Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1920, Page 15

2 CHRISTMAS-TIDE ment- +And feast, ahd love, and-peace—most gra~ / clous tide, All hail; I x:eé'. and yearn to honor mu' Now let the' tifble groan 'neath viands Sor eprand. the tabls with Jrdurious cats] And round: it; gather ever saint and sinner; 2 Bar out dull Care, and lat.lhe vixen wait, Nor rob you, as she's apt to, of your dinner. And shout your mirth, but do not let the screeds - O’erquell the little voice that stflndl de- mure . Outside your 'heart and gently tlpplnt pleads: “A sop to woothe the shiverings of the~ poor?” , ' " —Joseph/Whitton, n Table Talk. ' w w g t ! vcums'rm\s MOTHER GOOSE What are Ilttl- lnyl made of, made | . of? . What are little boyl n Engines and drums 2 And fat_sugar plums— And that’s what boys are made of. de of? What are little girls made of, made of2 4 £ What are little girls, made of? Dishes and doll i ) And red rn“lcr\ ls— And tlut’u what .’lrlc re. made of. w e Y CHRISTMAS TIME 1S HERE The Merry Christmas, with its generous boards ‘1ts flrem hearfhs and gitts and blazing s pleaunt volces uttering gentle words, Its genlal mirth, attuned to sweet ac- cords, Its Toly” memorles! ‘The fairest geason of the passing years The Merry, Merry Christmas time is here. e HEART OF GOD. By VACIELL anu!. O lltlle heart of God, Sweet intruding stran, You are laughing in my numan brm A Christ-child ln a manger. 2 < Heart, dear heart of God, rcnmmnnd whistling, it was altogether “Beside you now I kne Strong heart of faith, 0 heflrt of mine, . * Where God has set his seal. ~ wild; thundering heart of God, Out of my. doubt I And my foolish feet wnh nrophet’l feot March with the prophet's drum! L B A PRAYER AT BETHLEHEM . O ‘pulsirig earth-with- heart athrill ‘With infinite creative will! O watchful shepherds, in whose eyes Sweet hopes and promises arise! O angel host whose chanting cholr Proclaims fulfillment of desirel O flaming star 8o purely: white Against the black Judmn,nehtl O blessed Mary bending Iof With sense of motherhood aglow! O holy babe with haloed head . Eoft plllowed in a manger bed! O mystery divina and deep, - Help us thy préphecies to keep! - —Anne P. L. Fleld Correct Way to Receive Burglar, The old plan of offering a burglar a . figarette and’ asking him to take a chair while you telephone to the po- lice is not now so successful as In the past: The best plan is to tackle the fellow right away. ,For this purpose % you should step behlpd bim, take hold " of his cont and force it over his face. Then tie his left arm to his right leg across the back. Properly carried out, this method rarely falls—London ‘Punch. / e Chinese Family Relations. There 18 no-such species as the “old mald” in Chi The lot of the con- cubine 1s not, generally speaking, hard; and the position is respectable. A concubine is ordinarily taken in ult of issue from the wife. The children of'concubines are legitimate. A man would not dare to brace public opinion or the-wrath of his wife and her relations by taking a concubine agalnst his wite's wishes. Father and mother are equally venerable in the eyes of the child; the father is “the stern -one” and the mother “the gen- | tle one,” but both are motoriously In- dnlzent to their children. Merry Ennland. Tn the old designation, Merry Eng- land, the word merry does not meun that the people of the kingdom' yere specially noted for thelr merry-mak- ings, but that the country was pleas- ant, agreeable, a 'beautiful land of plenty. this senso when ‘we: say “the merry month of May,” meaning that May *is a pleasant month. In this sense ! the poet Edmund Spencer-spoke of | “Merry London,” and the earlier poet, | Chaucer, wrote a city “that stood full |; merry upon a haven- side,” that" ll.‘ /it was a fine, pleasant city, bu!l; « side a haven,-or harbor. —_— T S e ) Seems Queer, Sometimes. Jud Tunking says a friend some-| times takes the liberty telling yon so much about yonr—flnlé you won-‘ der how he manages to remain | ffiendly. i~\ o= N For Guestroom Door. i A thoughtful touch in the furnish-! ing and decorating of the guestroom is the addition of a kuocker on the| door. There are many Juaint flow- ered ones designed, which are as dnln ty s they are prasgical. Subscribe for Wae Dally, Pioneer.| Tha Chl‘lstmus-llde, the tide of merrie | rich! ! Where the lily in her glory The !:sgr;x\;‘turkgywltlx the truffle | gl“ the Q“"n of Judah’s _‘:hm' ! The :irloln, *oast, all fragrant with tbe | From !ll:s vllll:ge .}: thes stimgelr . umes ‘W ere the in nt Saviour lay, 7 @ Of oxmakone; fiah, flesh and fowl, and |. Cradled .in*an humble manger, . = I-‘rommnll climes, full-ranged in rank pro- | "Christmas comes to us today. \ To'tempt the timid appetite and n | Nk From the fields where grew the fow'rs | The orwand.one. ¢ - i Where His childhood fiitted .| Pl give you your chiance: Stand there 2| wearily to ntten}lon.—Amerlcnn Legion e - The word merry is used in \ Where Christmas .Comes PR By T. C. HARBAUGH " From the land of song and story, Anzel-kept and old as Time, Vs +» Where He epent’ the fated Iwuu—-k ’Neath the burning Orient sky, And from where the roses scrambled Over hedge and ‘mossy; wall, — . . Carpeting the paths He fambled i Christmas comes to greet us all. Kedron still its uns is singing 8 ‘To the far off Orient sea, And the tlmofill laells are nngmg In the oldl{ ar’s jybilee; Children pluck the lily; blowing On her ever graceful stem,: And tllg lazy herds are lowing On tl)e plains of Bethlehem. Where He trod the paths of sofrow, ~ Where-He felt, the wound of thoim, Where He longed the brighter morrow Dawns the holy Christmas morn; Where the gentle day discloses Happiness on land and sea, Once He blgssed the gentle roses On the shores of Galilee. Aye, from kumble hut And ..teeple In that land that lies afar, - Rise the anthems of the people : To the glowing Christmas Star; There is told the olden story How amid the scented hay, Christ, the Saviour, came from' glory Upon earth’s first Christmas day. Set the bells of Christmas ringing It is time’: s best jubilee, For to us again they’re bringing Messages from oversea; Let the hearts of all be leted - Hope the fiercest tide can stem; ) Let the darkest clouds be rifted, Christmas comes from Bethlehem! ki . (@®.,1920, Weatern Newsnaper Unlun) L 7 C. ©. Soon Shottens Sentence. Private, Bings was incorrigible. His disposition had always been too merry and carefree to.suit the commanding officer, but when he entered the post Horse Chestnut. It is said that the nawe horse chest- nut’ was derived from the fyct thaf when the, leaves of the tree falt there s a scar left on the twig in the shape of a h shoe that bears marks re- sembling {ke nails of a shoe. too, much. - “Binks," sald the captain llernly “you seem 'to;like to whistle. Bird's Power of Vision. A bird’s power of vision is, on the average, about 100 times greater thap man’s. Birds have been knowny to se¢ a4 wogm on fréshly plowed ground at a distance of 300 feet, in the corner and . whistle for one: hour.” ~Private Binks &wung ioto the straing ot “The Star—Spnngled Banner.” “Your sentence is* mitigated to five midutes,” shid ' the:\captain, rising i ple, throws a light upon factors of en- | pietely and got—if he could. As a rule. | of fact, they arc a very fine lot. NAPOLEON'S ONE BIG QUALITY' Great l'r"nchman'n Fasclnatlun Lay in | His Directness, That's All, Says H. G. Wells. The werld has largely recovered from the mischief that Napoleon did; | perhaps that amount of mischief had to be done by some agepcy; perhaps his carcer, or.some such career, was a necessary consequence of the world’s mental unprep: tfruluew for the crisis of the revolution. But that his pe- | cullar personality should dominate the fmaginations of great numbers of peo- during. significance fn our hun.n)n problem, Marat was a far more noble, [-cr- sistent, subtle and pathetic figure; Talleyrand a greater statesman and & much more -amusing' personality; Moreau and Hoch abler leaders of armies; his rival, Czar Alexander, as egotistical,'more successful, more emo. tional, and With a finer imagination. | Are men dazzled simply by the scale of hii,: flounderings, by.the mere vast- | ness of his notoriety? ‘. No doubt scale bus something to do with the matter; he was a “record,” the y-cord plunger; but there is, something more in it than that. There | is an appeal in Napoleon to something | deeper and more fundamental in hu- mun nature than mere astonishment at bigness. 'His very deficiencies bring out starkly certain qualities that lurk suppressed and hidden in us all e was unhampered. He bad never a m of religion, or affection, or.the sense of duty. Directness was his distinctive and immortalizing quality. He had no Lruains to waste fn secondary consider- ations. He flung his armies across Europe straight at their mark, there never were such marches before; he fought go win; when he struck, he struck with all his might. And what he wanted, he wanted simply and com There Jies his fascination.—From “The OQutline of History,” by H. G. Wells. HOTEL MEN NOT ALL BAD Wayna B. Wheeler Tells Good Story to; Prove the Truth of Asser- tion He Makes. \ Wayne B. Wheelér of the Antl-Sa- loon league sald in San Francisco: “I think we’re unjust to hotel men We are too ready to ac: cuse them qg robbery. As a matter “I ence knew an engineer who was | traveling in Nevada. He had a good deal of money with him; and one night | he put up at a very primitive hotel in the wilds. The landlord of thh hotel looked like a brigand, and the | engineer could hardly sled® for fear, Wae T A D6E BROTHE 400 Gift. usually received of jts economy. <. Mt w An order placed now will insure delivery Christmas Morning. The tire mileage is unusudlly high. ‘ OLAF ONGSTADT, Prop. 416-20 Minn. Ave. IR SEDAN An intensely practical Christmas One for which’ the family— N would willingly forégo the sort . * One that will be a year-round - satxs&xctlon because of its good- * ness; a year-"round delight because The gasoline consumptioti is unusually low. BEMIDJI AUTO CO. Bemidji, Minn. Rs | . T y o ' the landtord x 5 G s & influence. He was much interested . in suggostmns being made in the press ithat in the event of the passage of , jthe measure a woman would be = (By < A‘D"‘nnmcd by President Harding as its Service) —Representative head. In any event, plans are in torace Ma : I‘ocwnesr o{l lo?(a; jointithe making f}::r consxderanon of the author with Senator Smith of Georgid measuri s of ¢ wus_convinced that | of the Smith-Towner bill for the crea-| the ‘:af‘h?:"sltt :csfloglru morr?:x?:esia?; at the bottom of this | tion of a degartment of education, Judge Towner. i holdup. Accordingly he turi IQd “back with the head a member of the pres- Comment by newspaper correspon- to notify the authorities; But'he’ hadl {ident’s cal iget, stated on his return dents recently has been to the effect only gone a mile or so when he met |to Washington he felt encouraged Pyesident-elect Harding has definite- a mdunted messenger, who handed'lifhn.| more than ever over the prospects for ly made up his mind in the event of a small‘ packe. . Pinned to the packét |favorable action at“the short session the creation of the department of edu- was' a/ifote from the villainous lind- | of congress, said he would hardly go| cation to name a woman at its head, lord ‘that sald: ¢ 4o so far as to predict this, although and that close friends of his say he 1 fuclose your WCIWQ A .| hearings would be held in both thells in favor of the measure. This in- ing $850, which you 1681 house and senate . committecs, 'in|formation is said to have come from pillow st uight, Pl |charge ; of educational matters, anleomt Isabel, Texas, and from friends it b be“m,,, .pogsxderutlon pushed vigorously. of Senator Harding who discussed A udge Towner, continuing, said|the measure with him. .| the:sentiment back of’the- depnrtment‘ TUBERCULOSIS CLIRIC of education bill had taken on such| formidable proportions as to justify! T0 BE HELD HERE SOON it 'hope of favorable action on it dufing; the short stesian, but that, due to ap- | propriation measures, ~particularly,’ Anncuncement has been made that which must be given first aftention, s tubercu! il be held in passage of the bill might not come 1! be *hri as and New until after Magch 4. As to ultimate Years D favorable getion, ho\\ever, Judge ‘(..l q Towner said he was not in doubt. In disc ng the influonccs back "TOWNER SEES PASSAGE OF EDUCATION BILL! - ~ - o “Nothing, however, happened, and the next morning he set off with a re- Il,\ed beart. The mountain trail was a’lonely one, and on toward snoon, in y a wild and desolate spot, thres des- tdl“li::}wl\";bwn' Dec. 1 peradoes fell on him, emptied his va- | Horace Man, lise und pockegs, and made off. Le engine Mon nqmge. Sunday . ‘moralng” Jean, age !m'ce. watehed -her amotlier brepare & frulb salad. . To make it extra Zood® all the choice fruits in season were added. At dinner after Jean had finished entlhg his salad he gaid, “I want some more.” “Some more what?® he was asked. “Oh, some more of that garbage,” was the reply. g 'THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS d for the time and £ ch quariess. The clinic will be great interest being shown by w omen, | helid under Hm direction of the South individually as well as in organiza J'(In ami County Public Ilo.xl(h as- tions of larg> membership- and wide sociation. Christmas News ~ AT. CLIFFORD'’S . ‘ SOUPS Campbell’s Chicken, Beef and Libby’s Tomato, Mock Turtle, 2 cans for.......25 Geanfor. ............... JAMS OLIVES CATSUP, Strawberry, Peach, Pineapplé® Queen Olives . Jam,, 5 pound pal]s L. 2.81.60 10 ounce hottles ........%. Apple Jelly, it Stuffed Olives In 5 pound stone jars. .... 2.00 in glass tumblers . . ....... St. Claire Catsup Brooks Catsup, ih 10-oz. bottle, 2 for . .25 16 ounce bottles, 2 for s -4 el e — NUTS FRUlT CANDY and POPCORN , Walnuts, la\rge and Mixed Nuts Almonds, large, soft meaty, per lb. ... .33 per lb. .33 shelled, \per Ib. .33 / Filberts, Sicilian Pecans, Jumbo perpound....... .30 polished, per lb., 30¢c Pop Corn ' Inbulk.. . 15 N ] ' i} 2 pounds for. .. .25 Christmas Mixed Candy, / Peanut Butter Kisses, Perpound ... ............ 35 Per pound ... ... .30 Per3pounds............. 1.00 Per 4 pound.s e .1.00 Peanut Brittle, Per pound. .... 33 APPLES New York Greenings, per bask. 2.15 While they last APPLES New York Baldwins, per basket 2.1 While they last . ~ APPLE CIDER Sweet Russet Apple Cider, "GRAPE JUICE Unfermented California Grape Juice, Ingallontins............. X In gallon glass jugs......... 1.25 COEFEE OUR LEADER, Frhsh Roasted, THE MhMORY LASTS, Per pound ..... ; . 43 Per five pound lots . ....... 2.00 PSSR CANNED GOODS Mixed Vegetables, Assorfed Veg- Sardines, oval cans, etables already for soup, per can .15 # spiced tomato sauce, per can..21 2 cans for .78 6 cansfor.. .... .1.15 Pineapple, Libby’s sliced, ' Cherries, Royal Ann white cherries, Percan.... Sunkist in No. 2 cans, each. 48 ) 2 cans for. .. - o3 2cansfor....... . . 95 Blackberries, in No. 2 cans...... 40 Cherries, red; pitted, No. 2 cans.. .38 Pumpkin, large cans of solid pack, “®arly Juné Peas, 5 cans for...... .75 deans for. ..o 44 Corn,6cansfor.f............. .75 Oatmeal, 6-Ib.packages ....... 45 Asparagus Tips, ........ . 45 POFCAN i ssemhudins s bs s OB ~Farina, 5-1b. package . ) LUDEFISK LUDEFiI8K ,Per pound LUDEFISK