The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-24
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A MEMORY with apologies to Life):
The day before Christmas-mother in
the kitchen making nlince pie-sman
boy tyourselo watching her with visit
ful eyes
COMES TO HAMMOND; He GETS
LOST TIMES headline. Well. no
wonder Ever since the economical city
council ripped out the extra street
lights in the business section strang-
er coming to town ought to equip them
self with lantern, signal bells and a
ten-foot sounding pole.
FROM 1868 to 1908 with but one ex-
ception (and he was from Indianny)
all of our presidents were either Ohio
or New York men. Yet school teachers
in 46 states will keep on telling every
American boy that he is a potential
president.
1T must be like dose of ipecac to
some Of the metropolitan patriots of
Gary to find that a large part of the
steel metropolis is part of the Ho-
bart rural free delivery district.
THE action of the republic of PAN
anna in deciding to have three of its
ex-presidents make up the reception
committee to greet President Taft is,
no doubt delicate compliment to the
fact that he soon will be an .ex'' him.
self 1nasmuch as hizzoner the may
or of Gary is to return from Cuba
very shortly it would be well for his
!! loyal subjects to important a few ex-
mayors from Hammond and East Chi
cago to serve on the reception commit
tee.
ALTHOUGH the moon will be full to-
night. it is no sign that lot of Christ
mas celebrators should try to initiate
it.
FROM now on we don't want to hear
any more from the 'steemed Indianapo-
lis News about the financial condition
Of our local cities indianapolis can
pay its policemen only half of their
December salaries for Christmas What
do you think of a metropolis that
would pare down upon the policemen
and their families at Christmas time ?
THE steel business-that is. being
| president of a steel company-isnt what
| 1t used to be since Judge Gary quit CIV
ingg those free get-together dinners.
| OUR office boy has been unusually
sanctimonious during the past week
He even started to go to Sunday school
| on Sunday. There is a reason,
| AND in this connection married men
might notice how much they es-
teemed by their wives, the softness of
the "dearies'' they utter, and the deli
catness of their caresses. There is a
| reason.
1T looks rathr odd to see the January
magazines chock full of Christmas sto-
| ries.
w. II. F. p writes to ask If doctors
treat one another free of cost when ill.
We suppose that the same brotherly
/ feeling exists between the docs that
that is between union bartenders in
| good standing When one goes visitin 6
at his neighbours bar the place is his.
WHAT the city of Gary would like to
do would be to hang up its stocking
and then have old Elb Gary come along
in a kind hearted mood and drop some
thing as good as 100000 Y. NJ C. A.
in it.
| THE upshot of the congressional
| probe into the money trust will be a
| report consisting of about AZ volumes
| of 1 200 pages EACH which no one will
/ read but the proofreaders. This is the
! way the steel trust, hi kost of living
| and immigration investigat ton ended.
GREAT SCOTT, What is the digni-
fed Scientific American coming to? Its
| current issue carries Fatima ci-
gazette and occupying all of the last
page And to think that the old lady
| is about to enter her eSth year!
GOVERNMENT is going to smash
| the shoe trust The fact that it is q
| corporation with a sole doesn't seem
| to count much.
/ UP to the hour of going to press
several packages had arrived for the
/ proofreader, but we procured a re
| straining order from the editor pro-
| hibiting him from opening any unit
tomorrow. Thus we will be able te
get this column out without having 4
4 look like the morning after.
IF 1t wasn't for the notes, bills ant
/ instalment accounts that one must pay
on the 1st of the month New Year
day would be almost as joyful a:
Christmas.