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hoed that he'd. .have :to hurry if he If he bought a license for Mike, be
wanted to hide the Christmas Present
before his Mother woke up from her
pap. A, frown came Over his face its
he glanced around to WO* his pup.
Mike wasn't any .where in sight.
He started to whistle, but his at-
tention was_ caught by little Samm y
pan., big-eyed with exeitement and
fright, running toward him.
"Hey, Jimmy," called Sammy, "They
took Mike:"
Jimmy's heart sank. He knew who
44they" were but he had to make sire.
"Who took hint?"
"The dogcatcher, Mate tried to run
away, but they caught him down at
the corner."
Little Sammy wiped his nose on his
ragged Cuff. "I didn't have time to
hide him like we always did before
when that old dogcatcher came by."
shouldn't have left him down
here by himself, but I didn't want to
wake Mom up." Jimmy sat down on
the step and buried his face in his,
hands. Sure, be thought, they'll keep
Mike five days before they get rid,
of him, but a license will cost two
dollars and 'a half.
Then he •straightened up; he had
three dollars tin ;his pocket, three dol-,
Jars all his own that he had earned
while running errands, selling junk,,
and saving a few pennies that his
mother had given him for candy.
wouldn't :be able to buy the new
purge for his mother, but he could
buy a Mee handitereheif or something
with the fifty .Dents he would havo
left.
A boy of eleven couldn't ery
front of a seven-year-.old so Jimmy
blinked away the tears that vamp to
his eyes when „he thought of fuzzy,
playful Xlite being. tossed into a pen
full of big snarling dogs,
"I wonder if they'll feed him goed?"
A sense of shame kept returning
when Jimmy thought of his mother's
sbabby old purse, She'd had it as Jong
as he .etalki remember, and he had.
seen her stop several times to admire
the shiny bleak one with the gold-
colored clasp that was in Hoffberg's
window, He had been looking forward
to Cliri,straas morning when she
mild carry the new one proudly to
Church instead of hiding the old one's
shabbiness by tucking it under her
:arm. It just wouldn't be right to
spend that money for Mike's license,
'Come on, Sammy, if you'll keep it
a secret, it'll let you go with me to
buy any Mom's present." Maybe he
eould leave the purse with the land,
lady 'until after. his mother had gone
to work. Jimmy was glad that she
wouldn't have to clean up those offices
on 'Christmas Eve and Christmas
might •
litnnly's mother .smiled at him over
the potatoes she was peeling for -their.
supper.. "Didn't you. come. up the
front way?"
-"Yes,' Jimmy said AS he elosed the
door and walked. over to stare out
the one window in their room.
"You didn't leave Mike out in
front?"
"No---" The tears that he had been
holding back poured out. "The dog-
catcher took him away." Jimmy sank
into a chair by the table and buried
his head in his arms,
Shang to herself, Jimmy's mother
placed a comforting hand on his
shoulder and said, "I think it will be
all right with Santa if you get your
Present tonight instead of tomorrow
night." She took an envelope out of
the shabby purse • that lay on the
table, "Merry Christmas, Jimmy."
.Something in her voice made him
open the envelope and look inside.
"Mike's license!" Jimmy grabbed his
cap and started for the door,
• "You had better wait .until tomor-
row, Jimmy, It's late, and it's a long
way over to the dog pound. They'll
take good care of Mike."
HOLLY SUPERSTITION:
IT WILL DETERMINE
RULER. IN HOUSEHOLD
Husbands and wives! Attention!
There is an old superstition about
holly that will interest you. It was be-.
lieved by the ancients that the first
to bring Christmas holly into the
house, either husband or wife, would
be the one to rule the household dur-
ing the ensuing year.
But don't put too much stock in
the belief. Like other Christmas leg-
ends, the truth might be lost in
history,
The Druids were great admirers of
the holly plant, They believed that
its evergreen leaves attested to the
fact that it was never deserted by the
sun, and was therefore sacred.
Legends have related how the crown
of thorns was plaited from holly. The
leaves of the plant were white until
the Crucifixion, after which they
turned a deep, blood red.
A holly wreath placed on the door
is believed enough to frighten away'
even the boldest of witches.
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Jon, POINSETIT,
U.S. STATESMAN,
NOTED FOR FLOWER-
Although he was a brilliant states-
man and the friend of four American
Presidents, Joel Roberts Poingett is
famous chiefly because he introduced
the Mexican plant known as the
"Painted Leaf", of "Mexican Fire
Plant" into the United States.
Poinsett, the U.S. ambassador to
Mexico, called the plant to the at-
tention of American botanists and
grew the plant himself as a .hobby at
his South Carolina home, after he left
Mexico.
The plant grew heavily in Ameri-
can favor-especially popular at
Christmas time-and was renamed
poinsettia, in honor of the man who
brought it to this country.
Contrary to popular impressions, the
• flaming red bracts of the poinsettia
are not flowers, but leaves, and it is
for these bracts that the plants are
grown.
It is possible to have variations of
either pink or white varieties, as well
as of the more usual red, popular be-
cause it carries out the holiday color
scheme of rich bright red with a
contrast of the dark green of the
leaves.
The beautiful poinsettia, almost a
"must" as far as Christmas decorat-
ing is concerned, is one of the most
tempermehtal of, plant.
The poinsettia thrives in its native
Mexico, but elsewhere must be handl-
06; ed carefully -- perhaps pampered
slightly. However, the brilliantly eolor-
ed leaves it has at Christmas time is
reward enough for any efforts needed
to make the plant thrive,
Constant warmth is needed by poin-
settias. Temperatures should be kept
between 70 and 80 degrees during the
day and no less than 65 degrees at
night, Any sudden change in temp-
erature and drafts will cause the
plant to drop its leaves.
Abundant water is also a necessity,
but it should be applied but once a
day so that the plant 'may become
moderately dry between Vsaterings.
This permits needed 'Oxygen to reach
the roots.
Try to give the poinsettia the sun-
niest spot available. It is Wise to fer-
tilize it occasionally with a good com-
mercial food tablet.
`CIIRISTRINDLP IS SWISS
COUNTERPART OF SANTA
Santa Claus playa a very signifi-
Cant part in the Swiss celebration of
Christmas, observed mostly on DeCein-
bet 24th. It is Christkindli, the Christ
Child, who makes the rounds of the
Swiss homes on Christmas Eve.
This radiant angel is Said to have
come Prom the north, travelling on a
fairy-like sleigh pulled by a reindeer,
much in the faahfon of our Santa.
Christkindll brings good SWist ehlid-
ren a beautiful tree, and Many gitta.
Like Santa, he Stresses obedience