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The Sunday Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. B. BREWER. Geo. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The AMnciated Frees, of wblcb Tbs bss is a msmber. is sxeiasivslr srtHlto ibs us# tor rspubitcaiKio of ail ness dispatebss credited to II or eo« otherwise credited to ibis papsr. end els > tbs local news published barsia. All rtffcte of rspubllcstlooi of our special dlspstcbse era also rsserrsd. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT Untie or Persoo Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: • Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. IWU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs - - * - 15 Scott St. So. Side. N W. Cor. 24tli and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - • 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - - 1720 Steger Bldg Parts, France—420 Rue St. Honor# f=. ■ - ■ ifr-.u.w---— .. - — ! WHEN THERE WAS NO SANTA CLAUS. Henry Van Dyke’s story of “The First Christmas Tree’’ connects the glad holiday with a day when the festival was attended by a dark and savage tragedy. Tha winter solstice was a time of gloom and despair for the early dwellers on earth, the shortening days foreboding what terror they knew not, but in the diminishing light and failing warmth they saw embodied all that death meant to them. It waa a solemn thing for them to approach, and tha sacrifice that would pfbpitiate the gods and bring the return of life and the reascension of the aun was made with heavy hearts, but for the good of men. Children did not count for so much then. A man child was an asset, for be would grow up to b# a warrior, perhaps, and a strength to the tribe, but a girl was in the way until she camt to be old enough to take up some share of the drudgery of savage housekeeping. Among the civilized chil dren were of less account, perhaps, yet family as sets in their way, for the Roman law gave the father control of all hia children and all they pos sessed while under his roof. It was C hrist who broke this cruel law’, and en franchised childhood. “Suffer the little children to come unto Me,” he rebuked those who sought to keep back the curious little ones who flocked about the Master. He continued, “And forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God.” So the wise and sophisticated were shocked. The good things of earth were for the grown-ups, the strong, who could seize and enjoy them, and here was this man declaring that the kingdom of heaven, where they all planned to go, was of children and for children. There was no Santa Claus then, but we must feel certain that hearts of father and mother turned as tenderly to the little ones as now, and when the early fathers of the church set up Christmas, it was easy to connect it with the words of the Savior. No matter by what name the festival of the solstice tvas observed, whether it was the Saturnalia, the ^ uletide, or some of the other names given the one pagan feast that was almost universally ob served, it was connected for its continuance with little children. Santa Claus was born, simply be cause Jesus Christ had put his hand upon the head of a little child and said, “Whosoever shall not re ceive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.” ARE WE EVER MISSED ? A favorite suggestion of the cynic to the self-lat jsfied is to poke a Anger in a pan of water, pull it out and look for the hole, and thus learn how much the w orld will miss-any man. But is this true abso lutely? Is not each one of us missed by someone? Two positive electrons whirling about a negative, Or two negatives whirling about a positive, for an epn, and eons for atoms^and atoms protoplasm, and protoplasm grows in man and beast, and all that lives and moves. If you disturb any part of *this procession, you disturb it all. So it is with man. He touches, consciously or unconsciously, on the lives of those around him. Some lean on him, others he leans on. One day he is no longer in his accustomed place. The world does not halt because he has passed to his rest. What about the little circle of which he was one? Does it move the same, or is there not a little halt in its swing? In the active affairs of life another will step into the gap, not to fill his place, for no man can fill another's place, but to carry on fhe work and keep the great game of life moving. This does not account for the real life of the indi vidual, which is lived apart from the cares of the world. A break is made in the circle there that never will be entirely mended. The gap may close, as days go on, but something will remain to remind fhe living of the one who is no longer side by side with them in the flesh. Some one who never heard the missing man's name will step into the vacancy he leaves in the ranks of the workers, and, as Bryant wrote: "The guy will laugh when thou art gone. The solemn brood of rar*» plod on, And each one as before pursue his favorite phantom” But man need not he vain to think he will he missed by somebody when he drops out, for no man can live so completely for himself that his life does not have its effect on all other lives, just as each particle of mattar in the created universe affects all other particles of matter. ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT. Rudvard Kipling’s “Tommy Atkins'' pleaded for consideration, on the ground that “We ain't no thin reil 'creep, And ve ain't no rulB'ne, too, / But single men in barracks. Most remarkable UUe you." Niewing masters from that point, a great deal of present day difficulty might be avoided. Let us come to think, for example, that men and women in Europe are just like men and women in Amer iea, in all essential regards. They have the same needs, the same faults, the same aspirations and the same troubles as are common to us. Air and light, and cold and heat \ary in quantity only. When this is clearly understood, sympathy will probably be warmer for those who arc struggling under a heavy load of material burdens for all of which they are not responsible. And what is true of Europe may be generally applied. Certain things are common to all mankind, and this in itself is reason for the general effort to bring all mankind a little closer together, that all may share in the blessings of life. Not alike, for the indolent and improvident do not deserve to share with the industrious and thrifty, but none is to be denied utterly. When we can think of those who are not of our land, and who hold to different opinions and follow different plans, as being men trying to work out their prob lems in their own way, wrong, maybe, but earnest, we will be a little more Inclined to aid them, cer tainly not so ready to condemn them. . Try to look at matters from the other fellow’s side, and vou may get a better slant at your own trouble^ - ''' —■ ■ ' 1 ■ 1 TRAGEDY OF THE OPEN- COUNTRY. An inexpressibly sad story cotnes from Junction City, Kan., telling of a little boy who wandered away and was lost. Seach, kept up for two days and nights, ended when the'little corpse was found, huddled in the bottom of a gully, where the baby had laid down to die from exhaustion and exposure. This contrasts strangely with the heartless act of the couple who recently left a three-weeks’ old baby in a hallway. Soldiers who trained at Camp Funston .know what the country thereabouts is like. It is admir ably formed for army maneuvers, for the training of troops in battle practice, for the development of minor tactics and the like, but it is a bad place for a 4-year-old boy to be lost in. This bit of a chap was playing with his companions, when he saw a rabbit and gave chase. Like many an other of his age, he did not give up pursuit until he had gone too far. Nope can follow his wanderings, none can un derstand his fright or realize his sufferings when he realized he was lost. We may be very sure he called in despair for his mother, that one to whom all children turn in extrenfity, and mother's heart was calling to him, but in vain. This sorrow has been repeatgd many times in the open regions of the west. City mothers have much anxiety over their little ones when they go to play outdoors, because of the hazards incident to the traffic of city streets. Yet there is an ele ment of safety here that is not present in the great spaces out yonder. The sky and the air and the earth itself 411 lure the little wanderers on and on and on, and thera is no path for them to follow. They go without guidance, and with no knowledge of their peril. By the time mother misses them the trail is lost, and the search Is on. It must cover a wide range, and sometimes it fails. The softness of prairie darkness settles down over a tragedy, too poignant for words. CHANGES IN COUNTRY PLEASURES. At one time a visit with a neighbor was a real treat, enjoyed by old and young alike, for it is the rare luxury that is enjoyed most. This event might' be an invitation to share the mid-day meal, with a two-hour visit before noon and four or five hours after. However, an old-fashioned “taffy pull,” or a "surprise party” was considered just as sociable and enjoyed more by the young people. A “sur prise party” is one in which the self-invited guests walk boldly in on an unsuspecting family, and while the victims gaze in open-mouthed wonder, each jolly visitor deposits his own share of the refresh ments in the helpless hands of his host or hostess. After the older men had told stories and cracked jokes, and the women had exchanged recipes and quilt patterns, and “Miller Boy,” “Clap ’Em In and Clep ’Em Out,” “Postoffice” and similar games were exhausted by the noisy crowd in the adjoining room, refreshments were served in “lap supper style. Shortly after, the rattling of the “lumber” wagons jolting over rougltrfoads announced the end of a pleasant evening. Today neighbors become intimately acquainted over the telephone with thosd whom fhey hardly know by sight- At times these oral visits become so frequent that one might hear a wish that Mr. Bell had not been so ambitious, but let a telephone get out of repair at an inopportune time and this same person will become almost panic stricken. Today a “date” over the wires and a motor car rapidly takes the young people to the movies in town for entertainment in lieu of the old-fashioned parlor. Here a sentimental scene flashed upon the screen strikes a tender chord, which may result in a slight pressure of the hand and the purchase of a diamond ring. Not until after the marriage do these innocent children realize they arc almost strangers, and, even so, what is the use of adjusting themselves to circumstances when the divorce courts offer such an easy way out of the difficulty? FOR A NATIONAL THEATER An article recently published in a popu.ar mag azine gives the suggestions of Mr. Augustus Thomas for a national theater. Simmered down, Mr. Thomas proposal has in it very little that is new or helpful to communities like Omaha. His plan for a national theater contains no thought of laying another brick on top of a steel beam, so far as the erection of a building is concerned, nor will he gather together any particular group of inspired players to form a great national nucleus of histrionic ability. Rather, he will, continue matters very much as they arc. The New York producing managers will continue to produce, to hold the leases on th<\ tbca tore, and to employ the actors as need be. The na tional quality of the theater will come from tV fact that its product is accepted in New l ork. An author will present his play to a manager..or a group, ami these will decide if it is worthy of yfo duction. Having settled this, it will be ass.gned to the care of those who are to look after its presenta tion and these will select from the list of actors at their disposal such as will most nearly fit the re quirements of the play. Of course, if an actor does not quite fit the play, the latter can be altered in such detail as is necessary to make the match perfect. A theater will be selected, and the prod uct given to the public for approval; if it be accepted and success assured, then the cities outside New York can have it. Not, however, by the New i ork company, lor that will remain in New ^ ork. But the MSS. will I he released to the local stock companies that are i to be forced on communities throughout the coun j try, made up of such local talent as cares to play I on the stage. Mr. Thomas also suggests it will be helpful for these companies to now and then pro duce a play that may be written by some home author, thus encouraging a possible supply of talent from which the New York managers will draw for production if such outside assistance be needed. Fully developed, the ‘‘national theater,” as con ceived ^by Mr. Thomas, will include a number of amateur players, with now and then a professional director, translating for the public the drama as approved by New York. As a cold, inescapable fact, the only thing to make this possible, now is to establish the companies and secure the theater. The New York managers have practically abandoned the interior towns. Omaha has a small but intensely earnest group of persons who are intelligently applying their efforts to the interpretation of worth while drama. A little encouragement may enable them to expand to a point where we can have once more a theater in which the spoken word and the animated gesture will be enjoyed. A national theater on the basis of the Thomas suggestion may or may not come to pass, but if the great centers of population this side of Hoboken are to have the speaking stage re vived, themselves must .strike the Wow. ! ~ ’ * The Omaha Bee Shoe Fund not only gives 100 ; per cent service, bul/'it is set to run all winter. In Old Hickory's Day Vivid Review of Men, IVomen and Matters That Revolved Around President Jackson. THE PARTY BATTLES OF THE JACK SON PERIOD. ' by Claude O. Boweri. Houghton Mifflin company, Boiion. Here is one of the most Interesting anil valuable of the recent conrtibu tions to history. It is interesting be cause through it men anil women, I leaders of a nation’s political and so cial life, move as men and women, not ns demigods or demireps. Valua ble because it is the first attempt by a historian to cover specifically, definitely, authoritatively and accur ately one of the most Important epochs in American history. The Jackson period is vital, be cause Jackson was the first president of the people to be chosen bv the peo ple. Ills election broke down the "secretarial succession.'’ as it was railed, by which the president in ef fect named his own successor when he appointed his secretary of state. Jackson S'eleqtlon in 1S2S was the first real rising of the masses of the United States, lie was opposed by press and clergy, by the bankers and manufac turers, by the wealth, the culture and apparently all the elements of power In the country, but the people rallied to him and he wag elected. HI* term of office was not a season of pleasure, for he had to contend agalnat treach ery within as well a* etrength without his party. All of this Information may may be found in scattered volume* of biography, letter* and the like, mostly biased against th* - soldier-president; here It has been garnered by Mr. Bow er* Into one comm-ehenalv* volum*. concise rathrr thin discursive. y*t with sufficient of detail to sustain th* Interest In discussion of Incident or motive as the event* mors by. One Is not prepared by reading the biography of VanBuren, or Webster, of Clay, Calhoun or other*, for all that Mr. Bower* dlscloie*. yet he cites thoee works and other* of Ilk* nature as well for authority to sus tain hls most startling statements, and, no matter with what warmth he champions the cause of Jackson, he endeavors to do hls defending In the way of explanation, rather than with a thought of aspersing the men who tilted against the hel-o of The Her mitage. i'or example, let us Just look at what is written about the so called “spoils" system, credit or blame for which Is always laid against Jackson. Mr. Rowers’, third chapter begins: “Thirteen days after inaugura tion, the senate, having confirmed the cabinet, adjourned, and the ad ministration could look forward to almost nine months of noninterfer ence from the congress. The pre inaugural prediction that the pres ident would adopt a policy of pro scription of hls political foes was almost immediately Justified by events. The ‘spoils system’ as an Important cog In the machinery of political parties, thus frankly I recognized, dates from this time. Through all the intervening years civil service reformers have in dulged in the most bitter denuncia tion of Jackson on the untenable theory that but for him public of fices would never have been used as the spoils of party. Some of the most conscientious of historians have created the impression that the adoption of a proscriptive policy was due to something Inherently wrong in the president. As a mat ter of fart. Jackson was the victim of conditions and circumstances, and the new political weapons grew out of exigencies of a new political era. “The Jackson administration marks the beginning of political parties as we have known them for almost a century. "It was in this campaign, too. that the masses awakened to the fact that they had interests In volved, and possessed power. Previ ous to this the aristocracy, the business and financial Interests, and the intellectuals, alone, determined i the governmental personnel. Men went Into training for the presi dency, and. as in a lodge, passed as a matter of course, from the cabinet to the vice presidency, and thence to the chief magistracy. An office holding class, feeling itself secure in a life tenure, had grown up.” After following closely Mr. Bowers’ vivid description of the excitement and turmoil caused by the Jacksonian policy, the consternation and despair of the officials removed; (he denun ciation and wrath poured out on the president slid his supporters: the di visions in the cabinet over the rule, it is somewhat reassuring to find that in the late summer of 1829. Isaac Hill, one of Jackson’s supporters, stated in a speech at Concord: "It is worthy of observation that, at least two thirds of the offices of profit at the seat of the national government, after the removals thus far made, are still held by persons who were op posed to the election of General Jack | son." Mr. Bowers s^yS: “A more de tailed study of the removals actually made shows that, while there were 8,son postoffioes in 1829, less than 800 postmasters were removed, and these largely in the most important centers, leaving 7,800 undisturbed." It shakes one's faith in the purity of polities in those early days to be .told that of the collectors of customs and revenue removed*, eight were guilty of peculation, that two of these .were sent- to the penitentiary, and two fled to-G&nada, and that the "in troduction of tiie spoils system had resulted, in eighteen months, in the uncovering of peculations in the treas ury department aione of more than $280,0.00 by men whose dismissal from office had called forth the unmeasured denunciation of Jackson’s enemies, and it is manifestly unfair to with hold those facts while placing em phasis upon the ‘dismissal of col lectors to make way for Jackson's henchmen.’ ” The sum of $2SO.OOO may not look very big now, but it was money in those days, when $1.25 paid for three niSals, lodging, and all one wanted to drink of strong liquor at the best Washington hotel. tine is tempted to pursue the fas cinating narrative of the plots and counter-plots of the day; how Van Buren, accepted the cabinet position of secretary of state, and then the* post of minister to the court of St. James, posing as Jackson’s best friend, receiving his confidence, and at the same time planning for his own election to the presidency. Or of the break with Calhoun, when Jackson took his stand for the union, and. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION i for NOVEMBER. 1922, of ! THE OMAHA BEE i Daily.73,843 l Sunday .78,105 i B. BREWER, Gag. Mgr. ELMER S. ROOD, Cir. Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of December. 1922 W. H. QUIVEY. j (Seal) Notary Public without fully realizing what he had done, actually endorsed Webster’s re ply to the wonderful speeeh Ilayne had made to establish the Jackson regime with the New England demo crats. Or of the vendetta with Clay, which led to the crushing defeat of that leader in 1832; of Tyler's appear ance on the, scene as an opposition leader; of the "Peggy" Eaton affair, that disrupted the first cabinet, and showed the splendid chivalry of the president and the hearties* ingrati tude of "Peggy.” and all the multi tude of Incidents that make Jackson's eight years as president memorable, almost uneqaled, in presidential an nals. These things are presented by Mr. Bowers in succession, not always chronological, but In the way of prop erly displaying their relations and disclosing the tides and cross currents of events at the capita! arid elsewhere in the country during the period. To quote from the preface written bv the author: "No period In American political history is so susceptible to dramatiz ation. There Is grim tragedy In the baffled ambitions of Calhoun and Clay; romance In the rise of Kendall and the fall of Mre. Eaton; rich comedy, when viewed behind the ecenee, in the lugubrloue proces slon of ‘distress petitioners' trained to tears by the art of Clay and the money of Biddle, and rollicking farce In the early morning flight of a dismissed cabinet minister, to es cape the apprehended chastisement of an erstwhile colleague whose wife s good name had been assailed. ‘‘The drama of party politics, with Its motives of love, hate and vault lng ambition—euch is the unideal lsed story of the epochal period when the Iron will of the physically feeble Jackson dominated the life of the nation and colored the politics of the republic for a century." This Is Indeed "an exceptionally Im portant contribution to American po litical history." McC. The Bee I Bookshelf "Glint of Wings.” by Cleveland Moffett end Virginia Hall, Thomaa A. McCann Co., New York. Here, indeed, is a story of the mod ern American girl which gives great promise until the authors drag in a movie thriller at the end which sends their efforts tumbling into the realm of mediocrity. They open their story with an epi sode which forms the basis for an In teresting and intelligent portrayal of the so-called marriage and divorce evil. A wilful and headstrong young wo man receives a love note from amotion picture star she never has met, elopes with him against the wishes of her parents and leaves him to strike out for herself In New Yot;k, whin she learns he is going to abandon his career on the silver sheet for the pro fession of writing. In the big city, she meets a charm ing. romantic and passionate captain of the army of France. His attractiveness captures her heart. But her dream of love Is dis turbed when she realizes he is a Cath olic and would be unable to wed her in the event of a divorce. In the depths of her despair, she ap peals to her father who races across the continent to her side—and Is fol lowed closely by her husband, still her devoted lover. The husband and the French cap tain meet. And here, the authors take advan tage of their opportunity and give the reader a masterful scene. To Vir ginia Hall apparently belongs the credit for the revelations of the girl's inner struggles—to choose. But to Mr. Moffett apparently should be at tributed the hair raising, death chal lenging, automobile race before the clicking cameras at the end. Those Interested In the evolution of the criticism of Prof- Stuart P. Sher man will he pleased with "Ameri cans," a collection of hjs critical papers (Scribner's). Mr. Sherman discusses certain Individuals and ten dencies In the light of what he con eiders America's vital traditions. "The Whelps of the Wolf.” by George Marsh, is a big story of a new’ north, never before the scene of a ro mance. a land as large as Alaska, the east coast country of Hudson's bav. Jean Marcel of the blood of the old French coureurs de-bols, loves Julie Breton, sister of the Oblat priest at Whale river, the last outpost of the Great Company on the hay. For saving the life of an Eskimo boy, Jean is given a puppy of the famous Ungava strain, which is short ly stolen by halfbreeds and taken south. Following hard on their heels, Marcel after a -100-mile chase, over hauls the thieves on the vast Ilannah bay marshes, w here lie fights .'or and wins hack his dog. Grown to heroic size and of marked beauty and Intel!! gence, the dog. ‘Fleur, battles through a starvation winter In far I'ngava bar rens, with her master. Reaching Whale river In the spring, Jean finds himself stripped of both love and honor. Julie is be trothed to an inspector of the com pany and Jean accused of the murder of his partners. In a dramatic trial he turns the tables on his accusers, and later fights them barehanded. In Decemlier Marcel reaches the post to And Marcel desperately 111 and In a Hudson's bay norther "mushes" to Fort George to bring a medical mis sionary to her aid. With the Iron Fleur and her half-wolf sons he bucks the blizzard up the coast in a grim race with death. Julie’s life Is saved and the dauntless son of the voy ageurs at last w ins to his heart's de sire. The renn Publishing company, Philadelphia. Edgar Rice Burroughs is thorough ly familiar with the formula an nounced by Kipling, beginning, "Wen "Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre," ami practices it assiduously. A re sult Is that his recent works have shown a maximum of taking with a minimum of faking; Jlr. Rice's Imagi nation. that sustained him Hi his first flight with Turzan, and held up well when he translated John Carter from Virginia to Mars, is slipping. Fortunately, not all his readers are as familiar with English Action as he, and those who delight in his books are not overparticular, so he la still going strong. However, In "The Chessmen of Mars” Mr. Burroughs, if he doesn’t Invent, at least Improves the creatures described Wells in "The First Men in the Moon." Instead of the Intellectual Moon Beings, who lay their slaves away in a cataleptic slumber, to await the time when their labors will again be needed, Mr. Burroughs has devised a new type. He developes the brain until it is capable of existing without the body, and then separates the two, A body wtihout a head with no mental or Intellectual functions whatever, the mouth the eole remaining organ of the head is brought to a high state of physical perfection, to be the servant of the brain. The khaldane, or brain, is callable of Independent movement, but uses the body, or rykor, as a ma chine to do all needed work. The khaldane’is sexless and Is ceprodtieed by,.£ Jting queen, who i4 bi-sexual and brings forth' the eggs froth which the new khaldane Is developed. The ry kors are male and female. When a khaldane requires a rykor, it mounts one, settles down on the neck, plugs In to connect the brain with the spinal cord, and muscles respond to mental direction. Thus the khaldane becomes capable of doing everything that men do, with the advantage of taking up a fresh rykor when the one in use shows signs of weariness. Khaldanes, however, are purely Intel lectuai, introspection their pleasure, and the goal of their race a perfect brain that shall dwell at the center of the globe and spend eternity in silent thought. Incidentally, the rykor is a vegetarian, and the khaldane dines on rykor. Aside from this, “The Chessmen of Mars" is Ailed with such hectic .adventures us Burrouglis usu ally provides for his heroes and "heroines. The latest of the Grace Harlowe series of books for young girls has been just issued by the Henry Alte mus company, Philadelphia. It Is "Grace Marlowe’s Overland Riders in the Great Xorth Woods." by Jessie Graham Flower. The brave young girls have many adventures. First Choice For Christmas Giving or for Your Own Librarv THIS FREEDOM By A. S. M. HUTCHINSON A**ffcor IF WINTER COMES This great novel not only heads the list of best sellers throughout the United States as shown by BOOKS OF THE MONTH, but also heads the list of books most in demand at the Public Libraries as shown by THE BOOKMAN. Last Christmas you gave your friends IF WINTER COMES— this year give them this new novel which has also won na tional approbation. $2.00 at all Booksellers LITTLE, BROWN * CO. 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When the hell rings eotnc to dinner." Tekanmh Herald: W. G. MacAdoo was recently arrested in California for speeding. A cop said he trailed hlrn at 51 miles an hour. MacAdoo must show more speed than that if he expects to have a place in the presidential race in 19"4. -* Beatrice Express: Ooverno/elect Bryan says there will lie no Inaugural ball, but he is considering an inaugur al dance. The distinction means that even the wearing of a celluloid col lar at the /unction w ould be consider able of a formality. Kearney Hub: On the eve of State Engineer Johnson's retirement from office he adds a boost to the movement to make automobile owners |iay the entire cost of the state highway build ing. In addition to present license fees and personal taxes. Confiscation Is the fitting word. Aurora Republican: Some people think we have gone good road* crazy to accept the dollar matching plan of the government and the present road program. There are a number of other states which in addition have heavily bonded themselves for that purpose. Nebraska is one of only four states in the union that liave no bonded debt, the others being Kansas. Wisconsin and Kentucky. Think of this when you are prone to think that our conditions worse than those of our neighbors. • The total of state debts is a billion. CENTER SHOTS. The first snow of the year is news, but the next snow is a nuisance.— Albany Nems. If any onl really want^i ti* gain the NohaJ peace pf-ize he ought to find a substitute for oil.—Worcester Tele gram. ' “Intelligence tests" would undoubt edly be all right If a little Intelli gence were' used In making them.— Boston Transcript. Now that the flapper and jazz are disappearing, we can resume the practice of blaming adenoids for everything.—Indianapolis Star. -----If*” Memory Tests 1. llow was Moses saved from King Pbaraoh? Moses’ mother hid him in the bullrushes from King Pharaoh, ?, What an<f Where Is the Bridge of Sighs? tt Is the name popularly given to n covered passageway which connects the doges’ palace In Venice With the state prisons. Condemned prisoners were transported over this bridge from the hall of Judgment to execution. 3. How are the ribs attached In the body In front and back? At the back they are attached to the spinal col umn. In front the seven upper pairs are joined to the breastbone or ster num. and the next three pairs are hung from the ribs above. The two lower pairs are called floating ribs and have their front ends free, A. Who was the first president to , occupy tile White House? John Adams. 5. How many ribs arc there in the tody and what is their use? Thers are 12 pairs that curve around the chest and protest the heart and lungs. I.ll'K’S M’KRKNTS. I would llvo a little longer If I may down her© below, life's deep currents now are stronger Than the shallow streamlet's flow. I.ffes young river that did tumble Over roclc and round esrh bend With a plsshy sound and rumble Ever down in onward trend — Now ha* reached the quiet placea Wher© life's deeper channels are; Where no foaming rapid races Swiftly over rock and bar Life's rough granite left behind ms On the strand of flying time, Let the quiet watera find ms In life's twilight ©van prims. Let its current gently going Ever on to that dim shore, Meet the tide that ebbing, flowing, ^ Draws all life forever more. ^ There to mingle In that ocean; Deep unfathomed Is 11* tide. That with time’s sure onward motion, Ever crests life's currents wtd%. —C. O. OLANDER. Starling. Colo. 7 SAVE 25 to on Any Kind of Typewriter We sell all kinds, guar antee them to give 100% service and hack up our words with action. All-Makes Typewriter Co. A Christmas Suggestion A Savings Account or a good Mortgage Bond is a valued and appropriate gift for Christmas. 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