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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-17

When Sir Sydney Watsrlow was lord
mayer Of London, In 1873. be decided
- give q Christmas dinner At the Man
Asa House. Only near relatives were
asstted. Jet covers were laid for no
4s~er than 1855 The total vas made
o OF SIR sydney's father. -four soma
Mnms daughters. four brothers. six sis
Asrs, seventeen nephewA twenty-five
&ksees. twenty. nine cousins and one
@sandson Lady wateFiow contrtbut
- her stepmother. four brothers and
Aeaee sisters. twelve aephsws and
4weive nieces. and forty one cousins,
WAile 3 quota Of other relations By
marriase brought the total to the nRm
aw named
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-17
Tilt CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

IN. what is the Christmas spiritf
Aye. There the rub.
Shall We ind orr answer In
books IN fonos, quartos. octavos
or duOdeiInnSi
No For certain wisdom does
not lie IN these, but only prob
lens sci down for the proving
Shall we ind our answer IN
palaces. III mansions. in manor
houses. IN nails, ats castles or
mOated oranges!
No For proven wisdom Is n
stranger here and nothing 10
beard Out vague echoes Of a
distant life
so let TX 20 for our answer TO
the source of all kn0wledge. the
source OF AL power. the source
of all might. majesty. dominion
and honOr-the people. the open
mOuihed people. the everybody
wait till-the horse gets up peo-
pie. the red kDuekIed. rubber
wearing people. the straight
forward. simple hearted people
And where do we find the PEG
pie in the greatest number? In
the street
Then in the street will we
speer around for our answer.
On a corner the people con.
gregate aud from the center Is.
sues a foot.
Just the thing for Christ
mas" cries a voice, and the
horn tootS again while the peo-
pie continue To congregate We
insinuate ourselves into the cen.
ter of the crowd and there be-
hold a joyful faced peddler with
a tray before him full Of small
cardboard boxes He tonks the
horn again. and we. are tickled
to find that il is strapped around
his waist with the muzzle point
ing due ahead
Hama ma DE cr1es as he
gleetulIy tonks the horn That
Is 10 wake the dead He
bushes Though still smilingl at
the utter abSurdity of the horn.
and the messenger boys show
er him with blissful and appre-
ciative grinS The peddler picks
up one of the boxes. removes
the cover and shakes out a
smaller box. whereupon ne
laughs uprOariously
He tonks the horn.
And from the smaller box he
takes another box
He tOnks the horn
And from the other box be
lakes different box
He t0nkS lie horn
And from the different box ne
takes a little box
He tOnks the horn.
And from the little Dox he
takes bit of a box
de tonks the horn
And from the bit of a box he
takes a tiny box
he tOnks the horn
And from the tiny box be
takes wee tlddy box
he tonks the horn
And still triumphantly tOnk
ing the horn aud surrounded by
an impenetra5Ie circle of open
mouths dnciuding This Students
mouth he takes TWO little cary
ed dolls from the Wee Ihldy box
and reiterates that this herp Is
the very thing for Christmas
Whereat We reflect Is the
Christmas spirit connected with
ebony twins In a nest OF card
board DOxes?-New YORK Even
ing Sun
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-17

SANTA CLAUSE SURELY!
How Could Any One Doubt His Exist
snee Who Knows the Facts7

now Couio ANY One Doupt ms ENtst'
snee Who Knows the Faots7
MANY years ago the New York Sun
published the following editorial in an
swer to this question Ii was written by
Frank P Church and has become one OF
the classics OF modern Christmas htera-
ture
We take pleasure In answering at
once. and thus prominently, the COM
munication below, expressing at the
same time our great qualification that
its faithful author is numbered among
the friends of the sun:
Dear Editor-l am eight years old Some
Of my little friends say there Ia no Santa
Claus Papa says. IF you see It In the
Sun it's So" Please tell me the truth
is there q Santa Clausf
VIRGINIA oHANLoN
I1s West Ninety fifth Street
Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the skepticism Of a skeptical age. They
do not believe except they zee. They
think that nothing can be which is not
comprehensive by their little minds.
AL minds, Virginia. whether they be
mems or chidren's. are little In this
great universe of ours man Is mere
insect. an ant. in his intellect as COM
pared with the boundless world about
him. as measured by the intelligence
capable of grasping the whole Of truth
and knowledge
Yes, Virginia, there is Santa Claus
He exists as certainly as love and gen.
erosity and devotion exist, and you
know that they abound and give to
your life its highest beauty and JOY.
Alas! How dreary would be the world
II there were no Santa Claus! Ii would
be as dreary as II there were no Vir.
ginias There would be no childlike
faith then, no poetry. no romance to
make tolerable this existence We
should have no enjoyment except in
sense and sight The eternal hight
with which childhood fills the world
would be extinguished
Not believe in Santa CLAUSE You
might as well not believe IN fairies!
You might get your papa to hire men
TO watch in all the chilnneys on Christ
mas eve to catch Santa Claus. but even
II they did not see Santa Claus coming
down what would that prove! Nobody
hVrf hae 10 81
that there is no Santa glaus The most
real things in the world are those that
neither children nor men can see. Did
you ever see fairies dancing on the
/ lawn! OF course not, but that's no
proof that they are not there. No
body can conceive or Imagine all the
wonders that are unseen and unseeable
IN the world.
You may tear apart the Dabys rattle
and see what makes the noise inside,
but there is a veil covering the unseen
world which not the strongest man or
even the united strength of all the
strongest men that ever lived could
tear apart Only faith. fancy. poetry.
love. romance. can push aside that cur
tain and view and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond Is 1t all
realf An. Virginia. in all this world
there Is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank GodI He
lives, and he lives forever thousand
years from now. Virginia. nay. ten
times ten thousand years from now. ne
viii continue to make glad the heart of
childhood
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-17

door burst open and some people
usAed In and began to hug him and
question him. and they all talked at
once They proved to be the father
and mother and uncles and aunts Of
the lost twins. and they were % CRATE
ful to Captain Jimmy for his kindness
to the twins that they insisted on tax
tng him home with them to spend
Christmas.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-17

hkS tcCtA, 1VtUku
two little stock.
ings In his hands
Suddenly he be-
gan to take things
Oh the mantsl
piece and put
them into the
stockings They
we're things ths4
optsin Jimmy
loYed-they were
all that be had
bits Of coral and
pretty shells from
far countries,
some odd wooden
toys he had play
ed with when be
was q child and
two red applA
Just as be wa
hanging livestock.
ings on the edgs
- Hk mAmiN Rhn
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-17
Christmas as
h Should Be

When Christmas h made
an occasion for sendlng en-.
pengive presents Of all soets
and 10 all sorts Of people stn-
/ ply 40 q compliance with the
fashion Of the hour, the hiost
beautiful Of festivals IL made
cheap and awdry by gross
misuse. The value of the
present lee In the sincerity
ef the feeling which Il repre-
SCENTS, says Hamilton Wright
J Habie. and the expression,
not only Of regard. but also
OF respect for the recipient
! When persons of moderate
means make gifts entirely
out OF relation TO their IN
comes and their usual way
Of living there Is no real hon
; or either in the sending or 10
the acceptance of the remem
brance. The day which com
memOrates the birth Of n bit.
RE child In a Manager ought
TO be kept holy by simplicity.
sincerity. absence Of preten-
sion and the JOY OF the heart
~!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
MILK DRIVERS PLAN STRIKE.
5000 Demand better WORKING
Conditions and More Pay.

A general strike Of 5000 milk wagon
drivers was decided on Yesterday at ~
meeting OF officials OF the American
Federation Of Labor. the Retail MIX
Drivers Union. the International Broth
erhood OF Transfers and the United
Hebrew Trades.
The conference. which was held AZ Ia
East Broadway, was attended by
Thomas Collins. organizer Of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor Michael
Ca.he!. hrs, vice-president 81 the In
tarna'ional Brotherhood Of Transfers.
and Assistant Secretary Feinstein OF the
United Hebrew Trades. After the con-
ference Mr.. Feinsteln said:
Thousands OF people will he affected
by the general strike % the milk wagon
drivers. since II will tie up all the milk
depo;s in the city which dispense milk
at retail To consumers and supply the
many thousands of retail dairies and
groceries of the city.
Tic conditions under which the, mlt
drivers work are abonlnable. They are
compelled TO work every day in the year
and one az their chief demands will he
for one day off every two weeks at
least. Other demands Will he the ab"ll-
ton OF fines and an Increase In wages
OF 10 per cent
4 series OF meetings Of MIX driN"rS
will soon he called. according To Mr.,
reinstcin. and the date Of the strike VIII
be decided at these meetings.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
MESSENGER BOY FRAUD Barred.
I'm uos,ors out Seeking COntribu-
tions 10 christmas Fund.

II : messenger hoy should ask YOU
with an appealing ,ook in his eyes n
n christmas box ia his hand for q con-
trihu,ion Tor tho messenger boys Christ
mas fund talk kindly to the lad n
d.ta " him while You are COMMUNICATING
By telephone with Rector $50.
For the messenger boys or the Conn
merrial cable Company are forbidden
10 solicit tho company's customers for
Christmas funds. to sell tickets, To obtaln
subscriptions for anything at all. and
the chances are that the hoy who appeals
to YOU Is an imrostor and that you are
his prospective victim.
In on. small district thirty-two frns
have been vic,iinized by thee bows. and
although the company has Warned the
puhlic Tor several years OF the fraud
the imprstors are again At work. II ono
wishes to give anything for the mes
senger boys the only way to do II IL TO
send a subscription TO the treasurer.
Messengers Fund. Commercial Gable
Company. % Broad street. mat Is
the only way 70 make SUR the mas
s,rSer BOYS will get the benent Of 1t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
PENNSYLVANIANS HERE
EXTOL STATES GLORIES
Mayor Blankenburg Tells Keystone Society's Diners
How He Downed Bosses in Philadelphia-Gov.
Brumbaugh Among the Guests.

Senator william A.. Clark, Alexander J.
Hernphill. Charles r. Flint. Edward
Shearson. James +. Fahnestock. ex-9ov.
Edwin s. Stuart. Judge Dinner Beeber
and Clarence Il. Postlewaite.
Many Of the small tables were repre-
sentative Of Pennsylvania counties,
others OF the larger cities. ana several
tables were occupied by alumni OF vari-
Gus Pennsylvania colleges.
Blankenburg Spreads In speech.
Mayor Blankenburg's speech covered a
pretty wild area of topics. but had to do
largely with the troubles OF an independ-
ent in office harried and harassed By the
we'll known Philadelphia type OF poll
tician and organization leader. lie was
quite sure that his administration had
been n success and that he had queiled
the bosses. II seemed 10 him thai lhiia-
delphia. always more In the grip of the
Republican machine than New York ever
was In ~Tanmany's grip. was in a fair
way to reform. lie though; tco that
"Tsmmany will never again rule New
York with an iron hand tperhaps "A steal
hand would be more appropriately as II
has In the past" and he orined that
everywhere political bosses had learned
that they had TO he good.
Philadelphia contemplates a bond Is
sue of 500. 900. 900. the Mayor announced,
largely for permanent improvements.
suhways. elevated roads, abolition OF
grade crossings. municipal piers. a sew
age disposal plant. boulevards and fifteen
bridges. He complained that too many
persons consider that the Mayor OF a
great city ought 10 he n sort of messen-
ger boy and information bureau.
III anybody thinks a Mayors offce is
a bed OF roses he suffers from a delu-
eion.' said Burgomaster B~lapkenburg
"A man in Canada asked me to find a
wife for him. A beautiful. magnihcently
sowned woman came to my office ana
demanded thai 7 keep other women from
running after her husband. | was asked
TO make q wife and daughter behave
more respectfully to the husband and
father. II was requested 10y phone TO
hurry TO a certain place and remove a
dead cat. 4 was asked TO stop ROSTERS
from growing at night. Three young
women wanted me TO adopt them. a
woman demanded that ] run to her home
and make the water stop flowing into
the house
MAYOR ~Rlankenburg urged complete
military preparedness for the United
States aud put himself on record against
any sort of half way Americanisin lie
denied that there was any such th!ng as
the "Auglo-SaXon'' race and declared
that pretended Anglo-SaNons could no
more claim influence in the affairs or the
country than could any other variety OF
citizen.
II. NJ. Waite OF Dayton emphasized
In, blessings of city government by COM
mission and Samuel n. Hare e~uiogized
the greatness of the hone state.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
DOROTHY ARNOLD CASE
NOW 8 YEAR MYSTERY
To-day Is Anniversary Of Dis
appearance That Has Bafflcd
World Police. =.

Five years ago to-day AZ II 30 in .hc
morning Dorothy Arnold left her nome
al los East SEVENTEENTH street. Half
an hour later she was seen buying n
box Of candy At Fifth avenue and Fifty
ninth street at 2 o'clock she purchased
a book at Brentano's: at 2:45 she met
a girl friend at Fifth avenue and Thir-
tieth street.
Since that moment all trace Of her has
been lost. In spite OF the fact that her
parents spent thousands of dollars on
private detectives. the police # the world
were circularized with her pictures and
description and amateurs all over this
country at least devote much energy to
the attempt to unravcl the mystery OF
her disappearance.
The mystery is just as great now as
&, was on December 10. 1910. when she
failed to return home for supper Miss
Arnold's parents have long since given
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
SEES HUMAN GROWTH CONTROL.
Science May Dictate sisc and
Weight Of the Race.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 11.-That science
h OH the threshold Of discoveries which
will make Il possible to rctard or hasten
the growth OF human beings was the
statement made to-day by Dr. NJ W.
Jacobs. He asserted that experiments
with rats have proved that animals fed
or certain proteins for extended periods
maintain n constant weight. but as soon
as other necessary constituents are
added growth II resumed. He cited one
instance in which a rat was kept s:unted
for J32 days. an age corresponding to
about forty-hve years in human life.
BY changing the diet growth was per-
mii;ed TO develop that would normally
have taken place IN youth.
W have 1t in our power said Dr.
Jacobs. ITO say whether an animal shall
do its growing IN youth or old age. or
whether II shall have several periods o.
growth. This being true. II In not too
much to expect thai the ultimate out
come Of such work will be the scientific
control OF the forces OF organic growth
cNen IN human beings"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
". J. BRYAN IN CONTEMPT.
Court Order Rebukes him for Not
Qualifying as witness.

Supreme Court Justice Whitaker
tsned An order yesterday directing Will
tam Jennings Bryan to show cause on
December % why he should not he pun
ished for contempt of court for his
failure 10 appear yesterday for exami-
nation under an order of Justice Giege-
rch In = libel suit brought by Petros
P Tatauis. a Greek importer. against
m newspaper atlantis.
Tire issues in tn. cal ga involve inter-
views between Mr.. Bryan and the former
Greek Minister AZ Washington. The
plaintiff got tho order To examine Mr..
Bryan. who went To his winter home
a. Mani, Fla, after the order had been
served on him AZ the Hotel Biltmore
last Saturday. He explained in a tele-
gram to Justice Gicgerich that he would
b. wiling to testify in the case in
FLORIDA.
The order signed Yesterday will not
b. effective unless served on Mr.. Bryan.
and It will he necessary for the plaintiff
70 get permission to serve him by pub
lCatior.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12

This is the result OF the recent failure
Of the agreement OF the managers which
came to an end several weeks ago.
But it happens to he true that there
never were before go many theatres
which are offering their wares at half
price as there are at The present time.
Mrs. Langtry took Walter Kingsley
walking the other day inc led him un-
suspectingly toward the neighborhood
OF Twenty-third street and Ninth v
niue. Pausing near Ninth avenue she
ed Mr.. Kingsley AS follows:
This dear little old fashioned house
at 361 West Twenty-third street was
my Gome for five years once a long time
& The Pasteur Institute has II now,
but evidences OF my tenancy are still
numerous. II YOU will look at the
specially designed iron railing In front
OF the house YOU will find lilies as the
motif. put those lilies there. I
also built a stone wall ten feet high so
as 10 have this teeny weeny little grass
plot for a private garden. Your city
officials didn't like this a bit and or
dcred me to take dow what they called
an encroachnAent on the public high
way. refused and one day n wreck
ing gang appeared, accompanied BY a
horde OF reporters. and IT wasn't long
before that wall had disappeared and
every one had an unobstructed view Of
pinks and posies In my little garden.
So. YOU see. these and other things make
SOL West T~wenty-third street stand
out In mn, memory"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
MODEL OF TRADE ACCEPTANCE.
Credit Nru Get Form From Re-
serve HR u

Tire National Association % Credit
Men ha1 sent nut TO its members a
circular giving interesting data regard
inc trade acceptances which are avail
able for rediSCount. The circular states
that the association is in receipt OF
evidence that interest in trade accept
ances is growing, AZ several members
Of the association have written To the
New York offices asking for p model
acceptance form with a view to using
Il in their business. The circular then
saws
The matter was taken up with the
Federal Reserve Bank In New York.
which offers the following as a form
satisfactory to the bank in connection
WITH red!scounting
NEW YORK. y. y. November 1s. 1915.
Do a Co, or order. fli9.li. one hundred
%hinetsen aud 1l.loo Dollars The ohlisa-
.9n Of The Aceen,or q this biz arises out
'.HE JONES co, JOHN DoE & 60:
Across the face Of the note the Gus
Tome or acceptor writes the following:
,.Aocep'ed. Trenton, y, j.. November 30.
PAYABLE a., the Trenton Banking Co..
Tfenfon, y !
tsignedl JoHN JONES & co.
i, e. JONES.
@s' I'NIh 'dllS dlltiltloH " WV
inportauc~ Of his point. that the place
OF mont bc definitely stated in the
body of the bill by it's maker, or, better
e'lIl, that great care he exercised to
make sure that the ban at which pay
ment * To be made. under the terms OF
the acceptance, IL in the same city or
Town As the home office of the drawee
- whom the bill is addressed. The
bank feels that this Is an essential point
Undo the Negotiable instruments law.
Now, when none il in abundance
Gd the rediscount privilege not needed
Is th' time for the members OF this
association to prepare for the day when
n%''nc.al conditions will be different.
fdch should consider whether II be not
possible 10 get customers now TO see the
advantage OF Developing the trade ac-
cfr'Hn'e system ard OF encouraging the
hab'' of closing their accounts by the
SIMPLE acceptance of a draft"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
GAYN0R's DAUGHTER SUED.
Mrs. Lillian Wfcks wants $4,000
for Auto Injuries.

Supreme Court Justice Aspinan In
BROOKLYN signed yesterday an order ap-
pointirg Edward r. Bedford I'd guar
dian al lite,, for his wife, Mrs, Helen
Bedford, daughter Of the late Mayor
Gaynor in a suit brought against her
for 10000 by Mrs. Lillian Ni'ks OF
Mineola. as the result of an automooiie
accident on September IL last, Charles
W,cks. husband OF the plaintin. is also
suing for $500 for the loss OF his wif"'s
services n 5000 for damage 10 MS
automobile.
The accid Mt occurred while Mrs Bed
ford was returning in her automopiie
TO Brooklyn after visiting her sister,
Mrs. William s. Webb. Jr., at Manhasset.
AS the car turned into the main road
n collided with the machine In whicn
Wicks and his wife were riding and the
latter, Il Is alleged. suffered injuries
about the head and body which cohnned
her to her bed for several weeks -,
A counter claim, It II intima,eA, VIII
be set up for the defendant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
YAQUIS ON WARPAYH,
MENACE AMERICANS
Raid Ranches and Farms in
souora-Admiral Fletcher
Rushcs Marines.
curRCH PROPERTY TAKEN

=, r,so. Tex, Dec. 1i.--YaQui Indians
,,v. taken the warpath against natives
nd foreigners alike In the Yaqui Valley
:, sonora. A message from Guaymas to-
day said.
r., Richardson Construction Com
,,n, which owns 1000. 900 acres in the
,,lle,. has sent out an appeal to the
AMERICAN Consul at Guaymas asking
that protection be furnished. The
,ndlans are reported raiding farms. drir-
,nc M stock. burning harvests OF Amer
teams and cno,ing toward the expert
mental station.
rrvo hundred indian warriors engaged
Ns,;can troops for three hours Thursday
.ionp the porhrio Diaz Canal between
cosrl, and Esperanzs. WI the result
AZ the encounter has not been learned.
ADMIRAL Winslow. who is Al Topolo-
hampo. has directed the cruiser Raleigh.
an route from Guaymas to Topolobampo.
"a oroceed to Tobari. which is the nearest
soproach to the American settlement.
Tbs Raleigh Is due to arrive there early
Tomorrow.
I,d,sns attacked the garrison pro-
,..,,ns the Southern Pacific employees
Engaged in repairing the bridge at
Cora, over the Yaqui River. but were
driven off.
Catholic refugees from Heymosillo
have brought word here that Gen. NJ
n pieguez, when he occupied Hermosillo
In the name of Carranza. took possession
Of the Catholic seminary with all it,
eonten,s. forcing the students o take
rouge with private families. Later DIE
auez is said to have taken possession Of
~ residence OF the vicar-9eneral. re-
fueang to let him remove any Of his
Belongings.
Gen. villa instead Of coming to Juarez
a announced last night went from Ma
dTA In western Chihuahua. direct to
Ch4huahua city. according to announce
msnts in Juarez tonight.
ANON his officers IL was said Villa
PLANNED a movement south from Chi.
iiuahua city into Carranxa territory and
DAT he hoped TO drive his way through
~ Mexico city.
kdvices from Mexico city to the local
Consulate declare that the Secretary OF
PubNc instruction has prepared for re-
sumption Of educational organization and
procedure throughout Constitutionalist
territory.
'rhe opening Of the several museums
and the r~eopening OF educational institu-
tons closed under Huerta's regime is
announced" rays the wire from the
capital. Tho reorganization Of the Ma
t!cnal University Ia begun and the modi-
6ca.ion OF the laws on primary instruc-
ton are announced.