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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
GERMAN BOYS RUN
AWAY TO THE WAR

Berlin, April 14-Romantically
inclined German boys who run
away from home for a life of ad-
venture have changed their direc-
tion since the outbreak Of the war.
Formerly they always went west,
led astray by cheap tales about
fighting the indians and life in the
Rocky Mountains; now they 60 east
in order to get nearer to Field-mar-
shall Won Hindenburg.
Four such youngsters recently
left Neu-Koelln, a suburb of Berlin.
Not having any money they fell up
on a newspaper vendor and robbed
him of $1.75. That took them as far
as Frankfort on the Oder, where
they were stranded. Roaming in an
adjacent village begging for food,
they were arrested by the police and
sent home to their parents. The
boys said they intended to 90 to
East Prussia and carry water to the
German soldiers in the trenches.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
The Mother of TODAY,

Where was the mother of yesterday
who understood her boys game Of foot
ball. who encouraged him in his ath
letics and who was as enthusiastic as
he along these lines?
Where also could one find twenty
years ago the woman who played ten
mis- with her daughter, taught her to
golf and swim as we'll as sew and ac
companied her to dances. not as a staid
chaperon. but as one who enjoyed dane.
ing toof
And yet this type Of modern mother
exists in hordes today. She is no Gu.
riosity. but a reality. who is gaining the
companionship as we'll rs the love of
the children she has brought into the
world. And who shall say that she
has not made Of motherhood a more
humane. more understanding profes
sion than her dear old fashioned prede
cessors who rocked the cradle and
darned socks?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
Babies Should Sleep Alone.


From the very dawn Of his precious
life the baby should sleep alone In his
own crib.
From the viewpoint Of hygiene 1t Is
the only plan, and 1t is, moreover, the
only possible way of insuring comfort
able rest for either child or mother.
When the means are lacking at the
time Of baby's arrival to provide a
bona nde crib a very good one may be
improvised out Of an old fashioned
clothes basket, which has the advan-
tage Of being easily transported from
one room to another.
It should be fitted from top to bot
tom with a detachable lining Of white
null or dotted Swiss shirred over pale
blue cambria. The mattress should be
quite four inches thick and made to at
the bottom of the basket, and 1t should
b we'll protected with rubber sheet
Over this-not under it-should be
smoothly spread the usual white sheet,
made preferably from q piece Of an
old sheet Of soft linen. and over this
again should come the washable pad
Of stockinette.
There is no need Of an upper sheet,
a. the baby will be wrapped In soft.
warm blanket before being laid In his
snug little nest, nor should pillow be
used. as he will be infinitely better of
without one.
The cOverlet should be light of
weight, but we'll wadded, with three
or four thicknesses Of silkoline over
the cotton filing. Down filings should
never be used for baby's pillows or
coverlets, as the particles of down.
filtering through the covers. will al.
most certainly find their way into the
nOstrils and mouth and thence into the
lungs and air passages.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
False Alarm
Placed English
Town in State
Of Terror
THOUGHT ZEPPELINS WERE
COMING AND FOR "a HOURS
VILLAGE WAS UNDER MAR.
TIAL LAW UNTIL TELEPHONE
MESSAGE CANE THAT RAID-
ERS WERE NOT IN THE
NEIGHBORH0OD

London, April IA small town
in the south of England, which was
ordered to take the usual military
precautions on the occasion Of one
of the recent false alarms regarding
Zeppelin raiders, lived for nearly
twenty-four hours under martial
law which prevented anyone from
even going into the streets-all be-
cause somebody in London forgot to
notify the local authorities that
things were all right. A correspond
ent in the town gives some details
of this occurrence, mention of
which in the newspapers was for
hidden by the censor.
81 arrived home late in the even
ing after a visit to London, to find
my wife and the maids huddled in
a circle in the cellar scullery. The
light of a Pickering candle fell on
their pallid faces. The rest of the
house was in darkness. So were the
streets. Our special constables had
next day as we'll, and the local milk
men who were coming in from the
valiantly dashed forth at the first
alarm and turned out all the street
lamps. In some cases they had ad-
opted the simpler method of smash
ing them.
"If it were not for fear of the CEN
sor, | could tell a great deal more
about our Zeppelin night. 1t pro-
duced many stirring scenes. The
ladies who hurried out into the cold
dim world, each with a baby clutch
ed in one hand and bag-full Of be.
longings in thee Their, will not soon
forget it.
1.-The night really lasted all the
country were not admitted to oul
beleagured streets. While we were
shut of from the out world we al
thought Of Przemysl.
Our Zeppelin night was rather {
NY AOA AOOOuy hAOW JuoS AOU
it began. We never knew, for in
stance, why the streets were block
ed. l believe the Germans are yer,
clever, but so far as known, the,
have never threatened to bring thei
Zeppelins in on wheels. Nor cal
we find out why the Inspector o
Markets. a local official we'll know
to everybody, was refused admission
to the town where he was born an
bred.
1.-THE policeman on our beat sal
days afterward that 1t was falls
alarm, and that someone in Londo
had forgotten to telephone down t
release them from the martial la,
hurredly ordered on the first ri
mors of raid. Anyway, for twenty
four hours we all really remembers
that we were at war;"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
Belgians Welcome
To Go To
Australia
NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERN
MENT OFFERED TO GIVE
HOMES TO 1000 AND TRANS
FER THEM TO AND FROM AUS
TRAIIA

Sydney, April 14-Hope that ex-
patriated and distressed Belgians
may yet be induced to settle in
Australia, notwithstanding the ad-
verse attitude of the Belgian gov
eminent, was voiced in a statement
made recently at meeting here OF
the Millions Club by Percy Hunter,
director of, the New South Wales
Immigration Bureau. Mr.. Hunter,
whose headquarters are in London,
said that the proposed transplant
ing of Belgians to the Common
wealth was raised Immediately upon
its becoming apparent that there
would be a large number Of belgians
who in consequence of the war
would be unable to earn their liv-
ing. The New South Wales Gov
eminent offered to take 1000 OF
A., them, transport them passage free
to this state, maintain them here
and return them free to their
homes in Belgium after the war II
+, they desired; and it also offered to
bring here a considerable number OF
young Belgian women and widows
with children who might find sit
uations as domestic servants.
Though these schemes had failed
because the Belgian government had
determinedly refused to sanction
them, he believed that some arrange
ment to the end desired might even
tually be made.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14

4 teacher N a Woodland sy>nuo
school asked the other day: How
many kinds OF flowers are there!-
Three pupils held up their hands. She
choee one to reply. We'll, Isidore,
how many kinds Of flowers are there!"
Three. teacher" Indeed? And what
are theyr Wild. tame an collie"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
just Like an lee Pond,

Colonel Luke McLuke Of the Cincin.
nat Enquirer says: Editor Rountree
OF Texas announces that the Temple
badger farm IL as bleak and bald as
Judd Mortimer Lewis head. Indeed.
Il must DO cold. bleak and naked
place. then Georgetown CTexl Com
mercial.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
In Q State Of Doubt,

Your legal department must be
very expensive 1T is sighed the
eminent trust magnate. still, sup
pose You have to maintain it," Well,
! don't know. Sometimes l think Il
would be cheaper to obey the law
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
source Of loneIin...

u. nUneiiness is one of the bughears Of
.on. no' with some people, it Il .
m.ss $50, source OF unhappiness- They
.a sAe plans, sometimes exceedingly
. com to keep it at bay. Thew thint
!. 40, nes outside. It really lies with.
N their own consciousness
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
Old Service to Humanity.
Captain Hutchinson. tho dockmasHaI

at Liverpool. is credited with having
originate ne rejecting lighthouse In
1853, anG anctser great Improvement
IN IN 'rrnrt.o. y, \ light for light
houses v a. NOD" nv lieutenant nr,,n,.
moDd M was he GrSi 10 suggest
the using Of oS,hvdrogeu light To-
day there is no danger rock or point
along any of the navigable coasts but
has its modern lighthouse.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14

For traffic on Lake Oknogan,
British Columbia, the Canadian Pa
cific Railway has launched a steam
er 200 fet long and 40 feet wide,
steam heated and electrically light
ed. and with a passenger capacity Of
400.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
Queer.

II IL . funny thing and yet
1t Is quite true. you'll ind
The faster you run into debt
The more you get behind.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14

One Of the great factors of the
prosperity Of Belgium in times of
peace is the fact that travel by rail-
is the cheapest in Europe. One can
travel six miles for a penny, and
short season tickets are still cheap
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
The Wise Fool.

I'VE never get SO old that We cannot
absorb information" observed the
sage.
That's right" replied the fool
Even a chorus girl can learn some
thing new every day."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
Too Ensh,

He fiirted with her in the pew,
He was too fresh. was Walter,
But May made him feel very blue
By handing him the Psalter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
Hard Command "a o.,

hard Command to otsy.
mate Sergeant Ito unhappy rs~n
0e won't cut IT shot")-sn..es
Sid you'-whin you're spakin' 70 |.
fefhcer!-London Opinion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
Bits Of Byplay
BY Luke mcLuke
Oopyrfkhs, 1915. the CYscinnasi
Enquirer

Surel
According to your argument there
is nothing in the world that will build
up business quicker than a page ad.. ="
said the merchant.
"Oh. yes. there is" protested the
editor.
"And what might 1t be?" asked the
merchant.
"A two page ad.." replied the editor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
esr Earsche.

An onion ponitice will o''''
The worst earache.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
y: ". Phillips & Co., s saSsnss

Only Way - Make chan
You cannot dream yoais
sAAkcter; you must hamIs
forge yourself into or2,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14
Whaddy Va Mean, Ceremony m

Miss Geneva Edingdeld Of West Sec
ond street underwent an operation for
the removal Of tonsils and adenoids
Monday. DR.. Reed Madden performing
the ceremony.-Larchfleld Gazette.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-14

Not One.
Lives there town with soul so dead
1t never to itself hath said,
Last year our team was punk, we fear.
But We will finish first this year!'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
x<&;<S % :;; i Il
The First Christmas Tree.

St. Winfred, who was in the eighth
century missionary to the Scandi-
navians, is said to have set up the first
Christmas tree in the home. He tried
to show the people that the Druid
priests had made them worshipers of
trees only and not of living God, and
on Christmas eve he cut down the
great oak tree around which they had
gathered to offer a human sacrifice. As
it fell young fir tree seemed to APP
pear miraculously beyond it, and Win
fred said to the people: Here is liv-
ing tree with no stain Of blood upon
it that shall be the sign Of your new
worship. See how 1t points to the sky.
Call it the tree of the Christ Child.
Take it up and carry it to the chief
tains hall You shall go no more into
the shadow Of the forest to keep your
feasts with secret rites. You shall keep
them at home, with laughter and song,
and rites of love. The thunder oak
has fallen, and l think the day is COM,
ing when there shall. not be home
where the children are not gathered
around green fir tree to rejoice in
the birth of Christ"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
Savinu For Christmas.

Any plan that induces almost half
the population Of city of 10000 peo-
pie to save in small amounts $4,000
a year Is worthy Of study. The Oil
City Trust company Of Oil City. Pa,
has q Christmas Saving club, which
has grown greatly in recent years. The
object in. starting the club was to en-
able people of limited means to set
aside small amounts each week to be
paid to them, with interest, two weeks
before Christmas. Members may be-
gin by paying cent week, increas-
ing the amount by cent each week
until the fifty are up. This amounts
to $12.75 per year. A second class calls
for a two cent saving the first week,
adding the Initial amount each succeed
ing week. This makes total saving
of $3.50 for the year.-Leslie's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
And Keep Your
Christmas Green

Bring in the trailing forest moss,
Bring cedar, fir and pine,
And green festoon and wreath and cross
Around the windows Irvine.
Against the whiteness Of the wall
| Be living verdure seen,
Sweet summer memories to recall
And keep your Christmas green.
II is his dear memorial day
Who broke earth's frozen sleep
And who for her hopes gIaddenins ray
Forever bright will keep.
He gives all IoveIiness that grows,
Tho strong and graceful trees,
The winter moss, the fresh June rose
The dear Lord saves US these.
Who saves US from the piteous wreck
Of souls adrift in sin,
So not alone tho churches deck,
But peaceful homes Within
Made peaceful by his constant love,
Let thoughts Of him abide.
To find US our lost home above
He homeless lived and died.
We keep the bright home festival
And, with chiIdlike cheer,
His angel ushered birthday call
The merriest of the year.
Yes, merry Christmas let It be,
A day to love and give,
Since every souls best gift is he
Who came that we might live.
And all things beautiful are his,
And his he maketh ours,
So bring each bud that bursting is,
All Christmas blooming flowers,
All blossoms that in windows shine,
With leaves to light unfurled,
In memory Of that Flower Divine
Whose fragrance fills the world.
Be all old customs hcnored SO
That good to others mean,
Bring cross and garland from the snow
And keep your Christmas green.
Lucy Larcom.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
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Appropriate Christmas Favors.

No matter what the weather may be,
the Christmas favors should carry out
the idea of snow and cold weather.
One of the daintiest favors for the
Christmas dinner table is the SNOWFALL
made Of glistening white and sur
mounted by a sprig Of holly. When
these are augmented by the huge ball
for the center, which is also made of
paper and has rich red ribbon draped
across it and Is trimmed with holly,
the whole Christmas atmosphere is
complete. Another appropriate place.
ment is the funny snow man with his
black stovepipe hat and beady eyes.
He, too, can be made in large size
and used for the center piece. Then
there are green baskets with holly
perched jauntily on the handle, poin-
settias and Santa Clauses. There is
no lack of ingenuity in gay holiday
favOrS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
A Christmas Song

Oh, Christmas is jolly time,
When forests hang with snow,
And other forests bend with toys,
And lovely YuIe logs glow!
And Christmas is solemn time,
Because, beneath the Star,
The first great Christmas gift was given
To all men, near and far.
But not alone at Christmas time
Come holiday and cheer,
For one who loves little child
Hath Christmas all the year.
Florence Evelyn Pratt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR
THE LITTLE FRIENDS"

i HE Norwegian custom of pre-
pairing a Christmas dinner for
the birds by tying to the top of
J pole in the dooryard a large
full sheuf Of grain is now be.
ing followed in many places in
America, with varia atoms.
Instead of the sheaf little
tree is dressed. with bits Of suet
and bread. This is set on a
broad shelf outside the window.
a burlap foundation about it be-
ing literally sprinkled with bird
seed, chaff and hay seed. This
pretty custom is supplemented
in New York by the children Of
kindergarten near Central
park, who arrange most boun
tiful Christmas dinner for the
little gray squirrels of that
neighborhood. The affair is so
pretty that 1t bears passing on.
On the afternoon when school
closes for the Christmas vaca-
ton the children form in process
sion and each carries a little
basket of nuts, crackers and
sugar biscuit. winding their way
over the white asphalt into the
grove where the feast is to be
spread.
No detail is omitted. Even
appropriate menus are supplied,
and no Orlando ever pinned
verses to his Rosalind upon oaks
and elms with more enthusiasm
than the little people who feel
their responsibility for provid-
ing a merry Christmas for their
squirrel friends.
All about the bases Of the
trees is spread a generous guam
tity Of nuts Of every sort and
kind, and no hostess giving a
dinner to honored guests could
take greater pains to see that
everything is daintily and con-
veniently arranged for their
needs.
When the little people trip
away it is with the conscious
ness that Mr.. Gray Squirrel and
all his kin are in possession Of
a store Of goodies quite sufli-
cient to carry them well through
the holiday vacation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
Christmastide.

Christmastide is a time of cold,
OF weather bleak and of winds ALLOW.
Never a flower fold on fold
OF grace and beauty. tops the snow
Or breaks the bleak and bitter mold.
And yet it's warm. for the chill and gloom
Glow in love and with chidhood's glee:
And yet it's sweet with the rich perfume
OF sacrifice and charity.
Where are flowers more fair to see?
Christmastide! 1t is warm and sweet,
A whole worlds heart at baby's feet
Wide Awake.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
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SANTA CLAUS? SURELY!
How Could Any One Doubt His Exist.
ence Who Knows the Facts?


MANY years ago the New York Sun
published tile following editorial in an
sWer to this question. 1T was written by
Frank Z. Church and has become one OF
the classics of modern Christmas lltera-
| turel
We take pleasure in answering at
once. and thus prominently, the COM
munication below, expressing at the
same time our great qualification that
| it's faithful author is numbered among
the friends of the Sun:
Dear Edtor-I am eight years old Some
| Of my little friends say there is no Santa
| Claus. Papa says. IF you see it in the
| Sun it's So" Please tell me the truth
is there Santa Claus?
VIRGINIA OHANLON.
| 115 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 see. They
think that nothing can be which Is not
comprehensive by their little minds.
All minds, Virginia, whether they be
mems or children's, are little. In this
| great universe of ours man is mere
insect, an ant. in his intellect as CON-
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.
crosby and devotion exist, and you
know that they abound and give to
Alas! How dreary would be the world
if there We're no Santa Claus! 1t would
be as dreary as if there were no Viz
ginias. There would be no chidlike
faith then, no poetry, no romance to
make tolerable this existence. We
should have no enjoyment except in
sense and sight. The eternal light
with which childhood fills the world
would be extinguished.
| Not believe in Santa Claus? You
might as well not believe in fairies!
You might get your papa to hire men
to watch in all the chimneys on Christ.
mas eve to catch Santa Claus. but even
if they did not see Santa Claus coming
down what would that prove? Nobody
sees Santa Claus. but that is no sign
that there is no Santa Claus. 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 baby's rattle
and see what makes the noise inside,
but there is 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 it all
real? All, Virginia, in all this world
there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! He
lives, and he lives forever. A thousand
years from now, Virginia, nay, ten
times ten thousand years from now, he
will continue to make glad the heart of
childhood.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16

A TINY CHRISTMAS TREE.
One Mother Made Her Little Girl Very
Hannv With Miniature Plant

Happy With Miniature Plant.
A tiny fir tree, not over two and a
half feet high, and Of symmetrical
shape, was chosen for my little girls
dolls Christmas tree, says writer in
the WOman's Home Companion. This
was easily planted in a flowerpot and
established upon a large table in the
living room. Tiny candles We're fasten-
ed upon the branches, ten cent bunch
of tinsel was sufficient for draping and
further outlay for the small colOred
glass ornaments added to the gorgeous
ness.
The main idea is to keep everything
on a minia ture scale While duplicating
for the beloved doll children the gifts
that usually fall to the small mother.
So it was that tiny dolls were dressed;
tiny fancy boxes We're filed with tiny
candies, others contained wee handker-
chiefs embroidered with smallest of
initials; here hung hand mirror, there
Il nursing bottle, tiny fans, lovely set
Of cups for the tea table, a small bird
in a gilt cage, new pet kitty, and so
on. Ten cent stores yielded most of
the treasures.
On the morning of Christmas my
cight-year-o!d was shown her old dol
lies, each radiantly dressed. and was
told that their tree was ready Below
stairs. The JOY and delight at the
sight were charming to behold and the
blissful appOrtionment of gifts began.
AS each arriving playmate rolled in her
new dolly ito show what I've got"
envy and pride reflected upon the faces
Of the visitor and visited, only to be
dispeled by ''there is something on the
tree for your dolly"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-16
Big Christmas Family Party.

When Sir Sydney Waterlow was lord
mayor of London, in 1873. he decided
to give Christmas dinner at the Man
sion House. Only near relatives were
invited, yet covers were laid for no
fewer than 1856. The total was made
up Of Sir Sydney's father. four sons.
four daughters. four brothers. six Sis
tiers, seventeen nephews, twenty-five
nieces, tWenty-nine cousins and one
grandson. Lady Waterlow contribut-
ed her stepmother, four brothers and
three sisters. twelve nephews and
twelve nieces, and forty-one cousins,
while a quota Of other relations by
marriage brought the total to the mum.
Der named.