Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1915, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. | " VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. BER BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH Entered at Omaba postoffice as second-class matter. | PTTON. i TERMS OF !UR!C:, AP0 By mall month. per yu(rn E‘" and Sunday 8.....c "% fly without Sund: .' 2 Evening and Sunday ‘48 AR S e ‘30 | 8 % ‘ha drens o ‘o ints o & of ‘addreas or compin Send notice OF gty o ‘Omaha Bee, Circulation fi Department | st D USRS REMITTANCE. < Remit by draft, express or postal order. ”““'fl two- < oent stamps fecelved in payment of small ao- “seunte, Personal checks, except on Omaha and cactern exchange, not accepted. Omaha—The Bee South Omaha—318 N street “ounell Bluffs—14 North Main street Lincoin—2 Little Buflding. Chicago—901 Hearst Bulding. New York—Room 1106, 2% Fifth avenue | 8t Louls-58 New Bank of Commerce. | Washington—13 Fourteenth 8t., N. W. CORRESPONDENCE Address communications relating to news and edl- THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1915. Christmas Kach of the several holidays has its own peculiar significance, and properly so, because each is set apart for especial reasons. None of these days exceeds Christmas in its tender ap- peal or its reverential aspect. While Christmas has the quality of intimate connection with the fundamentals of Christian religion, it is fraught with such associations as make its application | world-wide, without regard to the sectarian con- siderations that may attach to the day. It is a time of rejoicing for the Christian, because it commemorates the Nativity of Christ, on Whom the church is founded. To those of this faith, it has a sanctity that surpasses all other days of the year. In this regard it marks an event of priceless importance in the world's history Since that night the shepherds watched thelr flocks on the Judean hills, changes of utmost magnitude and immeasurable effect have been wrought in the affairs of man through the agency of the Babe that then lay in the manger at Bethlehem. 'Through all the world has per- | meated His teachings, and their influence has been for good. Grafted on the religious observance of this 3 lorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION. 53,716 Btate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as: Dwight Willlams, cirenlation manager of The Publisting company, Leing duly sworn, says il average circuiation for tie month of November, 1 | s 136 + DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. presence and orn to e o1, day, Is the secular practice of making merry the persistence of pagan custom, modified and gen- erally subdued, but not altogether eradicated by the fathers of the church. Feasting and re- Joleing, family reunions and the giving of gifts, the exchange of compliments and felicitations between friends, all mark this day as one above all other days for the expression of those bet- Subscribed in me, this 2d day of ‘7.(’ ber, 1915, wgt azlw HUNTER, Notary Public. Suabscribers leaving the city temaporarily should have The Bee malled to them. Ad. dress will bo changed as often as requested. December 35 Thought Selocted by Edwin O. Grover The Spirit of Christmas, .1 am thinking of you today, because it “is Christmas, and 1 wish you' happiness; » and tomorrow, because it will be the day “after Christmas, I shall st{ll wish you ~ happiness; and so on through the year. [ ' may not be able 1l you about it every day, becsuse I be far away; or be- “eause both of us may be very busy; or " perhaps because I cannot even afford to . pay the postage on so many letters, or find ‘the time to write them. But that makes no difference; the thought and the wish - will be here just the same. Whatever joy | Or success comes to you will make me glad. . Without pretense, and in plain words good - will to you is what | mean, in the spirit ristmas, ; of Ch b «~Henry Van Dyke. for the Day f . Merry Christmas! Ep—— ~_ In the simplified spelling rules of the aliles, Gallipoli becomes a gallop. . The morning of the day after lifts a warn- ing tinger for the day before. Sunday arrives at the proper time to soothe blows of sound and rest the wearied elders, up! wege ’ i e E— . ','l'lu spirit of the day ylelds cheer and re- f1eshment in increasing quantities the longer it I8 cultivated. % ¥ It looks as though King Constantine drew en- | couragement from the assurance that a nation _can be “too proud to fight.” 5 > Smme—— | The twilight zone between interstate and 3 regulation hardly radiates enocugh R ——— county, Ohlo, n;ln—dpu the panoply zenship. flock of four-bit natives have recovered from the shock of a judicial slap sleeve, 'Bridge of Sigh A Venles now :flm Unlfke ofa who cross over Hear hope “the lines of'the bankers' @ that Britain’s Christmas bést-when trimmed with mobilized trees were not loaded as -fild figuring four-tenths of a cent a mile puts & painful gash in the profits. % S —— Responsibility for the Kastland disaster is placed upon Inneffective laws and nefficient n- by Secretary Redfield. But the secretary to explain what lake steamboat inspectors are pald for. No doudt the political department of the tie maill service Is responsible for the val of Colonel Roosevelt's gitt for Presi- Wilson's honeymoon Christmas tree. An ng eommitiee is in order, S — o § Predictions “of foreign-born Americans re- Lo their native land in large numbers close of the war are idle chatter. Most #prings from aroused war passions, which I} quickly subside when the cause vanishes ¢ lure of material betterment exploited in of erushing war debt burdens piling the warring. s gprlrig g o Ry cold him banquet and the ter, kindller sentiments and holler emotions that must sometime, even in the most sordid of u force expression. The world would be wuch happler if the Christmas spirit were spread out more generally through the other 864 days of the calendar, Perhaps in time this will be so. The Bee wisl each and all a Merry Christ- mas. S—— Did Ford Failt Henry Ford is on his way home from Europe, sick and without having achieved his high plan of bringing peace to Europe. But did he alto- gether fall? He undertook to accomplish some- thing which most of us felt to be impossible. In this he followed the destiny of all dreamers. A worthy ambition led him to set his mark on the attainment of the impossible and his optimistic courage carried him as far forward as he might physically press. His faith was of the quality thbat moves mountains, and without this faith little is dome in life. Henry Ford did not the boys out of the trenches for Christmas.” He may not have achieved anything in the direction of peace for Europe, but he has furnished the world with another fine example of devotion to an ideal. This example may soon be forgottew in the swirl of daily life, but it will be somewhere remembered, and in time will gerv. n inspira- tion for another, Ford's mission, therefore, has not been wholly in vain. “A dreamer lives for- ever, while a worker dles in a day,” sang the poet, and his prophecy applies to Henry Ford, S— Our Foreign Commerce. * Tigures just given out show the forelgn trade of the United States to have reached an unprecedented point, the volume for November alone amounting to more than $500,000,000. For the year the total will reach fully $5,000,- 600,000, a figure never before attained. This i8 unquestionably the result of the war, because more than three-fifths of the total is made up of exports. From this great outgolng stream of merchandise arises the counter carrent of in- coming gold. The total imports of gold for the last twelve months is almost $400,000,000, which compares with a net outward movement of the year previous of nearly $175,000,000, tiaking a change to the advantage of the United States of more than $550,000,000 in gold alone. These figures tell concretely the story of the waterial share of the United States in the war 50 far as it has progressed. They mean the ‘maintenance of the present level of high prices and wages, at least until the war is ended, What will happen then fs already a subject for specu- lation by the far-sighted, who seek to determine in advance, it possible, the conéition of this country in relation to its own and the world's Lusiness under peace conditions. Until that time no one can say exactly what will take place, but if Americans are as prudent as they are en- terprising, they need not fear the result of read- Justment. — Peace in Base Ball, The signing of a peace pact by the warring base ball factions is a welcome Christmas gift to the followers of the game. If it means any- thing at all, it is better days for base ball. This popular American sport, truly a national game, has a warm place in the popular heart, and whatever touches It touches all the people. It is the one sport that has been successfully com- niercialized, this result belng made possible by reason of the confidence of the public in the rigid honesty of the professional players, This falth has been sadly disturbed in the last few years through quarrels and disputes among the men who have thelr money Invested in the busi- Dess. The final disaster of the last season was required to bring these men to a realisation of their folly. It the peace now established is pursued with sincerity, the greatest of all out- door sports will be soon restored to prosperous popularity, — | A fine example of brotherly forbearance | comes from South Africa in the release of Gen- cral De Wet from the penalty of treason. The quarters becomes an absurdity beside the | roted Boer cavalry Commander, honored as ‘‘the Sheridan pf the Veldt," undertook to lead & revolt agalnst British rule in South Afriea, which was, quickly suppressed by his former companion-in-arms, General Louty Botha, presi- dent of the South African upjon. Lifelong friendship wisely tempers misguided zeal with nercy. —— A member of a forelgn relief committee dolng business at Chicago announces without qualification that “the Americans are the only angels left in the world.” Sentiments of like import have been heard around stage doors, but this is the first time the angelic sweep takes in whole nation. If your pin feathers have o -" 6ot yet sprouted a contribution to the fund will rrobably start something. World Needs Men Christmas Message from Oardinal @ibbons in Wew York Independent. HAT is the greatest need of our times for the betterment of Christian soclety? Is it churches? Temples of worship are indeed very necessary. ‘The construction of elegant and well adorned houses of worship s an evidence of the faith and devotion of the people. HBut they are not the most essential thing for our day. The primitive Christians pald homage to God in the catacombs, and some of our forefathers adored their Lord under the canopy of heaven, in secluded mountains, and in caves of the earth. And they were the best of Christians Moreover, what would be the use of churches if we had no worshippers to frequent them? Is it schools that are most needed” Christian #chools are indeed demanded, for the preservation of the faith and morals of the rising generation A parish is not complete sithout a school. But they do not constitute the essential requisite. There have been dark perfods in the church's history when Christian schools were not tolerated, and their ab- sence was supplied by herole mothers who nourished the seeds of religion In the hearts of their children. Is it hospitals and sanitariuma that the time calls for? Hospitals are Indeed the landmarks of Chrie- tian civilization, and contribute immensety to the alleviation of human suffering. But they do not eon- stitute the greatest need of our day. They relieve the misery of only a small portion of the community. Does the country need majestic and colossal stats houses for our legislative bodies? The convention that met in Philadelphia in 1787, to devise the most momentous constitution ever framed for the civil Kuidance of men, assembled in a hall not conspicuous for its majestic proportions, The call of the times is for men, sturdy Christian men, and women, too, endowed With the courage of their convictions. We need men who are controlled by conscience rather than by expediency, men whe are guided by principle rather than by popularity, men who are Influenced by a sense of duty and not by self-interest, who are swayed by a spirit of pa- triotism rather than by a desire of political prefer- ment. Above all, we need men of strong Christian faith who are allowed to uphold their religious con- victions in the face of obloquy and popular prejudice. In a word, we need men and women of upright Chris- tian character. But this fidelity to religlous and moral principles @emands no small measure of herolc virtue. Many & soldier who fearlessly rushed to the cannon's mouth has quailed before the shafts of ridicule. The man who calmly fulfils a duty against public elamor displays a higher courage than the captain who oa tures cities. The man who acts up to his consclence has but one master, and that master {s God, But the slave of human opinion has as many masters as there are individuals whose censure he dreads, or whose smiles he secures at the expense of duty. That is why I not only am hopeful, but feel a cer- tain assurance that the republic of the United States will continue for innumerable generations to come. 1 bare my bellef on the genius and good sense of our public men, the wisdom of our legislation, and on ths patriotism of our people at large. The evidence of these characteristics of our nation that the republic will persevere ia all the stronger because we are a religious nation. Amid the continual changes in human Institutions, the church Is the one Institution that never changes. Amid the universal ruins of earthly monuments, 1t is the one monument that stands proudly pre. eminent. Amid the general destruction of kingdoms, its kingdom is never destroyed. Kver ancient and ever new, time writes no wrinkles on its divine brow. The church has seen the birth of every govern- ment in the world, and it {8 not at all tmprobable that it shall also witness the deathr of them all, and chant thelr requiem. Tt was more than 1,400 years old when Columbus discovered our continent, and the foundation of ‘our republic is as yesterday to it. It calmly looked on while invaders swept il over Burope, subverting dyna monarchies changed into republi d republics con- solidated into empires. All this It has witnessed while its own divine constitution has remained unaltered. What a subject of great glory to be a citizen of the republic of the chureh, which has lasted for nineteen centuries and will continue till time shal! ve no more, which counts its millions of children in every eolime, Wwhich numbers its heroes and its martyrs by the thousand! Every individual has a mission from God to help his fellow being! Differ in faith as we may, we stand united upon the common ground of charity and benevolence and of good will to all men. Baltimore, Md. Twice Told Tales No Spolls to Share. An old negro was charged with chicken stealing, and the judge sald: ‘“Where's your lawyer, “Ain't got none, jedge." “But you ought to have one,” returned the court. “I'll. assign one to defend you." “No, sah, no sah, please don't @o dat,” beggsd the defendant. “Why not?’ persisted the judge. “It won't cost you anything. Why don't you want a lawyer?" “Well, ARl tell yo', jedge,” said the old man confidentially. “Ah wants ter en)'y dem echickens mahself."—Ladies’ Home Journal A Shot from Witey. McGinnis is no Adonis, and his temper is in direct ratio to his lack of personal beauty. Mrs. MeGinnis &80 ia rather peppery of temper and is rather inclined to “get back” at her husband during the course of a quarrel. One such altercation had been had the other even- Ing, but things scon quieted down and MeGinnis had regained his temper and thought his wife had, too But he was speedily undecelved. Mac had been playing with the baby and observed: “Every time the baby looks into my face he smiles.” “Well,” sald wife, with an ominous gleam in her eye, “it may not be exactly polite of baby, but it shows he has a sense of humor.”—Philadelphia Ledger. People and Events A man in Oregon cheerily admits that he has not taken a bath in fifty years. Which proves the country stands for many things in the Interest of liberty. Some of the idle redlight hotels in Chicago have thelr windows plastered with poster hangers showing the folly of reform which “deprives the oity of bus. nesa.” Retiring Governor Walsh of Massachusetts spurned an offer of $15,000 a week 88 & “movie” actor. The size of the wage sugavats considerable finaneial wind in Bay State movie circles A great reform based on the Golden Rule Mea impends in Chicago. It has been decided that per- | sons between 17 and 21 years of age shall mot be | arrested for violations of city ordinances, but ordered to report to the municipal court For thirty-one days’ attendance as A witness In the New Hayen case former General Mansger Mellen pulled down #4650 In Withess fees, besides an over. tUme allowance. According to accepted standards a wage of $1.50 a day I8 progressive starvation, but the §overnment isn't worrying. Under the war law shortening drinking hours Lon- don public houses cork the botties on the minute, around New Carlisle, O., has been quality that | | The Deed Husk Corn. VALLEY, Neb,, Dec. #.~To the Editor of The Bee:. I was quite amused to see in The Bee an account of the poor, bleed- ing husker's hands. This beats all. The writer of it must belong to the crowd who are trying to hurt the corn-ralsers by magnifying twelve or fifteen bushels per acre into a bumper crop. The boy doesn’'t go to the field with bleeding hands, nor half-starved and half-clothed. He has a breakfast of potatoes. pancak and hot cotfee, with cream nd suga Then he hitches up the mules, puts on & pair of cotton-flannsl mittons, with the wooly side out and the skinny side in, a “Bryan O! Linn" cost, and then whack, whack, goes the husking for fifty to a hundred bushels per day. The Topeka Capital seems to be like the men who write to make titbits—only shows his want of wit THE NURTHERS FARMS. Oath of a Soldier. ST. MARY, Neb, Dec. 2 ‘o the Bal- tor of The Bee 1 quote the following extract from a speech made by Kalser Wilhelm of Germany In 1891, to a bateh of recruits, from a weekly press by Gib- #on Gardner: “Recruits! Before the altar and ser- vant of God you have given me the oath of alleglance. You are too young to know the full meaning of what you have sald, but your first care must be to obey impliedly ail orders and directions. You have sworn fidelity to me, you are the children of my guard, you are my soldiers, you have surrendered yourselves to me, body and soul. Only one enemy cAn exist for you—my enemy. With the present socfalistic machinations, it may happen that I shall order you to shoot your own relatives, your brothe or @ven your parents—which God forbld— and then you are bound in duty Im- pliedly to obey my orders.” Think of it my friends. An official assuming the authority to wring such an oath out of a human being. I am not singling this out to cast any reflections on Kalser Wilhelm or the German gov- ernment, for all crowned heads and mon- archial governments assume the same nuthority. And you, my American citisen, when you join the army—are you immune to the above? Not at all. When you take the oath of a soldier the same obedience is expected from you, although the im- port may not be pointed out to you in as plain language. The recent Ludlam, Colo., massacer is yet fresh in our minds. The officials ordered the soldiers to shoot ad liberatum upon the inhabitants of Ludlam, and they obeyed. The result wag that innocent and Inoffensive women and children were shot down in cold blood without remorse. Think of it! A human being so far forgetting his God as to swear his soul away at the beck of an officlal wearing a uniform. You g0 to your house of worship and there kneel and pray, ‘‘Defend vs, O Lord, we beseech thee, from all danger of soul and body,” ete., and then swear it away. Perish the thought. Psalms 40:2: ‘“Un- derstand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away and there shall be none to deliver you." H, SCHUMANN. Tdea for Monument, OMAHA, Dec. 23-To the Kditor of The Bee: Reading In papers about an arch of welcome or a monument or some- thing to show our respect to the present and the past, I would suggest & monu- ment to consist of four Individuals, two men and two women, facing each other, that s one man (the soldier) with noth- ing to represent the soldier but a blue overcoat with brass buttons: the woman to wear an old-fashioned shaker bonnet like they wore in war times; then the ploneer man to wear the farmers' garb of fifty years ago and the ploneer woman to wear “the old gray bonnet, with the blue ribbons on it.” ‘The man and woman that represent the soldier and the man and woman that rep- resent the ploneers will face each other, and the man that stands for the sol will clasp the hand of the woman that stands for the pioneer and the man that stands for the ploneer will clasp the hand of the woman that stands for the sol- dier. This monument to be placed in front of the court house in Omaha, Neb, 1 belleve that the money to bulld it could be raised right here in Omaha. GEORGE B. SMITH. Editorial Snapshots Pitteburgh Dispatch: This promises to bo the session in which the democratie majority In congress will make a fool of Itselt. Boston Transcript: Some of those short- sighted democratic senators seem to be laboring under the deiusion that their control of the United States senate will be parpetual. Washington Post: Every time the fight- ing nations vote themselves a few extra billion: feel fnolined to draw the line at giving them oredit for their good in- tentions. Pittsburgh Dispatch: It is easy to se- lect & place for a national convention and to go through the form of making a nom- Ination for the next president, but the | election is always in the lap of the goda, Philadelphia Record: A large emigra- tion from the United States to Germany, Austria and Italy is expected after the | war by the steamship agents. This con- tradicts the assumption that we are to suffer from an overwhelming flood of immigration. In the absence of any definite Information, one guess may be as good as another. St. Louls Globe Democrat: Our best known long range weather forecaster tells us that that June 14, the day of the meeting of the Democratic Natfonal cone vention in St. Louis, will be an ideal day, but from the 16th to the 20th there will be severe thunderstorms. We can well believe this. St. Louis will supply the sunshine: the entire country will furnish the thunder as soon as the con- vention adjourns. Baltimore American: The women of France and Germany have come to the front also in their work in the fields and In the towns at all industries which would have been left at a standstil] by the need of the men in the armies. They have harvested the crops and dene Out of the Ordinary | The rarest plant in the world is the sliversword, & species of cactus, which grows only on the most inaccessible slopes of Hawalian volcanoces. Each of the thiry-odd million wage earners of the United States loses on an average of nine days each year through sickness, Al an Average cost of §2 a day The witch tree of Nevada is so lumin- {eliin’ her I'm as bloomin' as & bass vio- int “No, ' said the other. “I think I'd bet- ter say you are as tight as a drum, eh?" ~New York Times “T always like to meet a fellow who came from a farm," remarked Congress- man Flubdub e Yes. You ean advise him 10 go back to 1t it he isn't a success, and co) late him on leaving it if he ia. burgh Post ' THE CHRISTMAS COMRADE Minna Irving in Leslie's, Behold Him by the cottage hearth o that a person standing near it can read ordinary print easily after dark. The troe itself can be scen for a mile on the Garkest night. Michael McCloskey, an employe of the Baldwin Locomotive Works phis, has two little finge: hand, and two little toes on each foot. All the extra digits are perfectly devel- oped. Toronto has a street naming committes which s raking the city map with a fine- toothed comb for the purpose of destroy- ing all German street names. Many such names have been found and ruth- lessly stamped out. Six million miles or more on the Atlan- tie highway without shipwreck is the record of Howard Ernest Hin/ purser of the American liner 8t. Louls. Having reached the age of ® years, he gave notice, on the last trip of the vessel, of his determination to retire from the sea. He claims the record of having crossed the Atlantic 2,000 times, CHRISTMAS CHEER. ‘I made 'em laugh, didn't 17’ said the comedian. “I dunno s you torced ‘em,” replisl the op'ry house manager. “We always laugh, ‘cause we got to in order to git our money’s worth.”"—Washington Star. 'L sent my present to Nellle Slybiots when she was at her club, and I knew a'l the girls and fellows would gathar around to see her o it “Why, 1 thought you didn't like Nel- le,” “1 can't bear her. The prasnt was a nice long halr switch.”—Baltimore Amer- fcan. “Housewarming over at Flubdub's?" “‘Naw, he don’'t own no house. uut they are going to burn up the mortgige <n his automobile.”—Philadelpnia Rulletin “What Py wife.” T congratulate you, 14 - & beautiful woman!" ad you think so. That is my be a Dleasure to lose every argum:at to & | woman like that. —Deircic «.vo «o The floor walker was very tired »nd 1he boss told him to take a day off, “‘Getting away from the Christmas shoppers for a day will do you good,” he coneiderately said. But the next day the floor walker didn’t seem rested. wife made me go shopping with explained.—Louisville ourjer ““Well,” sald the traveler, beami have just sent my dulr telegram to my mffi telling her that I am as fit as a e. “‘Thass right-thass right,” sald the weary gentieman in the co "1 wish ya'd do me a favor, m' friend. telegram to my wife f'me, ly, “T " send a will ya— And in the palace hall, When from the glittering Christmas tree Tts fruits enchanted fal His glory shines in every light mong the branches green, And on each dainty holly wreath In berries red is seen. He comes on Christmas eve to bless Fach gift from priceless pearls For beauty's breast to painted toys boys and girla, a8 born at Bethlehem And in a manger lay, His gentle Presence sanctifies The. joys of Christmas day. He stands beside the soliler, oo, Across the ccean foam, In trenches dsep with sodden snow, And brings 4in_thoughts of homo. Though all ‘he Christmas balls are mate Where wir's fierce eagles flow, He shares cne sentry's loaely waish, A comrade ever true. O _bugles! stop your call to arms, Ye silent rolling drums, For with a gift from heaven above The Christmas Comrade comes. His voice in evary car>l bids The cruel war to cease, For lo! He .ears to all the world The Christmas gift of peace. FLORENCE is to be given next and believe me she is a very pretty dolly. She has such sweet winning ways that we would like to have her go to some little girl that didn’t get a doll for Xmas. She would make that little girl so happy. Put on your thinking caps little Busy Bees, and see if you cannot re- member some such little girl, and try to make her happy by collecting a few pictures to help her win Florence. Florence will be given free to the little girl un- der 12 years of age that brings or mails us the largest number of dolls’ pictures cut out of the Daily and Sunday Bee before 4 p. m., Friday, December 31. Remember, you must send your pictures in ONE DAY EARLIER of Saturday. pictures in their paper for tures of Florence you can ge' this week, because Saturday is New Year’s Day, so the CONTEST WILL CLOSE AT 4 P. M. FRIDAY, instead Florence pictures will be in The Bee every day this week. Cut them out and ask your friends to save the you too. See how many piec- t, and be sure to turn them in to The Bee office before 4 p. m. Friday, December 31. You Can See Florence at The Bee Office run frequently Persistence is the cardinal vir- tue in advertising: no matter how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be ly to be really succcessful. and constant-