Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 26, 1909, NEWS SECTION, Image 1
The Omaha Bee. NEWS SECTION UN DAY WEATHER FORECAST. F"r Nebraska Fair. For lows Fair we-st; unnw espf. For wp.tthrr rppcrt rs 3. PACES I TO VOL. XXXIX-NO. 2. OLVIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER IN) FIVE SECTTONS-TIIIRTY PAGES. single copy five cents. CHRISTMAS DAY AT WASHINGTON President and Nearly All Citim of Capital Spend Yuletide at Home. SNOWFALL BEGEfS AT LAWN ExecntiTe Deyotei Part of Day and Evening to Work. VICE PRESIDENT AT UTICA Xr. and Mrs. Sherman Hare Family Gathering at Home. GREEN CHRISTHA3 IN NEW YORK TktiMidi of the City's Poor Provided with Dinner by inrnu Char itable Aa-eneieo tailors nn Share Leare. WASHINGTON'. Dec. 35. From the presi dent of the nation to the humblest resident, tha citizen of Washington enjoyed one feature of the holiday in common a glorious nhlte Christmas. With dawn today came the failing of new and by tha time moat of the people the city mere aattr, the ground u fcol vered to a depth of half an inch with mow. V.rs. Taft. accompanied by her daughter Helen, attended services this morning at St. John's Episcopal church. Tha church is just a block imm the White House and Mrs. Taf t trudged through the snowstorm without an umbrella going to and returning from tha edifice. Preside at Makes Moat of Day. President Taft remained indoors all day. working on the problem "What is whlaky?" This mooted question raised by distillers under the pure food act has been pending for some time and the president has de termined to settle it as soon as possible. He dictated to a stenographer fur some time during the afternoon and had another one engaged for the evening. The decision, which probably will make S.OW words In length, will be announced tomorrow. President Taft and his family spent Christmas in no different manner from that of the thousands of others. Charley, Robert and Miss Helen were at home, and the president spent the greater part of the day surrounded by his family. There were no formalities. Later in the day, the president went to tha executive offices and put in some time with official duties. Vice President and Mrs. Sherman spent the day at their home in Ullca, N. T. A family gathering was a feature of the day at the home of Secretary Knox oa X street. With Mr. and Mrs. Knox were their sons, Hugh S., and Philander Chase Knox. Jr., and their daughter, Mrs. J. B. TyDdle and her husband. Secretary Dickinson took, bis Christina dinner on board the Mayflower, en rout to Porto Rico. Secretary Meyer, who baa been absent on a hunting trip hurried home to spend, tha day with bis family. Secre tary and Mrs. MacVeagh, Secretary and Mrs. ssllinger and Attorney General and Mra. Wlckersham. celebrated Christmas at their residence in Washington. The noisy and demonstrate e celebration on Christmas eve and Christmas day. which has heretofore been a feature of the event at the national capital was missing this year. Cms Christmas la Gotham. CITIX TORI' ruK KKanta llana ' brought a green Christmas to New York this year with a threat of rain or snow Tha gigantic task of providing big din ners for the numerous thousands of tha city's poor waa accomplished through, num- erous agencies. The Salvation army, ths Volunteers of America, tha Charity or ganisation, newspapers and private in dividuals dispensing a lavish hospitality. AiUJUugu A hu w mm mu I In hi grave only yesterday, tha "7 D. Sullivan association" obeyed one of his Although "Liu: Tim" Sullivan was laid dying wishes and fed and clothed many thousands of the Bowery district s poor. Th particular guests of the city during th holidays ax more than lO.tM sailors of the Atlantic battleship fleet and each man. with several months' pay in his pocket. Is enjoying th city'a wecom to the fulL SYRIANS WANT MONEY BACK Xea Who Coatrthated to Xatarallaa tloa Flaht Say Faad la A Loaajer Xeaded. WASHINGTON, Dei 2S.-Claiming ther la no further need of effort to prove th right of Syrians to naturalisation as Amer ican cltlsens. Dr. Justin S. Kirreh has now taken up witb the proper government and states authorities th question of relation to Syrians throughout tho United States of money which they have contributed dur ing th last few months to prove their rights to become American citizens. Dr. Kirreh claims th United Syrian society, an organisation in New York, has rtceivtd more than SlO.OiiO, th money hav ing been solicited through several New York pubiictiiuca printed in Arabic for th purpose of aiding Syrians In tlus coun try in their rights to cltixenship. Dr. Kir reh has taken steps to have this money returned. HASKELL HEAD ADVANCED Saserlstesdeat Peaira Plaawd fharaw af Werk af E4seattag laaiaaa. ta LAWRENCE. Kan.. Dec 25. H. B. Peaira, superintendent of the Haskell ln atltut her, has been appointed national supsrvlsor In charge of the work of educat ing the Indiana, with headquarters at Washington, D. C. DEATH RECORD. Itohert C. Tsraef. FREMONT. Neb.. Dec 3 - Special) Robert C. Turner of Waukesha, Wla., died yesterday at the residence of his soa-ln-luw, J. H. Knowle at th ag of 'X after a Ion- Illness. Brief funeral .erv1ce were held this afternoon and the body taken to Wlacunsln for burial. His daughter and s.i. R. I. Turner, accompanied It. Mra. Saaaa Waltaal Peek. DENVER. Colo., Dec IS.-Mrs. Susan WaJUvai Peck, aged TO. oa of th best known of Colorado's prominent women died in Denver today. Bom In Danville. lit. ah earn to Colorado from Caarllon. 1 la a vr4 wagoa ia UtO Garden of Gods Presented City as Public Part Colorado Spring Geti Uig Christmas Gift from Late Charles E. Perkins. COLORADO SPRINGS. Cc'o.. Dec. 25. When Colorado Springs awoke this morning It found in Its stocking the bls-rest Christ mas gift in the history of the city the famed Garden of the ods. presented by the late Charles E. Perkins. This marvelous park, which Is known throughout the United 8tata and in many foreign lands for Its curious- rock forma tions, today becomes the property of Colo rado Springs. The prrty. comprising 450 acres, is valued at KTC.anQ and makes ths city's park system one o' the largest and most varied in the world for a community of this sice. A spot will be set aside as a sits for the erection of a memorial tal?rt to the donor. Death to Unions Cry of Employers Shirt Waist Manufacturers' Organiza tion Will Fight for Open Shop. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Dec. 23 State ments to the' public were published here today by both the manufacturers and the striking shirt waist makers. About slxty shops in this city are affected by the strike and at a meeting last night ownsrs of forty-three establ.shments met and formed an organisation. in the statement issued in behalf of the manufacturers it is said the association was not formed to antagonise the strikers, "as we know they have been misinformed and misled." The statement continues: "We shall insist upon an open shop and no member of the organisation will be per mitted to recognise the union. "We shall try to Induce our employes to return to work and we will prove to them that they can obtain better conditions without a union rather than by being affiliated with one." The strikers demand increased pay, bet ter conditions and closed shops. The strikers' statement is as follows: "We, the striking shirt makers, are only asking for what Is Just and for recogni tion of organised trade and better wages. "We must pay for tha power, machin. straps, needles, shuttles, and. worst of all we must bring our own oil cans train home to oil our machines We ask tha pub lic this: Are we not Justified In asking for an Increase of wages V One of Oldest Omahans Dead Mrs. Maria Smith, Who Came to City in 1856, Dies Christmas Day at Home. Mrs. Maria Smith, a pioneer Omaha resi dent, died Christmas morning at her home, 3022 Lindsay avenue, following an attack of paralysis. She was 76 years of age and well known, having come to Omaha in 1S66 and dwelling here continuously there after. Three sons, a daughter, three sis ters and a half sister survive her. The twrml wlU Ptly be held Monday af- ternoon from the home, with Interment in Prospect Hill cemetery. The surviving children are Mrs. Hattle Clebaugh of Benson; Frank Smith oi Mullin, Neb.: David and Fayette Gorman. I sons of a former nurrtii mcirilno . In Omaha. The liners are Mrs. Joseph Dougherty of OmaLt; Mra. Howard of Bellvldere, 111., and Mra. Marlon, who Uvea " ' . " Wisconsin. The half sister la Mra. I Amanda Keller of Pierre. 8. D. I For many years Mrs. Smith lived at Twenty-fifth and Cuming streets and she numbered among her friends and acquaint ances a wide circle of Omahans. Tha, fu neral Monday will undoubtedly b largely attended. TWO CHRISTMAS TRAGEDIES RaJlroa Forosaaa Kills Wife aaa Hlmaelf at AlaTlers, la, Saleiaa at Hot Sarlasra, Ark. NEW ORLEANS. Dec 25. Because his wife had expressed a deslr to go to her parents' home to spend Christmas, James B. Blakley, a railroad foreman shot and killed her and himself at their horn at Algiers today. Th 4-year-old sen of the coup: called neighbors to ths house and told them of th quarrel and showed them his parents lying dead on th floor. HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. Dec 26. After drinking a pint of high proof alcohol In a futil attempt to commit suicide, Joseph Bowden, a wealthy merchant of Salmon, Idaho, succeded In accomplishing his pur pose today by stabbing himself la th neck with a pair of scissors. Despondency I over 111 health is given aa th cans of his act. Batolli Urww Wars. ROME. Dec. Si Cardins? Francis Ss tolll's condition grows constantly worse and at Intervals today he became delirious. Th pope frequently sends his private sec retary to inquire into the condition of th cardinal. Chance Telephone Call Reunites Two Brothers tXVKR, Dec X. Charles H. and John W. Harrison, brothers, who had cot seen or heard of each other for twenty years. wer strangely reunited her today through a chance telephone calL Mora than twenty years ago, when U year old, Charles Har rtscn ran away from bis horn at Law rence. Kan. He drifted to Colorado and beeara a successful mining prospector. In th meantime John W. Harrison settled ra Wyoming and became on of th eonatroo Hon naineera In th Cnlon Pacific service Today Charles H. Harrison went to the offic of Attorney 8. IX grump on legal business and while he was thr th tele prone rang. "Exeua me a moment," said the lawyer, "I've got a long distance call. and. by th way. It's a maa by yir nam. Xi&rrteon. lit I up la LaraiuU." ZELAYA ABOARD MEXICAN SHIP Former President of Nicaragua En route to Salina Cruz on Gunboat General Guerrero. DEPARTURE EFFECTED QUIETLY His Absence from Corinto Not Dis covered for Several Hours. BOARDED BOAT C AFTERNOON No Secrecy 0b ,N,'VX g His trip V nV,nv ort NO AT WASHINGTON Asa. 4eretarr Wilson nys the .e Department ta Wlthoat Advices from Ceatral America. SAN JUAN PEL PUR. Nicaragua. Dec. 25. Jose Santos Zelaya, who resigned the presidency of Nicaragua, is now in full night from Nicaragua and today is bound for Saltna Crux, Mexico. Zelaya fled from Managua to Corinto. whence he departed at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon for fiallna Crux oa beard the Mexican gun boat General Guerrero. Former President Zelaya s departure from Corinto was ef fected quietly and he was thought to be resting in that city last night. J WASHINGTON. Dec. 25. -Christmas was devoid of developments at Washington in Nlcaraguan matters. First Assistant Sec retary Huntington Wilson stau-d that no additional intelligence had reached the da partment today from the scene of trouble in Central America and uo further action bearing upon the situation was taken at the State department. " Railroads and 'Switchmen Are Both Sanguine Statement from St. Paul that Early Settlement of Strike is to Be Expected. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Dect 25. Both the rall ijeds and the men today were sanguine of an early settlement of the strike difficul ties. Governor Eberhardt. through whose efforts the strikers and th railroads wera enabled "to reopen negotiations, and who was the Orst to suggest a conference of the questions Involved to the Chicago confer ence, said the on t look for immediate settle ment Is bright. . He said! "I "have talked with m-S of the rail road officials ami beitev i. . j-. srtll bo ab'-a to get together with the men over the dis puted question of the reinstatement of tha striking switchmen on such a basis as will be satisfactory to both sides. "I have decided to call a meeting in my office at the state capitol at 11 o'clock Monday forenoon, whan, I firmly believe, all difficulties will be settled." LINCOLN CARS ARE BLOCKED Christmas Day Kinds Capital City Wllhoat Traaaportatioa Services. LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. 23 A snowfall Friday blocked local street car sen-ice and only a few cars crept along the streets Christmas morning. Suburban lines wera completely blocked arid ther was no service during the day. DES MOINES. Ia., Dee. 25. Des Moines la snowbound today, a fall of i--ven Inches of snow during the nhrht being sufficient : , n . ... n . i , . to u" up tralric- Slret a" and Incoming trains are late. The snow , orineo. mgn in in... ...., ,v difficult for pedestrians to z-t down town. INDIANOLA. Ia.. Dec 2S.-Seventy-flve passenger, from Indlanola and Ml Interset, , Ilia ii j ui Kutilo uiicnucu M va .v . i. .ma ... order to spend Christmas at home, were compelled to pass Christmas eve on board their coaches, which stuck In a snow bank seven miles north of this city last night. Th train arrived in Des Moines at S o'clock this morning. The train was composed of three coaches and a baggng car. It left W internet at T o'clock, but by the time it bad arrived at a Junction where it met the Indtanoia train, snow had drifted across th tract and further pro gress was Impossible. I GIFT TO BRYN MAWR COLLEGE Mem her af Claaa af lOft Gives f T.OOO for Imyrwremeat a( Swlsu miac Pool. PHILADELPHIA. Dec 2S. Bryn Mawr college, th fashionable suburban v educa tional institute for girls, today announced that a gift of $7,008 had been received from on of its alumnae. Miss Cynthia M. Wesson of 8pringfleld. Mass. Miss Wes- i soa, who was graduated in 109. was prominent in the athletic affairs of the institution and her gift la to be expended toward th betterment of the college swimming pool. All undergraduate girls are reqnlrwd to qualify aa swimmers and this art la' on of th most popular of the college scholars. "What's his first earns T' Inquired the mit-lng man. "John John W. Harrison." "What!" yelled th visitor. "Why. maybe, here" And Mr. Harrison grabbed th telephone from tha lawyer's hands. "Is this John W. Harrisonr be asked. He was assured It was. "Did you Uv in Lawreno. Kan., when you war a sldT" "Yea." "Did you hare an older brother, named Charles T" "Tea" "Wll. this ia Charley." Then th brothers bad a long ennfer-iee. In which each told of his business success and th reaolt waa that John W. Harrisnn is tonight on his way to Denver, wbure Lb broUiara will oieel. From the New Tork Herald. BIG FIRE AT DES MOINES Fifty Thousand Dollars Loss by Burn ing of Old Tabernacle. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM CHANGED Governor Carroll Has o More A ppli eatiaaa for Pardon on Ha ad, bat Fardos Board Will Be Bur. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, 4a., Dec 25. Speclal Tele gram.) Des Moines celebrated Christmas with a big fire, which was doubly difficult to handle because of the high wind and the deep snow. The fire broke out In a building oq East Grand avenue occupied aa a hosiery mill, but which was long known as the Tabernac" ' The building was almost a complete loss of $30,000, with ROOT Insurance. It was owned by Dan Finch. Other buildings near by were Injured, bringing the loss up to SuC.000. The Taber nacle was built twenty years ago as a convention ball by a mission Suaday school organisation and bad ben used' for large meetings and state conventions. It Lad been planned to have a vaudeville show in the building this afternoon and It was also expected that the annual dinner for the newsboys would be Uven there. This last changed and sent to the To'ing Men's Christian association build ing. Tho heavy snow storm made traffic prac tically Impossible In Des Moines today, and rot until late In the afternoon did street cars run in a satisfactory manner. Pardon Doefeet Cleared. Governor Carroll said today ha did not have pending a single application for par don or remission of fines and that every -' - " - - - tn, whlcn has com to him has bevn dlepoed of manner. In fact the don n,auer was never clearer in th Jrv.,nr.. off.,ra Mro!a k,, now. Dnt con,iaer Uona f Warilsg Asa Inst Aathraz. The state veterinary department has is sued warning to farmers In northwester. ' Iowa on account of the anthrax mou horses. It has prevailed for some time i.. Creoke and adjoining counties, also i.. the eastern part of Woodbury county. Rigid quarantine has been established, bu. thus far there has been little check on the. epidemic Llat af Corporation a. Secretary of State Hayward has Just sent to the federal revenue collectors compiet lists of the various corporations entitled to do business under Iowa laws, about 6.460 in alL These lists will be used for the basis for th inquiry as to corporations that should be taxed In this state. Dmi Xot Have Pellagra. Th doctors announced rome time ao that a case of pellagra had been discov ered In Iowa, in the unfortunate condition of a lawyer named Vance living at Ma rengo. He was adjudged insane and tjt.n to tho hot-pltal at Muunt Plenaant, but it Is announced there that he does not have tno disease in question. He is a vtcilm of strong drink and in a deplorable condition. This was tho only case ever under mis plcion in Iowa. Paiut M.ne on 6ld Capitol site. Local capitalists are ettg&aed In develop lag a paint business, thi: material bein. mined un a farm In J-sper county wuic. was at one time selected officially to b. the site of Iowa'a slat capitol. The sit was abandoned and has been a farm ever since. It is underlaid with ochre stone, which only needs grinding to be a good mineral paint. Ueceraiiss of state Library. The last legislature appropriated i)0Mj for continuing the aork of finisuii.g -i:.d decoration of the State Historical soc.ety library. The state executive council h let trie contract for th marble wainscoilnj and this work is now being done. In a few days the plans for the general decora tion will be taken up and the building a ill oe completed. Report of Capitol Cvmmiaaloa. The final report of th state capitol com mission has Just been printed, though the commission went out of existence two years ago. Tha report shows that the commisulon strongly recommended to the legislature that tha south wing of the capitol building be mad fireproof, aa there ia now great danger of a fire, which would b mora disastrous than tha one nhlch burned the north wing. Th rcommnda- J lion waa not auied upon. 1 a a si at - . Let T's Have Peace. Took Headache Dope and Then Killed Wife Husband - Found with Gun in Hand Says He Does Not Remember Shooting. PER IT, Ind., Dec 21 Policemen who answered a call today from Ora Galloway found his wife dead on the kitchen floor of their house and Galloway with an emptied revolver in his hand, overturned furniture showing there had been a strag gle. Gallon ay declared he had no con sciousness of what had taken place. He is In jail. In his examination by the police Gate way said he had oeen ill and that last night his wife gave him some headache medicine before he went to bed. - He knew ho more, he said, until lie found himself standing over her body. He did not know whether or not he had fired the shots that killed her. He dressed and telephoned the police. Galloway added that his wife wished to go on the stage and he had not encouraged her. Siie was 30 years old and he is 28. They have two children, boys, 2 and 5 years old. - I Woman Aids in Blowing Safe Thousand Dollars in Cash, and' Val uable Jewelry Are Taken from Brooklyn Store. NEW TORK. Dec. 25.-Burglars. with the aid of nitro-glycerine and a woman, blew open the safe of Waeserman Bros, cloth ing dealers. In the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn eirly today, obtained nearly I1.0M In cash and va uabie jewelry, and made a clean getaway. Suits of clothes were piled pnn the safe to deaden the noise of the rploeion, while a well-dressed woman ac omplice paced up and down the side walk outtide to warn the robbers. ' ap proaching pedestrians. The police have no ciue to the identity of the thieves. BRYAN STILL IMPROVING Xebraskaa IpesiU Part of Christmas Day Insoeetlna State Drainage Work o Part Lauderdale. MIAMI. Fla.. Dec. 25. William Jennings Bryan, who is enroute to Cuba and South American points, was sufficiently recov ered from bis cold to stop, at Fort Lauer diil today to inspect the state drainage work. He will arrive In Miami this after noon for a short visit before leaving for Cuba. ATTEMPT TO KILL EDITOR Ballet Fired Throa.h Wladow Nar rowly Mliwes E. IV. Thleka of Cairo, 111., Balletla. CAIRO, 111.. Dec. 25. A ser.sitlon was .rested here last night when some one fired i shot through a window of the Bulletin. ' arely missing the head of F. W. Thielecke. ditor of that paper. The Bulletin has jten aggreslve in charges of alleged graft! arainst the city polic departments, no ar- r w.r. rests were mane. j Dead Mining Engineer Disregarded. All Warnings ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec 25.-rMesages from Herrln. III., told of th recovery early to day of the bodies of W. T. Plerc and his ' party, w ho ppen lamp caused a gxs x- plosion In a eoKlery Ust night, eight deaths I resulting. Th bodies found are thot of Pierce, his two helpers. Eutun Barrett and Gordon Schaffer. and Thomas Will iams, on of th assistant manager of th mine. Pierce ventured Into th workings, known as mine "A" of ths Chicago and Carter vill Coal company, without a guide, with unprotected lamps and against the orders of th mine managers and th advice of th miners. It ta thought tr-al lie reached S ' N. MYLITIS JRTAL TO DOCTOR Strange Disease Kills Dr. Donald S. Schneider Suddenly. WELL KNOWN FIELD CLTT3 MAN Victim of Daaa-erona Malady Prom inent in Tennis and Golf CI re lea Waa Twenty-Five Years of Ate, Dr. Leonard J. Schneider dltd from polio-mylltis at Omaha General hospital yesterday afternoon. He had been ill but a week. When Dr. SchneldT first became 111, a week ago Thursday Inst, he seemed af fected only with a nsrvous breakdown, but the' fatal nuUady progressed rapidly, and desah resulted most unexpectedly. Mra Schneider, wlte, and Dr. Schneider's brother. Charles, and sifter. Miss Mary, were with him when death came. Dr. Schneider came to Omaha from Ne braska City six years ago. His borne Is at 2602 North Thirtieth street. He waa mar ried to Miss Margaret Flynn, daughter of Thomas Flynn of Omaha, early in 1. Ha leaves a daughter, Helen, IS months of ag. l Dr. Schneider was 2S years old. He was partlcu'ari'y well known In Omaha as a golf player and tennis expert, and was a member of the Omaha Field club. He also belonged to the Knights of Columbus and the Omaha Dental society. Dr. Schneider's parents are dead. He is survived by three brothers. Dr. A. E. Schneider of Chicago, Otto and Charles SchneidtU" of Nebicka City, and two sis ters, Mrs. Paul Jesnen and Miss Mary Schneider of Nebraska City. Funeral ar rangements will be delayed pending the ar rival of the relatives. Dr. Schneider's death Is the latest of a Sfcii-s . which have resulted from polio rnyliUs. the strange spinal disease which hud been the puzzle and dispair of phy sicians in this territory. LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS from Colo to C miner Dei Molars Picked I p at IllghUad Light, Mans. HIGHLAND LIGHT. Mass.. Dec. k Cuba and Central America came Into tou-h with New England last night and early to day by nieaxis of the wireless telegraph, according to Electrician Eason of the navy wireless station here. Eason states that during last evening he picktd up a messaga which was being flashed from Key West Lo Cuba, and that early today he caught two messages which were being sent from Colon to the cruiser Des Moines in Nlca raguan waters. TEN KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK Twenty-Eight More Are Iajared la Collision Near Chotsea, la Bohemia. PRAGUE. Dec 25. Ten persons were killed, twenty-eight seriously wounded and many others suffered minor Injuries In a collision today between a passenser train bound for Vienna and a freight train at Upersko station, near Chotsen. Bohemia. Boy Kills RIVERSIDE. CaJ. lomaaaloa. Dec. 2j.-Haro d Mo- Lean, the S-year-o.d son of Mrs. William McLean uf NkoraU. lil.. waa accidentally Ehot nJ klU. r afternoon by l-y Falter, a Pasad. na lad. who was his companion on a shooting expedition. th gaseous entry and was waiting for a straw boss to come and pilot him out, when th gas ignited. Schaffer was a stranger to the mine offl ctala. He had been taken Into the mine by Pierce as an emergency helper and his identity waa not known until his "body was recovered. Plerc had charge of thirty min In the Herrin district. He was making a survey of an abandoned section, where there ha-1 been a "squeexa," to determine the feasi bility of retlmbertng. The mine la not thought to have been badly damaged and it is expected that operations can be renewed soon. YULETIDE JOYS ItULETHE CITY Merry Christmas Day Pastes in Omaha, with Weather and Ch:er in Harmony. PEACE AND GOOD WILL REIGN Crisp, Cold Air and Bright Sunshine Give Real Winter Holiday. CHURCHES HOLD SPECIAL SERVICE Poor and Needy Are Remembered by Charity Worksrs of City. KRIS KR INGLE REMEMBERS ALL Saata t ines Taken Care of Rich aad Poor Pohlle Iatl t ntlnns aad Jails AIo Have Joroaa t brlntmns. It was j-ist 1 ke this In the olden days. 1'nys that we ilmiy rcil: It wan snow an. I blizzard always. But 1 dor. t like thi at ail. Cl-.rlptmas Carol. 1W. The masons w. irking h!i;h up on the new smokestack of The P.ee aniwx. late Friday night, under the cold glare of electrio lights, could h:ive sur.g some such carol with vinegary' vim. And the early travelers Saturday mornlTig would have echoed the chorus with right pood will, even though they were on their way to S o'clock mass. These dark-of-the-mornin? church-goers were pathfinder in deedthrough drifted snows rivaling thus reported at the Antarctic circle by Shack leton and his mates. Many a later riser found himself and his family snowed In by drifts, and as he cleared a paih down tha steps he sang merrily Maybe; but If h did. he was real optimist. As the Christmas morning zephyrs slid off the corners of The Bee and the New Tork Life buildings with chiliy caw-blade edges, they cooled many a warm heart. When Cricnd met friend and signaled "Merry Christmas.'.' the words could be heard falling on the pavement almost. "God save ye. merry gentlemen." time honored needed an accempayir-g epgnogj to make It sound Just right this wintry ' Christmas mornir.g; or burring brandy on a hot. fat plum pudding might serve to give xest to the saying. The few mevry gentlemen who were laboriously shoveling tlx ir way down high terraces of snow-covered steps couldn't nave enough breath to mildly ejaculate anything that remotely resembled "bened cite." Father let ihe boy do it. If he had a boy, but In most cases everybody let It alone, so that pedestrians would get the benefit of the exercise and work up an appetite. lapaid Dcuriger Are Bnsy. Despite all the forbidding aspects pre sented by the ArcMc-llkJ outdoors, tha Christmas spirit could Bat be suppressed. Unpaid, muf fled messengers, big and little, passed around and through the various neighborly neighborhoods wher common folks live, exchanging personal greetings and leaving mementoes to gladden the re cipients. Thus the warmth within In large de gree melted the congealed atmosphere w.th cut. Children shouted until the chan deliers rattled; family groups rivaled tba glad anthems of churcu choirs, toy pianos LianlBsimotd. horns tooted, wonderful ani mals executed grotesque figure of move, mcnt and then repostd in unheard of pos tures. The snow couid go cavorting in chipper chilliness as u pleased. Toylaad and its devotees huried high defiance to Old Boreas and all his i.-n,. And the ovens ail worked overtime. A feather renovator snowed in at Twen tieth and Farr.am was the warmest thins In the landscape from Eemls paik to th Union depot. The milk wagon horses gav It a longing glance as they passed alonx, and the hall-room kid, away from hom,! drew a thrilling shiver from the memory of feather beds that mother used lo ar range. But Inner satisfaction, to the general citizer.fchlp, came from the. thought that the lumber-yard kids ' and the railrcad tratlt coal piclicrs were all eared for in some Chrl-Mlan way by the unselfish work ers who had gallier-d fumls and food anl clctl.ing and toys to be distributed to the onrs Dm Fortune had not favored with her smiles. Dinners of generous make-up were also served to hundrfds at various hospital centers of the city, and the on a restrained by law are plentifully of g:ol viands in warm quarters. Everybidy wlia could, realiia anything was made to knusr It was Christmas. Ecnta Claus and his understudies adopted every orphan ar.d neglected or.e that cu!d be found. Orphanages, detention heme, old folks' homes, hospitals. Young Men and Young Women's Christian association, hotels and bonrdirg houses ail honored th-J birthday of the Christ chid by turning on every spigot of Joy in reach. Even if one here and there did not feel Joyful, the rebellious tone was rt pressed out of deference to the rinsing of the bell.i of hope from every church ar..l the echoes cf the sounds of rejoicing from thou. sands of heppy gatherings. Ch arches Obiervr Day. In the Catholic churches Christmas festl. val mam.cn began lo resound at 5 o'clock in the morning." and crowded rews an! aisles bore aitnees to tiie undying faltii typified in the miniature utihUs of Beth-, lehem before the high a!tars. Hearts warmed to the holy atmosphere, grate ful hearts s-nif l:i unison with the siu-red music, and sincere prayers am-ended with the incense lonrol by the acolytes. Th masses of the ancient church continued each half hour until 10 In .very Caihollo edifice, and at 11 o'clock most of them c.Mefcrite.l a solemn service with si' the im presslveness cf a.i ge-iH rlual. with a sermon fervored by t.'.e spirit of the greut day. In the Protectant chur.hes, from cath edral to humhle chjrxl, the overshvlowlng Christian fstlval was honored with carol, hymn, anthem, glo.-ious music, anl a re nemal of hitpy faith In the Lord of hosts. Pastors exliort-d In g adsome vein, and worshiper departed to the.r h nrs In a renewed and resilient rpirit uf Chrtullan cheer. Workers there were, to he sure, to whom the day meant no more thnn sny other day In the wek. The coal hauler, shoveling In a heavy load, could perhaps give httlo or no thought In religious cunt mplaili.n. In the places where the roaming multi tudes are fed might also be found those who were t'w busy tu sing or pray. But perhaps some lime during the day or even ing came a pause that gave opportunity for Heeling thought thai brought back UU