Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1938 — Page 2

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Santa Claus Really Has a Post Office

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This is the doorway to Santa Claus land, a real village resting in the Indiana hills whieh has become world-famous because of its Christmasy name and also because Abraham Lincoln lived there from his seventh to twenty-first years. Santa Claus is an unincorporated village but its post office does a land-office business each December because thousands of people send their letters there to be cancelled with the famous Santa Claus postal stamp.

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For 28 years James F. Martin was postmaster at Santa Clans, taking it easy each summer and working like a fiend during the Christmas rush. Finally the pressure grew so great that his office was rated as a thirdclass post office, a ranking usually enjoyed only by much larger com munities. Above is the Santa Claus post office and general store.

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Succeeding Janies Martin when he died was the present postmaster, Oscar Phillips, forty-one. To him has fallen the duty of making thousands of children happy. Each day he receives hundreds of letters containing enclosures which are to be cancelled carefully with the Santa Claus stamp and sent on to all parts of the world. i t ' < MT| ■ sw - ■ Mj' ' ** & As he should be, the real Santa Claus is the patron saint of this little Indiana community. This 25-foot statue of St. Nicholas stands all year in a little park, attracting visitors from all parts of the country. Yes. Santa Claus does have a post office!

Center Line On Indiana Highways Applied By Odd-Looking Vehicle

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The four-inch stripe which designates traffic lanes on Indiana's state highways, is applied with the elongated vehicle pictured above, it is a familiar sight to motorists at this season of the year when the center lanes are being renewed on more than three thousand miles of state highways. The "center-liner" was developed by highway engineers for fast, economcial marking of traffic ’.anea — one of the many operations by which the State Highway Comniis sion seeks to make the highways more safe. Operated by trained crews, the equipment will mark center lines on approximately twen-ty-five miles of highways a day. Six markers are owned by the high way commission, one for each of the six state highway districts. Liquid asphalt is used for the four-inch black stripe; approximately 45 gallons of the mixture being required to mark a mile of highway. Fine white stone is used over the asphalt for the center line on dark surfaces. These two types of center line are standard in Indiana. selected as being more permanent and having a higher visibility value at night. Best results are obtained when the highway surface is dry and the temperature is between 30 and 10 degrees. When properly applied, a good center line lasts from two to three years before it must be renewed. The use of the center line on Indiana highways is one of the maintenance features which has brought

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A photographic reproduction of the famous Christinas painting, "As Shepherds Watched,” by Carl Mueller, noted Germen artist. The painting, depicting the birth of Christ, was execated in Dusseldorf in 1885 and was first published in the United States in 1936.

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continuing commendation from tourists for the highway system of the Hoosier state. By designating the proper lanes for vehicles, the marking aids in preventing accidents and gives the motorist a guide-line for night driving. Indiana motorists have become so accustomed to the center line on the state highways, that they immediately notice its absence from a section of highway and demand this type of marking. In addition to the center line, the State Highway Commission has a standard white marking applied on highway surfaces at railroad crossings, and uses a yellow line to designate "no-passing" zones on curves and hills of roads carrying an average daily traffic of 700 vehicles. o » « | Test Your Knowledge | Can you answer seven of these | ten questions? Turn to page Four for the answers. 1. Which French seaport is on the estaury of the Sceine? 2. Under which government de- • artment is the U. S. Coast end Geodetic Survey? 3. In what year was Charles Evans Hughes nominated fcr President of the U- S.? 4. What is the standard gauge railways in the U. S.? 5. Into what body of water does the Nile river empty? 6. For which King of France was the State of Louisiana named? 7. What is the abbreviation for

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the degree Doctor of Engineering? 8. In zoology, what is the name for that brand) of science relating to reptiles? • 9. Where is the volcano named Hecla? 10, What is Jargon? o Injury Upon Injury St. Louis —(UP) —Emmett Manes 72. lost four fingers when bls right hand was caught in a puncn press he was operating. A few minutes later he suffered head lacerations when he was thrown through the windshield of an automobile in which he was being rushed to a

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CHAPTER XXV Irene lighted another cigaret. Gordon stood in the sunlight and looked after Constance and Alex as they went toward the house. “She's divinely beautiful," Irene raid, “but not your type, darling. You’ll be terribly jealous of her when you take her away from here. Who is she, really? Does she have any money? Alex is flirting with her. You’ll have to watch him. He's never seen anything like her. She's like a perfect piece of untouched fruit at the top of a tree that you can’t get to." He looked at her soberly. “She’s much too good for me and she doesn’t know anything about me. She’s in for rather a bad shock. I'm afraid. She hasn’t any money. She isn’t anything socially. But she has a talent for making me happy." , Her eyes mocked. "Gordon Keith afraid of a mere girl?” And laughed, mockingly. “There are a lot of people who’d get a kick out of knowing that.” “You might have kept Lisbeth in the dark.” Irene stiffened. “Lisbeth is in New York because she thinks you're coming back and she won’t marry a perfectly swell man because she’s still mad about you. Her extravagant clothes and elegant parties are a pose to attract attention, your attention. What is this power you have over women, Gordon?” “Don’t be absurd. Let’s go in." “Not jealous of poor Alex, I hope. I’ll probably have difficulty in getting him to leave tomorrow. Poor Alex." Irene taA.id incessantly to Gordon throughout lunch and Alex concebtrated -pon Constance and made plans for when they should all meet again. He and Irene would go west for skiing after Christmas and she and Gordon must join them. Then on to southern waters on his yacht where other friends would join them. And Constance remembered what Gordon had said, “They’ve made living their only careers.” Several times across the long walnut table she looked uncomfortably away from Alex’s fixed glance upon her to Gordon’s handsome dark head and wished that this garrulous, superficial woman, whose sons bored her, and this man, who was flirting with her before his wife, had never come. “What are we going to do tonight?" Irene asked. “Take us to the country club. We passed it You do belong, don’t you? Alex, wouldn’t it be amusing to go to a small town country club? You’d like to go, wouldn’t you, Constance?” And so it was decided that they would go to the club, though Constance hesitated, remembering her last time there, and Gordon hesitated. wondering if Avis would be there. Avis.... He had not thought of her recently but now the thought of her was a sharp, vivid memory. Late that afternoon Constance left. Gordon and the Conants would stop for her about ten that night. In her small warm room she dressed, slowly and reluctantly, in the ice blue chiffon frock she had worn the first and only time she had been to the club’s Saturday right dance. She hesitated on the steps as she came downstairs because Gordon was in the hall talking to her mother. Looking at him, she thought, “Where will loving you

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1 Hospital. The automobile skidded i and struck the rear end of a truck. o Father “Fagin” Sentenced London. —<U.R) —A man who alleg- , edly trained his five sons as confidence tricksters was sentenced to six months imprisonment tn London on a charge of having been concerned with his son in attempti ing to steal 1750 by a trick from a New Zealand storkeeper. - -O Perfect Fan for 25 Years New Orleans — (UP) — Henry VVorner. New Orleans druggist, is the type football fan every team would like to have. He has seen

take me? Please don’t let it take me among people like the Conants.” And thought instantly how keenly Terry would dislike them. Gordon looked up and saw her and smiled. Then Ruth stood against the screen door and solemnly watched them walk down the path to his car. People on the country club veranda nodded to Gordon and stared at the party of four as they went in. Upstairs Irene, lovely in dull white crepe, said, “I do hope we’re going to see a lot of you and Gordon when you’re married. And of course I can introduce you to no end of people. You’re going to live in New York, aren't you?” “We haven’t made any plans yet.” No plans. Just drifting from day to day. . .. Irene lifted a curving dark brow. “My dear, if I know my Gordon Keith at all, you’d better pin him down to something definite. You’ll have to do the planning. He’s terribly irresponsible.” Downstairs the men were waiting. Alex grinned and said, “My dance, Constance. Don’t mind, do you, old man? I know Irene wants to dance with you." "My husband understands me perfectly.” She put her arm through Gordon’s. “Dance with me, darling, but please don’t introduce me to any of these tiresome looking people.” Alex danced well. In the crowded ballroom, lighted only by rose-col-ored wall lights, Constance saw Nina Howard whose intelligent eyes widened in surprise to see her. Nina smiled warmly. Alex, holding her in a tight embrace, was silent. Near the orchestra she saw Gordon smiling down at Irene, saw Irene's magnificent smile flashing again. After the dance Alex said, “Let’s go out. Awfully warm in here. Awful mob.” He guided her through the throng of dancers to the crowded veranda. Then, still guiding her with his atm through hers, he led the way over tlie damp green lawn to the garden in the rear of the club. There, sheltered by plants and flowers, he took her in his arms and kissed her. She had no time to break away from him, no time to speak her indignation and disgust. For over her shoulder she heard the faint rustle of a dress and knew that Irene was there and had seen them. But Irene did net look angry, seeing Constance in her husband’s arms in a moonlit garden. Catching her breath, Constance drew away from the heavy arrs that held her. She felt almost iii. "How ugly this is!” she thought. “How ugly!” Irene’s eyes moe k e d thorn. "Awfully sorry to intrude like this,” she said. Alex cleared his throat. Irene went on, "Don’t stand there looking so stupid, Alex. I’m not going to make a scene. This isn’t the first time I’ve caught you kissing another woman.” To Constance she said lightly, “Don’t take it so seriously, my dear. It may be your first offense but it won’t be your last. And take a lesson from me. When you come ufson Gordon with another woman in his arms, don’t swear at him and make a scene and then run home to pack your bags. You’ve a lot to learn. Come along in. I left Gordon talking to a Mrs. Howard but hell be looking for us.” Constance said- “No. You and

every home game of Tulane University during the past 25 years The first Tulane game he saw was against Louisiana State University in 1905. but he doesn’t remember who won. Birthday Gloom Early Standish, Mich. — (UP) — Peter Gibson spent a gloomy 72nd birthday—he thought. He drank a touat to himself all alone. The following day he was both surprised and chagrin when his relatives descended en masse. A check of the family Bible disclosed he had celebrated a day too early. j'

Alex go in. I’ll—l’ll be in in a little while.” She heard their laughter before they were very far saw Irene bend her pale head ro light a cigaret from the lighter Alex held. Sitting down on a stone bench with her dress rippling about the silver sandals, she folded her hands to keep them from trembling so. “When you come upon Gordon with another woman in his arms . . .” And instantly in her mind she saw herself coming upon him thus and knew it would be as if her heart were being torn from her. ... You read and heard much of modern marriage and casual divorce. She had been taught to denounce both. Marriage meant belonging completely to one person and that one person belonging completely to you with no secrets and no plots between you. Love came only once. One great love was enough. How then could Irene Conant have loved the father of her sons, her second husband, and now the good-natured Alex? How could she be flippant when she saw her love and her marriage cheapened? Did Alex think of his predecessors when he looked at his wife? Constance thought. “What is love?” and could not define it because what she had felt for Terry and what she now felt for Gordon were two distinct and separate things. She was afraid of the future. She was afraid that all she had believed in would be lost and she would be like Irene. “I’m afraid of my tomorrow and I’ve never been afraid before. I’ve lived for my tomorrow because I believed it would be happier and better than today.” Across the ballroom Gordon saw Avis in a green dress. He left Nina Howard w-ho had been telling him about Rosalind and Van in Bermuda and crossed the room to Avis. She seemed gay tonight and her reckless, former self. “Hello, Gordon. What brings you? Are you celebrating the end of book about yourself?” But while her voice was gay, her eyes were moody and unhappy. “Let’s go out and have a cigaret.” They stopped in a secluded spot on the veranda. The orchestra had begun and people had gone in. Avis asked, “Why did you come after me when you saw me, Gordon? Where’s Constance? You should be with your fiancee.” “Alex is with her, I think. How have you been?” “Oh, fine.” Liar, she thought. She had not been fine. She had been looking at travel literature and making plans to go away. She had been miserable. But she would forget Gordon’s face with the faces of a hundred men. She would! She would!! Tilting her face, Avis said. “My maid is packing my trunks tonight. I’m going to Paris first and then on to Italy.” , . He smiled. He understood her. “I wish I were going to Paris again.” She tried to make her voice light. “I heard from an old flame of mine the other day. A Count, a real one. It would give this town something to talk about if I came back a Countess. But Dad wouldn't like it. He wants me to marry a man who will take over the various businesses when he passes on and carry on as if he ware his own son.” (To be continued) DUtribuU'i by Ktnt Featum Syndicate. !■* Copj rl<tt by IrU Bmumu;

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