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morrow, Cltrletmna Day.
THE FEAST OF THE CHILD
CHRIST.MAS EVE! What a flood of pleas
ant memories these words stir to a now
life. It In the tlmo of faith and mystery.
During tho night the rcwarder of nil good
little boys and glrla Is to como with his
slolgb and reindeer. When every family
J(vod In a house by Itself ho entered by tho
chimney and found tho stockings hanging at
the flreplaco waiting1 to bo filled. This tra
ditionary method of proceduro dates from
tho tlmo when houses were heated by open
fires. Nowadays, with hot air fu'Macos and
Steam radiators and when too many fami
lies live In strata In apartments, he has
been compelled to adjust himself to modern
conditions. He has to climb tho flro escapes
or get Into the houses through tho cold nlr
box that supplies the furnace. Wo do not
know Just how ho enters tho steam-heated
houses, but ho gets thcro Just tho same.
And tho children wait for him with the
same quivering, eager expectancy that kept
you awake when you were a little, trustful
child. What a thrilling tlmo It was! Father
and mother were busy downstairs and you
were listening with all your cars for the
first faint tinkle of the sliver bells that her
alded tho approach of tho visitant from tho
North Pole. Sometimes you crept down on
I tiptoe to peek through tho sttttng room door;
buf. they always heard you and hurried you
b.ack to bed with the warning that unless
you wore good Santa Claus would know all
about It. "And then what a disappointed
little boy you would be In the morning! So
po to sleep right away.' And you minded aa
well as you could, and when you wcro not
able to keep your eyes opon any longer you
dreamed about the reindeer.
Where there are children In the family tho
fathers and mothers are living all this de
lightful time over again In tho experiences
of those for whose pleasure they will be per
fecting their plans tonight. The old, whoso
families have grown up and gone away, aro
reliving' It In a double recollection, which
Includes their own childhood and the chll
hood of their children. Those to whom chil
dren have Deen donled, either through their
own celibacy or because of an adverse fate,
are dreaming. If they would only confess It,
6T what might have been. They see spar
kling eyes and hear eager voices and Im
aslno the sound of pattering feet scurrying
about the house. Then they wipe the mist
from their glasses and try to read.
Christmas Eve is a wonderful time. We
are all as little children then. The mystery
of llfo entices us and we feel the drawing
of the tender bond that through tho infant
connects us with all the past and Joins us to
the hope of an illimitable future. And we
do not forget the Babe born In Bethlehem
of Juflea to whom all mankind owes a debt
of allegiance. The angels sang when He
was bom, and their song will be echoed In
the hearts of all parents, and they will be
the better for It. And some few will recall
His remark to those who were trying to
kw? the children from Him, that "Whoso
ever ahull not receive the Kingdom of God
as a little child, shall not enter therein,"
and they will get for themselves a glimpse'
of that kingdom to their own eternal better
ment. PEACE IN BASEBALL
IT IS possibly only fortuitous that peace In
baseball comes so ripe upon the moment
when peace Is on every man's lips and the
hope of it In, every man's heart. But It has
come, and the fan is loud In his rejoicings.
The case against litigious magnates was
finely put by Grantland Rice, who sug
gested, once, that the thrill of seeing a con
tract waved in court was trifling beside the
thrill of a two-base clout with a man on
second. The weariness of fans In regard to
the Just or unjust claims of the Federal
League was due to the fact that the fan has
but one interest in baseball, and that Is in
eelnr It played. Here in -Philadelphia the
fan was spared the distraction of a third
league, for which he was truly grateful. Next
year he will have the satisfaction of knowing
that the blood of the home teams has not
been sapped by extraneous demands.
He will also hope that the Insolence of
player and employer alike has been lessened
by: the Federal's rebellion. There were
grievances aplenty, and It would be a pity If
the whole unhappy war should end without
their settlement.
TENCH TILGIIMAN REDIVIVUS
TENCH TILGHMAN. the gallant gradu
ate of the University of Pennsylvania In
the class of 1781, is likely to come into a de
ferred though belated fame through the ac
tion pf Provost Smith. His Christmas
retting to the alumni In all parts of the
world, which includes Huckei's poem on
THf hmtn's ride from Yorktown to Philadel
phia to announce the surrender of Corn
wall!, will make the story of that achieve
foment familiar to many who never before
knew of It.
New England will not admit that Tilgh
mwi deserves so great fame as Paul Re.-v--f,
put it ! likely that the school boys
-.,! fat-JM penergtijuw will be debating the
rtUtl.i dlatfasttM of My two wen and
comparing It with tho glory of Pheldlppldes,
who raced like flro through a stubble field
to report to Athens tho victory at Mara
thon. Tllghman and tho Greek were an
nouncers of victory, but Paul Rovers was
only an alarm bolt summoning tho farmers
to arms. Tho Greek and the Pennsylvanlan
liavo doubtless been enjoying cheerful con
verse In tho fields of nsphodet for tho last
century, while tho Now England Jack-of-all-trades
sits on a hummock nearby biting his
fingers In chagrin.
A CHRISTMAS LITANY
THE citizens of this country have been
spared so much In tho year which now
draws to Its end that Christmas, which Is
predestined for merriment and good cheer,
may bo neglected as a time for prayer and
thanksgiving. Tho arrogance of prosperity
Is upon us, and wo nro become slaves to our
pence nnd well-being. It Is even possible that
tho spirit of Christmas, tremulous with won
der nnd awo, cannot bo caught by us In tho
midst of our contentment. What miracle
can we eclebrato who do not remember that
our whole ll'o la n mlraclo?
It has beon snld that they lovo most who
have least causo to love, and It Is certainly
truo that tho lovo of God grows ofton Into
fuller flower In those hearts to whom Ills
power, moro tlinn Ills benovolcnco, has been
revcnlcd. They who hnrden their hearts,
whether with shnllow cynicism or with deep
thinking, against the truo Christmas spirit,
are often Its moit abandoned votaries. They
deny, but thoy dcslro nothing moro thnn to
bo persuaded that tho overflowing gener
osity nnd good-will of Chrlstmns Is moro
real than tho harsh realities of every day.
Yet It would bo a mlstako to Imagine that
tho truth of Christmas can bo found clse
whero than within ourselves. With tho bit
terness nnd the meanness of the world press
ing In upon us each day, marking us Irrev
ocably ns partaker of nil Its deficiencies,
wo have to rotlro momentarily from tho
dust nnd hent of tho struggle to And our
selves, and say that, In spito of nil, wo know
tho spirit of la.RO-henrtcd humanity to bo
alive, because wo havo found It whero nono
other can penetrate. No day has been set
apart for this self-searching. Nono could
be hotter disposed for tho purpose than tho
day which follows Christmas Evo. Its tra
ditional merriment has subsided then Into
quiet Joy, sometimes Into sober faith. Then
prayer can come.
From war and tho dlro threat of war,
from disloyalty nnd faithlessness, from civil
dissension and tho enmity of those whom wo
would cherish most as our friends, from
tho persuasions of tho zealots, from tho
madness of demagogues, from the cowardice
which Is falso to our lofty Ideals, from tho
heart which Is small and tho brain which Is
wily, may tho spirit of Chrlstmns deliver
our country.
And may It deliver us, ourselves, from all
temptation to bo ungenerous nnd potty nnd
unkind, from sloth of mind nnd constriction
of spirit, from lack of sympathy which wo
dlsgulso as principle, from tho smooth
phrnso for our own weakness and tho harsh
word for tho weakness of our brother, from
cynicism and from projudlce, from the en
vious eye and tho clutching hand nnd tho
heart which knows not how to glvo Itself,
from discontent with the world nnd from
contont with ourselves, from envy and spite
nnd perversity, from small Illusions nnd tho
lack of great faiths, from all things which
mako tho day unlovely and the night to bo
peopled by terror, and from nil things which
deny Its own goodness from these may the
spirit of Chrlstmns deliver us. Then wo will
bo prepared to celebrate our Christmas a
year hence.
PROMOTION OF A GOOD JUDGE
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH has earned
tho gratltudo of every friend of Justice
In tho Commonwealth by his appointment
of Judge Walling, of Erie, to the vacancy
In the Supreme Court. The appointment
will strengthen that body.
It Is generally understood that It Is a per
sonal selection nnd that no partisan or fac
tional political considerations entered Into
tho matter. This Is ns It should be. The
bench exists for dispensing Justice nnd not
for rewarding party workers. Judge Wall
ing Is admirably fitted by temperament and
training for his new functions. He has the
respect and confidence of every lawyer in
the State, and his record for fairness and
Impartiality Is without a flaw.
THE KAISER'S ILLNESS
IF THE Kaiser Is really 111 and unable to
continue to Inspire his troops with his In
domitable spirit the war Is nearer nn end
than has been supposed. Whatever the out
come of the conflict, William has already
made a place for himself as one of tho great
masterful rulers of all history. When the
test of war came he rose to the occasion.
He hns been tho embodiment of the spirit of
victory, a spirit that hangs on and persists
and overcomes all obstacles and plans mag
nlflcently. The Allies have been wealt for
the lack of a similar directing genius. They
are attempting- to strengthen themselves by
arranging for a closer relation between the
commanders of the different national
armies. But Germany under the lead of the
Kaiser saw the need of a single commanding
spirit from the beginning and provided for It.
William H. Taft Is through with politics.
What an Ideal President he would make.
If Zcllgewebentzuendung is half as bad as
It looks the Kaiser must be a pretty sick
man.
Many a young man would be delighted to
accept a bride as a Christmas present, but
he can't afford to keep even an automobile-
Uncle Sam's foreign trade balance of a
billion seven hundred million dollars is
making the British hustle to pay their share
of It.
They now say that the chief topic of dis
cussion at the Gary dinner was Roosevelt's
exploration of the River of Doubt. Is he
still exploring?
Root has Joined Hughes and Roosevelt In
asking that his name be kept off a presiden
tial preference primary ballot. There must
be some one willing to run.
The Turks say that the British could have
forced their way through the Dardanelles If
they had bung on a little longer; but perhaps
their ammunition also was near exhaustion.
The gentlemen who bet last August that
the Kaiser would eat his Christmas dinner
In Fetrograd are shaking hands with the
men who refuse to shave until Bryan is
elected President, u
Tom Daly's Column
Christmas Era
XII aioardl the car for hornet
Move up by the door
Ma'amT Object to bundlest Xo'mt
hoi o' room for more.
Hero, tr, give tho child to me.
Comet step lively, please.
Buret toe carry bundles free
Hold It on your knees.
Hut, my friend, you, over there,
You must lay that lyt
Whatt I mean that savage glare
. Flashing from your eye.
That's the only kind of freight
That we can't afford.
Ilurryl lady; we'll be late
Now, then all aboardt
All aboardt the car for hornet
Bayt what's on your mlndt
Let your cares blow off Ilka foami
Leave 'em all behind.
Lots, ohl lots of room we've got
For your Christmas cheer;
Bring but pleasant burdens, not
Business troubles here.
Tou, slrt this Is not the place
For that frowning brow.
Como, hot wipe It off your face,
For the home-folks now.
That's Vic only kind o freight
That we can't afford.
Ilurryl people; we'll be late
Aou, then, all aboardt
That's the conductor spcnklng. Ohl very
well, then, supposo It is Just tho column
conductor. If you should hnppon to read
this whllo you'ro riding In tho enr, Just
smooth off that last wrlnklo on your brow.
In re: Correspondence School of Humor
Dear Tom:
After going through the business of matricula
tion for tho Correspondence School of Humor
would ("hyly offer this
He My new Ford car Is a poem.
Hhc nightol It's n Jingle.
Please send my degreo. I. W. H.
Forward behavior, li. W. II., as Thomas
E. Hill might say, If ho were still with us
will get you nowhere. You will wait and got
In lino with tho others, please, nnd be n.
matrlcu later.
Here's n bit of tho samo kindly spirit that
Invented the Santn Claus myth. Blessings on
tho man who fibs festally!
Dear Sir You owo me twenty cents! Last
night I commenced reading your column on tho
train and went a half dozen stations out of my
way nnd hnd to pay two extra fares nnd stand
a scolding when I arrived homo for being late.
It's an outrage. Please glvo tho twonty cents
to the Chrlstmns fund. C. R.
By tho way, you don't say what Christmas
fund, but It will plcaso you, C. R., to hear
that wo dropped tho twenty cents Into tho
cup of ono who could seo our faults no better
than you. And It might have been only two
pennies for all ho know, but his "thank you"
was worth as many dollars to us tho two
of us tho giver and tho proxy. "God bless
us, every one!"
For over 30 years, ever since tho lnte Petor
Dooner established tho custom, thcro hns
been a Christmas party for the old folks
at tho Little Slaters of tho Poor. But this
year an epidemic of grip has made It neces
sary to put off tho festivities. Tho old folks
can better nfford to pass up tho party than
somo of us outsiders, to whom tho affair
camo In tho nature of n spiritual fillip. Hero's
a poem that paints a somewhat similar pic
ture In Dublin:
Christmas in the Workhouse
It's Christmas Eve, they tell me, but in the
WorkhouBe ward
One day is like another an' both Is mortal
long.
What sort of grand rejoicings could the like
of us nfford,
That's poor old pauper women who could
never ralae a song?
Peace and good will the angels sing
To Chrlstlanable people,
You'll hear the merry bells ring out
From every Dublin steeple.
There's paper decorations to hang upon the
wall.
And scrubbln' and conthrlvln' themselves Is
fearful clone.
They're lettln' on It's Christmas Eve, but troth!
I'd quit at all
To walk the dirty world outside and see the
street again.
Peace and good wilt the angels sing
To every living sinner,
(On Christmas Day the Guardians give
Plum pudding for our dinner.)
The ould one that's beside me she coughs with
every breath,
The one beyant, the vlllyaln, her temper's
fearful short;
But It's In this place we're gathered, an' like
to be till death,
Amn't I praying every mlnylt to love them
as I ought?
Peace and good will the angels sing,
And let you love your brother;
But angels In a Workhouse ward
Wouldn't maybe hate each other.
A tldy-llvlng person I was when I was young.
As tldy-llvlng person as ever walked In shoes.
But It's quare and bad ch'racters I've got to
live among,
Wld some that's In It never had ch'racters
they could loae.
Peace and good will the angels sing,
But here's a world of sorrow,
(Och, glory be! ourselves will din
On rale roast beef tomorrow.)
W, M. LETTS.
We're Betting He Won't
Said grumbling Fred; "Though skates and sled
From Santa may be nice,
I'd like to bet that he'll forget
To bring the snow and Ice."
C. H. Sykes, the cartoonist, was talking
golf yesterday no uncommon thing, by the
way and he made the statement that "no
golf club is really good for anything until it
has been exercised." After watching the way
most of his clubs behave wo think he meant
"exorcised."
Light the Christ-Child on Ills Way
Last Christmas Eve nearly every home in
Minneapolis, responding to a suggestion by the
Minneapolis Tribune, placed a burning candle
in a front window to light the Christ-child on
His way from Heaven to spend another birth
day on the earth where He was born. There
could be no more beautiful custom In this aea
von of symbolic things. It did us all good to
put them there, it did the passer-by good to
see them there and It did the city good to
have them there. The Minneapolis Tribune.
A One old custom. We have been doing
it in our house for years. Sorry we didn't
think to mention it sooner, but perhaps it
Isn't too late.
WHEN CHRISTMAS
COMES TO OTHERS
In the Courts of Europe, In the
Homes of Warring Countries,
in the Arctic Regions Cus
toms of Many Lands
CHRISTMAS customs, as observed In any
given community, nro of many different
origins. Few of theso customs hnve como
down to us without mixture ono with an
other. Tho burning of the Yulo log on Christmas
Era Is an ancient ceremony transmitted to
the British Isles by our Scandinavian an
cestors, who at their feast of Juul at tho win
ter solstice, used to kindlo hugo bonfires in
honor of their great god Thor. In tho Eng
land of tho feudal ngo tho bringing In and
firing of a mighty login the spacloUB bnronlnl
hall wns ono of tho most Joyous occasions
of tho merry Christmas season. Tho vener
able tree, shorn of Its branches, was drawn
In triumph from tho woods, each wayfarer
raising his hat as It passed, knowing full
woll that it was full of good promises nnd
that Its flame would burn out old wrongs
and heartburnings, nnd causo tho liquor to
bubble In tho wnssall bowl that wan quaffed
to tho drowning of ancient feuds and ani
mosities. But It boded 111 luck to tho houso
If a squinting person entered tho hall when
the log was burning. Many superstitions
nro connected with Chrlstmns Day, and In
somo plncea It 1b bollovcd that If tho sun
shlnos bright at noon a plentiful supply of
npples may bo expected In tho following
year.
The Sncrcd Tree
G or many, whoso pcoplo loved tho
"Schwarzwald," tho forests of black firs
which so terrified tho Latins, brought to the
Christian festival tho sacred tree. Our
Anglo-Snxon fathers know nothing of nuch
trees, but what would Christmas bo to our
children deprived of them? Into tho parlors
of tho millionaires, sumptuous with tho
gathered treasures of nil climes, tho Chrlst
mns trco brings a. reminder of humblo origin,
tolling of tho days when all our Teutonic an
cestors dwolt beneath overarching branches
ns their only colling. Back to tho "Weln
nchtsbaum" turn our hearts Instinctively,
ns tho soul of tho ndult nhvays rovcrts
to tho scenes of Infancy. And when to our
Teutonic family was added n strain of Celtic
blood, with It camo tho mysterious mistle
toe; no longer reserved for Druldlc rites, but
hung nbovo tho sports and dances nnd co
quetries of our lads and lassies; whllo ns tho
good faith mado Its way to tho afar north,
tho holly that Is, tho "holy" tree with Its
brilliant red berries, took tho placo of sum
mer's vanished flowers nnd filled choir and
chnpcl with Its winter sunshine
"Germany without Christmas or bettor
Christmas without Germnny! For mo the
ono state Is ns unthlnkablo as tho other,"
wrote an English woman beforo the wnr.
"After comparing my experiences I can but
como to tho conclusion that thoro Is no
country In tho wldo world whero Chrlstmns
flourishes with so much of Its old truth, so
much of Its own truo feeling In fact, where
Christmas Is so Intensely 'Chrlstmasy,' ns In
tho Fatherland. I do not want to hurt any
body's feelings with this statement, nnd I
must admit that my experience Is not very
wide. It extends only over England, Franco,
Belgium and Italy, nnd I havo no doubt that,
for Instance, the Yankees mako the season
an occasion for great magnificence, tho Rus
sians for pomp and ceremonial, nnd so
throughout tho wholo Christian world, each
land imprinting Its own national character
istics upon the festival. I always think of
tho Chrlstmns spirit ns n little child, who
would he very happy to sing carols beside a
tiny shrub In some poor German garret, but
would shrink back Involuntarily from tho
offer of gems and rich Incense. And It Is
that childish, open-hearted simplicity which,
so it seems to me, makes Chrlstmns essen
tially Gorman, or nt any rato explains why
It Is that nowhere else In the world does It
find so pure an expression."
Christmas at Court
Christmas, since this war began. Is cer
tainly not what It used to be, at least so far
as Joyousncss Is concerned. In the courts of
Europo. Many of tho customary festivities
will be omitted, probably even In somo of
tho neutral countries. What n difference
war makes! We see it by contrast with
tho Chrlstmases that were. Imagine, if
you can, that there Is no war. The Kaiser's
celebration of Christmas at tho royal palace
at Potsdam is easily the most brilliant affair
In Europe. Punctiliously the Kaiser and
Kalserln maintain every iota of the national
custom when his Majesty specially plays
tho role of the father of his people. On the
Potsdam estate all the servants receive a
gift from his Majesty's hands, his charities
similarly being on a munificent scale. With
charming taste tho Kalserln arranges the
royal Christmas tree, and as Chrlstmus Evo
draws on, the royal parents mingle In the
frolic of their children by throwing off tho
cares of state and sharing In the festivities
universally observed all over the fatherland.
But what of the war? There are poten
tates and princes, as well as soldiers In tho
trenches and families in humblo homes, all
over Europe, who long today, we hope, for
an old-fabhloned Christmas.
In Denmark, perhaps, the observance of
Christmas will be nearer what it was before
the war than In Germany The Danish royal
family celebrates In thtf magnificent Amallen
borg Palace at Copenhagen. For generations
past an enormous Christmas tree, about SO
feet high, has been brought from tho woods
of Bernstorff and placed In the Knight's
Hall, where It is hung with tho choicest
family gifts. 'Following an early dinner on
Christmas Eve, a procession Is formed ta
the hall, where the young people, attended
by ladles and gentlemen of the household,
after making Inspection of the tree and re
ceiving their respective presents, pass the
remainder of the evening In dancing, mer
riment and congratulations. The royal fam
ily of Denmark are singularly devoted and
united to each other and avail themselves
of Chrtstmastlde to express their mutual
affection.
The court of Sweden makes Christmas
Eve a Joyous season In common with the
rich and poor of the land. Christmas Is
passed at the castle of Stockholm, and on
Holy Eve Christmas trees for each mem
ber of the family are prepared In the
Queen's sitting room, the scene of tho
family gathering. The grandchildren bring
gifts of their own handiwork, such as wood
carving or painting, for paterfamilias. Quite
unique, however, in costliness aro the pres
entsdevoted to philanthropic objects -which
the King and Queen make to themselves re
spectively Her Majesty, likewise. Is be
loved for her bountiful glfta to the poorer '
of her subjects. Exceptionally gn-7 ' th("
Ice carnival at Christmas time, Stockholm s
over-popular festival, in which members of
tho royal family Join.
Spanish royalty fervently pays regard to
Christmas with all the pomp of religious t
ceremony and national trndltlon. Mass Is
celebrated on Christmas Evo at tho chapel
royal in Madrid and attended by royalty,
and on Christmas Day tho adoration of the
"manger" takes placo, when tho King re
ceives high ofTlcers of state, social pleasures
following. Tho court of Spain Is alive with
benevolenco and gaiety nt this period of the
year, tho royal family excelling Itself In
functions of benovolcnco.
But Christmas nt the courts of Europo
wilt bo sadder than for many years. Tho
exchango of gifts among kings nnd queens
how tho war has affected this custom may
be left to tho Imagination. How tho war
has affected tho giving of gifts among the
people that, too, may bo easily, if pleas
antly, Imagined. But Christmas Is still
Christmas. It Is ono standard for measur
ing tho behnvlor of Europo.
Christmas in tho North
In tho far north of America tho effects of
war aro little known. Christmas there, how
ever, Is Interesting to us for another reaBon.
To got tho Christmas post In April Is an 00
currenco with which most pcoplo nro unao
quntntcd, but such Is tho fato of lonely
dwellers In tho Arctic regions. Theso nro
tho whalers who will bo wintering In tho
frozen seas round Horschet Island, off tho
Arctic coast of Canada. Thoy will not get
their Christmas letters till tho long Arctic
winter Is giving placo to tho brief summer.
Tho mall leaves early In December, start
ing from tho growing Western town of Ed
monton, nnd It goes tho first pnrt of tho wny
to Lao La Blcho by team and sleigh. When
that point is reached and tho La Blcho mall
delivered the rest of tho Journey Is por
formod by tho Hudson Bay Company's dog
teams. Theso nro In chargo of experienced
runners, who know every part of tho trail,
as It runs over wldo plains and frozen
rivers. Tho teams net out northward from
Lao La Blcho to Fort McMurray. From
this placo they go up tho River Athabasca
to Fort Chlppowyan, and proceod thence to
Fort Resolution, on tho Great Slavo Lake,
long beforo then covered with thick Ico.
That Is ns far ns tho carriers can get bo
foro Christmas Day. From Fort Resolution
tho teams continue northward to Fort Mc
pherson, nnd onward to tho frozen seas
round Hcrschcl Island. Hero tho whaling
ships llo Ico-bound, nnd to thorn will bo de
livered tho long-delayed Christmas mall,
which will bo tho first news they will havo
had from tho outsldo world since tho boats
left in July.
THE GRAND TOTAL
Prussian war losses totaled In Holland from
detailed lists now rlso to 2,287,083. That ratio
would glvo for tho empire moro thnn 3,700,000,
with somo to ndd for naval lists and for oiucera
with the Turks nnd Bulgarians. Entcnto losses,
especially of prisoners, nro greater still. Th
grand total of pcrhapi 8,000,000 Is too vast to be
grnsped. Somo mcasuro of tho suffering en
tailed Is given by the fact that tho Prussian lists
alone would fill 100 volumes of 450 pages each.
Now York Worlc
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Not every college, probably, ought to have a
course In military science, but Us teaching ought
not to bo confined to strictly military schools.
Springfield Republican.
It now appears that the Department of Jus
tice Is still In tho hands of Just such peanut
politicians as Mr. Wlckcrshnm, who must bo
dislodged In next year's election at any cost.
New York World.
That during tho terrlfle nnd all-absorbing strug
gle for national llfo nnd prosperity now rnglng
In Europe somo men's minds nre directed o
wnnl scientific Investigations, not always relatnd
to the death struggle. Is ono of the good things
of the day. Now York Sun.
Without passing Judgment on tho guilt or In
nocenso of any one now In custody. It may not
be out of place to point out Incidentally that
tho Hamburg-American Lino Ib about ns much
11 private Institution in Its relation to the Ger
man Government as are the Krupp gun works,
Detroit Freo Press.
The chief thing that may discourage American
capital in building up the shipping Industry is
the threat of governmental competition. With
private capital already1 undertaking the work
there Is no excuse for the Government to spend
that $50,000,000 which Is so badly needed for other
purposes, Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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A T""t A TT A C,ESTNUT Utlon 10th
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Thursday. Friday and Saturday
William S. Hart In "IIUTW-EN MEN"
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10 A. M.11 i M.
nrmrvTnv matr
ID -JUUM IB A HARD ROAD"
And Keyaton Comedy
FATTr AND THE BROADWAY STARS"
TTT't nl MasterGabrier&Co:
Li XV i- IN U Meet Our Santa Claua In the
NSKTOljff idSlrtas Si"
Knickerbocker "JSa. u.
TheChanty Ball" r&.w
REAL CRUELTIES
OFCHRISTMASTIDP,'
They're Not the Cigars a Man Ita
ceives From His WifV
That Subject Is Not to
Bo Taken Seriously
CRITICISM of Christmas ehould bs. v 1
served for tho Fourth of July. but S9 I
wait. Tho real, tho fundamental valu S
Christmas Is that It Is, by common com? 1
a suspense of nil criticism. Christmas Ttw 4
great truoo. Tou may havo your opinio ! f
Cousin John, but you will scnd hlra'a " ?
cigars Just tho same. Not bad cigars eiis
Tho tragedy of thoso cigars may be that !'' '
would liko to hoop them and smoke tl,. I
yourself. But nt Christmas time you J? !
pond criticism of Cousin John and prov 4
In tho cigars. Everybody suspends crltlclJ 1
Of OVervbntlv Ulnn nf r'hi-loln... 41-- "" i
And begins it promptly afterward. Couiln I
ihn may havo replied to your clears tn, .
- . ... w... i,i44i4m Limn. e
John
your cigars wlthta
nnli tfn wimvAl .1 1.1 ..
... ...., ...m u,y Ilu u,0 valuo 0
cigars. Or tho beggar is Just as opt to con
fuso you by sending you something worth
twlco as much ns your Inoxpcnslvo tsts, ,
Confound Cousin John, nnywnyl
Probably tho only thing In this wnrM .t... )
Is never criticised, can never bo crttlclasd, f
"""' """ " u i:riucisoa, is ChrlBtmu
itself, tho day dovoted to a total abstinence I
from criticism. And ns now practiced, thrt I
Is probably no other thing In tho world more I
-serving of criticism. J
Why Is Christmas? Tho nuestlon li a J
frightfully bad tasto. Nevertheless, let u 1
risk opprobrium or Jail, nnd ask It. No n
Is so cruol as this day of kindness. la glvlnf i
o--. .. ...... ....u .wi..il uiicnuoni, f
you may bo giving .a stab Instead. Suppon
Christmas this year has caught Cousin John I
short of funds. Conceive, then, how ho feeti A
when, having purchased no gift for you, your 1
cigars arrive I Do not, on nny account, r- j
frnln from giving Cousin John another box 4
next year. After all, Cousin John may har jj
uveu imiucu iubh uy yuur cigars man Dy nil
inability to swap oven with an ash tray. Hj
may got moro than oven with you next yew
when ho sends you nn ash tray, and you do
not reply with cigars. If you nro shrewd,
you will bo propared with your cigars. For
It Is bettor to bo kind than bo careful. Aol
besides, If no ash tray arrives from Cousin
John, you may smoko tho cigars yourself.
Much of tho foregoing Is not to bo taken
seriously. Hero follows matter that cannot
bo pondered too seriously:
What though you glvo moro thnn you get,
or ditto vied versa? That's not tho cruelty
of Christmas. But thcro is ono Individual to
whom tho day Is ono of oxqulstto torture.
Tho Individual Is tho person with a large
heart and a small purse. Usually ho Is the
fnther of a family. For days beforehand,
porhops, his children havo been ordering
things from Santa In no greater volume than
J
they deservo but In greater volumo than lie I
can nfford. Cnn't you seo that father on
Christmas morning, marking tho absolutely 1
comploto satisfaction of his ktddlca with the .
few things ho has bought them? Tho day J
has touched them with chivalry. They know
they havo not all thoy wanted. But tho more ,-f
cleverly they conceal that, tho more coign- .-
antly thoy touch tho heart of their father.
It Is worth whllo being In bad tasto to eels- rj
brnto that man. u,3
On him falls tho real cruelty of Chrlstmu s!.'
Tho real tragedy of this festival is not fi
getting nothing, nor In being obliged to glTe,,,
Tho thing that maKes unnstmas very near a w
torturo ror many is in wanting mucn m
having llttlo to glvo. D. K. L.
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BOSTON GRAND
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IN CONJUNCTION WITH
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ATLANTIC CITY CHRISTMAS
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A MERRY
CHRISTMAS
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