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Thursday, December 21, 1922
THE JACKBORO GAZETTE
Made With Raisins
—and already baked for you
a delicious sauce! THere’s
nothing left to be desired in
a pie.
Made with finest seeded Sun-
Maid Raisins.
1560 calories of energizing nu-
triment per pound in practically
predigested form. Rich in food-
iron, also — good food for the
blood.
Make cakes, puddings and
other good foods with them.
You may be offered other
brands that you know less well
than Sun-Maids, but the kind
you want is the kind you know
is good. Insist, therefore, on
Sun-Maid, brand. They cost no
more than ordinary raisins.
Mail coupon now for free book
of tested Sun-Maid recipes.
O AVE the trouble and file
U time of baking pies at
home, yet give your men
folks pies that are exactly to
their taste.
Master bakers and neigh-
borhood bake shops in your
city are making luscious
raisin pie fresh every day.
Yotr grocer or these bake
shops can supply them.
Taste them and you’ll
know why there’s no longer
need to bake at home.
Crust that’s light and
flaky — tender, thin-skinned,
juicy fruit, the juice forming
SUN-MAID RAISINS
The Supreme Pie Raisin
Your retailer should sell you Sun-
Maid Raisins for not more than the
following prices:
Seeded (in 15 or. Hue fig.)—20c
Seedless {in IS ox. red pki.)'—’18c
Seeded or Seedless (11 or.)—ISe
CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers,
Dept. N-544-13, Fresno, California.
Please send me copy of your free book,
“Recipes with Raisins.”
Name------
Blue Package
„ State.
e, OB Year-!”
ALL THAT INTERESTED HIM
Small Boy Was “Here,” and the
of the Matter Was Not of
Importance.
Rest
A country merchant was in his store
When a little boy came in and the fol-
lowing conversation ensued:
“Boy, what is your name?”
“My name is Ephum, suh.”
“Well, Ephum, what is your daddy’s
name?”
“Ah ain’t got no daddy.”
“Is your daddy dead?”
“Naw, suh, Ah ain’t never had no
daddy.”
“What is your mammy’s name?”
“Ah ain’t got no mammy.”
“Why, is she deai ?”
“Naw, suh, Ah ain’t never had no
mammy.”
“Well, if you never had a mammy
and daddy, how did you get here?”
■*Ah dunno, suh. Fust time Ah
knowed anything, Ah wuz here.”—Los
Angeles Times.
POVERTY IN BRITISH CAPITAL
/^OOD-BYE, Old Year!—the fickle World
Pursues another Flame,
And Time—the ruthless, changing Time—
Will now erase your name.
And yet your younger rival with
His aspect bright and new
Is but an unread version of
The hopes we bad in you.
The. apple-blossoms of his Spring,
The little seeds that lie
Deep buried in the Heart of Earth,
Will live again—and die.
He, too, will give the warmth of Sun,
And days of slanting rain, . .
As he deals out our yearly share
Of happiness and pain.
The big round moon and silver stars
That lighted up your skies
Will shine upon as mahy loves
In just as many eyes.
And he will bring the fragrant June
When crimson roses nod,
And hurry through the Summertime
To flaunt the goldenrod.
The painted pathway of his Fall
Will be with clouds o’ercast,
Because his Winter footsteps reach
The Portal you have passed.
Good-bye, Old Year!—-we loved you well;
We found your treasures dear,
But you have died as monarchs die—
And so—Long live the Year!
—'Nan Terrell cReed, tn N. Y. Times
Returned Traveler Tells of Pathetic
Cases to Be Seen on the Streets
of London.
“We may have unemployment,
strikes and dull times,” said a man
just returned from Europe the other
day, “but we know nothing of the
poverty common in European cities.
I have noticed a curious practice in
London, even in the best streets,
which is significant. If you step into
a taxi in London and the door slips
out of your hand and swings open,
there will always be someone to dart
out of the crowd on the pavement and
close it for you. In America one
would merely say ‘Thauks’ or nod his
head for this favor. The Londoner
will instantly throw a penny to the
man who shuts the door. The penny
will be accepted and the recipient
touches his cap in acknowledgement.
“The point is that in any street
crowd in London, even in the best
streets, there always seems to be some-
one on the lookout to earn a penny,
often a man who shows signs of hav-
ing known better days.”
His Appellation.
A kindly old soul asked the seven
children of an acquaintance to tea.
The youngsters’ ages ranged from
three years to fourteen. As they
streamed into her drawing room, her
brain reeled, and their Christian names
failed her.
“And which one are you, dear?” she
asked a solemn boy ot seven, help-
lessly.
“Me?” said he, importantly. “I’m
the one with the spectacles.”
NEW YEATS EVE
Customs and Their Origin; Hap-
penings of Long Ago.
All Peoples Have Ways of Amusing
Themselves on Special Occasions
and at Fixed Seasons.
A N OLD philosopher, who was
none the less a philosopher for
JL jLhis constant and close observa-
tion of men, remarked that we can
best Judge men’s temperament and
Ideals by watching them at their
work and at their play. A keen ob-
server would have very little difficulty
In judging Americans by their work.
One such has aptly called this country
“The Land of the Strenuous Life."
Even our sports partake so much of
this strenuosity that the medical pro-
fession is beginning to warn us of
overindulgence In the more violent
forms of athletics.
But all peoples have ways of amus-
ing themselves on special occasions
and at fixed seasons after a manner
so well established that it has come
to be regarded a kind of ritual, says
the New York Herald. This has come
down to us from the ages when our
forebears first pushed their way out
of the dry tablelands of civilization.
Even the mighty power of the churches
has not been able to brush aside some
practices that have their roots deep
In paganism.
Old Customs That Continue.
Probably after Halloween and
Christmas there is no festival of the
year so girt about with long-estab-
lished customs as New Year’s duy.
Among the best known of these are
the auguries drawn from what was
called the “Candlemas bull.” In Scot-
land and other northern countries the
term Candlemas, given to this season
of the year, is supposed to have had
its origin in religious ceremonies per-
formed by candle light. The candles
used were very large and highly orna-
mented, and were brought in at the
midnight hour to the assembled guests,
who, since the falling of dusk, had
been drinking freely of the wassail
bowl. Then, In procession, they
marched out into the night, and to
their Imaginations the passing clouds
assumed the shape of a bull. From
Ihe rise and fall and general motions
of these clouds the seer foretold good
•r bad weather. Sometimes, too,
auguries for the future were gathered
from the state of the atmosphere on
New Year’s Ere, and also from the
force and character of the wind.
In the Imagination of most primi-
tive peoples, especially those of the
Nsrth. who were forced to battle
against the elements of nature for
life and snstsnanr*. the eves of grast
feasts were considered occasions
when the spirits of good and evil were
In deadly conflict. The moment of
midnight on New Year’s Eve was al-
ways considered a time of special ac-
tivity for the spirits of evil. In order
to overcome them holler and more
powerful influences had to be Invoked.
The evil spirits, or genii, as can be
gathered from the Icelandic and An-
glo-Saxon folklore, and even from
words in their dialect, could be over-
come by an appeal to the good genii,
the hoghmen, or hlllmen.
Probably Imported from Italy was
the superstition that on New Year’s
Eve the “evil eye” was ail the more
malignant. Then, too, there was a
widespread practice of the “setting of
mete- or drynke by nights on the
benche to fede Allholde or Goblyn.”
In some of the dialogues of the fa-
mous medieval morality play, “Dives
and Pauper,” we find mention of this
and many other New Year's customs
intended to counteract the activities
of the forces of evil.
Christmas Cheer Continued.
Perhaps what contributed most to
this general fear of sinister influences
was the deep drinking among the peo-
ple, which continued almost uninter-
ruptedly from Christmas until New
Year’s day. Up to the Ninth century,
except In the Syrian and Coptic
churches. New Year’s was not cele-
brated as a special feast day, but was
looked upon as merely the octave of
Christmas. Therefore the Christmas
cheer was continued throughout the
entire octave without abatement. It
flickered up for the last time on New
Year's day, as is clear from the one
hundred and ninety-eighth sermon of
Augustine, bishop of Hippe.
In England on New Year’s Eve the
young women went about carrying
the “wassail bowl” and singing from
door to door certain verses—a custom
which had much in common with the
hogmanay practice in Scotland. Het
pint, the strange brew which in that
country was carried about In the
streets at midnight, was composed of
ale, spirits, sugar, nutmeg or cinna-
mon. It was a powerful potion, the
effects of which were almost imme-
diately evident. Rltson In a collection
of ancient songs gives us a few sung
to the quaffings of this “prince of
liquors, old or new." One such is:
A Jolly wa«ul bowl,
A waeael ot good ale.
Well fare the butler’s soul
That setteth this to sale;
Out jolly waasel!
Notwithstanding thb opposition
which it has met since the year 1811,
when ‘many abuses were discovered
in the practice, the custom ef hurry-
ing first across the threshold of his
sweetheart has been practiced by
many a young lad in Anglo-Saxon
countries. The young lady listened
attentively from the time the midnight
bells ceased to ring to catch the first
footfall on the floor.
The welfare of the family, particu
larly the fairer portion of it, was sup j
posed to depend upon the characte)
of the first comer after the mldnigh‘ !
hour had sounded. Great care wai j
taken to exclude all improper persons '
especially as the midnight intruder
enjoyed the privilege of imprinting t i
“hearty kiss” on the lips of the ex
pectant lassie.
Bestowing Gifts.
The custom of bestowing gifts hai
become so Inextricably linked with tht
New Year’s celebrations in Paris that
New Year’s day is still called the Jouj
d’Estrennes. This custom seems t<
have had its rise in the conduct of tin
nobles of the late Middle ages, win
were in the habit ot bestowing gifti
upon their sovereign. Naturally th«
ruler, not wishing to remain under ob
ligations to them, returned the gift li
a princely fashion. In England, how
ever, especially in the time of Queei
Elizabeth, this custom became so bur
densome that it occasioned general
protest among the nobles. “Good
Queen Bess” was not slow to Indicate
Just what kind of gifts she expected
or rather exacted. She let it b«
known also what consequences would
follow the withholding of the jewel*
and the silks which she looked for ai
the hands of her subjects. She wn*
so niggardly in her own gifts that we
can understand how the custom feb
Into disuse and in the time of George
IV was abandoned.
The giving of gifts was also very
common among the people. On Christ-
mas, and often on St. Stephen’s day,
employers, parents and masters pre-
sented Christmas boxes to their de-
pendents. It was a form df Christ-
mas charity. On New Year’s day,
however, gifts were exchanged be-
tween friends and acquaintances as s
sign of good will. This custom, per
haps, had its origin in the box which
was taken aboard every vessel thal
sailed out of port during the octant
of Christmas and which was not tj
be opened until the return of the vea
sel. Contributions were to be dropped
into this box, large or small, aceordlnj
as the day had been propitious or oth
vrwlse. The person to whom the con
tents of the box were given was sup
posed to have a mass said for th«
mariners who had made the gift
Hence the name of “Christmas boxes.’
which were given up to and includint
New Year’s day. Each one of the«
days became known as “boxing day.’
Little Texas
Baby’s Bowels
Torn to Pieces
Mrs. Myrtice Mae Calvert, of R. F.
D. No. 5, Winnsboro, Texas, uses a
very common expression to explain
the miserable condition of her little
nine-months-old Elsie, at the time she
first gave her Teethlna.
“But now, you would never know
my baby had ever had a sick day,”
she declared. “Teethlna is simply
wonderful. Elsie began to get better
right after taking it and she hasn’t
had a bit of trouble since. • She Is
happy as can be, growing every day
and eating like a little pig. I always
keep Teethlna on hand because it’s
the only thing to use when a baby is
upset”
Get Teethlna at your druggist, or
send 30c to the Moffett Laboratories,
Columbus, Ga., for a regular size
package and a free copy of the beau-
; tiful and Instructive booklet called
“Baby."—Advertisement.
Real Good Time.
Bobbie had spent the night with a
friend. At home he always has to
wash his face and hands before meal
time and before going to bed.
When he returned mother asked If
he had had a good time.
“Yes, I did. I didn't have to wash,
wash all the time,” he said.
A toroid liver condition prevents proper
food assimilation. Tone up your liver with
Wrlsht’a Indian Vegetable pula. They act
gently and surely. Advertisement.
JANUARY FIRST DRAWS NEAR
The light and airy manner
He had some weeks ago
Has passed from him completely.
His heart is filled with woe
For that day Is approaching
He great dreads to see.
When Friend Wife will remind him
Of promise* that ha
Hr* made—those resolution*
That will be hart) to keep.
Requiring such an effort,
’Twould make an e-igel weep.
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He Lost No Humor.
George Pence, veteran field exam-
iner for the state board of accounts,
recently underwent an operation In a
Columbus hospital for the removal of
his foot. They've shortened my leg
to lengthen my life," wrote Mr. Pence
to statehouse friends.—Indianapolis
News.
Tuberculosis Reduces Average Life.
According to recent statistics pre-
pared by the National Tuberculosis
association, two and one-half years
would be added to the life of each
individual In the United States If
tuberculosis were eliminated as a
cause of death. During the past 17
years the death rate from the disease
has been reduced exactly one-half, but
there are still more than 1,000,000
cases of tuberculosis in the country.
Tuberculosis workers, encouraged by
the results of their efforts, are plan-
ning a more Intensive campaign for
the coming year in order to spread
further education regarding the dis-
ease among the public, as it is their
conviction that it can in time be en-
tirely eradicated.
In ths Spirit.
“Were you at the masquerade ball?”
i “Yes. I was there as a ghost.”
JtQfQ
Snowy linens are the pride of every
housewife. Keep them iu that condi-
tion by using Red Cross Ball Blue in
your laundry. At all grocers.—Adver-
tisement
John D.
A sophomore, suspected of being
radical, remarked while dining (“din-
ing” is used euphemistically) at the
cafeteria at the University of Chicago
that it was funny having a bust of
John D. Rockefeller, the world’s most
famous dyspeptic, watch proceedings
from a mantel there. “Maybe it’s to
pour oil on troubled waters,” he said.
It Is reported that the young upstart
was ordered confined to his room
pending arraignment on a charge of
treason.—Chicago American.
Had Nasal Evidence.
She was rather green at the game
and they had about reached a hole
which was on the top of a little bilL
The youth ran up first to see the He
of the balls. “A stymie!” he shouted,
“a dead stymie!"
The young lady came up with a
sniff. “Well, do you know,” she said,
“I thought I smelled something as
I was walking up the hill.”—Boston
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