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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-02-11

VIEW ORLEANS. Fob ln-A
Wedding of interest to soD.Hf. today
Ha. iha' Of Nis- Elaine PHIo ianeh-
TOT N' INftNf innGre man Hfl MI
William B0a'mrr Reilly Ir 0i thI-
-ifv Tho ceremony raa performed
fhl- morning LOO Christ Church
Chapel
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-02-11
nousL OF coMMoNs pAas AnnnorH--LoN BILL

LONDON February lOAfcr two aafs debate the House
Comnan passed u1erous, the army estimates for three mil
lion men exclusive of Indians a,o by t,a provided for
the pay officers and By the token ho government
will receive blank lh purro.. ,.Flsorv inocula-
ton a. preventative Of dscor. favored D.. do The foms
ton Of bantam bataons e., suggested under the regula-
ton height desiring % % the army
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-02-11
SAMOAN ISLANDS
VISITED RY HURRICANE

rs Associated Frcss
TTTrIlA. American Samoa, Fob
i0.-Hanua Islands and American
samoa. were swept by a hurricane
today and an buildings leroled the
nopulace's condition Is serious.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-02-11
Queen vicloria'. wedding Recalled

LONDON. Feb. 1u London toe
d9y recalled tho lacj that this was
thp soyonty-fifth Anniversary OF inc
marriage OF Queen Victoria anl
Prince Albert OF SaNc-Cohurc There
arc .till living 600 the metropolis.
aged mon aud women Who recall ld'
Great festivities ot tho occasion The
day was kept as q holiday through.
oui Great Britain and in ihD ,ven-
ing 'haro wore anlcufid llHmU1fior'
200 .hc mot ropOi- and 'hn principal
towns
Th, wedding look n'gC in Tho
Chap.l Royal OF So Ifbr Palace.
Contrary to precedent tht ceremony
was performed .n rhe forenoon iH-
.t.aH OF iHo evening. fID chang
hauf requested hy tlH young Queen
.n order fhat The people mirh view
flp rrrru.siou Tho marAF' core.
uou1 pat conducted by f.. Arch
bishop of can aruUry and i0H Iishon
Of London 4. mo ring v1. rla6''
ON 'ur Qur0r'- finger, 81 I-nH. N'.
given to fHc crowd outside an'
no. vor. firoi from rho Tower au'
iu the Loug Walk.
u b. said th1I g- OH. Prince ahd
his bride. were rournWF n 'H'H
carriage to buckingham lai1'r. no
hc'1 for hand u such Ht H. "
leave tHo IS ffiHp ring visible .o ih'
,b, rriHg ant authU .a-'I. CROWN
Ndveuii.ts Arc For I'rcc Prcs>.
WASHINGTON Feb 'u-A gen.
,raI conference of Seventh haf No
teniistg from New England. Middle
Atlantic and Gre1t Lake. s'ain
came 70 an end today af Iakoma
Park. where president and mission
arv heads of thc scot have been hold
inr 70 weeks convention Beliet.nl
thar t1D measures recently miro
fuccd 10 Congress. bf representative.
Fitzgerald and sullivan Gre tpe lf-'
-top. toward tlp destruction 1f ih'
freedom of the press. the AtveH'iN
circulated rin sona rroiii iht.
neaine the uroposef legislation. 10
fisru sing the issue Elder Prescott
of Takoma Park said Both 0
those bills establish ceu-or. hip n
he pres- and place in the band. o
one man. who O. himself not olec'er
hy the people. the absolute power p
'sr'ude from tho mails ans puhHra
tiou which iu tis opinion has violated
certain provisions. without ans op
Toriuniiy ~ irving the case helor'
RI properly constituted court SHel
control of The pres .s arbitrary au.
tYrramnlcal
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22

for evening prayer. Our mother, who al
ways conducted these services in our
fathers absence. could hardly read the
chapter selected. Then we knelt and took
turns in praying for our loved one, though
we were all weeping so we could scarcely
understand one another.
last the prayers were finished and
tears dried and we arose to our feet-to
see our father rising from his accustomed
place near mother. He had stolen in UNI
observed and taken the place he loved SO
we'll in our evening worship.
Words cannot express our joy and
had been severely wounded and had lain
In a hospital for three months, and al
though he had sent us word when he
could of his whereabouts, the letters had
never reached us.
"Although this was SO years ago it seems
but yesterday. and though I have seen
many happy Christmases since that time
I am sure that was MY Best Christmas. ; %
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22
MADE HER POSITION PLAIN
Bridget Refused to Be Blamed When
the Fault Was SO Clearly
Mrs. Newlywed's.

A young wife who had received
some very elegant and expensive wed
ding presents gave a select luncheon
and used on the table several Of the
choicest pieces of her china, among
them being an exceedingly fine platter
OF real Royal Worcester. She gave her
servant strict Instructions to leave all
the good pieces for her to wash up so
that there could be no accident.
AS soon as her friends had left the
young lady went to the kitchen. I'm.
mediately she missed the finest dish
and asked where it was.
Sure, ma'am," said the girl, Il
kept the best pieces for you to wash
up"
The lady threw herself into the
nearest chair and began to bewail her
loss. Bridget" she began, that was
the finest piece of china own or
ever expect to own. l shall never,
never be rich enough to buy another
like it,"
"Oh, we'll, ma'am,' replied the se1v-
ant girl, folding her arms, eff you will
live beyond your means you mustn't
blame me for it,"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22
CHRISTMAS MONEY.
From the Philadelphia Evening relegra

From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
We have made 1t a plan in our fam
lily for . number of years to be a
little beforehand with our Christmas
money. None OF us earns much, SO we
nave adopted this plan. Beginning in
September or early October we figure
Out about how much we can spend for
Christmas gifts There are five of us
father, mother and two boys and my
self. -Four of us work in town and
mother works for all four Of us at
home. So she il the principal n to
think when the gifts are made.
Being the youngest and "a GIRL I
earn the least, 81 I begin q little
farther back than the others. I put
aside q little every week for 15 weeks.
! do my shopping when I have enough
to buy n gift on my list, for I have
not the time In the days Of the Christ
mas crowds to do 1t all In one hour
or two.
/ think mother solves the gift ques-
ton In q fine way. She makes s0me-
thing for each one of us It Ii her own
handlwOrk, and IL means more than I
can tell you. But the gifts from the
shops are 50 beautiful and SO varied
they they are quite as .pers0nal. The
time n spends In selecting them Is
certainly pleasant.
I pass this plan on for two reasons:
~ Il makes one forhanded. You
know before Christnas week comes
Just how much o q afford to
spend. CD BY buying az o save the
money you help the Overw0rked shop
girl. OF course she doesn't know 1t.
but It 10 to her benefit nevertheless.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22

ahead" Robert cold Santa, land we
thank Q very much"
And I am glad you told me about
the whiskers.' said Bertha, because /
have thought several times that your
hair and beard looked false; but we
will keep it q secret"
They said goodby to Santa and
Goosey Oosey flew toward home. oh,
dear! 1t is raining" said Berthr. my
dress is wet" And then she laughed.
1T is the snowballs and icicles; they
have melted" When they reached the
road, they thanked the little woman for
their ride. and told her they should
lock for her every moonlight night.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22

ILL.," And they led her from the hall
sobbing Historically.
soon the revelry was again at it's
height, the incident forgotten. But a
wondered about it when they awoke
on Christmas morning.
*H*
Mrs. Felix Harcourt surveyed with
satisfaction the long table in her draw
ing room. 1t was heaped with pack
ages OF all shapes and sizes and with
a vast array of beautiful unwrappe
articles.
The rest have gone h sighed
YEARLY. These are to be sent in the
morning. No one has been omitted. 1
am sure and. in confirmation of the
lact, her eye ran over a closely type
written page at her hand.
And all %becausee of love in he
world The voice which uttered the
words was very gentle AND very glad.
Mrs. Harcourt turned toward the
SOUND startled and amazed. The room
nad been empty when she entered.
She had heard no sound of an opening
door.
what are you doing in my house"
she demanded. reaching her hand to-
ward a bell. A peculiar refinement of
appearance in the man and the gen
.ieness OF his tone caused her to hest
tate. What was it he had said?
Il will intrude but a moment he
continued. II wish to hear you tell me
about your gifts. They are all the sym
pois OF love. are they not, expressions
or the love of one human heart for
others?"
"Love?' She seemed to reply in
spite of herself. There was both de-
MAJ and bitterness in her tone. Her
glance swept the table, but as it rested
on a little piece of machinery near her
IL from hardness to tenderness
This is the gift of love- she said.
indi sns s,n touched { 1t lightly, and this
Is for my little boy, the other for my
Old aunt. The rest I give because /
snaN receive. 1t is simply an exchange
OF a certain number of dollars at the
price OF a great deal of effort"
me glad light had faded out of the
ne said hesitatingly." which is your
gift to the King?"
n turned toward him sharply and
again her hand sought the bell. Was
the man after all an escaped mailman?
Wnat could he mean by the king?'
said slowly because tomorrow is the
Kings birthday? Do we give gifts to
all others and not to the one whose
birthday we celebrate?' There was no
resemblance in his tone to that of a
madman.
Tomorrow is Christmas" she an
swered rather family. 1T is the birth
la of-why, yes, it is the birthday
Of. But he is not here that we should
give gifts to him.
Without moving the stranger lifted
his hand toward her int the love and
SADNESS In his face seemed to burn
into her soul. '.Inasmuch as We have
done it unto the least of these my
brethren ye have done it unto Me.
Then Mrs. Harcourt was alone. She
sank into a chair half fainting.
who was that MANI" she cried.
His hand, yes, his hand was
pierced"
An hour later she entered her cleo
trio brougham. ITO st. Mary's hos
pital." she said in a low voice.
=
From the spire of the massive church
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22

building the chimes had been ringing
"Hark! the Herald Angels Sing!' 20
Little Town of Bethlehem then "Si-
lent Night. Holy Night
Children had beer pouring through
the doors into the room where the
lights and h warmth and the gay dec
orations told the night for what it was.
Il children's festival. With them came
parents and brothers and sisters. The
spirit OF .1oyousness was in the air. In
the center of a tall platform a tall fir
Tree seemed to reach eagerly if per-
chance it might touch with it's topmost
branch the ceilings beams. It's bouslls.
bent for many winters by the weight
or SHOWS. now bowed beneath a bur-
den OF The O interesting things.
winch the stores of a city could offer.
Children tiptoed i'm eXcitement and
and clapped their hands. The
choruses of an operetta. Mrs. Santa
Claus were sung with animation and
eliminated IN the appearance of Santa
Claus himself who. amid the unbound
ed enthusiasm of the children. de-
spoiled the tree of its treasures and
distributed them into impatiently watt
! ing hands.
"A Stranger. walking along the street.
with bowed head. had heard the voice
of the Ginning bells. \ new light came
n his eyes and as he entered the
church. he murmured. MY Fathers
mousse. This is the place where / shall
near the voice of love- He smiled hap
ply as the children thronged the aisles.
me We're ung Santa Claus
had appeared and the distribution of
gifts was almost completed when the
stranger turned to an usher and said:
i mistook this for IL Christian church,"
This is a Christian church, sir the
usher responded in surprise.
"A 1 listened. l thought it the tern
pie OF this Santa Claus. Is it not he,
rather than the Christ. to whom the
children are giving their devotion?"
AS the young man hesitated for a
reply. he saw one who resembled the
stranger. standing on the platform be-
side the pastor of the church. who was
about to dismiss the audience. AS the
man gathered the children into his
glance a look of inexpressible love and
longing came over his face.
I came to your birthday party. chill
dren." he said. Whose birthday is it?
A little boy. on the front seat. UNI
awed by the presence OF a stranger,
cried Santa Claus" but another voice
responded more timidly, Jesus birth
day."
But have you come to His birthday
Pd Cy duu OIOuSuJ no SlIIS TO Him.
the stranger asked. with a great visit
fulness in his voice. Then. turning to
the pastor. "Hav you forgotten to
teach these little ones the meaning of
1t is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive?' There r 10000 children in
your w city who tonight have not
enough to eat and who are cold. and
do you yet teach these who have album
dance - desire and expect more? Let
the children be merry with their Santa
Claus. but let him represent to them
not the spirit of receiving. but the spir-
it of giving. And teach them. oh. teach
them. this night. to love the babe of
Bethlehem. Suffer the little to come
unto Me and forbid them not"
The pastors face was very white as
he turned to the audience. The
stranger was no longer by his side.
J Il do not know what YOU have seen
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22
Santa Claus.

He comes in the night! He comes in the
night!
He softly. silently comes:
While the little brown heads on the pill
lows so white
Are dreaming of bugles and drums.
He cuts through the snow like q ship
through the foam,
While the white flakes around him
whirl;
Who tells him l know not. but he indeth
the home
OF each good little boy and girl.
His sleigh it is long, and deep and wide;
While dozens Of drums ha i.1 over the side
With the sticks sticking under the
strings.
And yet not the sound Of a drum is heard.
MOI a bugle blast is blown,
As ne mounts to the chimney top like q
And drops to the hearth like a stone.
The little red stockings he silently fills,
TIL the stockings will hold no more:
The bright little sleds for the great sno
Are quickly set down on the floor.
Tnen santa Claus mounts to the roof like
q bird,
And glides to his seat in the sleigh;
Not 2 sound Of q bugle or drum is heard
AS ne noiselessly gallops away.
He rides to the east. and he rides to the
west;
OF his goodies he touches not one:
He eateth the crumbs Of the Christmas
When the dear little folks are done.
Old Santa Claus doeth ali tina he can;
Tnis beautiful mission II his:
Tnen. children. be good to the little old
When you fnd who the little man Is.
Author Unknown.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22
4 Civil Wtsr Christina. story.

The following true Christmas story ID
clipped from The American Magazine:
NY best Christmas was In the year Of
loeA, dn91hg b civil war. Ny father had
enlisted af tho beginning Of the war and
i, . young GIRL Of rs. together With q
brother e ~ lived with our mother "a. =
IN scoee.8e tn b outskirts Of = little
hedalhsen taught sfron1 Infancy Is
AZ 60 TO help M In al thinen. g IA
our . fathers absence Ne called uponl
4e eoch Gay 70 watch over him and
3ses&Ae 0oyo followed one another vary
aleu9y het q lagt Christmas eyo came.
Nye.haA become d~iooouraged and had not
- Set - co0ld not endure Ne 4uch
!seees Nseheut same word from our loved
"a llast svsaing essse - ~ sathsr,a
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22

said Bertha.
"Of course" said the little woman;
they are lot full grown yet. All
these things will be ready just before
trees?" h said. pointing to several
trees filled with very small round OBJ
Jects. Those are candy trees, but the
candy will not De ripe until December.
4 Will ask Santa Claus to let you taste
the candy"
Santa Claus all this time had not mo-
ticed them, but he looked up as the lit
his pipe. % course. they can taste
the condy," he said with a smile when
the little woman told him what she
wanted. "The candy is very green
now. and | am afraid they will not like
the TASTE" he said as he shook hands
with the children.
You do not look like your picture,
or the way you did last Christmas.''
whiskers ~
"oh! ! have them off after Christ
mas" said Santa.
What is that sticking out Of your
your whiskers.'
Santa quickly put his hand to his
pocket, but the children laughed. Oh!
I know now" said Robert. "You have
a set Of false whiskers which you put
on st Christmas time. I do not blame
to wear that long beard ali the time"
santa laughed and pulled from his
pocket the long white beard. @xYou
found me out" he laughed. but
you must mo tell, Tor all the children
know me with q beard. Nov. help
the candy tree.
But the children took only one taste.
|"Oh!s said Robert ssthat n very hit-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22

he said slowly. with trembling voice,
but l have seen a form like unto the
Son of Man. l was about to dismiss
you. but we will have one more cNer-
else. Children, you heard the stranger
say that there are 10000 boys and girls
in our city who are cold and hungry.
They will have no Christmas gifts such
as you have. Are you willing to share
with them. to give some of your treas
ures to make them happy? And You
fathers n mothers. will you bring
birthday gifts to the King whom we
worship that we nay buy fuel and
! clothing for these, His little brothers
! and sisters?"
The assembly rose as one person.
Had not their hearts burned within
them as the stranger talked? How
cou,d they have forgotten Him on His
birthday? Slowly they filed past the
! platform. many sobbing, until the
! plates were piled high with bills and
silver: and scores of books. toys and
packages We're laid on the altar for the
other children" AS the church doors
opened for the people to pass out, the
mas message and every heart gave back
the glad refrain Joy to the world. The
Lord has come. Let earth receive her
King
=
One other place entertained a guest
that night, though none there NEW
that a stranger was in their midst.
Poverty, gaunt and bony fingered,
had been rapping at the window of
the room where Mrs. Gray lived with
her three children. She had heard the
relentless tap! tap! and shivered al
her needle flew faster than ever in an
swer to the challenge. So far. she
had been victorious, and the enemy had
only n few times dared to push open
the creaking door. Then his boon
companion. Hunger, more gaunt and
] more bony than he, had leered at her
over the others shoulder.
The bells We're ringing out the last
hour of the day before Christmas as
the little widow put the finishing
and wrapped it in a newspaper.
christmas wouldn't be right with
out we gave Joe something she said,
speaking slowly to herself. He's so
| pinched and sickly and not u soul in
the world to love him. And there are
four of us to owe each other, even if
the children can't have any Christmas
candy or toys"
The One who stood unseen between
her and the threatening spectre at the
window murmured with shining eyes,,
"She hath given more than they all.
She hath given all nat h had"
AS she stirred the ~smouldering Goals
| they leaped into q blaze SO CHEEKY that
! the room seemed suddenly to radiate
warmth and good will. And the heart
! of the woman glowed strangely also.
He stood in the midst of the sever
golden ~candlesticks clothed with a gar
ment down to the foot and girt about
with a golden girdle. Ten thousand
times ten thousand and thousands of
thousands of voices Joined in the cry
of praise. Worthy is the lamb that
and wisdom and strength n n
and glory and blessing"
To one who stood beside Him. He
said, TAX the book and write.' but
no one except the one who wrote knew
! what was written.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22
AT THE FIRST SIGNS
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Touch spots Of dandruff and itching
with Cuticura Ointment, and follow
next morning with a hot shampoo of
Cuticura Soap. This at once arrests
falling hair and promotes hair growth.
You may rely on these supercreamy
smollients for all skin troubles.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22
THE KINGS CHRISTMAS EVE
BY Lynete Arnold Henderson.

The air was full of dazzling shafts
of light from emerald and sapphire and
topaz and amethyst. though there was
no SUM-. With the sound of many waters
the voices of a multitude of children
were singing, Let us be glad and re-
joice and give honor to Him"
The King laid sadie, his golden girdle
and his long outer garment.
Where goest thou, Master?" asked
one who stood by his side.
Tonight answered the King, the
people Of the earth begin the celebra-
ton OF my birth at Bethlehem. l go
down among them to rejoice in their
honor and love to Me-"
All that art could do had been done
to prepare the banquet room of a great
city's most sumptuous hotel for the
celebration of Christmas eve. Sounds
of music and gay laughter came to the
ears of Eassersby, while within hun
dreds OF lights flashed on a fairyland
of beautiful women, wonderful gowns,
Jewels, flowers, wines and champagnes.
Outside the door of the hall one of
the hotel servants discovered Il
man standing with his hand upon the
latch.
Who are your he asked, as he laid
his hand roughly upon the young mans
arm. Even as he spoke there was nc
one in his grasp and as he looked about
him. bewildered, he had a strong i'm
preston hat the man had entered the
banquet hall though the door had not
opened.
Inside, the u man stood for a
unnoticed. surveying the scene
with a deep interest. Then IL waiter
hurried toward him n addressed him
gruffly, What are O doing here?'
Il am hungry" the young man said
simply.
Gee out of here was the low wrath
full response. This is no place for
you and ne seized the collar of the
young nan coat to thrust him Out.
But is not this feast In honor of
the birthday of the king?" the young
ma gasped.
The waiter was momentarily arrest
ed and loosened his grasp upon the
collar. The King! Where do you think
you are?'
A guest at the nearest table hearing
h question. called out, There is no
king but money"
The attention of all the diners was
now Upon the intruder. The famous
dancer. Marcie DMont, who had danced
Europe n into. the more critical
courts of America. paused a moment
IN her abandoned exhibition Of the
latest dance from across the seas.
Put him OUT" a voice cried, and
Tightening his grasp upon the collar,
the waiter pushed the young man out
OF the hall.
Marcie D'Mont forgot the intricate
inazes of her dance n stood motion
less in he midst of he room gazing al
the closed door.
who was that man?" she demanded
tn a shril voice. The manager OF the
hall. thinking her overcome with fear,
hurried to her side and spoke reassur-
ingly. Only q DOT workman who
came in by mistake. There is no
danger whatever"
"A Workman she cried. "a work.
man! did you not see above his head
the cross? That was-that was" Her
words became incoherent and she
ciutched at her scanty garments, pull
ing them about her.
Take me home!" she cried, II am
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22
Making Tommy Attractive.

Ethel, the twelve-year-old daughte,
of a family that resides in an uptown
apartment house. recently said to her
mother:
Mother, l wish you'd wash Tom.
my's face"
Now Tommy was the son of the
man whose apartment adjoined theirs.
So mother was both alarmed and as.
tonished.
The ideal" she exclaimed. why.
he's a neighbours child! have moth.
ing to do with him.
But l have" explained Ethel.
We've become engaged, and l want
to kiss him."-Youth's Companion.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-22

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