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Santa Claus never waits until
the last minute and then scur
ries around and wonders what
hr* vT .1 • ? ’.out this or about
that.
You can guess from the stor
es they tell about him, and
from the way he looks, that he
is the kind who does things
when they ought to be done—
quite a while before the last
minute. And with Christmas
less than two weeks away, it
is well to follow old Santy’s ex
ample.
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NOT WHAT, BUT HOW
Every once in a while these
days one is reminded that in a
little while Christmas will be
be here.With the festive day
less than two weeks away,
the shop windows are com
mencing to show gay displays
of toys and gifts and there is a
vast undercurrent of planning
going on that seems to make
everyone emanate a sort of
restlessness. Not that the plan
ning is hard work, even tho
one goes at it with all their
might and main ;because, as
everyone knows, when you do
anything to make anyone hap
py, it is never hard work and
the more patience and skill you
you have to employ in doing it,
the more fun it is.
If you were to ask him face
to face, we have no doubt that
Santa Claus would tell you
that a lot of people miss half
the fun of Christmas because
they forget that it isn’t what is
given that counts, but how it is
given. He doubtless woula
tell you that what a thing costs
or how much it shines, has
nothing to do with it. What
really counts, is how much af
fection and kindness and well
wishing you put into it In oth
er words, it’s what you are,
more than the gift that counts.
INDISPENSABLE
The greatest conveniences in
life often prove of exceeding
inconvenience — many things
considered indispensable being
‘he cause of numberless trials
and tribulations. It can, indeed
be said of other things than
women: “you can’t get along
without them and you can't
ret along with them.”
Every thoughtful man wants
to own his own home and to ac
quire other real estate for j
reasons known to all. But for
other very good reasons some,'
who may, do not. Possession of
unencumbered real estate in- j
vites many undesirable things;
friends in trouble who want to
borrow, secure bail or an en
dorsement on a note or bond.
Depending on circumstances, j
of course, the possession of
property places the possessor
on the “sucker list” of stock
salesmen and contribution col
lectors. And, outside of Hyder,
there are generally taxes to
pay.
And yet, though there be evil
seconds in every minute, opti
mists predominate in this life
and pessimism is forbidden by
popular edict. Life will be
at least “fair to middlin’ as
long as its advantages counter
act the disadvantages and
there remanis some semblance
of equality between the agree
! able and the disagreeable
j phases of human existence.
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UNFAIRNESS DOES NOT
PAY
Fortunate indeed is that or
. -anization or community that
loes not contain one of that
Particular type of individual
•vho will take an unethical ad
vantage.
On the school ground he is
he lad who will always be
Zound in the shove for the in
side track. Later on, in politics
or business or professional life,
he can never be counted on to
carry through with associates
or competitors. When they
plan to do something as an as
sociation or as a community
they will always look to him to
him to pull something that it
just a little off form, and he
seldom disappoints them. Nat
urally he is unpopular with his
contemporaries and competit
ors, but they are seldom hurt
a great deal deal by his unfair
ness, for the reason that the
public these days is just a lit- j
tie quicker than ever before to ;
spot unfairness and to reason
that if a man is unfair in his
competition, he will bear close
watching in his dealings with
customers and clients.
Taking unfair advantage nev
er pays permanently.
Just for Fun
He: “If you keep looking at
me that way I’m going to kiss
you.”
She: “Well, I can’t keep this
expression long.”
Many a man is chiefly known
for his ability to drive a hard
bargain.
Figures may not lie, but sta
tistics will back up a lot of mis
information.
Pete Wilson says mothers once
kept that school-girl com
plexion by occasionally walk
inging five or six miles past a
lot of drug stores.
The distinction is this: A real
ist believes what he sees. A
visionary is convinced he will
eventually see what he be
lieves.
There are fewer self-made
men than formerly, observes a
well known educator. Also ■
they have stopped puttng boot- i
straps; on boots.
A little girl was told about:
Christmas time that she was i
naughty and for that reason
Santa Claus might not bring
her a Christmas present.
“Well,” said she, “at any rate
you needn’t say it so close to
the chimney!”
In the last generation, says a
medical writer, man has learn
ed to put off death an addition
al 10 years, thus marking an
other distinction between death
and taxes
Love is a good deal like eat- (
ing mushrooms. You don’t1
know whether it’s the real:
thing until it is too late.
Tell us your attitude toward
the approach of Christmas,
and we’ll tell you how old you
are.
Medicos who deplore kissing
evidently would take the in
fection out of affection.
An authority on children says
every little girl goes through
a spell of playing “house.” The
problem is to keep her that
way after the wedding.
The nation that goes to war
at this particular time had bet
ter be equipped with a proper
ly drawn last will and testa
ment.
If we size up the situation cor
rectly, there seems to be money
in too many things besides <
working. 11
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Some wives’ attitude appeal’s,
to be that if they can’t get all
the money they prefer to get! <
alimony.
While in a Persian marriage j
ceremony the bridegroom is
not present, in this country it
frequently appears that he is
merely among those present. !
Who remembers when a girl
with an unattractive face had
to let it go at that.
College girls are taking up
boxing. They wrestle, also, but
it is called dancing.
As it is Outside.
He: “We had a party last
night.”
She: “Anything to drink?”
He: SQre. I went out for gin
and oranges, and had to go to !
five places before I could find
any oranges.
Christmas week will be the ;
iwappiest of the year, accord- ,
ing to Oren F.
Movie: A place where people
go to cough.
Granddad may have been a
pip of a sod-buster but it was
not on the golf links.
Pat found himself hard up,
and without a flake of tobacco
in his pouch. Suddenly he es
pied a Scotch friend coming
down the street, but recalling
the latter’s predilections, he
accosted the Scot, with what
he conceived a highly strateg
ic plan: “Might I trouble ye
for the loan of a match, San
dy?” he asked.
“Aye,” answered the Scotch
man, as he tendered a single
match.
“Faith, now!” cried the artful
Irishman: “If I haven’t come
out without any tabaccy at all,
an’ its so late all the shops are
closed.”
“Ah,” said the Scot, reaching
out his hand. “In that case,
ye’ll no’ be needin’ the match.”
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Chamber
of
Commerce !
i
Hyder, Alaska
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Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
About 75,000,000 lead pen- '
:ils are sold yearly in America .
>ut we can’t learn who buys
hem.
All these professional reform
rs should have patience with
he rest of us. After all, the
vorld’s wickedness keeps ’em
n a job.
“How many people in this
uidience have ever done any
hing to prevent the destruct
on of our forests?’’ asked the
ectuner.
A modest-looking man in the
jack of the hall stood up. “I
jr-I’ve shot woodpeckers,” he
said.
Did anybody ever hear a
‘lapper sing “Home, Sweet Ho
ne?”
Nobody can see a man who is
ill wrapped up in himself.
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