcrrin to thlt boy an sloiied way uiuh lysp cree a way h l last ardor overcoming good nature one accused tho other of bolnfl a trine jrude tomrty and family tradition this accusation the second man de nied stoutly averring that hla politi cal views wero based upon his own fonvlctiona rather than opi an ac- cldent of birth still his accuser in sisted that he was a turncoat you call yourself dnly ho cried scornfully you call yourself daly and everybody knows that when you first struck this country you had an o on your name big enough for lifepreserver bankrupts in enthusiasm it has been said that tho worst bankrupt is the soul that hot lost its eptburtasmr an american muttx- mllllooalre who made tin fortune hlipaelf snys tnttjf ho should oo every dollar it would not cost him a nights flleop if he should become bankrupt as fnr ns money aroea he would still ho rich in onthuhlanm and self- confidence ho is sure thiat if he lost one fortune he could make an other and probably he ottlrt who steals my piirse steal trash is a philosophy few of us- can measure up to but after all you cannot think of a man as bankrupt who left with out a- dollar ha humor enthuelaim and aolf- confidence remaining it is when ho goos into bankruptcy a far as enthusiasm is concerned that ho trtomoa an object of pity tho miutur or the making or a new suit for on of our boys at homo on jhe second line a little over fifty years ago v mrs s said to her husband one morning abes a grbwhv boy now an i reckon id better cut this suit of clothes good and large to allow for his flllin out an lengthenin as she stood shears in hand in front of the livingroom table on which the cloth for abes new siht was spread laljte looked wistfully at his father well now marthy said mr s mildly to his energetic helpmeet i dunnos id cut it to much moron fit abe ef i was you boys are pooty hard on their clothes anyway an i callate by the time abe has growed too tight to be comf table into that suit itll be about wore out mrs s looked doubtfully at her husband ho had not a reputation for great liberality yet here he was ad vocating a plan which was almost certain to result in a years waste of good cloth for abo had no younger brother to take his outgrown clothes ye see began mr s again feeling that ho was the object of em barrassing scrutiny from his thrifty spouse i alius recllect a boy that was raised in nassagaweya not far from where we lived till i was well inter my teens his mother made it a practice to allow on that boys clothes tho whole durin time an it as a dretful trial for him i can tell ye i i knew him pooty well beln raised in tho same district ye see he wasa kind of a pindlhv lanky boy an wouldnt hev looked extry good anyway hut his clothes talla hung offn him jest as ef hed been left out in tho rain sometime an hed shrunk his mother want a- master hand at cuttln anyway not anywheres learasgoodtffl yojlbe mnrthy said mr s feeling that hero was an opportunity for a hnndsome compll ment which was received with an air of conscious worth by his wife an it was a sorrerful sight to see that boy ho never ca hght up to the size of his garments to my knowledge no never an othet boys used to poke fun at him considerable boys whobc mothcih wasnt quite so forehanded in their idee an cuttln an i recllect my fathers once a cjentimy ok saw millh i have juat been going over lu my mind the list of saw niillii- which i myself remember in acton and vicin ity during the history of tho sioin- rnunity thq saw inlu period covers just about 100 years- tho first saw mill was built by tho adumti tlu founder of acton mid it was located near the flour mill they built on- mill streot the first hour mill stood where tho lindsay ilour mill nov stands ami tho saw mill was just hol low whero the waao apron of th mill dam la now this was built about 1827 years afterward the nickllnh bought the property in 1845 tho mill was run occasionally by them and after that william flrstbrook operat ed it there was- still abundance ot splendid pine in tho vicinity later between fifty and sixty years ago mr firstbrook converted the mill into a boncgrindlntj mill for fertilizer about the year 1850 the speight brothers built a saw mill in connec- uon-wlth-tholr- wagon shops near the beardmore solo leather tannery this was operated for ovor fifty yeus it had an oldfashioned mooly saw but many a hundred thousand feot of the best of elm maple ash fiash- wood and pino it cut up for wagons carriages furniture and building ma terial it was here that hundreds of sets of rock elm and maple plankf were cut for the famous stonoboats with the turned up fronts were sawn numbers of these stoneboats arc stilt in use on neighboring farms both these mills were run by water power in 1856 edward mooro and edward smith operated- a mill for cutting shhigleb btn-ves- and heading on a site on the present farm of mr d h young mr smith moved togalt and then four moorebrothers ed- ward thomas james and john opei ated the mill in tho year 1878 tho property was sold to john coates who ran it for ten years or so about the year 1865 the smiths built a shingle mill on main street in the rear of d a hendersons residence this was later operated by brown hall and was continued until about thirty yeara ago when a young man james brown son of alexander brown esq and father of mrs john c nelson built a saw mill on the farm lot 1 con 2 erin where mr arthur swackhamer now lives this was in 18g3 later he purchased a few acres from his fatherinlaw the late asa hall and built a new mill just ijorth of scene street this was finally destroyed by fire mr brown then bought a blocic of land ojxtho james cameron- fnrmand imilt a new mill there on the shore of ijmry lake this mill was also burn ed down but was robullt and be fore removing to california mr brown sold it to mr d a henderson who still owns and operates it there was a saw mill operated abou a ye acton creelt west of glenlawson near where the present bridge of the can adlan national electric railway crosses the stream but it was thobig mills at spey- side smiths mills and saint helena which made acton a great lumbering centre in the earlier days acton and guelph men for tho most part oper ated these large milts sidney smith charles symon william sharp the mooro brothers peter and henry sayers of aoton thomas tiowdy and robert stewart of guelph frank kennedy and alex robertson of speysidc when theso mills were running up to capacity which they did for years forty loads of lumber per day were teamed to acton for shipment over the grand trunk rail way this volume of teaming made things lively here it was especially lively on pay days when acton had four bar rooms and three liquor stores acton engtand nevys items prom tho gazette and exprosa of novomber 15th of ull tlltine tnuw t only one how in operation is the brown saw mill in acton at which mr henderson still makes a cutting of considerable volume every year both from stock and custom log why not keep growing the first twenty years of lio is a porlod of wonderful progress how much a flveyearold chiltuhas learn ed about tho world and the necessary adjustment to it how much lu ac complished as a general thing in the ave years between flfteon and twenty a good many people do not brow after that indeed in ten years they have lost ground they have stopped their studying- stopped thinking and tho mental machinery is getting rusty thcro io np reason why the second twenty years and the third should not be times ot development and progress if you young people refuse to think of your cducationeir finished with the school life or that your growth ends when you have attained your allotted inches you have a chanco to make more of your life than perhaps you dream tire following items from the nowa columns of tho acton england local paper havo much of interest when compared with doings in our vftu town the jlishop of london will prcacn at st martins west acton 011 sun day morning the greater number of 1926 modclh exhibited at the motor show loudon lucntted with four wheel brakes and balloon tires tho labor representation on the acton council has now been reduced to two vis councillors 1 c town- send and it spencer out of 31 mem bers a pleasant evening ilt whist wax spont by mchfberh and friends of the acton liberal association in the stoyno hall acton on monday herbert green of brassloavenue acton was summoned at acton police court lust week fbr driving- u- motor cycle at brassieavenuo without a license lillian collins a charwoman of no fixd abode was fined 10s at acton police court on monduy for being drunk and incapable a flrstcluss bohemian concert wns given at the priory constitutional club acton on saturday evening tile occasion being tho first ladles night of tho season the acton fire brigade was called to two small fires this week one on tuesday evening in a cupboard in a house in actonlane and the other nt 142 a m on wednesday at 47 al llsonroad where the setting of a downstairs grato ignited james walden a flowerseller of hanburyroad acton was fined 25s and costs at acton pollco court on monday for being 1 drunk disorderly and using obscene language at acton police court last week arthur w bishop of cathnorroad shepherds bush and harold knight of birkbeck road acton were each fined 5- for exceeding tho motor car speed limit tho 1st acton company went over to sudbury on tuesday evening in last week to give- a display to the sudbury wesleyan sunday school among the items on the programme were wand drill clubs team games and company drill mr edward jones the wellknown l m s railway official who has re sided in acton for over forty years is leaving in consequence of tho trans ference of- his official headquarters to birmingham miss k4tty tapner the youngest daughter of tlic late mr f t tapner of goldsmlthiavenue acton recently sailed on the s s auranla from liverpool for montreal accompanied by miss firth two orchestras have been engaged for next wednesday and thursday for peters church acton green which will be held in st aldans hall alderman r j hewctt the new mayor of acton took the oath and his seat on the bench at acton police court on wednesday with the chief object or giving east acton residents a general idea of what scouts and girl guides do in the course of their training a dis play was given in st dunstans hall bust acton on wednesday week during the gale on sunday after noon the wind blew in a plateglass window abutting on the high- street at the corner shop of mr j davis baker acton hill blowing diagonal ly aoross the shop it then blew out another platcglass window facing woodlandsavenue tho acton chamber of commerce which hastploced several useful sug gestions before the council might well consider at a future meeting tho pos sibility of the councils allowing dis- weekly fashion hint worth seeing created by pari style that illusive tiling that is so difficult to describe is easily rec ognized ill this frock of rustcolor crepe satin trimmed with plaited flounces of sclfmitcrial the trim ming details include a sash with bow in frpnt a turndown collar and short sleeves finished with schcuffs edged with french folds medium size requires aj4 yards 36inch ma terial going by the eye unless one has some sort of know ledge to contradict it it is natural to uctfbptthe evldencoof tho eye there fore the answcr which a teacher re cently received from her class of smatl children was not altogothor surpris ing which is farther awayt she asked england or the moon england the children answered quickly england she questioned whjit makes you think that 1 cause we can uec the moon and we cant see england answered one of the brightest of tho class 7hert jisfombtm riddle8 wheif- ho overtook u peasant with a donkey- enrt who was rapidly becom ing stalled though tho little donkey was doing his bent the benovolent wheelman putting his left hand against the back ofthe cart and guiding his wheel wltn the other pushed o harj that the donkey taking fresh courage pulled his load up to tho top successfully the summit reached the peasant burst into thanks to his benefactor it wsh very good of you monsieur to help he ald i should never in the world sot up the hill with only one donkey u l 1 fcmto if lllb wheel more things was splled afrowln than was ever wasted mnkln onegood jit art he meantft more wayith one so i say mako abes suit comonome where near him an ef he grrfwrt opt olt fore its wore out ill git him a new one mr s went out to tho barn and mrs begun to cut out the now suit pinning it onto patient abe now and then to try the effect when she said at last ive got to a place where you can go now ho hurried out to his father im real obleeged to you father fer what you said ho remarked with evident gratitude my last suit o clothes wan so big for mo that sb hoy dont you spose i noticed it interrupted mr s your mothers a good hand at cuttln but shefl got some notions kind o like my mothers seemss ef an that boy i was telllnv you of you neednt say anythin about it to your mother but 1 was that hoy maelf nn theres some reclecttons that ataysbymo moren others then they each fell to rubbing up a harness their hearts warm with tho thought of tho trial they had in cqin- mtfn thought one had endured it 30 years before the other when mrs s had finished abos new suit and he tried it on it proved a real good fit ana abb worott for uetf nigh on two years in fact this kb the suit ho wore when ho went to prices singing school and com- worst we will why is u locksmith likely to bo a good- singer because he is nurc to find the right key quickly what mostresembles a man a big boy why in a lobster like a loaf thrown into sea because it is bread bred in the ocean what la that which you can keep after giving it to someone else your ward which nation always wins ii the ed- determination well meant american wheelmen travelling alone in europe have many queer experiences a young mnn who was bicycling in southern france was up a steep hill what does leisure mean to you the present generation has more leliiuro than urry other wo cnll our selves overworked yet for centuries n slxteenhour day wne not consider ed too much foi- tho laboring man or woman leisure la not of necessity a blessing all depends on the use of iu there are still men in canada to whom a holiday pnenns chiefly a good chance to get drunk tho majority of young people are safo in their work ing home but in their leisure they find temptation too muoh for them people speak of leisure as if it meant culture opportunity pleasure but it may v danger misery de terloratioit leisure ft afi empty yes c fo p paym ra william sou thall a horsekeeper of goldsmithroad acton was fined 10 at acton police court on monday for loitering at churchfieldroad acton for betting purposes william p knight of osborneroad acton was fined 30s at acton police court last week for- tho illegal em ployment of a boy aged 13 after 7 p m on august 29 the boy not having an employment card one of the first acts of the new mayor aid r j howett was fol lowing the example set by aid miss smee last year to entertain tho old folk of the stcyno aim houses to tea arid a concert at the municipal oftlces the formation of tho acton united benevolent council was the subject of congratulatory comment at tho monthly meeting of the acton hospit al council held on friday evening at the municipal offices i only had four pints said wil liam edwards a laborer of bridge- street hounslow who was fined 5s nnd costs nt acton police court on monday for being drunk and incap able at highstreet acton mr f c mitchell an acton school attendance officer conducted a caso at brentford lust week against three acton boys who played truant and stole milk while on a visit to south- oil mr mitchell informed the bench that playing cruant gonerally led to something woi3c mr t blca gw r utntionmnster at acton has been appointed station and quay superintendent at fishguar harbor mr blea was formerly sta- tlonmastcr at west drayton and was promoted to acton about eighteen months ago mr c a hamilton member of the ovecutlve of the acton liberal as- soclatlon and son of mrs hamilton 21 east fl old road who has been panel speaker to the homo counties liberal federation since his roturn from can ada on september 24 has been ap pointed one of tho campaign speakers for tho lloyd george land committer james brown professional boxer of huntleystrcet nottlng hill and albert clapper a tailor of blshops- gate were charged on remand at the acton police court on wednesday with being concerned together li break in t into 109 noelroad acton 011 october 21 and stealing a gold bungle and other articles of jewellery value 30 throughout a busy year alderman miss s m smee as mayor of acton has graced many happy social func- makes bod complexions qood amflojoodcoplxkns batter campanias lianbaf sold by druggists departmental and general store gained 10 pounds in 22 days thats going some- hut skinny men women and children just cant holp putting on good healthy flesh when they take mccoys cod liver extract t chdcfe full of vitamlnes tho r kind that aro extracted from tho livers of thq cod tho kind that are a real help to frallrundown anaemic skinny men and women try these sugar coated tasteless- tablets for 30 days if they dont help greatly you get your money back one woman gained ten pounds in twentytwo days sixty tablets sixty cents ask any druggist for mccoys cod liver extract tablets directions and formula on each box get mccoys tho original and genu ine aii amusing- inntunco of tho work- uiga of tho inquiring mind is given by mr frederick crowest in his musical anecdotes the company of one of tho opera- houses at the close of a london sen son lmd arrived at liverpool to em bark for a continental tolir tho in un leu i instruments were being ship ped with the rest arid among them was tho doublo bahs or big fiddle an it is al ho called not cased as uuuul for this member of tho string family will stand a little rough treatment it soon attracted tho attention of the jnck tars three or four of whom settled around scrutinizing it with keen interest by the order of an of ficer they soon dispersed but hot long afterward another bluff seaman was discovered secretly watching it with wondering eyes he was asked his reason for standing thus idle well yer know said jack im just waiting for to see tho length of the blokes arm that can play that thero flddlev sentence sermons the more we have of real culture the less we hold our follows in contempt of real religion the less ltnblo we uro to quarrel about it of real patriotism the more wo hold law all law n high respect of real education tho better wo know what we dont know of real wealth the less emphasis we place on money of real courtesy the less we nro bothered with rules of etiquette of real argument the less need we have for bluffing good care means easier going tho automohllu that- is not taken gpod care of wenrsjput quickly and does a lot at bum pi riff and nqucaklng into tho biiigain tho an mo is true of tho human body good caro notvnly means a longer life tiuteasier golnqr- on tho way some people who are tremendously particular about the oil they use on their ciuh never give any spcclul thought to th food they out an un usual hound in their engine will at tract their attention at once and they set out immediately to discover the cause and remedy the trouble if there is something odd about their breathing they payno attention till the trouble becomes too serious to be longer ignored and probably too serious to ho romodlcd if the ajyec- ago young american took half ns good euro of hlmhelf oh the average motor ist takes of his carv we would ho a healthier happier lot of people this 18 a great age never in all iilhtory did men have so much to live for mh they have now never did they have ho much to live in never did they have so much to dive with and yet never did they seem to have so little to live by wo llvo in a world today where the very air in quivering with human speech where the skies ore actually vibrating with music and sonff where every though we thing groea shivering to the stars literally nnd actually the tlmo hns come when deep callcth unto deep and when day unto day uttercth speech and nlght unto night showeth knowledge ask the teacher who usee it tarbeus teachers guide for 1925 twentythird annual volume martha tarbell piuck has been- a wonderful help to sunday school teachers has fine maps of bible lands and plates showing persons and places the united church of canada quiin and john streets toronto 2 sent by mall postpaid on receipt of price everyone has a dozen or so friends they would like to lemember in some hospital for-sick-chhdreir- 67 college st toronto 2 ont little way at christmas time if it could be done in such a way that those friends would not feel obliged to start out on a fresh shopping tour to secure more or less expensive presents to send in return private greeting cards tjona but none coutinisvokiven her btoajr joy tlidl that held at th acton municipal oftlces on thursday evening 1n inbt week when tike enter tained u larse number of bursesnen and friends her- worship wearing her chain ofofflce graciously received her guesta in tho upper yeqtlbule tho macebearer mr labrum acting as announcer the acton cirocn united metho dist clrurrffci n sunday the sunday schools anniversary was obsorved when the services wero commenced by a teachers prayer meeting nt 730 n m tho morning nrid evening ser vices wero conducted by the newly- appointed minister the rev ft j may nnd in the afternoon a chlldreni horylce was addressed by mrsstftt drydp on monday a teri was held at which there was a large gathering of teachers and friends and was fol lowed by a public meeting presided over by dr q orlssa taylor a number of tho scholars who had been trained by sister eileen gave a dem onstration entitled abbreviations any remedy im worried about my convplcxlon doctor look at my face my dear your lady youll have to diet t cyh i never thought of that what set wo enn fill it with tho boot or color do ybu think wtould- suit rtie tho r i boat christmas 1926 dear mr editor thla is the fiftieth year tho semi centennial of the hospital tor sick children it is tho ooldon anniver sary of an institution which started out in 1875 with a sixbed equip ment to cure children medically of their illnesses and to rid them sur gically of their dlunhljitlfib fifty years have passed and the tiny hos pital has- mmn into one ot the greatest institutions of its kind in the whole world the people of tiln province de manded this service and thoy have made it posslblo by their christmas time gifts- they ore rewarded by the knowledge that thousands of ontario children wjlj grow up into manhood or woman hood blessing the little blue cots wherein they were restored and strengthened to play a fall part in tho battle of lite t win back health for six thou sand boys and girls was the measure of the hospitals ward-service- alone this yoarl besides that there were over half a hundred thousand at tendances in tho outfatlont depart ment where the loss serious cases are treated all thla costs a great deal of tnonfey even though the doo- tors give freely ot their aklll and the nnrse of their caro there is board and lodging and laundry to lie provided besides the beat that can be procured in the way of all medical and urglailffiipplla quired to treat the myrlal ailments and acctdentsto which children are subject in order to maintain its hlgk standard ot efficient suil also to widen the scope of its service through clinics conducted all over ontario the hospital ta compelled to borrow heavily during the year on the occasion of lu flftloth christ- m anspeoal made la the pub lic for the fnnds which will allow tho hospital for bick children to enter upon its second halfcentury of sorvlce with its courage renewed by a credit balance ba the bank it is indeed a noblo cause which 1 feel sure you will cordially com mend to your readers faithfully yours irving b robertson chairman appeal committee note this hospital does not re eelve an appropriation rom the federation for community service willi suitable- greeting and yourtmame and address printed thereon meet this need they are becoming increasingly pop- ular with every fresh christmas season the free press has in stock a fine range to choose from and some have al ready placed their orders so that they might have first choice of the designs if we havent the particular design in stock tjiat yoili would like maybe we could secure it for youif you place your order early printed private greeting cards are not sold in lots of less than one dozen with each order envelopes to match the car are included the prices run from 175 per dozen up if you are interested drop in and see our samples we will not look upon you as a criminal if you fail to buy the acton free press artisticjrinters m 7 j i