Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1925, Page 10

n m3 t f; ty SAGE TEN the Casper Baily Crituny | MAS WAY, HADSAYAY ANL, & feuie 53 2 Swucday, «Publication Orttces t fued “Seeund Stieet.; Cuxpen.. Wye. Pkt ed 4 Wyoming? postattice x= seedhd? Cust ash Febephones sc. = raltvanelt. Deleyhons HE ASSOCLAT ED 1 Aneooliied -reimts -exeiagivelyentitied. tothe use. for pubijcativn..o! | Mi news credived Iu thls paper tind aleo the tocul aewsa published herein. Member ot Sudit Bureau of Circulation (4 B.C) NS “Contes oft Tribune are on file and San f SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier and Mail ver Dutiy Tribune, ever ¥ and Sunday . dally x Monti: one Mon We Week. = me Yeu Making’ Every. Day Christmas Day. An old friends las sept us a little leather bound, Copy of thut masterpiece of Christmas fiction. “The Sbristmas Carol.” rs ago we Joved and prized it. In. this story. .Charles ‘kens makes the ghost of old Marley app: former partner, Scrooge. Evidently it nu very Chustened Matley ‘who uppears, for he bitterly luments his misspent life. Serooge; however, secks to console lin by saying t you were always a°good inan of business, Jacob. siness!” cries the ghost, wringing his bands, “mankind was my business, the common. welfare was my bus ; charity, wercy, fort irance, benevolence, were all my The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business,” And yet old Murley needed not to hayé died in order to leary the real yulue of life. Knowledge of it-had been open- to him in every one of his pettifogging business transactions, had he only desired: to possess it. However,-as in .the.case of so niany other men, his interests in this earthly life had so en slaved his soul, had so hardened his miserly heart, and J xo blinded bis sense of values that it took death to. reveal to him the truth that “mankind was his business” and that “the common welfare was his busines: It_is this truth that each succeeding Christmas season emphasizes. That it does so may, be seen_in the spirit of good will which is manifested among ‘all claskes‘of the commut and in the many things which are done, at the sacrifice of time sod money, to make it a happy season for some of the Creator's children. In spite of themselves men seem to be drawn nearer to their fellows at, Christmas than at any other time during tbe y i rime ..of contagious good feeling.. The very ferry Christmas*to you.” sanctified by Jong usage and whi s given not only to friends and neighbors but often io strangers as well, bespeaks a kindliness'of feeling which is n the Ly «t their desire for good will,during the . It is one of the triumphs of C bristian- at ith complete triuuph ultimately that day in the year when the air is resonant with the ‘echoes of the song of the angels: Glory to God in the highest, peace, good will toward men, Men are generally kinder, more brotherly and more genu: inely desirous of helping others,,and of “making mankiid their business” than at any other time ofsyear. To.the: great -Trib- une-Herald family youchsafe a truly Merry Christmas k ta join with them in making mankind our joint busi- and on earth Theory and Action The United States, along with Germaiy, Russia_and other nations, will be invited-to participate in making the plans for a disarmament conference to be held ulider auspices of the league of nations. Whether Washington joins officially in this work or vot depends upon an exact definition of the part this government is expected to play, which can be learned. only through study of the wérding of the invitation as issued. In any case, participation by the United States must be based upon an act of congress. . The preliminary scheme is likely to be almost as import- nt as the conference itself. As tentatively outlined, itis vaster scope than avything heretofore attempted. It not only en- ters upon virtually untried ground, but contemplates embrac- ing the whole mutter of national defense problems, from A— which may be a soldier with a rifle—to Z—which may be a few miles of barren coastline. Just what value has a commercial airplane in national defeuse? Or « merchant ship? Or the fact that a country is separated from others by an ocean, or a river, or a moun- tain range? What bearing has the extent of industrialization? What bearing the density of population and the location of large cities? These aud many other questions impinge directly and emphatically upon problems of uational defense. Any ac- curate computation of the needs of a particular country for its defense must take _them into consideration. Yet no way is known by s, soldiers, ships, coastlines, popu- lations reduced to a common denominator. country’s, defense establishment Js ‘been generally accepted that the attack contemplated the problem of disarmament will make the Washington 5-3-3 ratio look like a toy car beside a. locomotive. This may well be, But the fact that the toy. car rurs, whereas, a locomo- tive with a thousand wheels may not, should not be left out of consideration. If the United. States goes to Geneva, it will nat- urally attempt to get the other nations*to do‘ alittle actual reducing of armanrents; even though only as aysort of side issue. An ounce of sucli decomplishment would be worth a ton of logically perfect theories. — Over the Holidays Both: houses of: congress: will adjourp, over the holidays this being the early custom. It must De realized that all bills ure referred. to committees and before any actign, except by unanimous consent, cau be taken on.any measure, it must bo reported upon by the committee to which it hasbeen assigned. The real general business .of congress will not start until after ciple that Was rer Gene the first of the new year. ee Will some able statistician with time on his hands, please look into the question, and give us the figures on just how the population of the country is divided. That fs how many drivers and how many dodgers? Limitation of debate in the senate will leave severa) well- known gentlemen tongue-tied. Such a thing would be a dis- tinct hardship on, for instance, Pat Harrison. Tt may be ef interest to those who failed to do it early, to know, that there are a couple of hours still remaining, that can be profitably employed, before the bell rings. Seuator Edge and Representative Hill may have their #. but when the whole thing is over they will be brought the wet flin Sit in the sunshine lightly clothed and eat spinach to the niusic of a jazz band is Mary Garden's recipe for keeping young . We are wondering how young Mr, LaFollette is going to explain ‘lis inclusion ti the Republican party to the folks back in Wisconsin, Those insurgents in the house and senate may have to H vais the drawbridge and ioe er the portcullis, Ghamyer: of om o Santa Claus! Herma’ Sterrett Phelps. ‘aby “Twas. + Christmas «magie nights « , {se | With erisp, cold. moonlight wiream- ing Across thi is of snowy white; ; [And Jurlot 1 wo) iby dreaming. | AM. cuddled ;up in. his; warm bed, He fitrully was sleeping; nightiy.viglis Keeping. had heard that very day NYA CLAUS EXISTED! Unweléome thought—but there tt Ip “sleeping mind persisted! He tossed and mulnbled 4s he. slept, The awful thing disturbing; Until at last he jumped afd crept | Down stairs, with thoughts perturb: tree “loomed large ‘Twas in the parlor standing. The clock strikes on the m ; KI 1 ad \dnight—Santa's. landing! ‘The boy -scarce breathed behind the tree, Where refuge he had taken; He heard a laugh, and knew that he Could never be. mistaken. 4 "Ms mi For there he eaw—with his own ey Dear Sahta's round fat figure; And with his pack upon his ‘bac It made him look much bigger. ‘The Whole room noon The minute Santa entered; He looked around, and very soon His gaze on Junior centered. . ” seemed as light as “Ho! Ho! Hi! Har’ He laughed tr glee, You're # stuff they, Your eyes er slot belleving told concerning mo% not decelving!"* “And more, I'll leave my to pra And take you ¥ me sailing; Then you can tell the-girls,and. boys There's ‘naught Santa ailing!” dnta; Claus! Ha! Ha! Ho! Hol You see they're only joking! But !f they wish me not to know, | They'll have to stop thetr croaking!”’ “Ng } | Old’Santa worked both left ard right The time he wag a-talking. The Christmas tree now sparkled height; And filed each tiny OB. “And now," said he, “My Mannie str, We really must be going I'l! wrap you snugly up.in fur, For whirling winds are blowin; And Junior, not at all afrald, Did just as he was bidcen; And climbed ‘the pack on Santa’s back, , And {n the sack was hidden. Then Santa whisked him to the roof! (This story can't be matched, sir!) Each graceful reindeer’s tiny hoof | Had silver wings attached, sir! And Banta to the child explained That his winged deer-were faster an any alrplane ever miadé any expert master: hen, too,..the sleigh vhad’ ample wings Which spread ai they ascended. And Junior saw po, many. things! And Santa Claus ‘was splendid! | | rhey traveled to’ the moon’ and. saw A billion fairles working: Who fashioned toys from clouds and stars, And not one fairy shirking. And some were busy clipping clouds, And some were busy. sewing; And Santa sald the clippings fell To earth and made the.enowing. ., Sack after gack they filled with toys; Then down to earth they speeded; And left them all with girls and boys; ; Wherever they were needed. And Santa Claus let Junior help; snappy! Christrr y.times did Junior Old Santa softly creeping, To kiss the children as they lay In*thetr white beds a-sleeping. see But now the boy saw tinting skies gave rosy warning ‘That soon the boys and girls would rise This happy’ Christmas’ morning. And Santa whisked him back to bed And warned him ne'er to doubt him, No matter. what the cynics sald— The world can’t do without him, Now none can tell our Junior Boy That bosh that ts so tragic! He KNOWS there {s ™ SANTA CLAUS! And SANTA CLAUS {fg MAGIC! December, 192: Foreign. Loans “The main foreign gevernments haye come to the’ American’ view: point that debt settlements are urg- ently necessary {f Europe was to be rehabilitated economically. Private American loans to, foreign’ Bovern’ ments or tndividuals, have been ob- Jected to tn the case of countrie: which had not settled’ thelr war debts, and where the money wi to be used for adaments and the monopolization of products consum- od in the United States. At no time, has the government underta- ken to pass upon the business of f1- nancial merit of any loan. As to loans to German states and citfes, tt was believed these might nottbe fa, vored by the German government and might ralse the question of transfer qt funjs suffticlent to pay the principal. or Unterest .on such bonde and American bankers should consider to what extent state and munietpal loans should be made. Becretary Kellogs. |The Little ‘China-Doll’ The fajries dancing round his head; | “7 = dol’ December 24, ioe. ppisab as rect hes te €be Casper Daily Eribune, Girl By Cillian ‘L. Van’ Burgh. Whit ‘hen becorie, of the ttre ‘china. doll? ‘girls, || 1 remertber eo -well of oup chila- hood! days, And thelr china-dolla with. blue eyes and’ black curls, Whose sweet, wee mothers childish ways? ( simple were the: treasures had Few hnd “we had, So we greatly prized them and loved them all; But ive) T remember how. the best My black-hatred, bluéeyed china- j doll? * loved wonderful tea-sets, and- stich dinners we ha How we really envied our guest, When ‘we let her use. our chotcest plate, é "Cause '$. company | an’ have the best.” The Uttle must (And I'm” going to confess tt right now and here,— _ I still think it fg not{always quite fair; Foy often the ones that we humored: the most ; Were hever willing’ thelr.own toys | to ‘share.) Our best tea-set, bits. of one of mother’s choicest plates, That" had been her mother's whert she was a bride; Our naughty hearts rejoiced when rot. broke,” but y.we felt when id bicay’ how she cried. \ ‘ Then how jwe trted to qMece out the . pattern, . A Jabnnesei ten-garden, the lady and parasol; + But some ‘plecés” were! sure to be missiggs > And: we. never! oquid quite ‘make them all. | The witge sé"gay/ with ‘bite of colored glass; ‘ Acorn’ teacups, cream pitcher, sugar bowl and all, And because she was’ so isrvigtt be- haved,” We gave the best seat to’ sche china doll. When you saw some small make; belleve-mother" Toddling along to make her play- mate a call. AIL dressed. in her very prettiest | gown, You'd see in her chubby arms, her china doll. Tre chijd of, today, is robbed of its) childhood; No sweet “‘china-doll” niemortes, huye they: % <And, “motter-love"’ seems 86 aaxly rare Inthe heasts of our Hitle, girls today. Ti! year when old Santa Claus . makes his round, Leaving happy _."‘love-gifte” s all, There's‘one dear, wee girile will find with her toys,— A ‘binck-hafred, ° blue: ty G2» chinas for Santa’s: Christmas: Eve By Lilian Lucene Elgin. Santa Claus was as busy as a bee in @ hive, On art Avene of nineteen reste He a worried long and labored late To make the toys both small and great Which were scattered about all over the floor, And Pilea up high by the open door, a In chen, they would bring some Christmas joy To every good Uttle girt and ‘poy. his labors were’ ended ‘his worrles .were’ o'er |So he called to his page with a jovial roar,— Mey! bring my reindeers ‘round to | the gate, } For the-twilight has come and the hour grows late; I must pack my sléigh”and.be-on my way If Iam back at the peep o* bresk- ing day; Soon the presents all aboard were stowed And the reindeers pranced down the snowy road. When He cracked his whip and away they dew; The atars hung low in the midnight blue, The moon peeped forth with a spying eye From her home in the dome of the misty sky, ‘To watch his travels as he sped past On his joyous journey so fleet and fast, 'TUl he came at last to a slumber- ing town Andina big chimney: wont clam- befing down: Well, he, filled , each stocking “and trimmed each tree So every child. when they ‘woke * could see By Christmas morning's rosy light What "Santa had _bro’t /for ‘them during the night. When Started for “home tts wes vn “Ot day, A But he looked back just as he drove away And wished each boy and girl 80 dear, A Malte Christmas and “Happy New Year. December 24, 1926, OF THANKS. I, WISH to thank the Trineérs. and all my, friends for lovely flow- ers, théy’ bought me, and thelr kind- ness shown us in my sickness one year ago and wish them all a Merry and Happy New Year. I am 's, your friend, CARRIE WEBB FURT. —_—_—_—— Drink Hillcrest Water. Phone 1161, a a ee ee New Tariff Bills. . > Asonisy have. been iprealepea! there have ,been’ introduced {nm the: lower branch of congress @ number_of Dilla fecting the tariff, Among them are “bills for the establishment of free ports, for the ‘abolition of the tariff commission, for the repeal of the flexible tariff, for empowering | the president to transfer free goods to the dutiable list, for admitting tertain'carfllons of bells (ree of duty, for the imposition of a diserim{nat- ing ‘duty of ,5- per cent upon all foods, whether fiee or, dutlable. witch shall be {tmported tn. other than ships of the United States, and for a commission to Investigate the custofns: serviee, tts administration and ite relationships and effects, Among. the*bills affecting specific products are the} following: For ‘changing the rate of duty on resi. ‘milk from 21% to 5;cents per gallon; sour milk and buttermilk! from 1 cent ‘to’ 8\ cent © gallon; cream from 20 cents a gallon on all per- cehtagés of buttérfat to 20 cents per gallon on cream containing from: 7 to.15: pér cent of butterfat: 20 cents Per galldn on cream containing 15 to 25. per cent of butterfat: 40 cents per Ralloh:on "cream containing -25 to 25 per cent of butterfat; 60 cents per allon on credm containing 85 to 45 per cent of butterfat; all cream con- taining over 5 per cent of butterfat to be dutiable as*butter. The same bill provides for increasing the duty on ‘butler from!8icents to 20 cents per pound, with oleomargarine or other butter sypstitutes at 16 cents per pound. Condensed or evaporated milk under the dad bill would be autiable as ‘follows: If unsweetened, in sealed containers, 4 cents per potind, in+place’ of 1 cent, and, if sweetened, 4% cents, In place of 1% cents per pound. In place of 3 cents per pound, whole milk powder would be dutinble at- 6 centa and cream powder would pay duty at 14, tn- stead of 7 cents per pound. The duty on malted milk or milk substitutes would he 40 Instead of 20 per cent ad valorem Cheese would be dutia- ble at 12. Instead of 6 cents per pound and | casein’ at 6 teonts per Pound. * ls Under! dndjher; pill,'the eggs of poultry, {n the shell would be qutia- Bie’ at 15 Instead of, 8 cents per pound; frozen eggs, or egg . yolks Would be dutiable.at 12 instead of (6 cents’ per’ pound and dried-egg albu- men at 30, instead of "18 cents “per pound... “Another bilf would make palf or Yeal leather, finished or unfinished, Gutiable at 40 per cént al valdrem. The present law makes such leather dutiable at 20. per cent, when other than shoe leather, there being no such. limitation inthe _ biJl_ tntro- duced. Under the present law, ‘shingles are on the free lst. but’ two bills have been introduced’ placing them on the dutiable list. One would {m- pose a duty’ of 60 océnts per 1,000 on cedar shingles, while the other provides. for a duty .ot 50 cents per 1,000 on shingles of whatever kind ‘of wood. i «, We doubt if any of the bills chang. ing the rates of duty on ‘specific commodities will pass, this congress, tt befig held in administration clr, cles that the only changes to be made should come through the: flex- {ble provisions~of the tariff. act. Nevertheless, those Interested in the i ries. Involved ‘should keep | in close touch with’ what 1s being done in, congress. - Christmas in Wall Street More ‘than $100,000,000, it {a eati- Jnated, wil] be distributed by Santa Claus {n Wall Street, this year, in the shape of extra or “ChPlstmas' gividends, Melons of this kind ripen even ,in gero weather. The estimate does not Include “regular extra” div- idends of such concerns as the Unit- ed States Steel corporation and some of the big banks. Bonuses to en- Pployes in the financial district of New York, it is estimated, will run Rings we 009,000 to $50,000,000, : Matornohile Output , November automobile production {n the ‘United States was 327,617 pas- senger cars,and 37,704 tr’ cks which, with’ tHe’ Canadian output, made the North American totals for the month 336,358 and 29,893 respective- ; less than for October, but above vember last year. For the year to’ datt, the” United States produc tion of passenger cars has been 3,400,627, against 2,970,100 for the same period of 1924, and the truck proauysios has been 442,823, against 334,011. —— Electrical_gifis are worthwhile., woe eee SE ee THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1925 ‘Christmas Eve at 80 North Latitude + py HENRY BTTE. By ‘the ald of my diary and a Nor- weglan calendar, I had reckoned out thet at last we had reached the 24th December—Christmas, Eve, but I didn’t mention the fact to my tour men until after our afternoon cof- fee at 4 o'clock. Then I offered them a cigar, and blurted out the secret. “Boys! It's Christmas Eye!" There was a few minutés silence—thoughts (tying involuntarily towards home. We tive Arctic men, Fridtjof, Sigurd, Birger, Lars and the, author of this article, found ourselves in a Igg- house, about 150 geographic! miles from, North Cape on _Spitzbergens Northeastland. Our «six comrades were staying on the westland on the other side of the Straits of Hin- lopen; but we had had no commuht- cation with them for nearly four months, We had, however, agreed, that each party should lev off nine rockets at 13 o’clock.on Christmas Eye, weather permitting and all ‘of us in good heaith, which we were, luckily that evening. But, alas! in a few monttiy there were two graves outside the house, which we little dreamt of that evening. “Boy: cried, to break the silence: Uness {s a good thing, said the old wife, as she turned her chemise on Christmas Eve. Let us follow her ex- ample—first a thorough good clean up and then we keep Christmas Evet’ This was agreed on. We has- tened to make up big fires in our two stoves, and fetched in two large zine tanks full of snow. The night was quiet and starry. But a polar night, we didn't ree the sun agdin ull the 28rd of February. The smoke from the two chimneys rose straight up in the alr at first, and then bent northwards towards the Arctic ocean of which we could just get a glimpse resembling an endless white plain. It was the best direction the smoke could take, for with that course we were always sure of-being visited by bears, and {t was four days since, we had caught our last. “ “Let us first’ decide, what we are going to have for dinner-” Safa I, when the snow was placed over the fife,*then: I'll take a short walk, and when I come batk -we'lf all have a wash down.” While I was putting on my. double Iceland stockings, sea- boots and over them bobtk ‘of scal Skin, my men discussed the menu: It was as follows: “Fish balls, bear steak with pickles/ and boiled dried atoes, stewed apples (@f American apples)'and Viking mitk; ‘pancakes (of’ flour ‘and éggpowder) chocolate and coffee. We had no spirits or wines of any kind with us, and we had“ been total abstainers since we teft Troms, seven’ months ago. Bir- ger, the cook, started at once to cut slices of meat frora the haunch of the last -bedr,: {t. was hanging! in 'the house. Otherwise it was almost im- possible, even with a sharp hatchet to hack’ pleces off the frozen meat. Sigurd cut up the onions, Fridtjof prepared the dough, and Lars ground the coffee beans. I put on my. great coat, pulled by reindeer fur over my head, buckled my cartridge belt round my waist and loaded my Nor- wegian navy revolver. Then I took my Larsen seal rifle down from the wall, shoved a cartridge with pointed ateel shot+in the -cham! went through the “Blubber-house” (a com- partment at-the side of our living- room with loop-holes in ‘the walls) and out into the open air..Then I took the shutters from the windows, so that the ight from the lamp could shine out ‘in the Arctic night and guide me back, if the sky should be- come overcast, For that matter, one should never venture out alone un- der these condtions—several Arctic explorers have disappeared in this way. They go out in. fine weather, but suddenly a snowstorm comes on and they disappear—in the cold, ang snow and the darkness. The sky was, in the meantime, quite clear, and thousands of stars sent their rays down’ to'me through the clear air. My hou: was lying on an island from the highest point of which one had a charming view, of the Arctic ocean, it was to this point I’now came. It was 20 degrees below zero, Reaumur, the snow crunched under my feet, the only sound to break the silence. I went over @ little hard frozen lake, which tn the summer is full of elder ducks and wild geese, but where now there was no sign of life. Now and then I turned round, my eyes trying to plerce the night, whilst I Ustened to hear if there were “paws” coming after me. The ways of. the polar bear are inscrut- able. Just when one least expects ft, one stands face to face with him. I held my rifle in my. left hand, my right hand thumb rested on the cock, and my first finger lightly touched the trigger through the woolen glove and mitten. I climbed up the side of the hill, until I reached my old “look- A‘Ghtistinas glad and bright, ‘We wish'for thee, dear friends: ‘Andiall things good and right, . Pe ibid the New Year alten “th FOOD CENTER 12 West Second St. PHONE 22 ’ Turner-Cottman ‘Bldg. Gordan and Joe, Formerly of the Bungalow a a a a creep out,” some large blocks of stone, there I bat down and enjoyed the isilence...In the north I caught a glimpse of the Arctice ocean lool- ing like a flat, grey-white mass, and jinvoluntarily I thought of all the jbrave''men {t' had ‘swallowed up whilst they were fighting to wrest | from the North Pole its secrets. If it could, speak! What horrors I then would be able to relate, And just op- posite to {t—in the south, a thin line of light {n the horizon, Down “theré it tg swarming with life, the- aters, music halls, swell restaurants, womeh clothed in rustling silff and flabby Watters. What 4 contrast to the loneliness and silence up here! Suddenfy’ in’ the’ sparkling sky ap- Dears a sight which almost fills me with’ an unexplainable horror and causes*me to start. Just over my head, a number of trembling ‘rays cut like lightning over Zenith, from south to north, A moment they re- main, shivering ‘and shaking, then disapptar, and there are only the stars shining in the sky. But there they‘are‘dgain, In’ the west and now in the east, now in the south. I turn myself round and follow them with my eyes. How beautiful! But, at the same time, how astonishingly weird, the loneliness: causes mé, for” the first time Im my life to feel afraid. Suppose, now, my house ‘suddenly disappeared! Or that I, in one or an- other incomprehensible way had been transported to an uninhabited planet. Such thoughts as I have now wil probably be the ‘thoughts of ‘tho last man on earth, I call to mind the words of one of Victor Hugo's poéms which miake One think the great writ- er had written them on a Polar eve- ning, 80 ‘degrees north latitude: “Many a silent hour, sitting by my- self under the heaven's enormous dome, uhder the’ starry vault that stretched ‘high over the ‘snowtopped mountains, while time on silent wings brushed past my forehead and whilst I listened to catch the slight- est sound, a last, dying note from the life up yonder.”"—I have often thought that. Iwas the only’ guest at this flaming festival in the middle of an extinct world, a solitary epec- tator.in the! centre.of a sleeping scene, that I who sat hidden in the darkness, silent as ‘a watching sen- try, was tHe. only right possessor of all this sparkling “magnificence, that the sky um yonder was decorated for me alone.” Jumping up I hurry home, andam only easy in my mind: when I see the light streaming through the win- dows of my log-house. Thank good- ness! as yet Im not up in the moon! My men have the dinner and hot water ready. We undress—rub quick- silver Ointment into our bodies (in case of lice) then wash down with soapy water, then a thorough clean change of clothes, the undercloth- ing. we had on is hung out in the Arctic night. Then we sit down to dine at the large wooden table. The bear steak is delicious but especially so the stewed American apples. One cannot imagine a more excellent dish on an Arctic expeditio: where one always! Drink Hillcrest gets so much meat, After dinner we have an extra streng cup of coffee, and I hand round cigars, ad Mb—. Each of my men gets one pound of tobacco as well, I cannot spare any. more, not knowing when we may see civilization again, and in the Arc- tie regions tobacco is very expensive. ‘Then we stretch ourselves in our bunks, smoking, except Sigurd whose turn it is to take the watch, He puts some large lumps of blubber and walrus meat in both the stoves and stands, fully dressed out in’ the blubber hotse by one of ‘the loop- holesi The heavy dinner has made the rest of us drowsy and we are soon’ fast asleep. About 11 o'clock I ‘am culled by Siguard, whd informs me that two bears have come’ up from the beach, ahd dre at present busy with the walrus meat we have lying just outside the blubber house. At once we are all out of our bunks and out to the loop-holes. It is so dark that twe cannot see even a glimpse of anything—and we dare not light a light. “The nearest!’ I command: “We fire when I count three.” Silent- ly we draw the shutters to the side, stick our rifles’ out through) the holes, the mouths pointing in the di- rection of the nearest. It is standing a few yards away from’ us With {ts starboard broadside towards ‘the walls of the house, sniffing at the walrus meat. I am afraid of it leav- ing the meat to search for blubber and whisper “One! two! three!” Five gifles fire simultaneously—angry growls reply from cutside, the’ bears spring away towards a large snow- drift, we light two lanterns( load up again and go out of the blubber house towards the snow drift. There Mes the one, dead, on its back with its forepaws in the air. The other it would be hopeless for us to go after it. We drag the dead one right up'to the house and flay it, while it Is yet warm. By this time it is nearly 12 out leaying a trace behind it, o'clock by our watches. We place nine ordinary ships rockets in a slightly slanting position, out over the Arctice ocean, and Hght them'at the one end. Hissing, they rush’ up towards the stars and {lluminate the surroundings for a minute—then we walt, anxiously, with our watches tn our hands, our eyes turned’ towards the west. There, on the other side of the Straits of Hinlopen we get a glimpse of Westlands high moun- tains, a dark mass, and there’ our comrades are keeping their Christ- mas eve. The waiting seems long. We wonder if our watches perhaps, are all wrong? or have perhaps made a, mistake in the date? My sktpper has a chronometer and that is the only thing we have to go by. Nof luckily! there goes the first ball of fire up in the sky. By the light of our cigars we put back our watches seventeen minutes. There is the next. Three! Six! Nine’ All's well! My peo- ple are well in Sorrow Bay. Then we go In again and go to bed, except Fridtjot’ who has the next watch. And that was that Christmas at 80 degrees north latitude. Give something electrical. ————.—__—_ Why not. an Beesex_ for : Wishing you all A Merry Christmas and oA Prosperous New Year The Wyoming Bldg. & Loan tialto Theater Bldg. Association Phone 2820 (Golden. Happy Days May your Christmas hours be filled With sunshine’s golden rays, ‘And bring you many blessings Through other happy days. Casper Coal and Coke Co. 856 North Durbin St. Phone 677 Day!” The joys of Yuletide fill the air, Around the homes of everywhere, Gayly the cold winds howl and say— “May you be happy this Christmas Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co: 252 South Center St.