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Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before
me. thla 7th day of December, 1914.
ROBERT HUNTER, : itary Public
Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The He mailed to them. Ad
dress will be changed aa often as requested.
Prohibition Remain a Local lime.
The failure of the Hobson amendment to
secure the required constitutional majority in the
house ma t be taken as meaning that the ques
tion of regulating or suppressing the liquor (raf
fle Is, and must continue to be for the present, a
local Issue. That will, of course, not stop the
effort to bring It out a salt, in the next congress
or to make It a national Issue by forcing it into
the next presidential campaign. The consensus
of opinion, however, must be that the decision of
congress fairly reflects the general public senti
ment, which has regarded the liquor question as
one to be dealt with locally In conformity with
the wishes of the people affected.
The whole question of prohibition is in
separably bound up with the territorial unit by
which the decision la to be made. On this point
there has been no consistency In the attitufie
; of either side; the prohibitionists clamor for
county, city, or even ward option or state-wide
i prohibition, according as they believe it would
produce more dry territory, and their demand
for a national prohibition amendment merely
alms to accomplish by one stroke what they
have been seeking to do piecemeal by state or
local prohibition.
It la noteworthy, too, that the vote In the
house fails to disclose a division on strict party
lines, but I at her cuts across party lines, mem
bers of all parties answering the roll both "Yes"
and "No." The fact, however, that the majority
of the votes are recorded favorable to submis
sion will naturally encou.age a return to the
fray and stimulate the prohibition activity
within the several statos.
Now for the last grand rush of the belated
early shoppers.
Now, little folks, sleep with both eyes tight
shot and be will surely come.
And make It a merry Christmas for the
other fel'ow as well as yourself.
Whatever one may think about the war,
doe Bernard Shaw differs with you.
That raise In rates was a handsome Christ
was present for the eastern railroads.
Yet there were some Idle I. W. V. boys be
fore the pall of war times fell upon us.
Get your fireplace cleared out, and make
sure there are no obstacles in the chimney.
Perhaps the quickest way to start the Mis
souri river barge line would be to build Iceboats.
The underlying difficulty In this Jury prob
lem Is to get $5 men to serve as Jurors at 3 a
day.
Note that both Mr. Kltchln and Mr. Garrett
aspire to the floor leadership of the democratic
household.
The electric light user does not care half so
much bow the rate. comes down, nor why, as that
it comes down.
"Safety first" should also warn people , not
to load the Christmas tree with too many
strings of dry popcorn.
And while cutting out the needless Jobs,
Senator Dodge, don't overlook those insanity
commissioners and their graft.
It turns out that "the Christmas ship" was
mighty well timed to reach the war orphans of
Europe, and no time to spare.
Harry Thaw sends the friendly gatekeeper at
Matteawan $500 for Christmas, showing that
the lawyers have not yet got It all.
Our thanks to many friends for numerous
handsome and useful calendars that will not
let us forget how time flies In 1916.
Several national Santa Clauses over la
Europe are snooping around to see Just how hot
a bunch they can stick in the . other fellow's
stocking.
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It will be a white Christmas for Omaha out
in the residence districts and suburbs, but not
la the smoke-begrimed, soot-covered, central
part of the city.
Incidentally, keeping two separate heating
plants going for city hall and court house, where
one would easily do the business, also keeps two
sets of boiler-room employes on the payroll.
The exchange editor smiles a merry Christ
mas smile as those empty mail pouches are
brought In, showing that as usual at rush times,
Uncle Bam sidetracks the second class matter.
The Nebraska delegation In the house bas
divided on the prohibition amendment exactly
as they are divided on party lines, and it Is a
cinch that the two Nebraska senators would
divide the same way.
CMtS IMUJH ML ffZSSSSa"a
The day waa again one of the coldest experienced
In the city, and Buffering from cold Interne. The
thermometer started out at W degree below aero. At
3 o'clock It bad gotten up to 11 degrees below serj
and at o'clock In the evening mmm a w.i '
while at midnight it had fallen down again to IS del
grera oeiow aero.
Trinity cathedral had a children's carol aervice
lor tiiruunM eve, ana tne First Presbyterian church
had a Christmas tree for the little onea. which hal
neen decorated at the exoense of Un nr..) . t th.ii.
delphla. the same tree being- Uken later to the BouUi
umana muuun on I'asieilar atreet.
J. J. Polnta. a well k nmn numho e t i
- ' - . & V v. 1IVU
board, waa married laat night to Miss Alloa E. Btewart
or me lettering tore. The wedding tour will take la
the iew Orleans exposition.
W. H. Lo rimer, the aeneral urni f n rw..,.-
Harvester company, was gold-watched by his friends
" "a omoe. J inrttentn and Harney, the presentation
ajn u uruig mane ny w. j. Kennedy.
The firm of Lelbton fc Clarke, wholesale druggist.
as Dte surceeoeq oy the II. T. Clarke Drug com
pany.
cue uison ana ns loul Gardner were unit
in marriage by flev. J. g.
home. Va NlckoUa atreet.
I'ed
Uetweiler at the brkle
Time to Get Over the Scare.
"From a banking standpoint the country
never was as rich as It is today," says Secretary
Lane of the Department of the Interior. The
banks, so we arer told, are bulging with the
savings of the people, so are the safe deposit
vaults, whore millions of dollars are piled up at
time when they ought to be In circulation.
And there is more agricultural wealth In the
country than there ever was before. Our 1914
crops were in many cases record breaking,
otably wheat, foreign exports of which are
likely to set a few precedents.
Yet, surrounded on all sides with the most
mazing resources and products of wealth, we
count our unemployed by the thousands, while
free soup houses are multiplying. Public and pri
vate philanthropy Is on the firing line In re
sponse to the plea for food and clothing.
As The Bee has more than once observed
the serious defect arises from lack of confidence,
ack or confidence in ourselves, and lack of con
fidence In those with whom we do business aa
tradesmen and as customers, as employers and
employes. This impairment of confidence may
be explained by a lot of things, among which the
war is only one. but the restoration of confi
dence alone will set all the wheels again moving
In co-ordination.
At this time when our country is feellns- ita
share of the effect of the European war, let us
not ignore the other primal causes of our do
mestic lethargy. The fault is part'y our own as
well a Europe's, and when we set our own
machinery straight and turn on our confidence
valves, the European war scare will lose most of
Its disturbing effect.
The Honorable Japanese.
Unofficial, though strong, objection in the
allies calling In Japanese reinforcements has
been voiced by a former French cabinet member.
who says that though Jspan sent only 150,1)00
soldiers a corporal's guard in this day of "mod
ern" warfare It would never cease to claim the
credit In the event of victory.
If such objection should take official form in
France It might easily have the effect of barring
Japanese troops, for even England would hardly
care to press a point Ukely to create friction
within the allied ranks.
The objection, however, recalls Germany's
original alarm, sounded In the behalf of Euro
pean Interests, against a prospective Invasion
under the provisions of the Anglo-Japanese alli
ance. Possibly the force of that objection m
have been weakened by the Introduction of other
Aryan brown" and tropical troops from India.
Egypt and Africa, and by the enlistment of the
Turks behind the German standards, and vet
from whatever angle we view It, It may be hoped
mat the honorable Japanese will remain In the'r
own country, while the erring brothers over the
sea fight out their deplorable struggle.
Where the Clergy May Help.
Rev. Samuel J. Nlccollg of St. Louis, one of
the foremost Protestant preachers in the coun
try, confessed to his congregation from the pul
pit, his grave mistake In marrying two persons
of royal tlUes a few days before, who had come
iresn rrom the divorce court to the altar.
I was utterly unacquainted with either
party and knew nothing of their previous
history or condition." he said. "Had 1 known
then what I know now, 1 would not have mar
ried them. I do not blame them. I blame my
self for not having made a more diligent in
quiry Into the matter."
The minister's frank confession Is commend
able and besides "an honest confession Is good
for the soul." but the episode calls attention to a
prevailing fault among too many of our clergy
men. Dr. Nlccolls. as he realizes, should have
inquired about these strangers who came to him
to be married, Just a. every clergyman ahould do
lth reference to every couple seeking matri
mony. Such precaution might not prevent the
marriage, nor the subsequent divorces, but it
would have the right tendency. It would also
lend more consistency to the popular clamor for
eugenic msrrlages, based on prerequisite cer
tificates of sound pbyalcal condition. With all
the great results promised for this latter device,
there is much to be done by the clergy and
other vested with authority to perform mar
riage ceremonies along purely moral lines.
Where the clergy becomes careless or Indiffer
ent, not to say avaricious, as a few are on the
subject, what ahall be said of the attendant
evtisf No consideration should keep a minister
of the gospel or aa officer of the court from mak
ing due Inquiry Into the relations and conditions
of every couple presented for marriage.
While modern industry gives preference to
the man below SO, modern war is willing to take
him evta a year or two above that deadline.
it
Night Before Christmas"
Orlala of I'amon Christmas Poem
In thmmands of homes and by hundreds of thou
sands of children and elders these worde are being
repeated:
" 'Twas the nlaht before Chrlstmn. when
all through the house.
Not a creature was stirring, not even
a mouse. "
Nothing, not even excepting Dickons' favorite
"Christmas Carol," has ever been written on ths
subject of Christmas for children has enjoyed greater
popularity than this poem, given to the world rilnety
two years ago under the well known title, "A Visit
From Ft. Nicholas."
The author. Dr. Clement Clarke Moore, was a
theologian of note and a linguist who compiled In
1 tho first Hebrew-Greek lexicon publlahed in
America. He had written several smnJI poems, but
all have been forgotten save "A Visit From Ft.
Nicholas." Mora than that, says a writer In the
New York Times, Dr. Moore had a wonderful love
for children, which kept his heart young always. He
lived In a big, old-fahloned house long since levelM
to the ground for rows of prosslc brick and atone
dwellings In the old Chelsea district of Manhattan.
His house waa near the comer of Ninth avenue and
Twenty-third street, and In his day the grounds sloped
down gradually to the river, making It one of he
moat charming suburban homes In the city limits.
For Home Kntertalnmeet.
Dr. Moore had children of his own, atid It was Ills
custom every Christmas season to arrange some en
tertainment for his little onea and their friends. In
1R22 he wrote his poem which formed the chief part
of the household entertainment on the "night before
Christmas." He never dreamed that It would become
famous, or that the world would remember this classic
childhood verso and forget his laborious work In com
piling the huge Hebrew-Greek lexicon. The publica
tion of It never entered his head. In the following
year, however, a young woman from Troy, the daugh
ter of Rev. in-. Rirtler of that city, waa visiting at the
Moore homestead, and In talking over plana for Chrtst
the good doctor showed her the verses he had written
the previous year. She was so charmed with them
that she requested the privilege or copying them, and
took them home to use In a children's festival.
Then, feeling that others might also like to use
the poem, she gave a copy of It to the editor of the
Troy Sentinel, and the complete poem waa published
In that newspaper on December a. 1821. the first time
that it appeared In print. When Dr. Moore heard of
it. It Is said he waa Inclined to be somewhat annoyed.
Ita Instant popularity amazed him, and when It began
to lie copied into foreign languages he waa still more
surprised. Dr. Moore never recelvod one cent for his
poem, but he had what waa to him the greater satis
faction of knowing, In later years, that ha had given
happiness and pleasure to thousands of persons, and
perhaps deepened their appreciation of the Christmaa
season.
Dr. Moore died in Newport in 1S63. The Now York
Historical society has a copy of the celebrated Chriat
maa poem written by Dr. Moore at the request of
one of the officers In W2, and with It a letter by his
nephew, T. W. C. Moore, relating some of the circum
stances under which the poem waa written. In the
letter Mr. Moore says that his uncle told him that
a portly Dutchman living on the Chelsea estate first
suggested to him the Idea of making Ft, Nicholas tho
hero of this Christmas ballad.
The Teem I'uahrtdged.
'Twaa the night before Christmas, when all through
the houae
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
Tim stockings were hung by the chimney with care.
In hopes that Ft. Nicholas soon would be there;
-V'hl . wr n'atled all snug in their beds,
w line visions of sugar-plums danced through their
heads.
And Mamma In her kerchief, and I In my cap.
Had just settled our brains for a long winter s nap,
hen out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to ace what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash.
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon, on the breast of the new fallen anow.
Oave a luster of midday to objects below;
when what to my wondering eyea should appear,
111'.1. miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer.
)Vlth a little old driver, ao lively and quick
I knew In a moment It muat be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers thev came.
And he whistled, and shouted, and call'd them by
name:
"Now Dasher! now Dancer! now rrnenr' now Vli.nt
On Comet! on Cupid! on Dunder and Hlltaen!
To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall!
Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly.
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So, up to the housetops the coursers they flew.
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas, too.
And then In a twinkling I heard on the roof.
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
Aa I drew In my head, and waa turning around,
Iown the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He waa dressed all In fur from bis head to Ma foot,
And his clothes were ail tarnished with ashes and
soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on hla baek
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
Hla eyea how they twinkled, hla dimples how merry I
Hla cheeka like the roses, his nose like a cherry.
His droll little mouth waa drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin was aa white aa the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in hla teeth.
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl of telly.
He waa chubby and plump a right Jolly old elf
And I laughed, when I aaw him, In aplte or myself.
A wink of hla eye and a twlat of hla head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spake not a word, but went straight to his" work,
And filled ait the stockings; then turned with a Jerk.
And laying hla finger aside of hla nose.
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to hla sleigh, to his team gave a whistle.
And away they all flew ltko the down of a thistle:
Put I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of eight.
"Happy Christmas to all. and to all a good-night!"
Twice Told Tales
Wheai John Was Jtlte.
At a social affair, when the conversation drifted
to the trials and triumphs of beautiful love. Miss
Ueglna Rambo of Atlanta, who is known aa 'The
Little Daughter of the South," waa reminded of an
Incident
John Henry was engaged to be married to Maude
Marie. Miss Rambo said, when, for some trivial cause
the usual quarrel ensued. Drawing herself to an
Imperious height the flashing beauty removed ler
ring.
"Take your ring," she angrily exclaimed, "and tu
return 1 shall expect you to send me everything In
your possession that belongs to me."
"All I have, Maude Marie," sadly replied John
Henry, "la a photograph and a lock of your hair. I
don't suppose you will want the photograph, but you
might care for the hair aa a souvenir.'
"As a souvenir!" haughtily rejoined the angered
beauty. "Aa a aouvenlr of what pray tell me?"
"Of olher daya, Maude Marie." waa the Joltful
response of John Henry, "of the time when you were
a brunette." Philadelphia Telegraph.
People and Events
Testifying tn Chicago lit her suit for ICO.000 dam
ages for breach of promise, Mlsa Nellie Lemon ad
mitted that the ardor of her lover cooled down when
ah sent him presents of silk pajamas and lace cur
tains. That's why Miss Nellie remains a Lemon.
Fourteen persona who attended the wedding of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Clark Raynor fifty years ago at
Westharapton. L I., were sueets of the couple at
their golden anniversary. The fourteen Included J.
Mitchell Stevens, who was beat man at the ceremony.
New York state plunged Into the barge canal
scheme with aaaurances that the bond Issue of 1101,.
00. 0.4 would do the job and leave some change. The
Original huge pile la gone and t00.000.00lr Is needed to
complete the undertaking. Political contractors wear
the a mile that wont tcrae off.
Mr. Panaretoff. the first minister sent to thla coun
try by Bulgaria, brings to this side of the water soma
rare earn plea of candor. He says Bulgaria will re
main neutral or plunge into the war according to the
prospects of getting what Bulgaria wants. And Bul
garia doesn't rare who knows It.
The National Association of Vlckaburg Veterans Is
distributing attractive advance literature of the na
tional peace Jubilee, which will be held In the Vlcks
burg Military park October UK MIS- Veterans of
both shies are to meet on the famous battleground
and talk it ever while enjoying a feast
feeding Prisoners Germany's Bardea
StTERIOR, Neb., Dee. 23. To the
Editor of The Bee: Have just received
a letter from my brother-in-law, Mr. Carl
Plerke. Homehurg, Germany, stating they
have In their village (which la about the
aame alto as 8'jperlor) 2, COO English
marines and 8to English Infantry pris
oners, who are allowed the privileges of
visitors and are treated as such, and not.
like some papers state, at hard labor and
not enough to eat However, this works
a hardship on Germany, feeding sno.OOO
prisoners of foreign countries, and the
Imports cut off. I cannot understand the
principle of the Prince of Peace, If he
has any principle, opposing the bills of
such noble men like Hitchcock and Lo
beck. I would like to have the views of
your readers for or against the bills now
before the United States senate and
congress. ERNST MEYER,
Military and Industrial Warfare.
YORK. Neb., Dee. 23,-To the Editor
of The Bee: Some people eeem to have
their wires crossed, as Indicated by what
we hear at the street forum and read
In the paper a If we are to believe all
we hear, It must be a crime to be good.
Unless certain onea get all the benefit
there is a roar1 goes over the country
against the gift the giver, even against
the spirit in which It Is given.
For Instance take the reported tirade
of Representative Buchanan, labor mem
ber from Indiana, against the relief that
Is being sent the Belgians. Among other
excuses, he asks why Is that not given
to the miners of Colorado. In answer to
which I wish to say those poor Belgians
are In their present sore need by no act
or choice of their own, while the miners
of Colorado quit good jobs at good wage
in order to force their employer Into a
contract that took from him the control
of his own business and from three
fourths of his employes their right to
work as free men where and for whom
they pleased. But Instead of being free
men one-fourth would have told the
three-fourths to get out without thought
and care for their welfare or that of their
wives and children or else como into
the union, trade their freedom for the
pleasure of paying dues to keep a few
big leeches on easy street, who reserve
the right to say work when I say so or
quit when I say so: and when I read tn
the papers or hear from the platform this
rant about giving to labor Ita due (always
referring to that side of It) I am com
pelled to ask what about the other three
fourths. Have they no rights to be re
spected? For when an employer agrees
to recognise a union he thereby says to
the other three, I cannot treat with you
now.
They say, "Boss, are we not as ef
ficient, as honest, as worthy of a chance
to earn our living aa they?" But all he
can say Is, "I have no option in the mat
ter. I am told who and how many I
can hire, ao there. Now don't tell me
this Is not the gist of this war, as I have
been up against both aides or this thing.
Then If you will turn to your old papers
of last spring you will find the excuse
for the strike very different from what
is given now. They confessed then that
wages and conditions were O. K., but
were striking for the recognition of the
union. Now they add living conditions
as part of the charge, among which is
having to trade at company stores. I
find no fault with that complaint, for I
am against that myself, and I am con
sistent In that as It is a part of my free
dom for which I am now contending.
While I am granting others their rights
I don't want to be compelled to sur
render my own.
When I aak for work I don't say is
my work-fellow a Jew or an Irishman,
an Odd Fellow or a common fellow, but
I ought to have an Interest In him and
his work and ha should be given no
strings with which to tie or lash me with.
FRANKLIN POPQ
Editorial Viewpoint
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Political Pointers
Innovations In political methods, as In
other things, swell the coat of govern
ment The last primary election In Ore
gon cost the taxpayers $300,000.
Without the aid or consent ef Mis
souri's two senators the president has
named a postmaster for Kansas City and
a marshal for the western district of
Missouri.
Ohio modestly announces that it has
four republicans of presidential sire
Herrlck, Burton, Willis and Harding.
Buckeyes will back any one of them to
the finish In 19l.
The Cltiiens" union of New York City
thinks the metropolis would be more ef
ficiently managed and much happier with
fewer aldermen, and proposes to ask the
legislature for a reduction of the number
of chalrwarmera.
Taxpayers in New York City are wak
ing up. They have discovered that rural
lawmaker have piled on the cities aa
unjust proportion of the state's burdens,
and they propose buttonholing the coming
legislature for an equalization of the load.
Then the fun will begin.
Back In Masaachusetts bull moosers have
launched the "Order of the Bee Hive."
for the purpose of drawing Into closer
comradeship, all persons desirous of per
petuating the principles of the progres
sive party. Membership la open to both
sexes, with an Initiation fee of tl for
men, SO cents for women, half ratea for
minors. Among other reforms projected
within the party Is the elimination of
"angels," especially those flapping bird
like wings.
Here and There
St Louis Republic: The moat Important
part played by the United States In the
war thus far haa been the saving of on
devastated nation from starvation, and
very food ship sent across the water Is
worth more for the cause of peacs than
any battleship ever built
The distinction by W. E. Chaffee of
Washington, of having shaken hands
with nineteen presidents of the United
States, has a certain element of novelty,
but Is deficient la the thrilling seat,
which, Nebraska democrats show In
striving to reach the hand at the federal
Die counter.
The masculine fashion oracle of Bait
Lake City, notes with soma astonish
ment that "the return of the whiskers
Is perhapa the big sensation of the men's
fashion situation." Apart from the value
of whiskers as a symbol of muasled
wisdom, the Salt Lake City Innovation
bespeaks the tribute modern prophets
pay to their ancient sure.
Boston Transcript; Praised by the
president, Mr. Herrlck well might say
with the playwright Kemble, "Perhaps
It was right to dissemble your love, but
why did you kick me down stairs?"
Pittsburgh Diipatch: They are fin
days for Italy. If It feels Itself wronged
In any way, all It has to do is to demand
apologies, and the big powers will see
that 4 gets them. Italy has rather too
many men to be allowed to get Into the
war on the other aide.
New Tork World: It Is hard to see
hew Belgium can pay a war tax of
tTO.OnO.Ono to Germany In addition to the
war levies exacted from various Belgian
cities. A people that Is destitute and
starving and whose cities have been laid
waate and fields ravaged by war has
enough to do to keep soul and body to
gether without contributing enormous
sums to the war chest of a hostile army
of occupation.
Philadelphia Record: "In the event of
war," said Admiral Flake, in his testi
mony before the house naval committee
recently, "our policy would have to be to
endeavor to get control of the sea," All
the experts say the same thing, but they
ought to tell ua how this control Is to be
obtained. No nation haa persisted In its
endeavor to command the sea longer and
more strenuously than the British, and
yet this nation has not control even of
the waters that wash Its coasts.
Philadelphia Ledger: The chief reason
for exercising great caution In reopening
the security markets was the fear that
Europe might flood the American mar
ket with American securities which for
eign people own. But it appears now
that while war may naturally impel Eu
rope to sell our securities, the disasters
of war might also induce private Invest
ors to prefer to keep their money at
work In the United States.
CHEERY CHAFF.
"Home is the dearest place on earth,
coe-ed Mrs. Jones.
"It Is." replied Jones, who had Juat
received the Christmas bills. Houston
Post.
She Didn't vou think the people at Mrs.
Gander's recertlon were all extremely
dull?
"Yes. but you know It was authors'
day.'-LIIe.
"That horn doesn t blow, rir," said
the friendly salesman
"Wrap It up. " said I'nde Tobias, think
ing of his sweet little nephew. "That s
the kind of a horn I wanL" Woman's
Home Companion.
"ir they persist In tesrhlng the hoys
In the schools military tactics. I don't
believe our Willie would go In for it."
"Do you mean he's too chicken
hearted ?"
"No, he's too pigeon toed." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
CHRISTMAS EVE.
Chester Klrklns In the Atlantic.
Tonight is all the year to me,
Wher, out of nil the rliened days,
Sorrow in sifted. Beauty stays,
The winnowed grain of Memory.
Here all the montha their emblems strew;
For April, there Is Youth's dellnht;
For May, there are these blossoms
bright:
For nil Spring's love-time, there Is Tool
The Yule-tide flame snaps blithe below;
BrlKht holly berries burn above;
And Fancy builds a dream thereof
A dream of summer 'mid the snow.
For Autumn, there Is harvest hoard
Of all the tolling world's good will:
For Winter, there's the wondrous thrill
Of laughter 'round the laden board.
Methlnks tonight, my happy heart
Rides, like the Wise Men, from afar,
Back through the agea, with a star
For certain guide and errless chart;
Back through the agea, unto Them
Who In the lowly manger lay.
Where stolid klne soft watched by day
Above the Babe of Bertilehem.
And all the hope the Joy that He
Gave to all Chrlstmaa-tldes of Time
Lifts here a pinnacle sublime.
Tonight Is all of Life to me!
1 1 ras't
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HOTEL
GOTHAM
7 Hotel oC refined
cl elegance, located id
Nevrork5 social centre!
Easily accessible toj
theatre and shoppinct
districts,
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with befits -3i?to3o?
with baths 30c?
Wetherbec &Wood
Fifil. An fy Fiftr-fittti St.
NEW YORK. CITY
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via
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jdOUikitci Line?
Enjoy the Southland's balmy climate during this ooroinff
winter beautiful beaches, groves of palm trees and everything
that make for a summer in winter in the semt-tropica
Ticket on sale daily to April 30th with
return limit of June 1st, 1915
Only 50.68 for the round trip to Jacksonville, Fla., 37. 18
to Havana, Cuba, with corresponding reductions to other points
in the South and Southeast.
'Liberal Stopover Privileges
Connecting tenrice via Rock Island line
Automatic Block Signal
Finest Modem All-Steel Equipment
Absolute Safety
Superb Dining Car Service
Write, phons or call at Rock Iihrad" Travel Baraaa,
1S2S Faraam Street, for ticket, reatrvatioits, tafarsna
tion.
J. S. McNALLY, Division Passenger Agwat
Phona Davglas 428
Nebraska Headquarters. 675 Bran dei J Theater Building
MRS. J. K.R. EDIIOLM. Stste Agent
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