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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-19
Christmas in Porto Rico.

Christmas in Spain is religious
festival rather than social one. It
was so originally in Porto Rico, but
the population has been influenced
partly by the spirit of the new world
and partly by the many American
merchants who reside in the cities
md who exert an influence much
greater than the numbers would seem
to warrant.
The churches welcome the day with
chimes which begin at midnight and
last until midnight of the next day.
What with one church beginning ten
minutes too soon and another ten
minutes too late and third at the
right moment, what with bells which
ring every fifteen minutes and bell
ringers who under some ancien. Gus.
tom viii sound the great bells every
half hour, the air is filled with music
which never seems to end,
If you are near a campanile the eff
feet is not altogether pleasant on az.
count of the volum" of sound striking
the ear with too much force, but In
public square several hundred yards
from the nearest belfry, where trees
and buildings break the sound waves.
or in suburbs on the hillside the et.
feet is unspeakably delight ful.
& Of 10 fha
sitting in the inner court or quadran-
gle OF Porto Rican home. Around
you on four sides the house rises
above you and in the grounds or In
great tubs and porcelain pots rich
flowers, graceful vines and res ful
( trees afford shade, color and perfume.
The sound of the bells descends from
/ the air above very much like a bene.
/ dictiOn. You sit in an easy chair, and
servants bring you tea or steaming
coffee. sweetmeats and biscuits, con.
/ tections and cigarettes, while a
/ daughter or son plays ancient SONGS
or dances upon mandolin or guitar.
/ The churches are crowded, so are
the cubs and most OF the places OF
recreation. Every vehicle is in use,
and here and there can De- seen
young men and women trying 20 imi.
tate English model. Some OF the
people OF the mountain district carry
out many ol their early superStltiOns
I'm regard 70 Christmas. They hang
over the doors of their houses bOughs
OF trees which are supposed O pos
sess charms and often conduc. marri.
age ceremonies under great canOpies
made OF these charmed trees.
A great many Wild flowers are in
boom az Christmastidr. ana these are
worn by children OF the mountain dis
tTicts in wreaths and garlands about
their heads, necks and waists The
Christmas giving is sadly missing in
our new possessions. The churches
hold no Chris mas tree, and there are
lew charitable societies . give
feasts. However. one hospital lor
old people and orphans in Ponce
Continued on Page Four
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-19
The Aztecs' Dance.

Last Wednesday evening the AZ
tee club gave one of their highly
enjoyable hops in Red Mems hall
where all went merry as if inspired
by the clear, snappy tinge of the
weather and the near approach of
the happiest season of all the year.
Those who participated in the terp-
sichorean event were VI M.sses Mag.
gle and Kathleen Wilkes, Harvey,
Cox, Rogers. Taylor, Gwynn, Turner,
Rider, Babington. Kendall and Rob
erts; Messrs Light, Latham, James,
Green. Baum, Harper Newman. Nc.
I.amorc, Reichelderfer. Booth, Fer.
rer. Barnes. Wilkes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-19
Second Ward Mothers Club.

The Second Ward Mothers Club
held very interesting meeting on
Wednesday afternoon and the follow
ing program was rendered
Roll call answered with quota
ton from Whittier.
Song by the Glee Club.
Biography of Whittier-Mrs. w. s.
Fraley.
Recitation-Earl JONES.
\ sketch on "Snowbound Mrs
Elkins.
Recitation. "Nettie's Thanksgiving
Day'-Clarence Smith.
beading, Mrs. McDuffie at the
Baseball Game"--Virgil JONES.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-19

The Barefoot Boy"-FToyd Sven
dell.
one new member was added to
the club roster.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-19
Just at This Season

There's many person who wondering what to
give man for Christmas.
The man can't tell you; probably he doesn't know
but the chances that inside of two weeks he'll be
coming here to buy something he that you could
have given him for a present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-19
Christmas Gifts in General

Compiled with be of practical assistance
you in selecting your gifts for friends and relatives
Umbrellas. gloves, handkercheis, hosiery, neckwear
mulers silk and wool scars toques, golf gloves cuff
buttons scarf pins beauty pins belt pins, collar pins
fancy garters fancy supporters, hat pins, stick pins
Jet lavacrs beads bandeauxs, side combs, back
combs baretts, feather boas hand bags purses fancy
linens table linens, napkins, blankets, comforts, un-
derwear opera slippers, house slippers, dress shoes,
leggns garters cOuntepanes silk dress patterns
wool dress patterns corsets waists, kmonas, sweaters,
vests caps petcoats urs, tailored suit coat dress
overcoat. fancy trousers
All Of these and many more can rightly be consd-
cred suitable gift
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16

lead the republican campaign. He
little clerical assistance and a modi-
cum of advice and counsel. But that
would also be embarrassing. However,
it is going to be very hard for Theo-
dore to keep quiet and stay still. If
he doesn't accept the position of coach
he can't stay away from the sidelines.
When the game is on his voice will be
in evidence.
Mr.. Roosevelt is to be senator from
New York. It is we'll to be believed
that this job would suit him extremely
we'll. His elevation to that office would
certainly suit the nation. Most well
disposed citizens would be glad to see
him there-and hear him. Ears would
be cooked from Maine to California
listening for noises like something
breaking and like man inside beating
a carpet. Aside from the great good
he might be expected 10 accomplish
Roosevelt in the senate is as sporting
proposition as Roosevelt in Africa
One thing we may be sure Of: Theo-
dore Roosevelt will not retire from the
presidency Of the United States to be
the private adviser, for pay, OF cor
porate interests financial or otherwise.
He will remain as always public man
alive TO his public responsibility as a
citizen and to the nohlesse oblige which
should govern an ex-president
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
WHEN ROOSEVELT RETURNS.

So many persons are busy laying
out work for Mr. Roosevelt upon his
return that it will not be surprising if
that capable gentleman finds even his
strenuous abilities overwhelmed by the
strenuosity programmed In politics
especially, Mr.. Roosevelt will be obliged
to work overtime and night shifts if he
accepts even part of the opportunity
offered Busy? The proverbial and
colloquial Cranberry merchant" is not
a marker for the BUSINESS the coun-
try has scheduled for Theodore.
First Mr. Roosevelt is to take over
the presidency and begin where he
and Taft-left off There are enough
advance orders to keep Theodore s
presidential works running full ca
pacity night and day for four or even
eight years. And in all candor we
could use Theodore this way, If he were
to agree He is needed and word of
consent from him would bring the
country to its feet TO nominate and
elect him by reclamation. But there
seems no likelihood that Teddy will say
the word. He made Taft by his en-
Ac-sSSsais He signed up fo- him. Nc
likelihood exists that he will start pro-
ceedings to take his name off the pa
.,ers. But If he should
Then Theodore is to manage ant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
ENGLISH HOME OF GYPSY SMITH.
Its Mos. Attractive Feature is a
hedaed in Garden of Roses.

81 stretched my week end In London
for a few hours to see Gypsy Smith
(now in this country,) not in the pulpit
hut in the garden. It took two train
hours to Cambridge and two taxicab
minutes to "Romany Tan A big dark
man in his shirt sleeves ran out call
ing: Hello. Here's Mr.. Armstrong;
We were fairly lifted out and borne
bodily in.
The Gypsy tent" is double two
story red brick cottage, slated and
chimney potted There are white bays
all around, with small panel easement
windows and quaint white porch pill
lars. The rooms are high and spacious.
The kitchen has a hob" There is an
air of comfort and substantially typi-
cal of English homes.
The acre or two of garden is walled
by high. thick hedge. 1t TANKS the
house in front by trim lawn and an
expanse of fern grown rock. At the
rear it goes rioting mad with leaf ana
bloom and fruit Is it soil or air cul-
tivation that makes these English gar
dens? There are pears. apples, cher
ries, huge gooseberries, currants anc
sweet English strawberries. There are
big leaved potatoes, rank peas and
broad beans" that look like limas
growing on balsam plants. And roses
roses, roses.
i / wrote my wife that there were more
roses in Gypsys garden than in al
/ Oak Park, and l thing that is LITERAL!
/ true There were dwarf roses and tre'
roses. climbing and running roses, rose
4 on trestles and fences and a rose tina
smothered the rear house wall WITT
thousands of blooms. There were whit
and crimson ramblers. pale damasks
4 red Marechal Niels, queenly America
Beauties, scarlet chinas. creamy u
Frances, deep rose pink Duchess d
Brabants. big modest brides and Nal
,naisons, pride of the house OF Bour
bon.
Under an arbor with a thatch o
roses a foot deep we sat down to Eng
lish tea from under a coy" The TIM
buttered bread and tea cake We're serv
ed from the curate's delight" three
story cake basket. We dipped three
bite Strawberries in sugar and thlci
i yellow cream, holding them by tn
1 stems. We were much amused by
talented gray parrot which kept call
! ing, Masters come home; where's tn
old boy?" and singing snatches of tn
hymn, Saved by Grace."-Letter
!, Chicago Advance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
THE REPORTERS SUPERSTITION.

Another horror is upon us. Three
hundred men are wrapped in subter-
rennean hell OF smoke and fire at
Cherry. Ill, and the civilized world
wherever the news wires stretch with
their messages Of the welfare or disas-
Ter OF mankind is waiting breathlessly
and with hope against certainty for
news OF rescue. JUST a word from a
boy gives hope its welcome opportunity
He declares he heard men signaling
from the depths Of the mine. Let us
hope that the boy is right and that the
experts who have given up hope are
wrong.
The world for the past few months
has been uncommonly free from great
disasters. Following the California
quake and the horror of Messina it was
time. The headlines have dealt with
discovery and invention Cook and
Peary at the pole, Wright and Ble-iot
and their compears and competitors in
the air, great expositions and celebra-
tons. We had almost forgotten disas-
ter and the walls Of despair
Will the reporters superstition hold
good and the mine horror at Cherry be
followed by others in quick succession
Have we had our season of immunity
and come upon a period Of great disas-
ter and of accumulated horror?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
THE VERDICT OF "THE BOYS"
[Cedar Rapids Republican,

query. Wnat VIII the teuar fSdpiQS
dailies do for ror,- 49, 40 r'---5rv
close?-Mt. Vernon Record.
But the newspapers viii get atoms
and perhaps the ministers also will
get along For the newspapers the
problem is not difficult They have
had an embarrassment Of copy" al
most more than they could handle
without charging their papers undu-
ly. There has been an added amount
Of hard work for newspaper men in
the Sunday meetings. the work has
been spread over every department
down to the press rooms and the
mailing rooms But 1t has been work
that has been gladly rendered-it
would have been much harder II Mr..
Sunday We're not such a good fell
low" It has been a work Of love, in
large part. No matter what others
may think OF Mr.. Sunday, the news
paper men who have come In contact
with him like him and almost love
him. After an experience Of twenty
years in newspaper work, we are al
ways willing to trust the man whom
the newspaper boys" take a liking to
They are seldom deceived. They learn
to be good judges of men. They see SO
many kinds OF men and 90 much Of
them. They know the weaknesses,
the vanities, the meannesses OF men
las no others can know them. After
they size UP man he Is sized III
correctly, nine cases out OF ten. In The
case of Mr.. Sunday the newspaper
men gave their almost instant APP
prevail. They did not hesitate. They
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
r1MEsREPUB1lcAN MAsHAnhrowN,1 IOWA,

had a big wheat crop, averaging at one
time twenty-five bushels to the acre
all over Iowa, but went down till the
figures were six bushels, to the acre for
the average Iowa wheat crop. Right
near home, at Montour, the day the
writer called on Mr.. Ed Smith he had
finished threshing out thirty-one bush
els Of excellent sound winter wheat to
the acre.
On the train was a farmer. Just
came back from Minnesota. Threshed
out seventy bushels of oats to the
acre" Live in Kansas? Don't know.
farm both in Kansas and Minnesota.
Hire men in both states to run my
farm. Pays better than to rent them.
Besides my farms raise better crops
each year. My men that hire by the
month have a standing order to haul
out manure when nothing else is rush
ing 1 keep all of my stock in yards
nights and stormy days and my yards
and pens are kept clean by filling a
manure spreader every day in the year.
These hired men of mine haul in straw
to these feed yards and haul out hun
dreds of loads of manure every year.
L. pays as we'll in Kansas as Mime
sofa"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
Iowa AT Washinnton.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Postmasters
We're appointed as follows:
Bernard, Dubuque county, Dominic
F. Maloy, vice P. c. Maloy, removed;
Granite, Lyon county, Mary e. Hilton,
vice A. NJ. Parker, resigned.
Rural carriers were appointed as fol-
lows: Aredale, William B. Ufford, SUBJ
stitute, Clint Ufford: Elliott, Orlaff r.
Kirby, substitute. Charles Hipwell; FIT.
Atkinson, ]. j. Sindelar; Leon, Carl M.
Reynolds; Rowley, Richard I. Buckley;
substitute, Edwin P. Buckley; Shells
burg MELVILLE E. Montgomery, SUBJ
stitute, John w. Montgomery.
Milo Runkel OF Cedar Rapids, has
been appointed typewriter at Mare Is
land navy yard, California.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
"CANNoNIsM MUST CO."
[odeholt Chronicle.1

Cannonism has to go. It is becom-
ing more odious with every days dis
cussion. Cannon himself is only rep
resensative of the system; another
speaker representing the big interests
could work as much injury as old Joe
under the same rules. 1t is the system
which must be abolished. There is
general agreement that Cannon will
never get another term as speaker. for
even the interests he has so faithfully
represented will find it inexpedient to
continue him in that office: but when
Cannan goes his rules must go with
him, and representative government
must be restored.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
ALDR1cH SEEKING COUNSEL.

SIOUX CITY IrlDune.J
Aldrich does we'll now to seek coun-
sci and expert advice. He is not as
cock-sure now that he knows it all.
knows just what is needed, as when he,
in collaboration with Vreeland, con-
cocted that emergency currency"
fiaseo as the complete remedy and the
infallible cure for panics. We trust that
his experience will bring him to the
aid of Cummins when the latter offers
his bill for permanent tariff commits
sion to gather and collate economic
facts for the enlightenment of congress.
But careful reading of his address.
and not an unfriendly one. gathers the
impression that his appearance of def
erence to the people is more in seeming
than in fact 1t is so different from
the Aldrich that we have all known.
so different from the tyrannical boss
he is when pushing his measures thru
the senate He begins it with long
explanation of his desire to be a patriot
and law giver. The explanation is filled
with many assurances that nothing has
been agreed upon. nothing formulated,
nothing done that it would be an evil
dence of recklessness for the monetary
commission to seriously consider any
thing or to agree upon ANYTHING with
out first consulting with YOU gentlemen
who have been the chief factors in
building a great city. This same Ian
guage will apply to any city.
Triah Heep used to say to David
Copperfield. II am so humble, master
David" and then he would wind his
legs round his chair and prepare to
get something The Aldrich humility is
not carried all the way thru this first
speech. for in spite Of all assurances
that nothing has been agreed upon
nothing done. toward the close of the
speech he snaps his jaw and says, one
thing is beyond debate, there can be
only one bank of issue and that CEN
trail bank and the issues must be con-
trolled by the government There is
nothing so very humble about that.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16

lie bag Of deer in the north woods
this year is said 70 be small That is,
small if you leave out of the calcula-
ton the two-legged species.
Chicago has an ordinance limiting
the time an automobile may be kept
standing in one place on the street.
Rather odd. We should think i, de-
sirable TO keep en- quiet as much as
possible.
Commander Peary has reached the
lecture platform. A LITTLE late, as US
ual But. just as there was glory
enough for both in the discovery of
the pole. no doubt there will be found
money enough for both on the lecture
circuit.
Perhaps the turkey has caught the
conservation habit
If YOU buy EN- early you'll never
regret it.
The writer for the Atlantic Monthly
who is supplying "Confessions of a
Best Seller" suggests that there are
tricks even in the book trade. He says
There may have been a time, when
the six best-selling' phrase was new,
whe nthe monthly statement carried
some weight; but for several years it
has really had little significance.
4 Critical purchasers are likely TO be
wary of books so listed. 1t is my i'm
preston. based on talks with retail
dealers in many parts of the country,
that they often report as best sellers
books of which they may have large
advance purchases, but which are SELL
ing slowly. Their aim is, of course, to
| force the book into the list, and there
by create a false impression of its
popularity" How strange!
Meanwhile, however, it would not be
advisable to forgo any opportu-
nifty that comes your way to provide
yourself with your own old age pen
sion.
commission would not, in practice, d.
what is outlined for it, suggest il
, reply that the best way to get at tn.
, truth of that is to try 1t.
Iowa suffragists who contempat
storming the legislature, may hav
noted that Mabray always has sail
that the Polk county Jail is yer,
comfortable place of its kind.
It may not be wholly beside TIL
point in the matter of his indifferen
= of SO many of the women to the suf
frage question that they know tina
come what may. they will not actual
= have to go to the polls.
: The millionaire of the future wi
n tell how he founded his fortune on
e colony of good laying hens in low
= during the winter Of 1sos-10.
After his experience with the Pin
g hot-Ballinger affair, maybe Ia.
d would be considered qualified to rel
e cree the little Johnson-Jeffries bou
:, 80
Where is Cairo--north or south
Maybe here's a chance for game
irennis.
Il If the new tariff bill Is so very sar
isfactory to the American Manufa4
d. turers' Association, maybe that is goo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
HOW LABOR LEADERS VIEW THE SALOON


John Mitchell, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, John
B. Lennon, treasurer of that mighty
organization and Thomas [. Lewis
president of the United Mine Workers
of America spoke a. mass meeting al
Toronto the other day. Perhaps in all
the world no three men could have
been brought together Who represented
more fully the interests and welfare Of
more men Who live by toll and aat
bread earned by their sweat. More
these men are representative men not
only of labor interests but Of common
interests. They not only represent
great organizations and mighty force
but they represent citizenship. They
stand for men.
The question was the saloons and
labor, the saloon and its relation 70 the
men who, Joe Muelhaupt claims as
the principal source" of the saloon's
profits; and here is what John Mitchell,
John Lennon and Thomas Lewis said
following the declaration Of Mr.. Steele
In his introductory address that the
saloon and the labor hall must be di-
vorced:
Mr.. Lennon said the liquor business
lowers the standard Of efficiency OF the
working man and prophesied that the
time would come when the forces of
labor would be arrayed against the
saloon.
The United Mine workers, Mr.. Lewis
said have prohibited their members
from selling intoxicants. even at pic
mics. Education of the masses, he ar
gued. would 60 a long way toward
eradicat.ng the liquor traffic.
Mr. Mitchell declared that organize 4
labor in its fight for better conditions
for the wage Garner is doing more 20
promote temperance than any other
Organization. He refuted the contention
that shorter hours of labor and in
creased wages result in added profits
to the saloon.
John Mitchell has in his person and
by his high character been a hostage
between public opinion and the labor
movement. He is respected and trusted
as a sincere man, an honest leader AMI
a leading citizen Of the United States
He believes the more workingnan
knows, the better he respects himself
the more ceratinly he will sever his re-
lation as a principal source" and sup
porter of a business that destroys pros
perity, Injuries repure before the pub
lie and is a deadly parasite upon labor
organizations. He and Lennon ans
Lewis are agreed with the keynote O
the mass meeting Labor and the sd.
loon must be divorced"
The campaign which is Matched il