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NOVEMBER 27, 1908
The Commoner,
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Speaking of Christmas
With the coming" of the Christmas
season wo aro again confronted by
the newspaper advico to "buy your
Christmas presents early."
Wo refuse!
Buying Christmas presents is not
a case of bargain hunting. Even tno
poorest of us, if we have but a dime
or two to spend, want to get the most
possible out of it, and the joy of
mingling with the Christmas crowd,
the glare of the lights, the contact
with others who are filled with the
spirit of the season, the rush and
crush and bustle what would
Christmas be without all these
things?
Sordid merchants who want to de
crease the expense account, and who
want you to get your purchases ear
lier because the prices rule a little
higher, will advise you to "buy 'em
early," but if you Buccumb to their
blandishments you are going to miss
your rightful share of the season.
This thing of buying Christmas pres
ents ahead of time and storing them
away is too much like eating to
morrow's supper this morning in
order to make sure you'll have it.
Besides, what's the use of buying
the Christmas presents early and try
ing to keep them concealed from a
bunch of kiddies that can detect a
hidden treasure ln the house as
easily as a dog can find the place
It burled its last bone?
Why, who of us having experience
in such matters would miss the
tingling delight of trying to sneak
into the house an evening or two
before Christmas eve, with our arms
full of bundles, and getting them
Btowed away without arousing the
suspicions of the kiddies? That's
half the fun of the Christmas sea
son. Buy your Christmas presents
early!
We'll do no such thing. We'll
wait until the last minute, and then
we'll get into the rush and have our
toes stepped on, our skirts torn, our
hats crushed, our coats ripped and
our collars "wilted but through it
all we'll be as happy as kids just
out of school.
This cold, calculating, time-saving,
nerve-conserving, mechanical method
of observing the Christmas season
does not make a hit with us.
Slightly Mixed
"Fine stroke of luck that came to
Wimberly the other day."
"How's that?"
"He struck oil a short distance
from-town."
"O, that wasn't so lucky. Wim
berly merely collided with the tank
of Cumberly's , automobile."
Worse
"Madam, pardon me, but will you
kindly remove your hat?"
We made the request several mo
ments after the -curtain had gone up
and after repeated but futile efforts
to see what was going on upon the
stage. ?
Little did we know of modern
methods of. hair dressing.
"Certainly, sir," was the ladylike
reply. '
The hat was 'instantly removed,
and during the process we rejoiced.
Alas, the' ignpnance that possessed
us! ,;-.;i
No sooner -was ihe heavy hat re
moved than. - admass of fluffy hair
sprung up, juslt like the flowers out
of 'the paper cone the magician uses
on the stage. Higher and higher
it arose, until it passed far beyond
the altitude of the hat removed. It
rippled and billowed and waved until
the proscenium arch was as not, and
wo seemed to be trying to look
through a hair mattress.
In despair wo again leaned over
and in a tearful -voice remarked:
"Thank you, madam, but would
you mind replacing the hat? We
could see the border lights when you
had it on."
Forgotten
Alas, of all the figuring we learned
to do at school,
We have forgot so much we can't
exactly place that mule.
We've added and subtracted, and
multiplied in vain;
Tried algebra, geometry, and algebra
again.
But ev'ry time wo get results and
think the job is done,
Up bobs another precinct and once
more the job's begun.
The Price of Admission
The morning after the employer
had delivered his illustrated lecture
of his European trip, his o: .ployes
being the auditors, the daily papers
lauded him for giving the workmen
and their families such a rich and
free treat.
"O, it's true we didn't pay any
admission at the door," remarked
one of the men.
"Did anybody pay admislon," we
asked.
"Sure, but not at the door. We
paid it when the last reduction in
wages was made."
Newspaper Comment
The Union has givon Mr. Bryan
hearty and earnest Bupport because
it sincoroly believed tho wolfaro of
tho country demandod a chango of
administration. Tho people seem to
believe otherwise and wo are con
tent to abide by their decision. From
tho first wo were convinced thnt it
was a mistake to noininato Mr.
Bryan. Tho returns would in
dicate that no democrat could have
been elected at this time. Rochester
Union and Advertiser.
Her Impression
The little northern girl had just
returned from her first trip to the
south. A friend asked her what was,
in her opinion, the greatest thing
she saw. Instantly the little girl re
plied: "O, it was a big black man sitting
in the' middle of a great big load of
white cotton."
Brain Icaks
The foolishness of a moment may
mean the regret of a life time.
The man who "takes the world
as it comes" is usually left stranded
when the tide turns.
This would be a better world if
people were as quick to commend as
they are to condemn.
About the silliest object wo see is
the. young fellow who Is pretending
to be a Dead Game Sport.
The fact that Thanksgiving comes
before congress convenes Is another
reason why we should sel?o the op
portunity to be thankful.
Of course you are not going to
buy your Christmas presents arly.
Getting into the Christmas rush is a
big part of the Christmas joy.
One good thing about being on the
losing political pide Is that ypu are
net worried about fixing up any, com
binations to land a political job.
Men would have less time for .bus
iness it they worried as much, over
getting a new suit of clothes .as a
woman does over having a new dress
made.
When a man's business gets so
big he hasn't time to wave a fare
well to the baby, it is time he took
a vacation,
We have often wondered if some
women really imagine that us fel
lows can't distinguish, the difference
between paint and natural ,com-plexion.
Tho administration of this country
will bo republican, but it will carry
out many of the policies demaudod
by the people and bo vigorously con
tended for by Mr. Bryan and tho
democracy. In what poHilion tho
election will leave tho democratic
party later Information will deter
mine. It has unquestionably revived
and strengthened it in many parts
of the country, notably in tho weBt,
whore a number of democratic can
didates have been successful; and
this greater strength will have tho
good effect of holding offensive re
publican partisanship in chock. New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Had William Jennings Bryan boon
elocted to tho presidency yesterday
there would indeed have been pro
found cause for congratulation. Thcro
is, therefore, a deoper sting in de
feat; but thcro is no reason for do-
BM,ir. viiie nuuon jiuH mm inuuu a i
step in advance. William Howard
Taft is a safer man than Theodoro
Roosevelt. Tho fate of tho nation Js
not bound up in any single triumph
of any man or party. Philadelphia
Record.
where MP
Every- U
where
It looks as if tho democratic party,
as a political power, has como to an
end. It will continue to exist in
some of the states for local purposes,
and there will always be a dominant
white party In tho south, but as a na
tional power the indications aro that
democracy will play a very subordi
nate part. Issues are changing with
great rapidity. The republican
party is the parent of all tho great
private fortunes in the union, and
of all the vast corporate monopolies
and trusts. Under its fostering care
a money power has been created and
built up, &nd of necessity the off
spring must stand for its parent in a:
struggle. that threatens both.
Realizing, as tho American people
will, that no constitutional conserva
tive organization like the grand old
party of constitutional guarantees
and Jeffersonian principles can over
throw a political party intrenched
and maintained by a vast consolida
tion of wealth, the time will come
when means will bo found, not pro
vided for in the national constitu
tion, to work such changes as tho
people may and surely will demand.
If Mr. Bryan had been elected to
the chief magistracy of the American
republic, the possibilities of a tre
mendous political and social up
heaval would have been long post
noned. but as matters now stand.
they are visibly Impending, and those
men are but blind guides who in tn
face of such conditions snau c
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that show republican strength in al
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whether the people wish to rule?
Where is tho revolt fcy the labor
vote? Where were tho unemployed
hosts? Where, tho myriad victims
of panic? Where tho revolters
against bosslsm? Where tho oppo
nents of the-trusts?- Where those
that rebel against the ownership of
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