sh you all a Happy Prosperous New Do not go to the trouble a: writing a letter and paying cobke os c ission on money order when sending i in your subscription to your favor- « ite magazine—just drop into THE BANNER office and hand us the money, _ing you for your . generous pat- ro.1age dur- ing 1924 Turner, senior—seli-made in need.of a change. It “The Trouble Shooter” MATINEE , New Years Afternoon at 3 o'clock Bi Harry J All went Yell ‘until the struck down by an automobile and died watantake breakdown. He decid: -" rm rest usual quick way purchased tickets for tne Tor Vancouver ¢ via the Panama canal. Was soon \ comping in in ye : father’ man, owner andjef thei manager of one of oe 8 Deroy manutactr urien | Tu st now ors ; and in Bn le v vithout reg sersciousness. The secret formula for the r to the chemist and we wenid have beer iid be Spe ending Turner Sr., was sivised where to epred that not on cr knew how nea afenforlortontenlocfonfeofoofoqtesfoofoofontectesfosderdes footers tac oaey HOW TO MAKE ICE a CREAM CHEAPLY, : Deere bette ble bbb es eseente have some icé this morning?’’ ask- ed Jim, the pump man “Just help yourself,” responded Betty heartily. “The cellar is ful} of it. Going to have some ice cream?” “Wal now my old woman, she got a sample of ice-cream powder by il er day, and I just thought I'd like to try, it,” fA dim ame. back from . the ice, tit GUY knew you would have rilaet saving round somewhere “Do you have any ice-cream salt?” inquired Bett ‘Ni Does it freeze: to wee your freezer today would you mind putting it together so it would sure be just Betty — put the freezer together, and made a pretense to see what would happen next. Sure enough, Jim turned back and asked in an off-hand manner, “How are your hens doing lately?’ “Pretty well,’ Be a "Do you need some e& “The-reeceipt on the eine of the Answered. package calls for three eggs and we are going to have.comp'ny, so if you could -— a half dozen it wont. be just fine. Thank You! oer ; We wish to thank our- many Customers for their liberal patronage during 1 c <~ eR TS tN A CS a “Betty packed the half dozen eggs into an old cereal box. Stil! Jim lingered. She knew that - ae go- ing to make another requ “T hate to ask it, know a have 80 many to cook tor,’ he said t last, “‘but could you let me have @ quart or so of milk? My old wom- an sald she could get two quarts off Mis’ Gillette. Now, if you could let me have two quarts, I'd be all fix- ed out, T ae could.stand ice crenm half wate With the sack, the ice, the freez-| %' er, the salt, the eggs and the - Jim Caupiiy started for home make ice cream with the sample br toa cream ,powder that had come by], Seiniisiniehtele een ee > % LIFE I8 A. FUNNY THING, * ISN'T. IT? + Man comes into the world onsent,. and time is spent in one contin- uous round of contraries and, tmisunderstandings. Tn his in- fancy he's f he's Lee eee a al ihe lc tie ah ia i he ie i Ae NN ie le ine ie ie le ie ae eis) mieig “How are you fixed for letting me % better that] * way? Wal now, if you could give me |* the loan of some. And are you going | * No of starting. Betty. wanes a moment] * ed sesgunsctreesteatictt =~ * oe TRADING AT HOME Se ake ok ole o]s ie aie oe of RO Your wages at home are earned; and they should be , Spent at home; it’s better for ‘all concerned than if they were shipped to Rome. I go to the hardware store and purchase a loaf of bread; I go to the plumber's door and eall for a spool of thread. Home painters I will appoint, “to see that my barn is dau éd, and here in the barber's = joint it havi by whisk- cid ‘ave spent is working "around home; it wouldn't it were sent to Naples or yet to Nome. The barber decides to buiid, he finds that his trade 8 great; the painter-man's bank Is filled, he'll purchaee a brand new gate. The car- penter gets the task of build- ing these things for two; now he can afford to ask os price of a Lizzie new. who sells the car de- cides that the time has come a fresh cigar— is on The merchant who seélis the + smoke remarks, being pleas- ed at that: “My ld is a ‘’ ghastly joke—I’ll purchase a ‘+ modern hat."” And so it goes + right acl the. dollar * that’s spent at home, ‘+ kopeck, the mark, + —it’s making our. + ome, resplendent + pley, this dealing with local ‘~ men; the money that’s sent ‘+ away will never come back 2 again.—Walt Maso Og * at re ate ole ofe oe ote ole ote safe ate ale o! eae eS *, % at fe », *, % a8, Oe Poh = tenes he * of fe fe ee ake *, . A Se TTTTTTTT ees PEELE EEE EEE ELETE DEES + lalalaliii etal sings oy + 4 TRAINING THE UNTAMED 3 The wonderful way in which a has attracted much interest lately. oe young lady is Miss Gladys Cal- a school mistress and a Fellow at the Zooogical ee she seems o have some power Shhh hhh hhh hhh hhh hhhhhhes cay * BLACK SEA LIGHT’ RESTORED Tower on Serpente’ tein and, Razed by Germans, bsiean Built by the Rus. ns in 1840. e new antele | Installed on the lighthouse on Serpents’ tsiand, in the lack sea, which is in the course of reconstruction, started functioning reg- 7. | the ae correspondent. o | Lenden Tim The tower a the old lighthous as Lhnit br the Rusetens-b» 1840) but Ho light was installed on it till 1856, when by the Treaty of Paris the island passed Into the possessien ef Turkey. The lighthouse was under the admin- istration of the Ottoman government till 1879, and since then the European commission o fthe Danube has been responsible for its maintenance and working. The tower and buildings were bom- Dbarded and destreyed by the German ‘cruiser Breslau on Juné 26, 1917, since when there has been only a small tem- porary light ea the isian construction of the lighthouse was be- gun this year by the European com- mission of the Danube. The tower has new been erected, and the new lantern and apparatus installed. The charac- teristic of the new light consists in a group ef three rapid flashes repeated every 15 minutes and its visibility is 20 miles. r Converted te on Metric System. Washington apr ie “the well- known d promoter, was — in. New "York about the Rus a will ‘never penetrate 4 hon Qa cathehadiee be Temciah bad iacdoacee I pues: a ile jk a meter rnlé and told him to get the Iength of « certain casting for me. “The monjik, though unused to the metric system,. strode off calmly. When he came back he sald: “‘She is as long as the rule, little t animals and winning their affection the big nippoporanien. Bob, which no one élse y o; and while she sits tiara, the female hippo , Joan, will come to heg for tit- bite. The treacherous Pe cunning Rex, will let- her take a bone trom between. his tee father, plas “his flask of vodka, th two “mnilliomrouble . notes, and my ;| thumb from hefe to here.’ ; i a , Carry Heavy Life tnsurance, Huge MNfe insurance policies are held by J.C. Penney bf eS car- life; One of the lehient vultures at the +4 Zoo, ready to snap at everybody and everything within reach, delights to sit in her lap and finds h ed.to untie her bootlace: Other people Bayh tee 508 sed al lar powers. red~ Ginnett, the comers circus Feed et end eques- tae the: wildest a: , found no difficulty in manag- is cup of | 000 happiness complete if » is permitt- 53] stores, zm| business amounted to $60 Byes of Youth. Iwas da my way downtown with my taken when and we will do the rest. welare agents for all. 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