Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 24, 1915, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. BEB BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTIL Entered at Omaha postoffice as sccond-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By carrl By mall per year vl 86,00 o Send change of ‘address or complaints larity in delivery to Omaha , Circulation rtment. S & REMITTANCE. Saivth Rem!f raft, ress postal er. WO= focetved. in 'payment of small @e- it ved m"‘mu checks, except on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. s e Bt 2. SN OF FICES. ‘Omaha—The Building. Bouth N street Council Blu 14 North Main street. Lincoln—2 Little Rn"dln:. Ch! Hearst Bujl n;, ork—] 1106, 28 Fifth avenue. Louls—608 New Bank of Commerce. ‘Washington—72% Fourteenth 8t, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE ecommunications relating to news and edie matter to Omal Bee, Editorial Department. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION, 53,716 State of Nebraska, Coun({ of Douglas, ss; t Willlams, eircnlation manager e Boe company, bainy duly sworn, eays thet the n-nfio"'rcm-uon for the month of November, 1915, an;‘m‘ WILLIAMS, Clroulation Mans In my presence and sworn me this 24 any % New ore of December, 1918, BERT HUNTER. Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the city teraporarily should have The Boe malled to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. December 24 Thought for the Day Selected by Wm. L. Mack The beauty of men and of things in life remains only a passing pulse-beat of ex- perience. We cannot hold our mind to one object because life pushes us forward and demands from us the attitude of knowing without a chance to find repose and quletude. To cut the single experi- ence really away from everything else it must be transformed and this transforma- tion is the mission of Art. ~Hugo Munasterberg. Where were the Zapatistas when the Vil- listas' went down and out? The Christmas tree overshadows all compet- « itors, as the upstanding feature of the hour. Sem————— Dispensing good cheer and good will yield AMividends greater than money can measure, EEEp—— Reports of a bfeak up In the socialist party ~ In Germany foreshadows early realization of one ~ of the mainsprings of war. " SEm——— . November piled another half billlon on ~ Uncle S8am’s towering trade balance. The pyra- ‘ mid is nearing the propping stage. A HM‘ & long-felt hotel want In Omaha jus- ~titled the enterprise from the start. An early ~dividend sweetens assurances of success. SEm———— 4 A higher quality of glue is needed to make + msbestos whiskers stick to the chins of amateur + Banta Clauses, but safety justities the extra American securities constitute the last finan- clal trepch of warring governments. Thelr mobllization under government control capitals izes future safety. SEpEE———— “Peter the Great” of yesterday Is now a - king without a country. His cousin perished in ‘& drive on a New York Austrian. When great- - ness mounts the toboggan willing hands provide _ the push. N Sm—— ¢ Britain's Parllament voted another million _of men for war service. Lord Derby's recruiting ~ staff apparently has not buried the ghost of SEEma———— ¥ Nebraska editors were all too busy taking - care of Christmas advertising to write editorials _ last week, which shows the holiday season ‘s _ appreciated by the molders of thought here for ~ other reasons than its pure joy. i Sp— It remained for a Massachusetts man to in- timate broadly that Colonel Bryan should be searched to discover how much peace propa- ganda revenue sticks to pockets, This is the cruelest slam on grape juice patriotism that has _come out of the sixty-fourth congress, —— : British traders are sald to have a war boy- . cott and blacklist in operation against traders euspected of ‘pro-German leanings. These are ~ trade weapons that cut both ways. A natlon whose lifeblood springs from forelgn trade takes big risks in handling double-edged tools. — The collapse of a Pittsburgh bank in which “the savings of school children was centered is a melancholy experience. The lessons of thrift taught in the schools and put into practice im- . poses on the grownups of Pittsburgh the duty _ Of protecting the children from loss. Otherwise © the lessons of thrift, like the savings, are lost. E—— lege on the question cltizenship Masters | Carelessness, Criminal or Otherwise. Another tragedy has been added to Omaba's long list through the careless handling of fire- arms hae been shot and mortally wounded by a watch- man, who sets up as his excuse that he fired to scare away loiterers near the city dump, { First of all, the Why should a watchman at a refuse dump be armed at all? Does he guard anything of value? Has | he any duty to perform that cannot be well done | without the use of firearms? | If it be conceded that he has a possible need question comes up, for a weapon, what right has he to discharge it indiscriminately? If he cannot enforce the little authority that rests on him without such demon- stration he is unfit for the place, and not to be trusted with arms of any kind. It is high time that steps were being taken by those in power to check the propensity of minor officials to resort to pistol practice on any and all occasions. This can best be accomplished by disarming all whose duties do not bring them into danger of their lives, and where self- defense may require the use of deadly weapons, By no stretch of imagination can a dump watch- man be included in such a list. Holding Up Parcel Post. Quite a hubbub has been aroused by the action of the British government in its inter- coption of packages being sent through the mails under parcel post. Beveral steamers have been overhauled on the high seas and this mall removed. Protests have been lodged sgainst the practice by the Scandinavian gov- ernment, as well as by the government of the United States. It would seem, however, that the British have a point in their favor on this issue. If contraband of war cannot bp carried as freight or express, it should not be permitted tu go through the mails, THhis is the contention of the British government. First class mail matter will not be molested, nor will packages that do not contain forbidden articles. 8o long as a belligerent has the unquestioned right to search a vessel In order to determine what cargo it carries, the extension of that right to include parcel post as subject to the inquisition does not seem unreasonable. Break in the Daniels Board. The resignation of Henry A. Wise Wood from the advisory board of the Naval depart- ment serves to emphasize weakness of that body pointed out when its selection was announced by the secretary of the navy last summer. Mr. Danfels at that time seemed full of the idea that it was prudent, and patriotic as well, to secure the help of men whose abllity and experience would carry confidence to the public in the plans under consideration for the extension of national defense. Recognized leaders in their several lines were called, and Mr. Wood was selected as a representative of aeronautics, his well established position in this industry mak- ing him a possible source of great service in the preparation of the aerial arm of the national defense board. Events have established that whatever intention the secretary of the navy may have had when the advisory board was chosen, he has pald little or no heea to its ad- vice, For the program lald by experts he has substituted his own plans. Mr, Wood feels he cannot give his sanction to the course adopted by Mr. Daniels and, therefore, withdraws from the advisory board, g Advocates of particular forms of defense have been insistent each on his own peculiar plan, but the public did place great faith in the ennouncement of the administration that only the wisest council would prevail. It is not a partisan question, and ought to partake of no political feature. Rejection of plans formu- lated by competent boards, however, s not cal- culated to retain the trust of the people in the purely patriotic purposes of the administration. Meanest Man on Earth, The meanest man on earth has been discov- ered many times, in as many different commu- nities, but Omaha now has a candidate for the honor whose claims to the doubtful distinction ought easily to gqualify him for first place in the ranks of the despicable. Last spring one of our citizens aroused a very distinct uproar by telling how he ate all the meat and used all the tobacco consumed in his home, while his wite and children worked, as they should. This man ocompares to the present candidate about as a tallow dip to a great searchlight in lumi- nosity when it comes to downright, perverse cussedness, An appeal was sent to Mrs. Doane of the Assoclated Charities by a woman whose mouth is devold of teeth, and who hoped she might be supplied with a set of artificlal grinders, Through The Bee an Omaha dentist of high ttanding willing to donate the teeth was found, and the poor woman looked forward with great expectancy to being able to masticate whatever © provender might fall to her lot for Christmas day and the future. Her husband, strong in his manly pride, re- fuses to allow her to accept the teeth. She chose him for better or for worse, and now that she is getting the worst of it, he proposes she shall taste it all, no matter how bitter. The Hee regrets the name of this man must-be con- cealed in order to protect hig wife, but it pre- sents him as a claimant whose right will ecarcely be disputed to the distinction of being known as the meanest man in the world, The announcement of s threatened exodus of eastern suffragists to the “free states” of the west vastly swells the holiday joy of the antis. The latter cordially endorse the move and inti- mate a readiness to escort the exodusters to the station with band music and other symbols of unrestrained eclat. It is exceedingly doubtful if the suffragists will contribute voluntarily te the noisy happiness of the opposition. —— “Shirt-sleeved” diplomacy is not more popular now than when “Uncle Dick” Olney wrote to Lord Sallsbury, but it is just ag effeo- tive in getting results. Nations may have no morals, but they are in the way of learminy A little girl, innocent of any misdoing, | {| Christmas at the Front at the front of how the British and German | sed hostilities at his part of the line on Christmas day 1914, appeared in the London Dally Mafl Christmas will remain engraven on the memory f many British soldiers who were in our trenches here as one of the most extraordinary days of their For on that day British and Germans ceased fighting with each other for an interval, came out into the open hetween their respective firing linea buried their dead, and held a short service in their memory. Our chaplain had come with the eotonel to offi- ciate at the funeral In our tremch of one of our Bcottish soldlers. During the progress of the solemn rites it was noticed that one or two fellows were standing outside. No attention was paid to this tiil the service ended, when the colonel shouted: “Come Inside, men."" The reply was that some Germans were standing outside theirs. Gradually more and more of the enemy—some of them officers by their uniform— appeared, none of them armed, At last our commanding officer resolved to get out and see for himself. The chaplain jumped up into the open at his heels, and crossing a ditch which rune down the middle of the field between the lines eried “Does any one speak Bnglish?' As reply a private stepped forward, and then to our amazement we saw our chaplatn cross the ditch, salute the German com- mander and his staff, and begin to talk with them Almost at the same time a hare burst Into view and ran along between the trenches All at once Germans came scurrying from their trenches and Britlsh from theirs, and a marvelous thing happened, It was all like a football match, the hare being the football, the gray tunicked Germans the one side and the kilted “Jocks" the other. The game was won by the Germans, who captured the prize. But more was secured than a hare—a sudden friendship had been struck’ up, the truce of God had been called, and for the rest of Christmas day not a shot was fired along our section Dotted over the sixty yards separating the trenches were scores and scores of dead soldiers, and soon spades were flung up by the comrades on guard in both trenches, and by instinct each side set to dig graves for thelr dead. Our padre had selzed his chance and found the German commander very ready to agree that after the dead had been buried a short religlous service should take place. He told us that the German commander and his officers were as anxlous as the British could be to keep Christmas as a day of peace. That was quite in keeping with the behavior of the Germans, who had kept up only an occasional firing on Christmas ove and were very busy singing carols and glees. We did not know all that was being sald, but after- wards we asked the padre two questions. The one was, “Why @d you and the German commander take off your hats to one another?’ What happened as wo learned, was: The German took his cigar case out and offered the padre a cigar, which was accepted. The padre sald: “May 1 be allowed not to smoke, but to keep this as a souvenir of Christmas here and of meeting you on Christmas day?" The answer, with a laugh, was: “Oh, yes, but can't you give me a souvenir?™ Then the hats came off. For the souvenir padre gave was the copy of ‘“The Soldier's Prayer," which he had carried in the lining of his cap since the war, began, and the German officer, in accepting it, took off his cap and put the slip in its lining, saying @s he dla it: “I value this because what it saye, and when the war is over I shall take it out and #ive it as a keepsake to my youngest child.” The second question was, “What was In the note book the German commander showed you?" The an- swer was that he had been shown the name and ad- dress in England of a certain brave English officer. He had been killed, and as he was dying the comman- der happened to pass and saw him strugging to get something. out of & pocket. He went up and helped the dying officer, and the thing he saw In the packet was a photograph of his wife. The commander said, ‘I held it before him, and he lay looking at it till he died a few minutes after.” Our padre took down the name and address and has been able to pass on the information to the bereaved home. The whole German staff showed a fine spirit of respect during the service for the dead. On one side of the ditch half way between the two lines stood German officers with their soldiers about them; on the other the officers of the British regiments in the section with their soldfers about them, and between Wwas our chaplain, an interpreter, and a German di- Vinity student serving with thelr army. Our chap- Iain read the twenty-third Psalm in English, the German student reading It after him in German. Then & short prayer, which the chaplain had written on a postcard and the interpreter had turned into German was read, sentence by sentence, by the student after the English form had been recited. It was a memeorable sight to see officers and men Who had been fighting, and, as I write, are fighting against one another as flercely as ever, bareheaded reverent, and keeping sacred truce as they did homage to the memory of the dead on Christmas day, 1914, Twice Told Tales ‘Wonderful Music. In the lobby of a hotel the other afternoon refer- ence was made to the charm of music, when this littie narrative was recalled by Congressman James a. Davenport of Oregon. Some time ago two little boys, who were playing on a lot, atopped an Indian massacre long enough {o boast about the prowess of their respective fathers. y father plays the cornet,” proudly declared one of the youngsters, and he is the best player in the whole town.' “He 1s, is he! deflantly rejoined the other. ““Well, when my father plays every man stops work." “Don't belleve It." was the prompt declaration of the first. “What does he play?” ““What does he play?" answered the second. “Why, he plays the ¢ o'clock whistle at the foundry.'— Philadelphla Telegraph. Full Rights, Little Sydney had reached the mature age of EN and was about to discard petticoats for the more manly raiment of knickerbockers. The mother had | determined to make the occasion a memorable one. The breakfast table was laden with good things, and the newly breeched infant led into the room. “Ah!" exclaimed the proud mother, are a little man!™ Sydney was in ecstasles. Displaying his garments to thelr full advantage, he edged close to his mother and whispered: “Can I call pa Bill now?" “now you ~Philadelphia Ledger. The Differemce. A young girl who had been born and brought up in & boarding house atmosphere was suddenly trans- planted into a wealthy home. After she had been a month a friend of her patroness sald: “I expect you notice a great difference between your present and your former surroundings.” “Oh, yes," said the girl. “There, wh man and a girl walk out together, everybody always says, ‘Wil he marry her? Here they say, ‘Will she have him? * New York Times, His Viewpolnt. Robert Skinner, ex-consul general to London, satg At a dimner: "0t course, neutrals sece things from one view- poing and belligerents from another. We all have our various viewpoints. “An English inebriate was recently released from Jall, To & friend who met him outside the prison gates he sald: “ "Well, mate, wot noos™ ““There’s a law again’ treatin,’ was the reply, ‘and Ppretty mear the whole world is at war.’ “Just think,' he said ‘Just think of & no-treatin’ uwnn“u that’ "—~Washington Star. ¥ OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915 HE following remarkable description by an officer | | Bee | TheDees LS er: Suggestions for Mr. Kennedy. | OMAHA, Dec. 20.~To the Editor of The Do you not think Mr. Kennedy could service to Omaha render more valuable and its people if he would use his tal- ent in the attempt to get for the people of Omaha cheaper electric light, gas, telephone, street car fares, also for an ofl pipe line from Wyoming to Omaha, in terurban lines leading out of Umaha in many directions, and the making of Omaha the terminals for the lines run- ning east of Omaha. What is the use of barping on the opening of the M sourt river between Omaha and St. Louis? opened, Omaha merchants would not use it. Let Mr. K. get a move on himself in the right direction, If he wants to help the people of Omaha at large, and not a few property holders or money lenders Give the small property holders now liv ing here some benefits, When he has done 80, then he can go after something that never can be done. J. B. SCOTT. To the Public in General. OMAHA, Dec. 23.—To the Editor of The Beel. Since there has appeared criti- cism in the public press of charity in- stitutions, and especially of the Salva- tion Army, as to their accounting of the means given them, I feel it my duty to state the following: As a public accountant 1 was called to audit the books of the Salvation Army Industrial department and was surprised at the precision involved in their book- keeping methods. Before that I, among others, feit rather doubtful in regard to their accounting, and asked myself in case of the public in general 8o request- ing, can they make a showing how the means recelved have been disbursed? But I found that everything is accounted for to the smallest item. In fact, many busi- ness houses do not keep books with such precision. Every cent disbursed 1s covered by a voticher and the books are balanced every week. Although there may be pre- fered another system, still the books are 80 definite that at a glance any account- ant can make the most exact report wished for. All journalizing, whereby many a time defalcation and dishonmesty is concealed, is entirely eliminated from thelr books. To give the public an idea of different headings fn their books I might mention “receipts”—garments, shoes, paper, rags. Furniture, ete., pald meals, pald beds, donations. ‘‘Disbursements—salaries, em- ployes’ meals, charity meals, employes’ beds, charity beds, given-away garments and shoes, fuel and light, laundry, horse- shoeing, blacksmithing, horse feed, gro- ceries, meat, milk, other charitice. There- fore, in its place, the accounting is fully up to Hayden's or Brandels,’ and the criticism unwarranted, and I suppose mostly made in ignorance of facts. It is not always the best policy to pub- lish the receipts and disbursements, but I am sure Ensign Kline has no objections to show the books to anyone interested. In regard to “commercialism,” I must aay that it takes sagacious, Christian commercialism in the Salvation Army Home. I noticed one day in the store- room a man wanting to buy a pair of old shoes. The price was 20 cents, which he did not want to pay. An old lady trying to make the sale sald, after the man left, that any man who wants a pair of shoes and can pay for them, they are certalrily worth that price. I looked at the shoes, and judged that the wear- ing capacity was $1; that's commercial- ism. But another time a man wanted an overcoat to keep him warm on the tracks, as he was going on raflroad work, and the garment was gladly glven him with. out price, and that is also commercial- ism. A down-and-out carpenter came along and was given work to fix up old furniture at $1 a day, bed and meals until he could get something better; that s another example of commerciallsm, and 1 could tell of many others. It will take all the commercialism there is In a man to conduct *he Industrial Home, and it would tax t. ) capacity of a first-class merchant and the patience of Job and the managership of the Union Pdelfic to run it, at the munificent salary of Ensign Kline, Those “whiskered fellows" with the chimnies at Christmas time soliciting at the street corners are not of the Balva- tion Army, and the public should be wise to the fact. All collections for the Army made on the corners are solicited only by members of the Army corps in whom the Army has confidence. It was a &ood Suggestion that such solicitors should have a box similar to those used on the street cars, but I think that a cash regis- ter would be better, and taking the under- lying principle as right, I would suggest that the same be done with all church deacons, so that instead of their, as now, walking up and down the aisles with a plate, they carry a cash register on their backs, HENRY LINDEMAN, German in the Schools. SCOTT'S BLUFF, Neb., Dec. 23.—To the Editor of The Bee: Referring to Mr. E. L. TIreland's letter in The Bee of December 15, regarding teaching of Ger- man in the public schools of Omaha, Mr. Ireland is away behind the times. He evi- dently has not read the imperial edict, @s announced at the various sessions of the Reichstag at San Francisco, Ci cinnati and other places the last seaso; . viz: “German-Americans, you must pre. se in your children the language and customs of the Fatherland.” He evidently does not know that the Nebraska Reich- stag had brought suit at Nebraska City to compel the school board to teach German. The German language and customs are. 80 much superior to our own that we should try to Germanize ourselves instead of trylng to Americanize the Germans in this country. Why, in one Institution in Germany there are over 30,000 attend- ants busy day and night manufacturing German kultur, The institution was founded years ago by Prof. Krupp and 1s very popular at present. The attendance has more than doubled in the last eight- een months. Mr, Irel certainly has not read Prof. dent Wilson that unless Mr. Wilson de- sists In his foolish and persistent efforts to protect American lives and American rights on the high seas, the German- Americans will vote him out of the ‘White House. In the face of these facts how can Mr. | Hugo Muensterberg’s warning to Presi- | I Tips on Home Topios Boston Transcript: | 1t “VVmas? Detroit Free Press: A man ought to be allowed to own an automobile without being saddled with the national debt Washington Post: As faith is sald to move mountains we are beginning to fear that General Goethals will have to call on the preachers before long Springfield Republican: A thousand “educated women,” it is sald, have been employed by the British war office to censor all outward American mafls. It cennot be denled that the evidence of education in some of the previous censor- ing has not been over-conspicuous. Baltimore American: A Colorado judge has registered a vow not to have his hair cut or submit to a shave until Henry Ford and his peace party have accom plished their mission of restoring peace in Europe. How the growing of hair s to help this object is one of the dark mysteries of human nature. So Is the fact that the register of this vow is occu- pying a judicial position Chicago Herald: The November receipts of the fifty largest postoffices through which one-half the postal revenue comes were $13,349,460, an increase of 1343 per cent as compared with last year and of 7.72 per cent as compared with November, 1913. As postal recelpts very accurately reflect business conditions this country's growth in prosperity is made evident. Springfield Republican: “Alfalfa Bill," otherwise Representative Willlam H. Mur ray of Oklahoma, who had his nickname bracketed after his regular one in the congressional directory a few years ago, is no longer alone in the field, for in the volume soon to appear it will be made known that Representative J. H. Davis of Texas and ‘Cyclone Bill" are one and the same. Cyclone's whisker is more pro- nounced, more rampant and more widely distributed on cheek and jowl than any seen in the national legislative halls for lo, these many years, suh! Springfield Republican Another na- tional highway system s proposed by Representative Stephens of California as & defense measure. The roads, according to his plan, would be built by army engi- neers and run from Los Angeles to Jack- sonville, to New York, then to Portland, Me., and to Chicago, Minneapolis, the Dakotas, Montana, 1daho and Washing- ton and down the Pacific slope. He names $100,000,000 as the maximum cost—a low figure, surely; the price of a handful of battleships. But any good road is poten- tially military and defensive and has the great advantage also of being highly valuable in peace. CHEERY CHAFF. “Is imur cook impertinent?" “Well, rather. She couldn't be any he was one of my own daugh- Or why not apell ters. \ pRA “Why have you never married?’ askod a friend of a man who is noted for his ready wit. “Because,” the latter answered, “while 11 know every man must safl the sea of life on_some kind of craft, I was never inclined to a revenue cutter.”—Baltimore American She—Kitty hae recelved an offer to act in the movies anc ghe's perfectly Intoxi cated with the idea He~Intoxicated, eh! se, to ortune.— //;; ! She expects, I sup. o reeling along to fame and \ oston Transcript “This is a_toy tea set I got for my little girl's Christmas present. She lkes to sefve make-believe tea and maki lleve sandwiches. A harmiess fanc “Perfectly. I've been to grown-up af- fairs where they did It."—Loulsvilie Courler-Journal Jhck—I'm n a quandary, sis. propose to Mabel, but I'm not sure she'd 1 want to 1ccept His Sister knows)—Jack, you're like the letter “bh""—in doubt when there's no need of it.—Boston [ranscript. me. (who “‘What possessed you to tell that nfly Mjss Flatter that she had a complexion )f cream and peaches?”’ “That was true enough, cream and yellow American. I meant sour peaches.”—Baltimore ™% Wife—Cne afternoon I nd the next I lose. Hub—Then why not play every other «fternoon?—Indianapolis News, win at bridge No doubt the doctor spoke rashly. An Inquisitive niece, seeing him return from the funeral of a weaithy patient, inn®- ently inguired: “Uncle Tom, do you attend the funerals )t all_your patients who dle?" “Good heavens, no,” said the doctor. Do you think I'have nothing to do but £0 to funerals?'—New York Times. BUT ONCE A YEAR. Douglas Mulloch, in Judge, I am a blooming optimist; 1 slap misfortune on the wrist; There isn't anything, 1 wist, _Can cause me any sorrow. When cheated through another's guils, When panics rob me of a pil When tires blow out, I only smile And think about tomorrow. I try to find in ev'ry cloud The silver lining, in a crowd The_brightest faces—in a shroud ., There may be laughter lurking. Whatever be the fate unkind That worries any mortal mind, In ev'ry instance you will find My optimism working. I have no time for useless tears, I have no time for causeless fears, I laugh at anyth'ng that sears The heart with vain repinings. I have no time for sobs or sighs; I am the cheérfulest of guys— In fact. I fairly specialize In finding silver linings. And so this Christmas shopping erime, This yearly present-buying time, Still leaves me calm, serene, sublime, And optimistic—very; The things for dear ones all are dear, But here's a thing to give us cheer; For Christmas comes but once a year, And therefore let's be merry! Another famous ITALIAN SWIS FELCOLONY( & ?c%lfimnmg [PRODUCT, b Cha Awarded Worldls Fair, SanFrancisco, maleing the fourth ‘Grand Prix” (three abroad)in five Years” Grocers and Wine Dealers, Extra Dry e “Grand Prix” At All First-Class Cafes, most pictures. EDNA is second, IDA third, HELEN fourth and “BOBBY" is fifth (‘“‘Bobby”” is a girl, but they ‘“Bobby,”” because she plays with the boys all the time). You just ought to see her run and jump and play pump-pump- pull-away and all the rest of the outdoor games. That’s what puts that sparkle in her eyes and the roses I just love call her on her cheeks. girl, wouldn’t I try, though! DAY EARLIER this week, instead of Saturday. cember 24. this week. cember 24. You Can See the Dolls at The Bee Office Merry Christmas LITTLE BUSY BEES We are going to give you FIVE DOLLS THIS WEEK, because it is Christmas, and we want you all to have a chance to win one. LILLIAN is the biggest and prettiest g and is for the little : § girl that sends us the A T because she has such winning ways—dear little ‘‘Bobby.”’ I wonder what little girl will get her. Remember, you must send your pictures in ONE mas, so the CONTEST WILI: CLOSE 4 P, M. FRIDAY, These dolls will be given free to the liitle girls under 12 years of age, who bring or mail us the largest number of dolls’ pictures cut out of The Daily and Sunday Bee before 4 p. m., Friday, De- This picture of three of the dolls will be in The Bee every day Cut them out and ask your friends to save the plctures in their paper for you, too. See how many pictures you can get, and be sure to turn them in to The Bee office before 4 p. m., Friday, De- her myself, best of them all, If I was a little because Saturday is Christ-