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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, ITECEMBETI 24, 1913.
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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.
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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
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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
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