sciooL , | lt ~~ {] MONDAY, DLC. 19, 1021. STUDY SPORTS BIGGEST LITTLE PAPER IN THE JUNIOR BRITISH WHIG THE WO THE HUMOR PLAY WORK RLD | ONE REEL YAKNS | QO00D FOR NOTHING They called him €ause they could never suitable name for I thing they all agr: he was good for no "He's such a niuisence," Mrs. Pal- mer fussed. "He's always in my WAY he's always runnine off with silppers and draggirg t $ into the house, and coming in wddy feet. We ought (o got rid of 1 2s "His fondness ¢ our neighbors' chickens," ob t Mr. Palmer, "ig always geiting us in 1a it won't he long until either the a '¢ has to nove out or we do." "He's just a cur." sighed Sister "If only he were an aristocrat lok - Ing dog that I would be proud to show to my friends!" "He - hasn't any spunk." growled Billy. "Ha won't fight and he's Just downright lazy. He's some dog!" Then one evening The Pup failed to show up for his usual dish of bones Billy called and whistled, but no lop- eared, rough-hafred pup came sneak- ing in omt of the shadows. Several times that evening Billy went out to call him, Sgt The Pup did not appear Nor did the dog come next day Bllly inquired around about him a little anxiously. "Isn't that Pup back yet?" Mr. Palmer asked at dinner "He always used to come running to meet me. Seems kind of queer not to 8s him. Why don't you look for him or advertise or something? "I hate to throw out all these good scraps," sighed Mrs. Palmer. "He's such 'an affectionate little thing," said Sister. "I hope some one isn't treating him cruelly. It7Wwas so cunning the way he'd come in and put his head on my lap to be petted." "Seems funny not to have him fol- lowing me around all the time," said Billy, and he swallowed hard. There was a scratching noise at the door. They all stopped talking and looked at each other. Billy was the first one to jump up. He threw the door wide open. "Here's the good for-nothing pup!" he shouted. The whole Palmer family rose to greet a dirty, bedraggled cur. Tha There was a young fellow, named Fred, Who walked In his sleep, It is said. "1 don't walk any more," 4 Says he, "as before-- always take carfare to bed. FURS Choice Assortment of -- HUDSON SEAL, BEAVER AND SABLE Gourdier's BROCK STREET » Ve 'preciated present, nn me. HOME-MADE JUMPI NG JACK -- FRONT Vif It is o/tPn dimcult to Ai. thing that makes a suita:le a small child. Any boy or girl can nabe a cmp. ing Jack in no more than a half hour, and with mate # that gost prac- tically nothing. Besides being an xp- the making of the Jumping jack will afford a few min- utes' profitable pleasure. The materials needed are cardboard, crayons, or ink, or water-co Ss, a thin stick of wood. apd a sharp" knife. Our picture shows how the Jump- ing jack is constructed. The figure is cut from the crrdboard with the knife. The head and the body are cut if one piece. Each leg and arm is made separate. A small hole is made in each shoulder and at both sides of the bottom of the coat. Two holes are made in the ends of each arm and leg The arms and legs are fastened to the body with string. Pass a plece of string through the arm hole from the front of the body. Tie a knot in the end of the string so that it does not slip through the hole. Then pass this string through the two holes of the arm, across the back of the fig- ure, through the arm holes of the other arm, and finally through the hole in the other shoulder. Make a knot here too, to prevent the string from slipping through the hole. Fasten the legs to the body In the same way. The back view of the Jumping jack shows how this is done. Tle a piece of string to the cord that holds the arms In place, and then tle the same string to the one that holds the legs. By pulline on this string, the arms and legs of the jumping Jack may be made to move in a most amusing and grotesque manner, For the handle of the Jumping jack, and to give the figure firmness, use A sonie- | sift for colors the better. of wood tasted te the body witn small brads, or gpresa. The coloring of tne figure Is up te you- suit yoursel'. The brighter the Choose colors that go well together, however, TODAY'S PUZZLE Change the word "seek" "find" n no more than four moves Only one letter may be "moved" at a time, and each move must make a new work The soltion will be printed tomer row, tha eticl: to He Knew His Sums Teacher: "Johnny, what's six and four?" " Johnny: * Teacher: Johnny: Thirteen?" Teacher: Johnny: like that. 'Leven," "No." "Nine? REight?! Twelve! "How about ten?" "Aw, you can't catch me Five 'n' five is ten." DECEMBER ACROSTIC F THE following words are arranged In order, under the other, their initials will spell the name of something relating to Christmas. As a further help, we will say that each word has three letters : 1. A small insect. 2. Word used In speaking of ocean tide. 8. More than one. tions. 5. Adjective rigid. 6. A small part of the body. 7. Head covering. 8. Verb to be mistaken. | 9. Month of the year.--Suc- i) cessful Farming. SST meaning Ey and the other flat, Give your famil this 7d y a Ford Sedan - hristmas LET this Christmas be long remember- edas "Th Sedan.' IT IS a e Christmas Dad Bought the Ford gift that every member of the family will appreciate--not for a few days or weeks--but for years to come. : OUR deferred FORD SEDAN w moderate CALL in and let us talk it over. Cash Payment $381.76 COUPE $051.00 Cash' Payment 74 Fully equipped with | Blectric Lights* and] Starter. | Price is fob. I (your town) } and includes sales tax. purse. payment plan puts the ithin the reach of even a 8 VANLUVEN BROS. 34-38 PRINCESS STREET PHONE 1609. 4. Word used in asking ques- not An inventor has combined a broil- er and griddle one side being ribbed Christmas Stocking EES HOB ERROR. EARS and years ago stock- ings were not hung on Cliristmas eve as we hang them now. No one ever heard of such a thing as hanging up a stocking for Christmas gifts. And if children had thought of such a thing they would have said, "What a foolish idea! A stocking wouldn't hold half the things we want." So the children throughout the world placed crocks, big brass basins, and copper kettles on the hearth on Christmas eve and left notes in them telling Santa to fill them to the brim. Each year the reindeer no longer pranced and pawed, Impatient to be off on Christmas eve, as they once had done. They hung their heads and a tired look came Into their big brown eyes, for they re- membered how heavy the loads had grown and how many more trips they were forced to make year by year, 8t. Nicholas no tonger rested now through the summer months, as he once had done, but jabored evary day throughout the year, and often he built toys late Into the night, for a great many gifts had to be made to fill the baskets that the greedy children left. The twinkle left his merry eyes, and he po longer sang about his work, for he was sad and thought of the timg that woul come when he could no longer bulld enough presents to go around. Late one December day St. Nicholas stepped from his werkshop into the deep snow. Facing the south, he stretched out his tired arms and called: "Hear, oh hear, children of the earth, my loved ones, can you net see you are becoming selfish and that your greedy demands are too great a task, even for St. Nicholas, king of the Christmas spirit? Can't you see, my children, that you are killing the spirit of Christmas?" His chin sank upon his chest and tears glistened In his kindly eyes. A soft white snowflake fluttered down and nestled against his cheek, and a tiny volce whispered into his ear: "Santa, I will help you." "Who are you?" asked St. Nicholas {| "I am a snow fairy," answered the | tiny voice. "As my sisters and I have | danced about the alr we have often | swirled about your sleigh on Christ- | mas eve, and have seen the great loads you huve always carried and how tired you have looked." "What, O what, shall I do? asked Santa. "Just go about your work as usual," answered the fairy. "I and all my sisters will help you." "Oh, thank you--thank you," cried St. Nicholas. And the fairy floated out among the other snowflakes. As the children went about the snowflakes whirled around them, and it seemed a8 If they haard the chant. ing of tiny voices, and as the snow- flakes nestled against their ears they seemed to sing: "Just a stocking-- bang a stocking up on Christmas eve." "Just a stocking--just a stocking," rang through the hearts of the children on Christmas eve. And in place of leaving the great vessels as they once had done they just hung up thejr stockings, » Some children were too selfish to hear the song of the snowflakes and left the great baskets as they always bad done. But when they saw the great joy the unselfish children had in their gifts and how contented and happy they were these selfish ones were ashamed, and they, too, began to hang up only their stockings when Christmas eve came round. When St. Nicholas found stockings In place of the great baskets and his laughing eyes, his cheeks grew red, and he sang as he drove through the merry sea of snowflakes. With just stockings to . fil] _ St Nicholas had time to rest, 'and he grew strong and well, 'and the spirit of Christmas lived. So this is why nowadays we hang up our stockings on Christmas eve. All this we are told by a writer, who learned it from a Christmas- fairy. Santa Fetched Her A men t hut the on a chair and, pull its ekirts up-- {to the. ceiling. | We often have wondered what fre of a grudge the man who in- ouse is mors afraid of a wo- n & Women is of a. mouse vented the saxophone had humanity. barrels the twinkle came again into | mouse cannot elimb up | DAILY BRITISH WHIG Ha (5 13 i | | | | children left larger vessels to be filled, | regarded 28 the special guardian of children left larger vessels to be filled. | Children, virgins and sallors, he Same | Up In the great white north Santa's | (© D¢ regarded as the patron saint of | | agairs., li 11 SO at LUMBER Summ Imm St. Nicholas, the * Holy Man of the g Fourth Century amu N THE entire category of the J ealnts none continues to enjoy a more extended Popularity than St. Nicholas, archbishop of Myra. At this time, when preparations are being made for the celebration of the birthday of the Christ-child, it is par- ticularly fitting that we recall some- thing of the character of this holy man of the Fourth century and re- member some of the legends which bring him so close to us at Christmas time, Strange to say, while St. Nicholas is mm We are again on the ground floor with (TTI fresh stocks of Pine, Hemlock and Spruce at prices that mean business, Allan Lumber Co. Phone 1042 - oo 8 To Victoria Street | RA z mt robbers, from -an alleged adventures , with thieves, whom he compelled to restore some. stolen goods to thelr | proper owners. - > | In various parts of the old world It | Is customary for the elder members of | the family to place little presents in | the shoes as well as the stockings of the younger relatives on the eve of | St. Nicholas' day. In convents the | young women used to place silk stock- Ings at the door of the apartment of the abbess, with a paper recommend- | Ing them to "Great St. Nicholas of her chamber" While the emblem of the three golden balls is derived from the Lom- | bard merchants, yet St. Nicho- | las is frequently plctorially represented as bearing three golden balls or purses, the origin of which can be traced to an act of the saint which has come | down to us in the form of an ecclesi- astical notation. In a Span of Fifty Years, withthe exception of brief intervals totalli thirty months, Government and Munici bond prices have not been as low as they are today. Investors will therefore do well to add to their holdings at this time, choosing from the variety of bonds that may still be purchased to yield from 5.75% to 6.90%. We shall be glad to furnish a list of these bonds upon request. Wood, Gundy & Co. 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