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Strange Bedfellow \ Vuung man had a fine collec- tinn 01 East \f1ic'an trephies. and amongst them a splendid buffalo head. "What a VV011de1f111 head!” said agirl who had come to insDect them. “'HOVV did V011 get that? was he Very sa‘V age?” :‘I had a deuce of a time with that buffalo.“ 1eplied the hunter. ‘ NeV er had such a morning in my life. I shot it in mV pyjamas. -1 AL- Read The’ Chronicle Ads. on Page 9. ‘1“.. ‘â€"‘--vv “Good heaveris!’ ‘rfu‘fi'mgred the 5“ eat young thing. “How dld it get thele?’ 'If old magazines are available, a variety of scrap books can be made. A story in picture of the process the grains of wheat go through until they are made into bread is not. only interesting but a means of edâ€" ucation. A story in picture of an automobile trip to places of inter- est to the child. with the people in the piCiUI‘PS given names of those known to the child, a book of farm scenes. or animals at the zoo. or a miscellaneous collection of pictures are. all of interest. Story books or poetry books can be made. from clippings. Cloth dolls and animals stuffed with feathers are light. in weight and keep their shape. What is particularly nice for a sick child is a box of pictures clipped from magazines or postcards pasted to- gethei or with a plain white paper mer the \Viitten side. They Spend many happy moments lifting these, out of the box one by one and looking at. them. Also a box 01' short. stories pasted on the cards one gets in boxes of shredded wheat. Puzzles and ValiOUS kinds of games can be made trom pasteboard for the Older child1en. Clothing can be made. from partially worn adult 'gar- ments. and mittens can be made with th1ead Iipped f10m 0111 SW eat- ers put into skeins and \\ ashed tirs t. Sto1kin1's tor little tots can be shaped trom the best portion of 111st 011 adult stockings and socxs F01 your personal triends. the simpler the gift. the more often it, is most appreciated. A few home- made bnns or loaf of , bread for the one who always buys her bakin”, a tew 1111sh eggs to the one who keeps n0 fowl.at‘aVorit1_1 vegetable to the one whose garden failed him in that particular product. or some fruit either in natural state or preserved. Have you ever taken time to \V'xite a “Ultl of appreciation to Vour minister or am speaker in public \\h() has giVen V'ou helpful thoughts? HaVe )011 eVer tried this same idea on any author of poems 111' books Op romposel' of music who has written something which appealed to you"? When you pay your subscription for your daily 111' weekly 1111\V'spaper or your favorite magazine. take a little time to sum-up some. 111‘ the things you haVe enjoVed and tell the. editor. then see him smile happilV. These are \111'} helpful Christ- like thank-yous ’ as V'ou will find from the sincere replies you will re- who. I Snunn¢_4V {nope th01 9 is sonne- Hung hom‘thatVVHFlnflp Vou "en- fin'nwngfi â€"â€"RFTH RAEBURN The longest beach in the VV' rld "Strung 'VV'aV' along the Gulf of Mexico 0. down around the Key West, no the coast of blue to someVV here east 01 lacksonVille” will not mean a thing to those who never see it, n01 will the VVarm t1opic suns ot mi1‘lwinter or the sea bathing ol‘ JanuarV. There are oranges to he picked when the snow is barricad- ing V0111 door. "011 and tennis down South VV hen the weather strips alone will not debar the breath of the North. \Vhen you think things at their worst theV' are reallV at their best in Florida and along the gult coast. Hotel rates a1e rea- sonahle and long limit VVinter tour- ist. tares giVing you a wide choice of routes a1e surprisinglV IOVV. W 11y not make a. tnaVel investment. in health? For all travel information consult R. )lacfarlane. Durham, or any Can- a1li-a11 Pacific ticket agent. 12 1 2 Children have no idea of the value of money and .the gift that pleases the eye or meets their fancy is not judged on the basis of money. A few years ag 0 a cartoon appeared in one of the papers during the Christmas season, showing a little girl in a wealthy home surrounded with a multitude of costly gifts to which she was giving no attention. Her interest was centred on a little ten cent dolly in her arms. the gift ol an elevatm boy. A woman in stiaightened circumstances made into rhyme the story of a mouse and sketched the mouse in attitudes mentioned in the rhyme. The child was delighted 'with .it. First of all I would suggest that you keep in mind the fact that Love is the most necessary ingredient in any Christmas parcel, no matter whether the gift be for the rich or poor or in the class between these two. A gift that is lacking in love does not in any \\ ay represent the great gift of love to humanity-«The t ‘hristmas Child. PAGE 2. I have always enjoyed the Christ- mas giving and this year our cir- cumstances are such that there is practically nothing with which to buy the ext'ras. Could you pass along a few suggestions that would enable me to have a share in the joy of giving without an Outlay of money? â€"LIMITED LUCY My dear Ruth,â€" SUNSHINE BELT OF THE SOUTH Come in 8: Chat Awhilg ' ' â€"Ruth Raebnrn. At Home ! What he has tried to do is' not to select the heroes of the war, but the “heroes” of the story of the war, the twelve figures who will live in his- tory and legend, those whom one “will associate with the greatest upheaval of the early twentieth century almost without mental processâ€"as Nelson or Napoleon are merged in their epoch.” Weighs Claims of Bach He then proceeds to justify his selection, weighing the claims of each name against its competi- tors for fame. About King Al- bert he has no hesitation what- ever. “Time,” he says, “has not relieved him from being the most purely heroic figure of the war. His great merit is that and his faith, despite the temptations put in his way to make a separate peace. Yet all the time his kingdom was merelV a strip of sand on the Yser. He earned on, amid his troops in the muddy misery of succeeding winters. steadfast and defiant, pre- ferring defeat to dishonor.” And the writer adds a picture 01 the "outcast, King” walking alone on the sands, gazing long and sadly at the light of ()stendâ€"his Ostendâ€" glimmering barely ten miles away: But then we come to two figures of a different kindâ€"Lenine and the Kaiser. ‘Post Hoc” explains their imlusion by saying that Wmany of the most outstanding men of history have been of the deepest dye’ ” "Of course.” he says “the founder of Bolshevism goes into our listâ€" virtually at the top. A sinister figure? ves; a man of blood? yes: m, this is no chronicle of spotless \irtue. Vitalizing a new horror Lenine profoundly influenced the course of the war (and of the peace!) A creator, 3. leadfieraan or,- “Post Hoe” is. equally sure of his ground in picking his national lead- ers for the lost. Clemenceau, he says “has his niehe‘t‘orever as the greatest pOpulai' hero France suc- cumbed to (if only for the shortest while) since “le petit. Caporal him- Self." "There were six months in 1918,” “Post. Hoe.” continues. “when the White House. with \Vilson in pos- session. came to be looked upon as Delphi itself; ally and enemy alike stood in awe of this obscure profes- sor as he appeared to ladle out. the wisdom of the ages . . . as the very shorthand clerks seemed to be taking down history when he deigned to speak. Like Caesar, \Vil-. son later rode thrmigh the capitals of the Old World, preparing the way for his Fourteen Points." rap izm'. a llllterates.” The only other German “Post Hoc’ admits to his list is Hinden- burg. \v'ho looks like finishing up as a second Wotan” and whose Hindenburg line” will remain ".quite an important furrow down the centuries.“ ' Foch and Haig Eligible An}! the only other soldiers he ConsanerS ol1g1ble to the twelve are Foch and 83.13. __ _ _ A- Wilson he chooses from among all the Americans as the one really historic figure, for whatever the pitiful denouement, he did stand out aml like none other since Bona- part0.“ Similarly the Kaiser was all along the embodiment. the living symbol of the German people “Sex 911 mil- lion grax es constitute his monu- momâ€"and they \in1 continue to do $7 ~§ The third of these omissions. Per- shing. requires more explanations, and “Post Hoc” doesn’t hold it back. "Had Pershing, “he says, “com- manded a larger force than twenty- two divisions (last-minute number) or for longer, actively, than six brief months . . .he would have gone into any list of the first twelve." A more serious argument for his exclusion, according to this writer. is found in the heavy losses in the Argonne in the fall of 1918. and he adds his “belief” that the question of Pershing’s relief from command had already arisen when the end of the war came. Three Romantic Figures The remaining three names in the list are romantic figures, figures important for their appeal to the imagination rather than for their influence. “Lawrence of Arabia” Nm'. he thinks. will anybody dis- pute Lloyd George’s place. “He first got the Shells, and then, suiting himself to the swing of the nation, drove like fury till the end.” Neither Jotfre nor Ludendorff nor Pershing passes the test! As for Papa Jotfre" he says. he is on the may to becoming a kind of leg end 1‘01 “11 one seems to know forc cer- tain xx 1ether he was a complete washout or a sly old strategist of great lethargy.” Ludendorfl‘, too. is a disputed figure. -‘ TWELVE GREATEST 1V AR HEROES PICKED London Writer Puts Albert of Belgium at Tap and Includes Wilson. The twelve most outstanding fig- ures of the war have been selected tentatively by a’ writer in the Lon- don Graphic, who appears to have been personally connected with the great struggle in an important capacity, but who hides behind the pseudonym of “Post Hoc”. They are Albert, of Belgium; Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Lenine, Hindem- burg, Foch, Clemenceau, the Kaiser, Lawrence, of Arabia; Edith Cavell, Earl _Haig_ and“ d_’_Annunzio. It is admittedly a stmnge list at first glance, but the man who tries to take history by the forelock makes it clear that he is not choos- ing on tt‘ie s‘tandard‘o‘f virtue alene. ‘i”! Lloyd George Secure Case of the Kaiser whippér-in 0f ‘lbrutish takes precedence over Allenby, Maude and all the military leaders in the East: “Lawrence, brilliant, beautiful. outstanding genius on his cabbage patch. the hero of boys forever. and of grownms, too.” SO he enters "our elect" And 50 does Nurse Gavel]. though all she may have done was to die. “Yet. she lives on forever. internationally. 0n the strength of war service and therefore fills the utmost. meaning ‘9 nf the term ‘mltstantling‘.’ ggb'011t._the hips there is a narrpw satm I'lbeD. [10d In a bow WIth short ends. Finally. there ifi d Ahnunzio, as the only Italian in the entire list. For evening frocks, tulle is par- ticularly delightful, and here, in a pale shade of green, it makes a very lovely model. ' Deep ruffles with a deep band of shining at the top extend f10m the shouldeI dingonaily across the mess and the ski1t is made up of the qufles placed in this fashion, with the points falling below the hem, Fashion F ancies Rnfiles of Tulle Are Used Diagon- ally on This Evening Frock. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE . Plants may also he started early in a (“Old frame. The frame is set in place now and six inches of good, rich, friable soil is placed in it. Over this leaves, straw. strawy manure. or litter not. containing weed seeds is put to keep out the The list is more remarkable, per- haps, for its omissions than its in- clusion, but “Post Hoc” explains them all. At one time, he says, Venezelos, Allenby, Grand Duke Nicholas. Colonel House and Lord Northcliffe’ were all among his candidates. Kitchener, Jellicoe, Beatty, Hoover-,1 Page and others were all crowded out by; a hair’s breadth. None of these cases, per- haps is as remarkable as Winston Churchill. who had to yield preced- ence to Haig. “Post Hoc” hates to omit him and grants him a ‘long eulogy instead. When spring approaches thought is turned to“? ard the hot-bed for starting vegetables and flowering plants, ,but it very often happens that soil for the hot-bed has not been set aside and is not available, and as a result nothing is done. It is wise, therefore, to prepare for spring now and to make up a cone- shaped pile of suitable soil in a convenient place, so that it will be reasonably dry and ready for spring work. Or it may be put under cover in an outbuilding in barrels. Any good friable loam is suitable for starting plants in. It is wise to use asoil that does. not bake, or one containing considerable sand and decayed vegetable matter or humus. The surface soil from a garden that has previously been well-manured serv es the pUIDOSB admirably. Or, if the soil is poor. \\ ell rotted man- ure should be added and mixed well with the soil. using about fifteen to twenty per cent. of manure. Sods gathered during the summer and piled alternately with manure will, when cut down and well worked tngether. make the best hot-bed soil. It flats or shallow boxes to grow the plants in are available it is not necessary to put aside much soil. and usually two barrels will sull‘ice to meet. the requirements for an ordinary garden. If on the other hand the soil is to be put into the hot-bed direct, twice as much will be necessary. He is there as the “hringer-in” of Italy against her former Allies.. As the “recognized inspirer of Fasms- mo when the Duce was still a ser- geant of Arditi,” and “as the very- much-on-e-arth acquirer of Fiume. this long-fingered poet bomber and utter human contradiction cannot be barred from the ultimate dozen.” Finally, he says, there is “a thir- teenth “ho soars above them all”, and that is the Unknown Soldier, resting in a million graves. PUTTING ASIDE SOIL FOR HOT-BEDS frost. In the early Sprung htter is removed and the sashe on, and it will be found that short time the ground will 1 warm Up, so that seeds of the . 1er_ vegetables and flowers m: Radio Dealers J UST EN TIME FOR CHRESTMAS! This Complete . in your home, by all means see and hear. this beautiful Rogers Radio Outfit. “EgGERQ Radio nQM TRADE MARK REG. $330 a SOD- this Read this list to your friends, One word at a tlme, and ask “Wm to spell each word for yep, Thv per. centage of errors wxll hp high enough to deflate the most. 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