HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1932-12-15, Page 11T WA8 cold. About aix Inches of
snow had fallen within the last few
days. The stores were gay with
their Iliatentng decorations end
pretty holiday gifts. The pine and
spruce trees on the lawns were
**big with aunty colored electric
lights. It would be Christmas 1n a few
days.
John Clair sad Gordon Lawson were
sitting before the open Are la the New
Haven University club. Tbey were
leLn��
, j1 and frankly men of
"I- Midi -I-*hail go Os iiiaai--sees,'•
said John ()lair, as he fitted his pipe.
"It's getting cold here now."
'Why don't you stay a while?" salted
Gordon, "the season's But started, and
Caere are mune very pretty deba this
year
"Women. all you think of Is wo-
men," mid (lair disdainfully.
The two men were silent for a few
Monte.. Then John said: "Oh. by
the way, Lawmoa, what are you giving
s4 ladles tor Christmas?'
*Why?"
"Ob—Jest a wetter ef my'feeMe bee
still fnnetlooing curiosity."
"For Carmine—a gorgeous dresser
set (she's vain); tor Lelah—a rope of
pearls (she has an unusually beautiful
throat) ; for Mwrise—"
"Stop!" interposed Clair. "Why
don't you give ber something ortgtnttt•
a beautiful shoe tree set, for inataneer
"What are you going to cite the
darlings for Christmas?" demanded
Laweon.
"My dear Lawson:" he answered
medemcendlnsly, "I am -going to pre-
sent • girl with her brother au a gift"
"A bevther? Wb.y not s husband?"
"That will come later. Shall 1 tell
yea the story r'
"Tea, go .head --if It gets too tire-
some 1'u let you know."
"Do you remember when 1 graduated
from Yale?" began (lair; "that was
about du!e years ague, 1 b elkwe. slid a
tastable year, because ft we. the lest
Mae 1 ever did any wort."
Lawson sighed. "Ab—d* detailed
history pt John Clair," he murmured.
"My father diad the yes"' afbr, boa
will recall," cwntioned rash. "Weds
the Jut year 1 was at school flys stern-
117 went to Europe and dead the
town home. So I'rented a gat`
"You were always clever," said law -
won with nock aplaeslaat
"Strange as it may Mem to you.
Lawson, 1 have a hidden talent I era
write. 'When I was is school I ayes
had aspirations to be a newspaper
mar."
"1 see. illi le 6ntj a3otii faded!!
There are no women In this narrative."
"Walt a moment. Then wlU be
prraenUy. The whole story bangs on
the fact that about Christmas thew
that year I wrote an unusually grad
They Were Young, Good IwskLg, aN
Frankly Men of Leisure
English theme. It was about a Rua -
elan Christmas."
"tk,od Lord." ejaculated Lawaoar
"you're never been to Russia, mar"
"I know, but 1 took the idea from a
ho.,k. or magaslne or something, and
rewrote it. Well, tate good-hearted
prof. handed It In in one of the papers,
THE SIGNAL
and they published it. How realistic
that story was you will understand in
a few minutes."
"1 hope so."
"Christmas eve I was coming home
rather late from a party, in fact a
series of parties", so It was almost demi
,whken 1 1st myself in the evanesced.
And what Mould 1 see curies' up
asleep on the chesterfield but a girl.
ehe was poorly dressed, and she had a
tot of dark hair God Loa 't`ilca ,tete..
her face, so I couldn't tell whether or
not she was pretty. but t took the
chance, and awakened her. Site sat up
straight and looked at me and smiled.
Bks was beautiful, line features and
that sort .of thing. And a figure that
smell make most of these debu turn
Lte�w1W envy. Weil, anyhow abe
s�
talking to me In an umgodly
tongue and all i could do was look
'teased.
" 'Aren't you Russian?' she asked.
" 'Hnere forbid,' 1 replied ; '1 am a
Clod -tearing American eltizen, about to
graduate from Yale, wed--'
" 'I beg your pardon; she said cold-
ly, and moved coward the door.
" 'I am sorry If I have offended you
5* WV way: 1 spoiogiied. 'Won't you
at least stay and bare breakfast with
mer
"4Y* shook ber head, but when she
saw bow it was showing outside she
recousldered, and turned around.
" '1 ampules you deservd an explana-
tier,' abet said.
"'1'011 dittl"CTrfrb'10 ten—Ms a thing
if Toa dome wee to,' I replied.
Lou funny boy ; don't you think It
is et all strange to find a girl whom
yo 'd never seen before, asleep in your
apartment?'
'I don't know—1 was just wonder-
ing why I ever stopped believing in
Santa Claus,' I answered.
"Tine girl laughed, mad after that we
got along beautifully. While we were
eating breakfast she told Inc all about
It It seems that she wee a member
of the aristocracy in Russia, not e
princess, perhaps, but still of eery 11gb
rank. Well, she and her brother Man-
aged to get along tor time, then one
day he left ber to go to another town
on bnstneso and he never came back.
She heard from him once or twice, and
he said he was escaping to America,
and asked her to follow him.. Mo she
did. And she told her story to the
New York .ad Beaton newspaper, but
she was never able to find any trace of
him. Almost penniless, she came to
New Haven. She read my story,
thought perhaps I was a Remise writ-
ing ruder a pen name, went to the
newspaper olllce, obtat[ed my address,
and with a sew faint hep fie Wee cerate
to my apartment.
" 'Of course the men la the once
kttlew who you were. die said dndlg-
t autly, but I suppose they thought it
would be a good story for you to find
me here.'
" 'God blew (lire newspaper men,' I
said fervently. 'And I'll help you find
-- GODERICH, ONT.
In Bethlehem
HOLIDAY SPECIAL&
By Betty Barclay
Ohdegma. Fruit Cake
5; eup hatter
1 cup sugar
1 cup Mane jsics
8 tyres sifted Attar
% utak powder
54 cap tetrtdY.a asides
54 cup Abdlsd Miaow peel
to wap ewYdisd spastics
5y cup chopped nuts
Welts of 8 eggs
Creels borer, add suer sad cream
Mid& Add twangs Juke altetosisly
with 2 cups Soar sifted wish) baking
powder and salt. Add remaining rep
of Sour wits finely -lopped trW5* and
nuts. 114314 b sUAly-bestar egg whites.
$Ire In loaf pro in a moderate oven
(326 degrees) for one boor.
• New 1nar's Whip
. Whiten of2eggs
1-8 cups sugar
Spriekiing salt
511 cad orange juke
Heat whites tit eggs utatdl
Outlaysugar and malt and continuebeadng
stmt sniff. Fold In orange juke. Serve
with custard saute made as follows:
Yolks of 2 eggs
' cup sugar
I cup euilk
1 tablespoon orange Juke
SdtriPllkssg
telt ._
Bert egg -yolks thoroughly with erg.
ar, add milk and cook over hat water
until smooth, fool and add mime
juice sud salt.
HOLIDAY SALADS
Antis tied Oralgs Salad
Pel and *Hoe oslsames, rejecting all
white saeubnue. Cut
elloes from teed apples. without paring.
Arrange am lettuce -covered salad plates.
using ettemate shoes of orange sad
a ppie.
Grapefruit Saint
Inlet onenga son} grapefruit-
ride
rapefruitvide into ssgnments, rejecting all white
Akio. Artenge a eir•ke of unnoge seg -
marts on a lettuce -covered salad plate
mod fill entire with grapefruit seg-
ments.
WHITEas an altar been, upon a hili
WHITE
hoar with age, yet gently touched by Time.
There viands within Judaea, lovely sdU, '
Amid the clingers of the fig and Mae
The hallowed endue that pal can move and thrill
The soul of unbelief and shake the welt:
Around the holy place the throngs of earth
Assemble to adore, to venerate
A day which dawned. In splendor for the birth
Of One divine! while angels opened the gate
Of Love in life, ark with white peace beglrth,
(lave to the world a song of hope and mirth.
---G. Yellen
Pie,
litliteretRIVIIVENEMPIPVIDIMMIttEllEttEIRTt
your brother—what Is your rams, by
the way?'
_ '' 'Dauer Petremeeed, bat-i-esaiitt'-e
think of butiog you try to Red Wm,'
she protected.
" 'Think nothing of it. I am train -
She Was Beautiful, Fine Features and
Tlert Sort et Thing
ung to be a detective, and that will be
good practice.'
" 'I don't believe it," she laughed,
'but you are a dear Amerken. no 1
thing 1 .hail let you.' "
"How nice of her," Interrupted law -
sou. "And I euppoee you found the
brother"
"Yes, i found him just a few days
ago, playing In a cote in Hartford. It
was a sort of Russian resort So 1
•
gave him her address end a little casb.
As you have probably concluded. I fell
In Jars with the seri, 64t i . decidfd -1
wouldn't ask her to marry me until 7
bad found her brother."
"i understand. You wanted to make
her feel indebted to you."
"Sole is wonderful," he mused, "won-
derful."
The two men smoked In silence for
a few athlete', Then a boy brought In
t1* attention UMW. Glair looked through
his until he found a small envelope ad-
dressed in large, unusual handwriting.
"An Invitation to' spend Christmas
with 1)ounla and her brother," he ex -
natured, as he tore open the letter:
"MAP I came- too?" teased~-Law,tnt-
Clair read:
"fl)ear Johnnie:
'I want to thank you many, many
times for finding 1.eo. It has made me
very happy, and yon were m kind to
look for him. Bat 1 wart to ask your
forgiveness for deceiving you, . tor It
wasn't my brother whom you were
looking for. It was my husband. '
"He sends his best regards. We
both, want you to spend Christmas with
us. You will come. won't you, John-
nie? Affectionately,
"DO ."
A discreet use of bee oming n.r•-
moule inspirits the aluegist' and In-
flames even the devout worshipper.
The lack of punctuality becomes a
habit and a state of mind, which shows
lack of Interest In one's work. Punctu-
ality le the Men of an orderly mind
LIMON ML'1CIMEAT
4-tsaons
2 apples
1 pound currant.
'A cup raisins
3', cup chopyed mit.
5k cad melted butter
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon mit
1 tre..pouq ground cinasmyn
1 teespormn ground nutmeg
1 trosp eon ground clove.
1 tcuap nun ground Omer
1 Rwepee [sound alleptee
Meteor juice from lemons and conk
peel nail soft. Put through meat-
ohrem.r .tad then tub through a Moe.
and is au essential of life --William.. I Add chopped spider and remstuRing in
1hosdny, December lets, 1W--4
mist" mix well sad whereto jars Use
as a Sllhng for tunoovers and pia.
SWEET CMOQUETlis
1 cup male cake crumbs
34 cup (egged, h1aanbed almonds
or ahrwlded coconut
Grated rind 3 knave
54 *lampoon lemon Juke
54 cup orange Juicy
1 egg yolk
1 es' whits
Flue rake crumbs
Mix arm four felrredleot+a In mune-
pan, add orange Juke, to muleteer, and
let ataswl tees minutes Heat to boabg
poke; remove from fire; add egg yolk,
Med cool. Shape as c uaWee; dip to
egg whtpr besawp ateghadg, wag one
tablespoon cold water ; cell to si1'bed
dry bread or cake crumbs, and try la
dwet tat lipellehle with powdered au
gat. eked serve wile chocolate sauce.
Custom has an ascendency over the
understanding.
litirelliententitireentilt
The Quest
A PILliR1M walked'with weary
ill tread.
Ile taught the flower d Peace,
In vats,
'Mundt .es" ..towed.. of sr
Instead,
Bloaaome of worldly wealth
and pin.
These bloasoma, dazzling to the
eyes,
Soon 'faded. now the earth My
bare
'heath the cheerless ikieftry
skies
This pilgrim searched with
sealous care.
Men scoffed at.hlm. "Why labor
_ on
For that which yon try- ninfor
find?
Why strive with evil? Peaon is
COUP,
'Tie feeler to be resigned."
But. though this <vtmaal Rade
hint grieve, ..
1'nlauuted, steadfast on be
went,
Till on that first glad Christ-
mas Eve
Ilan heart was gilled with
deep content.
He knew his weary quoit' would
cease,
For In a humble cattle shed
At last he found the Flower of
l'esee
Growing beside Ma Girls
Child's bed!
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Chips are still flying
from the original prices
Men's
Overcoats
A full range of Miters or-Ukterettes. A
real value in this group.
:Am rates -
1n brwedeloth or flan-
nel!. Choose from a
wide range of pattens.
C> (ails Sale Prise
95c to $1:95
Men's Brace
Garter Sets
New assortment to chomp from
SOc, 75c, 95c, $ 1.25
Men's all-lsathsr Work Shoes
in black only. Siam 8 to 11.
Christmas Sate $1.95
Men's Fatty Dress Sox
In Bile, rayon• silk and wool of all -wool
CHRiSTMAS SAIJR
PRICE
SHIRTS
wales sr Patterned Shirts can be given to
most awn for Christmas with every assurance
that they will be very welcome. Siam 14 to
17. In Ohrlrtmaa boxes. Christmas Sale
Price
95c to $2.45
Smart Neckwear
GLOVES
Always a popular (ittt. (cloven for driving.
dress or work may be selected from broad
awrortmenta. (ihrlstmas Sale Price
for Chrietmas. A splendid aeoortmeot of latest
designs all pet up in fancy Christmas boxes.
Exceptional values
19c, 29c, 49c, 75c, 9&
Men's Mufflers
An acceptable Otft. Man's white silk Mufflers
hi plain or floral deafens. (:hri.tmas Sale
69c, 79c, $1.29
aGJFTS
BOYS' ALL -WOOL
PULLOVERS
g in fancy strip.. and
2cheek*.
tine. 26 to 34.
--Ohdat a. eat.
$1.19
We invite you to
Store your headquarters
tote Christmas
We Ssarsntee mist
or money y bas
Arent
yOU do not want to miss this
opportunity of getting
your Cfhrl.trnae Gifts at
our Store. We have many bar-
gains ler you and you will be
repaid if you come early while
the selections are good.
Make your selection now. Our
stock is complete. Our prices
are rock -bottom.
49c to $T.95
Men's Bathrobes
will please Men's Bathrobes of flood cpbality
aklerdown, choice eolttr69
-
1ng and dealgrta.
(firisti
tmas ll« 2.
MEN'S WHITE LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS
Ir1aUm fir lnlWll. 15c and 25c each
tw fancy boxes.
Chttatmaa Re le
Men's Fleemlined Shine and
Spnelai Cbristmaa Sale Pries
Drawees.
ase
FOR THE BOY.a.=.,
BOYS' AVIATOR
LEATHER CAPS
with or without goggles
in black or brown.
Price -
79c
Christmas sal. Prio.
79c and 95c
'sit'
nab this
�oPp•
.etas ss
1p lop Taullutrs
BOYS' LOATHER
Windbreaker: or
Coats
--Ohristease $.1. Price ---
$2.95 to $4.95
BOYS' CORDUROY
BREECHES
in bile or brown. sizes
a to 14 years.
--Christmas sale Pries-
$1.59
GIVING
is a pleasure
at these prices ,„
MEN'S FINE ALL -WOOL
SWEATERS
In Pullovao_or Sweater Coat x5714 in fancy
or plain colors.
c";17,.."• $1.69 to $3.45
Men's Spats The
mired Amissp for Winter.
`tars95cto$1.69
MEN'S CAPS
.'ewest colon for winter wear. An ideal
Uhrt.tn>amo Gift.
Christmas Sale Price .. - 89c
Men's AU -lather Bides
In plain or fancy braided, with initial bnckkes.
Christmas Sal. Price. 79c and $1.19
M...'s all -wool Zipper Windbreaker*
In braes, blue. peen or red. An Ideal ('hrist-
nom aft
Christmas Sale Price ..... .. $2.49
Mews SUiT CAMS, CLUB BAGS TEA-
VALLiNG CASES, W make anitable Gifts.
Men's Romeo Slippers
in Meek or brown kid. An Mimi (tuft. MI sedan.
Christmas Sale Price $ 1.49
ROBINSII
r, y. ....amain �a�te many
Open evening until
Christmas. Watch our
window. for $peeing dur-
ing Christmas sale.
ssea ya'e4 err:
rnone 304
STANFIELDS ALL -WOOL, SILK and WOOL
OOYRTNATION A
Christmas Sale Price $2.75 to $3.49
hp's Hamel Work Shirts
ion dark gr'e7 er brown nines 54 to IT.
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