She Christmas fousc ^(garden 
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and her words were like a gentle Christ¬ 
mas benediction. 
“ ‘Unto us,’ ” said Aunt Ellen Leslie as 
she turned the Christmas log, “ ‘this night 
a son is given !’ ” 
But Ralph, by the window, had not 
heard. For wakening again in his heart 
as he stared at the peaceful, moonlit, 
“God-made” hills — was the old forgotten 
boyish love for this rugged, simple life of 
his father’s dwarfing the lure of the city 
and the mockery of his fashionable 
friends. And down the lane of years 
ahead, bright with homely happiness and 
service to the needs of others — was the 
dark and winsome face of Sister Madge, 
stirring him to ardent resolution. 
Wild Rue in the Garden 
"VT^HEN going for ferns in late spring 
in the same damp haunts where 
they thrive, one will find the tall meadow 
rue, just beginning to push itself upward. 
I think that few people understand how 
easily it may be transplanted at this stage 
The hunter after ferns will find the meadow 
rue a fit companion plant for them 
to the home grounds, or how quickly, it 
adapts itself to its changed habitat. 
It will grow fairly well in almost com¬ 
plete shade, but a little sunshine greatlv 
enhances its charm. 
The plant in the picture, reaching nearly 
to the top of the fence post, stands on 
the northwest corner of the house, but 
where it has the afternoon sunshine for 
several hours in summer. 
Passers-by in early July are greatly at¬ 
tracted by it, covered as it is at that time 
by dainty white umbels, which gently sway 
to every breeze; these flowers combine 
gracefully with cut sweet peas and nastur¬ 
tiums. 
The low growing leaves are very deli¬ 
cate and nearly as pretty as those of the 
maidenhair fern, which they resemble. 
One can rapidly increase the supply by 
separating the roots after a few years, also 
remembering that tillage and fertilizing 
are beneficial, as for most plants. 
No-Rim-Cut Tires 
10% O versize 
Note This Winter Tread 
Perhaps you know, as we do, the usual 
shortcomings. Our experts spent three years 
in getting around them. 
The usual projections are too short-lived. 
So we made a thick, extra tread of very 
tough rubber and vulcanized it onto the regu¬ 
lar. That means a double-thick tread. 
Thus the blocks are deep-cut and immensely 
enduring. They last for thousands of miles. 
The us^ial non-skid will skid sometimes. 
Its grasp is inefficient. 
We present to the road surface countless 
edges and angles. In every direction, under 
every condition, they hold with a bulldog grip. 
The usual projections carry the strain to 
only a part of the tire surface. Thus the 
fabric is easily wrecked. 
These blocks of ours widen out at the base. 
They distribute the strain exactly the same 
as with smooth-tread tires. 
200,000 of these treads in use prove that 
nothing has ever solved the skidding problem 
like this Goodyear Non-Skid. You can see 
at a glance that we’ve done it. 
230,000 Cars Last Year 
Last year’s output of Goodyear tires was 
enough to equip 230,000 cars. 
The best other tire made has never ap¬ 
proached this wondrous popularity. 
Yet the demand is 
doubling over and 
over, faster than we 
can build factories. 
For we ended rim- 
cutting with our 
patent No-Rim-Cut 
tires and we added 
one-fourth to the av¬ 
erage tire. mileage by making them 10 per 
cent oversize. 
Men are now coming 
a way that is breaking 
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With or Without Non-Skid Treads 
to this type of tire in 
all records of Tire- 
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sake, make a com¬ 
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you should know. 
Ask us to mail it 
to you. 
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The flye passenger, full view ahead, town and suburban elec¬ 
tric. Art catalog Free—Address The Waverley Company, 
Indianapolis, Ind. Chicago Branch, 2005 Michigan Ave. 
New York, 1784 B’way. 
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Active cold air circulation—Sanitary linings. 
Send for Catalogue. 
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393 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind. 
THE REALTHING 
Pure Bayberry Candles, made on Cape Cod, 
by Cape Cod people, from Cape Cod bay- 
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North Truro, Mass. 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL 
IRISH ROSES TREES EVERGREENS 
And Hardy Perennials. Extra Sizes for Immediate Effect. 
Liberal Discounts on Large Orders. Catalogue Free. 
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