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"i "'J I i i .1 ilif fiuciM elmoat amounting to contempt fur tin GREETINGS TO EVERY READER i rnn tin 4n lit mtmpG Volstead law anil tin ucreiJncn of the Eighteenth Beyond The Bridge Let's Be Sensible i joum oiHtri.i Amendment, Perhaps If Mr. Dilthey were to explore still further he would find many an hon "By HERBERT CORCV est cltiien who did hie duty to the country by voting for Hoover, secretlnir a flank in a club My friend, the importer, wants me to take the early morning cutter and go on board one of the sismshio las Cortrj Jalsnd Zm 1 i -in in i MONDAY, DECEMBER 13 A correspondent write that be In ddHpairi "After a lifetime of honest endeavor I am on the brink of ruin. locker, or carrying it on hie hip. arriving ships at Quarantine. He euys it would Terfectlon, no doubt, will be attained eome day.

be an enlightening and enlivening experience, hava never knowingly done any It 1 alwayi beckoning, but never quite within and that I would have no difficulty getting a 1 man a wrone. Mv failure la throuch reach. When Mr. Dilthey hae caught the elu- riiMUhed by the BROOKLYN PAILI TIMES cutter pa, inaamuch ai I am a. newspaper- no fault of my own.

My heart ii Fremont C. Peck Secretary and Treeaurer elve tiling, they will be talking public welfare in man. Thli ian't eo certain. Cutter passes are i broken. John N.

and General Manager the political clubhouse. chiefly granted to peraona of aoclul importance' unB sympathies wun mm. mere or to the pretty daughter- of poll- re thousand. In like caae. Men who i.

it r. i imvp uecii iiunrub awiu prvuu sum ivcuoen 4iucu omun. ticiana, or 10 angry oanaera who mu gu uuwn Ini finH ih.m. Address Brooklyn Times. Tlmee Plaaa, Brooklyn.

K. T. Telephone Triangle UOO. Tha death at Corona of Keuben Hasan Smith the bay to welcome important clients nome. $elve luiien ruined.

Many a man closed the career of an old and honored news-1 asked one for a friend of mine, he aald, wuii(S Bowery today who wae niot Renreaentatlve. Lorensan A paper editor. A native of Massachusetts and a who wanted to meet hla wife at Quarantine, bhe once well to do and respected, graduate of Berea Colleire. Kentucky. Mr.

Smltlnls a lively at a waterbug, but I had to tell the Something happened perhnp on Thompson, Ino, Chicago, New York. 8an Fran- the other side of the worldand he entered the newspaper field and waa manatrlnp- Collector that the waa dying. clsoo, Los editor of the Waterbury American. He was con- "'You wouldn't lie to he aaid, 'us being was crushed. His heart was broken.

nected with the Springfield Republican, and his old friends like we dally aa4 On fur The importer certainly lied to the Collector. Does it seem cruel to suggest that in many cases his sight had failed? T-M I contribution! to tha Hartford Courant and the Bun day Baiurda sdlUos sly. You must lie to Collectors in this world, he aald. Philadelphia Ledger were notable for their bril Before you admit that you have III 'V XT" M.V I I on LM by Man. rosTraiD On month, Sallf One month, Sally an Sunday TS Him onlha, dally t.M monlha, dally and Sunday 4 00 CRM WW.

sally liancy and interest. Hia death occurred at the aundar edition only. Sos failed make sure of it Examine raar ISO age of seventy-seven. Not ao certain that I want It, although it is your asseta of character and training and knowledge and friendship. Bound aa saooat eii matter.

Perhapa you have a finer capital always a ripened pleasure to watch the ship news reporters at work. I hava the same respect and liking for other members of my craft that one John A Halton. under your hand than you know, ii i Mwr a a i Firat in Brooklyn Evening The demise of John A. Halton closes one of the A man died In New York City one day recently. He had, done honor to publisher Statement to Audit Bureau of Cir carpenter, for instance, has for another carpenter, which isn't much.

But it is alwayi a treat the mighty fortune he had amassed. longest and most honorable careers in American Journalism. A native of Ireland, who bad learned the fundamentals of American Journalism as a to watch the ahlpsnewsera at work. They come I He was widely known as a far-see culations for Bla Montha ending Sept SO, IMS. Evening, 108,442 Sunday, 101,657 reporter of the New York Ttmee, Mr.

Halton over the plank into a newly arrived ship in a clump, like beagle dogs, and go sniffing about ai though they want rabbit for supper. Then they ing, kindly, loving pnunntnropist. abounded in good deeds. But he made his fortune primarily because was deeply interested in Kepublican politics. A.

B. Audited figuree for fiscal year When in 1884 the Brooklyn Union deserted James thnh tfc. wwrMnr. in rol nf thlr another man failed. I- vartiL i www mr i i if r.

ii. ii. tt-h a. Failed with millions under his VI. XMauiS, IU JLaHKCVI.

CHiieU on aaiwn VI lUUnU Thaw loraua 4nA Jf i 1.1 fV', "V' hand. ending March SI, tStSi Evening, Sunday, 86,600 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations jejuuiiciia newnpsMsr ui oruumyu, ana on October 11 the Standard appeared, containing the That other man had a formula for a cleaning powder. He owed for Lately a rich man's disinherited son locked first of Halton's characteristic editorials. Mr. himself in the cabin to evade them, and a Halton wrote tersely and forcibly.

Throughout The Brooklyn Timet will not be pub everything he possessed. Bent was due, he was behind with his board-bill, the materials for ths powder were unpaid for. So he ran away and hia landlord after a- time un his forty yean of editorial writing on the Standard Union his pen was always vitriolio in its op lished tomorrow, Christmas uay. princess or some such thing feared to talk, and a movie star who had been snooty and had been disciplined sat op and begged and tha reporters listened to him and didn't print a line, and some position to vice and corruption. He hammered Merry Christmas.

against political dishonesty and fraud with a locked the shed in which he had been making the powder and found what had been left behind. There are one hundred and ten thousand of tu I rigor and effectiveness that were unique. Him' hundreds of prominent local citizens dished out reams of flimsy in which their hopes antf fears now in The Times family. More, in fact, since that is about the number of newspapers we sell self, since the reportorlal days in which he was called "Honest John" by his colleagues, a man of irreproachable character, to whom any form of venality was abominable, Mr. Halton stood about Europe and the universe were related, and did not get their names in the papers, It is not often that any one on board of any importance escapes them.

The wiser ones do not attempt to. Only the fore-ordained fools try to high-hat He became interested. The powder made him wealthy. The frightened runaway never came back. It was cowardice that ruined that man.

If he had gone to his land every day and each newspaper is read by a family at least most of them are read by lam- I always for the cleanest and highest ideals in pub lic life. ilies. To all of the readers in this large circle which has grown so enormously within tfie last Mr. Halton was a great Republican and his lord and told him the truth he must have, enlisted support -With no one to argue the question or interpret It ia true that they eat of the best of every Merry I Mrv'c Part7 wa prompted by belief in twelve montha The Times wishes a the formula, the landlord interested maritime country and smoke the best cigars ever rolled and wash down their lunches with forbid- Christmas. It likes to think of yon aU as enjoy- uk fa himself.

ing yourselves in spacious dining rooms or in wrong when he saw it His pen was strong in dan Iulds and rd Iike to BM one stoP thera' The first powder-maker had failed, if failure is to be assessed by debts and trial balances. But his true with all the relatives Rath- its effect on the lud cia scandal in Oueena eome UI wy wa 1 ered around the festiva table, groaning under yar go ana na naa mucn to oo witn the ex failure was in courage. He ran That early morning cutter slips through the oily and unpleasant waters of the harbor while the reporters hover over the plates from which heat in mince Anaerson, tne Anu- HIGHLAND PARK TREE rTrZ7 Superintendent A year he WYCKOFF HEIGHTS CHURCH DEDICATED Events After World War 10 Years. Ago Today ATTBAPTO TUnilCAMnC' away with millions ready to drop into his empty hands. Make sure you have failed before you admit Perhaps" triumph is Just ahead.

comes upward from the boiler room. Then the cutter reaches the Narrows and the choppy roll 1 1 unvi i iiuuvrTiiiivj ana pumpmn piw. uv I retired because of illness, and his death at an consciences permit will get the savory odor of advanced age deprives the press of this Nation the steaming nunch. It hopes for all the laugh-1 of one of its ablest and most fearless editors. Many Visiting Clergymen President Wilson waa to eat his Christmas dinner from a mess kit at from the sea tosses it One sees sad reporters sheltering on the leeward side of the house, hands in pockets, hats pulled grimly down about their 45 Ft.

High, It Flashes 150 Col-' ored Lights at Night. ter and joy of soul that are richer than wine. Presbyterian Ceremony. American Headquarters. May gifts be plentiful May songs ring out joy- Times change.

The new Wyckoft Heights Presby In the old days a perfect 86 ears. Not sick, mind you. A reporter who suf-: Nearly S.000 persons stood day afternoon about ths great treer Paderewskl loft Copenhagen for The Right Word By W. CVRTI8 MCBOLSON terian Church, which replaces th could get the old boy's bank roll; now it takes ausly and freely as they should on Christmas 1 ers from seasickness would hardly be a fit Poland to inaugurate new. govern, ment.

structure destroyed by fire about year ago, was dedicated yesterday May thera be in each light heart a plethora of joy! May the children revel around the Christmas tree and the merriest of Christmas greetings land Park Community Centre placed there on Friday afternoon and which was Illuminated for the first time on'y; morning. Many visiting Presbyte Paul Mllukoff, 'foreign Russian foreign minister, waa ordered to rian clergymen and members leave Paris. A PLURAL SUBJECT The following inquiry has been received from D. K. Stanton, of Sumter, S.

"A discussion has arlson as to other congregations were present, Friday night for the special program "Hunter shoots deer from airplane." You should run him until he falls, though, or else drop a bomb. attend Tha Times readers given under the Centre's auspices. More than 14,000 was pledged companion for these morning joints, But the smell of cooking oil is damnable. Hence the reluctance with which I have received the importer's invitation to attend him on that early morning cutter. Once I did the pilots of New York a grave wrong- They said so, at least, in almost overwhelming chorus and bound about the mouth of the harbor until convinced they do not make the living wage with which I credited them.

This invita Last night many multiplications of toward the building fund. whether 'are' or 'Is' should be used News Notes of the Past Following prayer, the Rev. In the sentence 'There (are or ia) An Excellent Appointment the, 5,000 who yesterday stood about the tree iri the. aitorrioot) admired It about 20 more cases booked. L.

Daniel, the pastor, extended the There was a hymn, after "I maintain that '20 cases' is the Mr. Mellon says the country owes almost a billion less than it owed last year. He'd be sur The Governor has shown hia usual sense of in the appointment; of William T. Collins 10 YEARS AGO TODAY aa It stood, there in the park a magi nlficcnt fairyland object brilliant in simple subject of the sentence, and which came the turning over of the therefore requires a plural verb, i Armed thugs perpetrated six hold the varl-colored light of 150 electrlo 5 aa Justice of the Supreme Court Justice Col keys. Tha Wyckof Heights Presby- Flease give me the answer through this nuwspaper as soon as ups in Brooklyn and uueens.

lins succeeds Jeremiah, T. Mahoney, who resigned bulbs, This tree of tho Highland Park Community Centre la beautiful. Dosslble. torian Church, which Is on Harman st, was built by Charles R. Krieg and yesterday morning Mr.

Krleg tha seat on the bench In order to practise law. Board of Estimate planned to re tion was accepted in all good faith," but I have not yet mustered up the courage actually to get The latest big gun on the Maryland is unique. The boom comes weeks afterward, in the form of scind $19,000,000 appropriated by turned the keys over to the archl Mitchel regime. It stands 15 fee high on a base eight feet square. At each of the four corners of the base is an Immortelle wreath and a small tree with minia tect, Hans C.

Meyer, who in turn business. Ha waa an excellent presiding officer of the Aldermanie Board. He was also a good, a fine County Clerk. His professional standing is high and he possesses not only the knowledge of the man predicted rainy Weather ture electrlo bulbs. tendered them to A.

J. Welmer, the congregation's Building Comrfilttee chairman. HS finally handed them to George J. Mason, representing Christmas. George H.

Hlce, prominent olvlQ worker and business man, who is Forests suffer at this season. There is no sap in the trees to protect them from the sap in Answer: You are right In your assertion that ''20 more cases" is the subject in the plural number, and that the right word is "are." Some One Has Won J. Lyons of Brooklyn, N. again writes: "I sent you recently a short contribution on the subject of 'The Right Word, but I have not yet seen it inserted In the column with which your name Is identified. "I may mention, from a mercenary point of view, that I should like you kindly to give me a place in Board of Education waa lacking law, but the native intelligence which should be the attributea of a member of the higher tne Board of Trustees.

chairman of the Centre, presided at The Rev. Joseph D. Burrell said (750,000 to pay teachers. hunting togs. the exercises.

There was a prayer by Mons. John IS. Kiely, after which. the prayer of dedication. The Rev, Frederick Gordon reviewed the his upon the cutter and go out to sea.

Small boats, the pilot cruisers, and horribly resilient, and the water is gray and disheartening at the harbor mouth. It may be that some day I shall make that piloting tack, but frankly I doubt it The importer said that it is worth all the pains and penalties of the early morning cutter to watch the incomers being searched. The French line is principally unfortunate at the hands of the Prohibition officers, he said, and this for an interesting reason. "The Seamen's Union in France is the strong -25 YEARS AGO TODAY George. E.

Best. Tammany man. tory of the last few yeara and said judiciary. An Independent Bos line. the Ottilia Orphans' Home Band waa heard.

There was an address by Mr. Hlce and other officers of the Centre that the congregation and pastor Correct this sentence: "Now that I'm famous," was made Bridge Commissioner. A went through struggle and hardships and then Robert Hower in cornrnu. said he, "I shall strive as hard and as humbly to to rear the wyckoft Heights iTes- nlty singing. Thn there was an ad- The city ia not interested, apparently, in the jour splendid and Instructive col byterian Church that was ruined by plan to rebuild Brooklyn Bridge, to cost (5.600,009, waa submitted to Mayor Low.

produce good work." dress by Rev. Harry Kline. Solos the fire. He declared that the ac rouowea. articulation of the new Brooklyn bus service with the B.

M. T. lines. It Is desirous, of course, that Thousands of motorists In the vi complishments of the past plainly Indicate that both pastor and people are willing to undertake the work of Kings County Grand Jury urged cinity of Highland Park admired the fl the new operating company retain its individual "How much electric power is required to run umn, having made a bet with my 'side a classic way of describing one's office colleague, that he was wreng, while I was right, in my contention aa explained in my letter to you. "Thla friend Is going to get 'hitched another ornate niece of Illuminated tree.

It is seen especi new laws to remedy evil or local transportation; a larger program. the country?" Depends on whether it is applied ally well along upper Jamaica ave. ify but its desire is based on the financial rela-tionshin of the new company to the city. The est in the world," said he. "Seamen ship for the sole purpose of making as much money as they The Rev.

Robert 8, Donaldson to wheels or Congress. then urged that individual members of the congregation pledge to give various sums of substantial size to company must make its accountings without con can. It is not that they love the French line, or 50 YEARS AGO TODAY Murohv aang. Raymond at. and 2D DEMOCRATS DINE Les Etats Unis, or the Tri-color, or life on the fusing the figures with those of the railroad Grandmother England's language, multiplied and murdered a million times a day, which is to Bay he is I augment the building fund.

Myrtle had battle with police. If you plan a trip abroad, start a rumor that Brownsville Club Hails Captains en ocean wave, or anything but money. A seaman smugglers are using the life boats and thus in who is paid $50 a month figures that he can going to get married, and if this Is not settled beforehand. I fear mv Children's Society Interfered with VANISHED BILLY'S BIRTHDAY Election Day Victory. A group of Democrats from the sure minute inspection.

companies. Is It Influenza? The United States Public Health Service make another $50 by bootlegging brandy ashore chance of obtaining the money will use of a child in play, "The Double Marriage," at Lyceum Theatre. Man v. oe siignt," In New York." Boy Who Disappeared In 1927 Six Second Assembly District Brownsville agement said that child was earning Answers "The Right has The importer said that if the crews were in 110 a week for Ita parents, who were Club got together Saturday night at Still, the law discouraged the carrying of con Years Old Tomorrow, If Living. needy.

terfered with much more he would not be sur highly desirous of appropriations. It has recently published some alarming statements re Tomorrow will be Christmas Day cealed weapons by dealing with offending indv viduals, not with manufacturers specting the spread of irfluenza. Influenza is a WIN PRIZES AT LAMB'S already replied to Mr. Lyons. SLOW CLUB MEETS Needs Larger Quartsra: Expsots of C.

Lounge to Be Expanded. prised if the French line had difficulty in getting seamen. This seemed improbable, he admitted, but there you are. The Seamen's Union is not for most people. It also will be Billy's sixth birthday to Mr.

and Mrs. bbeese of sr-'eat malevolence. It is not an or- Deoember Typewriting Awarda Pre- John of 9 I5th at On the evening ot Feb. 11, 1927, Still, when the market breaks and wipes out interested in the laws of the United States, but dinrry cold. It attacks brain tissues and the yespiratory ergans.

The New York State De your profits, you can take a piece of paper and very greatly interested in the protection of its ssnUd to Deserving Students. Winners of typewriting awarda for Billy Gaffney faded Into the Impenetrable- ihadowa of mystery members. write down some more just as good. the Russian Palace, IIS Forsythe st. Manhattan, and celebrated with' a viotory dinner.

Js There was dancing, singing, eating and a general good time, but there was no politics. Even Jamea A. Blanchfleld, leader of the district made no mention of political affairs. And Miss Lillian Murphy, co-leader," did likewise. However, It was whispered, during the courses, that the Democrats faotlon in the Brownsville section ot the Second Assembly District had been almallv victorious with the Plans for the enlargement of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce loungs are soon to be executed, it SJ which gripped Dorothy Arnold on December at Lamb's Business Training Echool, 170 Ninth at, were an.

nounced today by Miaa Helen F. Dec. 12, 1(10, The disappearance of Of course, liquor is not the sole target of the wae said at Saturday's meeting of It's nice to have friends you don't like much, thla youngster has baffled the police the Slow young people'a social organization. Officers of the club, Lamb, president. for the past 12 raontha How else, could you dispose of presents from people who didn't like you much? In the Junior class, Joseph Psda- early morning searchers.

Not long ago one ship passed inspection with a clean record and a Customs inspector stood in the bow as she pushed through the harbor scum. He' swelled some which meets In the lounge, explained that Increase in their organization's Numerous cluee have been tracked down, to no avail. Billy's fate still remains a mystery. The last person to see him wae a playmate, Billy vano won the silver pin and Evelyn Nelson won honorable mention. Evelyn Thursb? won the gold pin for membership bad made larger quar.

ters necessary. They believed, the Well, why not transfer enforcement to the De thing. Keaton. The two children had been State and county tickets and that the club was taking this opportunity to addition would be made within two partment says: It is evident from ail available Information that there la a widespread prevalence ot winter cold, which In eome parta of tne country may be termed an epidemic Whether thli should be tleaignated aa influenza ia largely a mattar of personal opinion on the part of different health officers and membera of the medical profession. It la reasonabl to auppoae that the pra-vaJLlnr outbreak ot respiratory disease will sooner or later invade the Eastern States.

Ihe aeverltx, of such Invasion will depend very largely on the kind of winter which la befora us. If the weather ia to be severe, with violent and sudden changes of temperature, a wide prevalence of diseases of tha air passages may be anticipated. There ia little evidence at the present time that the type of disease prevailing 1s similar to that which occurred during 11S. seniors, with Minnie Wolff and partment of Justice? Let crooked officials be prosecuted by those who are used to it The Second As- thank its captains. playing on the roof of -Geffrey's home.

According to the youngster's pal. the "bogie man" took Billy "Drop her hook," he said to the captain. "There opium on board." After a search of hours a panel was discovered weeks, aa the chamber had many uses for an enlarged lounge, it was declared. District Club. which is a Edith Bchwarts winning honorablo mention.

E. Flannery and Ethel Duffy won honorable mention In the sembly hnin.ii nf tin. mnthAra' club on Kings A New Tear party is to be held Highway, covers 20 election districts. M' In the chain locker, where the hawse-chains are advanced class. They won gold pins last month.

Miss Duffy also won a next Saturday night, as a result of away. That was the last of him. His parents still hope. Nobody can convince them their boy will not return. Americanism: Scorning tha man who keeps his vote taken at ths last meeting.

typewriting certificate. A silver pin jur, iihu -honor Alderman Thomas J. Cox, As-aemblvman Murray Hearn. John stacked up by the wildcat and through that panel the searchers crawled to find 100,000 cans of It had been feared that the social property in his wife's name; thinking yon have Two- other disappearances similar religion because your wife goes to church. to that of Billy's, and aa yet un activities of the Christmae season would Interfere with the Blow Club program, but.

when Fred Carlson, solved, ars those of MHts Frances St. K. OF C. FETES ORPHANS John Smith, lS-year-old Smith Col lege student, who vanished Jan. II, acting as president in the absence of Vincent president, put the question to a vote, it was unani Various groups claim credit for the recent vic opium.

One had been pinched by the anchor chair, and leaked, or there would have been big shindigs in Chinatown that night Diamonds are often carried on shore by quite innocent passengers who are persuaded to carry 1927, and Miss Alice Corbet who Lexington Council Makes Msrry at Saverese, secretary to Boroi-gh Preai-dent Byrne, and Charles Colbe. Building Department Inspector. The district captains felleitatJC. were Frank Klmmel, Ben Weibel. Hymsn Faas.

Max Lleberwlta Joe Dick. Ben Rablnowltx. Sam Ltrinsky, Michael Grossman. Samuel Snelder, Abe Kummer, Aaron Rablnck, Saul Beck, Herman Laxar, Leo Levy and Isaac Sklar. tory at the polls, and there's nothing to do ex disappeared from Smith.

Nov. 11, mously decided to sola tne Mew 19Z5. Both of these young women Tear dance. cept wait and see who gets the post offices. Home of 8orrowful Mother.

With sugar and solce and every left the eollegs on Friday the 11th. It is not a matter of personal opinion. The highest authorities on the subject are certain that influenza has a definite cause and the cause is ascertainable, although it has not been ascer thing nice membera of Linintton a little nicknack of some sort to a friend. They are hidden on the ship until the opportunity. Dad knows everything except the reason his Council, K.

of made a Christmas 17TH A. D. XMAS BASKETS Father Curran's Corner tained. ten-year-old chair isn't just as respectable as the visit to the Home of the Sorrowful eighty-year-old one mother bought to replace it comes to carry them away. Enough diamonds may be smuggled unsuspected in the pockets of one's coat to pay $10,000 reward to the lucky Happenings Tonight Political Clubs and Gambling.

seaman who gets them ashore, he said. Trunks Big universities are losing interest In football. Prof. Jt-turt'H. Hateh.

of Cotle ef full of dresses are wangled off the piers. The Cttr of New Tort, yalt on Hit When hick colleges lick you, there's nothing to do but yawn and say It's no game for gentlemen. annual total of smuggled goods In New York har m-morlea mi Brooklyn iwlin Commissioner Jacob A. Livingston, the Republican leader in this county, Is not worrying unduly over Mr. W.

J. Dilthey's advice to the Assembly district organizations to quit gambling and start in with welfare in the club 200 Poor Families Msde Happy By Gensreua Distribution. Many poor families of the 17th Assembly District had their Christ, mas made happier through the generosity of the officers and members of the Regular Democratic Organization of the 17th Assembly District, at Its headquarters l0 Gstes today. Alderman William L. Weber ws bor alone runs into the hundreds of millions.

"Is the supply of whiskey being interfered with?" You can take two lessons and astonish your friends by speaking French. But, for that mat Baaiara ir, Tnr y. M. C. A.

rwiM of "Ma hutituta at P. M. to wait- hoPla. or-phtiMMa an private honiia to provtda Chrutmaa rnuilo to shut-in. Chrle'maa Walta rlber at Tha Ketih-1rlin fluh.

I ittirvh (hrouitl tns H. fine 0ili1cl, ataaun Chrlatlnaa Carol. Chrlatmai aiwt d'nner, Prr-t-lnt Oiphaa A)hh l.ti AUarK.o it P. M. rMilr MsMs at t.

ain- "Net," said he "that I can discover, think I should know." Mother, Harrison pi. and Morgan ave, yesterday afternoon. During the put six yeara tha Lexingtonltes have helped the orphans during TuleUde. They were welcomed by Sister Honors), O. 8.

Mother Superior. The home houses 111 childrsn age 3 from 2 to 11. There are 127 girls and boys. Ld by Edward Campion and Miss Helen V. Eeiran, of the Ijidles Aux-IliHry.

ths "Csneys'' held a merry party for ths little enna snd chased any idea that thera isn't a atrta Claus out of their minds. Toys, candy, fruit, books and wearing sp-parei were given to all. The Christmas trea erected Saturday was lighted and a round robin siory con-test fceM. Juvenile entertainers vrit'T ths di-rfrU-in of as rr -fM e'-i 1. ter, you can astonish them by speaking English.

SAVT A CLAl'S I watched the boys meet Santa CI SUA, And speak their Christmas dream Ot sleds and tools and tiny toys-Dear baubles in life's stream. I heard tha girls with pretty sighs Pick out the dolls they love, And quiver over silken things, Aa light as winds above. Poor boys and girls Decembcs dreams Are fragrant in roar heart; And fcaata smiles, far well bs knows. Too soon the drr-ams depart. t.

3 iczr, sgrssi sr. d. chairman of tha committee, consisting of the men and women demo, rratla captains of the sseembly district, who raised the funds inJ dis The "yes-man" isn't the lowest form of ani Correct this sentence: "My Christmas gifts rhurch, Citntoa ana lknttiim J. mal life. There's the "yes-tir-man." always delight me," said she, "so it never is nec houses.

Mr. Livingston feels, no doubt, that there no asymbiage of human beings for social pur-p its anywhere that doea not indulge in what technically be called gambling. Perhaps Mr. Dilthr-y has heard of bridge as a social relaxation, or possibly someone msy hare men-t'enti Ox word "poker" in his presence. These things we have always with us, and notwith-sLm lrg the grrstioni of godly and the fervor cf the regenerate thill always have them.

AwmpanyLrg uch depravity is another evil, rso to Mr. Dilthey, an In-' tributed 100 baskets. A military band entertained while rtlv of LlrMa at St. 0-'a essary to pretend." Christmas baskets wers being dis Chuit.1. Cataa as Hs.y 4 P.

M. tributed. Happy thought 1 Millions of movie-mad flap r-ir at Aldermsn Weber s'itd bv pers will now learn to talk instead of squeaiirig. i Mr. John L.

Fi'grlm, cf London, has crossed Jfina F. Gannon. William F-tte and ir-t L.vj.u a "-a A a--- a 4 i the Atlantic for the hundred-and-fiftieth time. Earlier Pilgrims found ones nor.b. f'efien anl Mrs, ixneriy drexw-J Wre, I Another good test is a 10 raise..