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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 11 Dec 1919, p. 11.

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Eunice was six; too young to grasp the meaning of much that she heard, but old enough to remember. All day she played happjly with her dolls in the shabby furnished room which was her mother's bedroom. The door was locked, and Mrs. Holmes, the landlady, was under instructions to look In from time to time to see what Eunice was doing; but since Eunice was never doing anything except playing with her dolls the good woman's visits became less and less frequent. "She's the most contented little body in the world, ma'am," said the old Scotch woman to Hilda Groves, Eunice's mother. Mrs. Groves was also called Marian Fay, but that was when she stood behind the footlights and enraptured her audience with her girlish charm and Ingenue manner. By day she was Hilda Groves, wife of John Groves, an unsuccessful writer, and the charming Ingenue was a very tired woman with a discontented droop to her mouth. Tm glad she's keeping out of mischief," answered Eunice's mother coldly. "It's a wonder," soliloquised Mrs Holmes, pausing In the act of taking a pair of sheets out of a closet and looking at the closed door, "it's a wonder that sort of parents has them kind of children." The good woman disapproved of Mrs. Groves, whom she thought hard and unmaternal. As for John Groves. Eunice's father, who worked all day. thumping upon his typewriter In the little half empty back room, two stories up, whenever he met Eunice he experienced a curious sense of embarrassment and shame. When her mother entered the room Eunice would experience much the same feeling of embarrassment that she occasioned her father. Though she had never been told that mothers ought to love and caress their children. Eunice wondered dimly at the cold formality of her mother's kiss, and felt chilled and repressed. One snowy night In late December John Groves came slowly downstairs and dismissed |Hrs. Holmes, who was making Eunice ready for bed. "Congratulate tne. daughter." ha said. "I have an offer of a position on the staff of the Manhattanite." Eunice looked up vaguely. "How would you like to celebrate the occasion with me, child ?" Inquired her father, addressing Eunice banter ingly, because he did not quite know what to say to her. " 'Es," said Eunice, slipping her chubby band into his own. "The motion is carried," said Jphn Groves. "We are to go. then, to see Mamma transformed into a beneficent fairy. As you are doubtless aware, she takes the part of the Fairy Godmother In the Christmas play now running at the Hudsonlan." That was the first time John Groves and Eunice bad ever been out together. except for an occasional stroll round the block to the newspaper man or the corner grocery. To Groves the sensation was as astonishing as it was unexpected. Here he had been creating his dream men and women all his life, while there was a live child, his own, waiting to be discovered, and full of the most amasing touches of what he would have called, in his jargon, "human interest." But as for Eunice, she was in wonderland, and it far transcended doll-land. She had never imagined anything so heavenly as the lights, the people, and then the mystery of the tunnel-like approach to the theater, the gloomy aisle, and the wall behind the row of little lamps that went up into the roof and disclosed --Mother! "O-oh!" cried Eunice, leaping up out of her chair. And nobody scolded or even frowned, because this was a Christmas play and the spirit of Christmas was upon everyone. There was her Mamma, all colors and shining things, standing in the fairy garden, while her god-chlldren grouped themselves around her.' And such a transformed Mother! How happy they all were! She was laughing as Eunice had never heard her laugh In Mrs. Holmes' boarding house, and she kissed the children and gave them the most wonderful toys. "Do you know who that old fellow Is, Eunice?" Inquired her father. Indicating a Christmas character "That's Santa Clans." "Thanta Clauth." repeated Eunice happily. "Yes. He's the spirit of Christmas. He gives everybody everything they want on Christmas eve." "Does he live here?" asked Eunkge. "Well, for the present, yes," her father answered. Eunice was very SffsSg! * "CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP" IS CHILD'S LAXATIVE flt fatigue! Remove poisons tram stomach, liver afK; .£«* bowels. - pve Jv a nu ON B.KQI KST--A VIVID 8TOKY of the wonderful Teiu Oil Ftelda baaed on absolute truth. Write* Chas. K. Jackaoa, Be* 236, Independence, Kansas. GKKAT FOBTIXKS IX OIL LEASK8--B Sou hare »60 bur N. Louisiana Oil Leaagt lammoth guihers. Ofttt excitement. Wrttl Reliable Leasing Syndicate, Huston. La. Irritating Coughs flimiulb treat cou^hc colds, hoaraeneae. IwnwJihh and aumla: Inflamed and Irritated . --HI It we of tbc Uuuat with a tern tod remedy PISO'S silent. But when the curtain fell at last her little form was trembling with fearful Joy, and she clung ecstatically to her father. "Now we are going round to Mamma's dressing room," said her father, and before Eunice knew where she was she had passed through the tunnel again, and through a second tunnel, longer and gloomier, Into a queei little room, In which her mother sat before a mirror. Her shining dress lay over a chair, and she was deadly tired, and her face was all red and white and streaky. Eunice looked at her and her heart was full of helpless misery. She burst Into sudden sobs. "The child's tired to death. Jack." said Hilda Groves petulantly. "She ought to have been in bed long ago. What made you bring her here?" Eunice behaved uncommonly badly. She cried and cried, and the more her mother scolded her the more uncontrollable became her sobs. So that at last she had to be carried out In the arms of the dressing woman and put Into a taxlcab. with a very cross mother and a very subdued father, and after that she found herself In bed. It must have been all a dream! Eunice was old enough to be able to distinguish dreams from reality. Dreams were things that happened to you when you were asleep, and she had been asleep; but she was wide awake now. wondering why It was so> dark In the room, and looking through the crack of the door at the streak of light that came from the room ad- Joining. Her parents were talking: she heard her mother's petulant voice. "I'm sure I don't know what we will do with that child when she gets older. John." Hilda Groves was saying. "Of course the profession is not to be thought of for her." "But if I take that position on tbe Manhattanite we can have a home of our own," answered her father. "And have me give up my work Just when I am beginning to attract the attention of the managers." answered his wife sarcastically. "After ten years of drudgery, to be robbed of the reward of It all! No. thank you, my dear." "But I, too. will have to make the sacrifice," answered her ^husband "Frankly, Hilda. I am not thinking of you in this matter, nor of myself. I am thinking of Eunice." "Eunice!" repeated his wife bitterly. "The child Is quite happy with her dolls, and Mrs. Holmes will take all the care of her that may be necessary. It is only when you take her away from them and try to amuse her that she becomes troublesome. I sometimes wish we had no child to be a burden to us." Eunice understood, and all her world seemed to tumble into a fathomless abyss. Her mother did not want her. then. John Groves accepted the offer, but Hilda went on with her work. Between them they could live comfortably and sAve money, but there could be no home for Eunice. If Hilda left the stage their means would be straitened. The disagreement between them on this subject bred rancor which brought suffering to the child. Eunice's mother could hardly bear to look at her, and Mrs. Holmes became more and more indignant. 'Til wager there'll be no Santa Claus for you, my lamb." she said despondently, as she put tbe child to bed two days before Christmas. "But you'll hang up your stockings," she continued angrily, giving the pillow a shake. "I'll fill 'em. I mean, I'll tell Santa to do so. Tell me, dearie, what would you like Santja Claus to bring you ?" "Thanta Clauth," repeated Eunice, and her eyes brightened. "Gives everybody everything they want" "Yes," said Mrs. Holmes. "Good little boys and girls like you can get most anything. What would you like most in tbe world, dearie?" "I want my Mamma to love me like the fairy children," Eunice answered. Mrs. Holmes understood and hur ried out of the room to give vent to her tears. She approached Hilda Groves that evening on the matter. "Won't you be telling Eunice tn hang up her stockings tomorrow night, ma'am?" she inquired. "I certainly will not teach her that CHRISTMAS IN FINLAND Christmas holidays in Finland are celebrated after elaborate preparations. For dinner boiled or roast goose stuffed and cooked with vegetables, a special brand of ham Is boiled, wild ducks roasted, smoked reindeer tongue is boiled, partridges are roasted and' Swedish lutflsh Is cooked. Jams and jellies made from delicious and native cakes cookies are always part of the feast. MJod Is the Finns' elder, and with branvin, white brandy, kalja, beer like the Russian kvas. and Finnish wines, is served on festal occasions. Vlborg kringla is an excellent native bread baked in straw The Finnish Santa Claus Is called "Jul-Backen," meaning yuletlde goat. J#* itfteM are perfwwed after the nonsense," Hilda answered, "if you knew the trouble I have with her, Mrs. Holmes, you wouldn't be asking me to put any new Ideas Into her head. She is contented with her dolls and is satisfied, and my work takes up every minute of my time." "And you don't do your work," cried the Scotch woman. "There's better and more natural work at your hand for you to do, and you leave It to others." "What do you mean by that?" "1 mean Eunice." said Mrs. Holmes defiantly, and wiped her hands on her apron and stalked away, leaving Hilda Groves Indignant and resentful. Mrs. Holmes had put her little charge to bed on Christmas eve and later stole on tiptoe to the door. Eunice was lying with her face to the wall, her head resting upon ber arm. The good woman looked wistfully at ber, and at the little stockings which hung from the bead of the l»ed. She had never had a child of her own. She was going to fill them to overflowing with a certain store of good things that she had purchased and hidden away In the linen cloyset among the sheets and pillow-cases. She bad candies and oranges, and firecrackers that snapped disconcertingly, containing foolscaps and mottoes and paper ornaments within their fat and crinkling bodies: a jack-in-the-box. too. and a doll. Just large enongh to be cunningly concealed Inside a stocking Mrs. Holmes watched tbe child Her eleep did not seem sound, for once or twice she stirred, and the good landlady had that morbid terror of discovery which a real Santa always feels. "I'll wait till Mr. Cunnlugbam has come In and then I'll do it," she resolved. Mr Cunningham, tbe last of her boarders to come home, was always punctual upon the stroke of eleven. Eunice would then be sound asleep, no doubt But Eunice had not slept at all. With a child's deliberate craft she had deceived the good-natured landlady. She waited till she beard Mrs. Holmes go into her room, and then she rose up ever so softly and pulled on the empty stockings, dressed herself, and crept into the hall. She listened in terror at Mro. Holmes* door. She was reading aloud'. as she did of an evening, and the solitary voice was terrifying. Not much less so was the regular breathing of Mrs. Bennett next door, the middle-aged woman who always insisted on stopping and speaking, no matter how busy Eunice might happen to be. The floor creaked, and once Mrs. Holmes stopped reading and sat up In her chair. Eunice Bhrank Into tbe recess between the hall curtain and the umbrella stand. Then all was right again and Mrs. Holmes' voice droned on. The child opened the hall door and fled but Into the December blasts. She had gone to find Santa Claus. for she knew that he would not come to ber. The theater was only three blocks away, and Eunice could see the distant glitter of lights as soon as she was in the street. The road was full of vehicles, and pedestrians went hurrying along the sidewalks, but nobody molested her or was curious about the little, thinly clad girl that slipped among the crowds, dodging here and there until she reached the corner of the third block. Then Eunice halted before the rush of automobiles that whizzed past her In never ending line, and a big policeman took her by the arm. "Where are you going, little girl?" he asked gruffly. "Thanta Clauth," said Eunice, pointing toward the theater lights. "Do you belong to the theater?" asked the policeman dubiously. "Where is your Mamma?" "Over there," said Eunice, and the policeman carried her across the street, while the automobiles parked upon either hand on a wave of hla lordly fingers. He set her down at the stage entrance. * "Anybody lost a baby?" he asked fashion of good gift spirits in other lands. Milk, cream, butter and eggs, game, poultry and fish are plentiful In Finland. and are used without stint Farmers, who butcher frequently, have standing orders to supply city customers with their meats: while their wives and daughters serve the some families with cakes. Jellies. Jams, cream cheese and other dainties weekly or oftener, if needed. Hie Finn* live well and. abundantly. J Accept "California" Syrup of Figs Wily--look for the name California oil the package, then you are sure your child Is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little •tomach, liver and bowels. Children love its delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bottle. Give it without fear. Mother I You must say "California.' •--AdVc the kind old man guarding the tunnel "What's your name, little girl?" inquired the man. "Who's your Mamma?" "I'm Eunice, and my Mamma's a fairy godipother." "Miss Ifay's child." said the man. "She told you to come for her, eh?" Eunice did not know what she answered, for she was running down the tunnel along a well remembered passage toward a star of light that shone in the distance. And then there burst upon her eyes the dazzling apeotacle of the Christmas play. She did not understand that those rows of ghost-like faces stretcntng away Into the distance were the audience, and to her the setting of the stage was reality. Her eyes were fixed upon the beautiful woman wbo stood and bowed and smiled, a wonderful being Illumined by a great shaft of light from overhead, which followed her every movement. The fairy children had gone, and Hilda Groves bowed finally and withdrew toward the palace threshold She had needed all her concentration to play successfully that night, and In spite of that more than one of the newspapers commented disparagingly the next day upon ber performance. It was unreal, they said, and lifeless. (Could they only have seen her after the curtain fell!) To Hilda it was agony. Tbe mother's heart was aching, but sbe did not know the cause, or that her child could cure her malady: she thought of Eunice only as a hateful and repugnant duty to whlcb she must return after her evening task. She turned and entered through tbe palace portals. which gave upon the wings. Now she was only a tired woman again, anxious to divest herself of her tinselled trappings. But to the little figure that stood before ber sbe was an Olympian. Eunice stood lost in amazed admiration at this wonderful being who was her mother. "Mamma! Mamma!" The anas were outstretched "Eunice!" The harsh tones broke tbe spell The child remembered ber last visit and the disillusionment that followed It 8he clutched at her mother's gown. "Wbo brought you here? How dared you come? You should have been asleep hours ago." Tbe little arms were clutching at the fairy gown frantically and tbe upturned face was one of piteous entreaty. "Don't scold me.4 Mamma. 1 wanted Thanta Clauth. He gives moat anything to good boys and girls." The tragedy in the child's face ar rested Hilda. The cold crust of self ishness was breaking. "I wanted him to make you love me like the fairy children, Mamma." Love conquered. If only the critics could have seen Hilda now! Suddenly she understood tbe Infinite sorrow of the child's mind, tbe tragedy of the little life which she had created, the loneliness, the craving for • mother's pity and love. Tears gushed from her own eyes and mingled with the child's as she drew her to bar breast. The doorkeeper came hurrying up. "Miss Fay," he cried excitedly, "you've got your little girl then? 1 thought she was waiting beside me--1 Just missed her. There's a gentleman--" He gave way to John Groves. Mrs. Holmes had discovered the empty bed five minutes before, and, frantic with alarm, had rushed up to the lonely little room on the third story. John Groves had shrewdly guessed his daughter's objective. "You've got her, Hilda. Thank God!" he began, and then stopped, astonished at the look of happiness on his wife's face. "She came to find 8anta Claus," said Hilda- "She wanted something of him. and I guess he's heard her prayer. But 1 think it must be Santa sent her to me. John, I've found something tonight that I never knew I'd lost, and I'm going to keep it- Eunice--home with me--us--always." (Copyright by W. Ok. Chapman.) The Finns are a hospitable and jolly people with a well-developed community spirit; each village has a central workshop, to which come in turn I a carpenter, blacksmith, harness maker, machinist, tailor, shoemaker and so on down the list, each remaining as long rs fhey are needed, before moving on to the next village. When a fanner has more work than he can do In a limited time, he announces a "talkoo." All his neighbors respond l and ^combine tc give him a day's lift. 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