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ROUEKT HUNTER. : ,-tary rublla
Btthacribers leaving the city temporarily
hoald have The lie mailed to them. Ad
dress will bo chanced aa often aa requested.
Effect of Bank Legislation.
AniwerlDf Inquiries from 8outh Dakota
about tha working of our Nebraska deposit guar
anty law, the secretary of the date Banking
board replies that only on state bank has failed
sine Its adoption, while eighteen national btnks
htve taken out state charters. II should have
added Information about the number of state
banks that hare nationalised because of the
guaranty law, and the comparative amount of
deposits and capital Involved In each transfer.
He might have added, also, that except for the
gusranty law a much larger number of national
banks would undoubtedly have Uken out state
charters to get away from the 'requirements of
the new federal reserve act. But at best a full
exhibit of these operations would prove noth
ing except that the banks consult their own in
terest primarily and are controlled by the ad
vantages they think they would. reap from re
taining or abandoning national or state Incor
poration, as the case may be.
It's a skimpy snowfall that blows nobody
good. ' " ' " ' ' ' "
The president's diction Is superb nd with
out contradiction.
Listen, boys and girls, yon can almost hear
lils bells a-jlDgllng sow. .. , .
How te Create Sax Problems. Headline.
But is that the question that bothers
.Yet It U rather hard, to work up' agitation
among tha American people over the art of their
coins.
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Those western railroads will not be happy so
long as the pastern roads get all '.the rate increases.
No truly benevolent person of limited means
is ever able to give halt aa much as he, would
wish to. '
Mere "Piecei of Paper."
Judging from the case of Mr. Walter John
son and one or two other celebrities, base ball
contracts count for no more in these days of
war and adversity than international peace
treaties mere "pieces of paper." The famous
Washington pitcher aliens up for three years
with a Federal league c.fub despite the fact that
he is still bound to Washington by a clause in
his former agreement giving that club an option
on his services for another year. Then after sign
ing with the Federals and accepting $6,000 as
a bonus, heeding the argument of the Washing
ton management as to the binding effect of this
option clause, he signs up with his old employers
for two years, presumably for a larger bonus.
The question is, How long can base ball sur
vive such deliberate rejection of the principles
that govern other lines of business, the principles
of common honesty and legal obligations. Of
course, civil suits are threatened for the pro
tection of rights and the. player is denounced
for his duplicity But it would be Idle to at
tempt to lay all the blame on the player, who Is
a young man, of less mature judgment than the
co-called business men angling for his services..
It takes two to make a deal, and the player
alone, however indifferent he might be to legal
or ethical restrictions, could not do what John
son and so many have done without the owner
or manager, or both.
Base ball has recently been given some se
vere and costly lessons on the subject of frenzied
finance and will have more if it is not careful.
The public will not Ion meekly condone even in
its famous game and sport, derelictions that
would be intolerable in any ordinary business
transactions.'' '
It will take days to figure out just hot
many millions of dollars this foot of snow la
worth to Nebraska.
Adieu, Little Shirtwaist.
Where now is that sapient prophet who told
as a few years ago that, come what may In
mandates for style from her imperial majeaty,
Dame Fashion, the shirtwaist "is here to stay?"
In verse and song its paeans of praise were
sung. It was a tning 01 neauiy ana a joy
forever," for it so deftly combined the ele
ments of ornamentation and utility and
made milady look smart, chic, charming oh,
all that and more. It was made ' in all
sorts of ways and styles. There was the tight
fitting, the long-sleeve, the short-sleeve
Now offhand, just as if you had a week) Iff, shirtwaist, and varieties as many, as modistes
"Lincoln has 15-cent water as against
Omaha's 23-cent rate, and it does not meter the
ewer flush tanks either.
The man who contributes 90 cents to the
eonsclence fund sets the lead for the fellow who
awes it 90. Watch him follow suit.
In the Wake of the War
Where I'aal Joaes Waa rar,
Tha German cruisers which raided the east coaat
English towna of Scarborough. Whitby and Hartle
pool boomed hostile gun over the waters on wlilrh
Captain John Paul Jones and the Bon Homme Rich
ard won imperishable fame 'for the American navy
during tha revolution. That famoua aea battle waa
fought off Flamborongh Head, a few mllea south of
Scarborough, on' September 33, 177. Not sltce that
historic afternoon 135 ytars ago haa the sound. of hos
tile guns been heard In Scarborough, and never be
fore haa a hostile shell exploded In that aeacoaat
resort, because sheila are a modern development In
these same waters the Bon Homme Richard found Ita
grave. Captain Jones stuck to the hostile Scrapie so
closelr, lashed togethtr, In fact, that when the latter
struck Its Dag he took charge, transferred hla crew
to Its decks and let hla own ship, damaged beyond
repair, so to the bottom two days later. The thunder
of the guns In that sea duel was plainly heard in
Scarborough, and the Inhabitants were In dread that
Jones would salt In where the Germans did and batter
down the houses.
Hindu soldier has
Victoria Cross for Hindu.
For the first time Id history
received the Victoria Cross.
It is stilted that the granting of this decoration
Is not merely the recognition of an Individual valor,
hi Is a testimonial tc the efficiency and courage of
the Indian troops In European warfare.
The recipient of tha Victoria Cross la Harlldar
Osgna Wnsh of the Fifty-seventh Wildes Rifles. He
waa attacked with fifteen othera In the trenches Juat
before dawn. The enemy waa held back several sec
onds by barbed wire and sustained serious losses be
fore they succeeded In getting past.
In the hand-to-hand fight which followed Oagna
Plngh shot a Herman officer, seised hla sword an!
killed ten other Germans before he was wounded with
a rifle ball In the foot. He was left the sole survivor
of the fifteen men.
Oagna Blngh arrived nt Boulogne In the hospital
ship a bundle of splints and bandages, but very cheer
ful and full of heart. He haa five bullet wounds. n
In tho leg, one In the chest, one In each hand and
one on the scalp from a revolver shot fired point
blank, Eligibility to the Victoria Cross was one of
the boons granted by the kins-emperor to the Indian
subjects at the Delhi Durbar of IMS.
Far Beaches of War.
Buried in banks of fog. drenched by drlisllng rains,
swept by hitter winds from the Antarctic, the Falk
land Islands are surely the most dismal of Oreat
Britain's family of organized colonies, eays the Cleve
land Plain Dealer. The rain ceases only when the
wind blows ita fiercest, the fog hanga low and heavy
except when the gales whip It to shreds. It Is a tree,
less land; part barren rocks, and part grassy slopes.
A day of sunshine Is a rare Joy. Tlerra del Fuego is
Its nearest nelghborr"The people, some 3.000 In Burn-her,-
aro sturdy descendants of Scotch emigrants, and
tho sheep that browse on the eternally damp hills are
their only source of revenue. Yet there Is a capital,
a government and a governor duly appointed by the
crown and sent to suffer virtual exile for a tints
among the moist shepherds of the antipodes.
The Falkland islands appeal to the Imagination aa
the remotest, loneliest and least desirable of all lands
Inhabited by Europeans. The war, one would think,
would scarcely send Its faintest ripple to . this for
gotten Arcadia of wetness and desolation.
Tt It was off the coast of the Falklands that the
war's greatest naval battle haa been fought The vic
torious German Pacific squadron, having entered the
Attantlo to eacape the British and Japanese hunteri
of the sea, were met by a mysterious and unreported
British force sent all the way from the North Sea to
the Antarctic on a definite mission of destruction. ;
And so the land of the Falkland shepherds stands
very clearly on the map today. A few weeka ago the
Cocoa Islands. Isolated In the equatorial drift of the
Indian ocean, witnessed the destruction of the gallant
Emden. Japan has drawn attention toYep and Jalult
and other palm-crowned coral specks of the vast Pa
cific. But when the war reached Falkland It was at
the Jumplng-off plane, to nowhere.
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which to think It over w hat Is the name of the
present provisional president of Mexico T
The Lincoln Journal says our senior sena
tor's bill to prohibit arms export is just a clever
political play. Oh. perish the thought!
A war photo shows a company of soldiers
playing foot ball while awaiting a call to the
trenches. Nothing like keeping Ja fighting
form.
Paradoxcally, the soldiering in Europe is a
contributing cause to the Immense amount of
soldiering going on- at present In our own
country. . r .
'But remember that. when we spend upward
of f 10,000 of the taxpayer's money to atUck
metere to the sewer flush tanks, it will gHj a
job to another meter reader. ;
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Over $900,000 of unpaid Nebraska state treas
ury warrants are outstanding. And our etate
constitution cays there shall be no state debt in
time of peace In excess of fl00.000. ,
A Missouri county1 judge, evidently going on
the theory that to be ''forewarned is to be fore
armed." proposes to keep the grand jury In ses-
slon during the whole term of legislature.
. The rapidity with which these "decisive" bat-
ties follow each other would suggest an early
ending of the war if the same batUe were not
Invariably heralded as a-victory for both sides.
to make them. There was the low-cut shirtwaist,
the peekaboo shirtwaist, the . loose, lingering
shirtwaist that looked so Inviting. (With apol
ogies to the old oaken bucket.)
And some said It never would go. But it haa
gone. "Doomed, ' is ue wora oi tne imperious
dame, whose word no well dressed woman would 4
ever think of defying. "The shirtwaist has out
lived Its popularity," says the seer. It Is the one-
piece ault from now on, beginning close up to the
ears for the high collar is coming backand
continuing to the feet, giving milady that tall,
graceful, sinuous effect. As to material, fine
serge, gaberdine, silk cashmere,' faille, ' satin
cloth, taffeta and poplla will do.
Nor la this a foreign Importation. Our
American modistes, you know, are trying on
their own. garments now and if they suit, per
haps they will not need the foreign styles when
the war ends. The flat of the Fashion Art
League of America is back of this decree, and
it takes "art" to make a thing like style go.
The charge that we have a lot of ornamental
jajroll positions in the city ball can, we have no
doubt, l-e readily esubllehed. But that is not
the only place where they are. The Water board
payroll, the School board payroll, the County
tord payroll, and the sUte payroll could each
be subjected to some real pruning without im
pairing the service to the public.
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Mtti.4 tluM til Situ
Tooay was tne coldest of tha season. The mercury
went down to 17 degrwes below aero, and the man who
predicted an open winur took his departure for the
-sw vneana expos'Uon and the Florida orange groves.
George II. Hammond of Chicago, tn romun. .uk
John H. McHliane, arrived In tne city for a personal
Inspection of the now slaughter houses at the stock
yams, wnico air. Hammond haa leaaed.
Fourteen homeless and sbeiUrleas tramps alcpt
i ins city jau last night
George Wedlock, the veteran ssxton of Prospect
Hill cemrtery. celebrated his sixty-aecond blrthdsA
Jle waa remenitwrrd by the Coffin rlub, which haa
Its rendesvous at Drcxel it Maul's undertaking rooms.
wiia a oeeuurui .warm neckscarl.
A number of prominent citlsens met at the Paitoa
to take atepa toward securing the stats fair tor an
other five years. N. B. Falamer preaidsd. and Henry
utbaon acted aa secretary. A committee waa appointed
to pursue the subject, consisting of Frank Culpetaer,
Frank KSichrn, Max Ueycr, Al I'strick and W. V.
Morse. ' '
Miss Floia Blackbjrn, who., has keen teaching
school at North I'Utte, Is spending the holidays with
her brother, T, W. UUckburn,
Osf Ooo4.wa U Lame from scbeot for kla fcoll-
ty vacation.
California's Awakening,
; Business and public interests In California
have warned "those seeking employment" not
to go to that state, which is already overrun with
idle men and women. For every demand for
work there are said to be many applicants, and
this condition cn the eve of the Ban Francisco
and San Diego expositions is causing soma uneasiness.
California, with Ita mild, salubrious winter
climate, naturally will continue to attract peo
ple of all classes, from the rich pleasure-seeker
down to the professional hobo seeking an easy
existence. In between these two extremes come
thousands of energetic men and women wanting
work. But California, as it doubtless realizes
at tnU late date, is not wholly blameless for ita
present situation. It has gone In 'entirely too
much for boom advertising, lacking candor In
the discussion of Its actual economic affairs. It
has In a way sown to the wind and is now reap
ing the whirlwind. .
As the friends and admirers of the great
Golden West, we of the still greater middle west
hope for an early improvement in conditions,
but also that the force of this rather severe les
son wil not be lost on California.
People and; Events
Btlll another local contemporary has joined
la The Bee's demand for the abolition of the
office of coroner as a relic of ancient days that
haa degenerated into a graft, pure and simple.
The only reason the people have stood for the
coroner game so long without effective protest
is that they have been busy unloading other and
worse grafts.
Speaking of cutting off needless public em
ployes, our law-makers have a wonderful oppor
tunity themselves to set a shining example .at
the outset of their session whan they make up
the payroll list of doorkeepers, committee clerks,
coat-holders, bill room boys, cuspidor cleaners
and other on-hangers. ,
' Our state senator does not make clear, how
ever, just what tt Is that has changed him from
an ardent advocate of Greater Omaha consolida
tion two years ago to Its outspoken opponent
today.
t i.nha at amntv wocketbooks as well aa lock
smiths. A youngster in Los Angeles, who could not
scrape up enough for the marriage license tee. ooiaiy
touched tha clerk for the balance and got it.. The
average marriage license clerk would rather die poor
than halt a honeymoon.
Short In stature but long In good deeda eharacter
laed tha life of Miss Florence Tate, age 48. who Is
dead at her home In Granite City. 111. Miss Tate was
only twenty-four Inches tall and almost a life invalid. .
yet she was the most efficient organiser and booster
of good deeds her native city haa known.
The court of appeals at Sprlngflald. Mo.. hUa
wildcat stock companies a bodw blow. In a case In
which a local company put out $48,000, while Ita actunl
property was less than 11.000. the court ruled that
stockholders are liable to the extent of their stock
for the excess of capitalisation over real property.
Nsw York county paid out tOO.OOO in prosecuting
Henry Stegwl for looting the savings bank department
of hts store, but didn't get much for the money.
Siegel got off with a sentence of ten months In the
penitentiary, with the underatandlng that If he makes
substantial restitution the sentence will be suspended
Indefinitely.
How old was Mrs. Frank Leslie, or. aa she pre
ferred. Baroness de Bar us T Obituaries gave her age
as 3. and "Who's Who" gives the same f'urea, stat
ing that she waa born In New Orleans In 185L The
family contest over the baroness' will In New York
brings' out the statement that she was M years eld
at the time of her death.
H. J. and C. D. Hathaway, twin brother, the for
mer residing. In Main, the latter In California, ara
viewing tha slghta In Sacramento together tor the
first time In sixty-one years. They were kids of 13
In the days of the Argonauts and sailed around Cape
Horn to the golden state, drawn thither by the high
note of fortune atruck at Sutter's Mill. The brothers
are four score and one.
Word Is passing along the line to descendants of
Lord Baltimore that there la $400,000,000 of property
In Baltimore which may be recovered by the heirs
If they wilt chip Into a common pot enough ootn to
boost a legal flKht The estimated value of the prop
erty at stake throws In the shade the mythical es
tate of Aneka Jana, tha moat persistent of Dutch
dreams kept alive In New Tork City.
"The good old days of the pass" ! a theme worthy
of the best vocal effort of passenger traftio managers
v. innin -mrrm aurh tonnage of remlnlacence.
,iu. .i rmalvM frtendahlDS. now congealed
In the frost of romping years. The glad hands that
v.ii.h ih. iitaiianaara of Daasea morning, noon and
night no longer reach out In hearty clasps; the whis
pered appealing melody wnu n mmes aooineo. weary
ears la hushed, perhsps forever. And the good that
waa handed out tn tripa and annuala la forgotten and
smothered by the subsequent cruelty of coughing up
r.h it la a theme, too. that strikes a long note
I of loneliness around headquartare,
JR.
Where Does the Mowey (Ml
OMAHA. Dec. 31. To the Editor of The
Bee: I think I sm one who responds to
calls for charity aa much aa anyone pro
portionate to hla means, but In view of
recent money-raising exploits In the name
of charity, I am constrained to ask.
Where does the money go? Does It really
go to help anyone who needa help? Or
does the bulk of It go to promoters, 'pro
fesalonala and expense .accounts that
have no claim on charity? Please let me
ask a few questions through your paper.
The first roundup this year, I recall,
waa a "tag dny" for the visiting nurses,
and we were all duly tagged. 1 do believe
someone announced that the proceede
were upwards of $3,000, but I never saw
gny statement of the expense of the
undertaking. How much was tagged In?
And how much of It went Into the treas
ury or the Visiting Nurses?
Then there was ''The College Hero"
benefit of the Child Saving Institute.
This show filled the public prints and
filled the theater for four performances,
If we were correctly advised. 1 bought
tickets for it and know that the house
was full the night I attended. I read later
that the promoter carried away some
$1,400 with him and that the Child Saving
Institute got $1,300. But how much was
tsken in and where did the rest go?
Yes, and what about those graphic
moving pictures of the war that held
forth a whole week for the relief of the
Belgians? The World-Herald did most of
tha drumming and horn-blowing for this
and claimed exclusive credit for it. I
bought tickets and saw the pictures, and
I saw one statement In the World-Herald
about the middle of the week that 4.300
admissions had already been registered,
but nowhere have I seen anything to
show the final results. How much was
taken In? How much of It did the World
Herald absorb? How much of It did the
moving picture mnn pocket? How much
really went to relieve the starving Bel
gians? The latest was the grand charity ball
at the Auditorium put through with a
rush, and a swirl of professional dancers,
here for the money and not for their
health. What were the total receipts of
this campaign in which all our worthy
charities were to share? The profes
sionals. It Is understood, got, or were to
get, 31,500, and the hall and the dance
muelo were donated. Were there any
other expenses?. How much la left for
charity? And how much- docs each of
the worthy charities get?
Oh, I almost overlooked the other char
ity ball the one given without any pro-
fessional assistance for the benefit of
the Creche. How much was taken In by
that ball? And how much waa spent?
And how much wss left for the Creche?
Wouldn't It be a travesty to learn that
the Creche charity ball netted more for
charity than the other grand blowout?
Won't you invite the managers of these
various charity entertainments to make a
full report of the money collected and
expended so I, and others like me, may
. not be left wondering whether we were
contributing on the square to the un
fortunate, or were merely worked In the
name of charity?
Now, I am giving you my name, but
aa my impertinence is not likely to make
me popular, I ask you to withhold It and
sign only, .INQUISITIVE.
Helalam, Ueraawy and Vatted States
SCpTTS BLUFF, Neb., Dec. 2I.-TO the
Editor of The Bee: Wl you kindly glvj
me space to correct the erroneous Im
pression your caption gave my recent ar
ticle In The Bee? I' did not say, or
mean, -that I objected to the Belgium re
lief fund. I said, "Why not ask Ger
many, to feed the people they' nad
robbed?"
In the name of humanity, let all who
are able to give contribute freely to the
relief of this unfortunate nation, and in
addition congress should appropriate at
least $100,000,000 for their relief, and when
the proper time comes 'compel Germany
to reimburse us.
One writer, A. L. Meyer, who haa con
tributed column after column to The
Bee's Letter Box trying to make "blaok
look white," takes occasion to call me
"Ignorant and prejudiced." I may be Ig
norant, but I am not prejudiced. I bai
my opinion solely on the merits of the
case. I am nof so "Ignorant" that I do
not know that the present outrageous
slaughter In Europe Is of the kaiser's
own making. Hla ambition to be "em
peror of Europe" and build "a German
Roman empire that shall rule the
world" will be hU downfall, juat as
Napoleon's ambition . was hts undoing.
and Roosevelt'a ambition goaded him on
to political suicide,
J. F. WETBRIGHT.
twice Told Tales
II. U Blrk.Wlttcd Asst.
r-.v.r..K..B at a Waahlngton rlub the other even
ing dwelt on tho subject of rising equal or superior
to a tight situation. rHateamen present unfolded many
a quip relating to their political experience. Senator
Newell Sanders of Tennese told of a quick-witted
young aunt.
Koine time ago little Dorothy waa being taken on a
railroad trip by her young aunt and aunty's fiance,
Everything ran along aa lovely as great Joy until 'he
train entered a darksome tunnel, and then came the
delicious smack of a sweet kiss and the voice of the
child. .
Oh, aunty," exclaimed the voice of the innocent
little Dorothy, "pleaae Klsa me. too!"
Home situation, but aunty waa ulte equaL-to It
Before the smile of the passengers could break Into
a tickled titter she was calmly addressing the child
"It Is Incorrect to say. 'Kiss me two.' Dorothy,
dr," said aunty. "Ycu should say. 'KUs me twice "
St. Louis Poat-Clrpatca.
Political Pointers
New Tork World: Myron T. Herrick's
remark that his diplomatic experience In
France coat him $4no,0"0 may explain In
some degree the painful reluctance of the
Parisians to let him go.
Boston Transcript: We have a sus
picion that no adequate Immigration bill
will ever be enacted In this country save
In the last half of the term of some presi
dent who has a grudge against his own
party.
St Louis Globe-Democrat: We forget
to whom we last awarded the world's
hamplonshlp medal for optimism, but he
should voluntarily relinquish It to the
Washington officials who "are greatly
cheered over the Mexican situation.''
Pittsburgh Dispatch: Poland's case Is
a little better than that of Belgium. She
aa the solace of seeing her ancient op
pressors chaalng each other over her ter
ritory and hitting each other stunning
blows whenever they get the chance.
Washington Star: Millions of dollars
worth, of battleships converted Into Junk
and sent to the bottom of the sea repre
sent a highly expensive method of im
pressing the principles of patriotism, cul
ture and the higher Ideals In general.
Springfield Republican: Does Senator
Works perhaps think that the ,moit
humane way to end a war Is to starve
the women and children? That la the
nature of an embargo on food, for the
man behind the gun has to be fed first
New York Post: The Arlxona law limit
ing the employment of foreign labor must
have been framed In gleeful consciousness
that the nation most affected can now
make no diplomatic protests. Of the
state's 4X.O0O foreign-born, approximately
30A0 are Mexicans. ,
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The Information
that the Relchsrath cheered the vote of
$1,250,000,000 more debt to carry on the
war, carries the suggestion that It Is a
good deal more cheerful thsn the next
generation will be In putting up taxes to
pay off the debt
Philadelphia Record: Secretary of State
Bryan makes haste to assure his fellow
citlsens that he does not contend that
to be a good democrat means to be a
prohibitionist Thta will be gratifying to
very many democrats, who, much as they
may desire to accept Mr. Bryan's Inter
pretation of democracy, would likely not
have followed him had he continued to
press the prohibition Idea.
A flock of aspirants for the post mas
tership of Jefferson City, Ho., throws
such a scare Into the congressman and
senator controlling the Job that a pri
mary Is talked of to switch responsibility
fcr the selection.
Down south political Interest centers
just now on the pardoning activities of
retiring Governor Blease of South Care
Una; Sporty people are offering odds en
the proposition that . the governor will
make a. clean sweep of all jailbirds be
fore he relinquishes the office.
Twenty yeare ago the supreme court
of Illinois declared unconstitutional
law limiting women's hours of labor tn
certain occupations. Recenty the same
court, differently constituted, congratu
lated the state on having placed en the
statute hooka a dosen laws of similar
tenor. Judges broadea out or move eut
The supreme court of Missouri de
nounces the clauses of the primary law
which require candidates te pay fixed
feea te their respective party committees.
"Such a law," one of the Judges said.
"la against sound publio policy, and Is
enough to make every honest man la
the state hide his face In shame."
. Should the progressives auraerically
dominant In the legislature of California
fulfill pre-election pledges, future elec
tions in the state will be conducted on
the nonpartisan basis. The party la com
mitted to the elimination of party des'g
luUlona from tickets, aad a law to that
effect. It is expected, will be enacted.
A fow weeks ago Pittsburgh got front
page publicity with the news that its
council men, as a measure of economy,
had agreed to cut their own sal art ea
The extraordinary nature of the news.
considering the source, glued attention
on the home effect Fortunately, the
tension haa been relieved by a ruling of
the mayor to the effect that the law def
lnltely fixes compensation of coucilmen,
and it cannot be violated with Impunity.
go great la couactl manic esteem for the
law that they have reluctantly accepted
the mayor's Interpretation. Pittsburgh
Is Itself once more.
Editorial Viewpoint
JOLLIES FROM JUDGE.
Producer The comedlsns seemed nerv
ou. What thrv'neeled was life.
Crlilc You're too severe! Twenty years
would be enough.
"I never knew until Inst night what a
bright fellow Mr. Flddlewlt la"
"II m. How did you find It out then?"
"He told me."
Crawford Does your wife beg you for
Christmas money?
Crahshaw I wouldn't put It exactly
that way. She issues an ultimatum,
SheIsn't she a ssrniloua bore?
He Weill, no; because I manage to
work cut all my next day's problems
while she chatters.
"Did your children recognise you when
you played Santa Claus last year?"
"I hopo not If- they did it was very
rude of them to keep on referring to
me aa the funny little fat man with the
squeaky voice.
,."T find," confessed "skimpy little Mr.
Meek, "that 1 do the housework easier
and quicker when my wife Is not at
home to help me
"Pa, how do architects and ""builders
make so much money?"
"Th, m.lf. MKn . .... ,
- , -j ...vv vi ,!, ujr implying
In putting billiard rooms in houses where
uwu w.rr, yin& w uimaras. Niuage.
CAUGHT NAPPING BT SANTA.
A fisherman laddie, the night before
Christmas.
Sailed home very hungry aad sad from
the Isthmus,
Whore haddock had learned to beware.
'It's I who is caught in the net, like a
sturgeon.
And cast on the merciless bank of mis
fortune," He mused, bowing low In despair.
Declaring the story of Santa Ctaue fsble.
His long stocking cap he knocked off of
the table.
Which caught on the foot of the bed;
And, closing hts eyes, he was soon lost -
in slumber
And failed to arouse at the jingle aad
lumber
A visitor made with his sled.
"I see." said old Santa, en making his
entry.
"This boy Is expecting" with peep la
the pantry
"A whole lot of good things to eat."
He filled up the cap with a number of
dishes, t
And Is id on the top a half dosen cooked
fishes, . . .
Then rattled off into the street, .
"Well, well!" said the youth,' as he wehe
at five-twenty
The following morning. "Why, here Is
a plenty
For days and, why, here Is some more!
If there la no Santa, then I am a -cheating.
The proof of the pudding la found In the
rating.
So here s to the saint of the poor!"
Omaha. , WILLIS HtTDSPETII.
Ti XT -M . T .11 1
ixo -onrastmas inner win ue
complete without
Italian Swiss
Colony
Golden State
Extra Dry
California Champagne
Awarded the "Grand Frit" of
Turin, Italy, October, 1911, and
at Ghent, Belgium, July, 1913
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