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atXmas? Seme Girts Are Worried
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with (Jiiristmns bedr, ns ib
wcrc, thcre nre ccftnln preli
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ht nrc very, very upsetting
V te Fny tlic lenst.
Ter Instance:
What would you fctve Jack If you
r me?" olio wns saying in n very
PP.c.a"DCL n.l.lreV.f the smart little
flnnncr person who sat en the ether
of one of the large hotels. "I really
wasn't going te clvp him anything, but but
femething somebody said made me
think he might give me something," the
relce grew conicmpinnve. 11 u was
(t candy I wouldn't mind, but geed-
; sekes If It was anything like a.
hrnilcd bag or un overnight-case or .
lut ? would you de, Marie7 Huh?"
"I'm a fine one te ask," cam n
rcrly that was almost pealed forth. "I'm
...JtV. off than you nrc. It took me
three perfectly geed months te save up
nod get r0'' " Pa'r f Pcnfl and
i,.i!nnm cuff links last Christmas, and
what de ou think he did? Toek Mlldred
M. te the club dance New Year's night.
'Ilia peer fish!" ,
"Maybe she nsked him te take, her?"
mule a hopeful suggestion.
"Well she must lravd been asking
him ever slnce for te my knowledge he's
taken her te ten big dances since.
Well, that's ene I don't have te worry
nbmit. Hut there's Van. Van's becn
myitis me an awitu let et attention,
fit'nlv. Calls me un nearly evcrv dnv.
But belleve men I'm net going te spend
n let of money and then get stung llke
jt was last year. Still I don't knew.
nil's awful nice. What would you de,
Patty?"
And for all wc knew the two of them
fi
may be sitting thorp yet trying te
work out whether it's mere blessed te
give than receive or just belter te be
sure than sorry.
THE little talking machine in the toy
store wns grinding out "Whisper
ing" against fearful odds. The clown
clanked his tin cani, children shrieked
and the nlrplnnp man nsked everybody
te "Come this way." But tlicre wus
one little girl who didn't heed the In
vitation, and she didn't mind the nohe,
elther. She steed very, very clese te
the counter where the talking machine
played. When tlie plcce was finlahed
she irave nn ecstatic Blgli.
"Oh, that was grand!" she said.
"Mister, play that ene again, won't
you?"
"Can't just new, ulster," the sales
man said cheerily. "I'll tell you what;
you come bnck in half an hour nnd
I'll play it seme mere."
"Will you, really?" she sold eagerly
and turned te go.
11 lit when the little girl, se hungry
for any kind of music, started off her
trip wbi strangely slew.
"Why. I didn't knew that kid was
lame," exclaimed the salesman. "Gee!"
He scratched his head in rather rueful
fashion. "I bope she docs ceme back."
NE whom his mother called Bill
Stubbernlv refused te ee near Snnln
Clsus when he had been brought all the
way in town te Kriss Kringle's court
In one of the stores.
"But why, dear?" his mother In
sistently nsked the little towhead, who
looked te be about four.
Finally, nftcr the question had been
put in nil different styles and disguises,
the answer was forthcoming.
' He's tee red," he said disapprov
ingly, shaking his curly head.
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$100,0ti0,000 IN N. Y.'.TAXESl
Floed of Meney Pours In Upen Col
lectors en Final Day
New Yerk, Dee. 10. Uncle Sam
"get rich quick" yesterday. Then he
turned around nnd paid out nil the
money. It was the last day for. his
nepbewa nnd nieces te pay their final
1020 income tax instalments of about
$800,000,000. But It also was the day
in which certificates of Indebtedness
worth $700,000,000 and Interest of
Liberty nnd Victory Bends amounting
te $140,000,000 fell due.
All day long butchers, bakers and
candlestick makers thronged the cus
toms house here te pay lncome taxes.
Mail carriers unleaded pouch after
Fer the COLD GARAGE
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&kWOd PARAGE
IIrt your radiator uil meter FITtST then
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AKN
When buying for that un
usually geed dinner you
are planning insist en the
best butter. Insist en get
ting AKN Philadelphia's
Finest Butter.
H. R. AIKEN
Wholesale Butter, Sno,
MarearincB.
128 N. Delaware Ave., Phila.
Try AKN
Quality EGGS
BUTTER
pouch filled with checkn, moneV erdets
nnd cash of ethers "wbd settled with the
government for the last time this year.
Midas in nil. his glory wan never sur
rounded with all the wealth that ac
cumulated today around Collector Ed
wards. It was estimated that nearly
$100,000,000 was paid in New Yerk.
But about $10,000,000. due in income
taxes failed te appear.' Big corpora
tions and unemployed laborers alike
sent their regrets. The swelling Ude
of money which swept into their
pockets last spring was gene, they said,
said.
Ilcnderlng unto Uncle Sara the
things that nre Uncle Sam's was made
Impossible this December by "tight
money" nnd "business depression,"
Collector KM wards fenrncd from many
sources. He wns nsked te grant ex
cuses in innumerable Instances, but was
powerless te de se. The government
will blde its time, the collector said,
but vhlle doing se n fi per cent pen
alty, plus 1 per cent Interest monthly,
will be Imposed en these who failed te
sriuare their debt yesterday.
FOOD FOR STUDENTS
Friends Provide Relief for 30,000
Hungry German College Men
Berlin, Dec. 10. The American
Friends' service oemmlttco announces
that 30,000 hungry German stu
dents in thirty universities will be fur-
LIBERTY TALKING MACHINE
We Will
PROVE
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PROVE
PROVE
DDf-JP that It Is the
JT mXxJwmji equal of any na
tionally advertised mnchinc.
that we can eavc you $100 en
the price.
thcre is no secret about making
a geed machine.
It by Bhewing you a "Skolcten"
machine made from an old shoe
box.
that we arc Reing te pive away
ABSOLUTELY FKEE ene of
these $200 Machines en Decem
ber 23d. Call for a card and
details.
every word te your satisfaction
If you will simply call for a
demonstration.
What Mere Can Yeu Reatenably Alk?
American Manufacturers Ce., 19 N. 7th Stj
.Open Krentncs en Thenaajm and Saturday,
.fatjw4 m tiit mlffi1 Ma1 1tffflflfltftf In
January Immediately after the Christ
mas vacation. The committee new is
feedlng 18,000 men and women under
graduates in eighteen universities. The
announcement says:
"The American and English Friends
who have this feeding in charge re
gard it as one of the most Important
reconstruction activities new being car-
rled en in Central BureiMJ. u insts
the most poverty-stricken and demo
cratic members of the German student
body te continue the studies which fit
them for leadership in the new Ger
many. In addition te forwarding re
conciliation between the American,
English and German peoples, it Is help
ing te Insure that the democratic cle
ment shall remain In control of the
German republic." .
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" ftte and acceptable gift We handle
only reliable makes and back the monu menu monu
faeturer'o guarantee with our own I
The prises quoted above Include war tajt.
Fer ChrlKtmae giving, each pen Is packed
In an atlnurtlve box. covered with holly
and ether special soaeonable cVslgns.
WJLLIAM MANN COMPANY
529 MARKET STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
New Yerk Offices: C61 Breadvmy. Founded m 1848
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A big corps of mechan
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Gift Fer the Yeung Felks
Your young folks won't be interested in spending their evenings
t S GTardi furnish" Pleasure and excitement for the whole
, family. It brings you closer te your boys and irirls and Vrnn ,..
ler in7!,,ef A Brunswick heLe baUilrWblTls the IdVal?
for the young folks, one every member of the family will enjoy.
Yeu can purchase a Brunswick Heme
a uisai, tXO XKJY dO pt !-
These are real billiard tables.
Magnificently made of rich in
laid mahogany, handsomely fin
ished, equipped with slate bed
? ?.d, 80. 8d that many famous
billiard experts use a "Baby
Grand" for home practicing.
Yeu have "The Brunswick" in
several sites. The prices range
between $47 and 8335. Every
table is fully equipped with cues,
racks, balls, and accessories fej
playing all games of billiards.
Carem or Pocket Billiard tables
are provided with interchange
able cushions for caroms or
pocket billiards. i
A YEAR TO PAY
Yeu can buy a "Brunswick"
by paying a small amount down
and the balance within a year by
convenient monthly payments.
Come in and examine these won
derful tables. This is an ideal
Christmas gift for the whole
laniuy.
ON SALE ONLY AT
The Brunswick-Ballce-Cellender Ce.
1002 Arch Street, Philadelphia
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If he smokes cigars,
there is no need te
worry about what te
give him. Tepic is the
accepted Christmas
treat The full, rich
Havana flavor and
shade grown wrapper
is a keen delight te
every man who knows
and appreciates geed
cigars. There is a
Tepic for every taste at
a price for every purse.
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Your cUMmii will be te-fcd en Chrirtma. Ett.
mlh the hoeIbcoU of rolndeor riaBing in their
'flr. and the krMmlodse that the break of dy -wiU
find a Bdt-l.den troe awnitina them. Fer .uch aa
thoe, Oirutina. u long round of hnppinoe
joy piied en joy a,nd tej en toy.
n,!tt??,.Uv, 0ti5r: ,2'000 luWttm of
lluTadelpan peer, who, hearta are tern by Urn
fear tha Santa Claua will pasa them by?
Are tlitrr te get no closer te Christmas than the
windows of the ttoasare-heoMa that line the stroeU
of the shopping districts Ate they te awaka te
find their teddnas filled with nothing but holes)
Are they te hae only heartachea, while ethor
duldren are ornrflewing with happiness
Help theso little ones te have a real Christmas
They nead se IhUe te make them happy. Send
thorn the teya your children have discarded, the
books they hare read, the clothing thy have out eut out
geownor money se that gifts may be bought.
De your Christmas helping eariy by sending gilts
or checks te the
Ledger Santa Qaus Club
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All Famous Tepic Brand & Quality
Victer, 10c straight
American, 2 f6r 25c
(Wrapped in fell)
Corena, 15c straight
Senater, 15c "
Delmenico, 15c straight
(Wrapped In foil)
All Less by the Bex
PInce vnilr nnlev -.xAiU 41.. 1
ffist or agar dealer in your ncisrh ncisrh ncisrh
borlieod. If ie does net imve
Tepic in stock, he'll get it for you.
Sold Everywhere
BOBROW BROTHERS, INC.
Manufacturer
Mlcr of the Fameut Beld Clgr
Philadelphia
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surely please him.
Theodere Roosevelt SIOWN 1N HIS
and His Time 0WN LETTERS
By Jeseph Bucklin Bishop
jpHIS record of Roosevelt's life, fnterprctcd by himself, has
received universal praise from the press and ether recognized
.literary authorities. Here are a few of the many commendations
which it has elicited :
"Docs for one President of the United States what was done
for an earlier President by the publication of Grant's 'Personal
Memoirs.' " Brander Matthews.
"Lifts the curtain en the most important and significant happenings
in the history of the American people during the first decade of the
twentieth century." Nicholas Murray Butler.
"I have read it all with thrilling interest. Is is a thoroughly
artistic piece of work." James Ferd Rhodes.
"Serves the double purpose of a biography of Roosevelt and a
history of Roosevelt's period." Albert Shaw in the Review of Reviews.
"Seme books are able te combine the best features of history
and biography, and this Is one of them." Atlantic Monthly.
"Contains a collection of vivid and vivacious letters en an extraor
dinary variety of subjects, net a line of which is dull reading."
Editorial in The Outlook.
"Nothing is, or well could be, mere interesting." Londen Times.
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