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.- Wyn-thank: you Ind hon “fl Moll" had luck Carla. M " '_ y' by merely throwing a h. m or your ion: on tho In 0! Dace-ten. [on would ‘ m on not only in lam ’1‘”: tum-(hum mm M «Nahum-met: W In" for firm who run in M Amhimm may plan. Aspira- lfi- In; hope. I wouldn‘t wnm I fan-1 young on my road. I wanldn't lute . and young woman In my can. a dam on no... The call In act. 1hr noise. but for elclnoy! l ' _mth a 1mm. ma man In». HM-llthcnhofllm l Then not" «a.- mm u-Imnn for man: than this New ynr is Mer- hc. New" hum «ll-l inmmflnnlty m mnn- nmmly. New-r run "but on much In Ikmand. Mvfl' Ins cup-at: on much hooded. Never was hm I! lift"! fewlrded. Gm! TM Manna may ho a prmmwnce I'D? u: when m- c-unlcl [n I good dog! “mm. .1" um nrriw- M a dead line II life while yet young. Manse we have in: the thumb hum-M of open- In: It. turned on stem Inn-m1 0! “min. h an. That hnluilvla furn- th In In an 5" much award-my when we on" in» M, hm Ii "My I and"! and di‘ minis-hing mrrly lull" n1- du, MI ‘01! whlulo mm min-run m“ we have Inn": up. hm "my mum” get in along Tho-y may lth m mun wk". ‘0 an rum- during up. "he the mm "In! nmm-m-hn a Non. TM- mmn In M- llw NIIHPI‘ with a .00" may "Mu-r I'M." n! "u- prflefl' "mums. and u mM‘ "mm their hot n! pron-mu. ’l‘lu-y luau run] the h" ind ”wt hmo Maw" "w whistle, DI! (hp; l-mo- "val-"1rd to apt-II IIK‘ throfllr. In mnmw‘r m In". M- buy um. Mm mm and than II the m‘ [Inc at. The pump!" Minn mu .9 in "nun! Ilw he" am! Mona the which." hm Hun he Dun no! ’21 "NH?" [In Hvrunlt'“ ‘I 1' Ill "'0‘ ”1an u! I c-o-nnln rIII. um: Item. a larger selection of; commune and a bigger and better village. Pot It In up to the puhllr.’ In I m way, whether or not I annuity programs .by their sup-l port of an loul nun-luau. Baum. uh: {or nun-Ion. Without your «own the town "and. still. fiery Wu print: to - Nmr and hotter Mn Grow for ma. Let's all .01 lat-Mud and n The large mount of trading alone It home Ulla your in an indication of the I’ll“ o! Downers Grove. It show»: the pmnlve ido- ix taking root. Mn; a homo mum: bigger and A um. inquiry (levelopes the {act thatmostofthebuyinzmofl practical nature. The children, of course, received many toys, little things to delight the childish heart. But mother, father, big sister and} 'bmther received useful gifts. Mother in my igmnces was pleased with some long- wanted-electrical labor saving device for the household; some duflshod extra nice garment or Home rthlng to wear which ulna herself would not purchase because “it would 30 out-smut. " And so it went all down the lineâ€"in a majority of cum pnetlal. wwcad gifts were the rule mu TIIA'I’ STIAW’ MAN _" ’7 ml! .‘ . III-lieu Manger Downers Grove people, old and young enjoyed one of the best Christ- mgsea on record, it the amount of business done by local merchants in the days pmceding this great festi- vnl is any criterion. All up and down Main street one meets with the same‘ defyâ€"the best Christmas trade in the history of the store. i 4‘. II". I'm." Ron-u." rub-J a second elu- mlil must. mun made known upon Won. Suburlptiol rate: 32.00 ”I year. Slngle copies 5c. Wummcmgvm SIGNS OF THE TIMES We; mm" 149' Notwmmndln‘ tho muo- wm It bu not aim an. year 1811. no. my mm In" almond In the Men. the Mom of him- lu Inc can. tho' cm at m l'rt-IOOM)‘ lmptirlt'rl from "air In: “I "III suing." tnltl "W Hill Year. "In 4;... mltmrutlilmt n... m: x," Y'ar'“ the [It-:tttillltl \‘nllr; n! Nettmrlm. Oh. I l-lu- the "es-ll eye" I‘ll oil the More I tlmllnllnnl. The". Inn, ihnre um I Milt-«prom! prov-tire 0t thr- "y-llinl of "role or tin-him tu' nltzlnq «m tin- tu-m-lw in It'lli- Aflltultll- ur Huitlltl.” Ill MIIIW loi' the dialogue. "r "w fil- mnm medium! nmrnliiy ll'nfi. "Ili‘e‘ "ml l'nnper." we flml mention or thin uml many other New "Plr's mutt-me lntmuled in rmmto-rnri the nv'illitlen u! the furl-es or evil. Christina. Cheer Continued. Permit! nhni t‘nn'r'hlflt’" mmt to ‘ Ne, wlilt'll runtinllml ulmml nmItW-r irtmii’dly from f‘hrlsimu limit ,\.>\\ ‘ Year‘s «In. Up m the Ninth v-v-mury. extent in the Sariuu owl l‘uptie this general tear or minister Innnemw : was the deep drinking ointm- the poo- , I. to Itintletlul I rm It‘ll itu- it I wlme- :md hernuse It I.- .-n hennillttl l I I l t The wolfnre 0f the letnliy. partial- tori; the Inlrer portion at It, wnc any timed to cleyvemi mum the rhnrm-ter of the am meter after the midnight 1 hour hall annulled. (lrent rare wu‘ when to exvlmle all impmoer persona. eonetinny u the midnight Intruder] enjoyed the privilege of imprinting o 1 eerty Itllts“ on the II” of the ex- moot Insole. ’ leaning ditto. The custom of Motown: girl: In. NH. Year's m-lt-IirnilntI-a I- "I‘ll thlt New Yeor'l day in still called the Jam «I‘Ealreonee. Thl- custom teen! to chart-hes. Sew )2 nr'. no» m-l mt.» hove, mo it. rise to the conduct of the hated u o special fen-d tiny. Imt uni nobles ot the me Ilidillo om. who looked upon as merely the min:- ot were In the hlhlt or bestowing 3m: “riotous. Therefore the t'hrislmas cheer was continued thruughoniJhe entire octet-e without ohoientent. It | ' hemtnn tut Inuitrlmhly linked with the! E upon their Mntt‘t'i". Return“! the rnier. not within. to rennin under all» Iiptiono to then. returned the gift in flickered up tor the lost time. on New l a; priorer reunion. In England. how. Year's day, on to «tear from the one hundred Ind nlnetreighth seam oi' Augustine. Motion of “lope. In England on New Year‘s Eve the young women went lbt'illt nrrylhg the "Ir-mil howl” and singing from door to door certain remâ€"e ('IMMI which hit! much In common with the hogmenoy motive In Sentient]. Het pint, the strange brew which to that country will curried ebont In the etreeio et ntidnlnht, woe composed of ole. nit-Ito, sun. nettle; of‘dlfll' non. It was o powerful potion, the elect. ot which were Ilium lulleâ€" dlohlLevIdent. M in o collection donel-tmflmme fewollx to the cooling. of thin “pet-co of lleeornoldornew.” Onenchll: A Jolly won-i Bowl. A want at good ole. Wat {In the We In! fig! 9-!th thh to file: ever. especially In the line of Queen mama. this Fusion her-me so hur- deneome that It condoned general I protest among the nobles. "Good I Queen Bess" was not slow to imitate inst whet klnd of gifts ehe expected. or rather nor-fed. She let it he know elm whet mmnenr’eo would toliow the withholding of the )eweln and the elite whlrh ehe looked for It the hands of her abject]. She In. ‘ no nimrdly ll hot own gifte that we I an underutond how the custom MI I into mouse and in the time of George [V was eta-dotted; ' DIV YEAR OF "cum Tl. lid.“ Wk”. Phoenician I and Mel!- b-un their now your at . the «tunnel eel-tire ( 21) 91 poem-n. watt! the m, '1" km all peoples lmvo ways of «mu.» m in: themselves on sum-la! mn-uslom IB‘ and at fixed seasons urn-r a manner in so well establlslwd that H lms mun.- to be wxurded u klnd u! rlluul. says the New York Herald. 'l‘hls lms come down to u: from the ages wlu-u our " fort-hears first pushed their way out o! the dry lablelamls or clvlllzntltm Evm the mlglny pm‘wr of the c'hlln'lws lulu mu been able lu l-rusll ushln- wuw prm-tlvom that have llu'll‘ rum-s «Mm ,- lu [MIKIII'IIIL - h! 0“ Cunom That Continua. Probably alter llulme-u and Clnrlslulun llu-ro- la nu l'nllml u! llw year no gm almul wm. lnnwmmlr lllhnl Nlulullll us New \‘mnr‘s any. Amung‘flu' hos! hum-u 0! Hum» nrr Illa IIl‘lll'lPl drawn (mm “In" w." .._â€".‘ (-nllo-d lllo "(‘Indlelmu bull." In 30017 ’ lnml uml ollu-r mmlwru runmrlm llw u-rm ('umllomuu, llu-n lo um «um». nf llw you". ll ulnmuwnl In Imu- lmd llu orlxln In rrllgluuu I'wmmmlw [wr- l'ormml h)’ mndlr lluln. ‘l'lw c'umllr- i "W“ m-rc- rvr,‘ lul'uv nml luluM} ornuv ’ l-mnlml. and mu» lmmulnl In at llw' l mlnlnlflu hum m llu Imulplnl poo-sun, ' :wlm. ulna-r Ilw rlllln: at dusk. hml Iwu drlukllli rm-u M llw any-null bowl 'l'lu-u. lu pmrmalun, Hwy nwwlml mu lulu Nu- ulxln. And lo llwlr lmuxlnulnm llu- mull»: rlmm. "tamed Ille- Ihl'w n! l lmll. Fran. ' nu rlw and full mul lel‘nl monou- ol‘ (In-u- c-lomlu llw wr fun-told mm 0' load wvullu-r. ”amount". qu, wanna-u I'm- Iln- mun-v wvrr unllwn-ol } 'mm tho mm- "! u»- mum-"hm an N?‘ \‘mr'u I3“. Ind nlm l‘mm [luv fur“ and rhurna-Iu-r of "u- ulml, In ll» lmulmuhm of meal .ulml ll" [Iv-«plum "M10"! "man «I "w Nurlll. “on WP" hmwl l0 ham. lulu! IluI flami- nf Mum- fur "h um nun-MIN. "u or" 0! ml (nun won mmuldorod own-lam who. "00 mm- M and and "II mm- ln deadly manic-I. The WM Of IMIIIM on Kn an'o It" Im it won l’flllldM I duo of world It- llvlu for flu- Ifllf"! o! 0le. In on!" N- oun-mm- mg-m lmllar um! um" ”mum" mum-awn luv! to I» lnrulml. l The "ll qplrllu. or "all. In an ho‘ 'lullu-rwl Irv-m llw lwllmllr and All i ‘ glmflnxun Mum». and awn num' hurd- In llwlr Illuln'l. I‘mohl In- mur-. I mum by an nmml m "w gum! gmlt', llw lmxlmwu. m- Mllnmu. N 24).! s \ _N ("D philosopher, who was ‘ Ammo the less a philosmrher for ‘ hlu constant amt chm- observa- tion of men, rvmarked that we ran hest Judge men's tempemumn and Men!!! by wntvhing them at thle work and at thelr play. A keen oh- server would hue very little dlfllcuity in Judging Americans by their work. One such has aptly called this country “The Land of the Strenumts Life." Even our sports partake so much at this ntrenuosity that the nmlimi pro- !euiou is beginning to warn us of nvorlmluigenve In the more violent forum of uthlotlcs. Au Poop!" Han Way. of Amusing Thoma-Nu on Opals! Occasions Ind I! Find Sumo. CINtoms and Their Origin: MIMI! 0' Lona MO- flap- urn .- I-lhy gin” ii T50 “th Earth-u. Phoenician cod Mull! Dunn than m ”If u m «(ml comm ( an and 0. Gran. m up w, 3.0..mmmnmmm comm (December 11). II n. 3. 0., Dom-chm the Manon-0‘ n. the mum" of mm. .1 Tm. ‘1’"er 0f the (nanny. parlk‘u- . I um; the [Mu-r par-nun n! n, mu mp { . [med In 0101mm Iumn "I! "harm-(er of the first rumor lfl" me mldnlgm hour hid mnnolnl. Grant are won atom to 9‘1"!!!” all lmpmoor pormn. mummy n ma mlqlnl‘M Intruder Floyd the pm"... of Imnrmlu l x nrty km“ MI "go "no of no. u I want Ins-Io ‘ "In. «on In" no hull and Inn rwrylhll‘ mar lulu. II mom you won Nu- nm "at that Ian! our hon. And We Man you In much. loo. They In no Jun! n Hwy «on lulu m- lv-fnr'. mm! In In hm. pm from Mill; noun-lulu, and thy, ‘ I «mm! m mowh lun- n- Ismw." MM n" \‘cw anr "I mu punt." halt! "n' "M "var. "In llu- Mrmvllml \‘nllt‘y of “l'muflr‘. 0». pm vru mo- H |~ mo knack-Hm I ‘vlzn-I- mm Im-mm- II I.- .nn Mammal "I'm-Mr muku II In no; for gnu. Tnn’ll diam" "II'. "um \uu wvro n-Mnx mo- Mu."- I In “mm. on I must to" yum." Hf nun». Ion. II in "pod-ll: ION hr 1 your. Inn-um“ nu mnvh In Int-Int In Id- nmv. II «on, "oh. yea munm‘l nigh." um um um Your. "ll'u m hummu a nun; M be mu. Ind ummu..nd new, and Dug-t "I've an or been laid." um um New \‘rnr. "Tam m. l haw In" In learn. I'm no yum-x." and I» Saw Your sighed a mm. "When «W 5qu [all-l now?" nth-oi Hu- Nrw Year. “WI-y. dun'l ’uu hum?” ”no 0m Your "km. "u! «our-w. I mum-us» a 09mm mlglu nwd nmré Hum u («I wet-kn m not our normal-awn. mu min I perwn In ulmm m nun-h Dunno-r Hum u ,wur. AIM-r In. a spur Ian] I» lm “ "Yen." sum the ma \‘vnr. "om- mu our: ouo'u nerumsnm wry «uh-lily when on! b: a you". I don't know how M In with maple. lml I knnw haw II In with I war, "“'H‘I' you. hulwol?" um Hm .va \I-ur. “\Vt‘". III»! N lllll'll vnc-nuru‘ In'g (u hear." m JUL!“ mum“ "Why. I reummlwr haul January-â€" my wry first mumh of allâ€"l was all over lll\' non onsm-ss hvfuro the month was m' " “0h, yuufll gel uwr ”ml." sum the Uld Year; ",wu‘ Im» a IluhI nermm now. but you will be all right In no fluw n! «N. w MThank you. tlmnk yuu," uald the New Year. {n :1 sweet young VOIl‘9. “I have great rag-eel for you. Old Year. \‘uu have been so Mae and so good. Yuu Imu- done so much that Is lino. Now, hwy 1 shall he I du not know M (H. 1 feel an "mm-min of my- 39"." O amt-1m maul-yum" ELL. well. well." amid the ("a I'm". “It In so nlve to see you. New Year. I won- grnmluw you, and an the good people any. I wish you ‘ a Happy New Year." Hm Communal”. The Men or lmtmldlng may mm d I"! In the mwr of which My! nm- In ”we was the means of n» Incl-c conterffmnl by $0 per cent. . The ("Mm folk would lit. I not the old rat on mt hm. I AM nae lance" (o u. lwmm Hue old any charm In.- The tooth around flood our): and “In mu ll my I”! uh". Nth . Hymn... the trunk. 01 kindly «cl And on“. "member” worn. l."- u i In It. Don't run with your mum Iboutlfewshmmlm [MI vary distinguished m- :m." "et" for ‘Meflâ€"imiavifle m GUARANTEED P113! Jam 8R Rainy 4 runs mu m n. uranium mumâ€"mun so. under Mmlna Adan III“. Or by m um. um. Polo. That Gm! Alumna. the new Your. Beacon. no human on). The», though my lonely hurt at“ mourn rat ml mu come no morn. Whm am at "no I new to In an to a final" M. Al I». who Oreo-ed a New World and On an what!“ In. From Pain. mm M: navel- lnred by a lay-Ur]; Alvaro me. from Orm‘l bell. A area! [m halved Ind fl": Wu n I my!- pmnrt not hy. lick-cl. or Gabriel? "human-wind null. ll»! hum rd. M05». flu "uni with due! Mu. “Mn, late, .11, nun-n unit-dud I'm-ed groove on run-Wan mandala. Th0 film-Hun M I”. ”"1”th 0“"!- dnr. In Mk." "awn-C January I In New Yr" 4», "d link was named in; all "IIIIIOI I’ltbnliv momma ll "inf; by Git-many. [WMVI IM mimic-n nl-mu I‘M) and End-III II ”M. mm. Iu'um Ito-r uww your 0. Hum Nun-h 2:. an tho um! New 'l'll' III-nag mm «mu-mm [mph-o In at!) MIN-I dun. hm In Anglo-Halal flow Dawn-bov- '.‘I. was Kn: «on «by. William "0' ('«unumr. cam my aim-runn- «- January !. at the "not of "to “0mm: "mum. MI Inlet Rum-mi. «m. "up m! at l‘hrlst- "flu. Mm You. I I‘M. ymt If". I!" n uplvmud warm, um! you'll moo-I ovu- u- war llm- mm 12ml WINW’I and Ina-n and [I'M "flaunts, and "w hm: nl‘ hwl " The ma I’m-r mu gun. um! nary- nm- wu- win-min: "ll-pm Sn Your.“ 0M "w New Your m: «may happy in mud: chm Ilu- ma Ya". we. would M bunny? “The ”column! “In” «! ”rum rlvm' Ilw) not). 'uh. ll loo-ml In we I knew u! mm. mm I "mm 1‘ pm u! my rMMlmod Ilmv? In mum!- a» wry “mum. I um um- I ulna-m lumpy a.” "mum om-v ' "Uh. Hu- 0M Yam: 5» um um In In". lur uln- 0M “In In going In haw so good a Ilm. And ya») have an idea [now am walk-3 (n lmwt. Eva-rywhon «mum! II In hum-u Incl many [Imus linun' n! It. though Ila-3 ulu cult kunw .Imu wlwro- la b. IEGAN NEW VIA. “MC" ll "The man are fumruou, 'l‘lu-w an- !umrlu- pin". Anal llwrv aro- ull mm- of Inn-[v Ulllmu more. l'here ate huuwn thew. and they are so III?!" and so pretty. with luvely flower gardens fitted with favorite flow- ers. All our “owe-rs INH'P wontk-rful uwmnrlt-s. 'l'hvrp nr» {target-menu“ In one bod. hon-nus» "my are the la- \m‘lu- "mu-r» ul‘ unc- \thu lmu rm "may nwnmrh-s about them TM! OIEWIAN CALINDAI given just a mu.» hint at It today. and you set- nlmudy I talk as Ilmugh I wvm an old mmbnum. "But they are with us long enough to known how lmmlfnl Is this Vul- loy of Memories. “You can't Imagine how lovely It In until you hive been there. I was “It In men "mt we receive hurried mm from these maple. so hurried. mnneuums. um;- scarcely mute they have came to wait us as they're so quit-Hy on‘ again. “Tl-ea they have hurried vliltors from mum:J too. You will notice fro- tnne to time loow people will remember some lovely rhluu that happened some time ago. “The Beautiful Volley of Memorial has over I0 many living there. 0! course, all the old years in than. ind what good times they do have com- paring notes. â€"l. I. um. In Boston Hernia uo on. mind-”II." old-i «w thlnlotthtm rmuwhyllmmudm'hy I can nil-9t youuouyly and-odiou- NEW YEAR’S DAY LUMBER Potter M13. 6: Lumber Co. Thc‘P'owor of Char and Forum! Expression brings Confidence and Poise at all Times. â€"â€"Emciemy in any Hummus.â€" Downers Grove Hardware Co. May it bring you prosperity and 365 days of happy health. ELWHNI. pkasedtoameptumgasis. Lelia Teloir Hendre'n It is the desire of this store to have these accounts closed and We are willing to have them set- tled at your own figures. Just drop in the store or send a check for he amount and we shall be There are still a number of ac counts which are due us, accur- ate memorandum of which was lost through the stealing of our safe last December. Over two was outstanding at that time, $00 having been paid since. May it bring you new friends and pleasures This then is our “Happy New Year” to you. Manufacturers Dealers : COAL MI Building Ham-lab of All Kinds Phone One rm HAIL TO 1923! ,. Welcome New Year Expression We «I. allow tmu. cue-I... mmmnlhdrhnmr‘n-Mn or beam. huh.» and m. Thddymmmnnufu- m u. no!" "It: 0! MI. hul- wflpwmzuvod- wan-Mthmnumlh sue [mum Weston MILLWOBK “GI-«8m