UJROOM.AH I*U . rl* JON IJ ECO K. AH, IOWA tain packages. This puzzled him, for his mamma had told him there would r , >* *vrx> a The Best Gift of All be no gif’s this year and he did not expect ar y except what Santa Claus • Big ; Hard ; Time V would bring. Bobby asked his moth- * ) f- • » ; er if what she brought in was intend- ed for Christmas, but she gave him no satisfaction, though him ¦ - she took in her arms and gave him a bear hug und a dozen kisses. She seemed as happy as if she expected Sapta Claus DANCE to bring everything she wanted for AT Christmas. * The day before Christmas a mes- senger boy came with a telegram for Frana Opera House, Calmar Mrs. Sawyer. She tore off the envel- ope end read it, and looked very hap- py, giving tlic* messenger a half dol- MONDAY, DEC. lar. Bobby asked wliat the telegram Bth was about. She told him it was about a Christmas gift she and all tin* rest Music by of tin* family were to receive, and when Bobby kept asking again and Deane’s Jazz Orchestra again “What is it mamma?” she gave him another bear bug and smothered With plenty of old time dance music as well ss the him with kisses. new. Come in your costumes, Bobby had a sister. Rdith, twelve hard time years old, and a brother Jim, ten. Both {it.Tasty Biscuits of them were too old to sympathize Dance Tickets SI.OO Plus War Tax 1| with Bobby in his faith In Santa Claus “Biscuits for bringing him the gift be bad promised let mother call, him in his letter. Indeed they didn't J® .lust a TO Breakfast!” We’re sure there s believe Santa Claus really wrote let- can’t be beat in store TO ters to children. Bobby tried bis best treat that get H — to out of Edith or Jim what made TO for us light, tender biscuits happy, all puffed up TO their mother so but they would if toasty brown and not tell. Indeed they seemed almost Raw 1® with goodness! For mother is sin>' as happy as she. Having failed with WANTED Furs —Calumet. 4a them Bobby tried Peter the postman. H of her baking powder Of all kinds. Also buy Gingseng at the highest mar- disappoints us because Peter said he suspected Santa Claus wLM She never had something to do with the family ket prices. Office at DECORAH VULCANIZING happiness, ‘ but he was not sure. So WORKS. GA La ii* fe' T poor Bobby was obliged to swallow Ills East Water Street. ! SAKIKG POWDER TO curiosity and wait for Christmas morn- ing. CHRIS HOEG. * Bobby went to bed on Christmas eve NOT THC Results 1& determined to resist the snndiynn and K4.O2DV It's dependable. keep his eyes open all night, so that he might get a glimpse of Santa Claus and see what his remarkable gift was. But the sandman soon begun to drop Calumet contains only such offi- sand in Bobby’s lids, and he was asleep IP as been approved have intfre-^^ dients U.S.lfood Authorities. in ten minutes after his head struck S% dailyby the the pillow. THE NEW |1 You Save When You Buy It. M When Bobby awoke the sun was Ilf ,e 1 quite high In the heavens. He heard You Sw* the word “Bobby!” shouted In his ears WRINKLE TANK \^| and at the same time felt himself gent- J’™ Yml^ ly shaken. He did not awaken by de- grees. but all at once. And there standing before him und looking down HEATER upon him, smiling, was his papa. “Why, papa!” lie exclaimed, “I W-^q thought you were never going to come home any more.” Extra heavy, made of boiler iron, and the best on (Copyright.) “Santa Claus told me that he was Tank Heater the market to day. These heaters GOING to write to bring me home to my little boy for are priced very reasonable. Call and see them. They Santa Claus a let- a Christmas gift.” burn any fuel. / The Thrift of Years. Why Busy People Have Leisure. ter asking him to Bobby threw his arms around his fa- will Every man should strive to live at They say that the busiest people bring me the ther's neck and hugged and hugged, least 100 years and die all hitched up have the most time to give In service things fon Christ- und it seemed that he would never c. e. McKinney hi working harness. Many a man to others, can turn clear attention to mas I want,” sald feels that he would like to retire at a new subject at an Instant’s notice. Bobby Sawyer. about sixty and spend the rest of hia This is simple because the busiest “Mannua says years with nothing to do but lead a people, the ones who are accomplish- that because papa gold-beaded cane around by the hand. ing the most, have learned the art of won’t ever come It Is thrifty to stay on the job Just prompt action, of quick dismissal of home any more aa long as possible. Every man should what has to be done. They can give we can’t have nny make the century plant his favorite you at any moment undivided atten- Christmas gift. I flower and the undertaker his worst tion because their minds are clear and (lou’t see why, be- enemy.—Thrift Magazine. ready. cause papa was lost at sea, Santa Claus won’t come as he used to. I Qrain hear of children writing to Santa for f’Mwhat they want and I’m going to write- Wanted!! : to him, too.” At the Milwaukee Elevator So Bobby sat down and wrote his tetter. He spelled bugle, bugel, and ve Christmas, Crismus, and some of the words were so bungled that the old HIGHEST MARKET PRICES | fellow must have had a hard time de- !er ciphering them; but all the things Bob wanted were named in the letter y! and he did not doubt for a moment that Santa Claus would respond gen- N. H. ADAMS m erously. “Why, Papa!" He Exclaimed. I package One morning shortly before Christ- a mas, Peter the postman left a letter let go. Mamma, and Edith and Jim at the door addressed to Robert Saw- came in und so great was the excite- §c yer. Peter who had long delivered the before the war ment that Bobby forgot to look for letters of the Sawyer family would uot what wus in his stocking. That was certainly the happiest Christmas the Sawyer family ever AMERICAN REP CROSS spent or ever would spend. Bobby a package was too young to have it all explained RED CROSS to him, but when lie Is older his mother during intends to tell him that his father was 5c the war on a vessel ithat was torpedoed and sunk. Mr. Sawyer was reported miss- CHRISTMAS ing, but he was picked up out of the water by an American cruiser and in time managed to get home. After word SEAL a package came that he was saved the letter was written to Bobby by his sister as from Santa Claus, und afterwards a tele- SALE FOR 1919 Sc gram came saying that his father mw would be on morning. home Christmas THE NEXT |(?)health and a THE FLAVOR LASTS | VL/hAPPY NEW YEARVI/1 TOGO SO DOES THE PRICE! That is Tuberculosis is next to go. The Red Cross *s• OBSERVING THE PROPRIETIES Christmas to Wrote Hie Letter. Seal Campaign is the opportunity secure funds, • give It to anybody but Bobby, saying to combat humanity’s greatest enemy. Winneshiek County • that Santa Claus required him to give surely is ready to do its share in this great struggle to • any letters marked “from Kris Kriu- fight gle” to the child to whom it was ad- tuberculosis- ? dressed und to no one else. Bobby opened it and read: “Dear Bobby: “I have received your letter and will “ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE” bring you the finest Christmas present you ever received in your life. has never been more true than in putting on a Red Cross “SANTA CLAUS.” Christmas Seal Campaign, so, we are asking all Winneshiek Bob of course was delighted with this, and he noticed that from the County to help, Christmas Seals are ONE CENT EACH time of its receipt everything about every penny helps, buy as many as you can afford. Use the house seenAed to take on a certain cheeriness. Bobtjy laid In wait for Pe- them on the back ofyour letters, order by mail, at one cent ter when he came again und asked him each or as you pass by step in and get them. a lot of questions as to how and where Santa Chius gave him the letter. Pe- D^.|)erv.su)e, <})V%-se.TvL ,s lopiQui. jft ter said that he was not permitted tc tell children anything about Santa BEN BEAR Claus. They must hang up their stock /\.okaoocL Jbaste. Ings and wait for him to fill them. This was three days before Christ Red Cross Christmas Seals tuus. Bobby who was very watchful /rvarval kbock, letected his mother smuggling in cer- ogu3e»jLo UaAj.