Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1909, Page 1

NEWS SECTION PAGES1 TO 8 ‘THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Fair For lowa—Fair w For weather report sec mow east. page 2 VOL. XXXIX-NO. 2. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1909—FIVE SECTIONS—THIRTY (HRISTMAS DAY | AT WASHINGTON | President and Nearly All Citizens of | Capital Spend Yuletide at Home. SNOWFALL BEGINS AT DAWN | Executive Devotes Part of Day and | Evening to Work. VICE PRESIDENT AT UTICA| Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Have Family | foreign lands for its curious roek forma- | No Secrecy Obs _\*"« Gathering at Home. | GREEN CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK | city’'s park aystem one of the largest and ‘KO Thousands of the City’s Poor Provided | with Dinners by Namerous Char- itable Agencies—Sailors o Shore Leave. WASHINGTON, Dec. %.—From the presi- dent of the nation to the humblest resident, the citizens of Washington enjoyed one featu: of the holiday in common—a | glorfous white Christmas, With dawn today came the falling of w and by the time most of the people Fn the city were astir, the ground was lcovered to & depth of half an inch with now. Mrs. Taft, accompanied by her daughter Helen, afterded services this morning at St. John's Episcopal church. The church is just a block fsom the White House and Mrs. Taft trudged through the snowstorm without an umbrella going to and returning from the edifice. | | | | [ President Makes Most of Day. President Taft remained indoors all day working on the problem “What is whisky " | This mooted question raised by distillers | under the pure food act has been pending | for some time and the president has de- | termined to settle it as soon as possible. | He dictated to a stenographer for some | time during the afternoon and had another | one engaged for the evening. The deciston, which probably will make 5000 words in length, will be announced tomorrow. President Taft and his family spent | Christmas in no different manner l'n)ml | that of the thousands of others. Charley, Robert and Miss Helen were at home, and the president spent the greater part of | the day surrounded by his family. There were no formalities, | Later in the day, the president went to the executive offices and put in some time | with official duties. Vice President and Mrs. Sherman spent | the day at their home In Utica, N. Y. A family gathering was a feature of the day at the home of Secretary Knox on K street. With Mr. and Mrs. Knox were thelr sons, Hugh S, and Philander Chase Knox, jr., and their daughter, Mrs. J. B, Tyodle and her husband. Secretary Dickinson took his Christmas dinner on board the Mayflower, en route to Porto Rico. Secretary Meyer, who has been absent on & hunting trip hurried home to spend the day with his family. Secre-| tary Mrs. MacVeagh, Secretary and! Mrs. inger and Attorney General and | Mrs. Wickersham. celebrated Chsistmas at their residence in Washington. The noisy and demonstrative celebration | on Christmas eve and Chiristmas day, which has heretofore been a feature of the event | at the national capital was missing this | year. | Green Christmas in Gotham. | NEW YORK, Dec. %.—Santa Claus brought a green Christmas to New York this year with a threat of rain or snow. The gigantic task of providing big din- ners for the numerous thousands of the eity's poor was accomplished through num- | erous agencies. The Saivation army, the Volunteers of America, the Chbarity or- Garden of Gods Presented City as Public Park Colorado Springs Gets Big Christmas Gift from Late Charles E. Perkins. COLORADO SPRINGS, Cc'o., Dec. %.— When Colorado Springs awoke this morning it found in its stocking the blgwest Christ- mas gift in the history of the city—the | famed Garden of the Gods, presented by the late Charles E. Perki: This marvelous park. which is known throughout the United States and in many | tions, today becomes the property of Colo- | rado Springs. The property, comprising 460 | acres, is valued at §200000 and makes the most varied in the world for a community | of this size. | A spot will be set aside as a site for the | erection of & memorfal tabtet to the donor. Death to Unions Cry of Employers Shirt Waist Manufacturers’ Organiza- | tion Will Fight for Open Shop. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 25—State ments to thé public were published here ! today by both the manufacturers and the striking shirt waist makers. About sixty shops in this city are affected by the strike and at a meeting last night owners of forty-three establishments met and formed an organization. In the statement issued in behalf of the manufacturers it is said the association was not formed to antagonigze the strikers, | “as we know they have been misinformed and misled.” The statement continues: i “We shall insist upon an open shop and | no member of the organization will be per- | mitted to recognize the union. We shall | try to induce our employes to refurn to| work and we will prove to them that they | can obtain better conditions without l‘ | union rather than by being affiliated with one." The strikers demand increased p: ter conditions and elosed shops. The strikers' statement is as follows: “We, the striking shirt makers, are unly‘ asking for what is just and for recogni- | tion of organized trade and better wages. “We must pay for the power, machin straps, needles, shuttles and, worst of all we must bring our own ofl cans from bet | home to oll our machines. We ask the pub- | * lic this: Are we not justified In asking for an increase of wages?” One of Oldest Omahans Dead Mrs. Maria Smith, Who Came to City in 1856, Dies Christmas Day at Home. Mrs. Maria Smith, a pioneer Omaha resi- dent, died ChristmAs morning at her home, 2 Lindsay avenue, following an attack of paralysis. She was 76 years of age and well known, having come to Omaha In 186 and dwelling here continuously there- after. Three sons, a daughter, three & ters and a half sister survive her. The tuneral will probabiy be held Monday af- ternoon from the home, with interment in Prospect Hill cemetery. The surviving children are Mrs. Hattie Clebaugh of Benson; Frank Smith of Mullin, Neb.; David and Fayette Gorman, sons of & former marriage, residing in |ZELAYA ABOARD - | bo: the State department. MEXICAN SHIP, Former President of Nicaragua En- route to Salina Cruz on Gunboat General Guerrero. DEPARTURE EFFECTED QUIETLY His Absence from Corinto Not Dis- covered for Several Hours. BOARDED BOAT IF mmoou; W WASHINGTON | ~ Ans ", s. decretary Wilson Says the .+ Department is Without Advices from Central Ameriea. SAN JUA %.—Jose Sa presidency flight from tor Salina Managua JEL SUR, Nicaragv tos Zelaya, who resigned the f Nicaragua, Is sow tull | Vicaragua and today is bound Cruz, Mexico. Zelaya fled from | to Corinto, whence he departed [ at 2 ock yesterday afterncon for | @alina Cruz om board the Mexican gun- General Guerrero. Former President | Zelaya's departure from Corinto was ef-| fected quietly and he was thought to be resting in that city last night. ’ WASHINGTON, Dec. %.—Christmas was | devold of developments at Washington in| Nlcaraguan matters. First Assistant See- | retary Huntington Wilson stated that no| additional intelligence had reached the de- | partment today from the scene of trouble in Central America and me further action | bearing upon the situation was taken at| Railroads and 1Switchmen Are Both Sanguine| Statement from St. Paul that Early| Settlement of Strike is to Be Expected. ST. PAUL, Minn., Dee. %.—Both the rail- seds and the men today were sanguine of n early settiement of the strike difficul- ties, Governor Eberhardt, throughi whose efforts the strikers and the rallroads were enabled to reopen negotiations, and who was the first to suggest a conference of the | questions invelved to the Chicago confer- | enice, said the outlook for immediate settle- ment is bright. He swid: “F have talked with s¢ "1 of the rail- road officials and beiieve . .. will be able to get together with the men over the dis- puted question of the reinstatement of m% striking switehmen on such a basis as| will be satisfactory to both sides. “I have decided to call a meeting in my office at the state capitol at 11 o'clock | Monday forenoon, when, 1 firmly belfeve, all difficulties will be settled.” LINCOLN CARS ARE BLOCKED city | show in the building this afternoon and it Christmas Day Fiads Capltal Without Tramsportation Services. LINCOLN, Neb., Dee. Friday blocked local street car service and only a few ¢cars crept along the streets Christmas morning. Suburban lines were completely biocked and there was no| scrvice during the day. i 2%5.—A snowfall 'BIC FIRE AT DES MOIVES|T | Fifty Thousand Dollars Loss by Burn- {large meetings and state conventions. Let U's Have Peace. From the New York Herald. ook Headache Dope and Then | Killed Wife| ing of Old Tabernacle. CHRISTMAS FPROGRAM CHANGED Husband Found with Gun in Hand Says He Does Not Remember Shooting. Governor Carroll Has No More Appli- eations for Pardon on Hznd, but Pardon Board Will Be Busy. } PERU, Ind., Dec. %—Policemen who answered @ call today from Ora Galloway (From a Staff Correspondent.) found his wife dead on tne kitchen floor | DES MOINES, §ia., Dec. 35.—(Special Tele- | of their house and Galloway with an| gram.)—Des Moines celebrated Christmas |emptied revoiver in his hand, overturned | with a big fire, which was doubly difficult | furniture showing there had been a uruu-‘l to handie because of the high wind and |gle. Galloway declared he had no con- the deep snow. The fire broke out In & |gciousness of what had taken place. He | is (o jall. | building og East Grand avenue occupied as a hostery mill but which was 1ong | In his examination by the polics Galm- * The bullding | way said he had oeen ill apd that last| known as the Tabernac' . was almost a complete loss of $30.000, With{ nignt his wife gave him some headache | | medicine before he went to bed $4.000 insurance. It was owned by Dan He knew no more, he said, unil e Finch. Other bulldings near by were Infired. | ¢o,ng himself standing over her body. He | ¢ia not know whether or mot he had fired bringing the loss up to $0,000. The Taber- | the shots that killed her. He dressed and pacle was built twenty years ago as a | telephoned the police. Galloway added that convention hall by a mission Sugday school organization and had ben used for |, "yise wighed to go on the stage and he | had not encouraged her. She was 30 years | It to bave & vaudeville | 4 and he is 2. They have two children, boys, 2 and 5 years old. Woman Aids in Blowing Safe| Thousand Dollars in Cash and' Val-| Lad been planned was also expected that the annual dinner for the newsboys would be civen there This last was changed and sent to the Young Men's Christian association build- ing. The heavy snow storm made traffic prac- tically impossible iz Des Moines toduy, and rot until late In the afternoon did street | ears run in a satisfactory manner. Pardon Decket Cleared. MYLITIS FRTAL TO DOCTOR Strange Disease Kills Dr. Donald J. Schneider Suddenly. WELL ENOWN FIELD CLUB MAN Vietim 6f Dangerous Malady Prom- inent in Tennis and Golf Cireles —Was Twenty-Five Years of Age. Dr. Leonard J. Schncider dled from polio-mylitis at Omaha General hospital yesterday afternoon. He had been il but a week When Dr. Schneider first became ill, week ago Thursday last, he secmed af- fected only with a nervous breakdown, but_the! fatal malady progressed rapidiy, and deskh resulted most unexpeetedly. Mrs. Schneider, wite, and Dr. Schneider's brother, Charles, and sister, Miss Mary, were with him when death came. Dr. Schneider eame to Omaha from Ne- braska City six years ago. His home is at 2002 North Thirtieth stroet. He was mar- ried to Miss Margaret Flynn, daughter of Thomas Flynn of Omaha, early in 1908 He leaves a daughter, Heien, 1S months of age. Dr. Schneider was 28 years old. He was particularily well known in Omaha as a golf player and tennis expert, and was a member of the Omaha Fleld ciub. He also belonged to the Knights of Columbus and the Omaha Dental soefety Dr. Schneider's parents are is survived by three brothers, Dr. A. B. sider of Chicago, Otto and Charles chneidar of Nebroska City, and two sis- ters, Mrs. Paul Jessen and Miss Mary dead. He al gunization, newspapers and private in-|Omaba. The sisters are Mrs. Joséph dividuals dispensing a lavish hospitaiity. | Dougherty of Omala; Mrs. Howard of Although “Litt’e Tim" Sulllvan was laid | Bellvidere, Iil, and Mrs. Marion, who lives in his grave only yesterday, the “T. D.|!n Wisconsin. The half sister is Mrs. Sullivan association” obeyed one of his Amanda Keller of Plerre, 8. D. dying wishes and fed and clothed many | For many years Mrs. Smith lived at thousands of the Bowery district's poor. The particular guests of the eity during | numbered among her friends and acquaint- the holidays are more than 10,000 sallors ances a wide circle of Omahans. The. fu- of the Atlantic battieship fleet and each neral Monday will undoubtedly be largely man. with several months' pay in his | attended. pocket, in enjoying the city's weicome to || [Two the full SYRIANS WANT MONEY BACK Men Whe Contributed to Naturalisa- tlon Fight Say Fuad s Ne Louger Needed. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3.—Because his "K'nld expressed a desire 10 go to her WASHINGTON, De:. %.—Claiming there | PO¥ents’ home to spend Christmas James 1 no Susthils Reed of affort 10 prove the | B Bisk & rafiroad foreman shot and right of Syrians to naturalization as Amer- | Xilled her and himself at thetr home at ioan citizens, Dr. Justin S. Kirreh has now | AlSlers today. The é-year-old son of the taken up with the proper government and {SOUP® called neighbors to the house and states authorities the question of relation | '0!d them of the quarrel and showed them to Syrians throughout the United States|Dis parents lying dead on the floor. of money which they have contributed dur. | HOT SPRINGS Ark., Dec. 3-—After ing the last few months to prove their | STRKINE & pint of high proof aicohol in & rights to become American citizens. | futile attempt to commit suicide, Joseph Dr. Kirreh claims the United Syrian|D0Wden. & wealthy merchant of Salmon, society, an organization in New York, m‘laun. succeded in accomplishing his pur- received more than $10,00, the money hav- | pose today by stabbing himsel in the ing been solicited through seversl New|D°cK With & pair of sclesors. ' Despondency York publicctions printed In Aradle for | peeny To it I8 €iven as the cause of the purpose of alding Syrians in this coun- try in their rights to citizeship. Dr. Kir- reh has taken steps to have this money returned. HASKELL HEAD ADVANCED Superintendent Peairs Placed fIn Charge of Work of Educating Indians. CHRISTMAS TRAGEDIES | Ratlroad Foreman IKills Wite and ' Himself at Algiers, La.—Suicide at Het ings, Ark. Sat Grows Worse. ROME. Dec. % —Cardina: Francis Sa- tolll's condition grows constantly worse and at intervals today he became delirious. | The pope frequently sends his private see- eardinal. LAWRENCE, Kan, Dec X-H B Peairs, superintendent of the Haskell in- siitute here, has been appointed national supervisor In charge of the work of educat- ing the Indlans, with headquarters at ‘Washington, D. C, DEATH RECORD. Robert C. Turner. FREMONT, Neb, Dec. 3 —(Special)— Robert C. Turner of Waukesha, Wis., died yesterday at the residence of his son-in- lew, . H. Knowies at the age of 76 after « long iiiness. Brief funeral services were held this afterncon and the body taken to Wisconsin for burial. His daughter and sdi, R P. Turner, accompanied it. Mrs. Susan Walthal Peek. DENVER. Colo, Dee. 3.-—Mrs. Susan Walthal Peck. aged 7, ome of the best known of Colorado’s run—t women died in Denver today. Born in Danville L, she came to Colorado from Chariton. I, 18 & coversd wagoa ln 1850 TRUNVER, Dee. %.—Charles H. and John W. Harrison, brothers, who had seen or heard of each other for twenty years, were strangely reunited here today through @ chance telephone call. More than tweaty years ago, when 1 years old, Charles Har- riscn ran away from his home at Law- rence, Kan. He drifted to Colorsde and became a successful mining prospector. in Wyoniing and bécame one of the construc- tion engineers in the Union Pacific service. office of Attorney 8. D. Krump on legal business and while he was there the tele- . | Twenty-fifth and Cuming streets and she | retary to inquire into the condition of the DES MOINES, Ia, Dec. 235.—Des Moines is snowbound today, & fall of scven inches of snow during the night being sufficlent |to te up traffic. Street cars are stalled and incoming trains are late. The snow drifted high in many places, making it difficult for pedestrians to get down town. INDIANOLA, Ia., Dec. %.—Seventy-five passengers from Indiancla and Winterset, many of whom intended to catch trains in order to spend Christmas at home, were their coaches, which stuck in a snow bank seven miles north of this city last night. The train arrived in Des Moines at 8 o'clock this morning. The train was -lw. It ieft Winterset at 7 c'clock, but by the time | where it met the Indianoia train, snow had | drifted across the tract and further pro- | gress was impossible. ,IGIFT TO BRYN MAWR COLLEGE f s Member of Class of 1909 Gives $7,000 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25.—Bryn Mawr collegeé, the fashionable suburban, educa- tional institute for girls, toduy announced that a gift of $7,000 had been recelved Wesson of Springfield, Mass. Miss Wes- som, who was graduated in 1909, was prominent in the athietic affairs of the toward the betterment of the college swimming pool. All undergraduate girls are required to qualify as swimmers and this art is' ane of the most popular of the college scholars Chance Telephone Call Reunites Two Brothers “What's his first pame?" miting man. ‘John—John W. Harrison." “What!" yelled the visitor. “Why, maybe, here—" 4nd Mr. Harrison grabbed the telephone from the lawyer's hands. “Is this John W. Harrison? he asked. He was assured it was. “Did you live in Lawrence, Kan., when inquired the the meantime Jobn W. Harrison settied I | you were & kid™ Yot “Did you have an older brother, named Today Charles H. Harrigon went to the | Charles? “Yea “Well, this Is Charley.” ‘Then the brothers had a long confermee. told of his business success was that John W. Harrison to Denver, whers . compelled to pass Christmas eve on board | composed of three coaches and a baggage | it had arrived at a junction | from one of its alumnae, Miss Cynthia M. | institution and her gift is to be expended | Governor Carroll said today he did not | bave pending a single appiication for par- | don or remission of fines and that every- | thing which has come to him has been disposed of in some manaer. In fact the pardon matter was never clearer in the govermor's office. ever, will early next month consider ap- plications for 150 paroles. Warning Against Anthrax. The state veterinary department has is- sued warning to farmers in northweste: lowa on account of the anthrax amon horses. It has prevailed for some time . Creokee and adjoining counties, also the eastern part of Woodbury eounty Rigid quarantne has been estab thus far there has been little chi epidemic. List of Corporations. Seeretary of State Hayward has just sent {to the federal revenue collectors compiete lists of the various corporations entitied 10 do business under lowa laws, about 5,40 in all. These lists will be used for the basis for the inquiry as to corporations that should be taxed in this state. Does Not Have Pelingra. The doctors announced fome tme 850 that & case of pellagra had been discov- ered in Iowa, in the unfortupate condition of a lawyer named Vance living at Ma- rengo. He was adjudged insane and taken to the hospital at Mount Pleasant, but i is announced there ihat he does not have the disease in question. strong drink and in a depiorable condition This was the only case ever under sus- picion in lowa. Paint Mine on 614 Capitol Site. Local capitalists are engaged In deveio] {Mg & pami business, the material bei mined on a farm in Jasper county w N was at one time selected officially o b the site of Iowa's state capitol. The site was abandoned and has been & farm ever since. It is underiald with ocbre stone, which only needs grinding to be a good mineral paint. Decoration of Swate Library. The last legislature appropriated $30.000 | tor continuing the work of finishing and decoration of the State Historical society lbrary. The state executive council has let the contract for the marble wainscoting and this work is now being done. In a ? tion will be taken up and the building wil! be completed. Roport of Capitel Commission. The final report of the state capitcl com- mission has just been printed, though ke commission wont out of existence (wo years ago. The report shows that the commission strongly recommended o the legislature that the south wing of the capitol bullding be made fireproof, as there is now grest danger of a fire, which would be more disastrous than the ome which burned the north wing. The recommenda- ) don was not acted upon. The garole board, how- | He is & vicum of | few days the plans for the general decora- | uable Jewelry Are Taken from Brooklyn Store. Schncider of Nebraska City. Funeral dr- rangements will be delayed pending the ar- rival of the relatives. Dr. Schneider's death is the latest of a series. which have resulted from polio- mylitis, the strange spinal disease which had been the puzzle and dispair of phy- sicians in this territory. NEW YORK, Dee. %.—Burglars, with the aid of nitro-glycerine and a woman, blew open the safe of Wasserman Bros. cloth- | ing dealers, in the Willlamsburg section of | ookiyn early today, obtained nearly $100 * [t cash and vauavie jeweiry, aud made a| LONG ~ DISTANCE ~ WIRELESS | clean getaway. Suits of clothes were piled pon the safe to deaden the noise of the| Message from =plosion, while a well-dressed woman ac-| omplice paced up and down the side- valk outside to warn the robbers @' ap- sroaching pedestrians. The police have no ciue to the identity of the thieves. BRYAN STILL Nebraskan Spends Part of Christmas | Day Inspecting State Draluage Work of Fort Lauderdale. lon te Cruiser Des Molnes Pleked Up at Highlan: Light, Mass. = tourk HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mase., Dese. Cuba and Central America came int with New England last night and early IMPROVING | duy by means of the wireless telegrapn. according to Electriclan Eason of the navy | ireless station here. Eason states that during last evening he picked up a messago which was being flashed from Key West —_— to Cuba, and that early today he causht MIAMI, Fla., Des William Jennings | two messages which were being sent from | Bryan, who is enroute to Cuba and South | Coion to the ecruiser Des Moines in Nice- American points, was sufficiently recov-| raguan waters. ered from his cold to stop- at Fort Lauer- | dale today to inspect the state drainage work. He will arrive in Miami this after- | TEN KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK Twenty-Eight More Are Collision Near noon for a short visit before leaving for jured in otsen, in Bohemia. | Cuba, | ATTEMPT TO KILL EDITOR ullet Fired Through Window Nar- | rowly Misses E. W. Thieke of Cairo, 1., Bullet PRAGUE, Dec. %.—Ten persons wers killed, twenty-eight seriously wounded and many others suffered minor Injuries in a collision today between a passenger train bound for Vienna and a freight train at Upersko station, near Chotzen, Bohemia. Boy RIVERSIDE, Lean, th CAIRO, WL, Dec. 2%.—A sensation was reated here last night when some one fired shot through a window of the Bulletin, arely missing the head of F. W. Thielecke, ditor of that paper. The Bulletin has Leen aggresive in charges of alleged graft' against the city police departments, no ar- | ts were made. Companion. Cal., Dec. %.—Haro'd Me- ear-oid son of Mrs. Wiliam McLéan of Nokomis, Tll.. was accidentally shot and killed vesterdsy afterncon by Roy Salter, a Pasadena lad, who was his companicn on a shooting expedition. }De i ad Mining Engineer Disregarded.All Warnings ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. X.rMessages from the gaseous entry and was walting for a | Herrin, 1L, told of the recovery early to-|straw boss to come and pilot him out, when day of the bodies of W. T. Plerce and his | the gas ignited. | party, whose open lamps caused a gas ex-| Schaffer was a stranger to the mine offi- plosion in & coljery last night, elght deaths |eials. He had been taken Into the mine | | resulting. The bodies found ars those of |by Plerce as an emergency helper and his | Pierce, his two heipers, Eugene Barret: |identity was not known until his body w |and Gordon Schaffer, and Thomas WIil- | recovered. iams, one of the sssistant managers of the | Plerce had charge of thirty muncs in the mine. | Heerin district. He was making a surve Plerce ventured into the workings, kgown |of an abandoned section, where there had a3 mine “A" of the Chicago and Carter- |been a “squeeze,” to determine the feas! ville Coal company, without & guide, with | bility of retimbering unprotected lamps and agalnst the orders of the mine managers ang the advice of |badly damaged and it is expscted that the miners. It s thought That e reached |operations caa be renewed soon. The mine is mot thought to have been | FIVE CENTS. |YULETIDE J0YS RULE THE CITY Merry Christmas Day Pasees Omaha, with Weather and Chzer in Harmony. COPY | in PEACE AND GOOD WILL REIGN | - ‘cmp‘ Cold Air and Bright Sunshine | Give Real Winter Holiday. | CHURCHES HOLD SPECIAL SERVICE lPm)r and Ncedy Are Remembered by Charity Workers of City. KRIS KRINGLE REMEMBERS ALL | santa c1 Takes Care of Rich and 1 a Jails Alse Have Joyous Poor—Publie stitntions Christmas. e olden days, now and biizza vays, F electrio such carol ith v And would | gooa w egary the h morning e chorus with right even though they were on their These dark-of-the- re pathfinders snows rivaling t circle by Sha. Many a later riser s family snowed in by ed a path down the ily—Maybe; but if he mis: ock mass. ts, and as he steps he sang mer | 41a. he was real op | As “hristmas ‘vwlf the ners of The | York Life bufldings edges, they cooled ing zephyrs slid Bee and the New with chilly saw-blade many a warm heart. a4 and signaled words could be e pavement—almost { merry ge en, " —time- honored—needed an accompa eggnOEs to make it sound just right this wintry Christmas morning; or burning brandy on a hot, fat plum pudding might serve to give zest to the saying. The few merry gentlemen who were laboriously shoveling | their way down high terraces of snow-cov- | ered steps couldn’t save enough breath to | mildly ejaculate anything that remotely resembied “benedicite.” Father let the boy | do 1t. If he had a boy: but In most cases everybody let it alone, so that pedestrians would get the benefit of the exercise and | work up an appetite. ! Cnpald Ncssengers Are Busy. Despite all the forbldding aspects pre- sented by the Arcic-like outdoors, the | Christmas spirit could not be suppressed, Unpaid, muffled messengers, big and little, passed aroupd and through the various | neighborly nelghborhoods where common | folks iive, exchanging personal greetings and leaving mementoes to gladden fhe re- ciplents. | Thus the warmth within in large ! gree meited the congealed atmesphere wi jout. Chiidren shouted until dellers rattled; family groups rivaled glad anthems of chu pianissimoed, horns ling on t | “God save ye, the i choirs, toy pianos tooted, wonderful ani- executed grotesque figures of moves and then reposed in unheard of pos- The snow d go cavorting chipper chiliiness as it pieased. Toylk and its devatees hurled high deflanee Old Boreas and all imps. And ovens ali worked overtime. A feather r snowed in at Twen- tieth and Farnam was the warmest thing in the landscupe from Union depot. The milk wagon horses gav 't a longing glance as they passed along, |and the hall-room kid, away from home, drew a thrilling shiver from the memory | of feather beds that mother used (o ar- range. But citize the track in d to the Bemis park to the to the and the genmeral thought that the rallroma- e all cared for 1 e unscifish work- ers who had gathersd funds and food and {elothing and toys to be distributed to the ones Dame Fortune had not favored with her smiles. Dinners of generous make-up were also served to hundreds at hospital centers of the and restrained by law ate plentifu viands In warm quarters. Everyt could. rea anything was made it was Christmas, Santa Claus and his every orpha: lumber coal Ay o to know understudies adopted ected one that could be found letention home, old folks' hospitals, Yo Me and Young Women's Christlan assoclatio | hotels and boarding ho: birthda —all honored the by turning spigot each n It one here and there did not feel joyful, the rebelllous tone out of deference to the bells of hope from every echoes of the sounds m thousands of heppy zath Churches Observe Day, In the C. Christmas festi. val masses began und at § o'clock in the morn ywded pews and alsles bore to the undying faith typified In ture of Beth- lehem high ars. Hearts warmed atmosphere, grate- ful hearts s anison with the sacred musie, rs ascended with th loos acolytes. These masses of the church continued each half hour in cvery Catholie | edifice, and at ost of them slebrated a solem the im- pressiveness of aa with a sermon fervored by grest i In the Protestant edral to b | Christian fes { hymn, anthem, g A | newal of happy faith in the Lord of hosts, | Pastors exhortsd in gadsome vein, and ‘v\urvhlpt'rl departed homes in & renewed and of Christian cheer. Workers there were, to be sure the day meant no more then any In the week. The coal hauler, shoveling |in a heavy load d perhaps give litt or po thought to pe nt: mpla |In the piaces where roaming multi- | tudes are fed might be found those | who were too busy to sing or pray. But | perhaps some time during the day or even- |ing came a pause that gave opportunity | for Meeting thought tiat brought back e 1se w — church £ rejoicing rings ng.' and w stables incense the ancient antil yelock m vice with al id ritual spirit of the & the »m cath- hadowing red with earol, 1 a re- churches, resilient their =pirit to whom >ther day