December 27, 1935 (6 pages)

levada City Nugget 305 Broad Street. Phone 36: A eect Revapaver, @s defined by statute. Printed and Published atNevada City. . Editor and. Publisher © 8 M. LEETE 1879. One year (In to life and limb. less. safety to the public highway, speed may be considered. past year. Beach Press-Telegram. Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Friday at Nevada City, California, and entéred matter of the Nevada City, under Act of Congress, March 3, as mail second class in-the postoffice at SUBSCRIPTION RATES Advance) Public Safety Must Be Assured Throughout the Nation, public sentiment is being arous_ed to a point that demands effective action for a reduction of highway fatalities.Here in California, particularly, where a system of splendid boulevards and many scenic attractions invite extensive touring, there is a growing something must be done to promote traffic ‘safety. That speed is a more important factor in this problem than heretofore: conceded is indicated by a report just made by the State Department of Motor Vehicles. The proportion of deaths on country roads’ and state highways now is greater than on the congested streets of the cities. time in the history of California that “the open road’’ has ex‘ceeded the more restricted urban thoroughfare as a menace realization share of special regulations ;. that This is the first The state survey discloses the corroborating fact that 65 _per cent of: all traffic killings occur when cars are exceeding the 45-miles-per-hour speed limit. Death seldom attends an autohobile or truck that is moving at 20 miles per hour, or Another significant finding of this investigation is that trucks are responsible for more than their relative fatalities. Freight carriers represent about 15 per cent of the moto vehicles registered by the state; and they are involwed in 30.2 per cent of the accidents studied. Jt is not an infrequent experience to witness a heavy truck, sometimes with a trailer attached, dashing along a state road at a speed in excess of 45 miles an hour. In studying ways and means to bring pie track of Accidents involving intoxicated: drivers and intoxicated pedestrians increased 20 per cent in California during the While it is unfortunately true that little progress has been made in the past with the reduction of traffic accidents means of campaigns for greater safety, nevertheless there is evidence of a more and more general realization that the situation has reached a crisis and that drastic steps must be taken to bring the careless driver and the careless pedestrian to a realization of their debt to society, if not to themselves. ; This need stands out with dreadful emphasis when it is said that 2805 persons were killed and 45,153 injured on California’s streets and highways during the past year.—Long DY LOCAL . . PE NING: Mr. L. W. Cheney, superintendent of the Gracey-Glencoe mine, spent Christmas day in the bay district with his family, returning home on a Wednesday evening. Mrs. Ella M Austin, county superintendent of schools, went to San Francisco where she spent Christmas with her son, Mr. Bert Austin, and Mrs. Aiistih, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Carter had a happy reunion of family members Christmas day with the following present, Mr. and Mrs. R J. Morrison ‘and daughter, Miss Gertrude Rey: nolds of Sacramento; Mr. Will Carter and son, Clark Carter; Messrs. George and Lawrence Carter. Mrs. Morgan Emlay of San Francisco. is the guest of Mr, and Mrs. George Calanan aye the Christmas holidays. “Mr. and-Mrs. Simon \Hieroninius thad as Christmas day guests Mr. and Mrs. De Matei of the bay district; Mr. and Mrs. EB. C. McCluskey of Alleghany and Barton Smythe of LooniMr. and Mrs. B. M. ; Sparks, . Nevada, spent with their daughter and son in law, -. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tucker of Nepe ‘vada City. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Muscardini, of! _ Sacramento street, had. a8 guests _ Christmas ‘day their daughter, ‘Miss ma Muscardini of Sacramento, ‘Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Ronchi of Mergen ave within the next few Vashington, D. Ce to be ee ee Congress: ‘reopens after of . Christmas, Why Christmas Day Comes on the 25th of December HRISTMAS, which seems to have been first officially instituted church feast-day by a decree. of Pope Telesphorus, between 142 A, D, ana Indeed, it was’ the most movable of. all It was usually celebrated by the eastern branches of the Christian church in April or May, while in the western part of Europe days in January or other months were 154 A. D., was a movable feast. the Christian festivals. observed as Christmas, In A.’ D: 887 St. Cyril, Jerusalem, obtained from Pope Julians authority to appoint-a commission to determine, if possible, the precise Gay From the chronological archives of the Roman censors, establishing the. times of oecurrence of certain events of the same period ‘of the Roman. government. of Palestine, the theologians of the eastern’ and western divisions. of the Christian church agreed upon December 25 ss the date of the birth of Jesus, and thereupon this became the officially decreed and generally nee Dies Christof Christ’s nativity.’ mas day. a eo CHRISTMAS SMOKES: Alice—they say ‘a ‘woman “can't se-lect’ Chftstmas eigars. May—Nonsense. I have been sound. Ang my: husband and he says he likes All 12 arate todo is to light cigars, match the shade. Mistletoe, a Tree ag, bishop of a I “Us Praccht-Day ‘Siales. “hee. Gens y Good Shesbery for Mrs. Gandy to go to Sayville that morning: Mr. Gandy was going, one she wished most to have. done—a but Forgot Own Present . I". WAS simply out of “the lquesticll The day before Ohristmas and a thousand.things to do: but Of course he could do many errands, yet hardly the . , ANTA = MONICA, CALIF.— Our ancestors, the men and ‘women who whittled this country out of ramping wilderness— they were different, although perhaps difficult to get along with. They'd fight you over almost any issue—their personal rights, their public wrongs, their national principles, their private prejudices, their outer boundaries, their. internal policies. They fought one another; they fought foreign powers. But, excusing : politicians and professional. ‘whiners, they didn’t'dd such an awful lot of fretting over the painfully primitive conditions of a pioneering life. We, their children, with too many Inws we won't enforce, too many criminals we won’t punish, too many unjust taxes we won't rebel against— we complain about everything. It’s.as though a race of eagles bred a breed of worms that turn only to turn the other cheelx. I guess we're getting .peevishly flabby.“ I woke up this morningfeeling as flabby as a cold flapjack, and I don't know when I’ve been peevisher, So I sat down and wrote this. N.B.—And_ never mind telling me that a worm hasn't any cheek, I know that as well as yon do. -_ * * Irvin S. Cobb. Van Sweringen’s Passing. RANTED, that in these shifting times there is a somewhat prevalent tendency to regard it this way and be governed accordingly: for a man to lave been a success is a crime, but to have been a failure is a profession. Even so, there’s still a thrill, reading of the career of M, J. Van Sweringen. Horatio Alger might have written him. He starts life asa newsboy in Cleveland. Today, at fifty-four, he lies dead there. How many millions he left, nobody knows. Probably he didn’t much care. It must have been the sport and not the size of the gume-bag that made him a dominant figure in railroading and» finance. That’s one side of the American picture. The other side is that almost every one of us knows, or has heard, of a former reputed millionaire who’d like to get a good job somewhere selling newspapers. . * * * The Source of an Idea. RAN a¢rosSs it the other ‘day—this ancient one. Shipwrecke@ mariners in crisis, Sea rising, life raft sinking beneath them, no rescue craft in sight. Situation seems to call for professions of faith. But nobody can quote from the Scriptures, nobody. Gun sing a hymn, nobody even knows a prayer. Desperately, the mate speaks wp: ;‘Men, we gotta do somethin’ pious—let’s pass the hat.” I read that antique wheeze and in a flash the puzzle was’ solved. Now I know where tlrey got the original idea —those economie wizards in and out of congress, who, in times like these, bob up with warious theories, but all aimed at the Same purpose; namely, that financial security can be restored not by giving imdtstry a chance to recuperate, but by taking away the previous. fruits of industry, % = + -* Hollywood’s Newest Grievance. . ieee parse! sentiment is that those alleged polygamists recentlyon trial‘over at Kingman, in Arizona, should be penalized for breaking the rules. You see, the curious colony up there in the @esert favors having a lot of wives all at Once, whereas the Hollywood championship téam prefers various wives, one at a time, which prevents confusiom and works out to the same gratifying high scores ‘In the end. ‘But no matter how the law may serve those Arizona husbands, I would put in a plea for the female co-defendants charged with'marrying ’em so copiously. For I’ve just seen some newspaper pictures of the male prisoners, Gentlemen of the jury, if they be true likenesses, those poor near-sighted women. already have suffered enough. Talk about being more sinned against than sinning. = x * That Banker’s Identity. F THE President won't name him, Ishan’t. But I’ll bet anything—any.thing I have left, I mean—that the distinguished banker who: told ‘him ‘this country could swufely vo in debt for quite a lot more Dillious is the same financial wizard who counseled me about my dainty little investments In thé blithe, briiw days before 1929, It certainly sounds like the same fellow. On second thought, maybe not, Because the last’ E heard of: my banker, he was sitting by the’ Steam-pipes at a county poor-farm back Hast, telling the other inmates about an infallible system for beating those stock market boys. ‘You see; he was sucker’ enough to follow his own RONG, Can you Despite its popularity as a}Christmas green, there is little worry about conserving the ‘ecoultry’s supply of imagine? ‘the aa of $250. ‘aitd mistletoe, For this attractive plant, with its shiny, dark leaves and waxy white berries, grows as a parasite high ‘on the branches of trees and does considerable damage:to its host frees. Science has reyealed that the mistle— toe seeds are carried from tree i. ee by birds. : from the genaty at IRVIN S. COBB. © Nofth. American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.—— W NU Service. The Blaci: Tiger The black tiger is amene the rarest of beasts, but the Imperial Gazetteer of India says that a few specimens. have oeen ahet “NUGGET ADS PAY \gout Obristmas duty is done, == SEtO eS bus which ran once a day. begged her to come home with her band. guess.” Give a large size. bit of a scheme to get her husband himself, but she was a trifle dismayed when, at five o’clock, Mr. Gandy-came home, tired, hungry and tumbled an armful of packages on the kitchen table, “You got the sage for the dressing? The celery? ‘The red toy truck for Tommie? The blue mittens for Sarah? The nuts and raisins; and the white wool for grandma?” Mr. Gandy nodded and inquired how . goon supper would be ready. “And,” asked his wife casually, “the gloves for Andrew, his wife wanted?” Mr. Gandy smiled. “I clean forgot about them until the bus was ready to start! So I just hopped into.a place iand grabbed the first pair I saw. ‘Good enough for old Andrew,’ I thought, but they aren’t much.” He grinned a little shamefacedly, like a boy. i Mrs. Gandy plumped down ina chair. “Bill Gandy, that serves you just right. Thoge gloves are a Christmas present from me to,you. You are served with your own saute!” And she laughed so hard that Bill Gandy had to join her at his own expense.—Martha B. Thomas, © Western Newspaper Union. Mothers’ Night, Ancient English Christmas Name HE oldest English name for Christmas is Moddra Night, or Mothers’ Night. In the early days, when our Saxon forefathers’ had just settled Gown in the country that was to be England, the day of December 25th was given up to games and feasting, but the night was dedicated to the special honor of mothers. They occupied the seats of honor, and everyone brought them gifts. Sons and daughters who had gone out into the world strove to be at home on. that one night in the year. A little later the name Yule Was given to Christmas, and the rejoicings of the day were prolonged into night, when men sang and told stories sitting round the cheerful blaze of the Yule log. The old customs of Mothers’. Night gradually died out, though they still survive in a few’ parts of the country. Its place has been taken to some extent by Mothering Sunday in the North of England. On that day everyone who ean do so still makes a pilgrimage homewards, and the mother receives the homage. of her family.—London Tit-Bits Magazine. SS Oss ES THE DAYS BEFORF ii “What «fice manners the polite little Thompson boys have!” “Yes, They are always like that Just before Christmas,” Proper Size for Toy Blocks Four inches long by two inches squarvé is a good size for children’s building blocks, according to educational experts. These can be made at home by cutting them from a 2 by 2 planed joist, sandpapering the edges and corners to a slight roundness, ‘and painting them in bright colors. Old, worn blocks can be given a new lease on life by enameling them in gay hues. SSS ONS Shakespeare and, Christmas Christmas is mentioned but twice by Shakespeare and then incidentally. Yuletide. was, however, an important time in his life, because it was then that ‘his plays were produced by command at the courts of Queen Plizabeth and James I, with went see’ in’ the casts. Toys’ Should Please the Child Select Christmas toys to please the child, not to amuse the adults in: the family. Your Christmas Pleasure Your Christmas pleasure is due w. gift for himself, Sayville was the nearest shopping place to the tiny village where the Gandys lived, a good fifteen miles over the mountain, by a rickety Mrs. Gandy was struck with an idea. She hurried to a neighbor’s house and “Just ask Mr. Gandy if he will buy for you a pair of gloves, for your husHe'll never The, neighbor obligingly consented. Mrs, Gandy felt well pleased with her to buy his own gift (unknowingly) for -son has just sung. angels’ song, as he remembered it, in the court of.the prinee, so that he and his kingdom hbeeame thereafter faithful followers of the Babe Jesus, BED wore a striped tunic of oO” orange and white somewhat rag; ged and dirty, though his mother, Lara, washed clothes for other families in order to keep herself and ten-year-old son from starving, Yet you seldom noticed Obed’s ragged tunic because of his vivid face. His skin was smooth olive, his lips were red, and his dark eyes were the color of pools at midnight. Obed sang a great deal. If he heard a tune whistled on the street he ran home singing it all the way. If he heard music strummed in the bazaars, he'd linger near until he remembered every note of it. In fact, Obed’s listening “ears were boxed many times by people feeling too cross or too t.ced for merry melodies. Even Lara scalded him. “Have . not enough, my son, beating: soiled clothes on hard cold stones day after day, without listening te your voice sda ieee in every corner?” But the whole world’ was a song for Obed. The sweet twitter of birds on dewy mornings. The sound of water lapping over sand, the very rumble of eart wheels over the eobble-stones thundered out its own rough music for the pleasure of his ears. *“What help are you te a poor mother. ke gone with you!” scolded Lara day after day. Obed laughed, never meaning to be thoughtless or disobedient, having ears only for the music about him. One evening late in December the longing for the shepherd’s songs overcame him, and he slipped away at dusk, the morning he looked a different boy. His cheeks were pale. His lips did not smile, but there was a new and somber light shining in his dark eyes. This time his mother gazed at him in sorrow. He saw how worn she was, and he kissed her. “I cannot say I’m sorry,” he hesitated, “Not even now can I tell you.” His tunic was worn and stained. He wore a ragged sheepskin about his shoulders. On this he sank down in his own corner and went to sleep:. When he woke his face was flushed and rosy. He knelt on the tivor and looked at the busy street below. Then he opened his lips and a song of such joy and purity flowed out on the air as to make everyone stop and listen. Up and up soared the rapturous notes, seeming to possess a visible radiance of their own. Obed sang no words, but the music charmed every ear that heard it. His mother stood behind him, her hands for once idle at their task. The tired ‘lines on her face melted into peace. Her eyes looked far away. Clearer and clearer the exquisite melody continued, and died on a faint sweet note of ecstasy. People listening below shook their heads and moved on as if awakened from a dream. “Where,. my son, did you hear that song?’ Lara spoke in a whisper. “In the skies, my mother. It came with wings and trumpets.” “Do not tell falsehoods about: such divine melody.” Obed’s eyés shone, but he would say no more. He hoarded the song in his heart. One evening, however, when the sky was clear and the stars shone like jewels, the boy was moved to sing again the beautiful; nameless music. When it was, finished a knock came at the door. Lara opened it to a black Servant who bowed low. “My master, the Prince, desires to know who sang that song.” Lara, trembling with fear, pointed to Obed who stood near an open window. : A tall figure dressed in rich furs and embroidered tunic pushed his servant aside, Tf the, singer. and his mother will honor my court With a visit, they shall be conducted hither with safety.” The voice was deep. “I am a prince from a: distant country, who came to pay homage to the new King born in a stable, On my way to that stable,” his Piercing eyes looked at Obed, “and from afar off, I heard the song your It came dropping from the skies . . . angels’ heavenly voices and trumpets. If: my people could hear that music,” his vofce softs . . ened, “I’m sure they: would all become faithful followers of the Babe Jesus, I promise you comfort, both of you, for all your years.” So Lara and Obed quickly prepare for the journey, pe and Obed sang ‘the © Western Newspaper Union. Subscribe for The Nugyvet. fie cone i the . condition The Federal F Reserve Board ports that $750,000,000 of foreign gold had found its way to the American caches between the middle of September through December 5th. “Part of this gold has been drawn from such sources as mines and private hoards, but the bulk of it has come from government and recentral bank ‘holdings in Europe.’” the board said in its regular monthly bulletin. The disturbed European situation which preceded and accompanied the outbreak of hostilities in Ethiopia, led to a transfer of liquid balances from London to New York. “Foreign purchases of American securities began to exceed sales last May,’ the board explained, “and the net inflow of foreign funds into American securities has continued practically up taj the present time. The intensification of this movement in the Autumn is attributable in some degree to disturbed politcal. conditions abroad, but the movement as a whole appears to reflect a feeling among foreign investors that an opportunity for Fe ec investment of their funds’ is offered by the American market.”’ Another factor was said to be the position of the gold bloe countries. The. board said: Capital in the gold bloe countries has proved to be more sensitive to of national budgets and to political difficulties than in the countries that have altered their curriencies during the depression. The principal outflow of capital recently Bay been from Franee. Father O'Reilly of Nevada City enjoyed Christmas dinner and day with }the D. J. Couhglinfamily at Colum‘bia Hill. He was gone all night and in + Sacramento's Busiest Store “NEXT ‘FO HALE’S YEAR END SALES CONTINUE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST THE YEAR’S GREATEST AND FINAL APPAREL CLEARANCE Over 300: Women’s Fine Coats $5.00, $10.00, $15.00 Over 1200 Women’s Fall Dresses $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $5.00 Over 200 Women's Fall Suits $5.00, $10.00, $15.00 Over 150 Formal Frocks $3.00, $5.00, $8.00 —_—_— Over 200 Children’s Coats $3.00; $5.00, $8.00 Over 1200 Quality Wool Sweaters _ $1.00, $1.50, $2.50. -_ HUNDREDS OF OTHER. ITEMS. ALL OVER THE STORE “SENDS U. q S. GOLD

levada City Nugget 305 Broad Street. Phone 36: A eect Revapaver, @s defined by statute. Printed and Published atNevada City. . Editor and. Publisher © 8 M. LEETE 1879. One year (In to life and limb. less. safety to the public highway, speed may be considered. past year. Beach Press-Telegram. Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Friday at Nevada City, California, and entéred matter of the Nevada City, under Act of Congress, March 3, as mail second class in-the postoffice at SUBSCRIPTION RATES Advance) Public Safety Must Be Assured Throughout the Nation, public sentiment is being arous_ed to a point that demands effective action for a reduction of highway fatalities.Here in California, particularly, where a system of splendid boulevards and many scenic attractions invite extensive touring, there is a growing something must be done to promote traffic ‘safety. That speed is a more important factor in this problem than heretofore: conceded is indicated by a report just made by the State Department of Motor Vehicles. The proportion of deaths on country roads’ and state highways now is greater than on the congested streets of the cities. time in the history of California that “the open road’’ has ex‘ceeded the more restricted urban thoroughfare as a menace realization share of special regulations ;. that This is the first The state survey discloses the corroborating fact that 65 _per cent of: all traffic killings occur when cars are exceeding the 45-miles-per-hour speed limit. Death seldom attends an autohobile or truck that is moving at 20 miles per hour, or Another significant finding of this investigation is that trucks are responsible for more than their relative fatalities. Freight carriers represent about 15 per cent of the moto vehicles registered by the state; and they are involwed in 30.2 per cent of the accidents studied. Jt is not an infrequent experience to witness a heavy truck, sometimes with a trailer attached, dashing along a state road at a speed in excess of 45 miles an hour. In studying ways and means to bring pie track of Accidents involving intoxicated: drivers and intoxicated pedestrians increased 20 per cent in California during the While it is unfortunately true that little progress has been made in the past with the reduction of traffic accidents means of campaigns for greater safety, nevertheless there is evidence of a more and more general realization that the situation has reached a crisis and that drastic steps must be taken to bring the careless driver and the careless pedestrian to a realization of their debt to society, if not to themselves. ; This need stands out with dreadful emphasis when it is said that 2805 persons were killed and 45,153 injured on California’s streets and highways during the past year.—Long DY LOCAL . . PE NING: Mr. L. W. Cheney, superintendent of the Gracey-Glencoe mine, spent Christmas day in the bay district with his family, returning home on a Wednesday evening. Mrs. Ella M Austin, county superintendent of schools, went to San Francisco where she spent Christmas with her son, Mr. Bert Austin, and Mrs. Aiistih, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Carter had a happy reunion of family members Christmas day with the following present, Mr. and Mrs. R J. Morrison ‘and daughter, Miss Gertrude Rey: nolds of Sacramento; Mr. Will Carter and son, Clark Carter; Messrs. George and Lawrence Carter. Mrs. Morgan Emlay of San Francisco. is the guest of Mr, and Mrs. George Calanan aye the Christmas holidays. “Mr. and-Mrs. Simon \Hieroninius thad as Christmas day guests Mr. and Mrs. De Matei of the bay district; Mr. and Mrs. EB. C. McCluskey of Alleghany and Barton Smythe of LooniMr. and Mrs. B. M. ; Sparks, . Nevada, spent with their daughter and son in law, -. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tucker of Nepe ‘vada City. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Muscardini, of! _ Sacramento street, had. a8 guests _ Christmas ‘day their daughter, ‘Miss ma Muscardini of Sacramento, ‘Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Ronchi of Mergen ave within the next few Vashington, D. Ce to be ee ee Congress: ‘reopens after of . Christmas, Why Christmas Day Comes on the 25th of December HRISTMAS, which seems to have been first officially instituted church feast-day by a decree. of Pope Telesphorus, between 142 A, D, ana Indeed, it was’ the most movable of. all It was usually celebrated by the eastern branches of the Christian church in April or May, while in the western part of Europe days in January or other months were 154 A. D., was a movable feast. the Christian festivals. observed as Christmas, In A.’ D: 887 St. Cyril, Jerusalem, obtained from Pope Julians authority to appoint-a commission to determine, if possible, the precise Gay From the chronological archives of the Roman censors, establishing the. times of oecurrence of certain events of the same period ‘of the Roman. government. of Palestine, the theologians of the eastern’ and western divisions. of the Christian church agreed upon December 25 ss the date of the birth of Jesus, and thereupon this became the officially decreed and generally nee Dies Christof Christ’s nativity.’ mas day. a eo CHRISTMAS SMOKES: Alice—they say ‘a ‘woman “can't se-lect’ Chftstmas eigars. May—Nonsense. I have been sound. Ang my: husband and he says he likes All 12 arate todo is to light cigars, match the shade. Mistletoe, a Tree ag, bishop of a I “Us Praccht-Day ‘Siales. “hee. Gens y Good Shesbery for Mrs. Gandy to go to Sayville that morning: Mr. Gandy was going, one she wished most to have. done—a but Forgot Own Present . I". WAS simply out of “the lquesticll The day before Ohristmas and a thousand.things to do: but Of course he could do many errands, yet hardly the . , ANTA = MONICA, CALIF.— Our ancestors, the men and ‘women who whittled this country out of ramping wilderness— they were different, although perhaps difficult to get along with. They'd fight you over almost any issue—their personal rights, their public wrongs, their national principles, their private prejudices, their outer boundaries, their. internal policies. They fought one another; they fought foreign powers. But, excusing : politicians and professional. ‘whiners, they didn’t'dd such an awful lot of fretting over the painfully primitive conditions of a pioneering life. We, their children, with too many Inws we won't enforce, too many criminals we won’t punish, too many unjust taxes we won't rebel against— we complain about everything. It’s.as though a race of eagles bred a breed of worms that turn only to turn the other cheelx. I guess we're getting .peevishly flabby.“ I woke up this morningfeeling as flabby as a cold flapjack, and I don't know when I’ve been peevisher, So I sat down and wrote this. N.B.—And_ never mind telling me that a worm hasn't any cheek, I know that as well as yon do. -_ * * Irvin S. Cobb. Van Sweringen’s Passing. RANTED, that in these shifting times there is a somewhat prevalent tendency to regard it this way and be governed accordingly: for a man to lave been a success is a crime, but to have been a failure is a profession. Even so, there’s still a thrill, reading of the career of M, J. Van Sweringen. Horatio Alger might have written him. He starts life asa newsboy in Cleveland. Today, at fifty-four, he lies dead there. How many millions he left, nobody knows. Probably he didn’t much care. It must have been the sport and not the size of the gume-bag that made him a dominant figure in railroading and» finance. That’s one side of the American picture. The other side is that almost every one of us knows, or has heard, of a former reputed millionaire who’d like to get a good job somewhere selling newspapers. . * * * The Source of an Idea. RAN a¢rosSs it the other ‘day—this ancient one. Shipwrecke@ mariners in crisis, Sea rising, life raft sinking beneath them, no rescue craft in sight. Situation seems to call for professions of faith. But nobody can quote from the Scriptures, nobody. Gun sing a hymn, nobody even knows a prayer. Desperately, the mate speaks wp: ;‘Men, we gotta do somethin’ pious—let’s pass the hat.” I read that antique wheeze and in a flash the puzzle was’ solved. Now I know where tlrey got the original idea —those economie wizards in and out of congress, who, in times like these, bob up with warious theories, but all aimed at the Same purpose; namely, that financial security can be restored not by giving imdtstry a chance to recuperate, but by taking away the previous. fruits of industry, % = + -* Hollywood’s Newest Grievance. . ieee parse! sentiment is that those alleged polygamists recentlyon trial‘over at Kingman, in Arizona, should be penalized for breaking the rules. You see, the curious colony up there in the @esert favors having a lot of wives all at Once, whereas the Hollywood championship téam prefers various wives, one at a time, which prevents confusiom and works out to the same gratifying high scores ‘In the end. ‘But no matter how the law may serve those Arizona husbands, I would put in a plea for the female co-defendants charged with'marrying ’em so copiously. For I’ve just seen some newspaper pictures of the male prisoners, Gentlemen of the jury, if they be true likenesses, those poor near-sighted women. already have suffered enough. Talk about being more sinned against than sinning. = x * That Banker’s Identity. F THE President won't name him, Ishan’t. But I’ll bet anything—any.thing I have left, I mean—that the distinguished banker who: told ‘him ‘this country could swufely vo in debt for quite a lot more Dillious is the same financial wizard who counseled me about my dainty little investments In thé blithe, briiw days before 1929, It certainly sounds like the same fellow. On second thought, maybe not, Because the last’ E heard of: my banker, he was sitting by the’ Steam-pipes at a county poor-farm back Hast, telling the other inmates about an infallible system for beating those stock market boys. ‘You see; he was sucker’ enough to follow his own RONG, Can you Despite its popularity as a}Christmas green, there is little worry about conserving the ‘ecoultry’s supply of imagine? ‘the aa of $250. ‘aitd mistletoe, For this attractive plant, with its shiny, dark leaves and waxy white berries, grows as a parasite high ‘on the branches of trees and does considerable damage:to its host frees. Science has reyealed that the mistle— toe seeds are carried from tree i. ee by birds. : from the genaty at IRVIN S. COBB. © Nofth. American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.—— W NU Service. The Blaci: Tiger The black tiger is amene the rarest of beasts, but the Imperial Gazetteer of India says that a few specimens. have oeen ahet “NUGGET ADS PAY \gout Obristmas duty is done, == SEtO eS bus which ran once a day. begged her to come home with her

band. guess.” Give a large size. bit of a scheme to get her husband himself, but she was a trifle dismayed when, at five o’clock, Mr. Gandy-came home, tired, hungry and tumbled an armful of packages on the kitchen table, “You got the sage for the dressing? The celery? ‘The red toy truck for Tommie? The blue mittens for Sarah? The nuts and raisins; and the white wool for grandma?” Mr. Gandy nodded and inquired how . goon supper would be ready. “And,” asked his wife casually, “the gloves for Andrew, his wife wanted?” Mr. Gandy smiled. “I clean forgot about them until the bus was ready to start! So I just hopped into.a place iand grabbed the first pair I saw. ‘Good enough for old Andrew,’ I thought, but they aren’t much.” He grinned a little shamefacedly, like a boy. i Mrs. Gandy plumped down ina chair. “Bill Gandy, that serves you just right. Thoge gloves are a Christmas present from me to,you. You are served with your own saute!” And she laughed so hard that Bill Gandy had to join her at his own expense.—Martha B. Thomas, © Western Newspaper Union. Mothers’ Night, Ancient English Christmas Name HE oldest English name for Christmas is Moddra Night, or Mothers’ Night. In the early days, when our Saxon forefathers’ had just settled Gown in the country that was to be England, the day of December 25th was given up to games and feasting, but the night was dedicated to the special honor of mothers. They occupied the seats of honor, and everyone brought them gifts. Sons and daughters who had gone out into the world strove to be at home on. that one night in the year. A little later the name Yule Was given to Christmas, and the rejoicings of the day were prolonged into night, when men sang and told stories sitting round the cheerful blaze of the Yule log. The old customs of Mothers’. Night gradually died out, though they still survive in a few’ parts of the country. Its place has been taken to some extent by Mothering Sunday in the North of England. On that day everyone who ean do so still makes a pilgrimage homewards, and the mother receives the homage. of her family.—London Tit-Bits Magazine. SS Oss ES THE DAYS BEFORF ii “What «fice manners the polite little Thompson boys have!” “Yes, They are always like that Just before Christmas,” Proper Size for Toy Blocks Four inches long by two inches squarvé is a good size for children’s building blocks, according to educational experts. These can be made at home by cutting them from a 2 by 2 planed joist, sandpapering the edges and corners to a slight roundness, ‘and painting them in bright colors. Old, worn blocks can be given a new lease on life by enameling them in gay hues. SSS ONS Shakespeare and, Christmas Christmas is mentioned but twice by Shakespeare and then incidentally. Yuletide. was, however, an important time in his life, because it was then that ‘his plays were produced by command at the courts of Queen Plizabeth and James I, with went see’ in’ the casts. Toys’ Should Please the Child Select Christmas toys to please the child, not to amuse the adults in: the family. Your Christmas Pleasure Your Christmas pleasure is due w. gift for himself, Sayville was the nearest shopping place to the tiny village where the Gandys lived, a good fifteen miles over the mountain, by a rickety Mrs. Gandy was struck with an idea. She hurried to a neighbor’s house and “Just ask Mr. Gandy if he will buy for you a pair of gloves, for your husHe'll never The, neighbor obligingly consented. Mrs, Gandy felt well pleased with her to buy his own gift (unknowingly) for -son has just sung. angels’ song, as he remembered it, in the court of.the prinee, so that he and his kingdom hbeeame thereafter faithful followers of the Babe Jesus, BED wore a striped tunic of oO” orange and white somewhat rag; ged and dirty, though his mother, Lara, washed clothes for other families in order to keep herself and ten-year-old son from starving, Yet you seldom noticed Obed’s ragged tunic because of his vivid face. His skin was smooth olive, his lips were red, and his dark eyes were the color of pools at midnight. Obed sang a great deal. If he heard a tune whistled on the street he ran home singing it all the way. If he heard music strummed in the bazaars, he'd linger near until he remembered every note of it. In fact, Obed’s listening “ears were boxed many times by people feeling too cross or too t.ced for merry melodies. Even Lara scalded him. “Have . not enough, my son, beating: soiled clothes on hard cold stones day after day, without listening te your voice sda ieee in every corner?” But the whole world’ was a song for Obed. The sweet twitter of birds on dewy mornings. The sound of water lapping over sand, the very rumble of eart wheels over the eobble-stones thundered out its own rough music for the pleasure of his ears. *“What help are you te a poor mother.. ke gone with you!” scolded Lara day after day. Obed laughed, never meaning to be thoughtless or disobedient, having ears only for the music about him. One evening late in December the longing for the shepherd’s songs overcame him, and he slipped away at dusk, the morning he looked a different boy. His cheeks were pale. His lips did not smile, but there was a new and somber light shining in his dark eyes. This time his mother gazed at him in sorrow. He saw how worn she was, and he kissed her. “I cannot say I’m sorry,” he hesitated, “Not even now can I tell you.” His tunic was worn and stained. He wore a ragged sheepskin about his shoulders. On this he sank down in his own corner and went to sleep:. When he woke his face was flushed and rosy. He knelt on the tivor and looked at the busy street below. Then he opened his lips and a song of such joy and purity flowed out on the air as to make everyone stop and listen. Up and up soared the rapturous notes, seeming to possess a visible radiance of their own. Obed sang no words, but the music charmed every ear that heard it. His mother stood behind him, her hands for once idle at their task. The tired ‘lines on her face melted into peace. Her eyes looked far away. Clearer and clearer the exquisite melody continued, and died on a faint sweet note of ecstasy. People listening below shook their heads and moved on as if awakened from a dream. “Where,. my son, did you hear that song?’ Lara spoke in a whisper. “In the skies, my mother. It came with wings and trumpets.” “Do not tell falsehoods about: such divine melody.” Obed’s eyés shone, but he would say no more. He hoarded the song in his heart. One evening, however, when the sky was clear and the stars shone like jewels, the boy was moved to sing again the beautiful; nameless music. When it was, finished a knock came at the door. Lara opened it to a black Servant who bowed low. “My master, the Prince, desires to know who sang that song.” Lara, trembling with fear, pointed to Obed who stood near an open window. : A tall figure dressed in rich furs and embroidered tunic pushed his servant aside, Tf the, singer. and his mother will honor my court With a visit, they shall be conducted hither with safety.” The voice was deep. “I am a prince from a: distant country, who came to pay homage to the new King born in a stable, On my way to that stable,” his Piercing eyes looked at Obed, “and from afar off, I heard the song your It came dropping from the skies . . . angels’ heavenly voices and trumpets. If: my people could hear that music,” his vofce softs . . ened, “I’m sure they: would all become faithful followers of the Babe Jesus, I promise you comfort, both of you, for all your years.” So Lara and Obed quickly prepare for the journey, pe and Obed sang ‘the © Western Newspaper Union. Subscribe for The Nugyvet. fie cone i the . condition The Federal F Reserve Board ports that $750,000,000 of foreign gold had found its way to the American caches between the middle of September through December 5th. “Part of this gold has been drawn from such sources as mines and private hoards, but the bulk of it has come from government and recentral bank ‘holdings in Europe.’” the board said in its regular monthly bulletin. The disturbed European situation which preceded and accompanied the outbreak of hostilities in Ethiopia, led to a transfer of liquid balances from London to New York. “Foreign purchases of American securities began to exceed sales last May,’ the board explained, “and the net inflow of foreign funds into American securities has continued practically up taj the present time. The intensification of this movement in the Autumn is attributable in some degree to disturbed politcal. conditions abroad, but the movement as a whole appears to reflect a feeling among foreign investors that an opportunity for Fe ec investment of their funds’ is offered by the American market.”’ Another factor was said to be the position of the gold bloe countries. The. board said: Capital in the gold bloe countries has proved to be more sensitive to of national budgets and to political difficulties than in the countries that have altered their curriencies during the depression. The principal outflow of capital recently Bay been from Franee. Father O'Reilly of Nevada City enjoyed Christmas dinner and day with }the D. J. Couhglinfamily at Colum‘bia Hill. 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