Judge — December 9, 1922 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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Papa goes around the end behind great interference. Heywood Broun’s Sport Page The Same to You HRISTMAS shopping doesn’t be- gin to present the difficulties which it did once upon a time. There used to be all that cogitating about what to buy for Aunt Hattie. It was cus- tomary to poll the family on the issue, and sometimes when Christmas was just a couple of day ’, with five election districts missing, the strain. would be tremendous. At the last minute a land- slide from upstate would carry in the tea caddy as the favored gift. All that sort of business is over. There is no longer any need to argue about the present for Aunt Hattie. The dutiful nephew simply goes out and gets her a cocktail shaker. Grandpa Ambrose is going to send synthetic gin with the most cheerful labels he can find. It looks as if this would be just about the happiest Christmas Aunt Hattie ever had. Of ‘se all the family can be in on it. n little Kenneth will have the satis- faction of doing his bit when he trots around bright and rosy cheeked on Christmas morning bringing the orange from the toe of his stocking. ERSONALLY we think nothing makes a more attractive gift than a good book. We even know the name of the book. But of course we wouldn't think of mentioning it. Still we hope that Santa Claus will realize that every time he drops a copy of “T-- B-y Gr-w Sketches by Weed Old-r” down some friendly chimney he is not only bringing joy and happiness to still another home, but also putting seventeen and a half cents in our pocket. But we have a suspicion that a good many people do not really want to ha their Christmas problems simplified in the manner we have indicated. To some it is more blessed to buy than to receive. They like the campaigning and the strategy and the violence of Christmas shopping. During the height of the season in the shops they are able to re- establish contacts with life. Tt isn’t sry week in the year that an individual has the privilege’ of butting a perfect stranger in the back and getting away with it. Even when you elbow an ob- vious non-combatant out of the way there is no shame in it. ‘There is comfort in realizing that you did it all for little Nellie. ITTLE NELLIE worries us more than body else. If it were not for her, Christmas shopping would be es The same store that sells the cocktail shakers has cigar cutters. That fixes Uncle George. Naturally Willie can be appeased with a hundred cigar- The straight buck through the line. comicbooks.com