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brown-faced, broad -girthed Spanish on
ions, shining in the fatness of their
growth like Spanish friars, and winxing
from their shelves in wanton slyness at
the girls as they went by and glanced
demurely at the hung-up mistletoe. There
were pears and apples clustered high in
blooming pyramids; there were punches
of grapes, made in the shopkeepers' be-
nevolence to dangle from conspicuous
hooks, that peoples mouths might water
gratis as they passed; there were piles of
filberts, messy and brown, recalling in
their fragrance ancient walks among the
woods and pleasant shufflings ankle deep
through withered leaves; there We're Nor
folk biffins. squab and swarthy, setting
off the yellow of the oranges and lemons
and in the great compactness of their
juicy persons urgently entreating and be-
seeching to be carried home in paper
bags and eaten after dinner"
CHRISTMAS ON THE SEA
'sBut even here two men that watched
the light had made a fire. that through
the loopholes in the thick stone wall shed
out a ray of brightness on the awful
sea. Joining their horny hands over the
rough table at which they sat, they
wished each other merry christmas in
their can of grog. On, on, until
being far away from any shore, they
lighted on a ship. They stood beside the
helmsman at the Wheel the lookout in
the bow, the officers who had the watch;
dark, ghostly figures in their several sta
tions, but every man among them
hummed a Christmas tune, or had a
Christmas thought or spoke below his
breath to his companion of some bygone
Christmas day, with homeward hopes
belonging to IL. And every man on hoard
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yond doubt not only to the mind, but to
the body. Grief has been known to kill.
For some years there has been on foot
a movement to make the outward show
of grief for the dead as plain as possi-
bic. Deep mourning Is deprecated. No
objection is offered to a seemly. decent.
quiet manifestation of sorrow, but the
use of heavy Grape. the wearing of the
funeral bands on sleeves, the wide bands
on the hat, are not favored.
1t is not urged that the dead be hur-
ried into the ground, that the funeral
meats be set forth to grace the wedding
banquet.
The suppression of grief is not advocat-
ed. But 1t Is said that the sufferers shall
not infect the air with the contagion of
their sorrow, that they shall not vir-
tually call upon the whole world to suffer
with them.
No human being may Withstand sue
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Medical Freedom" Tactics

Organized to fight the growing affilla-
tor between the state and the regular
medical profession, the National League
Tor Medical Freedom does many things
which indicate its definition Of freedom. -
says Harper's Weekly.
Just now the league ia aiming its fire
at the lectures of sex hygiene that have
been established In tho Chicago public
schools by the sensitive and enlightened
woman superintendent. School attend
ancc on these lectures Is not compulsory,
nor is the abused taxpayer Oh their ac-
count penny out of pocket.
The league Is in ths position of q
group which attempts not simply to de-
fend its own rights put to deprive the
others of something which they want.
Recently the league sent stenographers
to report the lecture given at the Bryant
school by DR.. A. G. Cotton, who was
III esident last year of the Chicago Medi-
cal society, and the lecture given at the
Hyde Park High school by DR.. c. ]. Hop
Kirk, another reputable physician.
The league took extracts from these lec-
lures. printed them in a circular, and then
submitted the circular to Postma ster
Campbell for an opinion as to whether
these extracts made the leaflet too "ob-
scene' to circulate the mails.
The postmaster Is the same official
who last year barred the report of the
Chicago vice commission from the mails.
He ruled, after consultation with his SUI
fperiors, that the circulars we're unmail-
able. The secretary of the league then
called up the city editors and got into the
rev spapers sensational account of the
character of the lectures given In the
public schools. 1t was a cheap triumph
No organization which really cares for
freedom will summon the so-called
"Ccmstock act to it's aid. That statute
places in the hands OF unknown and ir-
responsible federal officials the power To
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The Only Condition
from Pearson's Weekly.

fioifi IedfSOnS weekly.
Bernard Shaw, who, with characteristic
lnlpetuosity, has jumped irto the music
nall discussion, was once asked by an
American impresario to go en- lecturing
tour In the United States.
ihere are,' the ImDresario assured
MIN, only two great lecture attractions
remaining to be exploited IN the United
states. You are one of them
and who is the other?" Mr.. Shaw
asked.
The German Emperor" was the reply
OF the impresario. who was engaged on
the process known as ''buttering."
Then said Mr.. Shaw. '1'll go on this
lecturing tour you suggest on one condi-
ton"
And that is?" asked the iinpresario
eagerly.
THAT | appear on the same platform
with his majesty!' replied Mr.. Shaw
firmly.
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ROMANCE OF ALABAMA H

sEN the fork of the Alabama and Tom
bigbee rivers. about fifty miles
above Mobile. is said to be a lake.
beautiful and clear, which is called
Halls lake. The name is derived from
an incident in the days of slavery. A
runaway slave from Mississippi plan
tation found refuge and secretion IN
this dismal resort. and hither he lured
other slaves all of whom lived In the
region of the lake for an unknown time.
Having run away from a plantation
in Mississippi, Hal, a stalwart slave,
made his way across the Tombigbee,
and on reaching the swamp of big cane,
tangled underbrush and large trees, he
found his way into it with great diff
ficulty, where he discovered that the
bears of the swamp had regular paths,
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of pigs, chickens. sheep and other do
mestie animals. as well. The secret Of
this slave haunt was well preserved,
and the news of its security became an
indueement to a large number of slaves,
some from considerable distance, to
join Halls colony beside the lake.
Not only was Hal autocratic in his
immnred fastness between the rivers
and in the jungle of cane. but he be-
came tyranical, which In turn, provoked
revolt. burly slave refused to obey
his dictation, and Hal straightway ex-
PEELED him from the colony, and exiled
him. Bent on revenge. the exile made
his way back to his master. surrendered
and told the story fatal to Halls colony.
The mysteries of several years was
thus cleared up to planters along the
rivers. The exile became the guide to
the retreat where were ensconced the
slave colony. and with packs of dogs
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HISTORY-HALS LAKE-By B. F. Riley, D.

horses and being familiar with the
country in that region. he chose to
travel during the first night along plan
tation paths. ard the next morning aft
er leaving the home, he and his were
fully thirty miles away. The horses
We're turned loose. and the remainder of
the journey was pursued at night, while
the fleeing slaves would sleep during
the day. When the Tombigbee was
reached. he succeeded in conveying his
family over by 1ashing some logs to-
gether. After perilous passage. they
finally reached the swamp. and set
about providing a temporary home on
the lake, by constructing a booth of
canes and saplings, covering it with
bark.
In his trips to the neighboring plan
tations across the river for netessaries
Hal induced other slaves to Join him
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and guns the stronghold was sur
rounded and the slaves captured But
slight resistance to the dogs was OF.
fered. and the submissive black men
and their families were conveyed across
the river, the ownership of each as.
certained, and each was sent under
guard to his owner As for Hal and his
the sheriff notified the owner on the
distant Mississippi plantation of their
capture. and he came. in due time,
proved his chattels. and they were
taken back to their original home.
How long they might have remained
in this secure retreat, but for the intol-
eranee Of the original leader. II Is i'm
possible to say. Hal was not unlike
many another with advantages vastly
above his-power made. him top-heavy,
and soft seduetions were turned into
tyranny. all of which reminds us of the
! comment Of Artemus Ward on the con-
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vvYyHO is there among the readers
M of The Age-Herald that will
not recognize the extracts that
are presented below? In all the world of
letters there is no one who wrote of
Christmas and Christmas doings SO fellc-
itously as did dear old Dickens. Beneath
all the joyousness that possessed his
heart and pen, there is a genuine philan-
thropy, and a philosophy which justifies
the title under which l place these ex-
Z. tracts from his Christmas stories.
do not know when this particular
paper will appear in these columns, for
my contributions are sent in patches; but
l hope it will be in the paper that greets
you about Christmas. Anticipating this
fact, 1 take the liberty of wishing every
reader a merry Christmas and a happy
New Year. and many of them.
GOD BLESS IT
There are many things from which I
might have derived good, by which / have
Not profited, I dare say, Christmas amorg
, the rest. But I am sure that I have al
ways thought of Christmas time when it
has come round, apart from the venera-
ton due to it's sacred name and origin, if
anything belonging to it can be apart
from that. as good time; kind, for
giving, charitable, pleasant time the on'v
time l know of in the long calendar of
the year when men and women seem by
.one consent to open their shut-up hearts
freely, and to think of people below
them as if they were really fellow pas
sengers to the grave, and not another
race of creatures bound on other jour-
heys And, therefore. uncle, though it
has never put scrap of gold or silver in
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waking or sleeping, good or bad, had had
kinder word for another on that day
than on any other day in the year; and
had shared to some extent in its festivi-
ties, and had remembered those he cared
for at distance, and had known that
they delighted to remember him."
CHRISTMAS PRAYER
''Then, as Christmas Is a time in which
of all times in the year the memory OF
every remediable sorrow. wrong and
trouble in the world around us should be
active with us. not less than our own ex
periences, for all good. he laid his hand
upon the boy. and, silently calling Him
to witness who laid His hand on children
in old time, rebuking, In the majesty of
His prophetic knowledge those who kept
them from Him, vowed to protect him.
teach him, and reclaim him. Then
he gave his right hand to Philip cheerily
and said that they would that day hold
Christmas dinner in what used to be
before the 10 poor gentlemen commuted
their great dinner hall, and that they
would bid to it as many of that Swidger
family, who, his son had told him, were
SO numerous that they might join hands
and make a ring around England, as
could be brought together on so short a
notice"
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
AT such time, the Christmas music
he had heard before, began to play. He
listened to it at first as he had listened
to it in the churchyard: but presently, il
playing still and being borne towards
him on the night air in low, sweet, mel
ancholy strain, he rose and stood stretch
ing his hands about him, IL there were
some friend approaching within his reach,
on whom his desolate touch might rest,
yet do no harm AS he did this his face
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write to gain his livelihood But he
wrote them to win a prize offered by the
Railway Age Gazette for the best arti.
Gle on the subject. Keeping Good
Lookout on a Locomotive" He Is a pas
senger engineman on the Pittsburg divis-
ion of the Pennsylvania railroad.
They are good rules for others besides
locomotive engineers They are worth
'pasting in your hat"
Following them means giving the
square deal' not only to your employer,
but to yourself. Keeping business affairs
only in business hours, for instance
means the ability to take better care Of
the family affairs outside of business
hours.
Coming to work in the best OF health
means taking good care of the body and
mind and not abusing them outside of
business hours Taking all the rest one can
get is a good rule for a man following
so arduous business as that of 1ocomo-
tive engineer with its strains on the mind
and body.
Others might profit by the advice, al
though there are persons who give them
selves too much rest.
'I tell all my stories and do all my
talking to the fireman before leaving and
allow no conversation on the engine
while running, except the calling of sig-
nails and the answering of them, unless
the fireman notices something wrong
with his side of the engine then I in
struct him to step up alongside OF me an:
talk direct, while l look straight ahead,
and not yell across the boiler and take
my attention away from the track"
Many q philosopher. Doth before and
after Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius,
down to our latter day theorizers, has
written and spoken hundreds Of words
on the proper conduct of business without
saying so much to the point as has this
railroad engineer.
How has he done 1t?
Well in the first place, by sticking on
the job" himself; in the second place. by
observing how other men have neglected
their plain duties.
He is wise in his day ana generation
and business, and his rules deserve wide
spread publicity.
keeping a bow continually bent and
strung will break it," said the ancients.
They meant that the bow must be un-
strung sometimes, must be permitted to
rest" if the owner expected it to retair.
it's elasticity.
OF human beings the same thing is
true.
Unnotch the string once in awhile Re-
| lieve the tension. Let the muscles and
the mind loose. You will not break so
soon--you will not break at all.
Your bodily and mental powers will
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duct of the Puritans of New England
Artemns said: They came TO this eeun-
try to worship God according to their
own consciences. and to keep other peo-
pie from worshipln Him aeeordln' to
thsir'n."
The capture of Hal and of his party
led TO the discovery of this phenome-
nal body OF clear water In that interior
retreat not only, but to the discovery
of bears, which fact made II the hunting
ground for big game for many years.
IL Is said that much big game Is still
to be found in that region between the
two great rivers.
How much of truth there Is in the
details of this story which comes 10 Us
from the old slave days, none can tell.
but 1t reveals to us one of the features
OF slave life That the story has lis
foundation in fact. there seems to be
no doubt and IL still fingers as a tra-
dition In that quarter of the state.
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in his safe retreat. After a time, lie
had a colony in a quarter where white
men had never gone, and on the shores
chickens crew, turkeys gobbled with
the mingled notes of the sauealing of
pigs and the bleating of goats.
Hal was the sovereign of the tiny
commonwealth. and in due course OF
time he found it unnecessary himself
to go on foraging expeditions. and
would send others. Stin the population
of the colony grew, as an occasional
runaway slave would be induced to Join
it. In those days of underground
railroads." the continued absence of n
slave from plantation would be taken
to mean that he had fled by some of the
numerous means of escape. and after a
period, search for the missing would be
given up. Not only was there mys-
terious disappearance of slaves, but that
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Charles N Lure

on, have been released suddenly and,
finding themselves hopeless in the
strong current of the worlds activities,
have begged to be sent back to their
cells.
They wanted their accustomed I'M
prisonment back, preferring it to Free
dom.
Here's a tale of boy to whom his
burden was dear:
For two years oliver Heuer, IS
years old and known by neighbors as
little father carried an invalid broth
er, Frank, 10 years old, on his back 10
blocks to and from a st. Louis school.
"Oliver's task has now ended, for the
little cripple died on his brothers back.
Death from heart disease came while he
was being carried home from school.
"The little father Is inconsolable.
He said he would rather have Frank
back and the job of carrying him for
life"
The minds eye can see little oliver
carrying little Frank on his back: 1t
/. is a pleasant sight, despite the younger
boys pathetic condition
For it illustrates the power of love.
1t takes one way, way back in his
| tory to the tale of Aeneas carrying his
aged father, Anchises. from the sack
of Troy and it reminds one also of the
| ancient tale of the women of the me-
dieval city who received from the city's
conqueror the privilege of carrying out
on their backs whatever was dearest to
them. They carried out their husbands
rio fn THAR
children and their households.
Little divers back may have been
weak. Certainly sometimes he must
have felt the weight of his little BROTH
er. but he would not let Frank know
not for worlds-that the burden was
heavy.
We can hear him cheering up the lit
tie brother, telling him that he would
soon be we'll and able to walk to ana
from school on his own legs. We can
see him patting the wasted cheek as
he set little Frank down in the school
room. We can see him imparting some
of his own cheerfulness to the tired
little heart of the sick brother.
Is 1t your lot in life to work hard ?
The tasks may be performed IL part of
the payment is in love.
Does encouragement grip you some
times? Shoe it off by thinking of
those for whom you labor.
All may be borne for love-.
Not In the homes of the rich do we
seek and find examples of the highest
ideals. the most self-sacrificing devotion,
Of patience and duty nobly performed.
These are the flowers which blossom
most sloriously. like the -iily, amid the
muck. They lightsn the lives of the
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Recognition Comes Slowly
n the Cincinnati Enquirer.

from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
''rhe late Alfred Russell Wallace, ths
codiscoverer with Darwin OF evolution.
had hard row to hoe at first" said q
Baltimore Psychologist.
Poor DIR. Wallace had in fact. such a
hard row to hoe that he couldn't afford
to marry till he was 63 when to balance
matters he welded young girl of rs,
by whom he had a son and daughter.
II eommiserated In London last sum-
mer with DR.. Wallace.
II was too bad.' l said. a man OF
genius like you cramped with poverty
till past middle life 1t was too bad
My friend. DR.. Wallace replied, al.
ways you will find the fire of genius
takes long time to make the pot boil -
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[["HIS district is inhabited by the
tenemen toilers the self-re-
L specting poor, who scorn

<[THIS district is inhabited by the
tenemen toilers, the self-re-
1 specting poor. who scorn
charity and whose only treasures are
their children, who they hope will have
a better chance than their parents had"
Letter in City Newspaper.
You are proud of this America of
ours.
Remember that it will live and go
on in glory only so long as this is true:
That the poor will hope their chill
dren will have a better chance than
their parents had"
When the doors of opportunity are
closed to the children of the poor the
LAND is ready for the fall which over
whelmed Ninevah and Tyre and Baby
lon and Greece and Rome. When the
son of the serf must remain a serf.
when his daughter can picture forth
for herself no hope of rising from
sordid surroundings, then force and
might. not justice, govern the land.
1t is the hope for the children which
soothes the back that is weary and bent
beneath the burden of heavy toll
1t is in the calm, reflective night,
when the mass of the workers look up-
on the faces of their children asleep
and see therein the hope of future i'm
yprovement, that the spirit of content is
born.
Take away that, hope, the spirit of
content dies, and the specter of red,
fiery revolution arises to take its place.
Man may work without hope for him.
pectation for his children. 1t is the law
of the earth and has been so for ages.
1t is the impelling force that makes
possible all industry and all civilization.
Beyond the sunset of our little. day,
filled perhaps with toll and tribulation
? And hopelessness, we see the dawning
of the future for our children. We see
them honored. respected, possessed of
goods and lands and houses.
The worker may not desire wealth
for himself. There are still those who
labor for the love of their occupations.
The reck nothing of long hours of
wearying toll for themselves. They
are willing to give the best that III
them lies to the need of the day.
But
They must not be deprived Of the
| hope for their children. Take that
AWAY and life loses all its SAVIOR. labor
AL it's interest.
Some persons deny that America
now, as of yore, spells opportunity"
No greater duty is laid upon us all
than to disprove their ominous asser-
tion.
Readers Of. romances know of men
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cessfully the shock which accompanies
the taking away of a loved one. We beat
our breasts at the grave, and we ask tho
old. eternal question without an answer,
"Why?' When death impends we pray,
as did the Saviour. that the cup of Bit
terness passfrom us.
Sooner or later we must all drink there
or. Is 1t not the common lot? But we
need not pass the cup on to the others
when the power which rules the universe
does not call upon them even to taste
Cherish your griefs If you must, al
though the sorrow will be lessened In
time, whether you will or no. DO not
spread abroad the gloom which Is yours.
Others may sympathize with you sim
eerey and generously, but they cannot
and should not be expected to share your
grief.
Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth."
Rightly Interpreted. there is healing of
the spirit in that.
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cersor all our literature dealing with
the subject of sex.
The appeal to such body Is a petty
example of what freedom means to the
league. To it. freedom means merely
hostility to knowledge.
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Readers Of. romances know of men
who. after serving long terms in pris-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-06-17
Things Worth Remembering.

Have Innings made for the clothes
baskets with tapes at the end to tie
them on. They keep the clothes
clean.
Have at least four Canton flannel
covers for the brooms and change
when soiled. oiled or hard floors
when rubbed with them are as good
as new.
Have a long handled mop to reach
to the ceiling So that every speck OF
dust that would make a good breed
ing place for germs can he removed.
Strong boraX water is very good to
brighten silver Pour the borax wa
ter hot over the plate and then let
il stand I'm II for several hours
Sweet oil will remove dust from
-te"l II allowed to remain on the
steel for a day Then rub with a
lump of fresh lime and polish in
the usual way
\ towel soaked in vinegar and hot
water II waved about in "A room Will
AXE up any smoke In It,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-06-17
Wiser Mothers.

Women are getting wiser all the
time and mothers certainly know
many things that their mothers did
not know They know that in many
cases the child is sick, has collie, for
instance. because Of something that
the mother herself has done or has
neglected to do Mothers do not take
II for granted in these days that the
child cutting teeth must necessarily
he sick
The mother knows that collie
means indigestion. that gas has
formed I'm the little stomach and that
this IL caused by constipation. But
she also knows that until the baby Is
months old at least she should give
IL no cathartic and should not give
Ii an enema Then she must 60
back to the cause and see that ID
has the proper food A little milk
OF maEnesia is the only medicine that
some doctors Will recommend to give
to children of that age
II 1t is the mothers milk that Is
too poor. she must take better care
u herself and II II is too rich she
must change her diet II may be