Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10
FROM THE BATTLE-GROUND OF THOUGHT

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Wl,ut's Il mamma, what's u scnl?"
Red Gross asked clght-ycar-old Mary,
Scal2 looking tpirrom the paper,
whose black headlines she
| was labDrlously dcciphering.
| IA seal Is little animal that lives
in tile ocean We use its fur for coats
and wraps" was the cnlightening an
swer of the parent
Mary puckered her brow for some
minutes and again lnterrogated,
Mamma, will seals stop plaques r re-.
feriing perhaps to some of the Biblical
narratives sheShad heard told In Sum
| day school.
g."stop plaques! Why, child. what arc
you talking nbnut?" cried tho mother
in Arrangement.
s. WHY. here 1t says. Red Cross Seals
| Stop White Plague triumphantlyi
holding up the paper.
Then mamma explained to her little
| girl that the Red Cross Seal is u tiny
| stamp-like sticker which is placed on
| the back of letters and packages COM
ing from Santa Claus and others. Every
seal costs a penny, and every penny
goes to fight and cure consumption,
which is the real name OF tho white
plague. and which is an awful sickness.
own neighborl,ood who had consump-
ton. but who was given chance to get
well because the people had bought
Red Cross Seals.
Mary listened attentlvely. ana final
~ touched by the closcncss of the ap-
peal. said. "MamIna, / think I'd rather
have some of those seals than new
dolly
Christmas A great deal of criticism
And the Is yearly poured out about
Present. the Christmas present.
Some of it is deserved.
The Christmas present that Is n soul
less exchange between reluctant ac-
liaintances; the Christmas present that
Is the largest amount of worthless show
for the smallest amount OF value: the
Christmas present that is beyond the
givcr's means or felt as an obligation
by the receiver; the Christmas present
that was somebody else's last year and
is saved UP and passed on: the Christ
mas present. In other words. that is
machinery and pretence. and not the
living. real thing--this ought to be
criticised out of existence. But the
real Christmas present Is n different
thing. whose critics judge themselves.
The real Christmas present Is Il con-
crete bit of good will land affection. The
baby's first Christmas stocking-what
family could argue calmly about doing
away with it? The children's gift to
mother, selected in conclave, and saved
for Observation-Disclosures much it
means. The remcmbrances OF friends,
be they intlmates OF next door or divid-
ed by half the eartli--what fitness
they give to the worldwide day! It Is
because of the sweetness of the Christ
mas gift that foolish people abuse it,
They try to grasp too much, or to I'll
the empty place of the real gift with
the slmulacrum of 1t. Let each Christ
mas present be rcal-let that rule be
held to-and all the joy is kept, and
all the mistaken rush and overlooking
and nervous strain vanish. For real
gifts are full of simplicity and love,
and the spirit of Christmas Is peace
peace and good wil.-Harper's Bazaar.
The New New Yor. CITY IS the first
New York large commercial center to
Terminal. have put the new shipping
idea into concrete form In
South Brooklyn, Mr.. Irving r. Bush.
president of the Bush Terminal COM
pany, has established such Il modern
shipping center. Twenty blocks of
waterfront We're Mt his disposal when
ne hrst started to preach his gospel of
scientific and systematic freight moye-
mcnt. The South Brooklyn beach did
not prove a path of roses. First he had
& TO build immense piers; then he added
warehouses by the score. and, finally.
after many struggles and dlsappoint-
ments. he succeeded in Inducing the
railroads.&c. ten that run into New
York City-to send their trains to his
Union depot. But the hardest task was
still ahead of him. The fact that every
conceivable shipping agency was ready
FOR merchants who would locate nna rh,,