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according to their reports. Oftentimes
small trees are sent to the homes,
with glass balls, trimmings and candy
toys, and the donors, with the aid Of
their chauffeurs and the parents of
the children, fix the tree while the lit
tie tots are asleep.
Though little known, Santa Claus
work in the slums of the big cities
is carried on along systematic lines
to overcome any overlapping of the
multitude of good intentions. In days
gone by, charitably inclined women
would leave a large basket of pro-
visions In a house in ignorance of
another basket hidden in the closet.
And it was not unusual for two or
three workers to meet in the same
kitchen at the one time, each bur-
dened with good things for the one
family.
This is an error of the past; for
now the Christmas giving has been
systematized. Settlement workers of
the various societies and representa-
tives of the wealthy private givers
compile list of those they will as
sist, and all go over their lists care
fully together.
Although the Christmas giving is
all cut and dried a few days before
the time, Santa Claus secret is not
given away. Half of the pleasure
would be gone if the families knew
hok ;c;f nN,oiny xx,ft ?,
food and toys in abundance. 1t is
true that those who are visited and
quizzed by the private workers have
shrewd suspicion, after they have
told their tale of woe and received
the sympathy of the visitor, that
The regular settlement workers know
their ground pretty we'll; they know
which families have had hard road
to travel and are putting up good
battle against the tide of misfortune.
The settlement workers have little
Investigating to do before the holi-
days; their entrance into home or
tenement Is always greeted witt sur
prise, for they generally make it a
point to go where they are least ex-
pc ed
THE poor are always with us" is
doubly true at Christmas time. Fam
lies who can barely exist, who do
not know where the next days bread
Is coming from, can certainly not af-
ford any extras for the holiday sea
son. They consider themselves for
tunate if they have a loaf or two Of
bread and a small piece of meat for
the Christmas dinner and coal for the
kitchen fire.
No one appreciates this seamy side
Of the bright Christmas story more
than the charity worker. She knows
that tribulations exist at Christmas
time as during any other part of the
year. Years Of experience have shown
her how to use tact and good judg-
ment on her travels and where she
cannot leave good cheer, she can
at least make the sorrows and
troubles easier to bear. The "An-
gel of the Settlement" knows,
more than any orr else, that there
are many cases when the word
Merry Christmas" would sound like
a mockery; where the hand of death,
for instance, has been heavily felt
when 1t takes away the chief provid-
er of large family.
She knows, also, that the Christmas
spirit is cherished by the poor as well
as the wealthy. While they cannot
spend the day in feasting and merry
making, they can at least forget old
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE

The tradition that trees and flowers blossomed
on Christmas night is first quoted from an Ara
bian geographer Of the tenth century In the thir-
teenth century. in France candles were seen on
Towering trees In England, Joseph of Arima-
thea's rod blossomed at Glastonbury and else
where. When September became September IA
In 1882 1000 persons waited to see if the Quain-
ton thorn would blow on Christmas. New Style;
as it did not, they refused to keep the New Style
festival
The practice o: cs,ng greenery in Christmas
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TELEGRAPHEsE' BEST TO USE
Correspondent Finds English Lam
guage to Be the Tersest In
Europe.

Which language makes the best
telegraphese? At so much a word one
might hasten to say German, because
Of its purely typographical device OF
sticking a number of words together
to look like one compound word. We
really do exactly the same thing in
English. only we print the elements of
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civilized world as Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Berlin and other cities of to-
day. Indeed it was. splendid city
when Berlin was mere hamlet of
half-civiliZed Slavs.
1t was in the days of the commercial
greatness of Venice that Ypres attained
the summit Of its prosperity. 1t was
an important distributing center for
the traffic which came up through the
Adriatic by boat, was carried over
land and then scattered from Belgium
to England, France, Holland, Germany
and other countries. 1t also has great
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BELGIAN CITY OF THE PAST
With Chicago and Other Gen.
ters Of Trade.

Doubtless there are millions and
millions of Americans to whom the
name Of the little Belgian town of
Ypres comes as an absolute stranger
and without significance, remarks the
Philadelphia Record. Still, in the
heyday of its greatness and pros
perity Ypres ranked as large in the
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grudges and let bygones be bygones,
shake hands with their enemies and
wish one another good luck.
How many reunions and reconcilia-
tions take place then is known only to
these good women. The hearts of
many men who have been separated
from their wives and families be-
come softened as the holidays draw
near, and it isn't uncommon for the
settlement worker to find them to-
gether when she comes with the
Christmas basket.
Many prodigal sons return on
Christmas eve. A striking case of
this kind that occurred two years ago
was run across by settlement work
er in Philadelphia. She said that
she had never witnessed a scene on
any stage that could equal it. 1t
was real case of where the Christ
mas prayer of broken-hearted moth
er was answered by the return of her
boy.
The son ran away from home seven
years earlier, when youth of sixteen
years. He had a good homo and The
family consisted of his parents, an
older brother and a sister His father
was hard-working man and used all
his earnings for his home. The young
er boy, being the baby of the family,
was the pet Of all; but he had a wild
disposition, and he wanted to see
something of life. He decided to run
away from home and go West.
When he reached the ranches of
Arizona he found that the cowboy life
wasn't as bright as it was painted.
He longed for home many a time, but
vowed that he would not return a
failure. He persevered until he had
made good, though it took seven years,
for him to do it. His fearlessness and
daring attracted the attention of the
owner of the ranch, and he placed
him in charge of another place. When
the young man had goodly wad of
bills accumulated he decided to re-
turn in time for Christmas.
He reached the old house to find
that another family was living there,
and he learned from neighbors that
his father was dead; that his sister
had grieved so over his disappearance
that she died shortly after he had left,
and that his brother had been killed
in an accident. The mother, doubly
aged with grief. had been left alone
and was subsisting as best she could
in a third-story room. The son lost
no time and arrived in the room just
after the settlement worker had
reached there with her basket of pro-
visions. The mother had just finished
telling her story to the sympathetic
listener when this latest prodigal re-
turned.
mo one can really appreciate" said
settlement worker in another city,
'how happy one feels liter visiting
the homes of the poor on Christmas
eve. The gratitude of one woman
alone last year was enough to recon-
pense me for the work / did This
woman's husband was in the peniten.
tiary serving an 1S-year term for mur-
der. 1t appears that he and COM
panion were working In the cranberry
bogs. They quarreled, and in a scuf-
fie this man stabbed his opponent. He
made his wife promise she would
never allow the family of six to be
separated. She not only kept them
together by taking in washing and
working until all hours of the night,
but she refused to accept outside aid
in any shape or form. There would
have been no Christmas celebration
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the compound as separate words. But
in international telegraphing there is
a word length limit Tor, as the Ger
mans would print wordlengthlimiD
Ten letters is the maximum allowed
for single word. Any word longer
than that counts as two; or as three
If it gets beyond the second ten. as
some German words do.
When it comes to counting letters
or making up ineligible telegraphese
English, it seems, is the tersest Ian
guage in Europe. An Italian news
paper correspondent has lately discoy-
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privatiOnS that were
undergone by all the
families living in the
colonies at that time.
When soldiers were
starving at Valley
Forge there was lit
tie thought In their
homes for Christmas
merrymaking and lit
tie to do it with.
After the war there
were still lean years,
but by the opening
of the nineteenth
century peace and
plenty smiled upon
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manufactures. and in the fourteenth
century Its population exceeded txe
hundred thousand, making It one sg
the largest cities in Europe. Ghenn
and Bruges. its nearest neighbors.
were no less prosperous. With the
changing of the trade routes Of Eu-
rope the wealth and population OF
Ypres disappeared, until it has now
less than twenty thousand people.
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French doll says Take me by the hand and I
will walk with you," and she does.
For the little children a woolly sheep used 10
be delightful toy in the latter part of the last
century, and when dogs and bears that would
actually walk were found on Christmas morning
there was a howl of delighted admiration. Now
there are lambs and dogs of life size and ponies
big as the real ones, and all sorts OF large AMI
mails with the coats like the natural animal. They
all walk and move about and act their parts per-
fectly
Whatever father and mother have is duplicated
for the children besides the thousand and one
things that are devised especially for their amuse-
ment. All through the year the ingenious folk
are working overtime in all the toy shops of the
world to turn out the load for Santa Claus to
carry to the fortunate children who look for him
on Christmas eve 1914.
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cred this In telegraphing news from
London to his paper IN Italy. At the
beginning of the war he used Itaiias-
Then when all languages except Eng
iish and French were forbidden he
took French. Later, finding thas
French, though accept, by the post
office, seemed to ca0se delay, ks
changed to English, and to his susa
prise he finds that he is saving quits
lot Of money tn telegraph fees owing
to the superior brevity of the Eng
lish language as compared with
French or Italian.
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LINGUISTIC DIFFICULTY.

Frenchman-This impertinent Yankee slapped
my face.
Wffe-Well, why don't you do something?
Frenchnaan-How can I? don't know how to
talk English-Le Rire.
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homes of the poor and the suffering on
Christmas eve can realize the pleasure
of bringing happiness and sunshine
into these homes. Many settlement
visitors, who have given up the work
for some reason or another, but who
return to assist with the Christmas
distributions, give generously from
their own purses that the baskets may
be larger and more families aided.
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ONE E.

There never was a woman who didn't CAB
about her neighbors,' - growled Mr.. Gabb
Oh yes there was" replied Mrs. Gabb
That's right" commented Mr.. Gabb, 81 forgot
about Eve"
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in Massachusetts 1t was the worst of all, for
keeping Christmas was denounced as q pernicious
custom. and any child daring to think OF as much
as plum pudding on that day would make him.
self liable to reproof by the authorities All along
trees in the days of the Puritan domination
those that nature had planted there and had
adorned in December with feecy snow. The fires
burned brightly on the open hearths, but there
was no invitation to the good saint to descend the
chimney when the embers had burned low. AS
far as the children knew, Christmas just like
any other day in the calendar. Even after the
puritan reaction against the forms and customs
OF the old church had spent itself to extent
the children of the seventeenth century still
pected no gifts in honor of the birthday of Christ.
In New Amsterdam the outlook was little bet
ter for the children. The Hollanders had brought
with them their st. Nicholas, and his birthday
was celebrated joyOusly by young and old just
before Christmas, but this day was kept too, by
the Protestant Dutch heartily as by any Catho-
lies. OF course. they had not many real toys as
we know them today, but in the shoes that the lit
tie Hoanders set by the fireplace in the shining
kitchen, which also the living room,
homemade sweets and cakes and homemade
gifts. Many of these were of useful character,
such hand-knit caps and mittens, but now and
then skillful Hollander would carve model Of
boat such as that which had brought them to
New Amsterdam miniature chest of drawers,
and one can fancy the recipients showing these
with pride to the wondering little Indian boys
and girls when they came to be on terms of suf-
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But the young fool is not exctsabIe
on the ground that there Is no foot
like an old fool.
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A FAMILY JAR.

Providence intended me for a leader of fash.
ion."
Providence intended you for fool"
We'll. whether Providence did or not you got
me-"
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BRINGING TIE HOLIDAY s.
SPIRIT TO THE poor Gp4bl

r IS a question whether the
families helped or the work
ers helping them get most
JOY out of the Christmas dis
tribution. A real settlement
worker, one imbued with the
right spirit, will tell you that
Onlv ono who has visited the
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Christmas STOCKING as
at one time, yet there
is nothing that quite
takes their place in the
affections of a real girl.
And what S tu n n j n s
dolls they are today!
Dolls that represent
every phase of life,
from baby dolls with
their complete layettes
to perfectly grown-up
dolls with elaborate
wardrobes and trunks
to pack them away in.
The handsomeSt and
newest dolls come from
a German studio. No
two are alike, and they
are real portrait dolls
of North of Europe chill
dren in quaint costume.
These lovely dolls cost
s14, but Santa Claus
never counts the cost
when he is going some
place. An alluri n 6
- -
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VEN the poor child of today has
more In his Christmas stocking
than the osperous child
dreamed of in the first century
of white occupation of this coun-
try. Blase boys and girls who
can hardly think of anything new
for which to ask the generous
saint can hardly conceive of the
baroness of those early Christ
mas holidays.
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an automobile until the aeroplane,
which he expects to have ready soon,
is perfected. In any case, he carries
automobiles of varying sizes for boys
who long to run their own cars How
he ever gets them into the house is
mystery, for some of the delivery
wagons and other machines are large
enough to accommodate a good-slzed
boy.
There are so many things for girls
nowadays that dolls do not occupy
quite as important place in the
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-25


Muy bien Pero en- ese caso. tPol
que Santos Dumont no ha de sentarse
en- la butaca de Heredia Por que el
general de Galliffet no hered6 el site
de Sully Prudhome? Ademas spor quj
a VoSotros. dgnos Sen0res. es a uuienes
os Iegan los ingenios ahciouados a las
lctras sus fortunas, para que premieis
los m6ritos hterarios Por que. en- fin
sois yosotros los encargadoS de hacer 81
diccionario dc la Leneua
La organization academica de Fran
cia es. sin duda la mas perfecta qu
eXiste por 10 menos EN- principio T.
Institute Sc compone de cinco Acade
mias, saber la de la Lengua, la dc BE
Has Artes, la de lnscripciones, la de
Ciencias y la de eStudios morales pc
llticos 10 acabo de leer Ia lista de cada
una de eStas companias iluStres En- l.
de Ciencias no he encontrado sinO sa
bios, y Ell la dc Bellas Artes sino arts
tas. La de InscrIpciones solo contiene
nombres de profesores y de euditos La
lie Estudios Morales y PoIlticos. en- fin
es m catalogo de apelIidos ilustres en-
la vida estudiosa y activa Pero, en- cam
bio, la lista de la Academia de la Len
qua es como I'm eXtracto de tOdas las de
mas, y contiene de todo, hasta los apelli-
dos de algunos literatos
Lo l6gico, empero, seria, qae en- Ia
Academia literaria todo fuera literario
Pero antes que la l6gica esta la tradi-
ci6n.
continda en- la Ga plana.)
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-25

pues de todo NO es acaso Ell arte una
materia femenina por exeeleneia2 Yo
no veo la diferencia entire hacer con pa
lablas TN encaie de ritmos hacer con
la aguJa TN encaje de hilo. Todo es sll-
tlleza Y emocion Ell Ia poesia. Tx hay
ser mas sutil y mas sensible que la mu-
Jer2 Comparable con una rubia de al
ma rubia, el mas fno mancebo resulta
grosero. Esto, sin habar del talento..
Parece mentira, Ell efecto, que una
Emilia Pardo Bazan no sea acad6rniea
Ell Espana, y que una1Marcela Tinaire
no 10 sea Ell Francia. Los acad6micos
msmos, en- la intimidad. no pueden me
nos de confesarlo Pero los acad6micos
no son la Academia la Academia es
la lradlcl0n La Academia es la Rutina
La Academia es la Soemnidad. La Aca-
demla IS ell Prejuicio Como. pues.
ha de abrir sus puertas i una DANA?
Aun ante los literatos que no SON 81
no literatos, que no tienen salones. nj re-
vlstas, nj empleoS, las puertas del Pala-
cio Mazarino Sc abren con dihcultad
Z f'ue academico Verlaine ?.. Lo fue
Baudelare2 / Lo fue Catulle Mendes 2.
No.
Bien sabido es que, en ell are6pago pa
riense, apenas hay una minorla que
cultiva las letras. La. mayorla Sc COM
pone de antigunos ministries, de mobiles
ancianos, de ricos prelados. Y esta ma
yoria exclama
~ Por que hemos de llenar de bohc-
mios nuestro palacio2 Cuando el Carde-
nal de RicheIieu pens6 en- reunirnos. no
quiso hacer una Asamblea poetica. sino
una Junta de espiritus eminentes. So
mos Ia elite" del pals. y 10 la "6lite
de la literature
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Gentiles candidates

Paris.-De nuevo, las mujeres ponen
gentllmente sitio la Academia. DE to-
das las torres, parecen pensar, 6sta es la
que menos dispuesta esta rendirse
por 10 mismo. hay que atacara con ma
y0r arrojo. \ en- efecto. e heroismo Z
la paciencia que demuestran las damas
en- su empeno acad6mico. es digno de to
do eIogio.
e Cree usted que ha pregmtado es-
ia semana una ilustre escritora france
sa, 81 la sonora Pardo Bazan no mercce
mas que muchos acad6micos de Madrid
el honor de llamarse guardiana Official
de la lengua espanola?
81 que 10 merece-Ie he c0ntestado.
DloS Sabc, sin embargo, que el femi-
nSmo no cS el mayor de mis- pccad0s.
\ la mujer la deseo siempre muier.
muy mujer, 10 mas muUer possible. Las
damas que habIan de Socioogia que
Suenan Ell ser elegidas eIeoibles para
los puestos pollticos me parecen sercS
hlbridos Cualquier yicio. cudIquier de
fecto ant0jaseme mas perdonabIe que
el sufragismo a la ingesa Y que deer
de la pedanteria 10 madame Margue-
Rite Durand En- verdad. hermanas
11o1 l.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-25

TODO CHOCOLATE DULCE que
lleva ell nombre de LOCKWOOD estS
garantizado satisfacer plenamente al
consumidor Fabricamos un surtido
extenso y variado Ell diversos tamahos
de tablillas, para conner y beber,
DE VENTA POR TODO LII COMERCIO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-25
LOCKWOOD S co.
COCOA Y.
CT 0 C OLATE
Leon de Oro"
Eabriczda especialmente
para fCS
PafSeS Tr0piCaIes
PUREZA Y CALIDAD INMEJORABLEs.

Con la Cocoa "LE0N DE OROs 20
prepare la bebida mas saludable como
cida; es un alimento perfecto, de facil
digestion Recomendada por los sefio-
res medicos como t0nico excelente para
el sistema nervioso.
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WORLEY TELLS OF
PLANS FOR SAVING

establish an efficiency rating sys-
TEN whereby incompetent or negli-
gent employees will be dismissed
when they fall below the efficiency
rating on which they were en-.
gagged"
Morley advocated merging the
public utilities with that OF the ctr
engineer and the reduction OF the
board OF public works from five
members to three. preferably men
OF engineering or municipal expert.
ence. He favored municipal Own.
ership and closed with an appeal
for the selection OF earnest. com
petent men for the proposed char.
ter revision commission.
Judge c. L. Nelson presided as
chairman and Dean Berkheimer
spoke in behalf of Worley. urging
the need Of an efficient business
administration free OF political In
fluence or obligation.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-01-10
FORM ACCOMPANY TO
BUILD BUNGALOWS

Preparing TO have a share in Sc
attles building movement. which
promises TO be large as the spring
opens. the Pacific Home Builders
has Just been organized by a num-
Der OF prominent Seattle men. The
president Is Fred {. Furth. man
ager of the Vulcan Iron Works.
The new institution will build
homes and bungalows on a large
scale. eventually developing entire
subdivisions along the lines so sue
cessfully followed in various Cali.
fornia cities.
Other officers are A. r knott
vice president: George +. Wander.
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One thousand dollars a day can
be saved TO the citizens OF Seattle
under my plan OF municipal re-
trenchment." said George II. Wor-
ley. mayoralty candidate. at q meet
ing In Junction hall. Ballard, Friday
night This is equal TO n tax re-
duction OF ! y mills. or. II the peo-
pie wish 10 proceed with the Lake
cushman power project. my saving
in salaries alone would pay the In
terest on a six million dollar bond
issue.
In showing how this saving can
be made | want to say that my plan
does not call for reduction of In.
dividual salaries. In fact propose
raising many salaries. and TO car
~ out my plan OF efficiency ! am
creating a number OF new offices.
MY idea OF retrenchment is TO
reorganize the civil service bureau.
appoint labor commissioner and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-01-10
FIND DINOSAUR
BONES ON BEACH

SAN DIEGO. Jan. 10.--Lying er.
posed for years in view OF HUNDREDS
Of visitors at the Hotel Del Corona
do, portion OF the vertebrate OF =
prehistoric dinosaur has today been
discovered by o. w Bronson, mem.
Der of the ornithological society
OF Kansas.
The portion OF the skeleton found
Is not only of scientific interest but
of great monetary value.