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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25
TOMMY TO SANTA CLAUS.

You are dear old friend to me;
y often dream of you at night,
And am sure as can be
Your whiskers always have been white.
Like Uncle Thomas, and that
You're very good and kind and fat.
l want to kiss your smiling face
And ride on horseback on your knee
And tell you at the chimney place
How good you are each year to me
To bring me cars and railroad tracks
And trunpets. blocks and jumping jacks.
And so ] with. when next you come,
You'll from your pack of playthings take,
Beside my bed big red drum
And bang it hard until wake.
Then give me from your great fat hand
The things you bring from Fairyland
And then I'll know you. and you'll know
How much like the gifts you bring
And how I'd like to see you go
And be a ffe. Old jolly king.
Whose throne should be of frosted cake,
Whose crown the holly leaves should make.
SO If with JOY you'd make me jump
Next Christmas eye--'twill soon be here
and let me fondly give. lump
OF sugar 10 your good old deer,
Please don't forget when in you come
To play upon that big red drum.
R, Il. MuNKrTTRIcE
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25
RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY

Castle Hall. Dowdall Lodge, No. 80,
Knights of Pythias. ST.
Denison, Iowa,
Dec. %, 1900.
Whereas, the all wise Father in his
unerring wisdom has called Anna. r.
Brodersen, beloved mother of our
brother, Bernhard Brodersen, and
Whereas, we have learned with sor-
row of this sad bereavement which has
come to Brother Brodersen at the ap..
proach of the Yuletide, when hearts
are full of cheer,
Be it resolved, that we, the members
of Dowdall Lodge, No. 80, Knights Of
Pythias, tender to Brother Brodersen
and family our most sincere sympathy
in this sorrowful affection which brings
to our brother the darkest hour thru
which man is called to pass, the hour
when mother leaves her son and re-
turns home to her God.
We commend our brother to his
mothers God. who alone can give COM
fort in so dark an hour, trusting, that
mother and son may be reunited in
that land where sc rrow and death can
never enter.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
these resolutions be spread upon our
minutes and a COPY given Brother
Brodersen. .3
j. I. GIBSON
d. w. MCAHREN ~,
CHAs. G. KEMMING SoNA.
JOHN j. WIELAND
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25
.fIooK WHAT THE MAN DID TO MEl'

'fLooK WHAT THE MAN DID TO MEF'
translated, to them. So it happened that
In writing back mentioned Doddy and
related this anecdote of him.
How could II know that they would
hand my private letter over to an editor
and that the editor would proceed prompt
" to publish it? How could i know even
that the papers, always on the lookout
for CLINT of fun, would copy the little
story here, there and everywhere, and
that in four or five weeks time those
same papers would appear upon the la
bles Of every American reading room in
Paris, and, worse still, that numerous
friends of the boy would hand him cop
les and laugh? For, alas, had given
His namel
This was my first ,intimation Of it. I
wttas sitting in my room mending my glove
when there came knock at the door.
lssEntrez" called out in my newly ac-
q}lired French. ii The door opened, and
there stood Doddy,
/. Hsprang up, threw the glove aside and
raIn to meet him, glad, as / always am, to
I'D e the boy from Milwaukee.
"Come in! Come I'M" / cried. II am
ID lad lonesome. Bring your mandolin
a id let's have a Jig. have learned the
81 ano accompaniment by now"
But there was never an answering
B lileson the boys countenance. He faced
b with look that struck cold to my.
! hrt. The smile died on mine. l start
+ back as if had had blow and
V hred.. Gould this be my dear old Dod-
d32',
RI should like to see you for one mo-
ment, . he said in manner as cold as his
face and in the firm, severe tones of a
full grown man.
why, certainly y gasped, "for two
IL You like! Wherein the little kitch-
en- that isn't used or in the hall or out
in the big han, with the concierge look
! ing on 2" For there was no salon, and the
precision Of Doddy's manner called for a
+ salon or something, il possible, even more
I impressive.
s'This il no joke" said he, and there
was not the twinkle of aslaugh at the
corners Of his mouth or in his eyes.
Look here!'
Reaching In the pocket Of his vest, he
produced slip cut from paper and
thrust it at me. took it wonderingly
and read scrap from my letter with the
\ account Of Doddy and his cute little hair
I cutting joke. I, read to the finish. then
looked up at him.
"Well, what Of itY' inquired.
"What of it?'' he blazed. Nothing,
only they have been poking the thing at
me the whole day long; nothing, only
am the Laughing stock Of the establish
ment, am the joke of Paris, the boy
who didn't know enough French to gel
his hair cut. That's all! That's all"
"Oh, Doddy! Oh, Doddyw l sighed
And after time, very humbly, 81 didn't
mean it that way" explained, 1T was
a private letter. I never expected it tc
be published. How could | know that Il
would get into the hands of an editor!' I
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CHRISTMAS AT THE CHURCHES
Continued.
PRESBYTERIAN

The Presbyterian Sabbath school
win hold its Christmas exercises this
evening. While sickness prevented
the preparation of a cantata as had
been anticipated, yet an interesting
program of exercises consisting Of
songs, recitations and dialogues will
be rendered under the direction OF
Miss Anna Won coelln, the efficient or
ganist of the school. Two large ever
green trees will be decorated with nu-
merous presents for the members of the
school, and the congregation will share
in the festivities aof the occasion, and
Santa Claus will have royal welcome
from the Presbyterian people.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25
Canadians Back From the War,

Halifax, Dec. "a. The steamer Lake
Champlain, having on board Colonel
Otter and $50 Canadian troops, return
ing from South Africa, arrived YES.
terday from Liverpool and disbanded.
The order to land at st. John, N. B..
had been cancelled. The time saved
by the change will enable the western
men to get home for Christmas. They
started on special train for Mon
treal and Toronto.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

old cigarette case promised you" And
/ threw it at him.
E In my room stood before the mirror
arranging my crushed pompadour and
smiling at myself. SO glad was I to be
friends with the boy once more. when
there came tap at my door.
I tiptoed to it, opened it and peeped
out.
The hall was dark. It was empty.
But there on my threshold, in all the.
bravery of cockade and cuirass, stood the
little Napoleon.
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Jus. Do you suppose want cheap news
paper notoriety like that? l bate it! !

GUS. Do you suppose want cheap news
paper notoriety like that? l hate it!
hate It'll"
was stricken to the dust-mute. In
a storm Of anger he flung himself out Of
the room and slammed the door.
After that he sat dumb and unforgiv-
ing at one end Of the long table, and
sat silently at the other. 1t was impos-
sible to catch his eye. He refused by so
much as look to reveal his cognizance
of my existence.
Then Christmas day approached. We
had arranged for the day, Doddy and l.
We had prepared to ward off homesick-
ness, to a certain extent at least. He
was to make me present, and l was to
make him one.
'oThere is little bust of Napoleon in
q shop down in the Rue st. Honore that
want" I told him. "You get it for
rue, and I will buy you a cigarette case
in the same shop. They cost about the
same money. Is It go?"
cts co." answered he, and we shook
hands on it.
As matter Of fact, I had already pur-
chased the cigarette case. 1t was stow
ed away. in the bottom Of my armoire
drawer for safe keeping. Now and again
took it out and looked at it, thinking
how proud the boy would be to offer his
cigarettes in that pretty new case in the
place of his old one. which was finger
marked and worn at the edges.
And now it was all over. Perhaps he
would scorn to take it from me. penny
a-liner, scribbler who mixed up her
imagination with facts in so alarming
a manner that she had at last arrived at
stage wherein she could no longer
speak the truth.
The morning arrived, and, as say, it
not only rained, but it poured. deposit
ed franc or two in the hand of Bethe,
who brought me my chocolate. o>remind
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: .
>.'.1ll'1. Gu Christmas day, no holly and
no plum pudding. There was no use in
hanging up stocking the night before
because there was nobody to fill it. Be
sides, unhappily, my stocking hanging
time is over. Is q
We had expected something like it
Doddy, the boy from Milwaukee, and /.
We had been prepared by the Swede
with the long yellow mustache who sat
ct the foot of the table. 1T will be Just
Nks any other day.' he had said, and It
had been, Only wcsse. 4
In the first place, it rained; in the sec
c7d place, it not only rained, but it pour
Cd, and. in the third place.. Doddy and I
nau quarreled.
* you want fully to appreciate an
American boy like Doddy, you must first
live in England awhile. Then he bursts
upon you with the radiance Of noon
day sun. Doddy could hardly say that 1
failed to appreciate him. He never
cracked joke that didn't laugh until
the tears came. If he told story, he
considered me practically being the only
American at the table and consequently
the only individual in possession Of a
sense Of humor sufficient for the under
standing Of this sole audience. Thus
between much telling Of stories and more
laughing at them our friendship appeared
TO be cemented, to be planted squarely
upon sure and firm foundation, but it
II about just such things as that that you
can never tell.
It was over next to nothing that we
quarreled, the simplest thing In the world.
was this: The first time I saw him he
We into the dining room with his head
we'd close. II went into a barber
- he, told us, land look what the
did to me! knew enough French
start him, and then I didn't know
1gh to get him to STOP,
hat struck me as hilariously funny.
q the foreigners laughed when it was
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25
UNDER THE MlsTLEToE.

out smne. H1s race IN the light Of the
candle hurt my heart.
won't you forgive me, DoddyY" i'm
plored. II will never do it again-nev-
err! promise you"
closed my fingers over the cigarette
case. was afraid to give it to him just
yet--afraid he might fling it back at me
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs, John Chriss took their
departure last Thursday morning for
their home in South Dakota. They
have been detained in lDenison much
longer than expected on account of the
death Of their babies, but we state
with pleasure that little Eddie who
hastbeen sick for the past three months
was much improved when they left.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Someone has Intercepted our good
friend Mr.. Schlumberger as to who
wrote his locals and advertisements for
the Review, and has accused the edi-
tor Of SO doing. For the benefit of all
we will say thar Mr.. schlumberger
writes his own advertisements and that
they attracted attention is to his credit
and his alone.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25
Torture and Rob Ohio Farmer.

Lebanon, O., Dec. 24.-Feur masked
men entered the farm residence Of
John Thompson near here last night.
bound, gagged and tortured Thompson
and his wife till they surrendered $500
in money, heir jewelry and silver
ware The "obbers then escaped with
Thompson's rig.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Blaine Hunt is back in Denison a.
gain after year and a half spent in
Colorado He is looking we'll and all
are glad to see him as he was ever a
prime favorite with Denison people. /
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. U. G. johnson was taken sudden
tly ill on Saturday night with what
threatened to be lung fever. His many
friends will be pleased to learn that
while he is still confined to his bed, he
is now much better and it is thought
that he will soon be about again.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. Cal Bowling and family, of AL
gona, are in Denison for holiday visit
with their many relatives. Cal is look
ing we'll and prosperous.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mrs. Ed. Olson who has been severely
ill for the past four months, was up
town today for the first time. She was
welcomed by many friends.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. Gaylord Weeks has returned
from Iowa City to spend Christmas at
home and to be present at an important
wedding ceremony.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Miss Reynolds. who has been the
artistic trimmer in "The Boys" Milli-
merry Department, returns today to her
home in Atlantic.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

On Thursday evening the music pu-
pills of Miss Nettie Kelly gave a very
pleasant recital at the home of their
teacher Ne
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mrs. Geo. Richardson received the
sad intelligence this morning of the
death of her mother, Mrs. Brian, at
Blairstow, Iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.; Albert Sage, who is attending
the Iowa Agricultural College at Ames,
returned on Saturday for Christmas
week
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. f. Hamilton Bond and family, of
Fonda, will arrive in Denison today to
spend the holidays at the home of DR..
T.. L. Bond.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Dunn Of Cam
ache are expected to arrive in Denison
this evening as guests at the Gulick
home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. John Smith, OF Des Moines col
lege, arrived here on Saturday night
to spend the Christmas season.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. John Osborn are ex-
pected over from Harlan to spend
Christmas with Denison relatives
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Miss, Cecil and Miss Marie Matthews
are expected here to spend Christmas
with Mrs. J.H. Mahoney.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

DROPPED HIS CHIN ON HIS YOUNG BREAST.
or bang it on the floor, for Doddy was
SO young that / often wondered how his
mother happened to let him stray so far
from home.
What sort Of Christmas have yon
had| ventured,, talking high and light
ly. as If nothing at all had happened.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr. r. r. Butler, of Dubuque, is
spending the holiday week with Craw-
ford county relatives. Mr.. Butler has
a good position with the Illinois Cen
trail.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mrs. John Michaelson. of Council
4 Bluffs, is welcome guest of her
mother, Mrs. Gregory.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

. Mrs. H. A. Grummons leaves tomor-
row morning for Christmas visit in
Jefferson.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Miss Katie Gaffy is home from her
school near, schleswig to spend the
Christmas tide.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Miss Mollie. O'Hare has returned
from her gchool in Sioux City TO spend
the holiday season.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Miss Nettie Kelly leaves Tuesday
night for Chicago to return January Q.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. Asa Butterworth, of Dubuque,
spent Sunday with Denison friends.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry lobe will spend
Christmas Day with Dunlap friends.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr., Jacob Asmus goes to Davenport
to spend Christmas, with his brother.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

J. J. Burt is spending the holidays
with his mother at, vermillion, South
Dakota.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. o. M. Criswell and
Miss Alice Stevens will spend Christ
mas in Charter Oak.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. Henry Stuck, Of Vail, visited
Denison friends Sunday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25
a CHRISTMAS TRUCE.
Tie Story Of an American Boy In
Paris.
Paris.
By ZOE ANDERSON NORRIS.
copyright, 1900, by Zoe Anderson Norris.

0OR some inexplicable reason they
pass over Christmas day in
France and celebrate the New
i Year instead. There is no cheer
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mrs. Jordan of Dunlap is spending
Christmas at the Raine home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.D. w. Walker, of Waterloo, is
spending brief holiday vacation with
his parents
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Miss Abbie McHenry returned on
Saturday night from Lincoln, Nebr.,
for the holidays
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mr.. George McHenry returned on
Friday from the Chicago University.
to spend the holidays.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mrs. Will seemann will spend Christ,
mas week in Dow City.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Miss Mamie Bell goes to Dow City
tonight to spend Christmas.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mrs. Peter Soenksen of Montana is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Stensen. :
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25
HAD A SILVER WEDDING
Hon. e. P. Harvey and Wife
Celebrate Twenty-hfth
Anniversary.
A LARGE NUMBER ARE PRESENT
nany Fs.autifuI and Expensive Presents
A sple ndid Repast And A Jolly Good
Time Enjoyed.


Hon. G. P. Harvey and wife cele-
DRAFTED their silver wedding at ''1ranis.
tan" their home one mile west of the
city. Friends were present from every
part OF the county. Mr.. Harvey pro-
vided carriages to meet his incoming
guests at the depots. and more than a
hundred enjoyed the hospitality of the
Harvey home during the day. To say
that they had good time is to put it
mildly. Four times the tables groaned
under the weight of good things and
never was there such a wedding feast
before. Many beautiful and expen-
sive gifts we're left as tokens of the
which has endured for this
couple through so many years. Mr..
Harvey is one of our best known citi-
zens. kind hearted and true and he has
a host of friends who hope that all
may live to celebrate the golden ami.
versary also.
How is this for hurry up" paper:
Mr.. Will Sievers spent Saturday in
Dunlap.
Mr.. Henry Stuck, of Vail, visited
Denison friends Sunday.
Mrs. Jordan of Dunlap is spending
Christmas at the Raine home.
-s-e->---
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jobe will spend
Christmas Day with Dunlap friends.
Mr.. Jacob Asmus goes to Davenport
to spend Christmas with his brother.
]. J. Burt is spending the holidays
with his mother at Vermillion, South
Dakota.
Mr.D. w. Walker, of Waterloo, is
spending brief holiday vacation with
his parents.
Mrs. Peter Soenksen of Montana is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Stensen. $
Miss Abbie McHenry returned on
Saturday night from Lincoln, Nebr..
for the holidays.
y - "a.
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Mr.. Will sievers spent Saturday in
Dunlap.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25
DEATH OF EDWIN EATON.

From the Usage News we learn of
the, death of an old time resident of
Denison, Mr., Edwin Eaton, who died
at the Soldiers Home at Marshalltown
on December, 18th, of paralysis of the
brain.
Mr.. Eaton was well known by the
older residents of Denison. He was q
brother of Mrs. A. Abernethy and Of
Mrs. A. H. Miller, who died quite re-
Gently
Mrs. Hattie Allen will spend Christ
mas in Dunlap. a
Mrs. r. A. Slocumb OF Dow City spent
Sunday in Denison.
Mrs. Will Seemann will spend Christ,
mas week in Dow City.
Miss Mamie Bell goes to Dow City
tonight to spend Christmas.
Mr.. Asa Butterworth, of Dubuque,
spent Sunday with Denison friends.
Miss Nettie Kelly leaves Tuesday
night for Chicago to return January Q.
. Mrs. HI. A. Grummons leaves tomor-
row morning for a Christmas visit in
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mrs. Hattie Allen will spend Christ
mas in Dunlap.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

Mrs. r. A. slocumb Of Dow City spent
Sunday in Denison.
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How is this for hurry up'' paper?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-08
JOSEPH MERRIAM.
Most Puzzling and Best Hated Of Eng
Iish Statesmen.

Julian Ralph In the London Mail)
AT every liberal and radical meeting
the cries from the crowd have been for
the speakers to discuss the enormities
committed by the Right Honorable Jo-
seph Chamberlain.
At every Unionist meeting which !
have attended the mention Of Mr.,
Chamberlain's name has been the sig
nal for yells and salvos OF delight The
marrow Of the contest at the polls is
that the country is TO vote confidence
I'm Mr. Chamberlain or the reverse.
Sir William Harcourt calls him the
pretender" and other liberals have said
that in Lord Salisbury's statement Of
the national situation there Is no vital
paragraph except the one which men.
lions the work OF the colonial minister
His portrait Is to be seen wherever
pictures Of men are for sale or on show
and even In Birmingham, the largest
most constant crowd is that which
gathers all day long before a quarter
lifesize photograph Of Mr.. Chamberlain
and his family.
Whether men like or detest him-and
he Is the most admired and best hated
man In Great BrItain-there IS no get
ting away from him for any man who
ponders or discusses the immediate ar
fairs Of the realm. He has always been
growing and az the pace OF sweet corn
In August when the daTk.es say you
can hear II grow al night" but the
South African troubles have pushed
him up like a mango sprout In the
hands Of an Indian juggler. There Is
no getting away from him, and from
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-08

a statue could not have shown more
self.control or less slgu of feeling.
The noise grew, and Mr.. Chamberlain
said as IT. some remark was expressed,
though II aid not matter, "Surcly you ln
Burton can manage your meetings, and
sat down.
Then rose the wonderful Lady Bur-
ton head ~ 500 of the most practical
lady election workers In the kingdom,
and reservoir of the energy OF tue local
Uuionist campaign. She was not cool,
but righteously indignant
III you did not come Go hear Mr.
Chamberlain what did YOU come for?
SO many people are disappointed. I beg
of you 20 be quiet IL was She who
begged-not Mr. Chamberlain, one
could not imagine him doing it 1T
would be generous to Doe quiet was the
most be- would say.
After that the man " ull-couquorlng
personality began m hours speochweil
worth hearing and studying aH all exc
preston Of the force and subtlety the