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CHRISTMAS.
And there were In tho same country shepherds
abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock
by night.
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon Ihej*,
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them;
and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, "Fear not, for
behold I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall
be to all the people. '*•
"For unto you is born this day, in the city of
David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
"And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find
the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger.
"And suddenly there was with tho angel a mul
titude of the heavenly host praising God and say
ing;
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men!"
Upon that simple story is founded the celebra
lion of this day, which we call Christmas—the birth
day of the Carpenter of Nazareth. Though the re
ligious world be rocked from center to circumfer
once with disputes about the divinity of the man
the world calls Christ, though Jews and Gentiles may
differ as to His real place in history, the fact still
remains that this great leader and teacher, the great
est the world has ever known, has impressed His
.hought and His example upon all peoples every
where as no other man ever has or can. Orthodox
Jews, though denying His messiahship, are still proud
of Him as a Jew who has been one of the outstand
ing characters of Jewish history, and orthodox
Christians have never wavered in their faith that
He is the Son of God and the world’s redeemer.
Why, then quibble at this time when all the world
is wrenched and torn by dissension and strife that
may be easily quieted if the world would but listen
and give heed to the wise, humane and tender mes
sages of this manger-born teacher whose three years
of teaching encompassed the whole sum of those
things that tend most to human happiness.
Why quibble and argue and dispute on this
Christmas day, when if we but lay aside all those
hings and give earnest thought to the things He
"reached and taught we may find a solution for all
our social and political troubles, and make sure the
.lad day when there shall indeed be peace on earth
*'nd good will toward men!
Whether Jesus be indeed the Christ, or whether
!esus was merely a great man, is not now, nor
hould it be the question at Issue. That question
hould be, to all men everywhere, whether it be best
, o accept the advice of this greatest of all teachers,
or whether we should grope around in the finite
realms of our own mental and moral limitations in
n effort to find something better for the world’s
afety and salvation.
Christendom accepts this day as the anniversary
of the birth of Him whose every thought was filled
•vith Jove of his fellows, whose evdry act was based
upon kindness and mercy, whose sole mission was
o lift the fallen, cheer the faint and restore hope
*o the hopeless. By word and by deed He set an
■xample of kindness and helpfulness that shall fop«
ever be the guiding star of those who seek to be of
service to their fellows. To do to others as we
would have them do to us, to love our neighbors as
ourselves, to walk in humbleness of spirit, fearing
God—when the world has tired of its vain strivings
to accomplish by its feeble mortal strength, when
it has wearied of the hopleless quest of peace and
good-will while selfishness and greed reign in human
hearts, when it has turned wholeheartedly to the
plain and simple teaching of Him whose birth anni
versary we celebrate today, be He indeed the Mes
siah, or be He man born of woman, then shall wars
forever cease and the reign of peace and good-will
be ushered in to endure until time shall* be no more.
It is in this spirit that The Omuha Bee extends
to you its Christmas greetings; it is in thi« spirit that
it comes to you upon this morning marking the an
niversary of the birth of the world’s greatest leader
and teacher. And in the language of Tiny Tim:
“God bless us every one!”
CERTAINLY SOMETHING WRONG.
There certainly must be something wrong in
Jackson county, ^Missouri, in which county, by the
way, is situate the rapidly growing village of Kansas
City. The county court of the county, and by the
way the county courts in Missouri are charged with
the management of the county’s business, reports
that tt will finish the year with a surplus of some
thing like $50,000 in its treasury.
...This is so unusual, not only in Missouri but in
all other states, notably in Nebraska, that there
should be made a most searching inquiry. Such a
thing may have happened before, say in the re
mote ages of antiquity, but if a happening of recenv
date it has not been called to the attention of the
public. The announcement is hard to accept. There
may be many reasons why it is not well founded. It
may have been given out by one of the judges in a
it of mental aberration, necessitating an investiga
tion by the lunatico inquirendo. There may he
an error in bookkeeping whereby the books show a
balance of $50,000 remaining while the treasury
itself shows an aching void.
But several million taxpayers scattered over the
■ntire country will hope and pray thnt the report is
true, because if it is it means that what the authori
ties of Jackson county have done the authorities of
other counties may do if they try hard enough. The
announcement is so unusual as to cause great ex
citement, and people everywhere will be waiting
with bated breath for confirmation.
The spectacle of public officials staying inside tho
financial limit is rarer than the dodo and quite as ex
citing as the discovery of an oil gusher in the back
yard.
It is all very well for the Department of Com
merce to remind us that Omaha's running expenses
are twice as great in 1922 ns in 1917. What has
happened? Only that the city as well as its citi
zens has been hit by the high cost of living.
William Nelson Cromwell bequeaths to the Amer
ican Bar association $125,000 "to keep the profes
sion what it ought to be," There are those who
will move to amend by striking out the word "keep"
and insert the word "make.” j
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HE TURNED UP SOMETHING.
The death of Lord Shaughnessey, head of the
Canadian Pacific railway, calls renewed attention to
the opportunities that the new world offers to young
men. He was not born to the purple, nor to the
peerage. He was born in Milwaukee and educated
in the public schools of that city. He did not leave
school and stand around waiting for something to
turn up. He went 6ut and turned up something. He
entered the employ of a railroad in an humble ca
pacity. The pay check was rrot the only thing he.
worked for. He worked for sheer love of the game,
with an ambition to be something more than an em
ploye walking up on pay day and getting his check.
He studied his business, with the result that he won
rapid promotion.
His ability was recognized from the start, and
this coupled with his tireless energy attracted the at
tention of the railroad world, with the resuit that
he was one of the men called to the service of the
Canadian government when the construction of the
Canadian Pacific was undertaken. His work there
won for him a peerage.
About the time Saughnessey was born in Milwau
kee, there was born in Canada another man who be
came an empire builder and one of the great figures
in the railroad world. His name was James J. Hill,
and Hill, like Shaughnessey, was not content to sit
around and wait for something to turn up. He, too,
went out and turned up something. Instead of stand
ing around on the street and cussing the world at
large because it offered no opportunities for a poor
boy,- he hustled out and mafle his opportunities.
Events brought him across the line into the United
States.
M'hat “Jim” Hill, the Canadian-born empire
builder, accomplished in the land of his adoption is
n companion story to what Saughnessey, the Ameri
can-born empire builder, accomplished in the land of
his adoption. They are companion stories that
should be an inspiration to every boy in the United
States and in Canada. Neither was born with the
traditional silver spoon in his mouth, but both were
born with tireless energy, worthy ambition and a de
termination to wrest opportunity from the world.
The boy who waits for opportunity to turn up,
or adopts the policy that the world owes him a living
and refuses to go out and collect, will never be num
bered among the empire builders. The world does
not owe every man a living, but the world ia ready
to pay every man who does something that will put
the world in his debt. The western world paid its
debt to Shaughnessey and Hill by giving them riches
and fame. It is ready and willing to do the same
with every man who earns it.
HARD NAMES FOR OLD J. B.
A prize of $100 in gold has been offered by Del
cevare King, vice president of the Granitq Trust
company, Quincy, Mass., for the strongest epithet to
denounce bootleg liquor. Here is incentive to search
the lexicons of to stimulate invention. It was truly
said of Thcmas Carlisle that when he wanted a word
he made one if need be to express his meaning as
near exactly as he could. The English language
contains an unlimited opportunity for the combina
tion of words, for the shading of meaning, and the
expression of feeling, views, or sentiments.
Ordinarily, the deepest emotions, whether of ap
proval or condemnation, admiration or abhorrence,
like or dislike, may be expressed by the simplest
words. The noblest examples in existence are those
whose thought is couched in terms that any one can
understand. Yet we read of how a noted English
wit silenced an angry fishwife by replying to her
foul language with terms of geometry. As a truth,
it may be stated that once upon a time almost any
of the unlettered populace might be disposed of by
calling one an isosceles triangle.
However, even these considerations leave one
wondering why any further effort should be made to
extend the objurgatory vocabulary. We question if
calling names, even the strongest, will materially
check the flow of hootch. Those who drink it will
not be moved by mere sound after they have be
come accustomed to the drink itself, and those who
do not may sit with the unknown author who wrote:
"Tell me 1 hate the bowl?
Hate Is a feeble word.
I loathe, abhor, my very soul
With deep disgust Is stirred
Whene'er I see, or hear, or tell
Of the dark beverage of hell."
It is merely a suggestion, but wouldn’t we all be
happier if those warring theologians were to calm
down during the Christmas season and read the
golden rule over again?
Governor Pierce of Oregon says he will give
no Christmas pardons. In October convicts in Ore
gon were attending the state fair, just to show what
a change has happened there.
raise prices in case the democratic national conven
tion goes there, but it isn’t the price of beds and
eats that worries most of the democrats who plan
amending.
Before we endorse the proposition to abolish thi
use of handbags hy women and substitute the use
of pockets, we want to know whose pockets will be
used.
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The decline of the French franc may be taken
as pretty good evidence of how the world looks upon
the policy being pursued by the French.
The depth of something was reached by a foot
pad who acted like a traffic cop until he got his
victim’s money,
Canada reports ripe strawberries for December,
which is more than they often have in June.
Having discarded a king, Greece may draw a
deuce.
If you are ever going to do it, now is the time.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Pnel—
Robert Worthington Davie
CHRISTMAS DAY.
When promises of old fire new,
Anil gifts express devotion true.
When words are needless to define
The fervor of your friends and mine.
When waiting ones have ceased to yearn
And brilliantly l,oves cm here burn,
When old are glad and young are gay —
W« greet the dawn.of Christmas day.
To conaeerated shrines we trend
And thank the Savior living, dead—
For faith and klndllneMs and trust,
For strength to he alneere and Just,
Fur love, precocity and truth,
^ Fur blessedness to Age from Youth,
For drear December, blooming Mu
For warmth and life on Christmas Jv
MERRY tHRI/TMAY
: EVERY-BODY f j
“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
editorial from roadoro of Tho Mornini Beo. Boadori of Tho MorcUi Boo
•ro invited to uoo thlo column fro*l> for oxpreosloo
on mattori of publte Intcrcot.
Worse Than O'Neill.
Bancroft, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha He*; Mr. A. W. Nuzum
of this place relates a strange Inci
dent which he witnessed early Mon
day morning. Mr. Nuzum says that
shortly after daybreak Monday morn
ing he was aroused by a loud com
motion In h!« poultry yard. Becom
ing alarmed he peered out the door
and saw what he thought was several
chicken hawks attacking his flock of
Barred Bock hens. Arming himself
with a shotgun Mr. Nuzum proceeded
to put a quick end to the invaders.
After filing twice and killing two
of the supposed hawks, he was forced
to flee for cover as the entire flock
swerved upon him. Nuzum was able
to^w.ich the house unharmed, and not
ui^Bsevernl minutes later did the In
furtated birds leave.
Being very curious to know what
had attacked him he went to the
chicken yard and, much to hts
surprise, discovered that instead of
hawks he had killed two prairie chick
eps. Being very eager to know Just
why the birds hud acted in this very
peculiar manner, he brought them to
town. Prof. William Koepnlck of
Vale university, doing research work
In this part of the state, held a post
j mortem of the fowl and declared that
the flock had been feeding on und£
veloped field corn, which, when mixed
with a gastric juice In the bird's giz
zard, formulates an alcoholic g ns
which. Prof. Koepnlck says, hnd In
toxicated the entire flock. This Is
believed to be a very rare incident
and behooves hunters to beware.
8. V. KKETCHER.
{{eM-nts Sermon on limning.
On.-ilia.—To Hi* Editor of The
Omaha Bee: With satisfaction 1 no
tlce«l In your paper a few days ago
that some men came forward bravely
In defense of Rood dancing people. I
myself danced in times juist and can
swear, ns these men any, that never
one impure thought entered my mind
while doing so, and I am sure neither
the minds of those dancing with me.
Men »o Inclined Instinctively sick and
prefer to he in company of girls of
doubtful character, because the power
and unseen Influence of good women I
subconsciously hold them In check.
Church people everywhere dsnee.
go to movies or enjoy a game of
cards—members of Ids own congrega
tion and choir not excluded— and are
nevertheless decent. To class them
with Immoral people, which Is th*
same as harboring Impure, unclean
thoughts. Is going jjnme In overstep
ping ministerial pfh lieges Where
does the doctor gel these ridiculous
Ideas nnyhotvT It seems strange that
men of his calling should come In
contact only with animal men and !
women. Wandering good people from 1
hearsay only Is not showing a Chris |
tian disposition.
But we find In all fields extremists,
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Daily Prayer j
H#» »luill »«»« the children of the
ntody.-—P* 72 4.
O Lord, our Heavenly Father, we
pfnlse and magnify Thy Holy Name
for all Thy loving kindness and Thy
tender mercy which Thou hast be
stowed upon us. Thou haul opened
Thy hand and supplied all our wants.
We thank Thee, o Lord, that when
we were without strength, In due time
Christ died for the ungodly, that He
might ransom our souls from sin anti
death, and give unto us eternal lif*
Grant, O Lord, that each one of us.
now In Thy presence, may receive
Christ Jesus ns our eternal Savior
We praise Thee, O God, for tin* » irt
of Thy Holy Spirit, Who tghernnrh *
In our hearts, and Who Nike* of the
tilings of Jesus and reveals them unto
us day by day, moment l y moment.
Grant Thy blessing. WO beseech
Thee, upon every member **f Gils
household, and upon all our loved
ones, wherever they may be at this
hour. We thank Then that "in Jesus’
keeping we are safe, and the: He
member In mercy, O l.oid. any who
ir# In distress at tins time, n mind,
body or estate. Comfort nil who
mourn. Let nil the earth remember
and return to Thee. <» God; let all
ths kindreds of tin* nations worship
Thee, in spirit and in truth. Giant
unto us the forgiveness of nil our
sins. In the name of our Lord and
Hiuior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
lilhV. CM AH LICS <; K» *!»•. • ■ SMITH. H L*
Hoilfviilt, Unt , Cfruidn.
r
who like to hear themselves talk or
enjoy to be talked about by others
abundantly while parading their hob
bles before the public—commercial
advertising.
About a year ago one of his printed
sermons on dancing (he sells It at 5
cents per copy), founds Its way a<
cldentally Into my house. Reading it
I was shocked beyond words and am
not over It yet. £ certainly would
not want my daughter and her escort
to attend church servlcea where ahe
would have to listen to such discus
sions in such manner. No respectable
young man would take the girl he
likes best where she has to blush
hearing such repulsive talk.
It is very legrettable that the doc
tor has formed such opinions. There
are many pure women and moral men
still on thin earth; it is not all t urn
or dross, but many "silver threads
among the gold" of humanity. His
eccentric ideas come dangerously near
to the Biblical word; The good, I
would, I do not.
May his <Jod bless him with a fuller
understanding of peace on earth and
good will to men: the true religion,
the only and real business of the
church. A HKCKNT WOMAN.
From a Fundamentalist.
Omslm.—To the Editor of Th«
Omaha Boo: Your editorial relative
to the clergvman who denies the vir
gin birth of Jostle Christ is, I am
sure, the true opinion of all who love
the writings of the*good old look
"f books. Titla man has n rfght to
his own*opinions, but he has no right
to pretend to be a preacher of the
Episcopal or any other church, whoee
very existence la founded on the life
of our l,ord who said to Peter, ' On
this ro<k I will build my church."
That r«™ whs faith In the Lord
Jasua as the redeemer of all man
kind.
Tile preacher or any other person
who disbelieve* or discredits the life
ef Chilst as it w.is set forth In the
lilhle is now or will be a miserable
wretch.
This old world would be mighty
dark without faith in the divinity and
trust in the virgin birth of our Lord
Jesus. There are people who actually
believe that they are smart enough
to defy the Bible. These men will
some day say: "Why ant I sucli a
miserable failure in life?" The an
swer can be traced to their titter dia
belief in the resurrection and life of
our Savior. By faith only shall ye
know him. V. A. BRADSHAW.
From Council Bluffs Legion.
Council Bluffs.—To the Editor of
The ontnba Bee: Aw we come to the
close of 1323 we wish to extend to
you the season's greetings, and thank
you slneerelv for your assistance In
making this one of the most success
ful years In the history of our or
gait Isa tlon.
RAINBOW POUT NO. S.
Dulc K. McAlpine, Commnnder.
Who Can Answer?
Aurora. Neb.—To the Editor of
The i’malm Ilee: In what classic* are
tile following rliaraiters described:
1. Hnrle Podger.
2. Mynheer Klndermann.
5. Who wrote the Parable of
"Brotherly Love?"
4, Where Is the scone of ttie Par
aide laid
5. What lesson is Intended to be
taught by flic author?
.NAM t\ STEPHENS’ IN
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CIRCULATION
for November, 1923, of
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this till* day of Dai ember, 1033.
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(Seal) Notary Public
Peace—To Men of
Goodwill
Twag years ago the angels' song
Broke forth at Jesus' birth:
In joyful notes Its promise came
Of "Peace o'er all the earth."
Vet we are slow to learn it;
We grope and stumble our way. I
But men of good will alone can bring
^ lienee
And with it the brighter day.
So 'mid strivings of the nations
For places in the sun: ,
'Slid the building of the war sh ps
And the making of the gun:
'Mid the groaning of the people
Crushed beneath the tyrants' heel;
'Mid the crying of the children
Who count days between each meal
'Mid the discord and confusion
in the world's industrial life;
'Mid the sharpness of the conflict
in the keen political strife
'Slid the many factors In the home
That take away Us force—
Out of all this peace can ci me
If we ll only find its source.
Let us listen once asein
.As the angels sing their song;
Let us learn the message i.vef
As life's duties 'round us throng.
Here'S the message that they gave us
Heralding Him "ho would fulfill—
Peace will come on earth when men
Seek, find, and us«—Good will.
—George S. Morrell. Stratton, Neb.
A Cooler.
An actress, retired, who had or.ce
played with Richard Mansfield, fa
vor* us with this anecdote:
'•One red-hot day In New York we
li.td been rehearsln* all tho afternoon
until we were nearly melted—all ex
cept Mansfield, w ho looked ns cod us
an he cream soda. It must have been
a wilted look in* lot that was sum
moned to the *ie*n room nt the close
rf the rehearsal. Mans Id it seamed
had somethin* t0 **>' to us' wu*
as follows:
"I wish to inform you that I object t,
to perspiration. r must re H»est you
hereofter to refrain from persptrln*.
I absolutely forbid It. That Is all. —
Host on Transcript.
LISTENING IN
On the NebiaBka Pres*
The Nemaha County Herald, Au
burn. published bv J. C. Vollne. has
Just celebrated Ihe close of Its 36th
year. The Herald was established by
John Barnhart, now a resident of
Omaha.
• » •
"If fish would only bite as freely
as the human sucker, what a time
the fishermen would have," chortles
the Neligh Leader man.
• • •
In the opinion of 1\ L. Carroll of
the Schuyler Sun. “the best tiling
between JCurope and America is the
sea.”
• • •
The York News-Times takes off its
hat to the genius of the Canadians.
‘ The Canadians,” remarks the News
Times, "have no objection to the
I'nited States prohibition laws; they
Imve quit making whisky up there
and are growing rich selling ‘red-eye’
that is line for dog poison." Hut the
liquor don’t go to the dogs, it is the
drinkers who g<».
• • •
Noting that Senator Howell ftn
oounces hi* determination to watch
railroad legislation, the York News
Times remarks that tho people them*
• elves are going to do a whole passed
of that sort of things themselves.
• • •
Noting that there are those who
persist In spelling it "Xmas.’ Adam
Breed" of the Hasting Tribune in
sists that if they can t spell "Christ
mas" they ought to consult a dic
tionary.
• • •
"Every day aoroebody jumps up and
ask* us what's the matter with the
farmers,” says Joe A Men in the dork
Republican. "There is nothing the
matter with the farmer: the matter
k with the college anil university
graduates, who have been spoiled for
useful employment. Most of them
want to be automobile salesmen or
life insurance agents or blue sky
salesmen. Hardly any of them
are fit for the kind of work that
father used to do.”
• • •
Dwight Griswold of the Gordon
Journal Is tilled with regret. Sana
Jolce ha* left town and the editor
I no longer has a rock-ribbed democrat
to talk things over with.
• • •
Ed Curran of the Greeley Citizen
boasts that the girls in Greeley can
keep a secret. "For two years or
more," says Ed, "none but member*
Abe Martin
i_
Most after dinner speakers jest
drink ther coffee, but it's different
with all day speakers. One cam
paign when Bryan wuz tourin’ In
dianny in an interurban car he sent
a messenger fer his lunch at
Marion, orderin’ one link o’ bolog
ny, a half pound o’ sharp cheese,
half pound o' crackers, an’ a bottle
o’ pop, strawberry preferred. Ther
seems t’ be no end o’ kings o’ boot
leggers but no princes.
< < Vjpyrighf. 19-3 >
of the O. V. club have known what
those letters mean." Our guess Is
that they mean. ' Come On, Dearie.”
Hank Leggett turned over his Ord
Quiz to the high school students a
couple of weeks ago, and the boys
and girls measured up to their op
portunity. Tie surprising thing
about it is that Hank didn't wait
until the fishing was good to lay off
a week.
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