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In batll or fcutt, whatever tht gam.
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In th it niggle for poirer or lor ambit for telf, '
Let thii bt your motf: rtly on yowielf.
i'r whether thi prize be a ribbon or throne,
The victor ii he who can "go it a!on."
John O. Saxe.
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Onl three days left, so keep at it.
Santa Claus ought to slip the weather man
something nice.
The deadly (lories of Suvla bay vanish with
the failure of the grip.
Omaha Is going to have one glorious Christ
mas, If preparedness coupts for anything.
Problems of unemployment become acute
every time the democrats get Into power. '
A few more "acid tests" and the Ford peace
pilgrims will be coming 'home in groups of one.
President Witson has made another record.
He is the first president to take his bride on an
auto ride.
The delights of tbe Christmas will be mate,
rlally enhanced by strictly observing the rules
of safety first.
Holiday merriment may proceed without
danger of disturbance. The White House type
writer has taken to the woods.
If, as suggested, Immunity to Pancho Villa
covered only his political offenses, and not his
crimes, he is justified in hiding.
Just to keep tlio record straight, Colonel
Roosevelt announced a New Year eruption be
fore the Gary dluner mas pulled off.
Contrant conditions that prevail at the
Omaha postofflce today with those abroad, and
be thankful you live in the United States.
Work on another skyscraper for a downtown
corner la soon to start. The changes in the sky
line hereabouts have not all been made yet.
There Is an urgent need of spreading among
Saunders county democrats the news that P, L.
Hall already declined the gubernatorial crown.
After ten years of war and robbery, murder
and outrage, surviving Mexicans have occasion
for gratitude over cheering prospects tor peace.
Events almost Justify the belief that part of
the responsibility Lloyd-George places on the
labor unions might be shared by the generals
ho have handled the British campaigns.
Truly these are sobering times abroad. Even
Kine George of England apologises through his
physicians for suspending his war temperance
pledge while stimulating convalescence by an
occasional nip.
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By some unaccountable oversight Nebraska's
irlniary boosters failed to launch the republican
presidential boom of New York's governor. Mr.
Whitman's home county of Kings beat the alert
Antelopes to It.
As if by common impulae, war correspond
ents have given up bulletining the Ill-health of
Emperor Krancls Joseph. The dean of Europe's
warring monarchs at 8i proves utterly unre
fcpuDHive to obituary dcblgns.
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Arliv!ra of Incorporation of the Guaranty Trut
rciiipany were Cillrd by Nathan O. H. BmIIou, C. B
I'.ualin, liuward Kennedy, O. K. Iavla.
Cliai'lca U tutiJir of Helena, Mont., la la the city
fi r Uib liuilda),.
ci. ar (iuodnmii. ton of C. F. Uoodmtn, la home
fruni l"tilladi,lita where tie la attending a pharmacy
;! ae. tu riwnd the liollda.
lion. Uruno Tiechurk ha rt turned from Vera Crua.
hU i. o, ). ie for four yara he represented the I'nlted
ct.il-- -ml ir.f..t 1 r.iein a coiw.it tie wa relieved
i m ,t iiiir iitti.: atilntee.
.s, ti u,i Kuuntif, tun of Herman Kountse, la V.ome
flit,, t :,u.I lj iiej I he
Dealing with Unemployment.
The Welfare board and the city council have
Jointly tackled -the unemployment question, at
least to the extent of elaborately dlscuaslng con
ditions and suggeat'ng local palliatives. Plans
for providing employment during the winter to
those who would otherwise be out of work, and,
therefore, dependent on public charity, may be
put Into force. It Is quite possible to do a great
deal of work in the winter that Is ordinarily left
over for summer. Borne of this work can easily
be undertaken at this time and a great deal of
good be accomplished In the way of removing
the condition of unemployment. Popular belief
to the contrary, not a great many men prefer to
be supported in Idleness. The great majority
of them are not only willing, but eager to work
at anything that will give them living wages.
The fact that work is to precede charity will
inevitably operate to drive away the professional
beggar.
The plan Is not new apd has been success
fully tried by other communities. If tbe city
commissioners or the county commissioners
have ready any program that will provide em
ployment for any number of men, they should
not hesitate to act the work going. This applies
equally to private enterprises. Well remuner
ated work is far more desirable than tbe most
generous of giving.
Why He Worriei.
The home editor of the senator's personal
organ Is greatly exercised over the harmony that
prevailed at the meeting of the republican na
tional committee at Washington. He would
have been wonderfully well pleased if that meet
ing had been attended by serious dissension, or
hsd expressed any doubt as to the outcome of
the campaign next year. The confidence with
which each member of the committee views the
prospect, and the certainty that the disorganized
democrats will face a reunited and militant re
publican party,' affords little consolation, and
no hope to those whose political fortunes are
bound np with the present administration. The
senator himself, who but a few months ago was
In opposition to the president and defiant to the
caucus, and who felt the chastening rod of party
discipline, is now both amenable and compliant
and can see only good coming out of the White
House. His continuance in bis seat at Washing
ton turns entirely on his ability to maintain him
self In the good graces of those whose bands dis
pense the favors at Washington. It is, there
fore, very necessary that the senator's home
editor rail at the republicans and pretend to dis
cover much that Is "contemptible" In all they
do. Behind his front of assumed nonchalance
he wears a worried look. The reunion of re
publicans promises very little for democratlo
success.
- Preparing1 for Preparedness.
The earnest opponents of a general program
for national defense have almost reached their
isst ditch in their retreat before the facts that
confront the country. They sow admit tbe pos
sibility of the United States being called upon to
defend Its people, or maybe Us territory, against
aggression from some foreign power. This need,
they hold, readily can be met through means
now at hand. Herein lies tbe ultimate weak
ness of their proposition. It is no longer a
question of willingness, but of ability to fight.
The call for volunteers undoubtedly would real-
e Mr. Bryan's prophecy of "a million men leap
ing to arms between sunrise and sunset," and
these million men and the other millions who
would follow them would be comparatively help
less, even with guns In their hands, because of
the lack of that training which distinguishes a
soldier from a citizen.
In every war the United States has engaged
in thousands of lives have been needlessly sac
rificed because of the Ignorance of men and offi
cers alike of military practice. It is not alone
the discipline and training that moulds. the. mob
into the efficient machine, and unifies Its action
so that Us strength la multiplied many times be
cause of the co-ordination of Individual mem
bers, but It !s the subordinate, though tremend
ously Important, knowledge of camp life requi
site to health and the preservation of proper con
ditions that must be Instilled before the volun
teers are fit for the service as soldiers.
These elemental facts have been stated and
restated, yet for some reason the pacifists refuse
to recognize them. If we are going to have an
army for defense, no matter how It Is to be made
up, we must not neglect tbe lesions of experi
ence. The United 8tatee cannot afford to again
face the disgrace that overtook lta army in 1S98.
Gratefully Appreciated
Omaha has finally done something that
meets the approval of an outsider. Harry M.
Bushnell comments In his Trade Review of
Iincoln in commendatory fashion on the manner
in which traffic la handled on the crowded
rtreets of this city and concludes his article with
the following graceful paragraph:
Thi re may be a good many thlnga to crlttclae In
Omaha and there la alwaya a tendency generally to
criticise luxtty In observing laws, but compared with
any other city In thla territory, there la no critlcUm
to be made regarding Omaha and the way It Uvea
up to the stats automobile law and the traffic regu
lations for the safety and comfort of pedeatrlana In
the business center of that city.
At thla time, when most of our friends of
the country press find only occasion for stric
ture and censure In referring to Omaha, these
words from Brother Buahnell shine, as Shakes
peare has it, "like a good deed in a naughty
world." It la so rare a thing. The Bee finds much
Measure In reproducing this complimentary al
lusion and feels Justified In expressing on be
half of tha city end its citizens grsteful appre
ciation. Maybe If some of the critics were to
come to Omaha oftener, they would find more
things.
ti. praise and leas to blame In our ways of doing
President Ernst gave the Improvers' com
mittees some good advice, a hen he suggested
tl.at they wait until the School board has nsnjed
Its new conimliteesr But tbe public will be glad
to hesr from the School board very soon as to
the sites for the new buildings.
Index figures of commodity prices show an
advance from 9.1 4 3 1 in January to 10.1471 in
Pecember, thla year. The democratic promise
cf economy and reduced coat of living looms
Urge as a companion for tbe one-term plank.
Women Doctors and War
'Jmraal of America Madloal Aaa'a.
r-n HH prewnt war. In draining tha belligerent coun
X trtee of the1r male population, has naturally
.thrown unwonted reenonaibllltlea on women. In
various calllng..poal1lona from which women had pre
vlounly been rigorously excluded, or to which thy had
been admitted only under proteat, are now being
thrown open, and women are eagerly Invited to enter,
in tha medical profession especially tha demands of
the military service have produced a deficiency In tha
supply of civilian practltlonera which can be remedied
only hy utilising the aervlea of women phyalclana.
The l-ondon correspondent of Tha Journal of tha
American Medical Asaociatton reports that the medical
Joiimala In Great Britain are full of advertlaementa
offering posts to women, and that tha eltuatlon haa
become so acute that a large hospital sent an applica
tion to the secretary of the London Hchool of Medt
clne for Women, "Send ua any women at any aalary."
A dally newspaper alao states, on the authority of the
Ixmdon School of Medicine for Women, that an tn
flrmsry poet In the Whltechapet district, previously
held only by a man at a aalary of H a year anJ
emoluments, la now advertised to open to a woman at
t1,an1 and emoluments.
Thla extreme demand for women, of course, cannot
continue Indefinitely after the close of the war. Ptlll,
for many yeara after the cessation of hostilities. It
wilt probably be literally Impossible to fill all medical
posts with men as exclusively aa heretofore. Not only
will tha medical staffa of the armies In the field re
turn from the front with ranks thinned by the hatarJa
and hardships of war, but also tha younger genoratlon
of men phyalclana will be greatly depleted for a time
by the fact that tha men who ahould now be ao
qulrlng a medical education are aervlng under the flag.
This prospect of a continuance of the demand for
women physicians at least for some yeara. haa caused
a marked Increase In the number of women medical
students. The registration In the Ixndon School of
Medicine for Women haa doubled. Other British medi
cal schools and hospitals are said to be considering
tha admission of women, and one (Charing Cross hos
pital). It la reported, haa already. opened its doors to
women students.
In Germany, according to prese reports. In spite ef
tha absence of the customary numbers of Amerioan.
Russian, English and Swiss women students, the en
rollment of women medical students haa risen from
S74 to tlMl and the entry of German women In the
medical course haa been greatly facilitated by a recent
measure recognising tha diplomas of girls' schools aa
adequate entrance credentials throughout tha empire.
While at the cloae of the war men will tend to
displace women phyalclana again to a greater or less
extent. It may be taken for granted that the old order
will never be reestablished In Its entirety. If there ar
fields of medical work for which women are entirely
unfitted, the fact will have been demonstrated anl
they will be replaced aa speedily as possible; hut If
there are posta which a competent woman may fill aa
well aa a competent man (It la said, by the way, that
even In tha organisation and administration of Red
Cross units women have dona excellent aervlce), it
will b Impossible for conservatism any longer to deny
all opportunity to women. If there Is any department
of medicine to which women are especially adapted,
that fact also will probably have been demonstrated
on a larger scale than haa hitherto been possible. After
the war. In short, there will be a readjustment accom
panied by more or leas friction; but European womeu
phyalclana may undoubtedly look forward In the and to
a fair field, from which old prejudices have been to a
considerable degree eliminated by the pressure of
neeeesslty. It wilt be Interesting to sea what use they
make ef their enlarged - opportunities.
Twice Told Tales
Profitable Sworl. '
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri tells tha
story of aa old man with a soft, daft look, who aat
oa a park bench in tha sun, with rod and line, aa If he
were fishing, but the line, with a worm on the hook,
dangled over a bed of bright primroaea.
"Daft!" aald a passer-by to himself. "Daft!
Bughouae! . Nice looking fellow, too. It's a pity."
Then, with a gentle amlle, the passer-by ap
proached the old man and aald:
"What are you doing, uncle?"
, "Fishing. alr,"( answered the old man solemnly.
"Fishing, ah?' Well, uncle, come and have a
drink."
The old man shouldered his rod and followed the
kindly atranger to the corner aaloon. There ha re
galed himself with a large glasa of dark' beer and a
good 6-cent cigar. Ilia host, contemplating him In a
friendly, protecting way, as he alpped and smoked,
aald: .
- "So you were fishing,' uncle? And how many have
you caught this morning?"
The old man blew a smoke cloud toward the cell
ing. Then, after a pauae, ha aald:
"You are the seventh, sir." Philadelphia Bul
letin. A Careful Wltaeas.
Not long ago a man was charged at a country
court with trespassing, and alao with shooting some
pigeons belonging to a farmer.
In giving his evidence the farmer waa exceedingly
careful, even nervoue.- and the lawyer for the defense
endeavored to frighten him.
"Now," ho remarked sternly, remember you're on
oath! Are you prepared to swear that thla man sh t
your pigeons?" . - '
"I didn't say ha did ahoot 'am," was tha reply.
"I aald I suspected him of doing It"
"Ah! . Now you're coming to It. What made yau
suspect the man?"
"Well, flrat, I caught him on tny land with a gun.
Secondly, I'd heard a gun go off and had aeen some
pigeons fall. Thirdly. I found four of my pigeons In
his pocket and I don't think them birds flew Into his
pocket and committed aulclde for the fun of the thing."
Chicago News.
People and Events
One of the higher-up courts of New Tork state
raps a low-down Judge for taking forty winka. more
or less, during a trial and granted a new trial In the
esse. Moreover tha upper court Intimated that Jus
tice has a hard Job to negotiate tha trail with both
ejas peeled.
Tha prise hog raiser In the country around Butler,
Pa la aa t year-old, Ray Powell, who won over a
score of experienced farmere la a recent contest. Tha
pclnta considered were the aga of the animal when
weighed In and Its average Increase In weight each
day. Toung PoweU'a hog weighed S3T pouads when
:u days old.
A novel Judicial battle haa entered the skirmish
atsge at Chardon. O, where membera of the Amish
sect reside. A tenet of the sect teachea that the earth
la flat. Public schools teach the contrary. Aa a con
sequence a sectarian took his daughter out of school
and resisted compulsory attendance. The lower court
held for compulsory attendance, and started the f Is lit
up the line.
Firs underwriters down east have marked up Mr.
Billis Ooat aa a member or the arson squad. At
Reading Pa., a venerable blllie with patriarchal whis
kers and a butt for mlachlef. tackled a pair of
trousers airing on an outer nail of a three-story frame
building. One of the pocketa held enough matches to
lend pep to blllte'a feast aud etaj-ted a blase which
consumed the building. Hereafter owners of goats
will pay extra haaardoua rates.
Captain Edward 0'Meagler Condon, whose dest'i
at T la reported In New York, waa one of the notable
leadera of tbe abortive Fenian movement for the
liberation of Ireland which developed In the I'nited
Btatea at tha close of the civil war. Captain Condoe
won his spurs In the great conflict, lke thousands
of others fresh from the battlefields of (he south, he
struck a futile blow for his native land and narrowly
cavaped being one of the "Manchester nuurtjra"
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. rtae rkirrkft Rreat arte.
CREIOHTON. Neb.. Dec. K.-To the
FMItor of The Pee: Not long ago It was
tha pleasure of the writer to hear an
evangelist of world-wide fame tell tha
"old story." He left no atone unturned
to gain points of vantage which would
break down the ramparts of sin and de
lusion aa It appeared to htm. In the
course of Ms remarks he aald the best
waa none too good for tha Lord. His
arguments were strongly In favor of fine
places of worship. A forgetting of self
wheaj the collection plate was passed was
strongly urged. That this argument was
effective waa evidenced by the fact that
a generous public contributed more than
MOO per day recently to keep the "gospel
ball" rolling. Commendable, Indeed, on
the part of the public and clever of the
evangelist to show what can be done for
the Lord or anybody If we get buay.
Strong arguments ere now being brought
forth to strengthen our army and navy,
the reason for the aamo being patent to
all. There la a great diversity of opinion
here because of expense Involved, with
greet economic questions part of the con
aideratlon. The sum total for "prepared
ness " runs so high In multiplied millions
that It la a serious task for some of us
democrats to figure where we are at In
dollars and cents. ' A southern senator la
quoted as saying that it is treason to talk
agalnut preparedness. Take It for granted
he la right, are we going to barter away
rights of unborn generations, with a
mortgage on their souls, with' a war tax
to aupply present-day demands of thoae
who control armor plate and factories of
munitions, of death-dealing machinery, all
for the sake ef honor, peace, home and
native land? It la said that a man once
died for the etn of the world; Ilia blood
an atonement. His mission peace on earth
and good will. And now nations far and
near are about to celebrate the anni
versary of His advent to thla mundane
sphere.
Fine churches may be - right, great
navlea may be right, but the death-dealing
machinery of nations should be sunk
In ths bottom of the ocean. . Let us begin
life over with more common aenae for the
masses and less law for the classea and
the world will improve wonderfully with
the humble little church around the cor
ner filling lta place and the navies of the
world out of sight and out of mind.
T. J. HILDEBRAND.
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I'ae far Convlcta.
OMAHA. Dec. VL To the Editor of The
Bee: Here Is a problem that may be
claased under the aubject of "Efficiency
and Preparedness." if convicts of the
state prison were drilled for army aervlce
it would have an uplifting effect, instill
Tips
ing patriotism, a sense of citizenship
and a future outlook. For the govern
ment it means recruits that may. be
drawn for service In case of war.
O. C. BEAVERS.
Msddl, a Mexleo
KA1SBRHOP RANCH. Blaine County.
Nebraska Dee. l.-To the Editor of The
Bee: The controversery now going on
between Tumulty, who la presumed to
represent the administration, and certain
officials ef the Catholic church, relative
to the treatment of the church by Car
ranxa, who haa been -recognized by our
government - as the de facto leader In
Mexico, emptiaalsea tha weakneaa of the
administration's Mexican policy; a weak
neaa which has characterized tha policy
from the beginning until the preaent time.
Our nation haa been made the laugh
ing stock of the dignified and civilized
nations of the world because of a con
stant disposition to interfere with- mat
ters entirely domestic in their nature.
It Insisted upon establishing a land re
form In the slater republio and now the
quarrel Is over church reforms; whether
or not one church or another ahall domi
nate and control In Mexico; whether or
not the soldiers of Mexico are treating
the membera of certain churchea and cer
tain religious aects with duo and careful
consideration; whether or not the new
government, which la established by Car
re nia. If he can, ahall guarantee rellglaua
liberty within the borders of Mexico. All
of these questions are entirely doroeaUo
In their nature and without the Pale
of consideration by a sister republio.
Had the administration confined lta ne
gotiations from the start to purely na
tional and International questions; recog
nized that leader who waa able to bring
order out of the chaoa of Mexico and
establish law and order within lta boun
dries; and left the settlement of purely
domestic questions to the Mexican people
themselves, the whole Mexican policy
would not have been the huge Joke that
It now is. PLAN1STA.
We right with Write.
When we draw near to war's dread brink.
We grab our trusty pen and Ink;
O, mercy, on the fee we fight
NNhen we take aim at him and write.
When Mexico shoots up our tars
And for grim war laya down the bara,
Ju.it watch tha greasy heathen's flight
When we take aim at him and write.
When England grabs our merchant fleets
Anil with them our oold storage eats.
Ha! Watch her double up In fright,
When we take aim at her and write.
When offto Europe's ahores we go,
On England' ships to see the show.
Arid their craft don't prove bullet tight.
We take aim at tha Dutch and write.
When Franco takes Germans from our
skiffs.
And pokes ua one In our midriffs.
Wa rise to passion a div height
Take steady aim at her aud write.
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When Austria, the cruel knave.
Plants our sightseers 'neath the wave.
We rise in our colosal nilaht.
Take steady aim at her and write.
When F.rvan's prohibition darta
The vltala pierce of Met's ramparts.
Does Met with bricks his old pal fight?
Not he he hunkers down to write.
When Roosevelt bombards Garrison
With his big. long, spent oral gun;
Does Uarrison choose fists to fight?
O, no he sits him down to write.
All hall our aturdy Ink and pen!
You've aaved our land ten billion men.
O, when we re called to run or fight
Help ua to ever bravely write.
GKORGfc: B. CHILD.
Mathers' Pewalowe. .
OMAHA, Deo. 11. -To the Editor of The
Bee: I was much Interested in Mr.
Scars' article. In which he advocates ex
tending and broadening the mothers' pen
alon, by making a temporary loan to
worthy mothera - without Interest, to bo
paid later on. thereby helping the mother
and child to help tbemselveo.
My husband, because of drink, tost po
sition after position, and aeven yeara ago
deserted me with alx children, the eldest
then IS yeara of age. Necessity com
pelled this boy to leave high school, from
which he would have been graduated in
a couple of months. Both myself and
children worked to save from foreclosure
our modest little home, also another
property on- which my husband had no
claim. He would not alga his name to
borrow or aell unless given half of the
aale price. I waa not entitled to the
f1
mothera' pension because of this p'P
erty, on which I could neither borro nor
sell, although It took every effort to Ineot
payments on same. By getting a dllorce
I would cancel a life maurance whli ha
thought had long since lapsed. AfUr six
yeara of hard struggle and many disap
pointments, and by working each boy a
year after he had finished grade school,
sometimes borrowing money during the
winter, which we paid during the sum
mer, we succeeded In sending four
through hljrh school. The eldest entered
college two yeara ago, and by working
hla way he la doing splendid work.
During the last year aicknea came In a
shocking form, compelling me to send
four of the family to the hospital, two
of which were aerioua operations. I
would have been glad to have been able
to borrow as a temporary relief; also, to
have had means to educate my bqs-s, two
of whom would now have flnlithed col
lege, and would now be In position to pay
dollar for dollar received. ,
I agree with Mr. Sears. Wo do Indeed
need a more liberal and a deeper and
broader way of pensioning the mother
and child, with a lot of common sense
thrown In. Surely, If the mother la wor
thy and entitled to a pension, she should
have more than the small pittance of
only enough to keep body and aoul to
gether and barely relieve temporary dis
tress at most. A mothera pension Is
needed which will build a permanent and
firm foundation for an education, raising
to a higher plane and giving a self-confidence
which will make the child feci
the equal of his fellowmen, thereby mak
ing better boys and girls, better men and
women, and, most of all, aiding and bet
tering humanity.
A MOTHER WHO KNOWS.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"I wlh a door mat." announced Mrs.
De Stiie.
"Mere Is a very nice patt
salesman, 'with the
woven Into the fiber.'
"I see. I suppose that will do If you
can add the words 'iuesosvs and Frl
days.' Louisville Courier Journal
"The highest compliment a girl can re
ceive is for a man to ask her to marry
him."
"Well. I don't know. Most girls get
two or three of those compliments. But
how many girls are asked to permit
their fentnrea to appear upon a soap
calendar?" Louisville Courier-Journal.
KABIB3U
KABARET
WAR MK.HABiBBlE,
WHO aiOULDSVtAK rir
After a gjafsil,the wwt
Oft HUSBcVlD f .
IF K2 VwWS HIS DINNW HElL
hax to ask fdr rr.'
Mother Elsie, why are you tearing the
leavea off that calendar?
Kisle I'm Just trying to make my birth
day hurry up, mamma. Boston Tran
script. , Bs con The giraffe Is said to be the
only animal in nature that l entirely
dumb, not being able to express itself
Egbert It's Just as well, for If It
could speak It would talk over every
body's head. Yonkera Statesman.
AS OF TODAY.
Strickland Glllilan In Judge.
" 'Twaa the night before Christmas, and
all through the houne
Not a creature was stirring, not even a
mouse."
Were the stockings all "hung by the
chimney with care."
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would bs
there?
Had "mamma In her kerchief and I In
my cap
Just settled ourselves for a long winter's
nap?"
Not so you could notice! Each child had
gone out
To Its favorite movie, somewhere round
about.
Instead of being tucked snugly up In
their beds,
With "visions of sugar plums" filling
their heads.
They sat in dark parlors while many a
scans
Of bloodshed and horror flicked over a
scene
They hadn't a moment for Santa Claus
gulf.
But hnd you referred to such allly "old
guff'
They each would have sneered at your
old-fnshloned notions
And turned to their pickfordeaque, chap-
linold potions.
And mother and I had no time for it,
nay, sir!
We knew where they'd put on a new
Bushman play, sir!
And grandma, who commonly stayed with
the houee,
Was out for a, regular four-reel carouse
With some other damsel of similar age.
Who still had a leaning to go on the
stage.
These "nights before Christmas" when
"all through the house"
"Not a creature" la "stirring, not even a
mouse,"
Don't ever expect to find folks In their
hay
With visions of Joy for the following day!
Instead, hunt around 'mid the neighbor-!
lng flickers
Where lick ford and Chaplin are handing
out snickers;
Where "cowboys" no cattleman ever
would hire
Are hanging some villain with grimaces
dire!
on Home Topics
Boston Transcript: The president glee
fully assured the national committee that
the democracy la sure to win. With hla
head In the sand the ostrich ever feela
safe.
Chicago Herald: With the prospect of
a lot of additional taxation before them,
a few democratic congressmen are re
ported to be admitting that the Iniquity
of bond Issues has possibly been greatly
exaggerated.
Louisville Courier-Journal: One of the
first bills Introduced in the Sixty-fourth
congress would make March Z? a legal
holiday, to be designated Ponce de Ieon
day. By all means let ua have about 3BS
legal holidays a year. Then congress
would never be in session and nobody
but newspaper men would have to work.
Springfield Republican: Rev. Charles
F. Aked, as a former British subject. Is
said to be one of, tbe Ford pilgrims In
whom the British authorities are espe
cially Interested. He la quoted as saying
by wireless: "Where am I going? Why
am I here?.- I do not know." In which
respect haa any of the Ford party "any
thing on" him?
Philadelphia Ledger: Judging from the
allotment of committee chairmanships the
south considers Itself In tbe saddle and
lntenda to stay' there, which lends a new
zest to ex-Governor Pennypacker's dictum
that the trouble with the country la that
It Is suffering from an overdose of "the
political Incapacity of Arkansas and
Mississippi."
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