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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

OILY knew that
Paul was about to
emerge from sleep, be-
cause he was smacking
his lips, groaning,
stretching. yawning,
munbling and scratch
ing his head. This al
ways indicated beyond
question the beginning
OF another day for one
of the metrop oils S
lea ding m a gazine
poets, her husband,
Paul Pantoum Punct-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

door. Il must go along; your father asked me
not to be gone long; he is rather lonesome this
morning" She turned to Paul "You and
Polly are coming to US for dinner Christmas
dinner3" She looked appealing at her son.
I'm sorry; we have an engagement to motor
out of town"
His mother paused with her hand on the
door and said with queer little smile: you
might have wished me Merry Christmas
there won't be so many more for me-" The
door closed and she was gone.
What was that" Paul woke with ner-
vous jump. did SOME one shut doorF
Merry Christmas, Paul! That was Karen
taking in the newspapers"
Polly laughed at her husband with his
startled look, sitting bolt upright in bed.
Paul looked at Polly and rubbed his head
foolishly.
1--WE been saying Merry Christmas to you
for ten minutes. You ought not to sit up so
late readingP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

ribbon hanging IN the WINDOW, ana making
leap for it snatched it loose, opened the win
dow and flung it far out into the street. he
stood watching it malevolently 1t lit on the
hat of a passing dump cart driver, who locked
up, grinning, and sang out: Merry Cris'mus,
bossw
Paul scowled at him and slammed the win
dow down.
Polly had merely looked at him. but he an
swered: you know l hate those hideous
wreaths. Who put it up there"
81 don't really know; perhaps one of the
maids" said Polly.
THE WREATHS THAT YOU SEE IN
EVERYBODYS WINDOW.
"You see that sort OF thing in everybodys
wndow-it looks so cheap-you know how
they hang there for weeks after the so-callei
holidays and dry up, and prickly things scatter
all over the foorP
They ate breakfast in silence and afterward
went into the living room.
Paul slapped one sheet of his newspaper
over after another, sarcastically reading aloud
the headlines Christmas Ship Arrives in
Portr How the East Side Will Celebrate
Christmas Where Society Spends Christ
mas Peace on Earth Good Oh, this I'M
utterable banality OF the press! This cut-and-
dried automatic, hypocritical insincerity'
He crumpled the paper into huge ball and
threw it at the fireplace.
Settling himself deeply into his chair and
assuming snarly expression, Paul continued,
with a keep-itup- takes me all winter pro-
jecting of the jaw: Nov, Polly, dear, you
must acknowledge that we are doing the ra+
tional, sane thing to cut out this stupid present
giving! II eliminates all that wandering for
weeks up and down the sisles of stores ant"
gazing foolishly at windows full of assorted
horrors-red morocco plotting pads, telephone
pads that ever uses enormous writh-
ing brass inkstands with the ink wells the size
of dolls thimbles fountain pens with Crawling
near-gold excrescences hammered onto them
to make EN- Christmasy, sticky sets OF var.
nished poets that no one ever READS, like
Byron and Oliver w. Holmes, and platoons
OF Macaulays-you had to read him in school
regiments OF Dickenses, thousands Of
usually inofensve authors made nausesting
with lilac silk bindings with tiger lilies
broidered on them; and, oh, the stencil of the
perfume departments And the fearful horse
Llanket smoking jackets, that only fit to
chew in And that heartrending horde of
worn out shoppers stumbling drunkenly, with
dropping eyelids, around and around, from
one store to another, with arms full of per-
sonal affronts for Father, Elsie. Herb, Lizzie
and Cora; and still on Christmas Eve itself,
after weeks OF nerve-racking spins through
thousands Of revolving doors, Mothers elusive
indignity has yet to be cornered! For chill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

In half month Franz Josef fees from
The city he besieged for four.
The English swear a Gag of truce
Was used by Germans as q ruse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
TUESDAY.

The Kaiser prays for Heavens grace
To bear defeats as monarchs should.
THANK God. we do not have to face
a war;" says Major General Wood.
So many mining men enroll
That Germany is short Of coal.
Soon, Britain says, she'll drive the bally
Teutonic foe from Belgium's plain.
The broken German columns rally
To knock at Warsaws gate again.
And Uncle Sam, non-combatant,
Must hold at Guam the Cormorant.
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FRIDAY
SATURDAY.

George Goethsls asks for vessels tireIess
To watch the British eolliers which
Are prone to operate their wireless
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Within the borders Of his ditch.
The fleeing Dresden goes to lean
Upon the coast of Argentine.
In lovely Poland there is naught
But desolated plains and junk.
4 German officer is caught,
Escaping England in trunk.
The London ladies learn to roll
The smokes that cheer a soldiers soul.
SUNDAY.
Near Metz the French infict blow
On Germanys communication.
The Kaiser's throat must undergo,
His doctors say, an operation.
Won Bernstorff sings of what very
Long way it is TO Tipperary.
Because their ships the Germans seize,
There're many angry men in Norway
At Erzerum the women tease
The Sultan TO forsake his war way.
To-day the Dresden meets her fate,
lis rumored, in MageIlan's Strait.
MONDAY.
The British say their Bill,
Evading Turkish mines and shells,
crew of Moslems sends to Heaven
Within the very Dardanelles.
No ships have come TO Cocktails aid,
Though wireless rules are disobeyed.
Although Hungarian plains he frees from
The Bears deyouring Cossack corps,
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VERSES BY A. R. FERGUSON.

VERSES BY A. R. FERGUSON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10.
2y English shells the Nurnberg's sent
To where the fishes swirl and bubble
And Daniels thinks the President
Will keep the nation out of trouble.
Says Gardner: wilson's lullaby
Won't help US when the bullets 6y."
Before he ends the western matter
The Kaiser hopes to cut a swath
Through Russian lines, and starts to batter
His way to Warsaw from the north
The cannon the cliffs of Dover
Repel an underwater rover.
FRIDAY.
Won Bernstorf ought to be rewarded.
He turned the pen of Willy Hearst
To Germany. il stands recorded
>. Let other journals do their worst.
The Turks their great endurance show
By fighting barefoot in the snow.
With Warsaw fifteen miles away,
The German right is barely halted.
Their main advance the Russians stay
At trenches seven times assaulted.
The Christmas truce Is of because
The Bear declines to sheathe his claws
SATURDAY.
George Cocktails asks for vessels tireIess
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MODERN MEPHISTOPHELEs.

On Saturday a distinguished Ameri-
can citizen. author. traveller and natu-
ialist addressed the people OF Hutch
inson. Kansas. and in the course of
his imprisoned remarks gave forth
this statement: Nothing NAV be ex.
pected Of the Democratic party. which
from its inception has been the party
OF ineompetency. To hope for achieve
ment from it. to delegate to It the so
luton OF the new problems Of the day
with any thought of success. is as idle
as advancing against a modern army
with fiintlock muskets."
Any reasonable reader would pre-.
sumo that the speaker was advocating
the return Of the Republican party TO
power. and not doing everything he
could to prevent II. but the presump-
ton would be wrong. yet the reason
Ing logical The gentleman who ut
tered these words was no other than
Col. Roosevelt. the head and front OF
waning movement. but a weIl-direct-
ed philanthropy for the benefit OF the
Otherwise hopeless Democracy. The
professed differences OF the Progress.
sive propaganda with the Republican
party are not distinct enough to pre-
vent these former members OF the
party from Joining with Il this year
In crushing the party OF inefHciency
and proved ineompetency. but a mum.
Der Of perverse. inconsistent and sci.
FISH leaders. for purely personal rea.
sons. are misleading the few adhe.
rents left TO them In an exactly oppo-
site direction.
In New York. the Chief Bun Mooser.
described In a moment OF silly rapture
BY an Obsequious speaker as that
great and good man from whom ali
blessings flow endorsed a capable.
honest Republican for governor OF
that State. withdrew that endorse
ment and bestowed II on another
weaker citizen who refused absolutely
TO subscribe 10 the cardinal principles
Of the Roosevelt party. simply be.
cause Mr. Hinman declared that he
would not under any circumstances
promote the ambitions OF Col Roose-
Welt for presidential nomination.
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SILENCE Is NOT DENIAL.

The recent PRECEDENT of the West
Virginia University. DIR. Thomas Els
worth Hodges. called from that exalted
position. through the Vaccinations of
the Chilton-Watson cabal. to the can
didacy for congressman-at-Large on
the Democratic ticket. opened his cam
paign at Parkersburg last week AS he
stood charged. openly and specifically.
by his distinguished opponent for the
nomination. Col Wylie Beall. of
Brooke county. of being the willing re-
cipient of flched honors by the con.
nivance OF the instructed lieutenants
OF Senator Chiffon at the Parkersburs
convention last June, II was expected
he would. on his first public appear.
nnce. take occasion to refute these
charges. II they were as slanderous
as his friends have been claimirg
they were. But he did not. lie was
absolutely and significantly silent with
regard TO the grave accusations. not
only as to improper methods resorted
20 in securing his nomination. bu, to
his personal knowledge OF the con
spiracy that Matched the plot 20 d.
prlve his competitor OF a weII-earncd
nomination.
II will not sufice that DR.. Hodges
leans back on superimposed dignity
and his relative reputation for polit
ioal probity. Greater men than Dr
Hodges. for much less completely in
dubious political methods. have been
damned by maintaining what they
presumed 70 have been a discreet ST.
lence." The people have only one al.
Tentative left. and that Is that silence
IN this case IL a practical confession
TO the truth Of Col. Besn's charges. or
Inability 70 satisfactorily "explsin
away" his connection with the con.
tsmptible conspiracy that resulted IN
ME opponents defeat. after having
been assured Of the certainty OF his
success.
Il may be- that he is acting under
orders Of bic chiefs. and especially AZ
the dictation Of Senator Chiffon. That
gentleman is also due for an explana.
ton Of the charge that he switched
bic support 70 Dr. Hodges only when
Col Beai refused 70 BE- blaekmarIed
into contributing $4,000 70 aid his
Cold Fim wildcat mining venture.
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The AIR soousA

Because he has aircraft At his dl,
posal modern general will be more ant
70 await the results OF their reconnoif-
ering before giving final orders. In otn-
er words, there ought to be fewer co,,,..
yer oroers In present European engage
ments than during the hranco-r-urss,an
war There Is too big a risk OF MOVING
troops In the wrong direction. IL IL as
umated that within 3 u hours a genera
may expect an air report or m, yo--.
strength. position and movements ~ he
Is within radius OF 50 miles. II cav
airy alone we're used for the same pur-
pose probably three days would be re-
CURED. and the information collected
would not be 30 precise Three and one
half hours Is not too long 70 wait b.fors
giving a definite order. which may re-
suit in victory or defeat.
Reconnaissance Is OF two kinds-s,r,.
tegical and tactical ny stratesicaf re-
connaissance We mean the observatioo
OF main bodies. IN column OF route FOR
example. IN tactical reoonns,---p-,
troops must be observed after they bav.
1T the roads-a difficult task becaus,
the troops are harder % nnd. ana n d,
not easy 20 estimate their strength ft
D. evident that there will be more taotic-
al than strategical reconnaissance a. The
strategical merEes into the Tactical
phase Hence. the Ercater number Of
lights a. armies engage will be short
Nights FOR tactical reconnaissance which
viii result In placing information inn
mediately IN the hands OF a commando.
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eused OF any special loyalty to the Re
publican party. gives a very clear an
aiysis OF the situation:
=. The total imports amounted 20 sf.s.-
goo. Of this amount came In free. while
So; ssi; 600 ana only sos per cent. or
In imports II By no means sufficient 90
account for the reduction in customs
revenues- An Increase OF $1,000. 600 IN
tion In rates OF duty on scores OF differ-
ent classes OF good. account for three
quarters OF the deficit The other quar-
The new taxes. therefore. which are 40
De levied cannot be truthfully called
war taxes They are taxes which the
buying foreign made goods and Tor the
rists. INV
But this is telling only half of the
story. The absolutely reckless and
extravagant increase In the expenses
OF running the government stand
against any extra burdens placed on
this country by the European cata-
clysm. The Democratic chairman OF
the ways and means committee OF
the House OF Representatives declared
the other day that the appropriations
by the Democratic Congress this year
were 100000. 900 In excess OF the high
figures OF the previous year. This is
Democratic testimony and confession.
not Republican accusation and I'M
supported assertion.
Even this amount will not meet the
sum total of Democratic ineniciency
and criminal wastefulness OF the peo-
pies money. Senator Borah. a DELHI
crate and unexcitable observer and
student of Democratic delinquencies.
has stated in the Senate that the ap-
preparations to date are in excess of
the Republican appropr A.ions of the
last Congress. when the Republicans
were in power. by 800. 900 900. and
that is just what the Democrats seek
to cover by their internal revenue
measure. which they charge up to the
exisencies OF the European war. But
that is not all. The appropriations
OF the present Congress-" continues
Senator Borah. when completed will.
in my judgment, amount 10 $500 .OOO.-
600 or $25O.OO0.OO0 in excess OF that
which was denounced as extrava-
gance." And this is the party that
was solemnly pledged to economy in
the public expenditures.
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GEO. NJ. SHOOK Co;
SIDELIGHTS ON THE
GREAT EUROPEAN WAR

The Scientific American OF September
Il devoted entirely 60 the Discussion
OF the European war and the various
scientihc and important questions that
arise from IT, The following interest
ing and timely exposition OF the import
ant points II taken from the American:
strAtsT1oal Advantage OF the KEEL Canal.
Another and most important stra-
tegical advantage in the German situa-
ton Is the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. which
AFFORDS quick passage for the largest
battleships from the Baltic to the North
Sea. This canal practically cuts the
briush nghting line IN half. IL was
built for this very purpose.
For. n the British should force their
way into the Baltic. the German fleet
could pass 20 the North Sea through the
canal and the Eibe. steam to the Eng
hsh Channel, sink the vast feet Of
transports that arc carrying men ana
supplies 10 the English army IN Bel
gium. and harry the whole English and
French coasts
Hence. IN seeking TO bring the Ger
man fleet % action. 70 would be neces-
sary for England 90 leave half her neet
AZ the mouth Of the Elbe and send the
other half around Denmark into the
Baltic. THIS would mean that 20 FAR
as her dreadnought strength g. con-
cerned. Germany could elect Co heht
either fleet under 1qual conditions
The only other way % get az the
Germans would be 10 reduce the coast
fortincations with an expedittonary
army. lint the German coast on the
North Sea o. 20 shoal. that the landing
or such force from transports Be- out
or the question. There remains only
one way in which "a could be attempted.
IT England followed Germany's sx-
ample by violating the neutrality Of
Holland. or should Holland enter ~.
Triple Alliance. Amsterdam would form
an excellent base Tor an expedition FOR
the reduction ~ the wiiheinshaver ana
'uFhaven Qualifications This would
open The way for the seizure % the
North Sea end ~ the Klei canal should
Russia continue her successful Invasion
% Prussia. she might in time though Of
on enormous sacrifice capture pantzia.
stettin. and. with the AID of the Eng.
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bic hair neck and shoulder until he
stirred uncasily In his sleep.
10 was dawn 5efore Helena tor
turing thoughts gree confused. .
a street in a foreign city crowded
with a riotous mob Wac IL London 2
Soldiers with Ellttering bayonets were
shouting a. something overhead
aeroplane The man leaning ont Of
10 was Warren The soldiers TOOK
aim-a crash-the machine shot
down
See here. re- almost seven War
rem was standing By the bed in his
hathrohe. III We san a. noon-you
can't lie there al day"
Dared. bewlidered. Helen Fared M
at bin. The sound ~ his words was
still On the air. ~ We sail a. noon
Then her mind cleared
Warren" she drew him down TO
he bed beside her You said we
You mean you arc"
Huh. from tho way you ranted
laat night havcnf much choice
"Oh. you have you have" A. sho
clunf % him. % vas desperate last
niFht-but ] couldnf have carried 10
through But. Oh. 10 have you take
mo Willingly The words ended IN
on ecatatic sob.
We'll. I've muiied % over trIi ne
shout a. cheap % take you a. 20 b.
cabins back every hour. Now hustle
youn have 90 move fast"
And dodginE Helons cilnrinF arms
the next moment Warren Wa whist
line In bic bath.
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THE DEMOCRATIC @wARTAx-

The excuse Of the Democratic ad
ministrauon for ievyins an enormous
tax on the people IN time o. peaee.
that the situation vas wholly Bro.
yoked By The European war. IL beoom.
Ing thinner the closer the effects Of
the Underwood tarin Law are exam.
ined into. ~ r. asserted on COME.
tent authority thst the customs revs.
nues % the August just passed are
fio.oo0O00 isss than IN August. 1912.
and the natural supposition would b.
hat there has been a decrease Of $50.
100000 or $4,000 900 In imports The
Treasury ngures show. however. that
the actual decrease Oh only $3.50. 900.
or ti.7tO.000 less Than the decreaqs
On customs revenues The Phn1del
phia Public Ledger. an independent
newEpapc~ whies has never been sr
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1T means a cool three thousandi
Think Ill turn that DOWN."
Helen did not answer. With trem-
ulous fingers she was tearing at the
margin OF the Final Extra" with its
naring war headlines.
There's no risk. tell you" per-
sisted Warren. Tondon's all right.
and I'll be back In less than a month.
Now for Heavens sake cut the hys-
terra. Business here is deadl I'm
not making enough to pay the office
rent. II I've got a chance like this
I'D be a chump not to take IT,"
Helen swallowed hard at the lump
In her throat.
"Jove. I'll have to hustle to meet
Griffin at $780," glancing at his
watch. You'd better be getting my
things together. That small steam
er trunk In the storeroomI"
She nodded.
We'll. give me- The storeroom key
and Ill have the elevator boy bring
IL up. Get me an umbrella, will
your Drilling when / came IN"
Helen got the key and the umbrella
and followed him to the door. AS
Nv AoOh hIOlu the udll IdCk
he stopped to kiss her with a brisk
Now don't be silly. You ought 10
be deuced glad this came my way
Don't sit up for me. Grifin's going
over the whole case tonight-only
chance Wen have" And with a cheer
full so long," Warren stepped into
the elevator.
From the front room window Helen
gazed down at the umbrella that
came out and bobbed up the street.
She was still dazed from the an
nouncement that be had made at din
ner with such brutal abruptness.
Mr.. Griffin had today offered him
$4,000 IL he would make a rush trip
to London to look after some inter-
est in stock company that had be-
come involved since the war.
Helen heard the details only vague.
ly. Sailing on the St. Paul tomor-
row noon" was the part tina, had
scared into her mind. Warren had
tabooed her fears. London was safe
perfectly safe. and he would be home
In less than a month. Three thou
sand and all expenses paid-it was an
offer to jump at
A deafening thunder crash. a zig
Jagged streak OF lightning and the
rain came down in sheets. II was the
climax, as IL were. TO her own terri
flying thoughts. The curtains were
soaked before her hands, weak with
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UNCLE WALT. The Poe, PHILOSOPHERS.

=
Do they think Of home, do they think OF me- rs
through sadly they speak
Of how spread soap upon the kitchen stair so that
TIE EXILE father pushed his head through
Do they rccolcct what he came
down al his Sunday garments wrecked and lump
Often when the sinks low crmsonng
would the world me az home Do hev
speak Of how tied only found the
hide and Of how
ties m Aunt Sarss bed Of how that spnr chased saying she
would break head? Oft find the Shedding
Cork Rome n only could they think Of me ar hoe
Do they speak Of how sawed through grnnv chair 60
she fen about with her tbys thew eyeore re-
call how broke the window with my little when
the hush Of Though I'm old tired and blue with
white hairs my dome I'd be knew thar thew think
OF me az home WALT MASON
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danger Ct wa.IoniIsd Lsgisiatur..

No single phase Of the elections this
tal VIII be more important 20 the vot-
election OF the members on the nexf
legislature. II u true there will be no
senator To elect. and that because OF
the JACK OF the personal element ana
the rivalry u engenders there is NOT
me popular interest In the outcome that
pr usually attached thereto. But the
election OF n Watsonikcd legislature are
a. potential as N there were TO be az
tprded the opportunity which presented
itself IN 1911 when the assenblv ~
West virginia was shamefully I.orfmer-
bed. and n national scandal percipitated
News 7iN'N"-
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Probably the Progressives will be Just
strong enough in New York to aid
the corrupt forces OF Tammany to
again prevail.
In Pennsylvania. where the Progress
sive party is likewise too weak. as It
is everywhere, to elect a single candi-
date. It has openly and shamelessly
fused its forces with the Democrats.
with the equally shameless approval
OF Col, Roosevelt. The receptive Cd
portunism OF the Democracy is fully
alive TO the functions OF the Progress
sives. and is coddling them and urg-
Ing them in their hour OF dissolution
not to desert their PRINCIPLE rs"
by returning to their former political
Affiliations. Was ever such a mon
strous pact negotiated before in the
history OF this country? Was there
ever before in the record OF time the
spectacle OF the leaders OF a small
cabal denouncing and damning a DO
litical organization in public utter
ances. and then privately conniving
for the success OF that organization at
the elections That is exactly what
the Progressive leaders are doing to-
day. but 10 which. fortunately. the
rank and file OF their following are not
subscribing 10.
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There are two Progressive candidates
Tor Governor 20 be voted for ia the
View York primaries-Davenpor and
BIZ sulzer. The Progressive leaders
the Colonel IN command. Of course. have
issued orders 20 the faithful 20 ignore
the sulzer candidacy. Why Daven-
Fort has publicly renowned the infti-
alive. referendum and recall. while sui
zer stands for the 'riology what's the
matter with these particular people.
anyhow