SPAN FALLS UNDER STREETCARS
Of WITHDRAWAL
PRESIDENT
WILSON
WORLD’S DOINGS TURKS OF IGNORANT
INFO SPOKANE RIVER; fIVE DIE
BRITISH FORCF FROM GALLIPOLI
QUIETLY MARRIED
OF CURRtNT WEEK
Londorw-Operation« in other sectors
, o f the front on the Gallipoli Peninsula
■ than those from which troops were an-
I nounced Tuesday to have been with- |
I drawn, are to be continued, it i* inti- j
mated in an official statement issued
| here.
The withdrawal was effected
j without the knowledge o f the move- |
I ment on the part o f the Turks, it is j
declared.
The British troops at the Suvla an<l,
| Anzae districts of the Gallipoli Penin- |
aula were officially reported to have
been withdrawn.
“ Further details of the evacuation j
o f the Anzsc and Suvia zones have |
been received,’ ’ says the official state Couple Go for Honeymoon to Hot
ment.
“ Without the Turks being
Springs, Va.— Episcopal Ring
aware o f the movement a great army
has been withdrawn from one o f the
Service Used in Wedding.
areas occupied on the Gallipoli Penin
sula, although in the closest contact
with the enemy. By this, contraction
o f the front at other points of the line
Washington, D. C.— President W il
w ill be more effectively carried out.
son and Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt were
married here at 8:30 o ’clock Saturday
night, with a simple ceremony spoken
QUEEN OF BULGARIA
In the bride’s home in the presence of
few er than 80 guests, virtually all of
whom were relatives.
They le ft soon afterward for a two
| weeks honeymoon in the South, at
Hot Springs, Vs.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson entered a w ait
ing W hite House automobile and mo
tored to Alexandria, Vs., across the
Potomac, to take their private car
there and avoid a crowd at the railroad
station in this city.
The President dined as usual at the
White House at 7 o ’clock with his
daughters and afterward drove to his
bride’s home, about a mile from the
executive mansion.
A cold, driving
rain, which swept the city all day,
cleared off at sunset and the evening
was cool and pleasant.
Because the wedding arrangements
and the hour o f the ceremony had been
kept a close secret, there were few on
the streets about the White House,
but near the bride’s home the crowd
was held hack by the police lines
spread during the afternoon.
Everything was in readiness for the
ceremony when the President arrived
and it
proceeded
without music.
Neither the President nor Mrs. Galt
bad any attendants and there were no
ushers or flower girls.
Neither the
T h e queen of Bulgaria , whose ability army, the navy nor the diplomatic
aa a nurae hae been manifested time corps waa represented and the occasion
and time again since she established was essentially what both had wished
In Sofia one of the finest and beat it to be— a home wedding.
equipped hospitals, has again taken
On the first floor of th* brids's
ac tivel y to the w o rk w hich th e loves home, in two communicating rooms, a
ao dearly.
8he la devo ting her time wedding bower had been arranged with
and attention to nu rs ing the elck o r a background of farbyanse and maiden
phan* in the orphana ge of her coun tr y
hair ferns, which extended from the
floor to the ceiling.
Overhead there
" S ir Charles Monto gives
great was a canopy o f green in the form of a
credit for this skilfully
conducted shell lined with Scotch heather. Is
transfer o f forces to the generals the background and at the center was
placed a large mirror, framed with or
commanding and the royal n a vy ."
The withdrawal of the British troop* chids and reflecting the scene.
Mrs. W illiam H. Bolling, th* bride's
from Suvia Bay and the Anzac zone
The Presi
ends more successfully than most m ili mother, gave her away.
tary men thought possible, the most dent stood to the right o f the clergy
unfortunate chapter o f the British men and the bride stood on their left.
A t once Dr. Smith began the word*
arm* in this war. Thousands o f lives
were sacrificed in gaining these posi of the Episcopal marriage service, the
President making his responses first,
tions, and thousands in holding them.
A f
The question has been constantly and then the bride making hers.
discusad why these generals command ter the bride promised to “ love, cher
ing the Dardanelles expedition did not ish and obey,” the President placed
try to make a landing near the center the wedding ring, a plain hand o f gold,
o f the peninsula in the beginning and on her finger and then, after a prayer
cut off Turkish troops on the lower and while the couple clasped their
end. When the attempt was finally right hands together, Dr. Smith de
made to secure a foothold higher up on clared them husband and w ife. The
the peninsula, the Turks were fully b rief and simple ceremony was over.
The entire party then turned to the
prepared to meet it.
dining room, where a buffet supper
was served.
Ceremony Minus Music at home
of Bride, Mrs. Gait.
Brief Resume of General News
from All Around the Earth.
HOUR OF EVENT HELD SECRfT TO LAST
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
Live News Items of AJI Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
A shortage o f turkey* for Chrietmas
I* reported.
A new president has been elected in
the republic o f Switzerland.
A great increase in demands for
wool is predicted when the war ends.
Seattle police capture 14 Chinamen
being smuggled in from Vancouver, B.
C.
The state banks o f Washington In
crease their depoelts 12,600,000 over
1914.
Lark o f vessels to export grain has
congested the Western eievators with
wheat.
Allen employes of the city o f Aber
deen, Wash., w ill lose their job* un
less they become naturalized.
The plana for the Portland poetofflre
are classic In design and provision for
enlarging the building is made.
Greece believes herself safe for the
present, at least, from any incursion
by the fighting forces o f Europe.
The body o f a man missing nearly
two years was found in a trunk buried
in the basement o f a building in Phila-
delohla.
The Breeden building at Third and
Washington streets, Portland, once
used as the city hall, has been sold for
$166,000.
College students returning home
from Seattle to Spokane for the holi
days had fitted for them a car in which
to dance.
The French government is consider
ing the extension of the moratorium
on all commercial obligations for the
term o f the war.
The German government has adopt
ed resolutions providing for maximum
prices for su^ar and by-products, rice
and vegetables, also foodstuff* fur
livestock.
A Boston merchant speaking before
the student body o f Keed College,
Portland, declares that a college edu
cation is worth $20 per day.
That is,
the student should earn that much.
Unless congress provides for 60 or
70 additional employes fur the bureau
o f construction and repair of the Navy
department, the designing o f the ship*
Included in the administration’s five-
year building program will be delayed
six months or longer.
The Portland Market Men’s associa
tion, composed o f meat market pro
prietors and including all the iargr
shops in the city, is engaged in a war
to a finish with the Meat Cutters' un
ion.
The trouble was started by a
strike over a half hour’s tim e In the
morning.
ferns Water Bill Will Be
Rushed Through Congress General VHid fully Reaoaace
Rebel (ampaign Against Carranza
Washington, D. C. That the Ferris
The United States w ill regard the
Austro-Hungarian :eply to the Am er
ican note regarding the Ancona as
being entirely unsatisfactory and un
acceptable should the official text be
identical with the unofficial version
received in press dispatches from Am
sterdam ami Ixindon.
water power bill ia to be railroaded
through the house o f representatives
is indicated by the fact that the public
lands committee o f that body expects
to report it favorably.
The committee discussed the hill at
some length Tuesday and decided to
g ive no hearings whatsoever, but it
was decided to make several minor
changea which w ill not alter the gen
eral character o f the measure, and if
these can be perfected at once the re
port will then be ordered, and it is
planned to call up the bill in the house
s* soon as congress reconvenes next
month.
The bill in its present shape Is not
at all satisfactory to Representatives
Sinnott, Oregon; Smith, Idaho, and La
Follette, Washington, hut Chairman
Ferris let it he known he has enough
Democratic votes to report the bill.
Vienna is said to see a flaw in the
American note concerning the sinking
of the Ancona whereby American* lost
their lives.
Republicans will hold the national
convention in Chicago, June 7, one
week ahead of the Democratic meeting
in St. I aiu I s .
Practically the entire business sec
tion of Necedah, W i* , a town o f 1100
Inhabitants, is a mass o f ruins as the
result o f a conflagration that hail it*
origin in a department store and spread
so rapidly that before it could be eon-
trolled more than a score o f business
bouses had been reduced to ashes.
El Paso -Under pressure of his ex-
generals, the weight hf his defeat in
Sonora, and the counsel o f his w ife.
General Francisco V ill* is on his way
to the border and the United States,
hi* title o f rommander-ln-chief re
nounced and his determination to con
tinue fighting the de facto government
of Carranza until death, broken once
and for all.
Telegrams in code from the capital
said b riefly:
“ Peace has been declared here.
There will he no more fighting.’ ’
Before renouncing his command.
General V illa was united to Mrs. V illa
in a civil marriage
They had been
married by a church ceremony several
years ago at San Andres, Chihuahua,
hut the civil marriage waa required by
Mexican law to make the tie legal.
Spokane — The north span of the
. Division-street bridge across the Spo-
kane river gave way under the weight j
o f two passing streetcars Saturday.
One o f the cars, carrying IS passen
gers, plunged into the river and five
men were killed and 10 injured. The
other car, that had reached the end of
the bridge, slid back until the rear end
rested on the river bed.
The two pas
sengers and crew escaped uninjured.
A seven-ton steel beam was knocked
off by the top of the car that fe ll into
the river and fell lengthwise o f the car
on the seats, holding the passengers on
that side under the water for several
hours. The passengers on the other
side of the car, after being submerged,
crawled up the twiated girders o f the
wrecked bridge and were rescued.
The bridge; as it fell, took away the
water and gas pipes and the telephone
By De LYSLE FERREE CASS
The reindeer are harnessed and ready
For their Christmas eve drive through
the sky;
They whinny and »tamp; »lelgh bell»
Jingle,
And old Santa Claua’ »ledge la piled
high
With an abundance o f toy», books and
goodie»
For all good little boy» and girls,
fianta'U till up the stockings while the
clock is tick-tocking,
And the snow Hakes drift down in
whirl».
ER Bethlehem’s plain there shone a star
guided wise men from afar,
To-see the child in manger lain,
\
*-
Immanuel Jesus is his namei
H e’ll slide down the chimney aa usual—
Fat, Jolly, red-faced, full of glee—
He’s been keeping tub on each one of you;
In the picture he’d looking to see
Which kiddies have minded their parents.
Which youngsters have done as they
ought;
If you have been good and done as you
should.
Old Santa’ll bring you a lot.
.The Prince
Prince of Peace has come to dwell.
Hosanna! Shoutl
:
ImmanueL
long expected, promised Lord f
Is b e m today, b y Kings adored.
DOCTOR BOBO
^
See! H e’s looking his Hat of names over.
Yes, and scratching the naughty ones
out;
I f Freddie had minded his mamma
Today he’d never need doubt
That Santa would fl!l up his stocking;
And If Maisle hadn't been bail.
While to the world G od doth proclaim / j'''
H e comes, and Counselor is his name,
The mighty God on earth to dwell.
Rejoice! Rejoice! ImmanueL
comes to man b y low ly birth.
To spread salvation through the eajrth.
From everlasting, he’s the same.
O ur God and Wonderful his name.
King David’s seed in man to dw ell
Rejoice! Rejoice! ImmanueL
| / ^ | t A C E on earth, good will to man«
I t - ' Sing of free salvation's p la n ,^ ^ ”
With angels join In the refrain,
\
Jesus, G o d with us, is his name. ^
Hallelujah, peace on e a r t h y ,
>Reioice! Rejoice! the Savior's birth. J' • \
R E JO ICE and loud hosannas sing
This I* th* only pessd photograph
of Doctor Bobo, loader of tho revolu
tion In Haiti which the United Stats*
has undertaken to suppress.
(LL-- Hosamna to the new-born King«
A n ge lic hosts to man proclaim
O ur Father’s love, our Savior's name.
and electric wires which supply the
northeast section o f the city. Escap
ing water and gas and charged electric
wires hindered immediate rescue of
the survivors.
Late in the day the car was still
submerged. A railroad wrecking car
waa preparing to lift it from the
water. The police announced that all
bodies had been recovered after 10
hours' work.
O f the injured, one
man's condition is serious. The dead
were readliy identified as being resi
dents o f Spokane. They were passen
gers on the car’s first trip o f the day.
Hallelujah! Peace on earth,
Rejoice! Rejoice! the Savior’s b irth .^
London— The correspondent o f the
Daily Mail aboard the Ford peace
ship, Oscar II,
telegraphed
from
Christiania;
“ Dissensions among the members o ,
the peace party are as widespread and
bitter, as they were on the day fo l
lowing the mutiny, which was precipi
tated by an attempt to coerce the del
egates into signing a declaration cen
suring President Wilson fqr his pre
paredness plan. There is no disguis
ing the fact that a m ajority o f p il
grims now realize that they are on a
fool's errand.
"T h ere ia an overwhelming feelin g
o f depression in the party.
A t least a
dozen of the delegates intend to desert
before they make themselves ridicu
lous.
“ Eight Norwegian and Swedish re
porters came aboard at Christiana and
were immediately received privately
by Mr. Ford and LouiB P. Ixichner,
secretary of the International Peace
Society.
“ Afterward the stage was set in the
second-class salon to hoodwink the
Scandinavian newspaper representa
tives into the belief that there was a
harmonious crowd o f innocent merry
makers aboard.
A resolution was
unanimously adopted pledging the
party to all efforts to end the war.
“ This was the first motion passed
without a dissenting vote since the
party sailed.
The newspaper men
seemed puzzled as to how the reported
lack of harmony originated.
They
were soon enlightened.
“ Up sprang S. S. McClure. He said
he had heard rumors that seven New
York reporters were to he expelled
from the party for ’ unprofessional con
duct’ and that a committee at that
moment was secretly ‘fram ing up’
these men.”
That yellow-haired dollie that’s going to
Molly
Is one prestent she might have had.
For Molly behaved herself nicely,
She doesn’t grumble, tell fibs or be
mean;
So her papa has written to Santa
Telling what a good girl »he’s been,
Then there’s Tom my’s name on the pa
per:
A real boy, but never sauces nor swears,
Nor is cruel to kittles. It's a thousand
pities
That Freddie's mother had as few care».
Now there’s the names of Mildred and
Jessie,
Of Margaret, Julia and Kate—
When they go out to play and hear moth
er say,
‘‘Home early.” they never are late.
Next comes Bobble, that Jolly young ras
cal!
And Henry—the boys call him "H e n !” -
There’ s a red sled for Bob, and foi
Henry a Job
Playing war with his tin soldier men.
ford Peace Delegates in Bitter
Dissension; Some May Desert Ship
A report from Sofia, declare* that
Chinese to Rebel.
German T roops In Syria.
Macedonia is free from all foes, the
San Francisco Tong R ing Chong,
London Dispatches to Reuter's T e l
Bulgarian army having driven all ho*
president o f the Chee Rung Tong, or egraph company from Amsterdam say;
tile soldiers from its bonier*
Repuublic association, re
“ It is reported that Field Marshal
Government inspectors investigating Chinese
the cause of the iniahsp to the freight ceived a cablegram from Shanghai, von Der Golts. commander-in-chief
steamer Minnesota, find practically China, which stated that five Chinese of the First Turkish army, ia es
province* hail declared their independ tablishing his headquarter* at Aleppo,
nothing wrong with the boilers.
ence against the rule o f Yuan Shi Rai. Syria, where the Turkish and Ger
A British financier declares that
The province* concerned in the revolu man troops under his command are
England w ill pay her debts, and also
tion were, acconling to the cablegram, being equipped for an invasion of
that the trails balance in favor of the
Rwang Tung. Riangsi, Yuanan, Rw ei- Kgypt.
United State* may reach two billion
chau and Sachuen. Mr. Tong, who ha*
“ Several large corps o f German
dollar* in 1916.
presided recently at several Chinese professors are going to Turkey under
Both side* o f the woman suffrage mass meetings, said he believed the a three-year contract to teach the
Chinese Threaten War.
German language."
question was presented to the Presi j action would he followed by many.
San Francisco—Chinese from all sec
dent by their respective adherents, but
tions of California attended a mass
Woman Attaches Gravss,
Bribed General Suicida.
no promise* were given.
Sacramento, Cal
The filing of an
Geneva, via London — Numerous meeting here Sunday in the Oriental
No bigger naval vessels w ill be built
I quarter to protest against the return of
by the United State*, according to the attachment on a lot in the city ceme- newspaper reports received here an
China to a monarchical form o f govern
report of Secretary Daniels, who say* j tery owned by Harry Ditman Harms, nounce the suicide o f General Jonesco,
ment and to arrange for the collection
the high-water mark has been reached j a rancher reaiding near Union House, commanding the Second Roumanian
of fund* to finance a revolution i f Yuan
to force payment o f alimony and di-1 army corps.
in $2,00O-ton ships.
I vorce costs prove* almost anything can
According to th* story, th* general j Shi Rai dona the crown he has agreed
By the sale to Grace A Co., o f New | he attached. The attachment ia posted j ass suspected of having been bribed to accept.
York, o f 110,800 shares o f stock In at the direction o f Mr*. Elisabeth by one o f the power*.
Tong R ing Chong, president o f the
The minister
the Pacific Mail
company, by the Harms, the second w ife of Harm*, and i of war ordered an inquiry and. his sus Republic association said;
“ W e are
Southern Pacific, assurances are given it encumbers all of the gravea in the I picion* being confirmed, he sent two w illing to permit Yuan Shi Rai to re
that the lines w ill remain on the Pa plot with the exception o f the one oc officer* to inform General Jonseco of sign peacefully. I f he doe* not there
cific Ocean.
will he w a r ."
cupied by Mrs. Mary Harms, the first the result o f the investigation.
w ife. The amount of the alimony al-
Tw
o
hour*
later
General
Jonesco
Eight persona burn to death in a Chi
Hoquiam H eart Balboa.
leged to be due it $226.
killed htmaclf.
cago rooming house.
Hoquiam. Waah.— A record for ama
In an affidavit made by Johannes
Asro Club to Aid Militia.
Huge Taxes in Prospect.
teur wirelea* apparatus is believed to
Henryku* Van Knolbergen, he sccune*
Berlin, via Ixwxion Dr. Earl Helf- 1 Now V ork Th# Aero Club o f Am er have been established here when one
high official* o f the German consulate
fench. secretary o f the Imperial trea* ica «nnoonce* that it w ill g ive finan of the local station* clearly heard the
at San Francisco r f instigating plots
ury, announced in the Reichstag that cial aid to all statee desiring to buy station at Balboa. Tanama. tending.
to destroy tunnels and bridge* on the
the next budget cannot he balanced aeroplane« for their m ilitia organisa The local station* also were able to
Canadian Par.fie railroad.
without additional income, and that tion#. Haada of the m ilitia in $4 hear the long-distance wireless tele
The adoption of the Swiss system of proposal* for new taxation are now state* had asked for astfistance.
phone conversation* recently, though
m ilitary training by states, and the being drafted for auhmiaaion to the
Tha Aero Club will add 10 per rent too indietinctly to understand the
establishment o f an adequate aerial Reichstag
The seeretary declared to any sum up to $10,000 raised In word*.
meet patrol a* mean* of preparation that no matter how large a war in eny state before February 1 next.
There are five
amateur wire lee*
fo r national defense were urged by demnity waa received, the war would The club advocate* distribution of station* In Hoquiam. and they are
Reer Admiral Robert E. Peery, U. 8. Impose a colossal burden o f taxation 2000 aeroplane« for defence o f the easily able to talk with Tacoma, Port
N ., retired.
on the German*.
United State«.
land and La Grande.
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Old Santa’s
Christmas List
Holly Scratches
Santa s Secret
By HARVEY PEAKE
EVER look a gift In the coat mark.
All that glitters Is not diamonds.
M lttle to a makes th* h ta rt (r o w
fondar.
The gift deferred m&keth th* heart
sick.
Belief in Santa Claus la tha beat
policy.
It ia a wise merchant who knows his
own goods when they are brought
back tor exchange.
To give hideous gift* la human, to
forgive impossible.
Gifts make the man, th* want of
them the fellow.
One Christmas bargain makes the
whole of womankind spin.
Christmas bills are stubborn thlags.
Santa Claua is not aa red ae be is
painted.
Buy gift* In hast* and repent at
leisure.
Uneasy lies the bead that’s trying to
make twenty dollars buy forty
gifts.
And thereby hang* a stocking.
Every Christmas tree must stand on
its own bottom.
G ift! are seldom what they seem.
N
* * 1
" - * " V E got out of bed. Just a
minute,
To toll you—I ’ ll whisper it
W MRGB9
low—
H i * stockings I've hung by the
fire
Are for me—not me mm a, you know.
For mine are so awfully little.
Dear Santa Claus, don’t you see?
And I want. oh. so many playthings.
They won’t hold enough for me.
Dick will wake up to find a new tool set
Phil will get those shining new skates
Joe’s football outfit sure will pleAse him
He can now go and play with his mates
Bert likes story book» and he’ll get some
A hobby horse H arry will please;
Yes, each little tike will get what hi
like»—
Their good traits old ¡Santa Claus see».
As he cons the long list o’er and o'er.
Look! he’s smiling to think o f the Joy
That when Christmas bells ring, each
holiday thing
W ill bring to each good girl and boy.
Remember, you little folks, always.
That obedience, kindness, good cheer
Are the things mamma wants and ar«
sure to ensconce
You In Santa Claus’ favor. Oh, hear
How the steighbells are Jingling and tin.
kllng.
How the reindeer are prancing to go
Skimming along o'er the housetops,
Unmindful of cold, Ice or snow.
Santa’s pack Is crammed to o’erflowdng;
Is your name on his visiting list?
Now in bed abide; down the chimney he’ll
slide
I f you’ re good, your house won’ t be
missed.
C H R ISTM A S
FOR T H E
BIRDS
Scandinavian Custom of Providing
Feast of Barley for Feathered
Creatures.
A C H RISTM AS VISION
So I want you to remember
And fill these ** full aa you can.
Cause 1 haven't been very naughty
And you’v# been euch a nice, kind man
f'd Hke a Be* 4
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That can lalit and call me ’ mamma.”
Not on* that is full of old sawdust.
As sll my ether dolls are.
The Christma* Card.
About a hundred year* ago the first
Christmaa card* were used. These
were printed in London and constated
of a visiting card with the words,
"A Merry Christmas. ' printed on It.
l-ater the cards were made with a lit
tle scenery on them and a picture of
the robin. This bird was used be
cause he le called the English Chrtst-
mae bird, and aleo The Sartor s Bird '
on aocount o f the old legend regard
ing It* red breast
From this time
o* the cards became mor# numerous
and of mor* varied kind*.
Sherd But Useful.
The Christmaa tree does not live
long but Its short Ilfs is a useful and
bee ut I fai effia.
On Christmas eve ’mid all the Joyous glee
Thst In my plenteousness surrounded ms,
I happened by acme chance to turn mine
eye
Out through a window -w reath'that hung
near by.
And ss 1 glanced through it Into th*
night
t eeenie.t to *e«, lit by tome holy light.
A childish face with wistful, smiling lips
That thrilled ms to my very finger-tips.
Two eager hands stretchsd forth called.
*3 In ttres*.
To me to ca rry help (o Helplesanee*.
And In tie sad eye* o f that child 1 saw
In s i It* lorellne** the Christmas L a w —
Not a command, no everlasting M i*t
Upon Reluctance for Its leaching thruet.
Hut Just a pleading hint to him who rur.j
That all who sufTer are Ood’a Littls Ones
And then the picture In the wreath was
gone.
And In its place th* Eastern Btar-beam*
«hen*
Among the other delightful traits of
the Scandinavian people la their cus
tom In their Yule festivities of think
ing not only of the happiness o f their
little ones, but of teaching these chil
dren to bear in mind the happiness of
others And in particular of the animals
about them.
A t the Yuletlde season, we are told,
the market place o f Christmas pre
sents a very gay aspect, filled In as It
Is with spruce trees of all sizes for
the children's festival. But there Is a
feature In the Norse Christmas that I
have not heard o f in any other country
In that In this market place there Is
for each Christmas tree a Juleneg. or
little sheaf of barley. each person who
buy* a tree also buys a sheaf. Then,
when the tree Is set up In the main
room of the house at Yuletlde for the
bairn i born, as they are called In N or
way) the sheaf o f grain is fastened on
the end of a pole and put out In the
yard for a Christmas feast for the
birds!
The seme that nineteen centuries ago
Led on the W ise Men with their heavenly
glo w ;
Had One Already.
And e’en ae they I wandered through the
drift*
*T don’t know what to give L izzie
And Into lowly places carried gift*
for a Christmaa present." one chorus
To cheer, and give release, and pay my
! girl Is reported to have said to her
due
t’ nto my Lord through them that tuff#» mate, while discussing the gift to be
rue.
! made to a third.
-J o h n Kendrick Bang* In •c rlb n **'«
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A little knowledge Is a danger
ous thing, especially on Christ-
maa eve. when a kid discovers
hta father acting the part of
Santa Clau*
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"G ive her a book." suggested the
I other.
And the first one replied, meditative-
y
No, that won't do; xhe'a got a
booh.”
Crowned on Chrietmes.
W illiam the Conqueror w*§ crowned
I on a Christmas day