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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATTKDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1014.
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gobacrlbra (earing thi" aty lewaporarUf1
Mould bar Too lioa (nailed u tbera. Ad
Oroaa vrtll b chaBKod na often aa reqacautL '
The-Proposed Chriitmas Armiitice.
An lirnristlrA In-th waf arena or tha
CbrlstmM bolldayi U prcrponod from wvoral
nourcea, ona auKRentton coming from tb pop at
Rom and another taking tho form of a resolu
tion offered by Senator Kenton, appealing to the
bellfgerents In tb name of tbe American con
rs to declare a truce for twenty lay ao that
the people of the world may fittingly otmerre the
Christmas aeaaon. Report from Germany would
Indicate that the kaiacr Inclined to look with
faror upon the plan etlpulatlng the condition,
bowerer, that all the other power engaged in
the war accept likewise. " "
The Chrletmas idei appeala td the aenllment,
and particularly to.ihe retlgloua terror of the
Germans, who bate vlWaya made much of the
'Welitachfa F'ier' and a-receee of arm te
observe the Christina festival would alao strike
a popurar' chord wHb the English, French, Bel
gian and Russia elemanta of the allies. The
troops from Indl. froro North Africa, from Tur
key and from the Moslem, parts of the Balkans
and Asia Minor do not bar Christina on their
calendar, nor do .the, Japanese, and they might
see no more reason for Interrupting the combat
new than at some other time when they might
want to celebrate a religious holiday. 'should the
Christmas recess crentu&te, It will stamp this
war abore al aa war between "Christian na-
lions.?
To Americans and -other people not partici
pating in the war, the Importance of the ar
mistice proposal lies in the encouragement it
holds out for another armiaUc. even though
not immediate, preparatory to a final peaee t
Moment. If the flahtlri ran be atonoed now for
'a little white, It w(U strengthen our hope that it
can by mediation. , or direct negotiations be
terminated for good at no distant time.
In the Wako of the War
Notice to' M exlco : 8top' early.''
i.' Now for a Mexican
floor of congress.
battle. r .two on the
Time tor our cllv authorities to smoke up
again on the smoke nuisance., , . .
1 Wonder If the war lords are getting as tired
f it aa the men In toe trenches. '.. . .'
: i Jwith risk of repetition: The way tor Greater
Omaha to consolidate l t consolidate, ru v(,.,
..; , ... ,tr - f ' 7.; f.'fi
Since both sides are still winning in the war,
there is, of course, no chance for peace at pres
et. ;" ' ' .- -. :
The powder magasin and armor-plat b6ya,
are waging war with their heaviest guns on alt,
peace, policies, , ,.. ,, ,.,
Home Is the place where the humblesC man
fiiay be klng and the humblest woman queen,
If inly they do thetr part." " " "
: J The retailers ought to be interested In keep
ing the railroads from putting heir passenger
fares back again to 3 cqnfa U,mlf,
J . ramersv eombtnes fcre nothing new, but it-p-wi&aiSLS
ta be seen whether condition? are more
;snraiil to thcia'at prpffent thaTi-hefetcrfow; 4
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rm Canaan 'may take !ds, bill 'yds aWfM
telw cara in Kanaaa Utty.HKaaaa Cltjr War.
: Tfcere are others. Put on a tow more strap,
foaac! ,
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Unless you want to get in bad, do not argue,
preparedness for war aa the best means,, pre?,
aerttng peace'after what Europe's preparedness,,
baa precipitated. - r'iH
s : iA x5
After several yeara of searching, skillful de
tectives hare found another clue to Dorothy
Arnold, altboogh Dorothy, herself, ooatlnuwa
among the mieelng.
Let us hope that the annual stream of rivers
and harbors boosters flowing into Washington
will really begin thU year . toaccoropllah senjflr
thing la th rlgU ohaittJ,J C V UllViC
'.; irThe reappearance of the thaw case in th
eou'rU reminds ui tnat; even In. th slft current
of modern life, Ve ha v not passed beyond ttX
the milestones of old lang' syne. '' '
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' President Wilson has congratulated "the
president of the Nevada Suffrage, association on
the success of the cause In her stte, Whai he'
aaia to secretary Bryan Is not reported.
f Senator Kenyon ha a bill to reduce the"
numoer or talesmen 'Tequired"for a fedetkf
grand Jury. - Now there's place for economy:
and th economy might aW be carried to 'our
local grand juries. " -
:':- t Fred A.". Huh. r . . .
Although he nerpr held public office Fred
A. Nash, who haa just died, held lor years a
very public position In this community, and
may, therefore, be rightly called a public man.
In his Jife-long railroad work, and later as bead
of the' electrlo lighting company, aa In private
Jwlt'h bis frienOs. his most striking trait was that
of intense loyalty to th interests e was called
'on'to represent. '- The interests sometimes put
him in an attitude conflicting with the interest
of the public, in which case Tb Bee has often
had to take decided Issue with bis. contention;
on the other hand, it most be said that Mr. Nash
has manifested a Kfeater'ditpositton for fairness
in dealing with th public than is usually found
in the spokesman of the rrancniea corpora
tions. In tb thankless Job, also, which he has
filled as the president and, directing officer of
the Auditorium, be has rendered an unselfish
public serrlce, to which, 'unfortunately, the pub
lic baa not 'yet accorded th du recognition and
appreciation.. - f.vr.-i'i : " s ..;
i The Be will print tomorrow the, first of a
series or war article by the world-famed Rud
yard Kipling, .entitled "The New Army' d-"
scribing scenes and incidents In the rruUlng
vauiya. tvatcn IOf It.
Not the least cr;Wlard'f Edjeon' ton,tribu
nona to nis leuowmen Is the example he Is
setting of the indomitable courage and 'deter
mination that ovencomee all misfortunes - and
surmount aU obstacles. , -f.
Of
Th Uoma Circle Literary club hua bMn org'anlaed
with W. H. Thompmon preuldcnt and W. JL I'omiM
weUry. Tb flrat toeaUnar was keld at th r.k-
oeoca t nr. ijaney on North Nineteenth.
Thatcher, Pilinroaj 4k West's mlnatrel ar holdln
"Kj'i im m onsiaai -may Rtc aa an
additional altrvrtiua.
W. B. Shoeitiuker. on of CouncU BluXfa' aid etlt
an. U about to tu:o to Omeiia.-, ,V .-f
jk prana new boy has arrtwd at tb home
Mr. and Mr. Joat-i b, J'tien.
mwre aa a K atteiupt at a'enoau.-rra. thx
arouna tli. quite hi lit dnybrrak. but the weather
iltared up durlnK the day. Tbe tamomter nirkl
Oteieea alxjve Hero. VK
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Robert 1'urvla' t ..mUaion huuae." welshed twenty
tl.rr i5und. mle fourtoon moiU ts conaidared
Kirorainwy we.nt U a Jowl ol thl apet tea.
; Mm. A. H"trtitn hum (onato Toronto on a. -vlirtt.
it la reported that Q. 11. eraltb, tb pttsOKK, kaa
rM,e to CMi'mco, aud uj ave looser flsura aowaf
iHjrmia Eraxonuty ber.
3f
Secretary McAdoo'i little Joke.
Secretary McAdoo either is deluding himself
with the notion that the American . people are
strangely obtuse, or he must b Joking, when, in
bis report reviewing the establishment, et the
reserve bank, be 'hands 'out again that cbaif
about.no politics having been played in the
gam.. "At, th''very dutseV the : secretary
gravely aasares' toe,'' "the committee announced
that it would not allow itself td be Swerved' or
4Bfluspc4 by local or political considerations.
but would determine the Important questions
aubmUted to it with sole regard to' what 1b its
Judgment would be best for tb integrity and
efficiency ,'pt tb new system and the general
interests of the country." Ye t while be refers to
expressions of dissatisfaction with tb commit
tee's findings as "ill-considered criticism," be
is careful to attach as 'ap appendix to his report
the lengthy supplementary statement Issued at
the time by the, committee In defense of its
untenable and arbitrary rulings.
In this very statement a complete refutation
may be found of the secretary's pretens that th
organisation, committee was not '"swerved or in
fluenced" by local or political considerations for
it shows that the Itinerary, for holding bearings
gave Omaha the go-by -In order to favor Mr.
Bryan with a stop in Lincoln when, ' manifestly,
by the exhibit of festive jbaaking power,' gauged.
by capital, loans, and. dfPosiU , Lincoln ,(vi
never for a moment -considered in tb earn
class' with Omaha; ' Kansas '"City and Denver. If
that actioh was not on it face a political move
to boost the-democratic secretary of state, who
happens to hall from Lincoln.' and to slap the re
calcitrant democratic senator from Nebraska,
who Uvea in Omaha, we would Ilk to know what
prompted it If ther, were.. anything beside
politic and political trading to Justify locating
'two' reserve banks la Missouri and forcing Ne
braska, Colorado ad Wyoming out of tha lln f
customary, traffic, it la not apparent. on th sur
face, nor below tbe curtac. as far as anyone has
been able to get.
, The secretary may expect some folk to ac
cept bit prating about Jh reserve bank, being
tree from the influence of politics, but w giv
him credit for too,n)ach common lease-to take
his own Joke serlduui J w ' ,
8er?no E. Payne, '."
; Death abruptly rounds out, th ' career of
Rereno K. Payn Just as' many of the stalwart
republicans, with . whom, he. was intimately
identified In recent congresses, are about to
return to resume their work a lawmakers,
afer retirement by defeat from which . he
.was spared. Mr. Paynes publlo career re
minds us of the exceptions to all rules, even
Ahat that "a prophet is not without honor save
in his own country and his own home," for he
was maintained in congress for thirty-one years
ss the chosen representative of the. people who
knew him. best. Perhaps .in seeking an estimate
of the man, beyond that already formed in tbe
public wind, we ahould go no further than tbe
one implied in this fact. Prominent through
out his long tenure. Congressman Payne, aa
chairman of the ways and meana committee,
therefore becam head of th tariff-making
mecbaaUut of congress, la which capacity h be
cam most 'widely known. And while bearing
his skar of, crnlcim? he bears r also from
political friend and fod,illke, the tribute of a
courageous, resourcfuhand , honorable public-
servant, '-.
Th fidelity of members of the coming Ne
braska legislature, to their economy promise Is
j to b tasted to th axtrem, sine th auditor.
taung uan at race value, has submitted esU-
taates calling -for 140,000 laws legislative) ex
thaa two yeara ago
Aaalrla a4 fterrlav.
To thoaa unMad mlnda aeeklng llsht on the Tal
rauae of the world war, th peh of formr rremler
Ololtttl In tha Italian Parliament a few days aso up
pUm a new Unlit. The former premier apoae la Sup
port of tha poalUon of nautrallty taken by th. Italian
government and emphaalaed the loyalty of Italy to
treatlea. Italy maintained at the outset that tha
frent war wa not a defensive war which alone
would bind It to tha obligation of tha triple alliance,
upnortlna; that contention. Otollttt Inatanced the Pr
poen of Auatrla to atUrk flerrta In Ausust. W. The
Italian irovemment wa informed of that purpoee.
and the co-operation of Italy repeated under the
terms of th triple alliance treaty. The then Pramlrtr
Olollttl notified Auatrla that an attack on Bervla'
"would not come under the term of the treaty, it
la not nfenalve, becauae nobody think of attacking
her (Auatrla)."
troac Fl(htlaa; Fere.
The Indian troop of the BrtUah empire flg-httriR In
France and Belslum appear, from tha measer news
aorounta from the western theater of war. to be UP
holdin their tradition for valor and efficiency.. Of
tha Indian native troops In action thoe tnenUoaad In
the brief dlapatoh era Gurkhas and lkh and th
troopa appear to be tha backbone of th continent
ao far withdrawn from India for ervlo on th ootitl
nent of Europe. 1
The Ourkhas have foug-ht under tha Brttlsb fla
for more than a century and have alway fulfilled
tha rallanoe placed on their loyalty and courage. Tha
ten regiment of Gurkha, having a strength ot about
20.000 men. for th full period of their association wltl)
tha British army have been esteemed as a most val
uable element In the natlv force of th Anglo Indian
army. Their history is larrely the history of the
British conquest of India. They covered themselves
with glory in th Afghan and Sikh wars and fought
shoulder to ahoulder with the British troop during
the Indian mutiny. They have always been loyal to
th union Jack, and thetr fiereanea and desired tenac
ity hav won for thm many a brilliant victory. .
Lord Roberta, In hi long carver In India, eom
msnded Ourkha troop, and that ffloer, lamented by
th Britlah people, had on several oooaslons paid
tribute to the wonderful fighting qualities of these
famous Indian aoldlera
- Fighting by the aid of th Ourkha are tha Blkh.
Th Hlkhs are a religious sect, the word alkh moaning
"learner" or "disciple," and was applied to th peo
ple by th first Guru Nanak. whose followers they
became. :
' A , Hindoo become a Sikh by baptism under the
rite of that religious belief. The home of thee people
I In northern India, mainly In th Punjab, th United
Province and In Kashmir. They have fought against
the British, but their loyalty has been beyond question
for half a century. .-.
Wlater Cam pa I aim I a ej.
"That tha coming winter." says the tsctentirto
American, "will add greatly to the difficulties and bard
hip of the waning European nations eannot be
doubted.- It is true that Improvement In military
method and equipments hav made Impossible such
colossal horror as those attending Napoleon's retreat
from Moscow or even-, thoae Incidental to th opera
tions of tbe allied armies in tb Crimean war; yet th
rigors of winter are atlll a factor to be reckoned with
in both th strategical and humanitarian aspeots of
war.
"A to the sufferings entailed upon the soldiers, a
few Illustrations will snow that the are still inevita
ble. Of th fighting In Manchuria In January, 18CB,
during th Russo-Japano war, 8ir Ian Hamilton
says: "Horsemen galloped about th field with th
foam and dripping sweat of their horse changing Into
a crust Ilka snow and long dangling Idolaa The Fifth
division only seventy yard distant from tha Rus
sian,' near Helkoutai had th choice between froat
and fire. When they stamped their feet to keep life
in them, the Russian, expecting an advance, fired on.
them. When the Japanese remained quiet they 'lost
their toes. Four hundred of them were found to be
suffering from tosho (frost-bite) tbe next morning.'
Merle Twalo'a eWet Frayer.
An unpublished artiel by Mark Twain, called TTba
"War : Prayr," was recalled by Dr. Henry Naotnan,
leader of tb Ethical Culture society of Bnooklyn, If.
T., In bis address on Mark Twain before the Ethical
society of tTt Louis, last Sunday. .
The story tells bow a rej1mnt on Its way to the
front assemble at church and prays for victory,
When th prayer Is concluded a white-robed stranger
enter to ay he haa been sent from "on high" with a
message that th petition will b answered If th men
car to repeat It after understanding Its full Import.
Their prayer, he tells them, asks for more thaa they
eem to realise. Hence h bids thra llatet while be
repeats aloud these unspoken Implications of their
dealre!
"O, Lord, w go forth to smite tha foe. Help tm
tear thetr soldier to bloody shreds with our shell
help u to cover their smiling field with the pale
forms of their patriot dead; help u to lay wait thetr
humble homes with a hurricane of flrei elp us te
wring tha hearts of their unoffending widows with
unavailing grief, ifor our aakea, who adore Thee,
Lord, blast their steps, water their way with their
tara."
. Rectus he was told that this article would be re
garded as sacrilegious Mark Twain, who, aooordlng to
Pr. Neuman, waa a free thlaker, did not print It -
People and .Events
Well, what do you know about thlr Word comes
out of Naw York City that, owing to tha scarcity of
money In pocket or on hand, pickpockets are JolnlAg
th bread lines... ,
C. C Millar, - a New York prophet, ' sends a
sibilant note of . Joy to the real estate world. A real
estate boom in the United 8let 1 ta be one of the
reaults of th war In Europe. Vendors of lots snd
acres, look pleasant, pleas.
, Tb champion domeatlo prls wlnnr of Quarry
vllls. Fa, is Mi. Wlnfleld 8 toner. Although only U
and tha mother of nin children, h found tlm te
cultivate th art of cake baking and won the cham
pionship of the locality In a competition with MP
other,
Mia F. Tennyson Jo, th novelist. Is much an
noyed because people refer to bar as th niece of th
poet Teunyaoik No objeotlon to th relationship, oh,
no, Tbe point ta aha Is not old enough to b his aleoa,
but is his grandnlec. Th matter of years is quit
Important, In view ot their hearties tendency t
speed up;
On hundred and fifty students of th high school
at Eau Claire, Wis., have been expelled for participating-
In a strike against th principal. 'The latter
deemed it hi duty to tell a girl student how to ar
range her hair. Then tha trouble began. The school
board sustained th principal, parenta upheld their
children. The social fabrto ot th town Is convulsed
from canter to suburb.
Twice Told Tales
Ceefldeeee la tbe Baak. -Tha
Bank of France at the beginning of the war
had a gold reserve of nearly I.ODO.ooo.000 franca Com
menting oa this. J aroma M. MeWade, tbe millionaire
collector, said la Dulutb:
"The Bank of France Isn't much Uk tb bank X
tarted la my natlv Cinnamtnon at th age of 2.
"Th old grocer had fired roe and thtnga were
pretty slack, so I rented an empty Chinese laundry,
wrote 'Beak' on a aheet or paper and giued It to th
Window, and then sat down behind th laundry coun
ter with a PP and a copy of the Clnaamlneon
Scimitar.
"The laundry smelt bitter and stale from oil
opium, and I gueea th fume jnuat hav pot me to
aleep. Anyhow, I was awakened by a Lithuanian
from the rolling mill shoving S5 ta dirty notes into
my hand. In the afternoon, a ooVored washerwoman
wok me up to deposit 10S. and the next day tha three
leading storekeeper deposited between fb end TO
apiece. " .
That gave me ouofldaoo to the old bank, and, by
ctnrae, oa the third day I deposited t&S myeairr Do-
tWIetena' Calamity end Oa Own.
OMAHA, Pec. 11. To the Editor of The
Beet The criticisms contained In several
letters published In the Omaha papers
of those who are sending food and cloth
ing te th Belgiari seem te m meet un
called for. The fact that w have In our
city many cold snd hungry people Is
unfortunately true. We have them this
winter, we have always had them, and
we have never taken care ef them as w
should. But now because we r sanding
help to a country In desperat need a
cry 1 raised that w ate negteettng our
own poor. Tb fact Is that more thaa
usual Is being done for tham. Some have
largely Increased their ordinary subscrip
tion to the charitable organisation of
tbe city and have still found something
t send abroad. Tbe place to save 1 not
on the Belgians, but on oureelvea We
must go without something If necessary,
and give to both. The calamity in Bel
glum. Is an extraordinary one, compar
able on a large scale to our own tornado,
a calamity which, heaven . grant, . wUI
never come again. It calls for, nnusual
sacrifices and generosity. M, O.
The Plea, I Se.1f-Detraee.
BANCROFT, Nab., Dec. 11 To the Ed
itor of The Be: I have Just read the
letter of F, A. A gnaw, who is In sym
pathy with tbe Belgians. But Mr. Aa
new does not understand the real cause
of the present war. Did Kaiser Wllhelm
make the first move la Belgium T On
Jury SO the French passed the Una Into
Belgium and broke th neutrality. Had
th French any more right la Belgium
then than tha Oertuana. whose kaiaer so
many claim started the warT Mr. Ag
new, don't you know that Germany has
sn army only , to meetJihelr. opponents T
The reason th Belgians are starving is
because the British line' Is holding the
control of the aeaa. England promised
the poor Belgian help, but where I
John Bull now to help that poor country
Tha price of bacon Is lower than It has
been for years, why don't John Bull buy
meat her in the United States and help
the pooor Belgians, and stick to the prom
ise? What would you do, Mr. As-new, If
four man of your slse were fighting
against you like they axe against the
state of Germany? X say that Germany
waa oompalled to go through Belgium on
sooount of self-defense.
GEO ROE OLTHOFF.
STOIIY GEXS.
Political Pointers
An equal number of democrats and re
publicans In the Illinois state legislature
Insures the lonely buH moose member
considerable attention.
-Tbe Louisville Courier-Journal prints
a loud call to Governor MoCreary to
wake up and take steps to surpress law
leas bands of night riders, who oper
ation bring reproach on the Old Ksa
tacky. Home. .
Ia former times China disposed ef
crooked officials by chopping off their
hads. Under the rule of Yuan Bhl Kai,
a rifle does the business. Wang Chlh
Halng, ex-prefect -.of Peking, was re
cently executed by shooting, because ot ,
bribery and corruption. The evolution ;
from -tbe axe to tbe gun does not alter
tb, celerity of the .taking off. , , ;
The roster of members of the coming
constitutional convention of New York
Stat shows lit republicans and fifty-two
democrats, a total of 16S. No other party
division Is represented. Georg W. Per-,
kins, the "Good Angel" of the progres- '
sive party, and Charles D. Hill, chair
man of th republican national commit
tee. were among tbe candidates sleeted ;
to stay at bom. : i
Btep are being taken In New York to
test the constitutionality of the law,
which forbid th employment of altana
on state or city contract work. By In
voking thl law oa th contractors, work
on Naw York City subways baa been
partly suspended and th supply of clU
sna willing to take that class cf work
has bean found Insufficient.'
About Woman
Mrs. Paullae Pequet of Jackmaa. Me.,
although M years old. often takes a ntne
mfle walk, and can read and thread a
needle without using glassea
- Tbe youngest Red Cross nurse te re
turn from th war son is Eather Dramln,
aged U. of Springfield. She and ber
mother ware visiting In Taruow, Austro
Hungary, and for flv weeks both dressed
th wounds of tb soldiers la tb Red
Ctoss hospital there. ,
Over LOOO families of Loa Angeles look
to Miss Alt M. Allison for their weekly
allowance . money since ah has charge
of th money received from recreant hus
band who have been ordered by the
courts to pay thetr wives a eertala
amount' ef money each week.
- Women In th middle west are very
much Interested In the campaign which
has been launched In Kansas to elect
Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey president'
general of the Daughters of tbe Ameri
can Revolution. Tb next convention will
be held la ltlB In Washington, but al
ready tb plan of Mrs. Guernsey's cam
paign Is being mapped out -
By working her way around fbs world'
by ber wits Mia Hilda Gilbert won a
15.00 wager for Jack London, tb novo-'
list, who made tha bet with a New lorfc
clubman that a woman could aocempllsh
the task without much troubl. Mis Oil-,
bert had four yeara to complete th trip,,
'and when she arrived home reoently she
till had four months to spar.
Nebraska Editors
C M. Anderson has purchased th An
Selmo Enterprise.
The Gering Courier. A. B. Wood, editor,
last week absorbed the Twin City Time.
C.'A, Redding, whe purchased the Pan
der Bepubllo from Rev. C. 8. Hughe a
few month ago. has sold tbe paper to
R L. Waldea ef Sioux City. The trans
fer was made this wk.
H. B. Oooleyot OUa, CeU., will tax
charge of th Crofton Journal early ta
the year. .Mr. Cooley is e brother of IL
M. Cooler, late proprietor of th Journal,
who was drowned in the Missouri river
near Yankton election night. t
P. D. Crew and T. J. Ryaa baa pur
chased th Crelghton News from Kirk A
Nolaa. The new proprietors began their
careers as printers in tbe offloe they new
ewe.
"Why should a aorlety man see the
ileptha of darkeet Romeo? la there any
ranee tnr kte eapleratlon te result in
any dlacoverlee worth while?"
"Tcldelly worth while. If hopes to
dig up a new danoe." Louisville Courier
Journal, ...
Th ferret-eved little man tepted
arroa the street eer aisle and whispered
Into the ear ef the UU chap In a gray
Suitt
"You'd better wipe that bit of egg off
your chin. The income tax man ie Just
wq seats r front af you-" Indianapolis
Star,
' "How did you eome te say young
Thompson eras Intern pe rater'
'"Never did say such a thing.
Tou lold somebody he drank Ilk a
fih."
"WeH, what ef that? Do flea ever
drink anything but water, and any more
of that than they need ?" Baltimore
American.
"That woman has a hard time getting
along."
"What doea ah do for a living?"
Kh makea fan."
"Then it ought to be easy for her to
raja tb wind. "Baltimore American.
Teacher What did tb handwriting an
tb wall say?
Johnny You hav been weighed In the
balance and round wanting.
. Teacher And what doe that mean?
Johnny That he forgot to drop a
penny in th weighing machine slot.
Philadelphia Ledger.
."Why didn't yea vote for my re-election
T"
"We wanted you heme for a little
while." replied Farmer ComtoaseL "We
regard you aa one of the finest speaker
la the country, aa' there's no sense nor
JusUoe to kttln' aa unappreciatlv con
gress monopolise your eloquence forever."
-Weehingion Star.
Book Agent Let me tall yon, my dear
air, that you ean't afford to mis aa op
portunity like this.
Buay Btialnee Man Sit til I'm tempted to
do au. Hang the eipenae. Ufe.
YULE TIDE.
Irtm ef hunt ring.
Everyone bustling,
An ererfiowing of holiday cbeert
Plenty of fun
Jnst begun.
Christinas will soon be here.
On eomer tolling.
To keep "kettl bollmg"
For those to bring soma oher:
Kettle swinging,
Bell keep ringing,
Chrtstroae will soon be ber.
Churche holding basars.
Crowded street cars.
Good natured all aeetn to appear;
Yulettde green
Everywhere is seen,
Christmas will soon be here.
- - Mission tree
For charity.
To keep homes from being drear:
Red Christmas bells.
The story tells,
Christmas will soon be here,
Olrla and boys
To see the toys,
Santa Claua in his sleigh with reindeer;
Many are buying,
- - Babies are crying,
Christmas will soon be her.
- Then eerels Ring
To the new born king.
In Bethlehem born I kea:
Our voice raise
To sing his praise,
Christmas now la her.
Omaha - "BELLVIEW."
ff-T''
Fait trains on convenient schedules
arrive Englewood 'Union Station
(63rd St) and La Salle Station most
convenient locations in Chicago
connecting with limited trains for
all Eastern tcrritoxy. The
TT fn n mmai
Xearec 6:08 p.' ra. daily. Hara dinner on the train aiitss
La Sails Station, QUcxgo-Mn the heart of the business district
ready for the da no dm lost ;
Carries sleeping car (or Tri-Chk may be ocetrpted until
7:00 a, xn. . .
: Of Ar Solid Through Train Qaily
Reeky Meoatsta Umkttf 1:SS a. ts
Chioag Pay Espr e ,,
kga-Cotor4 Ejyres" e 410 p. as.
AsrfoMMcfJe Block Signal
fhnmt AJWent AO. St I Assseajger fifitfeanea1
, Aoaeiuf &afry
Write, ebon e call at Rock Island Travel Bureau, 1323 Farnam St,
fes? cfckets, reservations, iniot-nutioe.
XS-McNALLY, Division Passenger Ageert P&o Douglas 428
Buy Christmas Presents
Vilhout Wasting Your Time .
Br Visitins tho
Cli
fl
urcn rair
In the Court of the
BEE BUILDING
"VVlxere ladies of 24 churches have a large and beautiful
selection of useful, ornamental and fancy article suit
able for all purposes.
Mothers and Sisters 7
AJiray have and always will know how to make and se
lect the best there u in Christmas Oifta let them do it
for you now save time, money and disappointment by
buying from them, this year as thousands did in past
seasons. Satisfaction guaranteed is their slogan.
Incomplete List Shows tha
OF ARTICLES FOR SALE
This
VARIETY
Home Mad Camdy
Mine Meat
' Fruit Calk
Jelly
Staffed Safe
Ckkes
rtoOgBMSbS
Iles
rwsnsril Dolls
ITome Oooklnx, aQ kinds
Embroidered Towels
Apsxsna, fancy and plain
Corset Cover
Doll Clothes
Iiamther jood
FjtRcy Bags
llandkcrtbJeifs
Ctklldrea's Muffs
Head Painted China
Comforta
Fin Cusbiogia
Underskirts
Itast Cap
Stocking Begs
Washabl Kas
TloUy BoU
Kapala Oases) -Tablet
Mats
Infants' Wear
EVERY DAY THIS WEEK IS A
Bargain Day at the 1914
Christmas Fair
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