The News-Times from Webster Groves, Missouri • 4

WI'TOTEI. Vr'ELoTEA GROVES, MKMOLT.I Fill DAY, DECEMBER 24, 1026 PAGE FOUR on Friday, December the thirty-first in honor of her niece, Miss Maigaret Vogt. oier iievc- ii Ernes5 CITY OF WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Messrs. David Flournoy, Jr.j James Dawson and Bob Smith were among those who returned home Tuesday from Missouri University for the Christmas vacation. PullDhed Ey THE WEBSJER TEEMING STATIONERY CO.

Webster Groves Mo. G. W. KF.IEGESMAN, Editor 1 The Webster News Established IP 11, and The Webster Grove Times Established lt'JT; Consolidated January 19, 1914. Mrs.

William Stoecker, of 525 Sheffield avenue, will entertain with a Christmas dinner on Christmas Day. The guests relatives and in- timate friends of the 'amily. If you need tallies for your next party, see Webster I lines BY MAIL, WEEKLY 1: Sufcscrii tion, payable in advance, per year J1.5D Send money older or stamps. Write your name and address plainly. Address all communications to thi WEPSTER NEWS-TIMES, Webster Groves Mo.

Trembley-Wilson Building Phones, Webster 154 end 2639 to the Taxpayers of Webster Groves: A Entered as second-class matter May 4, 1907, at th postoffice at St. Louis, under AcT of Mar. 3, 1879 TRKf" YOURHDk toWN Since Webster Groves property has been changing owners so fast in' the last few years, the assessed valuation became very unequal, for the old property not sold remained at the old assessed valuation, while the property sold and the new houses erected were assessed on present day values, thereby causlrg oar new citizens to pay more than their share of the taxes. An effort was made to equalize the assessments yoar Webster Groves officials working with the assessor at Clayton. to Mr.

Chas. Tidd will return Iron Kansas City Friday, to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.

B. Tidd, of 641 Oakwood avenue. 1 Mrs. A. 0.

Tfceobold, of 339 South Gore avenue, was called away to Portsmouth, Ohio, last Thursday, by the sudden death of her sister, Mrs, R. C. Kyle. Dr. and C.

R. Burnett, of Trevillian avenue, will entertain for their daughter, Miss Leonie Burnett, with a dance at Osage Country Club during the holidays. Mrs. P. H.

Manning, of Bowling Green, Missouri, will be the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. i Hospes, of 30 Algonquin Lane for- the holidays, Dr. A.

E. Welshf'bf Mountain. Grove, Missouri, will spend his vacation with his parents, Mr; and Mrs. A. E.

Welsh, of 203 Bompart If lies were worth a dime apiece everybody knows several people who would be millionaires. 1 TAKING TEACHER HOME. It wos doubt errors were male In judgment and in copying the figures. a big job. If anyone feels- that an injustice has-been done, appeal to the Boar4 of Equalization which meets in Clayton next, March and they will receive a courteous hearing.

We are informed that no corrections can be made this year. Examine the wonderful gifts for-sale at the News-Times new Gift Shop. Fine gifts at low prices. Take the teacher into your home. Not just in the cold, damp parlor, bu into the warm living room.

Help to make hep. happy, and she will make the school a happy place for your children. That is the advice Mrs. Robt. of Indiana, of the American Farm Bureau Federation- is offering residents of the rural districts and smaller towns of the country.

She uses different words, but the argument is the same we have often used in trying to tell our readers around (Webster Groves how they can stimulate interest in their schools andf get better satisfied teachers. It is always well to remember that teachers enjoy the companionship of others; they get lonesome the same as anyone else. If they are invited into the homes of the parents whose children they teach they will seek some means of showing their appreciation, and they will take a greater interest in their pupils. They learn the wishes anrtbe hopes of the fathers and mothers of the children, so they are naturally in better position to help them realize them than they, would be if they never came into close contact with those who help make their salaries cssible. The teacher wants to make the school better, brighter and of more value to the community.

But if she finds the community cold and lacking in hospitality she begins to lose interest. She is tarts teaching for the salary alone, instead of with a view to giving the pupils the very best to be had in educational training. So take Mrs. Atkinsons advicet. Take our advice.

Take the teacher into your home and youll help to increase the yaitie of your school, The County Assessor has full authority (Webster Groves does i 2 not have an assessor). All of the records are kept at Clay -change is made there. The only records In the Webster Groves' office are copies of the'Clayton assessments for the purpose of levying. the Webster Groves City tax. i See Wicks for yaw Stationery Mr.

and Mrs. Gilbert Bothum, of Chicago, Illinois, will be the guests-for the holidays of Mrs. Bothumsp parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S- Healey, of 35 Jefferson Road.

1 Mr, and Mrs. R. Warriner, of Marshalltown, Iowa, will' spend the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. E.

Cotton, of 207 Oakwood. avenue, Webster Park. If you want to Buy or Sell a House or vacant ground. Advertise in this '1 (Signed) J. B.

CHIBMAN, Mayor (Signed) L. F. Councilman (Signed) C. A. BEICHABDT, Councilman i i JAILING SPEEDERS.

B. McDonald, and Mr. paper for Banks of 433 Gray ave- Sara Hodgdoni has re-nue, have returned from Harvard to turnd home from Rona, Missouri, spend the holidays with their par-will gpend the christmas holidays- ent8, with his parents, Judge and Mrs. S- The best remedy we know? for the Webster Grpves man who has that run down feeling, is to stay out of the way of automobiles. 0 Japan says she favors the 'open door in China.

Yes, a door just big enough to let in the Japs. -O- The old home town is a place where you pay for ten of gasoline and get ten instead of seven. -O D. Hodgdon, of 230 Sylvester ave-The primary class of the nue terian church had a Christmas party Wednesday. Mrs.

Herman Hoch, of Miss France Martin, of 30 Joy- 435 Oakwood avenue, was in charge nue( will be hogtegs at the Al- of the entertainment. gonquin Golf 4 Club on the 30th, at a bridge party for Mrs. George Wes-" The more we read of this countrys fast mounting toll of auto deaths as a result of careless driving the more we are convinced that fines are not the remedy, no matter how stiff they are made. We note that in a number of communities officials are handing out jail and workhouse sentences in the hope of bringing careless drivers to their senses and of making them see the criminal side of carelessness and recklessness. We hive a pretty fine bunch of auto drivers around Webster Groves.

Speed violations are not numerous, and carelessness doesnt appear to be increasing. For that reason jail sentences need not cause any alarm here. But drivers must remember that it rests pretty much in their hands. If they show by careless driving that they have no fear of a fine, then it is going to be necessary for the state to take a hand and enact laws providing a more severe penalty. Its up to the autoist.

It used to be you saw a gray horse in Webster Groves every time you saw a red-haired but now every time you see a red-haired girl you see nine flivvers. -O ney Watson, of Lansdowne, Penn. Mr. William Tidd returned from Missouri University to visit his par- Maybe if father could play a good game of pool and wear his hair like a sea. lion daughter would have some respect for him.

0 I Mr. Gentry Stuart, who is at-ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.

B. Tidd, for tending Amherst College, will Bpend the Christmas vacation. the Christmas vacation with his par- jents, Mr. and Mrs. E.

C. Stuart, of Mrs. T. F. Renfro, of Fairview 451 West Swon avenue.

FALSE HOPES. Cream may be good for the complexion but you very hear of a cow winning a beauty contest. 0- avenue, will entertain with a bridge (Continued on page 5) Some Webster Groves men are so contrary that the only way you can get them on the right side of a question is to be on the wrrong side yourself. O- A visitor from London says bootlegging is going to ruin THE UNIQUE the morals df Americans. Its more apt to ruin their digestions.

-O- A farm is a mighty nice thing to have. You can mortgage it for a car any time. O- IF 1 Congress is again in session, and while there is general hope that the chief part of its labor will be devoted to a reduction in taxes, our advice to Webster Groves citizens is not to start counting chickens before they are hatched. In the first place, not everyone is going to be benefited if the income tax is reduced, because it has already been cut to the point where a man has to be making far more than the average resident of this community if he has to pay any income tax at all. Then, too, both political parties have their plan for tax reduction, and the result is apt to be a deadlock, with no compromise.

When congressmen and senators get stubborn the taxpayers suffer by getting nothing. As we see it the tax reduction must come through abolishing the federal tax on autos and other things like that. This would help a lot. Those who buy autos would save an average of $30 apiece. They could put that in bank or into circulation.

The public would benefit in an indirect way. The farmer and the cotton planter needs relief; no one denies that. If agriculture can be aided it will be just as good or even better than a direct tax cut, for we will all profit in the long run. We can stand a lot of tax reduction and agriculture can stand a lot of relief. But dont build up false hopes.

Just remember that it is still easier to levy taxes than it is to get them reduced. Dont prepare for a big surprise and then you wont be disappointed. -O Maybe the reason some Webster Groves men dont think much of advice is because you dont have to speak around and break a law to get it. -O- Who can remember the time when leather was so cheap AT farmers wore their pants tucked in their boot-tops? O- But we Prosperity makes us all feel like dancing a to pay the fiddler, and then it isnt prosperity. News -Times Office have i O- Monday morning is about the only time the average Groves man yearns for a five-day week.

There wouldnt be so many divorces if all men were as thoughtful of their wives as they are of their wifes husband. Call and examine our line of Gifts, not only for hit for every day of the yea. How times change. Nobody ever thought 20 years ago that wed some day be buying chest protectors for Fords. 0 THAT HOLIDAY SMILE.

LOCAL, CLUB SOCIETY HEWS Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Coe, of 455 West Swon avenue.

Mrs. A. Walbancke, of 300 Jefferson Road, will entertain for her little daughter and her friends with a theatre party. Miss Irma Welsh, w-ho attends 1 (Continued from Page 2) The stock is large and the assortment varied, so there is no trouble in making a selection. Mrs.

Theo. Gutton and daughter, Northwestern University, will spend Nancy, of Kansas City, are spending ber Christmas vacation with her the holidays with Mrs. Norman parentgf Mr. and Mrs. A'.

E. Welsh, of 203 Bompart evenue. Chivis of Jefferson Road. We overheard a Webster Groves man wishing yesterday that everybody could be as happy all during the year as they are along about Christmas time. Why cant they? There isnt any law in the world against it.

It doesnt require any more effort to smile in the spring and the summer and the fall than it does to smile at Christmas time. It is always easy to be cheerful and courteous and hospitable. Why should these virtues be worn like a coat, that can be taken off right after one Christmas and not donned again until the next Christmas? If youve got all your Christmas" problems solved sit down by yourself a little while and try and solve this one. Ask yourself why you cant be as happy and cheerful and courteous to everyone all through 1927 as you are along about the" middle and last of December, This is the day df equal rights, but how many Webster Groves women do you know ha are carrying insurance on their The C. A.

R. had their regular meeting Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Mrs. Mary Blackwell Stevenson OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Irvin Norton, of 446 will entertain for her daughter. Miss (Margaret Stevenson, with a- tea Miss Ruth Bunnell, of Big Bend dance from four to seven at their Boulevard, left Saturday for Kan- home, 238 South Elm avenue, sas City, to attend a wedding.

Shej will remain away the holida s. Miss Teddy IIodg4on Chicago, Illinois, will be homfor the holi- Mr. Richard Coe, who attends day3 -with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wertem Military Academy, will Samuel D.

Hodgdon, of 230 Sylves- spend bis vacation with his parents, ter avenue. 15 K. CGr.E Am yeb. 3rj 154 )ur idea of an optimist is the fellow who thinks he ought to h-e lie to u-e a strawberry huller for picking the pin feathers eff i chi. ken..