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Houston. Texas. Friday December 24 1915.
"Our Country ! In her intercourse
with foreign nations may she always
be in the right; but our country
right or wrong." Stephen Decatur.
WILL IT BE A "RED CHRISTMAS" T
There is uothing gratifying in the pros
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at this season of the year brins scores of
horrifying tales of passion and homicide.
1 Just why humanity should select the Christ-
mas season above all others tor the spilling
'' of blood is one of those mysteries that defy
understanding.
Apparently hundreds of people fail en-
tirely to grasp the significance of Christmas.
They seem to think it a time for bestiality
' Jpnnl'annaec milf-ftar And nillftffe. and it is
anything but that. It is a time set apart to
celebrate in a becoming way what the Chris
tlan world regards the greatest event since
the dawn of creation. It is a time for han-
piness but bestiality is not happiness. It
Js a tin:e for good cheer but murder is not
good cheer. It is a time for self-examina-
tion but rowdyism and dissipation are not
self-examination. It is a time for a manifesta-
tion of the diviner qualities of our nature
v but selfishness brutality ingratitude pos-
r sees no element of divinity.
Many years ago a movement was startea
Jin the United States to diminish the perils
: k 01 me r ounn 01 .iuiy ana we uae st-ru
' year by year a lessening number of casual-
. ties until now we may almost say that the
' country enjoys a "safe and sane Fourth."
.- Why can not the people of the United
States especially those of the South make
some serious endeavor to have a sober and
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Joyed without drunkenness and anger. We
fan catch its true spirit in doing good in
spending a quiet day in the family circle or
in listening to the beautiful music which
proclaims the anniversary of the Christ.
It is a time for peace and good will not
for anger and brutality. It is a time for love
' and eenernsitv. not for hate and vengeance
The South has been annually disgraced by
bloodletting during the Christmas season
' and we fear we shall have much of it this
. time. But would it not be a good idea to
. begin in the coming year a movement hav
ing for its object a bloodless and sober
: Christmas.
LEST WE FORGET.
V From every nook and corner of the conn-
try come reports of prosperous and satis-
" ' factory conditions. In metropolitan finan
cial districts in all the great industrial cen-
ters and in commercial circles there is a
degree of Christmas rejoicing such as we
) have not seen for several years. Great cor
-. porations are sharing with their employes
generously thus manifesting a wholesome
'.Christmas spirit and making for the belter
feeling between capital and labor. Y'e are
i to have a full-stocking Christmas with not
tuch an army of distressed people to care
for and those who are with us as the poor
always are will be abundantly remembered
All this is gratifying because our coun
try1 is old enough to harbor much suffering
when the lean years come and the fat years
enable us to enjoy the good fortune which
' has come to us and to share it according to
( our best impulses.
We must not forget however that w-eare
" M In the midst of the world's most momentous
1 f period and that history is in the making
in a measure and upon a scale that human
ity has never experienced before. If there
were ever a time when the people of the
United States need to temper their Christ
. ' mas festivities with reflection and intro-
spection now is the time. W:e must not
permit prosperity and plenty to urge us into
reckless indulgence and foolish indifference
to the new surroundings which we find
' ' about us.
Peyond the ocean the worlds most ap-
V palling tragedy is being enacted while we
re celebrating the birth of the Prince of
1 Peace. The accumulation of a century Is be
lng rapidly wasted and the blood of millions
continues to drench the soil. It is impossi
ble to conceive what is being Buffered by
" the people there snd in the gratification
that we experience because we can care for
the few who are unfortunate here let us
.not forget the scores of millions who are
strangers to the comfort and happiness of
sur own country.
! W tB never know when our own coun-
try nay be wrapped in the flames of war.
ar is like the conflagration that sometimes
wipe out a city. It comes without notice
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and nobody knows when and how It will
stop or what its consequences will be. So
in the rejoicing of the season we might well
look about us and see how we stand with
relation to the immediate future ;
One thing that ought to cause us deep re-
flection is that so long as the war rages In
Europe we are not out of danger. Another
palpable truth is that if we go through the
war period without injury we shall still be
subjected to more or less menace in the
period immediately following the war.
This ie no time to waste our money in
riotuous speculation or living. On the con-
trary it is time to strengthen our house-
hold in preparation for any eventuality that
the fates may have in store for us. Men in
business ought to strive for the maximum of
efficiency. The citizen ought to be thritty.
We do not mean that he ought to be
penurious. The saving habit ought to be en-
couraged in eery household and we should
remember thai wasted time is one of the
most appalling extravagances the American
people have.
Altogether we lack much of beiug the
most efficient people in the world and we
should begin to understand that the strength
of the nation itself depends largely upon the
efficiency of its individual units.
We are not to be indifferent to the tremen-
dous events now being recorded. They affect
us almost as vitally as they affect Europe
itself. We need better citizenship more
efficiency more thrift and more genuine re-
ligion. The United States will soon enter
upon a period of great things and the coun-
try will rise or fall in the measure we com
prehend the responsibilities resting upon us.
HIGH PRICE OF GASOLINE.
The steady rise in the price of gasoline
sas the New York Commercial is due to
Hie fact that while its consumption has in-
creased by leaps and bounds its production
figures have stood practically unchanged.
The expansion of the automobile industry in
recent year. the general use of gasoline en-
gines and tractors by farmers the increase
mi the number of motorboats are all impor
tant factors in causing the rise in price
The price of crude petroleum has mounted
teadily. because the supply is not enough
for the visible demand.
The following figures obtained from va
rious oil refineries and gasoline producers
entering in Bayonne. N. J. throw much
light on the gasoline situation: In 109 the
quantity of gasoline used in this country for
purposes was 5.615000 barrels. By 1904
he amount had only increased to 5815000
barrels. But by 1909 five years later the
consumption had increased to 10S06000 bar
rels. That is. the increase during the five
ears before 1904 was only 200000 barrels.
but in the five years after 1904 it was 5000-
00 barrels. The huge increase kept pace
with the increased use of automobiles.
In 1914. another five-year period the con
sumption had increased to l.noo.uoo barrels.
or an increase of 7"iH.00' barn-Is. And now
experts in the industry belii-ve that H0.000
i""0 barrels of nasoline w ill be consumed next
vear I he-bulk of this win be used by motor
tars 0 all classes including motor tractors
on the farms.
In 1912 approximately 312000 automobiles
were built in this country. For the year
ending June no. 19U'. the number of cars
built was 42".0uo and in 1914 the number
had risen to 51"..00i. For the year ending
June 30 1915 the builders turned out 710
ono motor cars which added to those al
ready in use made a grand total of :;2."u000
motor cars of all classes.
After be;:ij; out of the newspaper harne-s lor
cvrral year.-. Colonel I. M. Green felt unable
0 resist the yearning to re-enter that field 0
useful labor in which he has grown gray in the
sen ice. and in yielding thereto he has launched
he Tyler S;pnal. the first issue of which ap
peared last week in the splendid East Texas city
of that name toward whose upbuilding he has
"Ttributed so much during nearly hall a cen
i:rv s residence there. Colonel dreen is one
of the ablest and best known newspaper men o
he State clean and conservative but courageous
n the discussion of public issues and it goe
without saying tnat he will give the people 0
Tvier and Smith county a live weekly publica
ion that they will be proud of. Knowing the
editor and owner as we do The Post feels free
predict that the Signal will speedily attain a
circulation that will make it an influential factor
in all that pertains to the best aspirations of th
people within the territory that it may rightly
claim as its special field in which to labor.
The Jennings I La. Times-Record complain
that "the curse of the American farmer is th
rapidly increasing expanding and perpetuating
middleman." The middleman is a necessary lin
between the producer and consumer and by hi
indefatigable enterprise has been a useful factor
in creating wide markets and broadening th
facilities for the ready disposal of the country
products. That there may be too many middle
men operating in established markets may be
admitted but at the same time the sharp com
ptti'ion among them tends to bring about its ow
correction by the process of elimination. Fur
thermore. the remedy against undue multiplica
tion nf these agencies ia largely with the pro
ducers themselves and is to be found in co-opera
tive selling the value of which has been amply
demonstrated by many progressive communities
Only one more day until Christmas and th
soldiers in the European conflict are still in th
trenches. The Ford peace party will have to
hurry up with their plans if they expect to make
good their leader's prediction that these soldier
would be withdrawn from the trenches by Christ
mas Day." Indeed from the reported wranglin
that has occurred within the ranks of the party
itself there is the possibility that they may take
11 the trenches themselves for protection again
internal belligerency.
Wall street operators have enjoyed a year of
unparalleled prosperity and are therefore pre-
pared to enter into the Christmas spirit with joy
and thanksgiving. To their credit be it said
they are going to share some of their prosperity
with their employes from the humblest to the
highest by distributing liberal money bonuses to
thrm. ranging all the way from 10 to 50 per
cent of their annual salaries. The Post would
be glad to sec the day when every firm and
-"-"icorporauon throughout the country would f.iad'paratively eoor 'r" ' i;A r
corporation throughout the country would find
HOUSTON DAILY POST: FRIDAY
Paragraphorisms
-.'..-' Bv Gaoaoa U. BanJrr.
We suppose President Wilson kaewi rs Vir
ginia mountains as well as we do. If however
he is short anythiag for Christmas enjoyment
and he will follow some dim trail into tk moun-
tain and leave a half dollar on aa old stump
he will probably find something there that will
interest him if he will call a couple of hours
later. -
We are not going to be bothered About edito
rial lubjects during the holidays. When ia doubt
we always play the tariff.
Mayor Mitchel of New York indicates that be
itl permit the balls of hilarity to celebrate Near
ear until 3 a. m. January 1. That arrange
ment we believe will be sufficient to enable the
revelers to carve into the (rape until an ample
foundation tor a New Year headache ii cou-
ructed.
A tightwad may have his faults but you notice
hat when he walks into the bank the president
generally calls bim "Mister" or "Colonel."
The Philadelphia Telegraph tells of the theft
t $1.75 from a little orphan girl's bank. W
know some democrat in Philadelphia made good
he little thing's loss but we can never know
hv the Pennsylvania republican predatory ae-
vity should be directed against orphan babies.
The beautiful New Y'ear resolutions that we
ade last New Year are going to serve us nicely
us time as they are scarcely worn at all.
The statistician of the New York World hands
s the information that the distillery fire in Glas
ow destroyed 10000000 highballs. In this way
lie magnitude ot the catastrophe may be fully
oinprehended and the joy of the dry' duly ac
celerated.
At Christmas the money we have is turned
er to somehodv else and then we start the
New Year determined to get it back again.
In order to indicate that our Christmas fellow-
hip is not confined to people we personally
now we ask the Toledo Blade to offer for us
he compliments of the season to the Indiana
armer who has a 185-barrel cistern full of cider.
The "rounders" like to hear a bright pretty
lrl swear just a little bit while she is sipping
martini provided she is not kin to them.
A New York minister criticises the White
louse bride because she was not married in
omespun. W hen a minister makes up tus mind
o be a nut he usually finds some fantastic cir
cumstance to make a go of it.
It begins to look to us as if the Ford Peace
Mission is about to be crowded back to the mar
ket page just under the turpentine quotations.
As a special favor we ask the reckless motor-
sts to kill as tew people as possible on this lsst
hopping day before Christmas. It is inhumane
to spoil a child s Christmas entovment by killing
or maiming it.
The Portland Oregonian says: "There ought
be a Pat Foley in every town and city in
Oregon." Houston has two of them but none
0 spare.
A Pennsylvania railroad train collided with
itney and the four occupants of the latter were
killed. We have always been inclined to doubt
hat a jitney could knock a railroad train off the
track.
A St. I.ouis man who claims to have $4000
s-ays he has been jilted 150 times and is still
proposing. His fortune must be invested in
Oklahoma oil stocks.
Of course if Villa wants to do any wild
westing in this country the people will fall for
They would even be willing to pull Carranza's
whiskrrs out. hair by hair at so much a pull.
"Do you ever have coasting in Texas?" asks
New Hampshire pchoolmarm. Why. dear
Houston is the Gem City of the greatest coast
country in America.
Don't forget those who know misfortune. Th
shivering paladins in the European trenches and
the poor little unpaid schoolmarms of Alabama
will not have very much joy this Christmas.
The Christmas present from Owensboro. Ky
is still on the way and we are willing to bet a
simoleon that it is not a copy of Whittier
poems or eight pounds of sole leather.
ny asKS tne inquisitive suDScriber o
Wharton "'is that famous Literary club of Hous
ton called literary?" We don't know unless i
s because the club so frequently gets lit.
themselves able to imitate them in this worthy
example of profit-sharing in such measure as
their business success justifies it. It is a re
ward of fidelity to duty that puts zest in th
labor of every employe.
A new product of the wine industry is de
alcolized wine. The beverage is entirely differ
ent from unfemented grape juice as it con
tains the ethers and aldehydes to which wine
pleasant taste and stimulating qualities are due
and the tannic acid which helps protect the sys
tem from cholera and typhus germs etc. Wine
is made in the ordinary way and deprived of its
alcohol by fractional distillation at low pressure
That however is not the kind of wine that Paul
recommended to Timothy for the stomach's sake
and his oft infirmities.
In taking his leave of America Captain von
Papen has issued a statement in which he say-
he quits his post as German military attache
without any feeling of bitterness but he protests
that he has a clean record as to his conduct in
this country despite the fact that he has been
misrepresented and calumnjated and expresses
the opinion that nothing will occur to embroil
the two countries in war but on the contrary
that the existing neutral relations will steadily
improve.
Signing Petitions.
From the Wichilo Ttmcs.)
Men are quick to sign petitions. It costs them
nothing and by signing they avoid making ene
mies and perhaps gain a friend. More often than
not they do not even read the petitions they are
asked to sign. To prove this assertion and to
win a. bet an Abilene Kan. man recently drew
up and circulated a petition to the governor of
Kansas to have the road to Tipperary short
ened." He got over 200 signatures to that oeti
tion and among the number was the mayor of
the city a bank cashier and many other leading
citizens to say nothing of a district judge
is needless to ad that he won the bet.
The Poverty Of a Multimillionaire!
f From the New York Teleiram.)
When Mr. Carnegie says he has given away
so much he ii going to die poor he means com-
MORNING DECEMBEk 24 1915. - '
4 Christmas Vision
Bt Da Faams Quote. '
It was Christmas Eve apoa th field of bat
tle in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen. The night was clear and
bitter cold.
A myriad men lay watching in grim alert
ness witching to kill
Suddenly at midnight firing ceased. Ko shells
screamed. No bombs exploded in the air. Peace
reigned and at illness ttBcannye-mystefioua
The forces oa both sides looked and hstened
intently suspecting each some ruse of the
enemy.
And behold there appeared in the sky a light
glow as of a white cloud becoming larger and
larger.
And the white cloud as it came nearer to earth
as seen to be made up of many angel faces a
multitude of the heavenly host and they sang
an old song in wondrous harmony such as no
uman ear had ever heard :
"Glory to Cod in the highest and on earth
peace good will toward men!"
From the center of the host then appeared a
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igure ot a Man not langiy nor crowneu 001
garbed as a workman.
His forehead was scarred at with thorns. His
eyes were luminous with infinite sorrows; and
His hands when He spread them out were seen
to be wounded.
When He spoke His voice was low yet so it
as thai everv man heard Him plainly as if He
ere by his side.
And he said:
" O my people what is this that ye do ?
"I came that ye might learn what love is what
ove can do and what signs and wonder love
can perform love almighty I
"And ye have come out against one anomrr
causeless hate to slay and to destroy ye know
it whv.
"Who hath betwitched you that ye leave your
arms vour shops your wives ana nine ones
nd come hither to do the work of the devil?
Ye have no human hale one toward another.
Yr L-nnw- not one another. Ye are kindly men.
lhe Father of Lies hath enmeshed you. A
mall number of men in the seats of the mighty.
ave led vou as sheen to the slaughter to teen
their pride their greed and their lust of glory.
Ye speak ot nations ot oermany. 01 rrancr
of Fnland. What are nations to Me? 1 know
them not. 1 know naught but numanny. l aicu
not to save France but to save mankind. 1
came not to lead Germany but the whole world
tn triumnh.
I will tell vou how to escape trom this hen
are in. He that hath ears to hear let him
hear! .
Throw down your arms. Embrace your ene
mies as brothers as we are. Go back to your
homes and refuse to come out again to kill.
If but two or three do this they will be shot
traitors. But if ve all do it. your rulers
will be appalled and helpless. Then must .they
perforce arrange their quarrel some other way.
"And if only a tew heed My worus ana cease
to finht. and are killed by their officers what
will ye? Will ye suffer more than I? Is the
servant above bis Master?
So doing ye will die for Me. As it is ye die
for ve know not what.
"Come back to Me. I am not here. 1 am
with your mothers that moan in sorrow with
our wives whose eves are red with rust oi
ears with vour children left desolate.
Fear not ! The nation that followeth Me shall
not perish. The people that obey my worus
shall not be crushed. They that go the way of
the Cross shall overcome them that take the
Sword.
Ye are Mine. Shall it be said again: He
came unto His own and His own received Him
not ?
Will ye be obedient to the heavenly vision or
urn again to your madness?
"O people. Mv people! How often would
have lathered vou together as a hen prthereth he
chickens and ve would not ! Therefore see how-
great woe hath come upon you !
"Who will follow Me?
And the vision faded. And all the multitude
ot men were in tears. And they threw away
heir weapons and shouted with great shouts o
joy as they cry out who have been reiea-ca
trom prison or delivered trom the pains ot sick
nesa. And they rushed toward their enemies.
and clasped hands and laughed and wept.
At first the officers shot down some but see
ng that so great a number were revolting from
madness unto reason tney oesistra anu wen
their wav amazed.
So the armies returned home. And the worm
awoke out of its frightful dream. And ferociou
kings and rulers were deposed and men chosen
in their stead who took counsel for humanity.
For the Christ of Humanity had spoken and
the gods of the nations fled into the darkness
of the oast from whence they came.
Even so O vision of Divine Wisdom come
quickly I
(Copyright 1915 by frank Lrane.i
TEXAS PRESS POLITICAL 0PIKI0N
Ex-Governor Colquitt predicts his nomination
in the nriraary by a majority of from 50000 t
60000. He certainly has not read about Bo'
Henrv raisinn the price of cotton. Waxahachi
Light.
If Tom Campbell really believes in the stal
utes as writ why doesn't he challenge Jim Fer
truson on his secdnd term aspiration? And the
only way to do that is to announce his candidacy
for governor. Waco I ime t-uertua.
Ex-Governor Colquitt forecasts his election 1
the United Slates senate bv at least 60.000 vote
This prediction will not cause any withdrawal
from the race but the several candidates arc
now beginning to realize that "Little Oscar
the most to be dreaded. Kosse Cyclone.
Cvclone Davis like some other "freaks" that
have been sent 10 congress is making a show of
himself in Washington but aside from the lilt I
notoriety he achieves he will do Texas no good
This country is not going to be governed by
men who are simply trying to advertise them
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selves. 1 1 umiuun II r.wu.
United States Senator Charles A. Culberson
has failed to let his friends know what his sen a
torial intentions for 1916 are. His secretary
thought that an announcement from Senator Oil
berson would be made early in December ben
ator Culberson has not yet returned to Wash
ington. Certainly however he can not much
longer postpone the day when he will make h
decision for many indeed are the people who
would like to know what he is to do. And upon
his announcement depend many of the lineups
of the senatorial campaign for 1016. Aust
Statesman.
Texas has lost the use of millions of capital
by reason of the attitude against capital as e
pressed in the legislative enactments. Texas
a good State full of wonderful opportunities for
the employment ot capital and could be an cm
pire within herself but it requires money to do
these things. By a drastic warfare on capital
development his been hindered and capital
afraid to enter the State not knowing when or
how It will be next attacked and the expected
profits be taken away. Our attacks on capital
have caused many a budding enterprise to withe
tnd die away. Instead of regulating corporations
and watching them to see that they toted fair
we have belabored them with clubs. -Marshall
Uetsenger.
Per Better Rural Schools.
From the Port Worth Star'-Tetrgram))
A national campaign for a better rural school
will be urged in the forthcoming annual report
of the secretary of the interior. Declaring the
rural school boys and girls to be the chief re
source of the nation Secretary Lane asks "Are
we dome all oossible to develon this resuurce?
Welt Tcxai has a million-dollar fund for co
operative betterment of rural schools and now
working t lift the Sutt above the stragglers in
IsaaeatiMKl 4(ylovntc..iSh4w.ioH t.'TeatVswMli ft. justice of th9 peace at Podunk
Productive Play
Br H. Anoiftcre Baucs.
Few parents appreciate the educational poasa-
bilities of the games of childhood. They do sot
realUe that by skillful adaptation efesesj the
commonest of children's games they can do much
ie the way of interesting their little ones fa the
serious work of the school room and promot-
ing their mental development. . .
The great desirability of studying games as aa
aid in early education was first impressed on me
by aa interesting experiment made some years
ago by a personal friend one of the most emi-
nent of American psychologists.
His little boy on entering school got along ex-
ceedingly well ia almost everything except arith
metic. The multiplication table presented unex-
pected difficulties to him while subtraction and
ivision seemed quite beyond his powers.
But his fa"ther was not at all disturbed when
he boy's teacher reported his backwardness.
If." he declared "my son is doing so well
n everything else he can do quite as well in
rithmetic too. It is only a question of getting
im so interested in arithmetic that he will apply
himself to it."
He did not scold the boy did not even urge
im to study harder. Instead he made him a
present of an ordinary box of dominoes.
At the same time he and the boy's mother be
gan to display much interest in playing wuu
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these dominoes. Their son watched them and
wished to join in their games. But the father
old him :
"Some day. perhaps you may but not now. It
ould be no use. No one can play the kind ot
games we do unless he knows how to add and
subtract divide and multiply. And unfortunate
ly vou know nothing of this."
Insistently the boy begged to be allowed to
play and soon his parents found him hard at
work trying to figure out for himself the games
played by them.
In this way. with only slight assistance he
quickly mastered the rudiments of arithmetic
formerly so difficult to him.
Not only so. but he developed an unusual fond-
ness and ability for mathematical study. At an
age when most boys are wrestling with fractions.
he was well advanced in higher mathematics so
well advanced that before he was twelve he
knew much more about mathematics than his
father.
What this parent did other parents can do
Some other parents for that matter have
similarly made use of games to create a liking
for various subjects history geography litera
ture science and so forth. All parents might
profitably follow their example.
Those who do follow it may rest assured that
school work will be far easier and less tedious
to their children. Also they may rest assured
that the children thus pleasantly accustomed to
use their minds effectively will make rapid Intel
lectual progress.
Turn to advantage therefore vour child's in
stinct for play. I'tiliie it to develop in him the
power to pay attention to think to real purpose
to apply himself earnestly.
Utilize it also in directing your child s thoughts
0 things which considered by themselves might
not be of much interest to him but which it is
of importance for him to know.
The result will be mental discipline and mental
growth to an extent that will astonish you.
(Copyright 1915 by 11. A. Bruce.)
HOW ENGLAND APPEALS
TO HER THRIFTY SAVERS.
By John M. Oskisox.
England is determined that so far as it is hu
manly possible her people shall find the money
to finance the war. She knows that her bank
ers manufacturers business men and the peo-
ple with invested capital can't furnish all she
needs so she is making persistent and effective
appeals to the mass of the 45000000 people of
the islands.
One poster that stares the English people in
the face at every turn represents two hands full
of silver coins which are spilling over and being
converted into bullets. As a background a scrip
voucher for a piece of a domestic 4 1-2 per cent
war loan is reproduced and the injunction printed
at the top :
Turn your silver into bullets at lhe post-
office."
Another poster shows a- huge silver crown
crushing an enemy and its legend is :
"Lend your 5 shillings to your country and
crush the Germans."
At the postolhces the thrifty and patriotic citi
zen may invest as little as 5 shillings (about
$1.20) in the loan; he receives a voucher which
promises to pay 5 per cent on his money until he
has got some $25 worth of them when he may
trade them m for a share of war stock. On the
stoik he is promised 4 i-a per cent.
The s per cent interest on the first payments
on the first big loan was not due until the in
vestor got $js worth of the vouchers and traded
them for stock: that was to stimulate the first
iffort toward saving.
How well it worked was shown bv the fact
that to lhe huge 600.000600-pound (nearly three
billion dollars) loan there were 547000 persons
who subscribed to 15.000000 pounds in small lots.
while the rest of the loan was taken by 550000
in sums of $500 and over. Since that first loan
100.000 mere men and women in England have
become owners of war loans.
In this tremendous crisis for England the small
earner of money is becoming an investor. He is
earning the true meaning of thrift which is not
only saving something out of income but also
putting that saved sum to work so that it will
earn something.
In the Maddening Crowd.
(From the Fort Worth Record.)
Washington is the capital city. All the great
and the near-great reside in the capital city
while congress is in session. There are 100000
taxeaters with their noses in the public trough.
Multimillionaires flock there and build palatial
homes in order to grab at the fringe of what they
call society. Washington has great newspapers
the Post the Herald and the Star. The follow
ing is reproduced from the Herald of Decem
ber 11:
"R. M. Johnson a prominent resident of
Houston Texas is registered at the Raleigh."
Can it be possible that this refers to Colonel
R. M. Johnston for thirty-five years a Texas
builder who was a drflhimer boy in the Confed
erate army and is widely known throughout this
country? No it isn't possible. The Herald's
R. M. Johnson spells Johnson without a "t."
He does not belong to the blue hen's chickens.
Colonel R. M. Johnston is a former United
States senator a former member of the demo
cratic national committee a delegate at large to
a doien national conventions editor in chief of
The Houston Post and a democratic leader with
a record and without ouile. '
Wonderful city this capital of the nation.
where taxeaters constitute the majority of the
population ; noisy contractors are ever in evi
dence ; gun and powder makers datxle all be
holders with their prodigal display of wealth
and the new rich Americana seek the society of
aristocrats in noaraing nouses and catei.
for this reason a distinguished citizen from
the provinces more especially from the faraway
province of Texas is apt to be overlooked by
the capital city journalist as he stands on the
edge of the maddening crowd.
Washington is the mecca of the politician"
Washington is the 'mecca of the office seeker
Washington ia the mecca of the tourist likewise
the home of the flunky and the parasite ; the time
server ana tne teuow who lives Dt bis wits.
.There s congressman jcuts- about as wide a
Tampering With Trifhs
Br Jose Moarom Lawns. -
-. . FORGET IT. ' :
The Chrittmas Tree is all alight between 6 s
..J .1. - A- 1 I I i - MMMa fiflllfr
and suffering and stenches; tnis-sioe ei-n.iuje
all things good and Httle folks arc singing' and
over field and; stream and wood theif joyous
tones are' winging. "So let us pull th cttrtaSn
unites n orer t&fn and cut out toM and ga-
me. The little folk know naught f war and
Itytle folks are happy; they bare not notion what
fn- maw wan ika tlmm mm aiWSnM Sfllil W
a v uui was 1 its; akJiaga myyj t ew "
know ao more than they do of the outlandish
reason; so let as sing : "The skies are blue U
t( the Christmas season I" So let us bring the
turkey in and tote in wood for mother and pol
ish up our Christmas grin and try and love our
brother. The world is full of friendships yet
the world is filled with loving and love outshines
a coronet and sympathy beats shoving. So let
us load the Christmas Tree and let us wear a
posy and join the children in their glee at ring-
around -a-rosy !
WARMING.
Sunshine steepin' all the world mala glory
weather
Meltin' love and happiness till they run to
gether.
Coaxin' sprouts out of the ground till they oetae
a-springin
Coaxin' birds to think it's spring till it gets them
singin'
Gettin' little folks out doors here they come
a-runnin' !
Coaxin' out the old folks too they set -snnnin'
;
Goin' through the open doors with its gladness
goin'.
Into hearts and warmin' them beyond any knowia'.
Makin' folks glad I That's tfat thing that the
sun is doin' !
Wipin' away sorrow in' rubbin' out all ruin'1
Sayin' to the world: "Be glad! be glad like yen
oughter !"
Puttin' rainbows in their tears' diamonds on the
water ;
Makin' pearls of drops of dew puttin' gold ia
tresses
Touchin' hearts that grieve with all of God's
tenderness ;
Makin' eyes look up and then poinrin' ont earth's
glories
Grander than the grandest scenes in the fairy
stories.
Lift in' up the heads that's bowed wipin' out all
sorrow ;
Sayin': "Stars will shine tonight and the sun
tomorrow ;
And the rose will bloom in spring and the birds
he calling
And however you are near to the twilight
falling.
And however you are' bowed and howe'er you've
striven
And whatever you have lost ain't it there in
heaven ?
That's the way the warm sun wraps the world
gets it glowing.
Till the songs of gladness go where the winds
are blowing.
LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS.
Dear Mr. Lewis: Mr. D. M. Foster Jr.. mane
ager of the Southwestern Produce association rs
today sending you by Wells-Fargo a box contain-
ing 176 of the very best russet oranges that
grow. You will readily note that these oranges
are the product of "Southwestern Louisiana
The World's Best Country."
I suggested to Mr. Foster that possibly a box
of this saccharine fruil would tend to sweeten
your disposition toward one George M. Bailey
and that if you would be so kind as to "divide"
that the same Bailey would very likely "sweeten"
on you.
1 assure you that it is a pleasure for Mr.. Fos
ter and me to acquaint you gentlemen with or
anges that are sweet so sweet and juicy that
you are not safe in eating except in a bath tub.
May there be much happiness in this Christ
mas for you. With very best wishes I am yours
very truly Paul 11. Perkins
Special Agent.
Dear Mr. Perkins : I'll divide 'em all right.
but I want you to know right now you have ruint
my Christmas.
And from my old not so very old but very
dear friend. Colonel Frank Andrews comes word
that a crate of such grape fruit as is grown no
where but In the Brownsville country is on its
way to me. It was the Brownsville grower who
took the quinine out of grape fruit and changed
it from a missile to an edible. I am expected
to divide this gift with my family I Is therS
nothing I can keep for myself?
And along with a beautiful bushel of wishes
and greetings from friends the country over comes
this from the Leedys of Youngstown Onio :
If you could reckon on a string
The measure of our kind regards
Straightway you'd want to rise and sing:
"Gee whiz! It's seven million yards!
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Leedy M or j oris
Laura ana Harriet.
I have much to be thankful for in this old
world and every day along with my other thank
fulnesses I rise with a song in my heart of
thanksgiving for the friendships that have been
given to me and mint.
REMOVE THE DEBRIS.
Sweet Christmas Day will soon be gone
With gifts and feast and brimming cup;
And then the kids can settle down
And then the dads can settle up.
HOW HE HATES HER.
Middle-aged gentleman wants housekeeper to
go out of the State. Address C-g. Salt Lakt
Tribune.
Bet she left his hair brush full of long hairl
WE CAN'T HELP IT.
We don't know which we'd rather have our
habits rule in or a woman. Springfield Mo. Re-
publican. Both of them rule us more or less. But then
doggone we're only human. -
NOT COMING TO TEXAS.
General Fiinston says conditions in Texas are
"almost normal." So they are in Hados but no-
body wants to go to either place. Boston Ad-
vtrtiser. Nope you don't want to but
GET THE SPIRIT.
Put on your broadest
Smile and be
A brother to
- The Christmas Tree.
unless a senator is something out of the ordi-
nary or of the picturesque variety he draws less
water than a canal boat on the Trinity.
Good old town Is Washington the show place
of America and within easy distance of Mount
Auburn the shrine made famous by the first and
last distinguished American statesman who could
tell a lie but wouldn't. These Washington jour-
nalists are a crude set at best. Their horizon U
bounded by the defined municipal limits of the
city on the banks of the Potomac. No more no
less. - v
Mors "Once-Upon-a-Tlme" Stuff. '
(Pram tha Pkilitittlik: j
x. .-. - . .e w nnvnij
.There used to he good old times when a man
wW Jisd been preilttot ftlt thathe hsd his die
mU wkCt '-'' "l'
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