The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1913 Page: 8 of 11
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'J'HE time is here when the careful housewife
is thinking of her Christmas Goodies for
the table, and it is not too early to get the
Fruit Cake ready. We are ready to supply all
the ingredients for Xmas Fruit Cakes and Plurn
Puddings, such as
®hri*f«ss
MSoraeg^
Shelled Pecans
Pulverized Sugar
English Walnuts
Black Sugar
Almonds
Citron
Seeded Raisins
Orange and Lemon Peel
Currants
C hoice Dates and Figs
Spices, Extracts, etc., and White
Wings Flour—the Best in town
Use Only White Wings
for Your Holiday Baking
LEWIS
"The Home of Quality Groceries'
RRY
Phone No. 46
The Fact Remains
No amount of misrepgefcniation by the
peddlers of alum baking powders, no jug-
gling with chemicals, or pretended analysis,
or cooked-up certificates, or falsehoods of
any kind, can change the fact that
Royal Baking Powder
has bees !ossd by the offi-
cial examinations to be of the
highest leavening efficiency*
free from alum* and of absolute
parity and wholesomeness.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
for making finest and most economical food.
PEMBROKE
Orit if the mo:! chewy and becoming ihspea we have
ever shown. Has the extra strong Linocord 'Snap-on1
Buttonhole—on no other make.
j'fly,1
folia# ■
ire easy to put on and take ot-y retain ahape — last
.longest.
Modern Dry Goods Co
Sue*
Panins game can create more fun
I and laughter than almost any
J. other. Everybody who can
road can play It, but an ex
pert linguist 1b required to play It suc-
cesHfullj'. A prize la awarded to the
player who can read and pronounce
distinctly as well as rapidly every
Word in the following list of expres-
sions The person pronouncing these
correctly and distinctly in the shortest
time Is awarded a prize:
Six thick thistle sticks.
Gaze on the gray brigade.
Strange strategic statistics.
She says sin.* sells seashells.
High roller, low roller, vower.
A clmvung gleam growing green.
(live Grimes .lim’s gilt gig whip.
Flesh of freshly fried Hying iish.
The ea eeuseth, and it sulliceth ns.
A cup of coffee in a copper coffee-
pot.
Sarah m a shawl shoveled soft snow
softly.
A hex of mixed biscuits; a mixed
biscuit box.
A bleak breeze blighted the bright
broom blossoms.
Ray, should such a shapely sash
shabby stitches show?
Smith's spirit flask split Philip’s
sixth sister’s fifth squirrel's skull.
Strict, strong Stephen Stringer
snared slickly six sickly silky snakes.
Swan swam over the sen. Swim
awnm swim. Swan swum back again.
Will some swan.
It's a shame, Sain, these nrc the
■nine, Sam. ’Tis nil a shame, Stun,
and a shame It Is to sham so, Sam.
Susan shines shots? und socks. Socks
and shoes shines Susan. She eonBeth
aljin.iig shoes and socks, fur shoes and
nocks shock Susan.
| HANDKERCHIEF POOL 1
^Handkerchief pool” may he started
;it a moment’s notice, for there ii*>ed
be no preparation. If the party num-
bers ten, more or less, let there be as
How About Santa Claus This
Year.
Christinas comes but once a
year, but by handing only $1.75
to the publisher of '1 he Reporter
you will tret lf.G papers a yedr,
or three a week. That’s some
reading, Mn’t ii ? Good, instruc-
tive, wiidescnm reading, too.
Try the combination. You’ll
Me it. It is this:
The Reporter $1.00 a year.
The Semi-Weekly. Farm-News-
?layear.
The two well worth $2 .a year-
iou gef them both for $1.75 a
VpQf . .
DO It NOW. ..... tf
i:jni Hiiiier went to Waco
Monday to attend .the .Masonic
brand Lodge; Ol. HiHifer is
one of the best posted Masons
in. Central I'exe.s and never!
misses the Grand Lodge ■ seS ‘
sion 8.
Read the dassi ’ed ads.
tf-
Miss Marion Markley left
Thursday ‘or her h^me in Austin
accompanied bv Miss Florence
Dunnington under chaperonape
of Mrs. May Thompson, of Birm-
ingham, Aia.
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Stew-
art and little son, Malcomn - the
little fellow famed in song and
story by Jud Mortimer Lewis on
the occasion of his birthday cele-
bration in October at Katy, and
later ring bearer at the Tucker -
Christian * wedding were last
week’s guests of Mrs. Arnett,
the adopted mother of Dr. Stew-
art. Dr. arid Mrs. . Epperson
were' to arrive from Cameron
Thanksgiving as guests, Mrs.
Epfterson being a sister of Dr.
Stewart.
D. D. D. Id Hospitals;
Standard Skin Cure
jJ'thB1W&tSSfftrtf P?tUnt*' •Ufl
*«r Pain of th* rfw 90Or
KNIGHT OF THE WHISTLE.
More of a Trick Than a Game, but
There'# Lota of Fun In It.
“The knight of the whistle” Ih the
name by which a most amusing
game is known. The game Is really a
trick. The victim of It is told that the
game consists In passing a whistle
around a circle of players who are
seated, while one standing in the mid-
dle Is required to And it by Its sound
n« It is blown from time to time. Who-
ever “counts out” for the gnino must
arrange that the player In the middle
is some one who does not know the
trick, which Is played thus: The wills w, ......- — ------ —...............
tie Is fastened to one end of a string Humbert, Thom 1 to’10, inclusive,
about a foot and a half long, at the flnhrtltf '<&Ain. Then end,
other end of which Is ft bent phi. The plnyM^ folds bis lumber underneath
pin is hooked Into the clothes of M.o « corner of his handkerchief and pin*
player in the middle .of the ring, so that U securely out of sight All toss their
the whistle always hangs behind him. haWlkerclilefg .upon thq carpet In the
It is blown by some one, and the seek ’ of the room. Then once more
er turns quickly to find It, thus earn- W pianist strikes up a lively tune
Ing It in front of some one else, who «"d every body skips or dances about
ii it utr-.in 11 circle around'the pool. At any
So victim of the trick Is thus kept n.-Mjcowt the music may suddenly step
turning from side to side until he d,s Then everybody must seize a hondker
covers the deception. The pin car, he chief from the pool. Inimedirdely the
hooked Into his clothes without his urn \
th ing it by making him knee down uu„llinlnB the corner of the i
and close his eyes and then, after g ’ „andkcrclllef to fln(] out the number i
ing through a mock ceremony, declar-j . drnwn 1
ing him a “knight of the whistle” and( ™ ^ ^ ^ ho8t083 or leadcr |
striking him on the back. 1 e 1 s drops into tbe pool as many duplicate >
going on the whistle can be attached nurobenj ,eS8 one n8 thero nro hnn(1. ;
to him unobserved. The players should., kwtfWefjf and Hgaln „10 mUHlc stop«
pretend to puss the wiilstlo from one un'W)0Ctwj|yf ttnd everybody scrum-
to another to heighten the illusion , ^ for R nu,uber. one player, of j
- . securing jione. Those who fail :
draw a number to match the one j
... OARTY in their handkerchief.must toss
f ANIlflAL r An II. w I «,g number bnoU lutn the pool, and .the t
?°llc goes on until the music again •
.. '. ] stops, and another rush Is ipade. ,
An animal pnrty is an nniumuH ....... those'who gain tlielr duplicate nrst
for the evening. You must r'r“r“nr‘11 - .....
AN OLD TIME CHRI8TMA8.
F"| ^HE damsel donned her ktrtle sheea.
I The Hall vat dressed with holly
I green.
JL Forth to the wood did merry man
BO
To gather In the mistletoe.
Then opened wide tiie baron's hall
To vassal, tenant, serf and all.
Power laid his rod of rule aside.
And ceremony doffed Ids pride.
The heir, with roses in his shoes,
That night might village partner chuae;
The lord underogating share
The vulgar game of post and pair.
All hailed with uncontrolled delight
And general voice the happy night
That to the cottage as the crown
Brought tidings of salvation down.
The (lie with well dried logs supplied
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The huge hall table's oaken face,
Scrubbed till it shone, the day to graea.
Bore ttien upon its massive board
No mark to part the squire and lord.
Then was brought in the lusty brawn
By old blue coated serving man;
1 oeii iiic gi mt ......i n i,t.,.u ii ,.v, nvu or.
high,
Created with bay and roseinary.
Well can the green garbed ranger tell
How, when and where the monster fell;
What dogs before his death he tore
And all the baiting of the boar.
The wussall round in good brown bowls,
Garnished with ribbons, blithely trow Is.
There the huge sirloin recked; hard by
Plum porridge stood and Christinas pie
Nor failed old Scotland to produce
At such high tide her savory goose
Then curno the merry mask? i s In
And carols roared with blithesome din.
If unmelodious was the song
It was u hearty note and strong
Who lists may in tlielr mumming see
Traces of ancient mystery.
White stiirts supplied tile masqueiade,
And smutted cheeks the visors made.
But, oh, what maskers richly diglit
Can boast of bosoms half so light?
England was merry England when
Old Christmas brought his sports again.
Twas Christmas broached the mlghtlent
ale,
Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.
A Christmas gambol oft would cheer
The poor man's heat t through half the
year
Sir Walter Scott
Master Ollie Turner, aged
two years, of Smithville, came
in last week with his aunt, Mrs.
Will Moore, to eat Thanksgiving
dinner with Grandpa and
Grandma Turner. ..
Supt. C. G, Green returned
Sunday from the State Teachers
Association at Dallas which met
according to their annual custom
on Thursday. Friday and Satur-
day. San Antonio will be the
1914 meetihg place.
Piano For Sale.
I - ■
A splendid new piano for sale
at a bargain. See Mrs.
; Parker, city.
Janie
tf
Friends of Mrs. Farrell, who
will bo remembered as Miss
Katherine Dunnington, have re-
ceived the following cards:
“Hugh McLaurin Farrell, George
James Farrell, November nine-
teenth, nineteen hundred thir-
teen. Mr. and Mrs. Porter Far-
rell, Dallas, Texas.
BE JEALOUS OF
THE BEAUTY OF
YOUR HAIR
AN UNORTHODOX CHRISTMA8.
“I WENT to gpptid tiie day with Roue,
-*■ and then
A Chr ist (min greeting passed between us
t wo.
Beit 'twas not "Peace on earth, good will
to men.”
We only mild: "Good morning!"
d'ye do?"
In other words bo careful of
it. The beauty of your hair de-
pends upon,’..Jtjs health. If it’s
beautiful it’s healthy. To make
it glossy, bright, silky-soft- to
■•no* make it fall more easily into the
graceful, wavy folds of the coif-
The present Hhe expected mo to bring i f UPC tO ni H k e it;St&y wllClG OU
There were no hanging hose, no Christ- it—use Harmony Hair BeaU-
mas tree. ' | 1
Tho box was tied in paper with a string, j tifier. This dainty liquid dress-
didn't sit beside tho Yule log's ing Is just what it is named—a
\V« jus-th-turned on the radiator’s steam. bcautifieT. tf yOUr ll,iir is beau-
And dinner, unlike those of storied days, (JfuJ now, US6.it tQ . make it even
rtlsmie .e... • ,
^yND then
Gave no plum pudding, hut some bisque
ice or earn.
\\/E didn't hear tho church bells’ solemn
* Y toll,
And when wc had our Chrlrtinas ev«n-
Ing lunch ■
Wo didn't have a steaming wassail bowl,!
But Just a jug of simple claret punch, j
\1*G trampled on traditions. I suppose,
»Y Yet one (He w'e observed with care-
blit, uo;
Although 1 well remember kissing Kobo, j
It wasn’t under the mistletoe.
-Llfw
won-
tlitrl wonderful tree, wilh Its branding
wtA
. . j------- suffer-
th* funou ix ix d.
mm of on#
wJj«PuSn for •es«aai
froaklr
I’erry t (juebr, DruggiNtN.
write* “D. D. D. Is nupertor to any-
thin* I have «v«r found. 8oft *a«
■oothlnr, jret * powerful sgent
To do tho work, D. D. RPrsscri^
tlon most be applied "
IfnrtHM given In the pamphlet
around every bottle. Follow theee di-
rection#—end *ee!
And It certainly take# away, the Itcb
nt nice—tho moment the liquid 1**P"
■Mrf The skin Is soothed—caJmea—
M thoroechly refreehed—dell*htfull|!
oooled.
An dnirciatfl of standing have ths
fanoue epecIHc as well as ths efflcieuv
IX IX IX Skin Soap.
Bat wo nro *o confidant of ths ine
It* of thl* prescription that we win
aSf&^URSftP,?r,rei. .'.“rIS
You nice* 10 ^u<5*’*'
full else
pour on**
^ ...... .... pr(-|iiiri*
it liHt of different animals, writing each
clearly In a line by itself and number
thorn according to the number of
gueHtH. You must also hnvc small
slips of paper, numbered to correspond
with tho list of animals. These slips
must be folded so that the numbers do
not show and put In n liowl. To each
person are given n large sheet of brown
wrapping paper and a colored crayon
pencil, and then the slips are drnwn
Each unfolds the slip drawn and refers
to the list of animals, which should
be pinned up In a conaplcuout place,
for the corresponding number. About
ten minutes are allowed for the draw-
ing*, when they are pa*aed In, each
drawing bearing the number, but no
■am*. The drawing* are then pinned
op and tbe Judgment la passed.
Every on* co*t* a vote. The number
of the on* who gains most la then call-
ed not, and th* p*r*on whose slip cor-
respond* to that number receives a
pria*. Such an entertainment will fur-
nl*b moeh fun If Ingenuity Is display-
ed la preparing th* Hat of animals,
which should include aome that ara
oat of th* ordtnary Un* and unfamil-
iar. If th* oumbar of gueeta Is greater
than the number of animals there < »■
be duplicate*. Trlaes might also be
oFerud for the funaleet drawing^__
Ud. their handkerchiefs about their
beads and retire from the garpe, wear
Ing them afl a crown of victory. Hut
the one who at the last fails to secure
ft number wins the Jokes and prophe
cles of the luckier ones—and a brown
paper dunce’s cap besldea.
V14A4A4/'.
THE FEATHER.
Would you like to play ft game with
a feather? This 1b tho way: The play-
era alt down on the floor or on foot-
stools or cushions In a circle, holding
the edges of a sheet with both hand*
Just under their china A small feath-
er Is then blown into tbe air by one of
th* party, and It has to b* kept In mo-
tion by one or the other of tho poopl*
who ar* sitting around th# sheet On#
player la outside and hover* around
the circle trying to get the feather,
which 1a blown away by ona or tho
other as soon as ever hla band la near
tt. Whan the player eatebe# th* feath
ar he Is allowed to Join th# drcl#
round1 the sheet and tbe person
through whom b# caught It takas hla
place.
A WONDERFUL TREE.
HERE'S n wonderful tree,
1 doiful tree.
I 'J ho puppy children i .-joico to em.
JL Spreading it« brunches year by
year.
It comes Rom the forest to nourish her*.
d-'1
wYdc’,
la nlwuyH, ik always blooming at ChrtHt-
masthle!
. --
But not for us children did tills tree gmW,
W Jtti Its stvanyc, sweet fruit on etyfh
laden'- boueti
For tliOFH we love we have made with
cun e
Each pretty thing you see hanging there
May thin wonderful tree, with Its brarichon
wide,
Bring Joy to our friends at Christrna*-
tlde!
For a voice is telling Its boughs among
Of th* shepherds’ watch and tho angels’
song,
Of a holy babe In the manger low—
The beautiful story of long ago,
When :t radiant star threw It* l>e*m* a*
wide
T* herald the blea**<l first Chrlstmaatide.
Then spread thy branch**, wonderful tree,
And bring the pleasant thought to me
Of him « ho cam* from hi* horn* above,
Th* richest gift of hi* Father's lov*.
H* came to show u* how to spread fsr
and wide
Th* Joys of th# holy, sweet Chrlstma*-
tlde.
—‘Wangs and Games For Dlttl* Ones.”
Engraved Calling Cards.
Nothing nicer for Xmas pres-
ents than engraved calling cards.
We have the exclusive agency
for the beet house in the United
States, and can make you prices
from $1.50 per hundred up to
$3.75, including copper plate.
Neatly packed in Holiday style.
Reprint orders, any style, $1
per hundred.
tf The Reporter.
more so and to preserve its love-
liness. If it is • not beautiful
now, Harmony Hair Beautifior
will improve its appearance in a
wnv to please you, or money
back. Its rose- fragrance will
overcome the oily Rtnell of your
hair. Easy to apply—simply
sprinkle a little on your hair
each time before brushing it. It
contains no oil, and will not
change the color of the hair, nor
darken gray hair.
To keep your hair and scalp
dandruff-free and clean, use Har-
mony Shampoo. This pure li-
quid shampoo gives an instant-
aneous rich lather that immedi-
1(1 (IVPTV n»rt
It LV I tJ p Vltws %* *• V-* - — *
of hair and , scalp, insuring a
quick and thorough cleansing.
Washed off just as quickly, the
entire operation takes only a few
moments. Can’t harm the hair;
leaves no harshness or stickiness
—just a sweet cleanliness.
Both preparat ions come in odd-
s’naped. very ornamental bottles,
with sprinkler tops. Harmony
Hair Beautifier, $1.00. Harmony
Shampoo, 50c. Both guaranteed
to satisfy you in every way, or
your money back. Sold in this
community only at our store—
The Rexall Store-one of the
more than 7,000 leading drug
stores of the United States, Can-
ada and Great Britain, which
own the big Harmony labora-
tories in Boston, where the many
celebrated Harmony Perfumes
and Toilet Preparations are
made. —Perry A Quebe, Rock-
dale, Texas. adv.
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1913, newspaper, December 4, 1913; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth742545/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.