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F M KIMMELL Publisher
McCOOK
NEBRASKA
Living Up to Youth
How do you keep so youthful
somebody says a London correspond
ent recently asked King Edward VII
Thereupon his majesty Is alleged to
have replied The secret is to sur
round yourself with a younger genera
tion than your own and to live up to
It The story may not be authentic
for royalty even when genial and pop
ular does not permit itself to be cate
chized In any such tactless free-and-easy
fashion But the king might have
made the reply truthfully and it is a
true saying whether he said it or not
Two Americans of 60 odd friends in
earlier years met after long separa
tion and one who was an old man
and admitted It said almost fretfully
to the other Why are you so young
The other who had been for half his
life the head of a public school looked
toward the splendid building that shel
tered a thousand boys and girls With
that great wave of youthfulness beat
ing up against me all the time how
can I grow old he answered The
1 schoolmaster would have been war
ranted in using the words attributed to
the king Encompassed by youth and
glad to be so he lived up to it That
would mean perhaps says the Youths
Companion that he clung to his early
enthusiasms Including many which
aging men might term illusions that
while he thought and spoke sincerely
he kept a generous belief in others
that he refused to brood over the past
made much of the present and looked
always hopefully toward the future
For living up to youth means cherish
ing its spirit and upon the spirit cf
youth Time hesitates to lay a wither
ing hand
Not a Meddlesome Commission
The first hearing of the Commission
on Country Life held at College Park
Md served to dispel some erroneous
notions as to the purposes of that
body Prof L H Bailey in an address
explained that the commission has no
idea of investigating the farmer
The design is not to go about inquir
ing officiously and offensively into mat
ters which are really of a private na
ture but to get at facts which can be
useful and valuable to all concerned
For some reason says the Troy N
Y Times there have been attempts
to create the belief that the commis
sion is likely to be meddlesome and
tmduly prying Nothing could be far
ther from the intention and a state
ment by way of explanation from a
man of Prof Baileys character and
standing is quite sufficient to set mat
ters right Prof Bailey is one of the
mpst successful teachers of practical
farming in the country and those as
sociated with him on the commission
are workers along the same line The
result of the commissions efforts can
not fail -to be highly valuable to agri
culturists
Lately an educational expert stigma
tized American women the laziest in
the world and as bringing up their
children in the same path of slothful
avoidance of all trouble and effort
Now a western man speaking at a
meeting of a patriotic society declares
that the women of the day have de
teriorated and that few would follow
their husbands into privation and dan
ger as did the wives of the pioneers
of American history It is easy to
make these wholesale superficial
charges and the ease apparently is
making it a fashion but the men mak
ing them would find it hard to prove
them The women of the nation as a
whole are as womanly and as whole
some as they ever were If the con
trary were the case this country would
not to day be occupying its proud po
sition among the nations of the world
for every nation is what its women
make it It is time to call a halt on
these reckless seekers for relief re
gardless of truth
One of the teachers in the Vevay
schools the other day asked her class
the origin of the word stateroom as
applied to berths on steamboats Not
one in the class could answer the
question and we doubt if there are
many people who could The word
says Vevay Ind Reveille originated
with the newspapers many years ago
At that time a magnificent steamer
was built and 35 sleeping rooms wei
made alongside the cabin At that
time there were 35 states in the union
and a room was named for each state
Later the state of Texas was added to
the union and the sleeping apartments
set aside for the officers of the boat
was dubbed Texas
The English suffragettes are now
about to organize a cavalry troop
among themselves being tired of
walking and believing that when
mounted they will havean advantage
over the police in their suffrage par
ades If they dont watch out parlia
ment and the cabinet will be captured
bodily by these aggressive ladies yet
A Parisian metallurgical engineer
claims to have perfected a process of
welding copper to steel wire so as to
make a non corrosive coating
The tree shines with the candle glow Vi
y f The trinkets glitter jewel wise n V
And we would that our souls might know
rl Hie joy told in the childrens eyes M
Such sheer delight as this of theirs j
A wondrous happiness it is 1
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And every word the message bears
This is the childrens day and His
Let us come as the Wise Men came
Those nineteen centuries agonc
Led by the Stars eternal flame
That bade them rise and hasten on
They brought rare frankincense and
myrrh
They brought rich gems and graven
gold
They knelt adoring near to Her
And all their marvclings they told
Aye as those Men of long ago
To day we too may sec the Star
May see its mystic heavenly glow
Flash out oer Childland fair and
far
And from our hands no7u fall the gifts
And we know why the Wise Men
smiled
With gratefulness and each heart lifts
Its chant of worship of the Child
Copyright by W D Ncsbit
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THE CHRISTMAS OF TODAY
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HILE the ancient
traditions of
Christmas time
have been handed
down from genera
tion to generation
for hundreds o f
years the holiday
has been so mod
ernized and im
proved of late that
naught save its an-
uiuii lure uuu cus
toms remain In
this day the old
form of celebrating
the day is seldom seen As the yule
log vanished with the advent of the
stove so the simple ways which
amused the youngsters of yesterday
have disappeared and in their stead
comes to day an endless line of me
chanical devices The dolls of to day
open and close their eyes and even
speak the toy steam train runs by
real steam power the miniature elec
tric car is driven by real electricity
the toy animals and insects move
about like real life Now Christmas
trees are purchased at the grocery
store and are illuminated at night
with tiny electric lights instead of
candles Instead of popcorn balls and
cornucopias of candy the tree is dec
orated with gilt and tinsel ropes and
stars More automobile horns are
heard now on Christmas day than
sleigh bells Steam heat and elec
tric radiators take the place of open
fires and plenty of money makes the
day even more enjoyable than ever
before
Much Due to Electricity
Electricity which has invaded every
nook and cranny of life to day has
assisted more than any one thing in
modernizing the Christmas celebra
tion The electric cars hurry Christ
mas callers from house to house On
Christmas eve the buildings and
streets are ablaze with countless elec
tric lights Electric telephones and
telegraph are wishing every one many
happy returns of the day The wire
less carries Merry Christmas from
ship to ship and the electric cable
flashes the good will of governments
around the earth
The new electric ovens sizzle with
the roasting turkey and the electric
stove is rushed to prepare the many
appetizing viands for which the day
of feast calls Electric door bells are
jingling electrical musical instru
ments furnish the music for the Christ
mas carols the electric motors which
have worked so faithfully in prepar
ing the many valuable presents of a
thousand different varieties are en
joying a days rest after the hustling
days of the holiday trade
Useful Christmas Presents
Year by year it grows more the cus
tom to make Christmas presents just
as useful as possible While expense
is not considered so material as it
used to be it is important that the
gifts should be useful as well as or
namental This is as it should be
Here again electricity finds a useful
field The development of the electric
heating and cooking devices has add
ed a host of valuable and useful things
which are always acceptable Christ
mas gifts The electric chafing dish
electric shaving mug and electric cof
fee percolator will be numbered
among the most conspicuous of use
ful Christmas presents The elec
trical list also contains electric flat
irons electric cookers luminous radi
ators massage machines hair dryers
curling iron heaters water heaters
tea kettles baby milk warmer and a
number of other useful things not to
mention the electric toys
This year will see less money wast
ed for useless trinkets than ever be
fore
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Christmas Decorations
Let the house be bright and cheer
ful at Christmas with plenty of holly
and mistletoe distributed throughout
If there is a chandelier in the dining
room have it hung with evergreens
and holly and from that carry long
ropes of greens to each corner of the
room thus forming a canopy for the
table Fasten wreaths at all the win
dows Red and green is most appro
priate for the Christmas table In the
center place a bowl filled with red
carnations surrounded with holly and
four single candles in silver or glass
sticks with scarlet shades to further
carry out the bright and cheering
color scheme At each place have a
miniature Christmas tree to which
place cards are tied with narrow red
ribbon If preferred the centerpiece
may also be a tree of a larger size
Boxes representing Santa Claus and
filled with bonbons make appropriate
couvcnlrs for the possession of a
sweet tooth Is by no means confined
to the extremely juvenile
Gifts from Wall Paper
Get a sample book of wall paper
which can be had for the asking when
the season is over For a waste paper
basket cut a pattern six inches at the
top tapering to four inches at the bot
tom and 12 inches high which is a
good size for a ladys desk Cut four
sections from cardboard and a square
4x4 inches for the bottom Cover the
outside of each piece with a pretty de
sign of the wall paper cutting the
pieces a little larger than cardboard
pasting the edges on to the wrong
side use a contrasting color for the in
side plain paper is prettier and cut
just the size of the section Punch
holes near the top and bottom of each
piece and two on each side of the bot
tom piece near corner tie the pieces
together with baby ribbon it requiring
about three yards One can make dif
ferent sizes small ones for hair re
ceivers or with a little pad in bottom
for jewelry also glove and handker
chief boxes Cover empty thread
boxes and fill with home made candy
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Saetas Biography
Santa Claus the most widely known
and popular individual on earth was
born so long ago that it would not be
ladylike for him to acknowledge it so
nobody knows his exact age Neither
Is it known just where he was born
nor who his parents were but they
must have been eminently respectable
people for everybody nowadays claims
kin with him He is the only untitled
person whom nobody calls Mister
and he is a bachelor of excellent re
pute Although he gives away more at
Christmas than Mr Carnegie and Mr
Rockefeller ever thought of giving he
Is not classed with the millionaires
Still he shows a preference for that
class and he puts more in their stock
ings than he puts in the stockings of
the poor Perhaps he has a taste for
fine hosiery Some bachelors do In
any event the fact remains that the
rich get more out of him than the poor
do Maybe he is not altogether to
blame for that Anyway he doesnt
ride around in an automobile This
may be because he wants to save
more to give away At the same time
he doesnt ride in the street cars So
there you are
Santa Claus is the only truly re
ligious person for he never asks any
body what church he belongs to before
taking up his stocking to fill it
Neither does he care a continental
about politics and he never votes He is
especially fond of children and the
children are so dead stuck on him that
they want him to come around every
day in the year Their parents how
ever dont feel so much that way
about it and Santa Claus kindly con-
RECORD HARD TO BEAT
Harpers Weekly Confident It Has Dis
covered Meanest Woman
The meanest woman in the world
has been discovered She lives at
Penatanguish on the Maine coast
Willie Boggs a little orphan who
works like a man and saes all he
earns in the hope of going to college
asked her if she didnt want a mess of
clams She did Willie took the
basket and the clam digger hastened
down to the beach at low tide and
after two hours hard work returned
with a bushel of quahogs
How much do I owe ye the mean
est woman inquired
Why er little Willie hesitated
knowing that she wouldnt pay the
regular market price 20 cents why
er I guess about fifteen cents Miss
Prudence
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Afciv ta if vn
siders their feelings in the natter He
knows enough not to be anxious to
work a good thing to a frarzle
Nobody knows where Srnta Claus
lives in the summer also the spring
and fall and most of the winter but
wherever it is it must bo a healthy
place because he always f ows up at
Christmas looking so fat ant jolly that
really he ought to advertir - the loca
tion and take in boarders There is
one thing certain if he d there
wouldnt be any
signs around thp establishment
Santa Claus confines his attention
almost exclusively to mankind the
lower animals except the reindeer
having no pull with him whatever
This is a well known fact in natural
history which may be proved by pic
tures of Santa Claus and his holiday
turn out coming over the snowy roofs
When Santa Claus dies there will be
the biggest funeral ever heard of but
there is not much likelihood of that
event ever happening as long as there
are any children alive When they
are all gone Santa Claus will go too
for whats the use of his monkeying
with grown ups
All right said she ami Tiani
him a dime
But thats only ten cents Willie
modestly objected
Thats righ Miss Prudence
reas
sured him Im charging
ye five
cents for the use o the clam digger
And the clam digger
was one she
had borrowed from a neighbor that
morning Harpers Weekly
I1 one sufficiently curious about
what is going to happen to morrow he
will never commir mrnMAs
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