Christmas Gift for Mother

First time that Norman England had been mentioned in these reports since the flying bomb attack started large-fue. Major Glenn Miller, the well-known American band leader, is reported missing. He left England by air for Paris nine days ago.

Major Glenn Miller came over from the States earlier this year to direct the American band of the AEF, which has often been heard saying in the United States. of the beating tree. As any in our American history, he's written a few lovely Christmas tones, here's one of them, but this is titled The Christmas Gift for Mother.

In the Christmas times, the long ago, there was one event, we used to know, that was better than any other. It wasn't the toys that we hoped to get, but the talks we had. I hear them yet, of the gift we'd buy from Mother.

If ever loved fashion-to-quismous gift, I saved this money and practiced thrift. It was done in those days, my brother. Those golden times of long gone by were our happiest years. A new night talked over the gift from others.

We hadn't gone forth on our different ways, nor coined our lives in the yesterday's and the fires and smelt in the smother. And we whispered and planned, and I youthful glee, of that marvelous something, which was to be the gift of our hearts to mother.

It had to be all that our first could give, something she'd treasure, well she could live and better than any other. We gave it the best of our love and thought, and owe the joy when at last we'd bought that marvelous gift.