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• LONG” ON THE UNITED STATES,
Arthur Brisbane ii a newspaper man of many.
» years’ experience. He expressei views at times that
are at variance with public thought, but he utters
his thoughts clearly. Also, the opinions hejgives are
based on a judgment ripened through observation
and first-hand knowledge of the subjects he deals
with. Therefore the statements he makes are en
titled to respectful attention, whether agreed to or
not. •
His article written for The Omaha Bee ie, there
fore, deserving of careful reading. Particularly so
because of the healthy tone of optimism that per
vades it all. Brisbane has spent most of his time
during the last twelve months in going about the
country. He has poked into many places not so well
known to the general public, as well as those of far
greater advertisement. And his message ist
“For every dollar that th# United State# now
produces there la within clear eight the possibility
of producing a thousand dollar#.”
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Counting over undeveloped resource*, and tha
further possibilities of those already in use, Mr.
Brisbane makes a good case to support his assertion.
Constructive effort is required. He covers this phase
in a pregnant sentence or two:
"The president's task Is to keep the country
prosperous, and make It safe. Allowing able irSen
to go ahead and make a good profit, by building up
and creating prosperity la perhaps the best way to
continue good times and make them better. We
live in the era of private enterprise and glgantlo in
dustrial units. W’ith proper supervision and pro
tection of the publlq Interest, these methods of pro
duction should bo encouraged.
"Any Interference should he constructive not
meddlesome and hampering. The Important thing
in Africa Is that lions be killed off. So they give 60
fat black wives to the man that will kill a lion. No
one should begrudge the unnecessary wives.
"Here the Important thing Is that Industries be
built up. So we give 60 fat golden millions to the
man that can build them up. Nobody should object
to that.
"The good citizen grieves because keen witted
men seize upon the publlo properties and exploit
them for their own benefit. But there la nothing to
I worry about, time adjusts everything.”
On this Mr. Brisbana is right! Year* may elapse
oefora all tha big things hs hints at ar* brought to
pass. But the way should not be obstructed by vis
ionaries who can not get in line with the ideas of
progress. Certain processes have not been outworn.
All civilization resta on the individual. The indi
vidual has been stirred to action by hope of reward.
From the very beginning of man's upward climb,
initiative in enterprise has been stimulated and sus
tained by the knowledge that success brings with it
something material. Not all stress should be laid
on thia . The spiritual should not be lost sight of.
Yet even the spiritual things can not be obtained
without endeavor.
• • •
Full recognition of the fundamental truth that
industry and thrift are entitled to something more
than goes to indolence and ucthrift must come. If
this were not true, if the idle were to share equally
with the energetic, progress would cease, just as it
has in Russia, where the unfit are set on an equality
if not above the fit.
See to it that the man who develops an industry
or a resource is allowed hi* reward «for his enter
prise, hi* intelligence and his energy. Capital is the
eerva/it and not the enemy of society. Those who
would destroy It merely represent the ignorance of
the ages that has held back the forward march of
mankind from the first. The service that will come
from the use of the things that are now Idle and
wasted will be of sueh benefit to all that the private
gains of a few will be lost sight of,
Brisbane’s message is an order to move forward.
Along lines that have been tested and are approved
by human experience. Read it, and take courage
for the future of a country which it is dangerous to
".-jell short.”
LOT OF THE POLICEMAN.
Benny Danbaum, chief of detectives of the
Omaha police force, has crowned a life of thrills
with the supreme experience. He will, barring some
thing unforeseen, carry to his end two leaden pel
lets in his brain. This will remind ever of the hazards
of the life he has chosen. Danbaum did not need
that proof. He has many times been made aware
of the fact that hunted criminals will resort to des
perate means to thwart capture. His courage and
cool judgment have carried him through, and his.
fine physical equipment promises to see him safely
out of the dangerous predicament he is now in.
Danbaum will serve as a type of the men who
give their lives to the protection of the citizens and
enforcement of the law. Loose criticism of the
policemen is frequently indulged by those who do
not give enough of thought to what is involved. An
nals of Omaha are dotted with entries that record
the death of a policeman or a fireman in the line of
duty. These men are In constant touch with the
great adventure. Any call to duty may be the last
they will answer. Yet none think 'of that. A des
perado, armed and secreted In a dark alley or hall
wav, or barricaded in n house must be dislodged and
b-ought to account. A roariing inferno defies the
fireman's efforts. Death is there, in either instance.
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Policeman or firemaiR either responds when the call
comes, quickly and with little thought of personal
safety. They are serving the public, disregarding
peril or discomfort, that life and property may be
made secure in the community.
We hpe that Benny Danbaum soon will be back
at his post. In this we but express the sentiment
of Omaha people, regardless of station. He is more
than a hero—he is a type of fidelity to duty that
well may inspire any, no matter where they are
placed in life’s battle line.
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.
Always some interest is found in speculating on
the origin of certain customs. The mind is curiously
concerned in tracing through the windings of tradi
tion man’s habit of thought. Especially those that
find expression in mass action. This has led to deep
inquiry as to the root from which springs that pe
culiar manifestation of sentiment commonly today
referred to as the “Christmas Spirit.”^
Time so spent may be of value to the investi
gator. Ordinary mortals are willing to accept the
fact. As the winter solstice appraches, and the sun
swings farther and farther to the south, something
operates to unloosen the bonds that hold in check a
great common impulse. Whether it may be ascribed
to the ancient belief that the descent of the sun is a
type of death, as its new birth signifies the resur
rection, is not so important as is the fact that the
heart of man softens as days get shorter and the
cold more intense. Self seems to shrink, and service
to expand. It is a time of year when all are ani
mated ,by a common impulse, that of helping some
one else.
It is in a large sense and exemplification the divine
law, “That ye love one another.” When “there is
more of giving and less of buying,” and the heart
rejoices in a good deed done for some one else.
Just as the time is more and more extended so does
the Spirit of Christmas advance to the more general
enfoldment of humankind. In the expansion of the
customs that surround the season may be definitely
noted that evolutionary improvement which will
bring nearer and nearer the time for which men
have so earnestly longed and so confidently
prophesied.
The Spirit of Christmas Is the better nature of
man, the indwelling essence of an element that is
not material, finding Its life in acts, In words, in
thoughts. It is proof, if proof were needed, that
life is not all sordid, that all efforts are not bent
to the advantage of selfish ends. It is the Brother
hood of Man under the Fatherhod of God, finding
an outlet and shining with the grace that surrounds
its higher birth and holier destiny. Just as men are
enabled to carry the Spirit of Christmas into their
daily communications with other men, just so is the
world brought nearer to that great ideal on which
the day itself is founded, no matter what the tradi
tion may be of other origin.
CURING THE CRIPPLES.
The work of salvaging human wrecks and caring
for them is vastly more expensive than the work
of preventing wrecks. The cost of curing crippled
children is less than the cost of taking care of them
when by reason of their crippled state they become
dependents upon society. Ihis is wholly apart from
the humaritarfan viewpoint.
Time was when the birth of a cripple was looked
upon as an act of providence, and parents and pub
lie made no effort to straighten the twisted limbs
because little or nothing was known of curative or
corrective methods. Now orthopedic hospitals are
scattered all over the land and surgeons are devot
ing their lives to the humanitarian work of building
children once thought to be hopelessly crippled into
strong, self-reliant men and women. Modem sur
gery is accomplishing the marvelous.
But there is much for society to do, not w’holly
because it is the right thing to do, but because it is
the economical thing to do. Great agencies are now
at work arousing the public to a sense of its duty to
the crippled children, and to society. Service clubs
are rallying at the call. Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis,
Optimist and other clubs are combining forces to
make a concerted effort to provide all the agencies
required to make the future brighter for the helpless
little cripples scattered all over this republic. Four
thousand of them in Nebraska demand more than
pitying attention. They deserve the practical sym
pathy that is shown only in helpful action. The
Shrinera have already established orthopedic hos
pitals at widely separated points, and are following
a definite program that calls for nearly $2,000,000 a
year to support them and build others. The men
who enjoy themselves upon the ‘.‘playground of Ma
sonry” have opened their big hearts and are work
ing to make it possible for thousands of crippled
children to run and leap and play. Other organiza
tions have caught the vision and set to work. It is a
task that should be shared by every organization,
and by every man and woman whose heart-beats
are timed to the heart-beats of crippled little ones.
"Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it
not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.”
"The least of these!” What greater work lying
close to hand than straightening the twisted limhs
of the little opes, giving to them their rightful
heritage of the playtime and joytime of childhood,
sending them forth ereet to fight life’s battles, and
kindling In anguished mother eyes the golden glow
of hope.
It should not require a long-continued campaign
to provide the ways and means for giving every one
of the 4,000 crippled children in Nebraska its chance
for help. The mere fact that the need exists should
suffice to bring the relief.
WHY THE DISCRIMINATION?
The \feterans of the Spanish-American war are
wondering why they are being discriminated against
in the matter of relief for disability. Civil War
veterans are receiving from $50 to $72 a month, ac
cording to disability, and World War veterans are
receiving from $30 to $80, according to disability,
and $^45 when in hospital. The Spanish-American
veterans receive $12 to $30, according to disability.
It has been a quarter of a century since the
closing of the Spanish-American War. The veterans
of that great struggle are growing older. They are
not asking any favors not accorded to others who
have borne arms. They are not even asking to be
placed on an equality with their fathers who fought
in the Civil War, nor their sons who fought in the
World War. What they are asking is that they lie
placed “betwixt and between."
The Knudson bill, now before congress, provides
for disability pensions of from $20 to $50 a month,
the maximum being the minimum granted veterans
of tha, Civil War and slightly more than half the
maximum granted veterans of the World War. It
would seem that in all fairness the Knudson bill
should pass and the Spanish-American veterans put
upon a more equitable basis. If there Is any reason
for the discrimination it has not been made public
to any large extent.
Eastman Kodaks as He Goes
(i 'DICTURE ahead.”
r"' How many people ignore the no
-*■ tice and drive right on through life,
preserving no memories of what they have seen,
and leaving behind them when they die no visi
ble evidence of their ever having been.
“Kodak As You Go!”
All the world knows that slogan, and most
of the world gives it heed.
That is why George Eastman of Rochester
Is a multi-millionaire. He conceived the little
instrument known as the kodak, and then set
about creating a desire for it in the minds of
everybody. He even»invented the name to fit it,
and by judicious advertising made the name
familiar. Advertising has made the word camera
almost obsolete.
George Eastman dreamed a great dream
that came true. Now he purposes to “Kodak as
he goes’* by distributing his million* in such a
way that he can see them at work. He Is an
other one of America’s millionaires who is ad
ministering his own estate. Already he has given
more than fifty millions to educational and
philanthropic institution*. The University of
Rochester, in his home city, has received more
than twenty million*. Tuskegee and Hampton,
institutions for the education of the.negroes,
have received millions. Recently came the an
nouncement that he has given the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology four and a half million*.
“I want to see my money put into action
during my lifetime,” is Mr. Eastman’s explana
tion of hi* huge contributions to education and
philanthropy. That is why you kodak as you
go; you want to see, time and again, the scenes
your eyes feasted upon as you traveled the
highways and byways of the world. He might
have kept right on accumulating money until
he died, leaving a will disposing of his huge es
tate. But wills have been broken, the intent of
testators frustrated. So George Eastman sets
about administering his own estate, and has the
blessed privilege of watching his money work
ing for the benefit of all mankind.
Even George Eastman’s best kodaks can not
catch and retain the glorious pictures that arc
going to be impressed upon his mind as he
watches his millions working day and night for
the uplift of his fellows, and their children and •
their children’s children. Even he may not go
through a collection of kodak views and get
therefrom the pleasures he is getting and will
continue to get as he sees his millions working
away at the task of building better citizens pnd
opening the doors of opportunity to thousands
of boys and girls.
Rockefeller, the' oil king; Hershey, the
chocolate king; Carnegie, the steel king; Duke,
the tobacco king—their millions are at work.
Rockefeller and Hershey and Duke are privileged
to watch them as the they toil in the interests
of humanity. Now George Eastman, multi
millionaire, joins the ranks and devotes his mil
lions to human betterment.
Men and women everywhert will, when they
learn of Eastman’s benefactions, kodak as they
go with greater zest, knowing that they, too, are
contributing individually, In small part, to the
good work.
The “Picture Ahead” that George Eastman
visualizes should be visualized more and* more
by men who are privileged to amass fortunes
under the beneficent guardianship of this re
public. More millionaires “Kodaking Ahead,”
and not waiting for executors and trustees to
administer their estates after their death will
add to the peace and happiness of the world.
George Eastman working for those multi
plied dollars was not nearly so happy as Is
George Eastman watching those multiplied dol
lars working under his direction for the general
good.
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God in the Army Saijs
0. R. C. Chaplain ■
HI. REV. JAMES C. PETERSON,
Chaplain O. R. C. anil Pastor Danish
luitheran Church, Fremont, Neh.
On tha front page of a newspaper
appears a story of a debate between
two ministers of the gospel, Kev.
William B. Ayers of Wollaston,
Mass,, who served «s a chaplain dur
ing the war, and Ohaplalp Harry C.
Fraser of the United States army. As
I read this report of the debate I
wonder why so much space is given
to the bewildering, confusing, self
contradicting statements of Kev.
Ayers while the reader Is told’nothlng
of tha things Chaplain Fraser said,
except th# text he used, followed by
on# brief sentence down in the re
motest wee corner of the last column.
Another feature about the story,
which sort of gets me. Is the heavy
type heading, which has no reference
to what good features the chaplain
might have said about the army,
holds before the eyes of the readers
the erroneous, unchrlstlon and un
American Ideas of a certain Rev.
Ayers: "No Ood In the Army Says
Former A, E. F. Chaplain—Would
Enter Next War as Stretcher Bearer
—Not a Pacifist and Therefor* Not a
Chi Istlan."
Even though said Rev. Ayers says
he Is not a pacifist, undoubtedly some
anti army pat Iflst has been so pleased
with the trend of his bewildered ar
gument# that tie has penned them!
tlown and sent them out to the news !
papers.
Since Chaplain Fraser was not per-j
mltted to apeak In report of said de-|
hate, permit me t •> present a few
statements of argument or rebuttal
which he probably has used
Taking f'haplaln Fraser a* a typi
cal army man, h» should he Introduc
ed ns a man who Is a lover of peace
and ahhnrs th* very thought of war.
Ha believe* that It Is a rrlme for a
nation to go to war for aggression or
any selfish purpose, a rrlme which
our Fnited State* ha* committed In
none of the five wars of her history.
He believes that no nation has the
right to take tip arms except for the
necessary protection of the live*,
honor or property of the land, the
three things to which an honest na
tion 1m* divine right both to posse**
and protect. He 1* convinced by his
principles as well as by experience
from the battlefield that a nation, like
the Individual, should never resort to
the sword until all )ieaccful measure*
have tiecn exhausted Nor Is he con
lent ^-Ith merely talking about how
sgeet It will he to have pence In the
future and making out papers for In
line agreement with other nation*
liecguse he know* that much papers
may he scrapped any lime by an\ un
civilized nr “civilized'' nation which
happens, secretly, to he best prepared
for wer. HI* chief national concern,
therefore, Is not to call a dlaarmament
conference, spasmodically, hut to es
tablish a permanent. International
council who should sit on the lob. If
necessary, hy night shifts. And he
believes this should he done hy radio
swiftness In order that France and
other nations who are far ahead of us
In war preparation may stop Im
mediately the manufacture of poison
gas, explosive shells and wrar plane*.
Hut. bemuse of truth Itself, and the
huddles who sleep where poppies
blow, and the possibility of some day
having to call upon the American
youth to tight for 01<J (llory, he la
not going to defame the army of the
United Mtates, nor to say that a man
who Is to fight for hla country must
turn Into a nnn-(‘hrlstlnn, or, aa Is
sometimes said, a "murderer." Chap
lain Fraser as a typlenl army man
has undoubtedly argued somewhat as
follows:
1. If the United Htates army Is as
ungodly as Rev Ayers dares to as
sart, It Is most urgent that a man of
Hod should l>e there with the power
of (tod and Christian courage to cor
lect the evils and save souls. Rev.
Ayers, If you desert your vital post
us a Christ In it soldier hecauee the
task seems unpleasant and hard for
yon. how c.-in you expert that Uncle
Sun should trust you oil the buttle
field? If you tire afraid of the "sneer
ing attitude" which you say you have
Observed 111 the army toward the
chaplain, how would you feel toward
the whining bullets where the
stretcher bearers are? Tou seem to
he so outspoken and courageous In
civil life, why would you then fear
court martial for being outspoken In
the army? Were the apostles afraid
of courts? Moston must lie a nlca
place for you, no sneering at you, no
regulations In discipline you, nor any
courts to face with boldness
I Rut T challenge vmir statements
r.l, tl\# to tht tnetrlng and tbt ttgu j
I Iations and the military court* that
would hinder a chaplain in doing
| spiritual work In the army. If there
was something in a chaplain to sneer
about, why not *neer? If some newly
commissioned officer *neered at you
without cause, you had opportunities
far better than any in civil ilfe to
make him feel painfully ashamed of
himself, or it might be your opportun
ity to make him your friend. But
where Is the srmv officer or the
private soldier that sneers st the
chaplain? The captain of the com ]
pany. as the colonel of a regiment, j
soon &rns to love and respect the
chaplnro. if for pothlng else than
for his benefit toward the discipline
of the men. The army officer well
knows that if a soldier's heart is
right toward God, he will be most apt
to keep his mind and body fit for the
severe test which the arrpy demands.
And where are the army regulations
that hinder a man of God among the
soldiers? The present regulations
give a chaplain as much right and
protection as most church eonstttu
tionn afford the pastor, l^et the host
of chaplains who served In the world j
war rise up and deny these state
ments. They will affirm them.
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3 And If God I* not In the army,
there being no place for Him. as Rev.
Avers asserts, what then? How dare
you go there,In the next year as a
stretcher bearer? Rut why argue any
longer? If we believe God’e declara
tion of Himself that justice Is an at
tribute equally as fundamental In Ills
nature as love, If It Is true that He
loves the good and hates the evil, that
He rewards the good and punishes the
evil, we need have no doubt that He
is with our army when It Is tn the
service of justice. And along with
the men of the sword the men of the
Word may conscientiously go.
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The Gods in the Trees
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In the name of Trade and Cleanliness
They are cutting our forests down.
Our trees make paper boxes and bags
To serve the Gods of the Town.
Great Gods are these—•
That take our trees—
And we cannot bear their frown.
In the name of Great Advertising
They are cutting our forests down.
Some Sunday papers take thirteen
acres
To serve the Gods of the Town
Great Gods are these —
Who steal our trees—
Fewer psges would eause their
frown.
In ths turn* of Rainfall and Harvest I
I.et a he rutting our eornstslks down.
Straw, too, makee papers and boxes,
To serve the Oode of the Town.
Great Gods are theee—
Who dwell In the Trees—
Without them, no Godi of the Town
—Cora Mullln.
For the River
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From the at, bouts Post-Dispatch.
Major General Taylor, ohtef of the
army englneera, haa recommended an!
appropriation of $54.18$,390 for gen
eral river and harbor worke during
the flacnI year beginning July 1, 1925.
Thtg eubelantlal Increase over the ap
propriation of $37,250,000 for the cur
rent year, It la expected, will draw the
river bloc In congreas, headed by Rep
resentative Cleveland Newton of 91.
Louis, hopes to secure the full amount.
The proposed amount should he al
lowed. It will he recalled, of course,
ihst the budget bureau applied Its
pruning knife to the rivers and har
bors Item a year ago* It did It. too,
with the approval of many publica
tions that could see nothing and say
nothing but "pork barrel" In this
^connection. Rut the budget bureau
was then functioning for the first
lime, may have been a bit heady
with power, and was possibly, so In
tent on cutting expenses that it was
disposed to confuse retrenchment with
economy.
That mistake should not be repeat
ed There ate leasons for hoping It
will not he. One of the reasons Is thei
fact that this appropriation Is recom
mended by the chief of the army en-1
sincere. Oilr army engineers do nof
deal In "pork." Another reason Is
Iho fact that Inadeuuate, piecemeal
appmprlatlnna for river Improvement.!
so far from being economy, are the
worst kind of extravagance. A third
reason is the fact. Which becomes
more ui gent every day, that our riv
ns must be Improved and utilised If!
Ii anapoi talion costs are to be,
temsdially reduced
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Bad Eyesight
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By ETHAN ADAMS.
An editorial In an Omaha news
paper entitled “Carelessness or Bad
Vision,” questions the nature of the!
examination, the interest of those
who made them, the thoroughness
with which they were conducted and
the nature of all the evidence pre
sented."
The investigatione which led Judge
Stanley L. Orr of the municipal court
of Cleveland to order an examination;
of the eyes of convicted traffio law
violators were conducted by the j
Cleveland Automobile club, who bad
reported practically the same find
ings as the investigators of the Eye
sight Conservation League of Cali- J
fornia, viz.: Two per cent were due
j to defective brakes, 25 per cent were;
i due to recklessness and 50 per cent [
were due to defective vision.
The Eyesight Conservation Council
of America (Times Square, New York
City), ia not an association of optom
etrists. Their representatives have
completed a aurvey embracing 170
companies in 2.1 states and employing
more than 1,000,000 men and women.
A summary of the results of eye tests
1 of one company's 200,000 employes re
; jiort 44.3 per cent to have defective
vieion. In another group of 12,000
i the percentage waa 72.
The Hoover waste committee re
ported that 66 per cent of a group of
: 10,000 workers had defective vision.
itecords of eye examinations of 150,
712 employes of 20 companies showed
a range of defective vision from 41.3,
per cent to 79.2 per cent, with an
average of 54 per cent.
Reports like these make it possible
lo believe there la something in the
figures quoted above
These three organizations art not
optometric. One is optical to the
extent that the first board of di
rectors had on it one manufacturer
of optical goods, one jobber of optical
goods. a dispensing optician, an ocu-|
list and an optometrist. Another waa
made up of members of the American!
Engineering Council. The third was
rn automobile club. This covers the
“interest of those making the exam
inations.”
In Chicago the optometrists have
been active in this work. The dairy
man has never been the real active
sgent in the educational work that
has led to our teaching school chil
dren to brush their teeth. It waa the
dentist. Who has better reason to;
be informed on eyesight conditions
than the man who has concentrated
his higher education on it and whose
Speculation
ia only a hope of winning.
A Savings Account
has the guarantaa of
SUCCESS
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Dearly beloved, our text till* glorious I.ord’s Day morning
is found in Luke 2:11-14, reading as follows:
For unto you is born this day, In the city of David,
a Savior, which is Christ the I-ord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the
babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a
inange^. gnddpn|y tjlere wa» with the angel a multitude
of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying;
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men.
Men’s conception of Jesus Christ differ, but all agree
He was a great leader and a great teacher The Chri,,|an
world accepts Him as a Messiah; all the world admits that He
gave a system of philosophy that more than any other philoso
phy makes men better than they naturally are if they but ac
cept it and follow it.
The origin of Christmas is lost in the mists of tradition, but
' by common consent the (Christian world observes it as ths an
niversary of the birth of that Babe of Bethlehem. Just as He
exemplified the blessing of giving, so we celebrate in the same
spirit, opening our hearts, joying in giving that others may be
happier, and eacriflcing that others may rejoice and be glad.
There is an old song that goes like thle:
“Take the name of Jesus with you,
Child of eorrow and of woe.” i
It must have been written by some lugubrlou* individual J
who mistook mental dyspepsia for religious fervor. No man
can take the name of Jesus, live by Hie teaching and philoso
phy. following in His footsteps, and be a "child of sorrow and
of woe.” The yeligion He taught is a religion of Joy, not of
Borrow; a religion of happiness, not of woe. It is s religion of
helpful sendee that gains by giving and Increases by dividing.
It is the religion that has brought to men a realizing sense of
5 their obligations to their fellows, and this obligation has found
! expression in hospitals and refuges wherever His name is heard. ;
In language and In aentlment the story of the nativity ta W,
(he sweetest story ever told. Bom In a manger, the -hrist J
became the greatest teacher the world ha* ever known. Be- T
tween the time of His birth and His death little Is known of
anv other period of His life save the three ehort years He
walked and taught. During those three short »’ear* H* w*"‘
about doing good, and because of Hl. gentl. teachlng., Me
kindly admonitions, the common people heard Him gladly. Hie
death seemed the end to the little handful of men who had an
swered His call. His whole mission seemed to have failed. But
out of that seeming failure has come the greatest victory in
the annals of time.
His was a mission of go©£ cheer and good will. No man
can truthfully say he has taken upon himself the name of
Jesus who does not dally live a gospel of good cheer and or
good will. He can not truthfully say he is following In the
footsteps of the Master unless he goes about doing good. That,
dearly beloved. Is what we mean when we speak of Christian
spirit—|t Is the spirit of doing that Is too often, unfortunately,
confined to the Christmas time.
Anv religion that falls to make man better; any religion
that falls to unbutton hearts; any religion that fill* to iMd
men to deeds of sacrifice: any religion that does not Impel Its
followers to help the poof and needy, Is a dismal failure.
tVe who arknowlege Jesus as the Christ, have a duty to
perform—the duty of practicing the religion we profess—and
that religion 1* a religion of service to others. It can not be
encompassed In the short space of a Christmas season It Is an v|
every-day religion. _
"In HI* name” let us go forth from this presence de
termined that the spirit of Christmas be exemplified In o’tv
daily walk and talk throughout the year
So endeth the lesson. ^ ILL M. MAC rice.
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life is spent only In a continued study
of all things relating to It?
Further, a part of the credit for
making vision tests In ths traffic
courts of Chicago la due to John Dill
Robertson, M. D.
The examinations consist ofc tests j
of the sharpness of vision, color tests!
and tests to learn how far from a I
central object one can see another!
object.
Railroad trains run on tracks In a
restricted rlght-of wav, but they de-1
mand that enginemen and trainmen ]
have normal vision. But a truck
driver who could only see at 10 feet;
what he should see at 200 feet could)
smash Into other cars for three years:
before the quality of his vision was
learned.
A Massachusetts driver collided
w.th several cars and was advised to
have his eyes examined. He learned
that his fleid of vision was so restrict
ed that it was as though he was look
ing through small tubes. Those two
drivers are grateful for the tests, but
many drivers refuse to wear correct-1
lng lenses unless the law compels
them to.
The Minnesota law says: "No such
license shall be Issued to a person of
defective vision."
The Oregon law reads: "Any per
son whose eyesight is Impaired shall
be considered physically Incapacita
ted."
The Pennsylvania law: "Any per
son whose eyesight la so impaired
that with the aid of glasses he cannot
distinguish objects clearly a distance
of 3 50 feet, ahall be considered p)y _
siealiy incapacitated." '* *a
An examination may be required
in the states of Delaware, Illinois, In
diana, Maine and Vermont. In some
other states it Is left to the discre
tion of the boards.
This Is only a part of the Informa
tion available. It is knowledge that
should be made public.
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^gain the beautiful story of Christmas is being told
—a tale that has lived through the ages as the high
est example of unselfish devotion and service.
In all walks of life, Christmas holds for all of us th*
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