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Phene, Office 492, Residence 765-R Freepor, Greve Pianos Beg 1 o inform our customers and friends that the high-grade GREVE PIANOS are now located at songs. A public square in Moscow and a picturesque market scene in Hoi land, showing the dykes and windmills, | are next visited. Nothing elicits greater applause than the finale of the Holland scene showing a living, sing ing, huge tulip bed completely cover ing the block wide stage of the Hip- j podrome., „ The fens and glens and craigs of bonnie Scotland are next traversed by the most radiant array of Scottish cos- tqmes worn by the clans who gather upon the haze covered hills of the highlands to sing and dance fealty the flag of Scotland. Persia with its moonlit mystic pub lic squares in-Teheran is shown at ves per time when the temple bells are calling all good Persians to the mosque for evening prayers. Following with alluring Orientalism is shown a quaint street scene in Peking, China, with its tiny shops and dainty, smiling Chinese maidens. Clothed in all the perfumed glory of tiny pink, peach blossoms in a fairy land orchard is unfolded the beautiful ballet of ' Flowers of All\ Nations” and then in rapid, radiant, ahimmering succession the Magic City of Golden Palme, the Silver Palace of Peace and the sheen glistening, rainbow colored Court of Cryatal Fountains, bursts forth before the eye with such bril liancy aa to really dazzle and amaze and astound those who are joyous in seeing this greatest of all spectacles at the New York’Hippodrome. ‘ JACK HORNER’S I CHRISTMAS GIFT | where we have more facilities to display our new style GREVE PIANOS, and have ample room to renovate old >ianos like new by bur own expert workmen. Would you ce a A player action installed in your own piano? fl estimates furnished free. B. G. GREVE, Mgr. FREEPORT, N. Y. Properties for Sale at Freeport, N.Y. PLOT No. 1. 50x125, situated on Colonial Avenue, between Columbus Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike, $700. PLOT No. 2. 76x125, comer Wig gins and Columbus Aves., N.W., $1350. PLOTjNo. 3. 125x125, (cor.) Colum bus and Independence Aves.,N.E., $2200. J before - , , PLOT No. 4. 100x150, (cor.) Colum-, .. . O ld bus and Bedford Aves., S. E _ $2000. Also two plots 50x130, $600 each. All in good neighborhoo js, and sold on easy terms. George. E. Travis, D. D. S. Painless Dentistry 18 Village Art. Rockville Centre,N.Y. ’Tw a * t h e n i g h t b e fore C h ristm a s , A n d all t h r o u g h th e house N o t a c r e a t u r e w a s stirrin g , Not even a m o u se. HE little verse kept continually running through Jack HorneiVs M mind as 3ie sat in his library with no light but the fitful flick er of the burning coals in the fire place. It w a s the night before C h rist mas, and throughout the house not a sound was to be heard. For some tim e Jac k ’s w ife had been III, and the care and constant atten tion he had given her showed plainly in his worn looking face. She was sleeping now. so Jack had seated him self before the glowing coals to allow Ids thoughts to contrast the m o rrow ' with other C h ristm a ses that bad gone u5§$£/* Jim - . OUR SODA Is popular because of its quality. The best flavors, the best fountain and popular prices. Hot Drinks For the cold days--nothing so good and really bracing as these spec ials of ours. Drop in today. FREEPORT CANDY KITCHEN 5 Railroad Ave. Freeport, L. I. He had been m a rried five years. How happy those C h ristm a ses had been to both of them, each giving a token full This Space Is for Sale at very rea- sonable rate* ^ it to a d v e rtise r You’re in the Grip of the Coal Trust at Get out of it...Cook with Gas NASSAU & SUFFOLK LIGHTING CO. Geo. M a c D o n a ld,'President FREEPORT ROCKVILLE CENTRE HEMPSTEAD MEDIA ROOSEVELT I ---------------------------- “ I SHALL HAVB TO WRAP UP MY LOVK FOI YOU.'* _ of heartfelt love and each receiving with a feeling th a t kings could receive no more. And even before this, yenr> ago, when they w e re sw e e thearts—and they had been sw e e thearts for a long tim e —the night before Christm as had been so much to them th a t each la? aw ake the g r e a ter part of the night in order to be up all the earlier in fht morning. And, after all these memories, here was Christmas eve, and his wife was very 111. She wouldn't be up In the morning. No; the house would be quiet, and she \.’euld feel worse be cause she could not be up. bright and happy, a sort of living synonym of the day. H is w ife called him from his reverie H e w e n t to her and ditl her bidding She looked up at him w ith the peculiar smile of a woman who is grateful for the constant love of a good man. Thou she said in a low voice: “Jack, you look so dreadfully tlm l. I feel terrible to be sick and keep you w o rried and up all tim e s of I he night and day. Dear Iwy, you haven't had any sleep in a month, have youY\ “ Never mind me,\ replied her hus band and kissed her. “ How do you feel now?” “Fine. Tom orrow's C h ristm a s, Isn’t it?” she said with a sigh. “Well, you know. Jack, 1 h a v en't been able to get out, so tomorrow 1 will have to wrap up my love for you and give it to you again for a C h ristm a s present. You won’t mind me giving you again tint I little trinket I gave yon long ago. will you, Jack?” And she laughed quietly. Fatigue and care passed from his mind. He. too, laughed softly and patted her head. “No, I won't mind.” he replied. “T h a t’s a magnificent present.\ “You are so tired.” persisted his wife. “Go to bed and have a good sleep. The nurse will take care of me for one night.” A fter a time Jack started for his room. H is wife had succeeded In turning his thoughts in happy chan- As he was leaving the sick woman smiled and said to him : “And, Jack, don’t forget to hang up your stocking.” Playfully he promised and before re tiring duly kept his promise. How he did sleep 1 There w ere m u f fled noises nil around him. The doctor had been summoned, a n d the nurse was going to and fro ns softly as she could. Jack’s mother had arrived, and she, too. was hurrying here and there Though it was after m idnight. man> lights were shining in the house. San ta Claus or some one w a s very busy. B u t Jack slept on. dream ing dream s never to be recalled. It was nearly 7 o’clock, when the first rays of dawn peeped into his room, that he awoke. The noise had ceased and the lights w e re out. He arose •quietly and tiptoed out of his room to the dining room. H e was not thinking of it. but he noticed immediately th a t the stocking he had hung from the m antle was Voue. Then he heard his xyife’s voice calling: “Jack, are you looking for your stock ing?” it said. “Yes? Well. I have it here. Come in. Santa Claus has been real good to you.\ Going in, Jack saw his m o ther and the nurse, and there beside his wife h< could see the end of his stocking. , H e pulled it out. It w a s empty.' “Oh, Jack.” exclaimed his w ife with feigned disappointm ent, “it m u st have fallen out of the stocking!\ ' Then he heard a something—a noise a cry, a squeak, an indescribable some thing—that came from beneath the covering. He wanted to yell, to cry, to do a highland Slug, bnt he didn’t. He stood very still. /’Let's name tt Santa Claus,” he said at last.—New York Globe. y • SANTA GLADS : IN SALT LAKE $ O :i th r i f t y M orm on household cam e th e p a tr o n sa in t of Yule. I H e w a s puffing like an engine, he M. w a s laden like a m ule. K o r he knew a row of sto c k in g s such a s now h e re else Is seen W o u ld he y a w n in g th e r e before him In t h e hom e o f C ider G reen. So he shoved his pack ahead of him and s t a r t e d dow n th e flue W hile he m u ttered , “T h is is so m e th in g th a t 1 h a te-lik e sm o k e to do .” Then ho follow e d w ith relu c tan c e th r o u g h th e sinooty, sm u d g y air. Q u ickly lan d in g w h e re th e h o s iery w a s h u n g In m a n y s pair. of len g th y , w ifely hns T h e r e w e r e p a p a ’s socks and tw e n ty p a ir s ise; T h e r e w e r e socks fo r Eddie, W illie, fo r K llp h a let and M ose; T h e re w e re etq c k ln g s of M a tild a ’s, E s m e r a l d a 's an d S u s a n n a ’s ; T h e r e w e re C h a r le y 's hose an d M o lly’s, C o r a B e lle’s an d little D a n ’s. A m a ryllis, G e o rge, A lphonso, P e t e r , J o seph, M a u d e, Eugene, A rthur, I.lzzle, Jam e s . Am e lia, M a ry, F r a n ces an d Irene, B riggle, Reed. Luclle, C lorlnda, A r e tliu s a , Jo h n . E s telle. M a ttie, L u c ifer. E l f r i d a — f rom h is lips th e i r title s fell. Hut a b o u t th e sh e lf th e r e dan g led o t h e r hose w h o se o w n e r s ’ nam e s He could not recall to sav e him a s he w a tch e d th e dying flam es, Seven p a ir s , all- baby sizes, each in ag e not q u i te a year. “G e e ,” cried N ick, \been so m e th in g doing since th e lu s t tim e I w a s here! Glad I b r o u g h t a stock of ra t t l e s e n d a lot o f t e e t h in g rings. r t a h a lw a y s gives a m a r k e t fo r su c h k in d e r g a r t e n , things. From ‘rac e suicide’ s h e ever h a s d i s c r e e t ly held aloof. And th e r e 's not a hom e In Zion fre e fro m s t o r k tra c k s on th e roof.\ —S t r ick lan d W . G lllllan In Ju d g e SOME CH R ISTM A S TIO N S . T h i s Yule be w i s e r for. If, following hie nocturnal ob servations, S a n t a Claue were to give aw a y as much as he keeps to himself, th e r e would bo sev eral scandals in Bohemia. K e e p i n g C h r i s t m a s is generally done a t a loss. One touch of C h r i s t m a s m a k e s ” the whole world grin. One swallow doesn’t m a k e a i> Christm a s . . \ N o r does a snow bank. Event t h e stockings m u s t y a w n . L and stretch on C h r i s t m a s m o r n - ” C h r i s t m a s h a d been a w e a k •- , day w i t h o u t the punch. CHRISTMAS MAXIMS. Look not on the wine when it is red, but a little pale brandy helps the pudding amazingly. It’a a foolish girl who gives her beau the mitten before Christ- maa. The small boy'cannot be judged by hie conduct on Christmas eve. A eealekin sack malfca a de vout Christmas churchgoer. .
