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Don't tot's [-rvu-ml \w‘n- from I As they ‘wrv «arming hmnn «nu-ml little hand: found Ilmlr way lnm bath 0! Gertrude flurrfimz‘~‘ hawk. Ono fifth“! in Hm» [Emu-r. :vnmlu-r had hold of her thumb: m it “1-an la! .‘oys (WM! «mm! u. put mom fit“ "It-1 lhdr uvrfurmrmrv‘ Gor- mde Harding "mum". 3.0!! an nfu‘rmnm ax Hvrlrmk' Karma: 'md, Am! «win an uftu-rumm Is the rhildrrn hnol. Thon- In the uhqw .«m-Im-vl mun-in!» ly anxious In an «hm Hwy («mm for the childrI-n who \n-ro tn ohviousiy (m I harm- or lumpimL The lmrdmm 3.9 Human" It m-u'r. .m-I dial um «mp lbvna Slu- rum: m- :u um. HIM Mu! nth-d fur ”Ir mun-m "YMI'W flu- malum .If flu» l'hilvlnm - 'mmfil. nru-n'o }vfl|7 “'rll. l “uflr mel If mu- nf yum l'li'l'fi'" m-uM mm to [n “m- lflr luumrruw :unl mk- :I If"! Hmmuh "It Phil-Irv"? In} ‘lw'w‘ “my'rn va MIrm-ley ”Xv-l u]- lh'c vent and «mm M "Inn huw «[w-‘IM Mtnnhms. :1 Ram.» Mum and mum "flier wnnvlrum rmmm'w!“ So Gor'rmhr llxmlm: rulhwl fur Hu- clfldflm. 1'th «0w 1'?- nlw “we able lo :0 and or that 15 NW Inajmity wen- mmhbrh-w If. Omrmln' Hardin: lnH hwy-"H INOI'INI. IM'V- "'Vl’dfi‘ll Imvl .., Inuil a If"! "I'" "w can-u "I :v rhildr-‘u’~ p.00. Wrfl' "H‘V‘I‘ "le Min-h Mm w-mlnl lilo In )nm'm-y (unl- Imn Hu- wnrhl "I my; ton? M Ill-mm” It m-u'r. .uu-l did um '"lt'n [rmâ€"um" flu-y'n mm.“ olw dllldfell "not! II‘Ic-rwunl. "in ”It‘h‘ u I. (be had all mm, IMH' «mum-"‘- Jfll-I mo "1w.” Fur "w h’ule of "Whirl haul Imm- n'\[lfl"“'l In 0hr “MIMI!- uml maxi-.1! Inn and “mu-A ad a] O'H‘fll’vflmu a! II.» ”an u h.’ hit! me "IIMC' mu- nf llw MR than! and Inn! hem lmlnl nu up" n» INN}: llu-y mm m hum afraid. M Incl looked in «In-tr hwu-I'u mn- ll mu «1 rrwlumm in Mr In rum». 0.0 M mu III alvflw'a' m "w..- children (mm uu- Inllnmw «mum with my: Ibo-y lmom llw)‘ «ml-I m-wr And flmmuh uw pimp. naught In the chlkvm‘n «Manama Ilu- look “Would you mw w m Immu- Mr' (Wfifulk‘ "unllng [film-I The mm eluhl. :1 “(Hr girl. wlm III dun-mm: Mm: oucv luul 'u‘C'II u “3 I'll hat-Id": ul mu.- In llu: \hup'i they'l klddm‘ “Aw. gee. luok nu ll stop a: llw sla- «an Tin-re. Blue'» at! the track now! No. flu.- nln'l. 81"": back on "gum.“ The mom! chlld wan wading u sign. “They say: mm in um lu'rv shop (In! It" the lam! win-re the tin-mm; of ehlldnn com» mm “'31- «mum-u- Outside wen.- wreo sum" children. Mr taco: close against the window pane. their eyes gleaming. their small Ill-clad bodies mum and qulwrlng cm: emotion. But this year she hull forgotten touching most Important to be dune. And I! was only «metal days Defun- Guam“. She went down town. [nude "or pur~ chin utter quite a delay and left (he Yen She, Gertrude Harding. was A ‘born mother" lo whom no children had been born. w‘ HE had no children. A! Chrlstmas time she espe< clally seemed to feel the need of theni. It seemed as though every tlme‘ she turned around she should see a daughter or a son or a small chubby child or her ownâ€"one of those she had dreamed of and who hud new-r stepped outside or her dreams. M looked at Mr nbruml}. “D“,m "I! I could ju' much In" luur." ~ J ‘Dormer’ m Am Chrisémas :10qu ex» X Tm Slog/fund? MAJ!” II» the othrm at Chi-Mm“ time and had smiled the same that can be mum when one gets a tool at the heart of I In her sleep she roemed to hear the Christmas carol which the Map!!!" Ind Md sung and «he knew what had hem "ruled to her- She had travetml into the land of "For every childless mother men II n mothering child to whom one can gm; some of the love and Interest and the pride which would otherwise go go waste." those of one’s Very own. and chm:- whn urn not. It warm.- as though no one who Is n "b0": mother” should to through life. walking hundly by the many mmherless rhlldren. Win-n she not hnmv that («1-0th mm but wry. very happy. she said to hv-rself: 4 ”There nre horn mnthers. yes! And them are born children. too! Clm~ (1an who now! In hr.- loved as much as «mm-n who mm! children to love. And though there is a dlficrem-e Manner: “I'M-n lhl' huspiml rule's whirh hurl hwn Dim-d for n ‘9“ minutes arm (bu ones who had been out so late hml mm» lmrk. mm: in urder spin. and mm: WM «Ht-rm- in the ward. and sown them would name sleep. And fur ovm’y lm'e chlld whn had to «my in the lumpilul. Gertrude llnrul- in;v luul brought a «mall prom-m, only 1 trimlm mm. hm - rommmrnnce frnm tho grmt warm. Ulm- “'hllht'hhl ligun-s lisrvm-vl m llu- gh-n‘imx arc-«mm: hrmwlzl l0 "mm 0" ”w firm” "’9 which m-m nnvtpeyoml "w ward. win-n wlfu Hm cm." rm. rm-vhtl: up- u-ruhvl mum of «In. .muhl not lem'v Iln-ir beds ml up :l~ MAI may nmld m hour at 1hr m-‘h of ”W "Inside ‘ "Nd. (. mu. Wmm Roman m1 Mark m [In- lumpllul hln- hunk Hm rhllcln'n lulv. mn- llml «I'll-nun". 11n- lumpllm mu m m-ml-ularhm-n 4'ltll~ The" Day 00 name“: Pleasure. in ”w umu'h clhl lu-ml "car "u- vnnh-«m-n in lIw-c- mutant"! n‘m .m-r [In-[Ilml- \Hwh- orlmm-«l and Ill rhmlnm \n-rv. ll mu llu- lmlmnn. nut lln- mom-Id. Mu- funxm mm mm mm mrmmh um um llIlanl! czq-rumh- Hut-Um: luul M! n lump In Iwr mum and hm! mun-d with 0""- lhul «s'h- mhu :mm In "w and of "Ir hymn ho mm.- uml ”w pnmh- llumkml Imn amt Sum" Clum- luM Mm It had bum love- ly mu! :uw Mm I mun-“1w Hun cm "In l-m'k. Scum-mm had taught them a hymn in nu; luau-Hal. a hymn which lu- lunl always Inn-d. I! made um.- fu-l bob h-r. “mum-r. happier wnwlum‘. It was a wry qurh-un hymn he hm! «I- may: (naught. He had already sung a popular song which ho had burned from the squeak- lm: talking machine whlch sombune had given Hm hoaspitul when It was no longer m m:- the home, and now he thought he would film: something bob tor. Sousa-how he felt It would be mum-r. and vaguely perhaps he felt it wuulcl simw n gmrltmlv (or (tllrlalumu tlmi m-m dot-11w. Dlmly be thought Ilse-w thing». He looked u! Santa Claus and beamed. - “is race was flushed with the pleas. urc of doing something which was liked in this big outside world. It rang out true and strong. He shifted the crutch which he had never been without and which he would nev- er be without to the end of his days. and then he was asked to sum an en. And there In the shop he sang. sang with the thrill of happiness that a bird sings with when first he feels the warmth and sweet fragrance of the spring. .. He had never been asked to sing be- fore like thisâ€"in a his shop where people were and where people listened to him. not because he was being vis- ited In a hospital and must do his part to entertain the visitors. hut ‘hecause somehow or other they liked his voice. Later when Santa Claus percelved that one of the hoopla! children had an .nnusually lovely voice he asked him to sing alone. 1: mm upon nu- midnight dour. Tlml llurlnun sum o! «M l-‘tom unnlu mummy mt the arm ‘l'u wuwln tin-1r hurl-u of :0“: Mann on "In ruflln mum! will In mom. Hum hour-WI ull~urudnuu Illnl. 1'le Wonk! In minim mlllm-u In) Tn but "u mun-h mun." Wh’én a magnificent Santa Claus asked the children to sing with him and the voices of the hospital children may out with the rest Gertrude Hard- ing felt herself swelling with pride. And then the clown but upon his drum and the children all marched stllfly behind. nothing of. They must Just let in go along and share our secret together. Ami In- sung: There will he no new! of plating the standards In Fla; 1 and 1. I! M an the. with crap. M wiwnw him-l: l lmv: .‘numl suvvrwml, Fur u \wxlu'r r. [‘I'phli'h'. gv-l R wmulnn "r lrnn set-rub [mil (A. HE. 8). Cut n wlmw hlm-k tu fi‘ in tiw pull hntlum (B). and tlurmwh tlu‘ whim of this (-1". a mum] htilt- tn rum-ivo tho and M ilw (rm- trunk. Make a. box of Just the right elu- for tho mil to “Mn (C. Fla. 9). Perhaps yun run ilmi a box of the right .8120 or one which will re- quire but imlo nitnration. Make a cover for the hm: out of two pimps of hoard of equal Wlllih. as shown at D (Fig. 10‘). and non-h the center of the inner edge of t’iN’h. m that the pieces will ilt 1mm! the tree trunk. Pm- vlde swam or hmks-and-cyes for "stating the mwr boards to the box top. After sotttmz the pull into the hot. an the square corners with‘auid to mu the stnnrianifiore solid. A Vivi-Hm“ rrm- wlll nnl dry um and clrulv its Imam-s nx rum-my If «hull In fl'h‘l" 29ml PM. 7 filvvm'a u n-Iv up-r--~~.~u-\ :u lu-I- u lmh- I'ur llu' Irm- 0mm .\I~v- it Is mun- Mom-MI: Ill uln’wal‘mm' ’l‘lnv plan \iru (Pig 7-) sly-nu Iyfl“ uhv [um nrm~ .\ urv [ush‘m-ul u- ;.. m . lnu- :v "00'le 10: "u- trw- trmn?‘ \‘un “HI lfll'iv'v' Ilm' van-h pin-v- id huh-um! will» lmll- driu-n ‘hruuzh in luv-v mm ”m v-ml M "In mUc-ming nn-qu-r. .\ path-m [m arms .\ i~ «In-mu in Hz. I). lhmfllu fl lm‘h ur 7’. hwh mm: slmnm lu- nu-vl 'l'lu- rv-nIu-I «Inm- I! (Fig. 3‘}. and Hu- ~<'va< 0 ~lmulol In» I'I" nf lln- rmll' «in. [n n :tlu- lu’-{Iv‘¢'!lcul.¢ "I Mm"! 95 [In In. iucheu long (A and B. Fig. 2). To cross these New»: with top» wen an shown. it is necmuary to halve them. that is. cut from the router at each a piece muui'tu the width of. and onw- iul! the thickness at. the other plmu nu nhown in Fig. 3. Then they will iit Into one another. Saw along the hide: of the Intel-om. the-n wilt nut the wand hvtwwn the uttw .cuts with - chin-vi. Thu imic- fur the tm should M It Must '.' Inc-iu-u iu tliutuetrr. It you haw-tit am o-xtmuuiotn-hlt that can he not to cut it hole of lhiu dlnmeiu. ho!" a nm; at thunii lupin. and trim u]: to Iiw ‘.'-iru-h IIIMIIM‘N'I' with I chisel. Tn iln- untiur uidu o! A utul Ii. at tho «lulu. uuii Iiw Ilium-liltl'ku t'. It in MI imw-u-ury to nail A to B. 'tf‘yuu ‘ mute them lit ltttl‘l’. One mh‘uuluzv 0w ulundlnl In I'm 4 hm: mm mm In Flu. I It: "at II In I Don't let the prevention or a stand- ard for the Chrlstmas tree so until the last minute. 0 In the Illustrations are shown three 1 good schemes (or standards. The cross standard In Fla. 1 re- quires two pieces of 2 by 4. 18 or 20 fitanharh for 1h: whrintmaa Ute: (Colbrluil by A. Neely Hull.) Br: DOROTHY PERKINS fur Ilw mum": -“ (I-‘ll I MEN BHTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT. BUICK WILL WILD LA GRANGE, ILL. WEST SUBURBAN MOTOR CO.