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NOVEMBER CIRCULATION.
52,068
State of Nebraska, Comity of Douglas, ss.:
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of The Bee I'ublishlng company, lieitiK
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circulation for the month of November,
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Subscribers lrnvlntr the cllr
temporarily ulionld Iihto The lire
mailed to them, Adilres ttIII 1m
chantrctl ns often n requested.
Merry Christmas to nil.
Did yon boo lilni como down tho
tChlmney, children?
Considering her ago, Mrs. Ella
i'lagg Young puts up a pretty good
fight.
Hero Is hoping It is tho best Christ
ianas vacation you ever had, Mr. Pres
ident. "New Freedom" is nbw In effect
for Just two wcoks with members of
congress.
Looks lllto Underwood at bat,
Chulrman Olaas on first and Hobson
In tho hole.
If thoso knocks on Uio Charity ball
really turn out to bo boosts, no hard
feelings will bo harbored.
Eggs aro said to bo used, down in
Arkansas as the prco of admission
to moving ploturo shows. Now, thoro
is an idea!
This is tho day Gonoral Villa was
to eat his Christmas hash In tho ban
quet ball where. Iluorta slts.t Aro
you there, 8ancho? '
But there's nothing In tho Balti
more platform pledging tho president
to mako a stump speech evory time
ho signs a bill.
As a good citizen, Dr. Anna Shaw
refuses to pay her iucomo tax, be
cause as a suffragist she proposes to
hurl a few legal bricks at tho law.
"While tho Lights Hold Out to
Burn, tho Vilest Sinner May Return,"
even tho ono who tried to make tho
little kids bollove there is no Santa
Claus.
Still. It wbb not oxactly our demo
cratic United 'States senator's fault
that Santa had tho currency law un
der his arm .when he debarked from
the chimney.
Plans aro under way to copy in
Kansas City what is known hero In
'Omaha as "Tho People's Church."
Yes? but how about tho marriage
bureau annex?
Tho day may como, In the course
of human events, when tho school
book concerns will not care who Is
superintendent in Chtcago or else
where but not soon.
For a moving plcturo of superla
tive meanness tho camera ought to
have caught the burglars who robbed
that Christmas troo of its toys for
which the children were waiting.
Even what Is left of the republican
party seems to And difficulty in keeping
together. Buffalo Courier.
Remembering that this is Flngy
Connor's own personal organ explains
U all.
The late Montgomery Ward's bus!
n ess is said to havo reached a maxi
mum of $40,000,000 a year, gross,
but the Inventory shows his estate
to be worth only $5,000,000. Die
crepancy or merely exaggeration?
The bankers are figuring hard on
"what they must pay" into the regi
onal banks under the new currency
law. As roost of It, however, will be
their depositors' money Instead of
their own, they should worry. .
.Evidently tho prcsldeut knew of or
cared nothing about that letter of
George Fred Williams' pronouncing
the Wilson "History of the United
States" a "Joke," for be did not re
call the appointment to the Grecian
tuinletry.
That democratic United States dls
trlct attorney up in Siour City to
Hhom President Wilson wired "fired"
when he refused to resign, may have
what consolation ho can get out of a
similar decapitation of a Nebraska
district attorney by President Itooso-
I The Democracy of Christmas,
"Why la Christmas to popular?
Tho church save Christmas to the
world, and. nothing else that the church
ever gave hss been so eagerly taken by
so great multitudes.
The tlmo has come when everybody
celebrates Chrfctmas. " Not all, to
ba sure, keep It worthily, for some use it
for Indulgcneo and dlstlay. But the mar
vel of the day In tho large Is that to
(tinny, otherwise Irreligious, do remember
Christmas with a very real appreciation
of its true spirit the 'spirit of .giving
one's own for th6 good of others. The
Continent.
Then if the church has succeeded
so well with this one clement of
Its mission, why not with the
others? Tho Continent,, a fearless
church advocate, offers this very
frank answer:
The church has never quite prevailed
on Itself to be as free with the other
elements of Its message as it has been
with the Christmas message.
That puts tho fault on the church
and not on any Inherent weakness
or lack of appeal in the other ele
ments. Or, more to the point, thoy
liavo been, in part at least, con
cealed from the world, as light hid
under a bushel. What else does The
Continent mean in saying that these
othor gifts of "atonement, forgive
ness of sin, newness of life, triumph
amidst, affliction, tho immortal
hope" and so on, have been "rather
hoarded within tho church's own
Hanctuaxlcs," whore, if men would
havo them, thoy must go and search
them out.
This is a strunnc and unwarranted
thing for tfio clin ch to do, not only
becauso of tho stimulus to greater
offort that should como from its
universal Christmas, but also be
causo It has no claim of exclusive
proprietorship upon any. part of its
message. It received it ns a froo gift
for tho world. Its primary mission,
thorofore, being redemption, and
ndmltting, ao it must, that redemp
tion is not posstblo through tho
popularity of Christmas alono, It Is
strango that tho ohurch loaves room
for tho self-imposed charge of not
flinging its last resource as far as
It has flung tho festival of Christmas
to lot It do its utmost.
It is nothing now that mon must
bo urgod into tho groove of rollglon.
It was so in the ministry of Jesus
and His vision of tho futuro, as tho
parablo of tho feast indicates, and
as churchmen realize Standing upon
tho acceptance of faith in an all
sufficient, infallible message, tho
ohurch must boar whatever blamo
comes from not going into tho high
ways and hedges and compelling
men to como in. If ono olomcnt of
Its message may ' bo made demo
cratic, why not all?
No Ovcr-Nlght Trainformation.
While tho bankers aro figuring: out
Just whoro thoy aro at under the now
currency law, the ordinal1, man who
owns no bank stock, and deals with
his bank only aa a depositor and bor
rower, may rest assured that all ho
need do Is to wait for things to adapt
themselves to the now' conditions.
The adaptability of businoBS to
changes decreed by law-makers is, as
matter of fact, one of tho marvols
of our commercial vitality. We havo
Just had a now tariff writton into our
statute books making far-reaching
alterations in long established meth
ods, and yet discounted so far in ad
vanco that tho transition ia hardly
yet perceptible. Tho samo situation
presumably confronts us with refer
ence to tho new currency law becauso
our bankers and financiers have boon
looking forward to it for months, and
preparing to meet the several require
ments as thoy wero shaped by the de
velopments in congress. Tho wlso
banker has for some tlmo had a fairly
good Idea of approximately what de
mands he-would have to face for tho
new regional institutions, and has
boon perfecting his arrangements to
comply with them.
Fortunately, the elasticity of tho
whole modern business structure is
Buch that sudden shocks aro exceed
ingly rare, and both business con
struction and business expansion slow
processes that take time to permeate
from center to circumference. What
ovor tho effocts of tho now currency
law may be, therefore, no ono need
expect any over-night sudden trans
formation. Lucky Pass Christian.
Get down your youngster's geog
raphy and look up tho location of
Pass Christian, Miss.
That is tho remote corner of Dixie
land to which tho president of the
United States has resorted for refugo
from the exactions of his great office.
Otherwise wo might never have
thought a socond time about the ex
istence of a place known as Pass
Christian. As students of geography
we owe much to our presidents and
presidential candidates, for In run
ning down tho list of spots thus made
famous lot us not omit Esopus, N.
Y. Although Alton D. Parker's
name may all but have faded from
tho mind as a presidential aspirant,
Esopus, having paid tho prlco of dis
lodgment from Its otherwise soouro
isolation, deserves to be remembered
along with Beverly, Oyster Bay, Sag
amore Hill, the Myopia Hunt Club,
Cornish and dear old Buzzards Bay.
AH honor and hall, with the com.
pliments of the season to Pass
Christian, and President Wilson for
finding it on the map and raising it
from oblivion. In name, at least, It
is Just the place ono would expect a
sturdy Scotch-Irish Presbyterian
elder to select for his retreat.
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DECEMBER 28.
Thirty Years Aco
Christmas was marked by suspension
of newspaper publication.
The day Is thus described: "Instead
of the bleak and chilling December,
th clear sky. and balmy breeze of
spring were here, and as we listened
we could almost hesr the chirp of the
robin. 'How little It seems like Christ
mas,' was the remark on every side."
At both tho Millard and Paxton ele
gant dinners were served with menu
cards tastefully gotten up. At the Pax
ton a fine roast of beef was served with
the following card attached: "This
roats beef was cut from the carcass of
the Imported Hereford steer, 'Marlon.'
the prlzo In tho fat stock show at
Chicago exhibited by George Leigh, and
slaughtered by George Ford, Chicago,
compliments or P. E. ller."
Andy Borden, the accommodating
ticket agent of tho Baltimore & Ohio,
was presented with a beautiful gold
headed cano by his admirers.
Adam Morrcll, the Millard hotel bar
ber, was also the recipient of a gold
headed cano from his employes, handed
over by Phil Jerrold, tho foreman of
the shop, who mado a neat little speech.
Captain Bourkc, aide to General
Crook, and Mrs. Bourkc, formerly Miss
Molllo Horbach, returned from their
wedding tour. They have been Absent
In Europe four or five months.. A re
ception Is to be given them at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hor
bach. Mrs. W. U Van Ayistine is visiting
her brother, J. II, Wlntcrsteen.
Twenty Years Ago
Eugeno Anderson, a mulatto of S3, re
siding on Walnut Hill, was seriously It
not fatally hurt ort South Eleventh street
when his skull was fractured by an
other man.
Two hundred telegraphers sat around
a banquet table at Metropolitan hall and
had a Jolly Christmas feast. William
Henderson acted as toastmaster and read
telegrams from the craft In New York
and elsewhere, one message being from
George Francis Train and of unique Train
stylo. After the banquet a ball held
forth with J. J. Dlrkey and Mrs. W. B.
Fordyce, Mr. Fordyce and Mrs. Dickey,
Mr. and Mrs. U. R. Sutherland, Jules
Lumbard and Mrs. Henderson leading the
grand march.
J H. Stratmann of Chicago was spend
ing the Christmas season with his par
ents at tholr home, 884 North Twenty
fifth avenue.
Tobias Castor came up from - Lincoln
with the Information that Postmaster
Clarkson of Omaha was all right and
would successfully run the- gamut of crit
icism against him and hold onto his fed
eral position.
At tho conclusion of a Christmas pro
gram at Castellar Presbyterian church,
the pastor, Rev. J. M. Wilson, announced
Miss draco Anderson as the winner of a
contest for committing to memory the
largest number of scriptural verses and
winning tho prise, an Oxford Bible.
Ten Years Ao
Christmas was a big dav for all in
Omaha. Homes, societies, churches nd
even prisons and hospitals shared the
cneer or the festival.
Reports Indicated a growing Interest In
the candidacy of John L. W.hii.r nt
Omaha for the vice-presidency. Invita
tions for a general meetlnsr In Omaha th.
next week for the perfection of prelim
inary plans In his behalf were sent out
hearing the names or John L. Kennedy,
Charles P. Greene and N. P. Dodge.
Carroll O. Pearse. city sutMrlntmin
of schools, said aa to tho publication In
The Bee of a telegram from Milwaukee,
indicating that he was to be Invited
there as head of the schools. "I mm n
Informed as to the fact and nothing is
to te said, except that I consider Omaha
a good town and am not searching for
a new position."
The Rev. Charles W. K&vMr -.v. ...
three Christmas presents to air rw.r.nn.
which made them exceedingly happy. They
were iioocrt Ames and Lulu Keybough,
James Harold and Annie Ahrendson.
Charles A. Munshaw and Annie Collins.
He married them ail In on Aav
said It didn't mako him the least bit
tired.
William H. Crane with his fiiu...'
took in a larce harvext at n-....
theater with two performances, after
noon anu evening.
People Talked About
Doing good once a year Is merelv fol.
lowing the fashion. The real test of
goodness lies in making It a continuous
perrorman.ee.
A bunch of gayboys at Worth, Mo..
who ducked a bridegroom In a nearby
pond becauso he wouldn't "set up tho
cigars" are collectively chewtng the bit-
ter end of a fool Joke lined up as de
fendants in a suit for damages.
An organ grinder and a monkey are
conspicuous features of the Christmas
cetebratlon at Rldgewood, N. T., and are
given tho right-of-way In a $8,000 lim
ousine. This is not a season for tears, but some
cannot resist a sprinkle, Pennsylvania
coal barons are lamenting the mildness
of the winter which forces them to store
coal and lose bunches of money.
John Lynn, a fanner of Belleville, Md.,
become sick and fell unconscious In his
barnyard. A flock of geese was fright
ened and kept up such a noise that the
family was aroused and the man's life
saved.
C. J. Wendalt of Salem, Mass., Is suing
his sister, Mrs. M. E. McDonald, to com
pel her to surrender to him a patent of
nobility granted his ancestor, C. A.
Wendall, In 1800 by Carolus V, king of
Sweden.
Orvlllo Wright's fool-proof flying ma
chine may possibly check business In
that line, but the foolklller has such a
variety of business pressing upon his en
ergies that ho Is not worrying about a
little thing like that.
The newspaper at Evanston. 111., that
Is to bo conducted by women will not in
terest women especially. The most in
terestlng thing In the world to woman
Is rough-shod man, and all that he says
and does. He's the rock-face wall she
likes to run over.
James O. Powell, who recently cele
brated his ninety-third birthday In Prov
idence, R. I., enjoyed the unique dis
tinction of being tho only democrat In
the Rhodo Island state senate when
elected to that body In 1S9S. It was six
years before another democrat was
elected to keep bis company,
A Christmas 'Wish.
OMAHA, Dec. Sl.-To the Editor of
The Bee: Christmas Is here again as a
reminder of that great present which the
abrolute and eternal mind gave man as
a token of His love. If we choose to
accept His gift and try to practice the
teachings of Jesus Christ, fear, sorrow
and gloom will fleo away and we will
behold the peace of heaven. By our faith
In Him we shall hear the sweet notes
and swelling harmony of heavenlyusle
vibrating from the strings of the spiritual
harp. For divine love Is perfect har
mony and Is deaf to selfish desires and
worldly vanltlefl. it fills the heart with
happiness at the Joy of giving without
expectation of earthly reward.
Christ taught that it is more blessed to
give than to receive. Selfishness la pov
erty of the heart, for the selfish man Is
destitute of love. Let us pray therefore
that Ood will "pour Into our hearts that
most excellent gift of charity,, without
which all other qualities are nothing
worth." G. W. D. L.INCOLN.
Where, Oil, Where U Smith f
OMAHA, Dec. 24. To the Editor of The
Bee: What is tho matter with E. A.
Smith? Is he asleep? How did he over
look tho nifty llttlo grab of over $6,000
which so artistically percolated Into the
pocket of our Immaculate Robert Smith,
clerk of the district court Is It becauso
ono Smith would not pick at another?
But what tho people of Douglas county
are Interested In Is "Will Smith make
Smith put It back?" Docs Robert Smith
really Intend to keep the money after the
legislature has mado the office .of district
cleric n salaried office Instead o a fee
office? I understand that Robert Smith
boasts of being tho co-author of .o hon
est election law and the promoter of
many other honest reform laws. Docs
he really think that the $6,000 of extras
which he put In his pocket honestly bo
longs to him and not to tho people 7
WILL'E. PUTITBACK.
Ills I'lRhtlnir Clothes On.
OMAHA. Deo. 24. To tho Editor of The
Bee: Hlnco the Omaha newspapers havo
written so much about the discussions of
tho protests against the twelve Omaha
saloons In which I, as a dctectlvo In the
employ of the Allan Detective Agency,
testified as to my purchasing liquor at
the saloons whose applications for license
is protested, 1 desire to have several mat
tors presented to your readers properly.
As I testified, I do not drink Intoxicants,
neither do I know who this evidence was
secured for, nor do I care much. My In
terest in these cases was, howover, two
fold. I had an interest In the cases bo
cause it was my duty to my employers to
show some, and I had an interest of my
own In attempting to put saloons out of
business, regardless of the name of the
owner, what brand of beer Is sold, or
whether tho beer Is mado by native or
foreign breweries. Much of my Interest
centered around this latter
I was glad to do the work I did, be
cause It brought to me a feeling that I
was doing some, good In securing evidence
against saloons, which might result In
their closing. I considered It at tho time,
and. do yet, honorable work, and I think
that If more people only did something to
ward abolishing saloons. Instead of
merely talking against them, this city
would be far better and cleaner In all
respects. I realize that a boy of 16 can
do little along this, line, but I have tried
that Is more than many have done.
What Is more, I am going to give every
liquor house which violates any .laws, a
knock evory tlmo I get a chance, and I
hope my knocks so far will not be my
last. Personally, I havo nothing against
any saloon man, but this bakes no dif
ference.
As to Mogy Bernstein's taking charge
of me, as wos suggested by Commis
sioner McGovern at tho hearing, I wish
to state tnat if Mr. Bernstein Is "after"
young men who are trying to put saloons
out of business by securing evidence
against them, either he or some one above
him Is In league with tho saloonlsts, and
i aoubt very much that Mr. Bern
stein Is.
If you publish this letter, which r
earnestly hope you will, I wish to extend
to you my thanks, as It will put beforo
the, neoplo of the city, reasons why I did
tms worn.
MELVERN U LYCKHOLM.
Get Toarether the Prerequisite.
BRAD8HAW, Neb.. Dec. 23,-To the
Editor of Tho Bee: Since Judge Arthur
O. Wray has Indicated that his hat Is In
the ring for governor In 1914 on a plat
form strictly all his own, the reading
public can begin to whet its appetite for
somo Interesting reading, as wo view the
situation, and Judging from tho thirty
two planks he has put In his platform:
somo of which will require the Judge's
very nest efforts, if he shall be able to
bring the average voter Into even n
vague comprehension of Just what hu
has In his own mind, In which to launch
a successful campaign. However, the
Judge is something of an orator and car
ries with him a good budget of the best
English vocabulary, and an excellent
voice, and a dash of modesty that has
nothing diffident about It.
Tho Judgo has mado York county a
very fair county Judge and was elected
on the republican ticket by one of tho.
uesi majorities mat nas honored but few
men In the county, but somehow the
wires in tho Judge's political cranium
seem to havo become badly crossed, as
all will noto who read his declaration of
principles enunciated In "his own" plat
form, read befor the little Corrlck gath
ering held In the Llndell hotel at Lin
coin last week.
Now, Mr. Corrlck, like Judge Wray, Is
one of those spoiled politicians who has
enjoyed a large quantity of pampering.
so much so, that he begins to feel that
this government would most surely sink
If It were not. for his massive brain to
devise and his strong character to sup.
port its pillars and framework. But. say
what we will, 114, upon whoso threshold
we are now entering, holds in Its grasp'
some strange political surprises surprises
that may arouse sober thinking men to
the point where they will sit up and
take notice. The closing of the gap In
the republican party Is greatly to be de
sired by all loyal, conservative repub
licans, but what will confront the ef
forts most In harmonizing the party will
be the radically radical members In both
factions; but there Is one thing certain.
tt the democratic party Is ever to be put
cn the shelf again, or out of commis
sion, there must be a reconciling a com
ing together a uniting of the republican
factions on a conservative progressive
platform, which at the present outlook
seems most probable; anyhow that Is
what all true republicans most desire.
JOHN B, DEV.
Christmas Cheer
Reflect Upon your present blessings, of
which every man has many; not upon
your past misfortunes, of which all men
have some. Charles Dickens.
Good Christmas, whom our children lovo,
We love you, toot Lift us up above
Our cares, our fears, our small desires.
Open our hearts and stir the fires
Of helpful fellowship within us
And back to lovo and kindness, win us.
E. 8. Martin.
Round the bright Ingle let our songs
mingle,
Never a note but Is happy anil gay.
Let care and sorrow wait for tomorrow;
Santa Claus cpmes with delight for
today.
F. D. Sherman.
The happiness you wot of Is not a hun
dredth part of what you here and now
enjoy. Charles Buxton.
Drink, every one; pllo up the coals,
Fill the red bowls 'round the old tree.
W. M. Thackeray.
Yet each of our ktn at Christmas time
Still keep good Christmas cheer.
And drink to the brother far away,
Though it be but once a year.
EL NESBIT.
Really, as much valor Is to be .found l'i
feasting as In fighting. Robert Burton.
To the comrades wo loved well met,
Across tho darker ferry
We'll take a cUp of kindness yet
And keep the Christmas merry.
' Kate Mosterson.
Real friendship includes all relations,
end yet is above all. It Is tho golden
thread that ties the hearts of all the
world. John Evelyn.
As the purse Is emptied, the heart is
filled. Victor Hugo.
Lot others tal gems and gold,
And trifles light and vain.
But give back my old belief
In Santa Claus again.
Minna Irving.
Let us not forget that an act of good
ness Is of Itself an act of happiness.
Maurice Maeterlinck.
A time for smiles and play, and yet
withal a day for thoughtful deeds and
good. of brotherhood. J. K. Bangs.
Remember, chcerlncss Is tho bright
weather of tho heart. Samuel Smiles.
So let us greet those In our houses and
those we pass on the street, thoso who
servo and thoso who rule, the friend, the
homeless stranger, tho enemy, each and
all, "A Merry Christmas!" M. O. Blge
low. Twice Told Tales
Dnil Wnsn't Thankful.
They wero talking at a reoent dinner
about the youngsters, when Senator Dun
can U. Fletcher of Florida was reminded
of a certain small party named Jessie.
One afternoon llttla Jessie was per
mitted to visit a friend of tho family
and stay for dinner. When tho dinner
hour came thoso at the tablo bowed
while tho hend of the family proceeded
to reverently Bay grace.
Evidently the small visitor was not ac
customed to a ceremony of that kind at
home, for she looked from on! to the
other with an expression of wonder.
"Mr. Smith," asked tho llttlo girl when
grace, was finished and the host began
to hand things around, "why did you do
that Just now?"
"We were thanking the Lord for giv
ing us this bread to cat," kindly replied
Mr. Smith with somo surprise. ''Doesn't
your father give thanks?"
'Oh. no." was the quick rejoinder of
Jessie, "wo buy our bread at the bale
ship. "-Philadelphia Telegraph.
A Dreiu" SnndTrlch.
Th late Edward Morris, tho Chicago
meat packer, wan worth over $00,000,000
and contributed every year to charity as
much money as ho spent upon his home.
Mr. Morris, like most charitable souls,
had a host of anecdotes that threw a
quaintly pathetic light on poverty. Thus,
at a Christmas dinner In Chicago, Mr.
Morris once saJd;
"Every cater of a Christmas dinner
should think of tho little urchin who
tofxl In front of a rich man s basement
kitchen. Inhaling rapturously the rich
odor of roast turkey that gushed forth
from thj open window, and muttering
over and over to himself:
" 'Geo, I wlsht I had a slice o bread
to go with that there smell." "Chicago
News.
CHRISTMAS POEMS.
Tbe Cnmvnn.
By Rebecca Farson McKay.
They Journeyed on to Bethlehem
From eastern lands away,
And followed far a silver star
That lit the desert Way.
A King they sought, a royal On,
By prophets long foretold;
And treasured myrrh and frankincense
They. bore, and gifts of gold.
Tho star stood o'er a stable-stall,
And there, mid sweet-breathed kine
They knelt in adoration, all,
Before the Child divine.
Far pilgrims they to Bethlehem,
And ever slnco that day,
A glad and glorious caravan
Has held the starlit way.
Tho Vision of the Tree.
By W'ilbur D. Nesblt.
The tree was all a-twlnkle with Its can-
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And with a merry tinkle swayed the gifts
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And all was now completed for the mor
row that should be
With Joyous welcome greeted by the
children round the tree,
When I may have dreamed It so,
But the grace of long ago
Came through the hush of midnight and
bided thero with me.
I sighed, as does a sleeper when dreams
hold the heart of him;
The shadows grew the deeper till the
tree was blurred and dim
Then marvelously glowing as of all tho
stars and euns
With a' beauty past all knowing, with the
majesty that stuns,
tood a cross of Jewel-flame
Which from out the shadows came
And softly came a chanting: "To these,
the little ones'."
Strange glory held the trifles that hung
upon the tree;
The marveling that stifles all speech laid
hold on me;
I fell the Impulse olden that led the
storied kings
To come with treasures golden and
precious offerings
In that first gray Christmas dawn
Of the centuries agon.
When ail earth throbbed with muslo and
beat of angel wings.
I knew that I was dreaming but there
rose a glorious chlrn
And the morning stars were gleaming
In the field of space and time;
Then the heart-enthrulllng vision slowly
vanished qutto away.
But upon a sight elyslan It had been for
me to stray
And I heard all faintly far
Muslo dripping from each star
The vol oe of children singing and It was
Christmas dayt
SPICE FOR THE FEAST.
"In spite of what she says, I believe
Mrs. Smith's husband Is addicted to
cigars from the fierce way In which she
denounce them."
"Yes. where there Is so much fire, there
must bo some smoke." Baltimore Ameri
can. "Where did the phrase 'The longest
nay round Is often the shortest way
home' originate?"
" T rlnn'l Irnnv ' m..tU,l , 1. . .1 .
a motor. "Probably with a traffic police
man." WfiBhlngton Star.
Vcaat-You know all signs fall In dry
seasons.
Crlmsonbeak Nonsense! Didn't vnu
ever try winking at a drug clerk In a
I'roniDHion townr vonkers statesman.
"Your kid old enough not to bcllwe In
Santa Clnus yet7"
"He's old enough not to believe In
Santa Claus. all right, and Just at that
ngo to keep me and his mother believing
that he does." St. Louis Republic.
Blx Do you believe In perseverance?
Dlx I certainly do. Why, 1 knew a.
man who lived to be 100 ond If he'd given
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Transcript.
"Why are Juno weddings so popular?"
"Because of the natural tendency of
conditions to adjust themselves. IVopl
shouldn't lo expected to buy wedding
1 resents and Christmas presents all at
tho same time." Washington Star.
'I fear mo these so-called holiday sea
sons aro convivial tlmea."
"Yes, I notice even tho thermometer Is
taking a drop." Baltimore American.
"What's the coolness between you and
Wombat?"
"He asked mo to tako care of his par
tot this summer"
"That may havo been asking a great
deal. However, you agreed. So , what's
the trouble now?" '
"He hasn't called for It yet." Kansas
City Journal.
Girl Shopper Why did you make that
poor salesman pull down all that stuff
and then not buy anything?
Second Ditto Why, the mean fellow
was In. a car yesterday and never offered
me his seat, though I looked right at
him; so I Just decided I would get even.
Boston Transcript.
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