Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1916, Page 12

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OCTOBER CIRCULATION 53,818 Daily—Sunday 50,252 Dwight Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the e circulation for the month of October, 1916, was daily, and 50,262 Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. thhld:hhfiyb.:lh}{ my :.rmln’cl.‘nd sworn to before me ovember, 3 C. W. CARLSON, Notary Pubme. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. dress will be changed as often as required. —— A net profit of 20 per cént lends strength to the report that the Krupps are enjoying a goodly share of munitions prosperity. = and editorial The boycott weapon is bringing down food prices. Wonder if they were not due to come down of their own weight anyway? The money Omaha has wasted in needless special elections in the last few years would cut off a neat slice of the municipal debt. There are just two ways of relieving the freight car shortage—either get more cars or speed them up—and both together would do it best. —_— “Packers are making the farmers wealthy,” 80 we are told. But reverse may be equally true, if not more so: “Farmers are making the packers rich!" b —ee Kings and emperors hit the trail for the Styx like ordinary mortals. There is no royal road. Neither parade m/)r ceremony alters the destina- tion. A lapse of three full days on the 'varsity cal- endar between footwork and headwork helps some in allaying the aches and swellings of the gridiron. The announced reappointment \ol State Fire Commissioner Ridgell is proof positive that he i an adept in the application of the rule of ~ “safety first.” — . The absehice from news reports of a glowifig _ manifesto indicates that the worst has happened " to General Treving. Presumably his faithful typewriter is among thie Villa booty. —— A Missouri guardsman, on furlough, has com- mitted suicide as preferable to further service on _the border. Evidently not such a picnic down ‘\here as some folks have been led to believe. cnm—————— . At the funeral of Francis Joseph the hearse was drawn by eight magnificently caparisoned borses. Only ordinary mortals must be content. these days to ride to the cemetery in auto hearses. " The certainty of a dry Omaha sounds a mi- nor rote beside the tragic diapason of the national K capital on the waterwagon, The date of the ca- tastrophe is yet to be fixed, but the prospect already chastens the pitch and flow of conversa- tion, b Minicipal ownership may be the eventual so- lution of all our municipal ills, but there is a right way alld a wrong way to go about it. Un- fortunately, Omaha has usually selected the wrong way. and, incidentally, has had to pay the fiddler. A Omaha has good reason to boast of its wide strects, and applaud the wisdom of the fathers. But pride is running for a fall. The collision of 2 police auto and a taxi suggest that the time is nearing when the streets must be widened or the sport of speeding relegated .to the suburbs. Nearly three and a quarter million women are employed outside their homes in the British Isles and one-fourth of the number replaced male labor. When Tommp Atkins comes marching home again a possible scarcity of jobs will in- crease the chances of annexing one job-holder. Cancelling Munition Orders St. Louis Globe Dispatch The cancellation of an arms contract held by the Midvale Steel and Ordnance company, said to amount to $60,000,000, is generally thought to be a forerunner of general cancellations. It is un- derstood that the company is to be paid what it has expended toward carrying out the contract and also that it is to receive an agreed price as profit on each rifle. It is reasonable to assume that all the contracts contain some such provi- sions. The net loss to the entente allies the pay- ment of damages will entail makes it probable that Great Britain, France’and Russia have really made adequate provisions for their future supply of munitions and that the cancellation is not for the purpose of hammering down prices, although there has been much complaint about the Ameri- | can cost of munitions. If the cancellation becomes general it will ne- cessitate a speedy industrial readjustment. It is' . known that some of the munition makers have at least tentative plans for turning their plants to other uses. But it is not certain that there will ' be an immediate market for new products. It is also unlikely that the profits will be as great as - the “specialties” have made on war business. The industrial readjustment is inevitable. It may be better to have it come gradually. In so _ far as it may bring a reduction of wages it will ~ come at a peculiarly unfortunate time. The cost of living is the highest this country has known in a generation and there is little prospect of im- mediate relief, But as long as the war lasts there will be a continued demand for many of our prod- ucts, aside from foodstuffs. A gradual readjust- ment will not bring the shock that a sudden shut- ting off of our export trade would cause. But the ! is scritical and it demands the best thought the business world can give it. / The Future of the Candidate. The announcement that Charles Evans Hughes will return to the practice of his pro- fession as a member of his former law firm is accepted as a matter of course. Had the tables been turned in the late clection, we would have heard much speculation as to the future of the defeated candidate upon his exit from the White House because no one could have been certain as to just what he would do. The question, pe- riodically self-propounded, would be revived: “What shall we do for our _ex-presidents?” which a certain famous ex-president once answered, “This ex-president will do for himself.” For President Wilson that question will now be de- ferred for another four years. But it must at the same time be reassuring to all American citizens, whose respect is com- manded by the defeated candidate for the presi- dency in only a smaller degree than by the suc- cessful candidate, that Mr. Hughes fs in posi- tion and equipped to care for himself. It may be taken for granted that, back in practice, the for- mer gupreme court justice will take a ranking po- sition at the bar regardless of continued partisan activity and whether he has a further political fu- ture must, depend upon developments not now foresceable. Predicament of the Railroads. The predicament of the railroads of the United States at this time is being made the tekt for many preachments, most of which overlook the essential fact that the tranportation industry, in common with all others of the country, found itself caught by an unexpected wave of abnormal activity, and unable to keep up with current or- ders. With manufacturers in other lines accept- ing orders for delivery subject to delay, and con- tracting for the output of plants months ahead, it does not seem reasonable to expect that the railroads can furnish cars on demand or handle consignments with no delay whatever. This is only one phase of the question. Attorney Thom, who has been before the Newlands committee, would have it appearethat ‘the railroads are in ’bnd way, and face either dissolution or govern- ment ownership. Facts do not warrant his ex- treme assertions. / Reports of earnings of the great railroads for the last year show that rates are remunerative in time of plenty at least. The present freight Jam, no matter what its cause, holds no sign of impending poverty, nor does it indicate that the efforts of the government at regulation are to blame for the situation. Whatever fault exists must be laid at the door of the operating system, the efficacy of which may be questioned. For ex- ample, just now there is great demand for cars to move freight that-might have been hauled last summer. It was known then that fuel would be needed during the winter months, but we find railroads themselves putting in their supplies now: Efforts now being made to secure speedy handling and prompt return of cars might have been anticipated, and with better organization made more effective. d Shortage of equipment is alleged as a result of the disinclination of the public to invest in railroad securities, offered tosecure needed capi- tal. This assertion, too, is open to question, Ten years ago railroad managers were warned of the need for readjustment of their affairs. - Physical valyafion of the roads by the federal government has not progressed far enough to give a definite basis for conclusion, only two lines, both south- ern, having been reported on so far, but both of these show heavy over-capitalization. This is a hint at the reason why the public is slow to invest in railroad issues. The transportation sys- tem of the country needs overhauling, but it has not failed. It is simply overtaxed for the mo- ment, e —— Successful Hunting Season. Reports from Michigan and Wisconsin game wardens show a total of twenty-seven deaths among the hunters who flocked to the “big woods” when the shooting season opened a few weeks ago. This, of course, marks the period as most successful. Ik establishes the superiority of the high power rifle over the simpler weapon it superseded, and in other ways indicates the advance man has made in his preparations for destruction. Time was when a disciple of Nim- rod might take his gun and go in search of wild gamé, feeling almost certain of safe return, the issue depending on his own skill and prudence. Nowadays hunting carries with it about the same degree of risk as does life in the European trenches, the survivors having had all the experi- ence of being in battle, We may yet have a revi- sion of the words and hear fond mothers sing, “I didn’t raise my boy to be a hunter.” .What is:the “American” Language? A group of teachers proposes to discuss the “American” language as distinguished from the “British-English.” So far as this can be dis- sociated from any taint of jingoism, it ought to [ be of distinct service. It should develop the ex- istence, if such there be, of an “American” lan- guage, which is improbable. Certain colloquial or idipmatic divergences may be noted in the spoken language of the people, but these are mainly sectional and confined almost exclusively to conversational uses, The formal language of the English-speaking people, no matter where found, is identical as to its form and ncarly so as to its exercise. Such differences as may exist are neither vital nor insuperable. America has con- tributed to its building and growth, and has a full share in its glories and its perplexities, too. Purists, " who were lightly laughed to confusion and retire- ment a few years ago, may yet restore to favor the forms they contended for as the correct usage of man's greatest instrument for the expression or concealment of thought. While waiting for the teachers to get through, it might save time if plans were laid for a convocation of dictionary makers, to determine, if possible, on uniform pronuntiation and spelling of words. The rising cost of living sweeps far beyond mere human necessaries. Admiral Frederick R. Harris estimates that $3,000,000 now buys no more naval equipment than $1,800,000 a year ago. So runs the uplift around the circle. “Woman is the young man's greatest tempta- tion,” says Jacob H. Schiff, the New York finan- cier. Why omit the clders? The one-time opera- tions of one Cassic Chadwick suggest that sea- songd bankers are pot immune, Cheer up! Hope rainbows the political heav- ens. A donation of sixteen woolen-lined boots insure four New York elephants a moderate amount of comfort through a dreary winter. Weak Spots in New Methods of Electing President New York Times It is one of the signs of the complexities that have been wrought in American political life by a century and a quarter of development, and the recent swift changes that the one obvious sub- stitute for the electoral college as a means of registering the desire of American voters has been made impossible of speedy adoption. That is a direct vote of all the people for candidates for head of the nation. Twenty or thirty or forty years ago there could be presented no very serious objection to this change except such as might be inspired, per- haps, by the wish to retain a shadow of the state sovereignty idea in this polling or the dread of the prolonged waiting involved in the gathering of returns for millions of votes. The first ob- jection is largely academic; the second is se- verely practical, for if there is anything the great American voter does not want and will not have it is excessive delay in ascertaining the result. The effect on business from days of suspense is also not to be regarded lightly. In some of our elections, however, this sus- pense would have lasted not days merely if it all depended on the popular vote. Beginning with 1880 three quadrennial contests between the republican and democratic parties were exceed- in}ly close, measured by the popular vote. Gar- field in 1880 led Hancock by only 7,018 votes, hav- inlg 4,449,053 votes to his competitor’s 4,442,035, Cleveland had the popular verdict in 1884, but by only 63,016 over glainc. At the next electidn Cleveland was ahead o6f Harrison 95713 on the popular vote, but did not win in the electoral college. In each of these pollings the margin was 5o close between the candidates that it would have taken weeks to determine for a certainty who was the real victor. But even without this vital consideration of quick decision of the result the modern problem of woman suffrage now stands.in the way of di- rect vote for president. It is not likely that states which have not yet granted the ballot to women will be swift to agree to a constitutional amendment that 'will decrease their own relative importance in the presidential election by giving the woman suffrage states double power, as it were. In the recent election, to give a tangible illus- tration, California men and women voters cast a total of over 925,000 ballots. New Jersey, which in 1910 had a population very slightly above that of the Golden State, polled only about half that number. Washington, which in the same census year had about half as many people as Iowa, put in the ballot boxes on Novembet 7 about 56 per cent more votes than did the men of the middle west state. Illinois cast the largest vote of any state, its combined Wilson-Hughes total of 1,913, 760 exceeding that of New York by 270,872. Moreover, it is evident that with the increase of equal suffrage states and the larger participa- tion of women in election the time might well come when states, comprising 34 per cent of the population of the United States, which had ac- cepted woman suffrage coald outvote in a di- rect test the remaining states, which had 66 per cent of the population. Another idea, aiming like the last to get rid of the ballofi.ng for elector groups, but retaining the principle of state sovereignty on, which many jealous constitution makers laid such stress in the early debates, is to have the president elected by the states, voting as units, making adequate provision for settling a tie when the number of states is even, as at present. Each state would vote for the candidate favored by the largest num- ber of its voters, As a practical proposition, such a method of election would have worked out in virtually the same way as the electoral college did in the past. In 1876, when an electoral commission was set up to settle the Tilden-Hayes controversy, each candidate had seventeen uncontested states, and four were claimed by both. All four were awarded by the commission to Hayes, giving him twenty-one state, with 185 electoral votes, against Tilden's seventeen states, with 184 votes, Garfield and Hancock in 1880 each had nine- teen states. Four years later Cleveland won in twenty states to Blaine's eighteen, was beaten by Harrison in 1888 with a standing of eighteen states 'to twenty and won his second victory in }892 by carrying twenty-six states out of forty- our. . McKinley was winner over Bryan the first time with twenty-three out of forty-five states to his credit, while in the second contest he car- ried twenty-six. Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson in his first run had long leads in states. This year the president has apparently carried thirty states to ug/hcs’ eighteen. . Modification z}f the electoral college idea is urged by some as preferable to abolition. William J. Bryan has made the suggestion that the elec- tors be chosen by congressional districts instead of in groups by the vote of the states. This would eliminate the two now granted to each state as representing the senators and reduce the* electors for each state to the number to which it is entitled on a Apopulalion basis, exactly like the representatives in congress. This would make (53; number of electors at present 435 instead of If this plan had been in force in 1876 Tilden would have been clected president, assuming that the democrats had chogen that year as many clectors as they did members of congress—151 to the republicans' 142, . In only one presidential election from that time up to the present year did the successful party fail to carry a majority of the' congressional districts, The exception was in 1880, when Gar- field was elected. The republicans that year won 146 congressional districts and the democrats 138, ten greenbackers holding the balance of power. The present year sees a democrat elected president and the democrats possibly having a plurality of one or two in the next congress, but not a majority. If the electors (chosen on the Bryan plan) had been similarly divided there would have been no eclection and the duty of choosing the president under the constitution would have devolved on the present house. A majority of the states, voting as units, are re- uired to elect. “The republicans, if aided by the alifornia. progressives, would control twenty- five delegations and be able to clect Hughes as president. It has been suggested that the present electo- ral system be continued, but that the number of electors for each state be reduced by two, thus putting the state’s vote on a basis of population solely. This would seem fairer than the present combination of allowance for population and sov- ereignty’ whereby little Delaware, for instance, has one vote for population and two for sover- cignty. S In the recent election, however, such a sys- tem would have resulted in the election of Hughes. 'Wilson carried thirty states on Novem- ber 7 and Hughes cighteen. Deducting the sixty and thirty-eight from their present totals of 276 and 255 and there are left 216 for Wilson and 219 for Hughes. N Another proposed variation of the electoral system is that the electors of each state be divided among the parties in proportion to their relative votes. By this method, if only the two major parties were considered, New York this year would give Hughes twenty-four electoral votes and Wilson twenty-one. In 1896, when McKinley and Bryan first met at the polls. The republican candidate obtained a popular majority of 567,000 votes and received 271 electoral votes to Bryan's 176, Had the elec- tors been chosen by the states on the proportion- ate basis, McKinley would have had but 225 elec- tors, or just three more than Bryan. And this illustrates the point that, when put to the test of practical experience in electing pres- idents in the past, most of the substitutes pro- | posed far the present system develop a weak spot somewhere, ) Thought Nugget for the Day. “Never was" has a sharper sting Than “No more” as roll the years; And the gods take everything When they take away our tears. —John Cowper Powys. One Year Ago Today in the War. Russia announced the Austro-Ger- mans had been driven westward from the Styr river. Lively artillery action in Artois and engagement with aerial torpedoes near Hill 140. Managing Director Buenz and other officials of Hamburg-American line in New York found guilty of violating American neutrality laws in sending coal to German cruisers. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. If delays are not dangerous they are at least expensive. The county com- missioners made- an estimate of the expense incurred by the preparations for the rehearing of the Lauer case Two hundred jurymen and over fifty witnesses for tHe state were sum- moned and kept for three days at a cost to the county of about $2,000. The unsightly rack which for many years back has occupied a position in the postoffice immediately back of the windows used for the Sunday news dellvery has been removed and the carrlers’ tables have been moved nearer the windows. Mrs. J+ H. Creighton died very sud- denly at her residence, 1718 Cass, from heart disease incited by the death of her husband two weeks ago. E. Rosewater has left for New York, to be absent about three weeks. George Brown, head waiter for the New York chop house, on Douglas street, picked up an ‘“unloaded re- volver to remove it from a table in his room when the weapon was dis- charged, tearing the little finger of his left hand nearly off. Dr. Bridges attended him. The new elevator of the Union Ele- vator company on the railroad on Thirteenth is now completed and has a capacity of 75,000 bushels The proprietors, Himebaugh & Merriam, have built their new offices on the corner of Thirteenth and Leavenworth at a cost of $4,000. P This Day in History. 1780—General Nathaniel Greene took command of the southern army. 1804—Napoleon I and Josephine crowned at Notre Dame, Paris, by the pope. 1823—FErastus Wells, who bullt in St. Louis the first street car line west of the Mississippi, born at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. Died in St. Louis Oc- tober 2, 1893. 1848—Ferdinand of Austria com- pelled to .abdicate in favor of his nephew, who ascended the throne as Emperor Francis Joseph L 1852—Louis Napoleon proclaimed emperor of the French as Napo- leon ITI. 1854—England, France and Austria concluded an alliance on the eastern question. > ; 1857—Free-s ;g convention at Lawrence, Kan., rejected the Lecomp- ton cqnstitution and asked for a vote of theipeople to decide between it and the Topeka constitution. ' 1863-—First ground broken at Oma- ha for Union Pacific railroad. 1889—The new museum of natural history in Berlin was opened by the emperor. = 1891—Armored cruiser New York _lnunched at Philadelphia. 1895—The bronze group, “Washing- ton and Lafayette,” presented to the city of Paris by Joseph Pulitzer of New York, was unveiled. 1899—The Samoan partition treaty was signed at Washington. 1904—Secretary Taft and President Amador reached an agreement set- tling the differences between the United States and Panama. The Day We Celebrate. Nelson B. Updike, president of the Updike Graln company, was born De- cember 2, 1871. He is a native of New Jersey, but was raised and edu- cated at Harvard, Neb. His first ven- turey in the grain business was at El- qf?rudo in 1895 and he is now one of the “king-pins” in thg Omaha grain industry. Dr. Philip Sher is just 42 today, He was born in Russia, coming to this country at the age of 19. He has been {‘;3;"“““ medicine in Omaha since Linn P. Campbell, with Byron Reed company, was born December 2, 1889, at Pomeroy, Ja. He has been in his present business for five years. Lilioukalani, former queen of Hawaii, who is reported critically ill, born in Honolulu seventy-cight years ago today. Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann of Bos- ton, president of the house of depu- ties of the Protestant Episcopal con- vention, born at Geneva, N. Y., fifty- six years ago_today. Sir Alfred W. Dale, vice chancellor of Liverpool university and a noted figure in the KEnglish educational world, born sixty-one years ago today. Irene Vanbrugh, one of the most celebrated actresses of the English stage, born in Exeter, E,‘nxlnnd. forty- four years ago today. M. J. Kelley, manager of the St. Paul American association base ball team, born at Otter River, Mass,, forty years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. ‘“American Electrical Week"” today. f Congratulations to Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt; thirty years wedded today. Today marks the centenary of American savings banks, the first in- stitution of the kind having opened its (’"m;l:lsm Philadelphia on December The annual International Live Stock show, the premier exhibition of its kind in America, opens in Chicago to- day and will continue until Decem- ber 9. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis has designated the week beginning to- morrow for the annual observance of Tuberculosis Week. A contest to determine who is the Chicago girl with the most beautiful complexion, teeth and hair will be inaugurated today in connection with the first annual exhibition of the Chi- cago Retail Druggists’ association. The old First Presbyterian church in New York City has arranged for a notable celebration of its 200th an- niversary, to open Sunday and con- tinue through the week. Jpens Storyette of the Day. Gladys' beau took her younger sis- ter, Mabel, aside and confided in her as follows: “Now,*]I am going to tell you some- thing, Mabel. Do you know that last night, at your party, your sister prom- ised to marry me? 1 hope you'll for- give me for taking her away?" “Forgive you, Mr. Sparks,” said Ma- bel. “Of course I will. Why, that's what the party was for!"—New York Times. Women's Vote on School Board. Omaha, Dec. 1.—To the Editor of the Bee: It is interesting to analyze| the figures of the recent school board vote. Seven members of the Citizens' ticket were clected and one member defeated. women's vote defeated Dr. Holovt- chiner, but the official figures prove that if all the women voted against the doctor, which of course they did not do, their total vote was 206 short of having any influence upon his de- feat. The elected candidate, who stood lowest had 13,699; Dr. Holovt- chiner pelled, 11,245, a difference of 2,464. The total number of women voting was 2,248, thus being 206 short of the winning candidate’'s madority. Thousands of cards were distributed from door to door and an organized, aggressive effort was made for weeks to get the women to go to the polls Two years ago 3,000 women voted, ‘but this year with the added popula- tion of South Omaha and Dundee, less than 6 per cent of the women of voting age responded. There are 30,000 school children registered in the public schools of Greater, Omaha. Where were their mothers on Novem- ber 7? Another valid reason why double suffrage should not be forced upon an unwilling majority. S. B. SMITH. Referendum on New Capitol. Silver Creek, Ne! Dec. 1.—To the Editor of The Bee In his letter to The Bee on the building of a new capitol, Mr. Henry Rich- mond represents that there is ‘“a widespread sentiment among the farmers, business and professional men of every class and clan, to the uttermost parts of the commonwealth, for a new, commodious and modern state house.” I am curious to know by what sort of magic or psychic art, Mr. Rich- mond found that out, since, so far as I can recall, no newspaper had said one word editorially about building a new capitol and no newspaper let- ter writer had mentioned it previous to the publication of my letter No- vember 22. The matter had only been mentioned a few times in news dispatches from Lincoln. There seems to be something uncanny about this, and the impression is heightened when one reads his final command to “gentlemen of the legislature,” of which he will be a member, “to re- spond to the prayers of our constitu- ents for a new capitol building.” I am inclined to think, however, that it is only a comparatively harmless hal- lucination of the mind that afflicts Mr. Richmond and that it will disap- pear when the legislature assembles and he finds that he was mistaken in supposing that he has a hook in each member’s nose. Another explanation I have heard of Mr. Richmond's present activity is that he is only carrying out his part of a contract alleged to have been en- tered into two years ago for the pur- pose of securing the medical depart- ment of the University of Nebraska to Omaha and something in the future for Lincoln. But Mr. Richmond need not flatter himself that the legislature, even if members felt disposed, will be per- mitted, without let or hindrance, to make the necessary appropriations and go ahead and build a new capi- tol. He will probably find out in due time that there will be farmers It has been stated that the| 12 / THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1916. —— a tion foreing enough alone to file a referendum on any such action. The farmers, on mt of the war, have been and are, getting abnormal prices for their products; but they have sense enough to know that these conditions not last ays and that it is better to go slow—hedge a little and await developments. When I came to Nebraska in 1872 the settlers were nearly all poor and soon spent what little ;money they had; and it was a mgtter of common remark that when a “newcomer” ar- rived on the scene, for the time flush with money, they all swarmed about him, each intent on getting his share of it. And so it has been since, that when the farmers appear to be pros- perous and are making money there are always a lot of fellows coming be- fore the legislature, unless ‘they are already in_it, with enticin chemes for getting their money a from them. This scheme of a new capitol build- ing was -being worked on the quiet— under cover. A part of the conspiracy evidently was that the pec of Lin- coln, who would be the chief bene- ficiaries, were to look wise and keep still while some outside fellows like Richmond set up the pins. My letter of November 22 scems to have un- covered the bunch. See them squirm. CHARLES WOOSTER. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. “They tell me there was some trouble at that lacture on whisky glven by the prohibltionists last night,” Jones. “Yes," replied Smith speaker was full of his subje audience drank In his words."—Cincinnati Enquirer, G R KABIGBLE, © MV HUSBAND TOLD THE N1 0RS | THAY HE MARRYED ME FOR MY MONEY - ¥ WHAT QUGHY 1 bo? THANK HIM = THE NEIGHBORS THAY DIDNY THINK YOU HAD-A CENY wilL SIY UP Now AND YAKE NOTICE ! TR Tom—=8o you really think you have some chance with Miss Coldcash, do you? Jack—That's what. She is beginning to find fault with my necktie.—Indianapolis Star. “I see there Is no danger of Florida's going to the dogs.” - “How 507" “They have headed the state government there with Catts."—Baltimore American. A MEMORY. F. L. Stanton in Atlantic Constitution. Toward the Christmas season I often think of one Whose voice made sweetest music in the frolic and the fun; A face that faded far away—a rose dream of the years Seen in my firelight fancies—oft through a rain of tears. I hide my grief as best T may, and kiss some child's dear face To ease the ache that’s in the heart—to fill the vacant place; But memory sits by my side and stfll his face appears, And God sends at the Christmastide the gracious gift of tears. 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