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‘The morning sun filtered in through the iron bars across the winâ€" dow of a small cellâ€"like apartment, & and fell across the haggard features of a man, sieeping on a low pallet bed. A sound of voices was heard outside the door. "Is he awake yet?" eald a stern voice. "No," was the reply, ‘"Let him sieep a while longâ€" (Substandards) tC See our Tan Silk ...... $1.00 Our Supersilk and new Because we have an Enormous Stock of Suitable Christmas Merchandise to choose fromâ€"then, too, we will give you our very best of Personal Attention. No waitâ€" ing long for change. No such thing as being directed from one counter to another and having half a dozen Clerks wait on you. One Clerk will do it all hereâ€"and do it well, tooâ€"and last but not least, JUST AS MODERATELY PRICED AS ANY. WHERE IN THE TWIN CITY. shadesâ€"A pair ........ $1.50 and $1.95 LADIES‘ SILK HOSE A special lot for Christâ€" OUR SLOGAN â€" Good Will to All, Shop in Waterloo and You‘ll Enjoy It. 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Buy Mother a Wool Blanket. MEN‘S SWEATERS All Reduced. Gifts for Men MEN‘S ADMIRAL UNDERWEAR For a nice smart Shirt let INITIAL MEN‘S TIES One table filled with 75c $1.00 and $1.50 lines, neatly boxed. Don‘t Forget Our Or 6 for $2.25 MEN‘S SOX CHINTZ .. Each Each ... 28¢ a yd. our 31.39 =â€" $7.95 x € Excited Over Homecoming ‘ There, isn‘t that a most mixed up 2 start? Well, you understand, you 2 old honey bunch. I just get so exâ€" *‘i cited over getting home, and seeing g you and bringing the girls to see z2| my home, and that reminds meâ€"-l‘ m‘ have the loveliest plans for this Bé |Christmas, dearie. We are to do the 2 work and planning and fussing ” around, and you and Dad are to be taithe guests and be waited on. Rud nly ten days left, and then 2 ho good old home, at last. And ” you, pest of all, you and Dad, I can 2 hard)f wait to see you and tell you 2 all the newsâ€"when does old Fritz ” get in? And how many does he exâ€" ma)pect to bring?â€"I‘ve asked Gretchâ€" ‘ en, her folks are abroad, and she w shouldn‘t have to be lonesome at f8g | Christmas, should she? And Madge‘s uncle is in Caliâ€" g fornia so she‘s to be with usâ€"do write Fritz to bring two perfect!y“ 2 adorable chapsâ€"they‘ll need to be, 2 won‘t theyâ€"to be as nice as he is. ) |Paulâ€"he might bring him I should "'" thinkâ€"but idon‘t dare say I sugâ€" 2 gested him, will you? Fritz is a 2 regular brother and he does tease i~2 |most cruelly, drat him! : ? cussed, Bighop g of the 1 who wi g during ) Holi i 2) fo g ; B 2 ho 3B | you, be 2 hard)Â¥~ _ Let‘s see, I forgot church, Dnâ€"! day, didn‘t 17 And a little sing at, home â€"at tea time would be nice,‘ wouldn‘t it? ® , |, ‘l‘uduvllhm'dlul-J for we‘ll be resting I think, and we| can keep Tuesday and Wednesday evenings open for bids to other folks‘ homes. We‘ll be skating and nb aanitnep ic Ahand wleadi zen itrciite AlliatsArid be busy decorating the house and| getting our best things all ready for the evening. Then the Big Splash! â€"â€"well folks always have had a good . time at our particy and this fl‘r is to be no exception. Sing at Tea Time | And, of course, a big feed Christâ€" mas Day, to run true to form. And skating afterwards if its possible. You‘ll ask all the old crowd to our dance, dear, won‘t you. Would do‘ it myself, but there won‘t be time} after we get there. Monday we‘ll; And then Christmas Eve we‘ll be by ourselves, of course. If you‘ll have the tree there, we‘ll set it up ’lnd trim it and all, sweetnessâ€"and Mother, dear, only think, it is Madge‘s first tree, and her a woman grown almostâ€"if you don‘t mind the English, 1 did have to squeeze back a tear when she said it would be her first tteeâ€"but they‘ve lived in hotels, â€"you know. Poor lambie, we‘ll make it up to her. | _ We‘ll get in on the twentyâ€"third on that 4.30 train, and get our packâ€" ages ready on the twentyâ€"fourth, and take care of your distribution of baskets to the submerged tenth if that‘s what you call ‘em. | But you must submit with thel best grace you can summon, if I have to send Fritz up to choke the alarm clock and hold you in bed till we arrive with the breakfst. Never mind, we will get Dad off in timeâ€" you see if we don‘t. Maybe the cofâ€" fee will be fried and the oat meal too strong, but think how he will appreciate your sweet breakfasts when we get back to college again. She Plans a Dance Let me see, we will want to have a dance one evening, of courseâ€" where‘s my calendar? And the big country club dance is New Year‘s Eve, so let‘s have ours Monday night. Well to go back to the beâ€"| ginning. Why ever do folks start ‘ there? It‘s so much more fun to" start in the middle. I Gretchen and Madge think it is a peach of an idea, and have bought themselves the cutest bungalow aprons in which they expect to wave a wicked soup ladleâ€"and then, you see, dearie, we don‘t want you to be all worn out when we leave. So you are to have breakfast in bedâ€"that will be a novelty for you. J Holiday Plans for Home Comers cussed. He was accompanied by Bighop Toews of Saskatchewan, head of the Mennonite Immigration Board, who was a guest 0f Hishop Janzen during his stay in towng . t Shaktalies s 00 oo C, were the hosts at a Christmas dance Â¥. J MoKeliar. at the Granite Club Fridey night mmunummxwmwmm‘ nurse in charge of the Freeport by Dinty Moore‘s orchestra and the Sanatorium, is confined to her room dance program included loodslty‘ as the result of an accident at Galt, numbers. Te n‘h n 4 45 50| wie taurie pevssenat uon ater ‘ garet Janzen, the Misses Mary and _ Bishop Jacob Janzen of the Rusâ€" llobol‘hlt.mlhsnomhymcr] sian Mennonite church of Ontario te of Moulton College, Toronto, are turned on Sunday morning from spending the Christmas vacation at Chicsgo, where he attended an im their respective homes in Kitchener. portant conference of delegates from * the Menrionite church of Canada and “_!‘r{ “t:d. s{"d" and Mr. Stuart the United States, where the quesâ€" tion of bringing 5000 Russian Mennoâ€" nites from Russia to Canada was dis pe ie Obenh K6 >** ‘The Ladies Asd of Knox Pres ‘pmuauuu-â€"uqmaâ€"n.'mup theâ€"Y"s Men‘s Club of the Y.M.C.A. Friday. Arrangements were made fit“d:tlnnflduubhhthnnfl“dh& held at the Crystal Baliroom, Walper ganization. Aufilhur'hb-nll mum,.mn.umh-mmum patrons and patronesses for the inâ€" served by the hostesses, Mro. J. 8. wmnmmu.mv.r.maume.o.m Clem 7+ and Mrs. Clement, Dr. J. F.> __ m _ SKOH Mr. and Mre. A. R. Kautman and Mr. . Bishop Mr. Jacob Janzen, Church . My. John Seigne St., Waterloo, pastor of the Ruasian ber of the Chroni By Marjorie Howe Dixon to church for Waterloo and ing scqualiitance in‘ Waterioo was & recent business visitâ€" diatrict * ELECT OFFICERS At the annual meeting of the Chancel Guild of the Church of the Holy Savior held at the home of the ’m-ldont, Mrs. C. Wells, George St., officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: president Mrs. C. ‘Merrett; vice president, Mrs. Geo. close. gimmaamaaaaaaaaaaaz;aaaamaamaamaa?g fi § § Teco Toyland § Lowe; sec. treas., Miss Doris Skel ton; honorary members, Mrs. A. Wilâ€" ton, Miss M. E. Jamieson. Lunch Shopping All Done Have all my shopping done, and most of the packages mailedâ€"and oh, wait till you see what I‘ve made for you â€"but there, you mustn‘t guess. Lots of love and kisses from your own little Sugar Pie. How‘s that for sentimental? You own Mary Lee. learn that he is rooovcrin-; after hh recent operation at the Kâ€"W hos pital. Then the Country Club dance on New Year‘s Eve, and then back to the grind again Monday. There, I don‘t mean that, because I sure am having the grandest time at school, as you perfectly well know, dear heart. But I do have such a good time at home, I can‘t bear to think of going backâ€"and this is to be the best time ever, isn‘t it? CHANCEL GUiLD week from Bermuda, w! spent the past month. , The friends of Mr. Adam of Kitchener will be p Mrs. Aifred Snyder and Mr. Stuart Snyder, Waterloo, returned this can get in one or two hikes, served by the hostess at the mCOCY 1007 B0 PVC 227 & CHETCUET LADIES OF KNOX smile, slowly. stepped down the long CHURCH HOLD MEETING|church aisle, clinging to the arm of At a business meeting of Knox|her father. Presbyterian church held recently it| As she reached the low platform was decided to give Christmas |before the altar, her foot slipped on hampers to the needy families. A|a potted flower. upsetting it She nominating committee comprising |looked at the spilled dirt gravely, and Mrs. J. S. Lockie, Mra. Wm. Henderâ€" Ithen raised her childlike eyes to the son, Mrs. E. Miller, and Mrs. Johtluadnte face of the old minister. Schondelmayer was named to preâ€" "That‘s a hell of a place to put a pare a list of officenrs for 1930. Mrs. flower pot," she said. ELECT OFFiCERs The regular meeting of Patricia Order of The Eastern Star held at the lodgerooms Thursday night ofâ€" ficers were elected on the year. Mrs. B. Ziegler, presided and the following officers were elected, worthy for matron, ‘Mrs. B. Hodgkins, worthy patron, Mr. H. Snider; assoâ€" clate matron, Mrs. L. Thiel; patron, Mr. E. Hamel; secretary, Mrs. L. Brandt; treasurer, Mrs. F. Ernst; conductress, ‘Mrs. F. Zimmerman; associate conductress, Mrs. V. Housâ€" tom; trustees, Mrs. E. Buck, Mrs. H. Schiedel and ‘Mr. G. W. Jones; audiâ€" dors, Mrs. H. Schiedel, Mr. V. W. Beriet and Mr. C. Schiedel. The inâ€" stallation of officere will take place in January. Plans were completed for a Christmas entertainment for the children of members to be held in the Masonic Hall Christmas week. Dainty refreshments were served. EASTERN STAR WINGFELDERS MFAT MARKET | Phone 284 THERBwo-’thmuibltl’nnnlde after the folks get through with one of our fine Turkeys, Geese, Ducks or Chickens! We will also have some prime Christmas Beef and Pork. Place your Order early for Poultry. . Santa Recommends Wingfelders Fine Poultry _ {|Oscar Gross presided at the meet * < â€" ing. ’ The members of the Alumnae of the nurses‘ training school of the Kâ€"w hogpital were entertsined for their annual meeting at the home of 'Mrn. H. M. Lackner, Weber street, Kitchener, Thursday. Officers were [elected as follows:â€"president, Miss M. Snider; first vice president Mrs. V. Snider; and second vice prest dent, Mrs: R. Potch; secretary, Mre. L. Bauman; assistant secretary, Miss A. Bechtel; treasurer, Miss K. Grant; social convener, Miss W. Arâ€" gue; floral convener, Miss M. Shantsz. The lucky number prize was won by Miss M. Eiliott. The demure young bride, a trifle pale, her lips set in a tremulous smile, slowly. stepped down the long church aisle, clinging to the arm of her father. NURSES ELECT NEW OFFICERS At the close a social time was spent. Mrs. C. O. Hemphill and Mrs. Lockie being the hosteases. WATERLOO