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} | flower flamed Highways S upon the entire family She gives health, joy and all-year playgrounds to the children; variety and the stimulus of a novel exper- ience to men and women alike. California is a magnificent relief—a gallant adventure —dovetailed into the pro- saic labors of every-day living. The Santa Fe operates five daily trains to California —all of them top-notchers in their class. But the very best train is the new Chief —extra fast, extra fine, ex- tra fare. Only two business days on the way—Fred Harvey dining service on the Santa Fe is supreme in the world of travel. After California — Hawaii lw. J. Black, Pass. Traf. Mgr. Santa Fe System Lines 1156 Railway Exchange, Chicago, Ill. 1 i | Send me free Santa Fe Picture Folders of } i California and Grand Canyon. dust mail this | | he was already revolting. Spectar | EXCURSION | GOING NOWHERE; BUT, \ ABSENT FRO THE COUNTRY BETWEEN DEC.23 462 DEC.27 | 2/44 A Modern Christmas Carol (Continued from page 11) Christmas Eve. He thought of the boys and girls all through the great city who would soon be dancing and laughing about their Christmas trees, their stockings mingling and crossing in the glow of the warm fire. Aloysius began his sixth, or per- haps his seventh, cocktail; and he heard the angels singing their songs of glad tidings, the bells pealing from the great church steeples, and saw dimly the fragile little reindeer (or were they giraffes) bounding along through the gusts of drifting snow. Ah, yes, there would be no Yule- tide joy for Aloysius. The son of the city’s most famous bootlegger must needs forego such pleasures. His was too busy, too confining a life to spend in frivolity on Christmas Eve. Al- ready Papa and Mamma De Van- tervale must have a legion of those everlasting flasks of Five Star vin- tage made up and ready for the labels. And he, unfortunate slave of in- dustry, must hurry back to his labor of covering the corks with those sticky green papers with the “Bottled in 1904” mark printed across them. | Ah, God, what a life—and on Christ- a ray of glorious light y through the childlike brain of our hero. At last he had it! He would revolt. In fact, he felt He would go to his father and demand the right to a true Christmas celebration. He would strike for a Yuletide spirit— his heritage from the days of Eden, or even long before. Now that he had it, poor little | Aloysius struggled gamely with his eleventh cocktail and rose unsteadily i Scarcely knowing what he staggered forlornly to the 20 Delight” “Every time they start Tur- Kish Delight goes Largest Selling Headset in the World Tower Phones are known the world over for their high qualit fitting, durable. by winners in the T and efficiency ally correct Atlantic tests and by those who obtain the best results from their radio. ery receiving set owner needs phones as auxiliary equipment and for tuning-in distant stations. On Sale from Coast to Coast Tower Mec. Corp., Boston, Mass. Also Mfgrs. Little Spitfire Headsets $1.95 comicbooks.com