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THE. BEE : OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY " FOUNDED BY EDWARD BOSEWATEB y VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR CHE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. rROPRlETOB 'U w MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Toe" AwjeiitH Pieu. of which The B III member. Is ucJulTtl; wililKl to the um for ruhllrtHna of til news dlipstcnss credited In It or nt otherwiM credited In lhl jrr. sod elso 'be local m publlihed serein. All rlthu of publication of our special IHpatrhee sre also rrmS. OFFICESi rtiir.Kv-rrl r;u Rulldini. Omsha The Pea KM. v York 1M tiflh Arc. South Ooilht 2S1I N Kt. toult N B'f if Commerce. Council BlulT 14 N. Uln 8L Lincoln jjw Buiioins. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION Daily 69,418 Sunday 63,095 a'trste elrrulsHmi tr the month subscribed ud mora to bj ' C R. tUfan, Circulation Hunger. Subscriber leaving the city should keva The Be mailed la them. Address chanted as often aa requested. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG ji MlilliililiiiilliiiiiiiiM Merry Christmas to All! '; On earth peace, but tlie tax collector is still cm your trail. Onialia churches will resound with joyous carols today, llu or no flu. This is the day on which the Spug wonders why lie took up his crusade. . , If you have the flu now, it will be the real thing and not just a bad cold. Maybe this is the Christmas Henry Ford had .in mind; the boys arc out of the trenches. Many famous chimes wilt not peal today be cause the bells were melted to make munitions for the Huns. V , 'Annual clearing sales are now in order, and the careful buyer, will have a chance to realize on hope deferred.' . ' The difference between $6 apiece and $6 a pound measures the distance from Omaha to Vienna in terms of turkey. "Jerry" Howard apparently fails to realize ihat he does not constitute the Douglas county ielegation to the Nebraska legislature. If .Mr. Wilson does go to Holland,1ie may gain inspiration by- looking over the Peace" Palace, which has not been entirely in vain. . Packers report a shortage of skilled workers. Similar news will be heard' from about every line of industry shortly. Things are waking up fast in Uncle Sam's domain. T Less poverty than ever in Omaha is reported by the Salvation Army and other, charitable, agencies. But let us take good care of the few poor we have left. . Railroad magnates have petitioned Uncle 1 Sam to return their lines, but certain formalities i will have to be observed in 'tin's that were not bothered about when the roads were taken a year ago. ', Putting a tax of 100 per cent on political, con i tributions does not mean that funds will not be raised to carry on campaigns. It only shows riaf- 4 Via A ftiHAffO miIAtttr in tli cmnilm etlll !j - inns iiiv uviuvrvi it guajvs i iy i tiiv. ovuavv ts playing horse. . ,. CHRISTMAS. Christmas chimes will ring around the world today with a significance greater than ever be fore. Their musical pealing will carry a real message of "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men." Not since that night the shepherds on the Judean hills heard the angelic choir has the event been so fraught with the genuine quality of the gospel of love as at this moment. It is not alone that all the world, rejoices because the terrible visitation of the great war has come to an end. That is cause enough for universal gladness; but it brings something even more to be desired. Wise and earnest leaders of men are striving to make effective the gospel of love that is so intimately connected with Christmas, and as their work in this prospers, so will mankind be blessed. This is why the Yuletide season of 1918 is especially momentous. It will be enjoyed with unfeigned thankfulness by families reunited, in hofnes from which has been lifted the shadow of war and irn hearts no longer depressed by the presence of dreadful peril orchilled by thoughts of the vague terror that has hung over all so many months. Those hearths unto whose cir cle has come the sorrow of bereavement will glow with fender light, because of the sacrifice made that others might be redeemed, and the loss will be lessened because of the boon it has purchased. It is not in lavish display, lights and feast ing and merriment, that the spirit will be mani fest today, although these are the appropriate accompaniments of Christmas. Deeper and stronger than the visible signs of the world's retiring will be the humble, contrite gratitude to God that war has passed and peace returned, and a pledge that better things will come to the world because of its affliction. Sober or gay, lively or thoughtful, we give you are best wishes, and the'Ctfinipliments of the season to each of you. which we might have repetition of the claim to a perpetual franchise which hs lawyers set up The president and his wifeset Paris a good Sample of American domestic life by going "window wishing" together the day before Christmas. This picture ought to be framed alongside that of Ben 'Franklin in hi3 old fur jap on his way to visit Louis. Colonel Harvey feels that all our home dif ficulties should be set right before we under take to heal the ills of a troubled world. Maybe he is right, but straightening our domestic wrinkles is not nearly such' a" spectacular pro ceeding as regulating those of our neighbors. I , Washington gosfeips have commenced kick- lug viiisiiip uiks. uug diuuuu again, uic iuu- niest part df the Tstory being that his 1920 ambi tibns are favored by Mr. Bryan. In 1912 the great commoner was on a Nebraska delegation that went to Baltimore instructed for Champ Clark, and you all are aware of what happened. '.'A nice little dispute is brewing over the mil itary status of returned National Guard mem bers. The judge ' advocate general haj ruled that they become civilians when discharged. This will just about mean that the National Guard will have to be reformed if it ever comes into existence again. , If a plan for universal training is adopted, the guard will fall into a secondary place fro:u the outset. v i Dubious Delay One wonders if there is not less expediency lhan ingenuity in the plan to keep more than a nillion .American soldiers posted in Europe and if the talk of great transport problems is as fu1l of merit as Secretary Daniels professes. The war is over save ior counting the chips. The German army is in a sad state of unrepair, md the German navy is.in the hands of the al lies, teetering between dissolution and drowning. Contrary to the ululations of a popular war rhapsodist. we do not want "a piece of the Shine." Then what's the delay? , Is Secretary Daniels misinformed when he. talks of transport deficiency? The great mass of the army was transported to France in the period between late March and October. Dan iels ,says it will require a year or two to return the men sent abroad in a few months. Dis cursive, as habitually, and avoiding, any informa tive processes, the secretary fails to explain that ships are daily going eastward with cargoes and returning westward empty? and yet there is no room for soldiers I. , . - - And. the detay is costty; for a huge' transport service is necessary to provision the million or more .soldiers overseas; wherefore we find ships ttr carrv orovisions abroad to feed soldiers abroad who would athcr be home and eating. their own food, to say notmng ot tne laci mat returning provision ships are not only not carry ing cjjrgo but are pot carrying soldiers.. Does xtty one see the point? ; . People are beginning to think that the neces sity for keeping our soldiers in Europe . js slightly more theatrical than the circumstances require or the sound judgment of Americans sub srrihM to. The Rhine vallev is not half so im portant to Americans as the Mississippi valley. What is the Gas Company's Status? The warning served on the city commission ers not to take any steps affecting the gas com pany unlesthe corporation counsel is first sat isfied that it cannot work to the city's disadvan tage in the pending purchase proceedings is timely and to the point . With our disastrous experience with the Electric Lighting ccjmpany still fresh in mind, we want no act of omission or commission on the part of our municipal authorities through and nailed down in the courts. What is the status of the gas company in its occupancy of the streets of Omaha today? There are three, if not more, possible theories. First, it may be contended that the company, now that its franchise has expired, has no right to operate at all and is in the role of a tres passer. That is hardly tenable, liowever, for should the plant be shut down the courts would unquestionably compel operation to furnish service to those Hependent on it. Second, it may be argued that the company has, through termination of its twenty-five-year contract, become merely a tenant-at-will of the city's streets, continuing the previous conditions by implied mutual consent. It would amount to the sme thing to say that the franchise sim ply runs on unchanged pending court proceed ings. If so, its limitations on both city and company would continue. 'That was the theory that apprently prevailed through the acquisition of the water works. Third, all contractual relations may be re garded as ended and the company operating under the city's general powers of regulation subject to the usual, requirement of fair and im partial treatment and the right of the owners to compensatory returns on investment. This would seem to be the position taken by both gas company and city it is the only theory that would continue the use of the streets, yet discontinue the royalty payments and devolve it upon the city to see that consumers receive full quality service at fair and reasonable rates. The extent of the gas company's present privileges, however, will cut a figure only if the condemnation proceedings are deadlocked or unduly prolonged. It is a temporary status only and the sooner it is transformed into per manent arrangement, the better for all concerned. " Tis Only Noble to Be Good." With bated breath and trepidation riot con cealed we have awaited the arrival of certain news from England, and what has come is not wholly reassuring. A lot of cobwebbed tradi tions, going back as far as Hengist and Horsa, any maybe even to Caesar's time, are being stirred to the uttermost depth of their dusty mold. . Here comes a visitor who has neither title nor patent of nobility, and yet he must be re ceived and entertained as head of a nation to whom- even the haughtiest of monarchs does homage. It is true that England has known great men to whom the plain "mister" was dis tinction enough William Ewart Gladstone, for example and in a graceful and gracious way has managed to make them feel at home. But in this case the plain gentleman must take precedence over dukes and knights and belted carls, and "a great many more of lesser degree." It has been settled that our president will be addressed by the ancient servants at the cas tle and palace as "Mr. Wilson," and that his wife will be "missus," as she would at home. Also, that theyvill occupy the "Belgian suite," in which the some time kaiser has found his rest or nursed his envy of his uncle and cousins when visiting in London. This is all well enough, but a knottierknot remains to be untangled. Mrs. Wilson has no official standing, and yet she must be at the functions where ladies are present. As a plain nobody, she will be required to take her chance with such of hoi polloi as may squeeze past the outer guard, bat as consort of the head of a great nation she is entitled to a place very near the head of tire procession. And there you have' it. Etiquette, rigid and fixed as the laws of the Medes and Persians, is shaken by the incident, and may give way. It will be another plume in the bonnet of Democ racy Triumphant, but many a little coterie will marvel at it over the teacups! . But they will finally realize what Tennyson wrote to Lady Clara Vere dc Vcre: "Tis only noble to be good". ..... A good Christmas gift for Russia would be something in the, form of a stable, responsible governaenl :V. . . ,: -v .'. i ' .J Right in the Spotlight. Judge Julian W. Mack of Chicago, who is to head the American dele gation to present the aims of the world Jewry to the peace conference at Versailles, has been one of the leaders of the Jewish race in the United States, in all its co-operative labor for racial welfaie in Amirica and in Europe. Judge Mvk is a Californian, who, after graduating from the Harvard law school, and studying at Berlin and Leipsic, was admitted to the bar and began to practice his profession in Chicago. From 1895 to 1902 he was a member of the law faculty of Northweste; . university. Then he became judge of the famous juvenile court of Chicago, and later was elevated to the United States district bench. lie has been a major figure in Chicago's social welfare work, and in all for ward movements, local and national. One Year Ago Today in the War. Count Czernin, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, presented the gen eral peace proposals of the Central empires. France and Germany reached an agreement at Rerne for the ex change of prisoners over 48 years of age. In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today. Christmas services at the churches were most elaborate and impressive. At Trinty, Bishop Worthington, attired in full canonicals, was cele brant. At St. Philoinena's, Bishop O'Connor imparted the Fapal bene diction. The Schwaben-Vcrein held forth for a Christmas night entertainment at Metz hall "in the good old fashion of the fatherland," with a present on the tree for everyone attending. Senator John P. Jones, Nevada's famous silver king, was in the city between trains. The water works company had as dinner guests at the Paxton all the unmarried members of the fire de partment. ( Police Judge Berka was in spe cially charitable mood and let off every one brought before him. The Day We Celebrate. Dr. E. A. Van Fleet, practicing physician, born 186S. Frank Walters, general manager of the Northwestern lines west of the Missouri, born 18(55. Eva Booth, commander-in-chief or the Salvation army inthe Unit ed States, born in London, 46 yearj ago. Maj. Gen. John F. Morrison, U. S. A., born in New Ycrk, 61 years ago. Mark L. Requa, director of the oil division, United States fuel ad ministration, born at Virginia City, Nev., 52 years ago. Paul Manship, the New York sculptor who designed the medals for ,the Red Cross, Lorn in St. Paul, 32 years ago. Sir John Randies, M. P., a cele brated English authority on trade and commerce, born 61 years ago. This Day in History. 1818 Marquis de Perignon, one of Napoleon's famous marshals, died in Paris. Born near Toulouse in 1754. ' 1829 Patrick S. Gilmore, the fa mous bandmaster who composed "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," born in Ireland. Died in St. Louis, Sept. 24, 1892. 1864 General Butler and Admiral Porter made an unsuccessful attack on Fort Fisher. 1870 Prussians driven back by the French in a skirmish at Yvetot. 1884 Nearly 1,000 lies lost in an earthquake that devasted a large part of Spain. 1914 Italians reoccupied Alvona, in Albania. 1915 Rome reported Austrians had again assailed heights west of Gorizia and the Carso Plateau without success. 1916 Germany replied to Amer ican peace note, suggesting an im mediate meeting of. delegates. Timely Jotting and Reminders. "Today for the first time in five years, the great Christian festival will be celebrated by a world at peace. In New York, Chicago and other of the prin -ipal American cities the customary Christinas dinners and r .crtainment will be p.ovided for the poor by the churches and char itable organizations. The entire world awaits with keen interest the modern Christmas message of "Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men," which President Wil son will deliver today to the Amer ican soldiers who have sanctifed themselves by blood .rd fire, to "make the world safe for "democ racy." Storyette of the Day. "Seasickness," said Lieutenant Syndcr Harrison, the novelist, "is a dteaaful thing. It will unman even the doughboy. "A doughboy, on a transport bound for France, was seasick. His corporal, to get hini out on deck in the fresh5 air, roused him from his seasick stupor one morning and said: "'Come-on, Jack! Up with youl We've been torpedoed, and the ship II sink in 10 minutes. "Ten minutes?' groaned the doughboy. Then he added with a great gulp: "Can't you hurry her on a bit, corp?'" New York Sun. SANTA CLAUS. Mystery of Christmastide Robert Holden in Chicago News. Our word Christmas comes from the mediae val ""English Cristemcsse, which means Christ's mass. It i writteij by sonic of the most learned and devoted of students that the selection of December 25 is entirely arbitrarv, that inanyak J.... i i i . j i 1 p-iiir udu uccii ceieuiaieu, wiin niiiciriu uaics in different what were called Christian coun tries; and that the date now celebiated was not chosen for several hundred years after the crucifixion. This detracts nothing from the beauty of the story of Christ or of the com memoration. It is said by students that the choice of the time was because it, was in harmony with re joicings of many peoples for long centuries, civ ilized, half-civilized and savage; because at ttfat season the sun, to inhabitants of the northern hemisphere, seeuied to be sinking away, possfbly never to return; but when what we now call the winter solstice had passed, which is that point of eclipse of the earth's orbit when the sun seems on account of the earth's revolution to be farth est distant, though actually the nearest, and the great luminary was again in the ascenfkant, all the world rejoiced at the apparent new birth of the grand source of heat, light and life. Thus it was that Christian celebration of a new light and a more splendid spiritual life came to be synchronous with this pagan and absolutely physical inspiration. It has even been held by some learned students of the story of the crucifixion and resurrection that it was a beautiful allegory of the same days of the year; that the 'crucifixion, with its strange anfl solemn accompanying terrestrial phenoniena,tiIlustrates the extreme of the declination of the sun toward the southern horizon, and that the resurrection embodied the story of the evident return of heat, life and light. Let it be repeated that none of these interest ing speculations, based partly on legend and partly on authentic history, dims for one mo ment the charm of the Christmastide. While the churches maintain the religious celebration, with decorations and chimes and choral produc tion of the grandest ofc men's musical composi tions, wholly apart from that is the custom of present-giving; the tender renewal of feasts and drinking of loving'cups; the appealing fiction of Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas or Kriss Kringle; the spectacle of the venerable visitant from the arctics, with reindeer ami inexhaustible treasures on his sledge; the mystical acrobatic feature of the chimney, eternal and never to be effaced by any drivelling of heretics or iconoclasts. School children will continue as long as time lasts to recite "Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house," and so on deliciously. "Let the origin of the celebration of the time be pagan if it is," said one of the most charm ing long-ago writers. "It is the grand feast of the year. Both pagan and Christian features of the moment apeal to all who have the least feel ing of that poetic sentiment interwoven of the birth of Christ anff the fading and return of brilliancy of our luminary, without which there would be no life. Edwin Arnold wrote of the 'Light of Asia,' telling of the beauties of the religion and social life of the Far East. Nearly all peoples have had inspired philosophers and religions similar to that which has been erected by the story of Christ, and' crucifixions of these people have been innumerable.. But nothing of Christ fades 'but suffers a sea chaneC into some- -fthing rich and strange.' " At the time of the winter solstice which be gins during the hours of December 22, in our latitudes, there was probably never a year when this dying and resurrection of the sun was not celebrated. There was the festival among Roman peoples in honor of Mithra, the sun-god, illustrating the glory of the "Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun." In the country of the Saxons and Scandinavians originated the Christ mas tree and the burning of the Yule fog in the great hearths of ancient times in those lands; and from that the customs came to Anglo-Saxon countries and thence to America and to Pitts burgh, where we have instituted the custom of the municipal Christmas tree. Grimm, German writer of charming fairy tales, identifies Saint Nicholas, or Santa Claus, with Knecht Kuprecht and Robin Goodfellow, which may have been another name for the possibly more modern Puck; and Grimm asserts that in some of the countries of the old Teutons Knecht Nicolas is only the assistant of the real giver of gifts, who some say is the infant Christ, in some others that it is "Dame Bertha." other writers of legends that it was a dwarf ..hunch back called Krampus who carried away all naughty children instead of giving them gift" The literature of the infant Christ andof the Christmas extravaganzas and solemnities is so great that it is possible the shelves of no library of the world would find place for it. In our own times Charles Dickens wrote some of the most touching pages intimate of the time. The rvthmic form of this remembrance, was in French called Noel, the birthday, or the anni versary, and from this word, in different forms, the Natali Domini of the Latins, the birth of our Lord; and the literature of this dates far back of Chaucer in- the English, and the Anglo Saxon of Caedmon, who was said t be the author of the earliest Anglo-Saxon verse: The first Nowell. the,. Angel did say, Was to three poor Shepherds in the fields as they lay; Tn the fields where they lay keeping their sheep In a cold winter's night that was so deep. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel. Christmas in Poetry Outgrowing Christmas. Oh when I was a darling 1 . , Wore stockings up to I nc. Th-y flllK them full of San-v Joy, Utft bent my Christmas ir 1 now wear socks so ahon s .g, They are too hrl-f and muii; And Christmas they lianc .1 the re. u itn Homing in at an: If It ba fru, a a some do say. That ther's no Santa Claus, What Is thla spirit on tb way That never .teems to pauae. When Christmas chlmea are sounding clear Upon the frosty night. In spreading splendU a;lfls of cheer In ever; mortal's Igntt What Is thla aensa ot slow divine That cornea to you and me When watching all that happy Una Of children 'round the tie Whence cornea thla manlllngMtmo.'phcre, So full of sweet release. That falls about us onre a year And covera u with peaceT No Santa Claua? Oh, men of doubt, Whence comes thla aorry climT Would you ao fair a spirit claim? For reaaons of a name? Dear Santa Claua IsVvory where Where hearts are true and kind. 1 And where there's lova for man, 'tla there His presence rare wa find. ' trJOHN KENDRJCK BANQi., A War of Old Generals "Old men for counsel and young men for war" is an adage old as history. Nearly all wars have been fought by young men. The young men had a great part in the present -war. although the age percentage was higher than in wars of the past, because of the enormous demand for men. But the distinction of this war is the fact that most of its generals in high command were men of mature years. Several were taken from the retired list after the great war began. Most of the great martial figures in history had their marked success while young men. Alexander died at 33. Hannibal crossed the Alps at 29. Charlemagne began the conquest of Saxony before he was 30, Godfrey of Bouil lon was made king of Jerusalem at 38. There are only a few early exceptidns. Ca"esar was 51 when he crossed the Rubicon and Concinna tus was 61 when called from flie plow. Three of the great figures at Waterloo Na poleon, Wellington and Ney were each 46. Washington became commander-in-chief of the revolutionary armies at 43, Taylor and Scott were both past 60 in the Mexican war, but only one of the leading generals of either side of the civil war was past 50 when the war began. Lee was 54, Grant was 39, Sherman not quite 41 and Sheridan was less than 30, Custer and Merritt were mere striplings, Hancock was 38 at Antie tam, Meades was 48 at Gettysburg. Beauregard took command at Shiloh before he I was 42, Stonewall Jackson was 37 at Bull Run, Thomas was 47 at Chickamauga, the same age at which Andrew Jackson won the battle of New Orleans. At the beginning of the great war Kitchener was 64. Haig will be 58 next June, Petain is 62, De Castelnau is 67, Forh was 67 October 2, while Hindenbtirg was 71 on the same day; lWs'.hing is 58, Mangin and LTudcndorff are each in their middle 50s. The Italian generals are of advanced age. The conditions of fighting were such that line and brigade officers were subjected to the severest examinations to deter mine their physical fitness. The age of retire ment was placed low, with the general in com mand held personally responsible for exceptions. But it is clear that the men who had the plan ning to do were unusually mature. .The theory that older men wouhLbc unable, because of fixed habits of thought, to adapt their plans to the changed conditions of war-making is completely refuted by results. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Evening Suits at Bargain Rates. Striking male waiters of New York hotels are definitely out in the cold world, women having taken over the jobs. Old clothes dealers, as a consequence, offer evening suits at bargain eet ladles took me on th-ir knees. All hugging, kissing m. And coaxed to find out whit irould please. My Christmas gift to be. Now girls ignore, as they gi tn Or, If I smile on her, One may prostrate me with "j ly, "A Merry Christmas. Sin: hugs, Outgrown the stockings. M . A-d trees of Christmas gifi There'a something at the heartstrings tugs, Cold aeem the winter drlf's' A merry Christmas comes r r all. 'Pome happy, glad New Year, When we'll hear angel love i .Miej call "Come home Tuletide Is We?" Afton N. Y., luec. 191S. I.e. H. CAKE. Whittled to a Point St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Tho old fiction about officers seeking places of safety Is again exploded by Italian casualties, with 15,600 ulnVers killrd and 30,000 wounded. Baltimore American: The femi nine betterhalf of tho country will be less concerned with news from the peace conference than with wlnt Paris thinks of Mrs. Wilson's inade-in-America clothes. Kansas City Star: The Austrian monarchists have met and nominat ed a candidate for ldng. After he gets through running for that he n.flirttt rnmA nvpr hpro .mil Irv run- Lning for governor of Texas on the repuDucan iii-hth. New York Herald: l.otid Meat ings of the Herman press over Its having been "deceived as to Wilson" are not likely to evoke much sym pathy from the German people whom the aforesaid press has been deceiving for considerably more than four years. Mother's Christmas Gift. It never comes to Chrlstms but 1 think about the times We used to save our pennies and our nick els and our dimes. And we bunched them' all tngtl,er even little baliy brother rut In something for the present that wa always gave to mother. We began to talk about It ry early In December. 'Twas a very serious matter to ua chil dren, I remember. And ne used to whisper nightly our sug gestions to each other. For by nothing cheap and tawdry cou!J we show our love for mother. feauty fit to aym- the Hers must be a gift hollze her ways; It must represent the aweetness and ln9 that marked her da. It must be the best our money, all com bined, had power to buy. And be something that she longed for; nothing else would satlfy. Then It mattered not the token, once the purchase had been mad. It was smuggled home and hidden anl with otlior treasures laid. And we placed our present proudly In her lap on Christmas day. And we smo -ered her with kisses and wa liuighcd her tears away. It never comes to Christmas but I think about the times We used to save our pennies and our nick els and our dimes; And the only folks I envy are the sisters and the brothera Who still have the precious privilege of buying for their mothers. AMERICAN BOY. LINES TO A LAUGH. "What did the doctor advlsa to eonw plete the cure of dyspepsia f "A plain, light dirt." 'Can jou content yourself with lUCk. faro:" I "I must, for since raring his bill fot nieiiiclne and attendance I find I cannot afford anything else." Chicago Newa. "A newspaper man haa given Puffanb a couple of passes for a theater." "What about It?" "Nothing In particular, but he'i goln to be a hard man to please when ths rurtaln goes up." Birmingham Aga Herald. The Old Dreamer. I'm here In the holiday time again, Though my time's long come to go. From my old arm chair By the fireplace there I'm lookln' out on the snow; Over Its stillness the moon shines bright, But It's hldln' her dear, sweet face tonight. The eyes that looked In mine of old Are folded down In sleep Thj dear bright eyes That held the skies Of Heaven In their keep. What knows the snow, so chill and deep, Of the eyes God's angels kissed to sleep? I'm glad the night Is all ao still And never a wild wind raves, But I wish, when God Sends the snow to the sod That It wouldn't hide the graves; For the moonlight fallin' softly there Brings mo a dream of her starbright hair. The sweetest memory of life How long has she been away? This Christmas year, Sweet-slngln' of the May, When the mornln' glories climbed to see The face whose light made Heaven for me? O winter night so still so whlta O'er hills and Icy streams, Take you the tears Of love-lost years To the dreamer read my dreams. 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To arouse a sluggish liver, to relieve a distressed stomach, to fortify your self against disease, use La.veit Sale of Any Medicine in that Wort Sold everywhere. In Boxes. 10c. 25c LetCuticuraBe YourBeautyDoctor "nelle Is In an awful fl." "What'e the matter?" Eery army fellow she'i engaged t g"t through without "a acratch and coming home aoon to marry her." BaltN mora American. Mis. c.sddaboul Oh. these men art aa alike Never can find anything! Mrs. Cachalot Tou'ra wrong, dear. TO should hear my huaband find fault.- Judge. The Season9 s Greetings May the glow of our SUNSHINE PRODUCTS brigXten your Home the coming Year. 111 (Omaha Factoiy) ;Ioose -Wiles Riscuit (qmpany Bakers of SUNSHINE BISCUITS J The Season's Greetings From Barnhart Bros, 6? Spindler L-IL Ye Folk ofl918 Jfv fTy? Yuletime Greetings l A Ml And Wishes that the AJr y New Year brings you UAA abundance of joy. Yin VA Gordon Fireproof Warehouse feljjJ llth and Davenport Sts. SkB The Omaha Cold Storage Co. Extends Holiday Greetings And Best Wishes