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.6 THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, ITECEMBETI 24, 1913. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED DY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSKWATER, EDITOR. The Ree Publishing Company, Proprietor. FEB BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH? Entered at Omaha postofflce aa second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRtPTlON. By carrier Py mail per month. per vr. Pally and Sunday BSo $ m Ially without 8unday... 4fo 4 Kvenlng end Sunday v . Kvening without Sunday 7fo 4.00 Funday Ree only 2- 2. (mil notice of chanse of addrrsa or complaints of Irregularity in drllvery to Omaha Bfee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCF. Remit by draft. esnress or postal order. Only two cent stamp received In payment of small ae counta. Personal checks, except on Omaha and eaiitern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee BulMlng. Bnuth Omaha 231 N atreet. Council Muffs 14 North Main atreet Lincoln Little RulMlng. f'hlcaro-ni Hrarst MutMlng. New York Room IW, Fifth avenue, ft. I .out a-WIS New Bank of Commerce. Waahlnirton 725 Fourteenth Bt N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Addreea communications relatln to new and edW to rial matter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. NOVfcMItlJl CIKCLLATION. 53,716 State ef Nebraska. County of Douglas, aa: Dwfrht Williams, circulation manager of The Bee FubllsMnc company, being- duly sworn, aaya that the averajre circulation for Uia month of November, 111, was 63. 71. DWIOrrT WILLIAMS, Circulation Maneeer, Subscribed In my preier.ce and sworn to before WO. this Id day of December, 1615. HOBEHT HUNTER. Notary Public. Subscriber leaving the city temporarily should have Tbe Bee moiled to Utem. Ad dress will be changed aa often aa requested. f. December 14 .. Thought for the Dmy SmUcfdb, Wm. L. Mack The beauty of men and of things In lif remalna only a passing pulse-beat of ex perience. We cannot hold our mind to one object because life pushes ua forward and demands from us the attitude of knowing without a chance to find repose and quietude. To cat the single expert ence really away from everything else It must be transformed and this transforma tion is the mission of Art. Hugo Muntttrberg. Where were the Zapatistas when the Vil llEtas'wect down and outT The Christmas tree overshadows all compet itors, as the upstanding feature of the hour. Dispensing good cheer and good will yield .dividends greater than money can measure. Reports of a break up In the socialist party la Germany foreshadows early realization of one of the mainsprings of war. November piled another half billion on Uncle Sam's towering trade balance. The pyra mid Is nearlng the propping stage. Filling a long-felt hotel want In Omaha Jus-, tlfled the enterprise from the start. An early dividend kweetens assurances of success. A higher quality of glue is needed to make asbestos whiskers stick to the chins of amateur Santa Clauses, but safety Justifies tbe extra expense. American securities constitute the last finan cial trench of warring governments. Their mobilisation under government control capital lzes future safety. "Peter the Great" of yesterday Is now a king without a country. His cousin perished In a drive on a New York Austrian. When great ness mounts the toboggan willing hands provide the push. Britain's Parliament voted another million ol men for war service. Lord Derby's recruiting staff apparently has not burled tbe ghost of conscription. Nebraska editors were all too busy taking care of Christmas advertising to write editorials last week, which shows the holiday season U appreciated by the molders of thought her for other reasons than Its pure Joy. It remained for a Massachusetts man to In timate broadly that Colonel Bryan should be searched to discover how much peace propa ganda revenue sticks to pockets. This is the cruelest slam on grape Juice patriotism that has come out of tbe sixty-fourth congress. British traders are said to have a war boy cott and blacklist in operation against traders suspected of pro-German leanings. These are trade weapons that cut both ways. A nation whose llfeblood springs from foreign trade takes big risks in handling double-edged tools. The collapse of a Pittsburgh bank- in which, the savings of school children was centered is a melancholy experience. The lessons of thrift taught in the schools and put Into practice Im poses on the grownups of Pittsburgh the duty of protecting the children from loss. Otherwise the lessons of thrift, like the savings, are lost. Carelessness, Criminal or Otherwise. Another tragedy has been added to Omaha's lor.g list through the csreless hsndllng of fire arms. A little girl, Innocent of any misdoing, has been shot and mortally wounded by a watch man, who seta up as his excuse that he fired to scare away loiterers nesr the city dump. First of all, the question comes up, Why should a watchman at a refuse dump be armed stall? Does he guard anything of value? Has he any duty to perform that cannot be well done without the use of firearms? If it be conceded that he has a possible need for a weapon, what right has he to discharge It indiscriminately? If he cannot enforce the little authority that rests on him without such demon stration he is unfit for the place, and not to be trusted with arms of any kind. It Is high time that steps were being taken by those In power to check the propensity of minor officials to resort to pistol practice on any and all occasions. This can best be accomplished by disarming all whose duties do not bring them Into danger of their lives, and where self defense may require the use of deadly weapons. By no stretch of Imagination can a dump watch man be Included In such a list. Holding- Up Parcel lost Quite a hubbub has been aroused by the action of the British government In Its Inter ception of packages being sent through the malls under parcel post. Several steamers have been overhauled on the high seas and this mall removed. Protests have been lodged t gainst the practice by the Scandinavian gov ernment, as well as by the government of the United States. It would seem, however, that the British have a point in their favor on this Issue. If contraband of war cannot b carried as freight or express, it should not be permitted to go through the mails. This Is the contention of the British government. First class mall matter will not be molested, nor will packages that do not contain forbidden articles. So long as a belligerent has the unquestioned right to search a vessel In order to determine what cargo It carries, the extension of that right to include parcel post as subject to the Inquisition does not seem unreasonable. Break in the Daniels Board. The resignation of Henry A. Wise Wood from the advisory board of the Naval depart ment serves to emphasise weakness of that body pointed put when its selection was announced by the secretary of the navy last summer. Mr. Daniels at that time seemed full of the idea that It was prudent, and patriotic as well, to secure, the help of men whose ability and experience would carry confidence to the public in the plans under consideration for the extension of national defense. Recognized leaders In their several ltnes were called, and Mr. Wood was selected as a representative of aeronautics, his well established position In this industry mak ing him a possible source of great service in the preparation of the aerial arm of the national defense board. Events have established that whatever intention the secretary of the navy may have had when the advisory board was chosen, be has paid little or no heea to its ad vice. For the program laid by experts be has substituted his own plans. Mr. Wood feels he cannot gtve his 'sanction to the course adopted by Mr. Daniels and, therefore, withdraws from the advisory board. " Advocates of particular forms of defense have been Insistent each on his own peculiar plan, but the public did place great faith In the renouncement of the administration that only the wisest council would prevail. It Is not a partisan question, and ought to partake of no political feature. Rejection of plans formu lated by competent boards, however, Is not cal culated to retain the trust of the people In the purely patriotic purposes of the administration. In a debute at Cre.lshton college on the question of tbe right of the Indian to citizenship Masters Whalen and Shannon In th eafflrtnative won a vic tory over Matters Durea and John Furay. Ge'neral Manager CaJlewe of the Union Pacific returned from Uoaton, where he atended a meetlna of the directors. lie denied an knowledge of a change In Ul etnanagriuent of the Union Pacific, 8. P. Morse gve a Christmas dinner to his m ploes, at which addresses were made ty Messrs. Morse, Low) end Kerguaon. W. A. U Gibboe and C. J. Smyth addressed a meet ing of ths JrUh Land league held In Cunningham bail. The munual program for St. Phllomrna's cathe dral for Christmas contains the luinti of tbe follow ing musicians: Mteaes Fannie Arnold, choir leader; K. Knrsdy. C. Roedcr. M. MrXamara. D. Johnson. ila. il'effry an J Utaara. Mcrsry, 1L R Blair a.'.J J. I. Mu.-pl f. Ueaneit Man on Earth. The meanest man on earth baa been discov ered many times, in as many different commu nities, but Omaha now' has a candidate for the honor whose claims to the doubtful distinction ought easily to qualify him for first place in the ranks of tbe despicable. Last spring one of our cltlsens aroused a very distinct uproar by telling bow be ate all the meat and used all the tobacco consumed In bis home, while bis wife and children worked, as they should. This man compares to the present candidate about as a tallow dip to a great searchlight In lumi nosity when It comes to downright, perverse cussedness. An appeal was sent to Mrs. Doane of the Associated Charities by a woman whose mouth is devoid of teeth, and who hoped she might be supplied with a set of artificial grinders. Through Tbe Bee an Omaha dentist of high Handing willing to donate the teeth was found, and the poor woman looked forward with great expectancy to being able to masticate whatever c! provender might fall to her lot for Christmas day and tbe future. Her husband, strong In bis manly pride, re fuses to allow her to accept the teeth. She chose him for better or for worse, and now that she Is getting the worst of It, he proposes she i,hall taste it all, no matter how bitter. The l:ee regreU the name 0f this man must-be con cealed in order to protect bis wife, but It pre sents him as a claimant whose right will rcartely be disputed to the distinction of being known as the meanest man In the world. the announcement of a threatened exodus of eastern suffragists to the "free states" of tbe west vastly swells the holiday Joy of tbe on. Us. The latter cordially endorse the mov and Inti mate a readiness to escort the exodusters to tb station with band music and other symbols of unrestrained eclat It is exceedingly doubtful It the suffragists will contribute voluntarily to the noisy happiness of the opposition. Shirt-sleeved" diplomacy is not more popular now than when "Uncle Dick' Olney wrote to Lord Salisbury, but it Is Just as effec tive la getting results. Nations may have no morals, but they are In the way of learning something about plain dealing. t Christmas at the Front HE following remsrkable description by an officer at the front of how the Rrltish and Uerman- ceased hostilities at his part of the line on Chrlstmns day lflll, niesred In the Ixmib.n imlly Mall: Christmas will remain engraven on the memory of many Uritlsh soldiers who were In our trenchc here as one of the moat extrsordlnary days of their llvra. For on that dsy British and Germans ceased flehtlns; with each other for an Interval, came out Into the open between their respective firing lines, burled their dead, and held a short service In their memory. Our chaplain had come with the eoionel to offi ciate at the funeral In our trenrh of one of our rVottlsh soldiers. During the progress of the solemn rites It was noticed that one or two fellows were standing outslds. No attention wss paid to this till the service ended, when the colonel shouted: "Come Inside, men." The reply wss that some Germans were, standing outside theirs. Gradually more and more of the enemy some of them officers by their uniform sppeared, none of them armed. At Isst our commanding officer resolved to get out snd see for himself. The chaplain Jumped up Into the open at his heels, and crossing a ditch which run down the middle of the field between the lines cried: "Does any one apeak English?" As reply a private stepped forward, and then to our amazement we saw our chaplain cross the ditch, salute the German com mander and his staff, and begin to talk with them Almost at the same time a hare burst Into view and ran along between the trenches. All at once Germans came scurrying from their trenches and British from theirs, and a marvelous thing happened. It was sit like a football match, the hare being the football, the gray tunlcked Germans the one side and the kilted "Jocks" the other. The game was won by the Germans, who captured the prise. But more was secured than a hare a sudden friendship had been struck' up, the truce of God had been called, and for the rest of Christmas day not a shot was fired along our section. Dotted over the sixty yards separating the trenches were scores and scores of dead soldiers, and soon spades were flung up by the comrades on guard In both trenches, and by Instinct each side set to dig graves for their dead. Our padre had seised his chance and found the German commander very ready to agree that after the dead had been burled a short religious servloe should take place. He told us that the German commander and his officers were ss anxious as the British could be to keep Christmas as a day of peace. That was quite In keeping with the behavior of the Germans, who had kept up only an occasional filing on Christmas eve and were very busy singing carols and glees. We did not know on that was being said, but after wards we asked the padre two questions. The one was, "Why did you and the German commander take off your hats to one another?" What happened a we learned, was: The German took his clgar case out and offered the padre a cigar, which was accepted. The padre said: "May I be allowed not to smoke, but to keep this as a souvenir of Christmas here and of meeting you on Christmas day?" The answer, with laugh, was: "Oh, yea, but can't you give me a souvenir?" Then the hats came off. For the souvenir padre gave was the copy of "The Soldier's Prayer,' which he had carried In the lining of his cap since the war, began, and the German officer. In accepting It, took off his cap and put the slip In Its lining, sayina as he did It: -I value this because what It says, and when the war is over I shall take It out and give It as a keepsake to my youngest child." The second question was,' "What was In the note book the German commander showed you?" The an swer was that he had been shown the name and ad dress In England of a certain brave English officer. He had been kilted, and aa he was dying the comman der happened to pasa and saw him strugging to get something, out of a pocket He went up and helped the dying officer, and the thing he saw in the packet was a photograph of his wife. The commander said, '1 held it before him, and he lay looking at It till he died a few minutes after." Our padre took down the name and address and has been able to pass on the Information to the bereaved home. The whole German staff showed a fine spirit of respect during the service for the dead. On one side of the ditch half way between the two tinea stood German officers with their soldiers about them; on the ether the officers of the British regiments in the section with their soldiers about them, and between was our chaplain, an Interpreter, and a Oerman di vinity student serving with their army. Our chap lain read the twenty-third Psalm In English, the Oerman student reading It after him In German. Then a short prayer, which the chaplain had written on a postcard and the interpreter had turned into German was read, sentence by sentence, by the student after the English form had been recited. It was a memeorable sight to see officers and men who had been fighUng, and. as I write, are fighting against one another as fiercely as ever, bareheaded reverent, and keeping sacred truce as they did homage to the memory of the dead on Christmas day, 1911 Twice Told Tales Wojaderfal M aisle. In the lobby of a hotel the other afternoon refer ence was made to the charm of music, when this little narrative was recalled by Congressman James S. Davenport of Oregon. Borne time ago two little boys, who were playing on a lot. stopped an Indian massacre long enough to boast about the prowess of their respective fathers. "My father plays the cornet." proudly declared one of the youngsters, and he Is the best player In the whole town." "He ia. la her defiantly rejoined the other. "Well, when my father plays every man stops work." "Don't believe it," was the prompt declaration of the first. "What does he play?" "What does he pley?" answered the second. "Why he plays the o'clock whistle at the foundry."-! Philadelphia Telegraph. Pmll Rlaats. little Sydney had reached the mature age of i. and was about to discard petticoats for the more manly raiment of knickerbockers. Ths mother hsd determined to make the occasion a memorable one. The breakfast table was laden with good thlnga, anl the newly breeched Infant led Into the room. "Ah!" exclaimed the proud mother, "now you are a little man!" Sydney was In ecstasies. Displaying his garments to their full advantage, he edged close to his mother and whispered: "Cj I call pa Bill now '-Philadelphia Ledger. The Difference. A young girl who had been born and brought up in a boarding house atmosphere was suddenly trans planted Into a wealthy home. After she had been there a month a friend of her patroness said: "I expect you notice a greet difference between your present snd your former surroundings." "Oh. yes." ssld the girl. "There, when a man and a girl walk out together, everybody always says, 'Will he marry her?" Here they say. -win she have Mm?" New York Times. . 1IU Viewpoint. Robert Bktnner. ex-consul general to London, sa'.d at a dinner: Of course, neutrals see things from one view point and belligerents from another. We all have our various view point a "An English inebriate was recently released from Jail. To a friend who met him outside the prison gates he said: "Well. mate, wot noos?" " There's a law again' trealln,' was the reply, 'and pretty near the whole world Is at war.' " JjmI thiuk.' bs said. 'Just think ef a no-treetta' law bavin' such an effect as that' "Washington Star. Kaaaestloas for Mr. Kennedy. OMAHA. Dec. 20. To the Editor of The Bee: Do ou not think Mr. Kennedy could render more valuable service to Omaha and its people if he would use his tal ent In the attempt to get for the people of Omaha cheaper electric light, gas, telephone, street car fares, slso for an oil pipe line from Wyoming to Omaha, ln terurban lines leading out of Omaha In many directions, and the making of Omaha the terminals for the lines run ning east of Omaha. What Is the use ot hsrplng on the opening of the Missouri river between Omaha and St. Louis? If opened. Omaha merchants would not use it. Let Mr. K. get a move on himself in the right direction. If he wants to help the people of Omaha at large, and not a few property holders or money lenders. Give the small property holders now liv ing here some benefits. When he has done so, then he csn go after something that never can be done. J. B. SCOTT. To the Peblle In fieneral. OMAHA, Dec. 21. -To the Editor of The Beel. Since there has appeared criti cism In the public press of charity In stitutions, and especially of the Palva tlon Army, as to their accounting of the means given them. I feci it my duty to state the following: As a public accountant I was called to audit the books of the Salvation Army Industrial department and was surprised at the precision involved In their book keeping methods. Before that I, among others, felt rather doubtful in regard to their accounting, and asked myself in case of the public in general ao request ing, can they moke a showing how the means received have been disbursed? But I found that everything Is accounted for to the smallest Item. In fact, many busi ness houses do not koep books with such precision. Every cent disbursed ts covered by a voucher and the books are baianoed every week. Although there may be pre fered another system, still the books are so definite that at a glance any account ant can make the most exact report wished for. All Journalising, whereby many a time defalcation and dishonesty la concealed, Is entirely eliminated from their books. To give the public an Idea of different headings In their books I might mention "receipts" garments, shoes, paper, rags. Furniture, etc, paid meals, paid beds, donations. "Disbursements salaries, em ployes' mea4s, charity meals, employes' beds, charity beds, arlven-awajr raiments and shoes, fuel and light, laundry, horse shoeing, blackamlthlna-. hnrae feed. tnv. ceries, meat, milk, other charitke. There fore, in its place, the accounting la fully up to Hoyden's or Brandels,' and the criticism unwarranted, and I suppose mostly made in ignorance of facts. It is not always the best policy to pub lish the receipts and disbursements, but I am sure Ensign Kline has no objections to show the books to anyone interested. In regard to "commercialism." I must aey that It takes sagacious. Christian commercialism In the Salvation Army Home. I noticed one day In the store room a man wanting to buy a pair of old shoes. The price was 20 cents, which he did not want to pay. An old lady trying to make the sale said, after the man left, that any man who wants a pair of shoes and can pay for them, they are certainly worth that price. I looked at the shoes, and Judged that the wear ing capacity was 11: that's commercial ism. But another time a man wanted an overcoat to keep hira warm on the tracks, as he was going on railroad work, and the garment was gladly given him with out prtoe, and that ts also commercial ism. A down-and-out carpenter oame along and was given work to fix up old furniture at tl a day, bed and meals until he could get something better; that is another example of commercialism, and I could tell of many others. It will take all the commercialism there is in a man to conduct he Industrial Homo, and it would tax t- capacity of a flrst-clas merchant and the patience of Job and the managership of the Union Pacific to run It, at the munificent salary of Ensign Kline. Those "whiskered fellows" with the chimnles at Christmas time soliciting at the street corners are not of the Salva tion Army, and the public should be wise to the fact All collections for the Army made on the corners are solicited only by members of the Army corps in whom the Array has confidence. It was a good suggestion that such solicitors should have a box similar to those used on the street cars, but I think that a cosh regis ter would be better, and taking the under lying principle as right. I would suggest that tbe some be done with all church deacons, so that Instead of their, as now. walking up and down the aisles with a Plate, they carry a cash register on their backs. HEXRT LINDEMAN. Tips on Home Topics German In the Schools. ...BCrrs BLurr Neb- .-To the Editor of The Bee: Referring to Mr E. L. Ireland's letter In The Bee of December 15. regarding teaching of Ger man in the public schools of Omaha, Mr Ireland Is away behind the times. He evil dently has not read tbe imperial edict as announced at the various sessions of the Reichstag at San Francisco. Cin cinnati and other places the last season, vis: "German-Americans, you must pre serve in your children the language and customs of the Fatherland." He evidently does not know that the Nebraska Reich stag had brought suit at Nebraska City to compel the school board to teach German. The Oerman language and customs are so much superior to our own thst we should try to Germanise ourselves Instead of trying to Americanise the Germans tn this country, why. In one Institution in Germany there are over 80,000 attend ants busy day and night manufacturing German kultur. The Institution was founded years sgo by Prof. Krupp and la very popular at present The attendance has more than doubled In the last elght--een months. ; Mr. Ireland certainty has not read Prof. Hugo Muensterberg's warning to Presi dent Wilson that unless Mr. Wilson de sists In his foolish and persistent efforts to protect American Uvea and American lights on the high seas, the Oerman Amertcans wlU vote htm out of the White House. Ia the face of these facts how can Mr. Ireland have the nerve to murmur against using publlo funds to teach a foreign language. J. r. WETB RIGHT. hato few rioeoeilty. Indianapolis News: Income tag for the last fiscal year was paid by ta,Ui Indi viduals, or not quite one for each SUS of population. whVch indicates that pros perity has quite a little work ahead of It before all of ue will be rolling in wealth. Boston Transcript: Or why not spell It "Wmss?" Detroit Free Press: A man ought to be allowed to own an automobile without being saddled with the national debt Washington Post: As fslth Is said to move mountains we are beginning to fear that General Ooethals will have to call on the preachers before long. Springfield Republican: A thousand "edurated women," It la said, have been employed by the British war office to censor all outward American malts. It ctnnot be denied that the evidence of education In some of the previous censor ing has not been over-conspicuous. Baltimore American: A Colorado Judge has registered a vow not to have his hair cut or submit to a shave until Henry Ford and his peace party have accom plished their mission of restoring peace In Europe. How the growing of hair Is to help this object is one of the dark mysteries of human nature. So is the fact that the register of this vow Is occu rring a Judicial position. Chicago Herald: The November receipts of the fifty largest postofflces through which one-half the postal revenue comes were 113,349,460, an increase of 13.4S per cent as compared wtth last year and of 7.72 per cent as compared with November, 1913. As postal receipts very accurately reflect business conditions this country's growth In prosperity la made evident. Springfield Republican: "Alfalfa Bill," otherwise Representative Wll'lam H. Mur ray of Oklahoma, who had bis nickname bracketed after his regular one tn the congressional directory a few years ago, Is no longer alone In the field, for in the volume soon to appear It will be made known that Representative J. H. Davis of Texas and "Cyclone Bill" are one and the same. Cyclone's whisker Is more pro nounced, more rampant and more widely distributed on cheek and Jowl than any seen In the national legislative halls for lo, these many years, suh Springfield Republican: Another na tional highway system Is proposed by Representative Stephens of California as a defense measure. The roads, according to his plan, would be built by army engi neers and run from Los Angeles to Jack sonville, to New York, then to Portland, Me., and to Chicago, Minneapolis, the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho and Washing ton and down the Pacific elope. He names $100,000,000 as the maximum cost a low figure, surely; the price of a handful ot battleships. But any good road la poten tially military and defensive and has the great advantage also of being highly valuable In peace. CHEERY CHAFF. "Is your cook Impertinent?" "Well, rather. She couldn't be any worse if she was one of my own daugh ters." Life. "Why have you never married?" asked a friend of a man who Is noted for his ready wit. "Because." the latter answered, "while I know every man must sail the sea of life on some kind of craft. I was never Inclined to a revenue cutter." Baltimore American. She Klttv haa received an offer to ae in the movies snf she s perfectly cnted with the lilea. He Intoxh sted, eh! She expect pose, to go reelitis: along to fame and fortune. boston Transcript. s. I sun "This In a tov tea set I got for my little girl s Christmas present. Phe likes to serve make-believe tea and make-believe sinriwiches. A harmless fancy." "Perfectly. I've been to grown-up af fair" where they did It.' Louisville Courier-Journal. m KAB1B0U KABARET CM T KNOW utAr Atf fiwcte WSU. MAKE A 6OSJO MX TOKE HER FrTO5 woo Jack I'm In a quandarv, s;s. I want to propose to Mabel, but I'm not sure she d accept me. I1'-". Plster (who knows) Jack, you're like the letter "b" In doubt when there's no need of It. Boston Transcript. "What possessed you to tell that ugly Mias Flatter that she had a complexion of cream and peiches?" "That was tr.e enough. I meant amir cream mnii fntlnw V . uni,iM,H American. Wife f n afternoon I win at bridge nd the next I lose. Hub Then why not play every other ufternoon? Indianapolis News. No doubt the doctor spoke rashly. An Inquisitive niece, seeing him return from the funeral of a wealthy patient InnV ct ntly ln'ii Ired: "Uncle Tom, do you attend the funerals -if ah your patients who die?" "Good heavens, no." said the doctor. "Do you think I have nothing to do but go to funerals?" New York Time BUT ONCE A YEAE. Douglas Mulloch. In Judge. -J am a blooming optimist ; I slap misfortune on the wrist; There isn't anything. I wist. Can cause me any sorrow. When cheated through another's guile, W hen panlca rob me of a pile. W hen tires blow out, I only smile And think about tomorrow. I try to find In ev'ry cloud The ellver lining. In a crowd The brightest faces In a shroud There may be laughter lurking. Whatever be the fate unk'nd That worrtea any mortal mind, In ev'ry Instance you will find My optimism working. I have no time for useless tears. I have no time for causeless fears, I laugh at anyth'ng that sears The heart with vain reptnlngs. I have no time for sobs or sighs; I am the eheerfulest of guys In fact. I fairly specialise In finding silver linings. And so this Christmas shopping crime, This yesrly present-buying time. Still leaves me calm, serene, sublime. And optimistic very; The thlnirs for dear ones all are dear, Rut here's a thing to give ua cheer; For Christmas comes but once a year, And therefore let's be merry! Another famous ITALIAN SWISS CALIFORNIA PRODUCT Extra Dry UTorld.ii. F"evir San Francisco, It".ic1 Prix" f"feHa.- k.tToauL) in. five yeokva- At All First-CUos Cafes, Grocers and Wine Dealers. n a Merry Christmas LITTLE BUSY BEES We are going to give you FIVE DOLLS THIS WEEK, becausu it is Christmas, and we want you all to have a chance to win one. LILLIAN is the biggest and prettiest and is for the little girl that sends ua the most pictures. EDNA is second, IDA third, HELEN fourth and "BOBBY" is fifth ("Bobby" is a girl, but they call her "Bobby," because she plays with the boys all the time). You just ought to see her run and jump and play pump-pum p-pull-away and all the rest of the outdoor games. That's what puts that sparkle in her eyes and the roses on her cheeks. I just love her myself, best of them all, because she has such winning ways dear little "Bobby." I wonder what, little girl will get her. If I was a little girl, wouldn't I try, though! UcninnrxT, you most send your pictures in OXE DAV EAKLIKR this week, because Saturday is Christ mas, so tbe CONTEST M'1M CUSK 4 1 M. FK1UAV, instead of Saturday. These dolls wlU be given free to tbe little rirls under It yean of age, who bring or mall us the largest number of dolls' pictures cut out of Ths Dally and Bunday Bee before 4 p. m., Friday, Da cember 24. This picture of three or the dolls will be In Tbe Bee every day this week. Cut them out and ask your friends to save tbe picture in their paper for you, too. Bee how many pictures you can get, and be sure to turn tbem in to The Bee office before 4 p. m., Friday, De cember t. X 'Ail You Can See the Dolls at The Bee Office J