. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. C®Il®3m®n (Ci?®cI^®1lQl> ^^ with them from their Christmas din-ners and loaded plum puddings. And then, of course, that peculiarsomething we get into us at Christ-mas time filled everybody with a sortof loving fellowship and a hanker-ing to hug their neighbors anddivvy up their funds like a MutualLife insurance Company prospectussays its a-going to do some day. In the centre of the hall there wasa big sign in electric letters: EVERYBODY IS HEREBY IN-TRODUCED TO EVERYBODYELSE—FOR TO-NIGHT ONLY At every State booth youd seepeople gathering and reco
. Colonel Crockett's co-operative Christmas. C®Il®3m®n (Ci?®cI^®1lQl> ^^ with them from their Christmas din-ners and loaded plum puddings. And then, of course, that peculiarsomething we get into us at Christ-mas time filled everybody with a sortof loving fellowship and a hanker-ing to hug their neighbors anddivvy up their funds like a MutualLife insurance Company prospectussays its a-going to do some day. In the centre of the hall there wasa big sign in electric letters: EVERYBODY IS HEREBY IN-TRODUCED TO EVERYBODYELSE—FOR TO-NIGHT ONLY At every State booth youd seepeople gathering and recognizing oldfriends or introducing theirselves to58. C ©° ©p(i!ira,tlfi^^ Clhi?6sQKmas new ones. It was surprising howeach Slate had its gathering. At the Texas booth there was a big,immense crowd. A lot of themturned out to be old friends of ours;school friends of yours, ranch friendsof mine, people I had worked for,people who had worked me—or forme. A lot of them sent their loveand a Merry Christmas to you. I re-member especially [Here we omit a list of names, somewhat lack-ing in universal interest.] I had advertised that people whowanted to give each other Christmaspresents could have them hung onthe State trees. My attendants gavethem checks for their gifts and there59
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