The Crowder City Guardian (Crowder, Oklahoma), Vol. 9, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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CROWDER CITY, OKLA., GUARDIAN
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(Copyright, by W. Q. Chapman.I
tWO bats, six Teddy
bears, three balloons
six boxes of lead sol-
diers," the bead nurse
counted. "And a foot-
ball. Who wants the
football?"
"Johnny Ward," an-
swered Nurse Blair,
half crying and half
laughing. "Isn't it
pitiful, Miss Gough?"
Nurse Gough set
down her pencil and the memoran-
dum and looked at the other wonder-
lngly. "A football!" she reiterated.
"Then he doesn't realize?"
"No, poor little fellow. Would you
glve^it to him, Miss Gough?"
"What would the mother think?"
the head nurse asked, and then Nurse
Ulair ceased all pretense and Jabbed" -He handed her the football,
her handkerchief againBt her eyes
openly.
"Let's ask Dr. Keith," she answered,
and that solved the difficulty for the
time being.
Johnny Ward was eight years old
and had been in the hospital for
nearly five weeks, ever since he was
knocked down by the baker's wagon
while playing upon the street almost
In front of the hospital entrance. Hi
was quite helpless below the waist,
and would always be so, said Dr.
"Why, a boy that age doesn't want Aope to raise large sum
Teddy bears," answered Nurse Blair
scornfully. She thought for a long
while after th^ doctor had gone. At
last she went softly to Johnny's bed
and hang the football from the
head. The little boy's eyes wera
closed and he was sleeping soundly.
The little helpless feet made tlnjr
mountains under the bedclothes.
Nurse Blair turned away quickly.
Morning came; the ward awoke.
Shouts and cries of delight wera
heard. The day nurses went from
bed to bed, unwrapping packages.
Nurse Blair had gone to her room.
but she did not lie down. She came
back, tired but resolute, a half hour
before visiting time, and went to
Jchnny's side. He was playing with
the ball, bouncing It upon the sheets.
It had fallen down six times, and
each time the nurso nearest had plcfc
ed It up again and returned It
"Johnny," said Numa Blair, "your
mamma will be here in a few minutea
now."
"Yes, ma'am." answered Johnny.
"Johnny, what are you going to do
with that football?" asked Nurse
Blair.
Johnny knew immediately. "I'm
going to look at It and look at it and
wish hard to be well," he answered.
"Johnny, when your mamma comes
she will see it and it will make her
cry to think of the time when her
little boy was strong and well. You
don't want to make her cry, do you,
dear?"
"No, ma'am," answered Johnny.
"Then, Johnny," said Nurse Blair.
the diplomat, "suppose we put It away
when Bhe comes and don't show It to
her."
"Yes, ma'am," said Johnny. A tear
stole into his eye and overflowed.
"Y-yes,
m-m-ma'am," said Johnny, gulping.
d just then the visitors came in.
Millions of Red Cross Christmas Seala
to Be Sold for Anti-Tubercu-
losis Work.
Few people have any Idea of the
msgitude of the fled Cross Christmas
seal campaign. This year over 100,-
000,000 seals have been printed and
distributed. If placed end-to-end
these seals would extend nearly 2.400
miles, or practically from New York
to Salt Lake City. They have been
sent to over 25,000 different agents
and will be sold and handled by an
army of not less than 100,000 volun-
teers, including men, women and chil-
dren. Millions of advertising circu-
lars have been scattered throughout
the country, and bo thoroughly has
the advertising campaign been or-
ganized that it is doubtful If many
people in the more populous states
of the country will not have heard of
the lied Cross seal and Its mission In
the prevention of tuberculosis'. It Is
hoped that at least 50,000,00'' seals
may be sold this year. The principle
upon which the sale of seals Is based
Is that every cent except what little
Is needed to cover the actual cost of
printing and -ndllng shall be spent
for tuberculosa work In the commu-
nity where the seals are sold.
BAD TETTER ON HANDS
R. P. D. No. 1, Criti, Va—"I had
Jetter on my hands so badly that I
could hardly do anything. It would
begin to come in clear white blisters,
then they would burst and peel off all
over and crack and bleed. My hands
were so sore and Itched so badly I
could not rest day or night. I could
not put them In water nor do my reg-
ular work.
"I tried medicine and several differ-
Nurse Blair had taken the ball, but j ent kinds of cream on them but they
MINDS IN COMPLETE ACCORD
"I've Brought Him This—and These.1
Keith, after the operation, unless-
well, mlracleB had happened and such
eases had got well before. So he said
nothing to the pretty young mother
who came day after day, wiatful and
patient and always hopeful. Of late
she had begun to suspect that her
only boy, her stay that was to be in
her later widowhood, would never
leave the building save in a wheeled
chair. But she kept her fears to her-
self, and nobody had had the heart
to till her.
And Johnny wanted a football for
his Christmas present!
"Well," said Dr. Keith gruffly, "why
shouldn't he have one if he wants It?
Isn't there enough money to buy a
football? Why, I'll buy him one my-
self. What sort Bhould he have?
What are they made of? It's a long
time since I was a boy myself," he
added. In self-excuse.
"Why, they're made of pigskin,
aren't they, doctor?" answered the
nurse. "But you don't understand.
How can we let him have a football
and let his mother see him with It,
and him lying there so helpless? It
would be Inhuman, doctor."
"Hum! I'll take the matter under
consideration," the doctor answered.
But a few minutes later he was ask-
ing the head Interne, "Where would
you go to buy a football?" He put
down the address In hla memoran-
dum book, and the Interne looked at
him lc wonder, for football and Dr.
Kslth seemed somehow unaasoclable.
"Well, here'a the football, noire,"
said that evening, coming Into the
ward. It was Christmas eve. All
the children were supposed to be
asleep. Here and there an eye
drowsily unclosed to see If Santa
Claus had really oome, but sleep was
stronger than expectation, and Nurse
Blair would see to It that no gifts
went to the sleepless. Dr. Keith held
out the paper-wrapped globe. The
clerk had blown It up for him, and.
not thinking of having It deflated
again, he had carried It thus for half
a dozen blocks. "If you think It best
for him not to have It, give It to
somsone else. Glvs hla • Teddy
hear," ha said
she had no time to conceal It before
the little woman In black bad come
hurrying to the bedside, and she
stood holding It rather fooliBhly and
self-consciously and could not face
those searching eyes.
"I've brought him this—and these,"
said Mrs. Ward, holding out the box
of bricks and the mechanical toy.
'But you—you've given him that?"
Nurse Blair stammered something,
but she could never remember what
it was, for the young widow had tak-
en both her hands In hers and was
looking at her in such a way as to
make falsehood Impossible.
"Nurse," she Bald, "I want to ask
you something. Will he ever walk
again?"
Nurse Blair was silent. They might
have be a alone in the ward, bo
closely u. the hum of conversation
hedge them in. Each was with her
own that ChriBtmas morning and had
no thought but for hers.
"Will he ever walk? Will he ever
stand?" The widow grasped the
nurse's hands tightly as though cling-
ing to her as her last hope in life,
"Tell me," she pleaded.
"Never—unioss a miraclc ^happens,"
answered Nurse Blair, and the wom-
an's hands fell and she turned to the
child and emlled. Then Nurse Blair
understood why some of the Madon-
nas were painted smiling.
"Mamma!" said the voice from the
bed, "I want to whisper something."
The widow knelt down, but the
childish whisper was loud enough to
reach the nurse's ears.
"I mustn't tell you what my Christ-
mas present is, because It will make
you cry."
The widow placed her urms round
his neck and pressed his face to hers.
"Mamma, I want to show you some-
thing I've kept for a Christmas pres-
ent for you. Sit up, mamma, and
look. Look!"
Nurse Blair screamed. Dr. Keith,
got worse Instead of better. Nothing
did me any good until I tried Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment. And now my
hands are perfectly well and all right."
(Signed) Miss Ellen Tudor, Nov. 19,
1912.
Cuvicura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free.with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, UoBton."—Adv.
Household and Mental Order.
Froebel, "father of child-study," said
that "inward clearness proceeds from
outward order." and there Is truth
enough In the observation to give food
for thought to the careless, untidy
mother and father. Kroebel's saying
was connected, no doubt, with his in-
sistence that the child's play and work
For On:*, at Least, Mr. and Mrs.
Smith Found Themselves In
Abeolute Harmony.
"We are united In this movement,"
said Thomas M. Reed, a Denver physi-
ologist, apropos of a light against the
drug habit.
"Yes. a single thought possesses us,
and In that respect we're like Mr. and
Mrs. Smith.
"At 3 a. m. of a bitter cold morning
Mrs. Smith In her thin nightgown was
pacing the floor with her colic-torment-
ed babe in her arms. The babe'e
squawks of pain were terrible, yet they
wero easily drowned by the ear split-
ting roars of young Smith, Jr.. who
tossed about bis crib with a tooth-
ache.
"Mr. Smith, shivering In his pajamas,
bent over the washstand, trying to
prepare a cotton filling for his son and
a mustard planter for his babe, when
Ills wife's voice, scarcely audible above
the uproar, reached him.
" 'John,' she said, 'If seven years
ago, I could have looked forward and
beheld this Beetle, do you know what
I'd have done?"
"'Yes, love,' Smith answered. 'You'd
have done Just what I wish I'd done.'"
SEEMED LIKE 'RUBBING IT IN'
Algernon Really Had a Right to Re-
sent This Last Action of
Unfeeling Editor.
Algernon was a "free-lance" Jour-
nalist, and at the moment could have
done with considerably less freedom
—and more money. In fact, he was be-
ginning to realise that a regular sul-
ary had Its advantages.
So was Algernon's wife.
A somewhat gloomy silence was
broken by the letter carrier's knock,
and, restraining any undignified haste,
Algernon went to the box. It contained
a foolscap envelope, which Is not the
kind that editors drop checks Into.
"Shades of the poets!" quoth Alger-
non. "This is really more than 1 can
beur!"
"What Is It, dear?" piped liIs wife.
"What is It? Why. 1 sent this editor
two stories and the heartless fellow-
has returned three!"
STOMACH,
"You Will
Smile"
when you see the appe-
tite returning, the diges-
tion becoming better, the
liver working properly
and the bowels regular.
This means health. To
bring about this condi-
tion you should try
HOSTETTER'S |
Stomach Bitters
It is a renl safe guard
against all ailments of the
Stomach, Liver and Bowels
and will help you to main-
tain health and strength
at all times.
DON'T TAIL TO TRY A BOTTLE
W.L.DOUGLAS
SHOES
Men's ttSSUrsSS?
Women's U
M issss, nor*. Children
ti.BO ti.78*2*2-50*3
Rsfftn bis In sag In
181* now the
'> •• • at v l*i
k i mla <t nU Si$ i-
IfAli
Social Engagement Line.
A sweet young thing called to liuve
a telephone Installed In her residence.
"Independent or party lino?" asked I
the manager.
"We have a great many social ob-
ligations." simpered thi?"sweet young j
thing, "so 1 think you can make It a
materials In ihe kindergarten should I Party line, even If It does cost a little
be taken out in perfect order and so
returned at the close of tho exercises,
and Dr. Montessorl, the Italian educa-
tionist, whose method Is working a
change In the teac hing of children, re-
quires the same thing In her "Houses
of Childhood.* There must Indeed bo
a potent inlluence In an orderly, punc-
tual. wisely-administered household,
and there Is no question that children
brought up in such an atmosphere do
show clearness In their mental pro-
cesses. Fortunately this is an Influ-
ence which Is independent of riches or
poverty and so can be exerted by any
mother.
One of the Guggenheim*.
There's nothing like putting the best
foot foremost—putting the best face
on the matter." said Oswald Garrison
Villard In a recent Baltimore address
"Why shouldn't we all emulate Mrs.
3uddon Kyches, whose father was a
policeman?
"Lord Lacland said to Mrs. Suddon
Ryches at a luncheon at Sherry's:
" 'What business Is your father In,
nadam?'
more."— Judge.
Importont to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CABTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants nnd children, and see that It
BearB the
Signature of
In Use For Over SO'Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
iUm unti ii-idth*.
W. L. Douglas ahoae are famous
rrvwlit-rf. Why not ulv« tlicsui a
Ul: l 7 Tim vilud ynti will rweive
(or your money w 111 aaioniab you.
If you would visit otir factory,
tho Inruaat In the world umtrr
mitf roof, ami bow carefully
W. L. ImhikIm abom ur ti umdo,
. . would under tumid why thr> mo
WnrruntM to look bettor, fll bolter,
b >ld t iwiridi'i'M' nnd wenr longer lhaii
outer make* for Ibo price.
Your dealer obould mipply you with
lluun. liou l ttiko a mi Iml Ituto. N one
■•null* win...ui w. l i-" . -
itjuin*eliwtiiM*d on bottom. Bhof*
ht-iit 9'.'«rvwhere. direct from fae-
by t .toi ''out, ih.n.w U «'- Now
i Drue to begin to wt\r money on
. ir foot * ear. Wrlie today lor Jilua-
trated Catalog ahowtnic how to order
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iftu.Co. mavrr* rota Ku. tlAnraiRAU. LoHt'on.t'.MU.
_ _.h«la As j
hiiiH at 100 bushel* f
were recorded in
Kime district* for
, ■outs, BO bushoSa for
barley nnd rom 10 to 20 I
bufthels for flax.
J Keys arrived In the coun-
try ft yetfsuo iron Detwaark
with very little mrattn. He
homesteaded, worked hard,
is now the owner of 320 acres
of land, in 191.1 had a crop of
200 acres, which will reali/.e
him about 94.000. Ills wheal \
) weitfhoil (IS Ihe. to the bushel t
| und aveNixed over 35 buskala
| to the acre.
Thousands ,'of similar In- !
stances mif<ht be related of theu
homesteaders in Manitoba, Sat-r
kntchewan and Alberta.
The crop of 1911 was an ahun 1
I dant one everywhere in Western J
Canada.
fiif k for descriptive literature nnd \
reduced reilway rates. Apply to 1
Superintendent of Inimigtfetion*
Ottawa, Canada, or
Q. A. COOK.
t25 V. M STRICT, KANSAS CITY. M0.
Canadian Government Afoul
i VM.
THI NIW FRCNCM ftlMttDV.
THERAPIOM
fri.cmii hy
N 2 N.f
litan decide
Empty Compliment*.
"You Just ouRlit to hear the great
things the phrenologist said about
my head."
"Don't you bellove him. There's j READERS
of this paper deairinK to buy any-
nothing it it."
Sure!
"Why do men got bald sooner than
women?"
"liecHucn they don't wear their hair
bo long!"
thing advertised in its columns should
insist upon having what they ask (or,
refusing all substitutes or imitations.
She flushed slightly, sipped her
passing by, stopped, looked, and « ■ : imber-colored Chateau Yquem, looked
sumed an attitude of professional (.ord Lacland straight in the eye, and
pride. His rather tired face brok«
Into a smile.
"Do that again, Johnny," cried
Nurso Blair. "Look, doctor, look!
He's wiggling his toes!"
"Yes, ma'am," said Johnny proud-
ly. "That's why I wanted a football.
There, mamma, you're crying after
all!"
Something He Wouldn't Break.
Willie Is a boy who Is very much
blessed with aunts and uncles. These
use every opportunity to give him
presents. Last ChriBtmas he received
so many toys that his parents. Instead
of giving him toys, told him he could
carry out one of his cherished plans.
"Actually," said his papa, "you have
more things now than you can break
in a year."
"Oh, no, papa," said Willie with an
Injured air; "there's one present I
won't break."
"Well, Willie, I'm glad there's one.
Which Is It T—the cast-Iron train from
Uncle Jack?"
"Oh, no!" cried Willie. "I can
manage to break that I mean I
won't break your promise to buy me
a season Ucket for the baseball
matches."
The Or*at Meaning.
Lift up roar eyes to the great mean-
lag of the day, and dare to think of
your humanity as something so divine-
ly precious thst It la worthy ot being
an offering to Ood. Count it as a priv-
ilege to make yoar offering as com-
plete as possible, keeping nothing
back, and then go oat to the pleas-
ures and duties of your lite, having
been truly bora anew Into his dlvto-
lty, m be waa born into our human-
ity oa Christmas day.—Phillips Brook*
a a
inswered:
" 'Copper.'
"And Lord Iceland, remembering
(he pale palaces of the copper million
Ures overlooking the park, said: 'All!'
lagely, and was very much impressed
indeed."
ARRESTED.
Further arre«rt are being marie oailv—
rot of pt rsons, but of paiu. Its Hunt's LiKht-
oinK Oil that so many people are talking
about because it arrests and stops pain, and i
.Hords almost inst.int relief inca-sesof Neu-
ralgia, Rheumatism, Headaches, Hums, etc
Just try it if you want paiu to quitquick Adv.
Essentially Feminine.
Florist—This is a century plant. It
blooms once In a hundred years
Lady—Haven't you got a century
plant that will bloom oftener?—Chi-
cago Daily News.
Surely Wealthy.
"Is he rich?'*
"1 should say he Is. He's got three
lawyers and four bookkeepers and sev-
en expert accountants figuring, out
his income ta*."—Detroit Free Press.
Tliey stop the tickle— Dnn'i Mentho-
lated Cough Drops .top cough, by .lop-
ping the cau.e—5c at Drug htoren.
There are T.397.&33,000,000 tons of
coal In the world, according to an es-
ti mate made by the Coal Age.
Xo thoughtful penoa utts liquid blue. It's
a pinch of bla* la a large buttle at water.
Asa fur Bed Cross Ball Blue. Adv.
The third-class railway faree of In-
dia are less than a farthing a mile.
W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 61-1913.
Whenever You Need a General Tonle
Take Grove's
The Old Standard
Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic
It Equally Valuable at I General Strengthening Tonic, Because It Acts on the
Liver, Drives Out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds Up the Whole System.
You know what you are taking when you take Grove's Tasteless cbill Tonic, aa
the formula it printed on. every label, showing that It contains the well-known
tonic properties ol QUININE and IKON. It has no equal for Malaria, Chills and
Fever, Weakness, General Debility and Loss of Appetite. Gives life and vigor to
Nursing Mothers and Pale, Bickly Children. A True Tonic and Sure Appetii«r.
For grown people and children. Guaranteed by your Druggist. We mean it. Wo.
PAftKBft'l
HAIR BALaAM
proliferation of mrrtl
«1|* to rr*4|n«t <fan 4 ruff.
For RMtorifHI Color and
Beauty toCrojr or F*dU4 Hair*
tut, aud >100 Dnegylelfc
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One of the Seven.
"Will you tell me why your servant
has three alarm clock* on the table
by his bed? Is ho as sleepy as all
that?"
"All that and then some. You see,
he sets one clock for live o'clock, au
other for six o'clock, and tho third
for seven o'clock. At eight o'clock 1
get up and drag him out of bed my-
self."—New York Kvcnlng Post.
Not Worth It.
Daughter—Just think! I cau
the duke for anly Ove million!
Father—He la overcapitalised.
Judge.
get
From Hot Springs. Ark., where the
Beat Medical Bralaa la Amwrtca are
Located—No Mora Coaatlpalloo.
The total amount of money respoe-
Ing on the oceans' bottoms in the
shape of oibmarlne cablea Is |250,-
000.000.
To relieve eon.tipstion with violent
remedies that simply force their way
through the bowel, is easy—but how alxjut
the sfter effect of such strenuous treat-
ment?
The people of America are now offered
a liver. Stomach and Bowrl remedy by
name HOT SPRINGS LIVER HUrrONU.
that is a certain oure for constipation.
They are gentle ia their action and give
speedy and blissfal relief.
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They are so good for nil I.irer, Stomach
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