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â€" A Picture â€"â€"_â€"_â€" _For Christmas s (very Woman Welcomes $ Chrisimas Slippers yAAnanmnarnianranls ® c3 ie T op is 2e SE g ) fii 4; PP BOUDOIR SLIPPERS for Women, g 1 1 ,? ani 95c !* $2.25 d :i“,\’. k: ROMEO SLIPPERS for Men, OME q BKJ __ $2.50 * $3.50 P "fly&,, _ _ â€"â€"aA i‘?’fii‘%& WARM FELT SLIPPERS for the »~oditieny, o 4+ 2 /S C esd Children ......â€". 5(@qp pair up. it ie / 9 e Rahn‘s Shoe Store f _ King St. S. W aterloo DOVUNUNVVURNDREDURDDNEID D.R D.D DR DR DR R R RR R DR‘ D A‘D‘ D‘ "The color of his eyes? artist. "Ohâ€"erâ€"brown," she blushed. That was what Marion paused, now, as she passed "Jack‘s picture on her table Playâ€" fully she screwed up her face. She‘d get him a present, of course. Aâ€"a cigarette case with his initialsâ€"exâ€" peusive but simple. That‘s the way the girls at the office sounded. And he‘d get her aâ€"She dropped the enâ€" largement and hurried to rescue the potatoesâ€"scorched for supper. ETE PHCRESE 0P : a good job, but her business acâ€" quaintances all had their own family festivities. How the girls who worked under her had planned and chattered for the laat week‘ They called Marion "Miss Morris" and were timid before hor. Of course, ehe couldn‘t break the ice with, "!‘m only a lonely girl‘ Don‘t think of me as a boas. Let me share your s fun." Anyway, she wasn‘t hungry or homelees. Marion‘s smile was wist fui and perhaps a little bitter. There was no one in the whole city to share her Cl‘mul-n She‘d worked up to _ _ _(By Clars Agee Hays) On Christmas eve Marion surveyed her apartmentâ€"wreaths of holly in the windows and a tiny tree with SEEDT PCORA Oeb ind diinit on d itints trnst For three Christmasesâ€"all aloneâ€" YOU‘LL FIND COMFORTABLE SLIPPERS FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY Leisure hours are happy hours, and any miss or matron will have a cheerful reminder of you, if you give her a pair of our smart new boudoir slippers. They have heels, and come in D‘Orsay, sandal, pump, and strapâ€"back styles especially designed for the new lounging mode. toâ€"wellâ€"make it scem Jon had asked the "Iâ€"I told Benâ€"if his sister was asâ€"attractive as the picture he showed me, I‘dâ€"want to bring her back with me andâ€""* He looked up seriously. ‘"Please don‘t think me David stepped inâ€"for a look at Marion. He flushed and glanced down. There‘d been lots to talk about David leaving late, anticipated with actual eagerness the dinner with her tomorrow. And Marton‘s heart sang as ehe got up early on Christmas to "get things doue". David came early, too. and Marion, pinning a towel on him, let him help. It seemed natural. She and he had beern friends in her imagination eo long! The afternoon passed swiftly. In the eveniug they went to a theater. When they returned. "A look at the tree before you £0*" invited Marion. Marion managed to say softly, "I‘m slad you came." And David, looking at her felt that. somehow, she was. hn . Here on business . . . Told Ben I‘d look you up," he explained a little nervously. "Shouldn‘t have broken in on your Christmasâ€"a perâ€" fect strangerâ€"lâ€"ahâ€"was a little lonesome, I guese. Suddenly the door bell rang. Marion opened the door cautiously. Then she gasped. When David Bruce entered he wondered why the attractive sister )t his pal stared at him as if she could not believe her eyes and sank weakly into a chair. more casily when she looked into the large brown eyes and dreamed of the time she and "Jack" might have a home of their own. } But, um’n. another oln.n:z. mm eve, imaginative with 't":kfllg eyes, became matterâ€"of fact Miss Morris of the office "It‘s ridiculous!" she scoided. "Complete ty in love with a picture! ! must be losing my mind!" Vindicatively she thrust "Jack" into a drawer and sat down to make kerseif read and forâ€" yet puanibaluaabiaaa:a:8aaR a:d e eb RNRBRDRBIRIDARD # Rev. Mr. Piper of Bresiau was a Thamday visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bulmer. Last Banns For This Year. Martinâ€"Shantz On Sunday forenoon, December 7. banns were announced at the Menâ€" nonite Church, at Elmira, for Malinâ€" da. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shantz. and Ceranus, «on of Mr. and Mrs. Wendal Martin. cheeky. I‘ve got to return so soon and ~well, she‘s better than the picâ€" ture. J . .._.* man,. Amos Martin, Christian Zim merman and Harry Noldt of Lancasâ€" ter County, Pennsylvania, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Diefenbacher and family visited at the home of the former‘s brother here lact Friday. Miss Lizzie Martin has recovered from a recent attack of pneumonia. Mr. _ Amos _ Wilkinson returned Aome last Monday from a lengthy soâ€" Journ at the Winter Faira of Toronto and Ottawa. Mrs. Esley Matthews is vieiting Miss Audrey Mulloy of Sheffleld this week. American guests at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Diefenbacher and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron H. Wideman re cently were: Messrs. Isaae Zimmer Mrs. E. 6. birthday party Lodge in Eim of last week. Mr. Koehler of Waterloo was a business visitor in this vicinity dur Ing the latter part of last week. __ Mr. Rudd of London and Mesere. Helwi# and Overy of Kitchener were lately business visitors in Wallenâ€" stein. Mr. Ral were Gle: Charles E. Sunday. Miss visited Martin Mr. Ames C. Martin is spending a few days in Ohio on a business mission. Messrs. Nouh Wideman and Ab ram Shantz were business visitors to Little Britain last Friday. Mr. Eli Horst was a recent visitor to Millbank and Newton. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bowman of Heidelberg were last week visitors with their daughter, Mrs. Weber and Mr. D. M. Weber. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Martinson and daughter Mary, spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. William C. Marâ€" tinson. Mr. Isaac Kolb and sister, Miss Mary. were Indiana visitors with relatives here last week. Messre. William Snider and Victor Cole were Twin City visitors in this vicinity last Friday. Mr. Percy DeKay has disposed of bis fine farm, formerly the old his toric "William _ Peterson â€" Homeâ€" stead," one hundred and forty acres, more or less, together with the buildings being purchased by Mr. David M. Snider for approrimately $11,000, while the "flats" portiou, loâ€" ‘ated in Woolwich township, is reâ€" worted to have passed into the posâ€" seésion of Mr. Louls Weber of Hawkesville. Visitors Coming And Going. en es Mesers. Aaron Diefenbacher, Amos $. Brubacher d&nd Henry 8. Bauman Jr., are enjoying a yearâ€"end vacation in Ohio and Pennsylvania. known merchant in this vicinity, re cently escaped in a most marvellous manner when a backing train at Waâ€" terloo completely demolished the car he was driving. Farewelis Fine Farm. Mr. Washington D. Elsley of Stoney Creek, for many years a well HAD MIRACULOUS THROWN BY ANIMAL ESCAPE FROM DEATH AND RECEIVES C rain Hits Car Driven by W. D. Elsley, a Former Merchant her sister, Mrs. Abram W last weekâ€"end. G. Pierce attended the arty of Swastika Rebecca Elmira on Tuesday night and WALLENSTEIN gswwwwwwwwww\; 2R AdndntndlIIItiIMniINtNtitINNNINnNIrInNRNIRNARIRE: A Parasite Shrub Probably the height of disilusion in his day was when Mr. Webster defined | mistJetoe as "a parasite lovea ts shrub." "I thought you were ;;olng to ask your friends this year not to give you any Christmas presents." Messrs. Ion Martin and William Fenton spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. Norman Matthews. Mrs. William Guise spent a day last week with Mrs. C. W. Rutherâ€" furd ‘"Well, 1 was only I thought some f them might really do it." , Mr. Harold W. Jackson and Mr. ‘arl Matthews spent the weekâ€"end with Toronto friends. Among those who attended the Winter Fair held at Guelph last week were: Messrs. Ira Jackson, frant _ Jackson, _ Albert Ruler, Wellington Matthews and John R. ackson. ‘ersonals. The local school has set the date <or their concert for Friday night, Jec. 19th, at 8 o‘clock. We are looking for a full house. \ttende® Winter Fair. Y-_!_gon School Conco:l.r Radio‘s Siim Fingers if Radio‘s slim fingers Can pluck a melody "rom out the night And toss it o‘er a continent or se < the petalled white notes Of a violin Are blown across a mountain And o‘er a city‘s din, if songs like crimeon roses Are culled from thin blue airâ€" Then why should mortals wonder If God hears prayer? Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Scheifele and laughter Audrey of Waterloo were »aturday visitors at the home of Ur. John R. Jackson‘s. Mr. William Fenton was a Saturâ€" lay visitor in Elmira. Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Matthews ipent V‘Vednesd_uy in Kitchener. Martinâ€"Bowman The marriage of Barbara, daughter oi Rev. Jobu and Mrs. Bowman, to Cranston, son of Mr. Recevius Marâ€" tin and the late Mre. Martin, of West Woolwich, _ was _ solemnfted _ by Bishop Ezra L. Martin at the Upper culwich home of the bride‘s parâ€" culwich home of the bride‘s parâ€" ents on Tuesday, December 16th, in the presence of a goodly number of nembers of the immediate families. Wedding. Martinâ€"Shoomaker Banns were proclaimed at the Mennonite Church near the "Three Bridges" on Sunday, December 14, for Susannah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Shoemaker, and Clayâ€" ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon B. Martin. Mr. Solomon W. Martin is reported to have suffered a disiocation of one of his shoulders a few daye ago when one of his cattle tossed him violently against a stall in his staâ€" ble. He was immediately taken to the Kâ€"W hospital where an Xâ€"Ray revealed a slight osseous fracture accompanying the dislocation. Latest information reports Mr. Marâ€" tin to be making satisfactory im provements. : Dislocated When One of Cattle Attacks Him. V{hat Stopped Her PAINFUL INJURIES YATTON it will be the best that has been held during the past. The local school is holding their Christmas entertainment on Thursâ€" day evening and it is believed that Mrs. Brown and son Elmer New Dundee visited Mrs. Troxel Thursday. Mrs. Schliemann and daughter Doris visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Eagle of Hespeler on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith Kitchener visited Mr. and Mrs. Bieth on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Schaele!‘i and baby of Kitchener and Mr. Henry Schaefer of Mitchell visited | â€"heir parents, Mr. and Mrs. FEd.| Schaefer on Sunday. i Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Mihm will regret to know that they are quarantined with scarlet fever. Unfortunately, a number of the children have contracted this disâ€" case. Miss Stells Luft visited her mother, Mrs. Luft, on Wednesday. Mrs. Einwechter attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Neuâ€" meyer on Wednesday. A/SVer the meeling a practise was held for the Christmas lr(nnt "To ‘ All People" which will take fl.en between Christmas and New Yeare. * 3t Tren M ied b r. John Moss, accomvani ‘ Messrs. Clayton Moss, i: Burkhardt / and Milton Moss of Kitchener atâ€" . tended the Guelph Stock Show on Wednesday. Gifts" was conducted by Mr. Lk{.‘_ Burgets. A dhlom entitled * san‘s Christmas Gifts" was present ed by Miss Alita Burgets and Mr. Lawrence Pagett. As it was conseâ€" eration meeting, the roll was called. anyanxuatana:aaaxaaa:a:aia:alalnla‘nla‘dl C e > 5!%3!3wwflfififififififisfifiufififififififig the Chrstmas tide of the oocidental in Christian natiogs. w.z“ nhtha:-igfluhhntd who was Cotawa Buddha, lord of|Li; Bring the Children along too. We want to help yon enjoy This Christmas Season MondayEv‘g., Dec. 21 % Barrie‘s Grocery 61 John St. East Meet Waterioo At