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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-20
CHOIR PRESENTS CAnTl1A
DI 1 LOCAL COMPOSER

The Central Presbyterian church
was packed Sunday night to hea,
rendition of the Christmas cantata,
! the music being the composition OF
John Bert Graham. director of mus
ie in Trinity University. and render
ed by the church choir. The "Sav-
ior's Birth Is the title of the can
tata. and the words were taken en-.
tirely from the Bible story. Mr..
Graham announced in his introduc-
tion that the presentation OF the
Christmas canta.a was his first SER
mon and he felt very much like the
young preacher who anxiously pre-
sents his first message, and that he
was solicitous that his cantata con-
tain a musical message.
Mr. Graham told why he was in
| spired to write the cantata, and the
method pursued in writing il, say
ing that in the perusal OF many
cantatas he was impressed with the
| fact that the words were insignifi-
cant, sometimes little better than
doggerel. Two years ago he deter
| mined to write cantata, taking
the words entirely from the Bible.
the worlds best literature, he said.
Believing that successful cantata
could be written without cheapening
the words OF the Bible in rhyme. he
set about his task with enthusiasm,
and soon began the melodies, solos
and choruses that made the beauti-
full Christmas cantata that was pre-
sented Sunday night by Mr.. Ora
ham, whose ability is appreciated
over state in ranks of good must
clans. He was three months writing
his cantata. The work. he said,
was written last summer while he
was away on his vacation, and that
he never had it under consideration
when he was tired, or didn't have
the inspiration. Although he did
much work of mornings, ne said he
was often inspired at nine and ten
O'Clock at night. and so his musical
soul would be poured out in the
work then. Often he only spent fif-
teen minutes a day, and frequently
would so five and six days without
any attempt at the productions. The
cantata was never revised and was
presented last night as il was first
conceived
The Christmas eantata was diyid-
ed into three parts: The promise of
the birth Of the Savior and its an
ticipation; the vision of the shep-
herds when the angel foreteIls the
event: and the birth of Christ, and
the worship OF those who come to
see him. Therefore the parts were
designated Expectation, Vision, Full
fillment
In the Introduction work the di-
rector said that most writer's made
that an Instrumental number. but
his idea was to prepare for the
story with an Introductory chorus.
And in widely separated parts Of
the Bible he found these words:
Prepare We the way OF the Lord
and make his paths straight. And
the glory of the Lord shall be re-
Vealed for the mouth of the Lord
hath spoken" This chorus was pre-
coded by short instrumental
phrase, indicative of the happy story
that follows.
Part | takes up the beginning OF
the narrative, leading with BARI
tone recitative. A reeitative as the
musician explained it, is a recita-
ton of events, the music of which
has no special form, and is usually
Just simple chords. 1t is in con-
trast TO a solo, which has definite
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-20

} RED TAPE ROBs
MOTHER OF DEAD
MONS LAST LETTER.

- LONDON, Nov. 19.-tBy I
= MailD--Scores OF Incidents OF I
= the war have failed to rouse 4
= British public opinion more I
= than the official red tape that
= has just deprived a widowed I
= mother OF her dead soldier I
. sons last letter. 4
. The envelope In which the
= soldier despatched letter 4
= from the front. just before he 4
= was killed was received by 4
= the mother. Enclosed was the 4
. following notice from the CEN I
. sor: 4
= Letter destroyed. This pat
= tern of envelope is obsolete I
. and its use il forbidden
= The previous day the war Of 4
= fee had notified the mother of
= death of her son. 4
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nt fifty, Your cold in head or
disappears. Your clogged
will open, the air passages
head will clear and you can
freely No more snuffling,
Is, mucous discharge, dryness
aaaehe; no struggling for
at night.
a small bottle of Ely's Cream
from your druggist and APP
lite of this fragrant antisep-
am in your nostrils. it pene-
Through every air passage of
pad, soothing and healing the
or inflamed mucous mem
giving you instant relief.
colds and catarrh yield like
4 Don't stay stuTed-up and
PIE. Relief is sure. Curlin's
pug stores adv.
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Heartburn is symptom of indi
gestion. Take a dose of HERBINE
in such cases. The pain disappear
instantly. The bowels operate
speedily and you feel fine, vigorou:
and cheerful. Price soc. Sold b.
Curlin's Two Drug Stores. adv
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$500 Reward.

4 reward Of $500 VIII - paid ~
this company for the conviction a
any one found guilty Of taking ne
Daily Light from the yard or lawn z
any subscriber Of this paper. I'M
rERPRIsE PUBLISHING con
PANT. q
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Nothlna 70 Worry Ahou4.

The man who had been eating oys-
tiers OF the half shell stopped long
enough to eject hard substance,
which dropped to the door and rolled
under the counter.
What's that?" asked the man q
the next seat "A Dearl!"
And the other nonchalantiy replied:
Nope; tooth!"-1udSe.
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For coughs ana colds use BAL
|LARD'S FOREGROUND SYRUP. III
acts soothihgly In the irritatsd
lungs and throat Price 25c. SOC and
$500 per bottle. Sold BY Curlin's
Two Drug Stores. aay.
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"There. Brother Chipman." SaiA n.
"the deed IL all right now. Il may ~
put in evidence. A man L. not going
to be cheated out Of HE farm h this
court when there = . whole bon ~
waters on the clerks desk."
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Notice.

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& DAILY Light call Miss Matte
ton. Phone number go. II
some time to get all the de-
4 each social function and the
ement OF this paper will ap-
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Phone ass will get the printer
right now. Estimates cheerfUi.y CTR
-. J. T. Tucker. job printer. ''thar.S
|all. 's-(Adv) tf
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WISE PROVISIONS OF NATURE
Nutritive Conditions Such That Man
10 Enabled to Live In Any
Part Of Earth,

Two studies recently made by Eu-
ropean scientists illustrate the range
in nutritive conditions to which the
human being can adapt himself
In one case an Eskimo on the island
of Disco In western Greenland con-
sumed in one day nearly four pounds
of boiled meat corresponding to S.
grams of nitrogen and 218 grams Of
fat This is said to be far below the
record figure among these people, who
eat very large meals at irregular and
somewhat infreQuent intervals.
Indigestion and other nutritive dis
orders, however, are rare among them,
and their physical endurance and re-
sistance to cold is very high. The way
the above extraordinary meal was uti-
liked by this Eskimo was found to
be very satisfactory.
The other study was of q man In
Copenhagen who was able to main
tain himself In excellent nutritive
equilibrium aud muscular efficiency
through long periods Of months, not
merely days, on diet essentially COM
posed of potatoes and margarin."
Four pounds of potatoes were eaten
daily, yielding 3.62 grams OF digest
IDLE nitrogen which with the margarin
amounted to $500 calories.
When hard work had to be per-
formed this man ate eight pounds OF
potatoes with liberal additions of fat,
so that the entire energy content was
brought up to 5000 calories with 10
grams of digestible nitrogen No dila-
tation OF the stomach was found to
result from these monster meals.
Such curiosities of the literature OF
nutrition simply show the great adapt
ability OF the human organism, which
has enabled man to live in every re-
gion OF the earth. It IL needless to
say that neither the maximum nor the
minimum Of any nutritive element is
desirable. The normal individual lives
in the safe medium.
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Chronic rheumatism contracts
he muscles, distorts the joints and
lndermines the strength. A power
III penetrating and relieving rem
,dy will be found in BILLIARDS
NOW LINIMENT 1t restores
strength and suppleness to the ach-
ng limbs. Price 25c, soc and $500
ser bottle. Sold by Curlin's Two
Drug Stores. adv.
NY Sri,e.
Our smile still holds It's wonted
place. due east and west across our
face, and sometimes it seems half in
clined to reach around and tie behind
We cannot dance, nor can we sing.
but We can tote smile, by jing.
Sometimes we push it from its place.
but that is when we shave our face.
and when we have done shaving. then.
our smile Is on the job again. Worms
may kill our tomato plants. hot irons
may scorch our Palm Beach pants,
laundries may spifiicate our shirts and
fix our collar so II hurts. a neighbor's
dog may kill our cat. but our smile
stays right where it's at. and being
such a happy cuss makes the old
world smile back At us. Misfortune
cannot get your goat II you have got
a smile TO tote.--Judd Mortimer Lew.
is. in Houston Post.
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Talk. which is cheap. is fire.
quently the principal output Of
cheap men.
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IN NOSTRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH.

! TO Get Relief When Head
ID Nose are Stuffed Up.
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Z widows have a mite, and
have smite.
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The Daily Lisa. gives .ss news
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15
MAY NEED DOUBLE oEckeo ROADS.

A story is going the rounds OF the
auto dealer fraternity that the material
and labor il a very low priced car
costs less than 800 today and that
price reductions in all cars is not yet
at the bottom nor anywhere near 1t.
If this is true increased production
which follows price reduction will soon
so reduce or erhead cost per car unit
that an automobile which will run
right along" may be had for the
equivalent OF horse and buggy. When
thar day arrives will there be room
enough on cur roads for everybody
who wants te ride? VIII we have
double deckeo roads as they have in
our big cities: II the autos nov yield
over a million per annum in road
money now what will they yield ten years
from now? Suppose We should have
anticipated these revenues with road
bonds and sraveled our roads thor
oughly and aved some of them would
not the auto owners of the near future
who can nor now afford to own car
be glad 10 help pay for some OF the
cost Of a HARD surfaced road?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15

stead of continuing the policy of max
ing changes as needed with the view
of improving the service, we now have
the spectacle of disarrangement ana
impairing the service. Instead of send
ing out inspectors to go over the couh-
try to inspect the roads and the con-
ditions generally, clerks in the depart
ment at Washing ton take maps and lay
out routes not for the purpose of i'm
proving the service, but to economize
Under Hitchcock. the former post
master general, the postal department
cleared $17,00o.OO a year. Under Burle-
son it is losing about that amount. In
fact every department of the govern
ment has a deficit. Instead of sur
plus. there is everywhere shortages.
The rural service is one of the most
important departments of the govern
ment, and instead of being crippled, II
should be improved.
The trouble with the government Is
a lack of efficiency In the departments.
We have men from the south in most
of the cabinet positions. where effici-
ency is unknown in business. They are
back numbers in a business way. They
have little conception of the public ser
vice. 1t is a matter of theory against
practical sense.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15
PREACHING A BOOZE JEHAD.

Where Will he take them? That is
the question put by the Anamosa
Eureka in rcjoinder to the threat that
Mr.. Dalton. O. the Manson Democrat,
will march cut OF the democratic party
az the head OF $50 900 democrats should
a dry candidate be nominated by his
party.
1t is timely and reasonable ques-
ton and one that the democracy of
Iowa should put TO themselves and an
swer with Judgment.
Where would the 10000 and their
plumed knight go?
one state after another is putting
up the bars against the traffic. Ne
raska. close by is getting a good ready
and Illinois with her women has made
a fair start Minnesota is by way of
getting into line. There's no asylum in
Kansas North Dakota would welcome
them WIKI dry hands 10 bars that serve
soft drinks. and South Dakota IS TAX
ing the las. tew drinks Of red. What's
me destination? When the march be-
gan they woG.t.'y Know where they
were going tut -aey would be on their
way. Ard II the few spots where they
might oivouac for few months the
same ,h.rg would drive them forth to
another ana5asis.
= i p5s5.;s.e .he. the MYTH Of the
Flying Dutchula1' IS to change its
ghostly ship for a wandering army Of
Iowa democrats seeking some favored
spot where prohibition comes no more,
some sequestered place where the
weary soul may rest and stay itself
with stems. where the music Of the
bung starter is heard in the land and
the keg rivals the widows cruise?
Dreams, idle dreams. vagaries Of the
night preceding the morning after.
There Amt no such place. For mat
ter Of than there amt no such army
Perhaps some Wandering Jew Of ar
anti prohibition crusade might gather
a regiment but not an army or even q
brigade; mayhap the Mahdi OF the bars
preaching a bibulous iehad might gath
er a handful OF democratic Bedouins
| TO go seeking a tabled oasis where
the old stuff runs free and free lunch
grows on trees. But 15O,000-nit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15

volunteer firemen's companies did the
job. They tested the man fairly we'll.
They bound the membership together
for good or bad with bond that took
small heed OF wealth or poverty. But
we have progressed away from them.
The baseball diamond on the vacant
lots did it. There the proof of lead
ership and equality forced itself and
rocked not OF mansions on the hill or
shanties by the right o way. But We
have built on the vacant lots ana
spoiled our proving grounds without
supplying another.
Any tent will do the job. Put
bunch of boys or men together under
tents anywhere where they must de-
pend upon themselves and the test be-
gins the instant camp is pitched. The
idle and useless and i'll dispositioned
fail to stanc the test. 1t is so of any
shooting shack on lonely lakes. The
test begins wherever men or boys must
labor for themselves in mutual inter-
dependence. a dog tent isn't neces-
sary; but the stress that goes with the
dog tent does the business. Two men
under one Cog tent means a fight or a
friendship whether or not one is worth
million and the other owes for his
shoes.
What Roosevelt meant was not war
as a necessity to democracy but the
forced companionship of the dog
tents" of mutual effort in a common
cause, the personal touch of the dog
tent where one man carries half the
canvas and the other the other half
and the two must come together to
create shelter from storm and frost.
MI Roosevelt having suggested one
Very effective method Of cult:vating
democracy deserves less criticism
than awakened notice. Why not sug
gest another means? Bring on your
dog tents"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15

fore the principal morning mail is dis
tributed. Not only is the mail day
late. but on the ends of the routes 1t Is
delivered later in the day than before.
This is the case at Williamsburg,
which is the home of Congressman
Hull and he will be heard from very
distinctly when he arrives in WASH
ington. Mr.. Hull says that these routes
We're established by congress. have
been running on practically the same
basis for over ten years, and there is
no reason why the postmaster general
should be permitted to make such radi-
cal changes without consulting con-
gress.
The purpose behind the movement Is
to save moneys. 100000 annually, It
is said. But it will prove to be an
unpopular way Of meeting the deficit
incurred by the unwise financial meas
ures of the administration, if it i'm
pairs the efficiency of the rural mail
service as already indicated in many
counties Of Iowa
For not only the farmers. but the
business men in the towns and cities
will be greatly Inconvenience by such
a condition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15
A MAYOR HAS SOME DUTIES.

[Sioux City Tribune.]
1t is now authoritatively stated that
the reason Mayor Thompson issued
orders for the saloons of Chicago to
close on Sundays. as required by the
Illinois state laws, was because
grand jury Indictment was about to be
filed against him for the non perform
ance of his duties as an executive &c
the city empowered with the enforce
ment of the laws.
That is a little feature that too many
mayors are prone to overlook. When
confronted with a state of gross and
chronic violation of laws within their
own city, they begin to ask why the
county attorney doesn't do something,
why grand jury doesn't do some
thing, why private citizens do not flle
affidavits.
But the law says the mayor is an
officer of the law and the law in Iowa
makes it mandatory, for it says. the
mayor shall have powers and (shalD
perform duties as follows" Among
the items included in the "as follows
are:
He shall be a conservator OF the
peace. - He shall be the chief
executive officer thereof and 1t shall be
his duty to enforce all regulations and
ordinances; he may, upon view arrest
any one guilty of violation thereof,
or of any crime under the laws OF the
state" etc.
Clearly it will be up to the mayor OF
each Iowa city after the first day of
January to conserve the peace and
arrest those guilty Of violating the
laws of the state in regard to running
any sort of place where liquor is dis
pensed.
1t may also be up to the office OF the
county attorney to enforce the state
laws, but will also be up to the county
attorneys office to inquire into why
city officials do not enforce laws, II
they do not. The experience OF Mayor
Thompson, of Chicago, is not without
| it's point.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15
BRING ON YOUR DOG 1En1n,

Mr.. Roosevelt, abandoning the notes
of his Columbus day address at Car
negie hail. turned to the audience and
said with great emphasis:
II would have the son of the multi
millionaire ard the son of the immi-
grant VINO came over in the storage,
sleep unde. the same dog tent and
eat the same grub. 1t would help
nightly to mutual comprehension
Of life"
But Why = dog tent? Why not I'M
der any other tent?
Why should it be necessary to con-
jure scenes Of war to bring the son
Of the mulfi-millionaire and the son
Of the steerage together ?-Des Moines
Register.
It isn't. War IL merely one Of the
ways and means thru which men Of
widely separate fortune and classes
get together. War means men with
the bark Of It is incidental. But It
is a test, proving ground like that
Of the arsenal whence the man tested
comes out with the proof mark OF
strength saI frnstworthiness or il cast
aside as defective. OF ali tests per-
ilaps that OF companionship in war IL
the most severe and conclusive when
applied to men en- masse. The weak
lings and the strong find their places
under the stress of that test inevitably
and with gertrude.
But there are other ways. The OLE
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15
ONE LEGGED MAIL ROUTES.

The manner in which the rural mail
routes are being "reorganized' in the
interests Of economy" reminds OF
the economy shift under a Cleveland
administration when special agents
were sent about the country invest-
eating soldiers pensions. Many PEN
sions were cut off and reduced by
these agents. One case is recalled
where the pension was cut off when
the agent reported the disability re-
moved" The pensioner had lost leg.
Perhaps he had grown new one ike
a crab. The report failed . explain.
The mai, routes which are being
with stand about as much
show as the one legged man and his
pension. They will get about very
much as the man did on one leg.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15
FROM A SALOON TOWN.
[Cedar Rapids Republican

A woman writing to a Chicago paper
has the clear headedness to see one OF
the great American Inconsistencies.
Let us quote what she says and you
will see the point at once. unless you
are very stupid:
1t seems TO me a peculiar and al
most laughable circumstance that the
people who wish open Sunday are for
the most part foreigners. They are
always shouting for personal liberty
here in this country and at the same
time shouting for their king or en-
peror to win this war, knowing all the
time that when they lived there they
would have to do as they were told in
all things.
Is it not true? Personal liberty to
take a drink on Sundays is not in
volved, for one can have the jug o.
bottle or key in his own home and
drink with his own family. where
drinking, if at all, ought to be done.
What is denied in this case is not per-
sonal liberty, but the right Of thou
sand saloons to keep their doors open
on the seventh day of the week which
outside of religious considerations has
been set aside for rest. No man needs
to be told that the average saloon In
a big city open on Sunday is an un-
mitigated nuisance. The American
saloon is not a German beer garden.
nor French sidewalks family park
Americans have not learned to do their
drinking so sensibly.
But the other point is better, that
foreigners who talk the most about
personal liberties in this country have
had mighty little Of 1t in their home
countries. All Germany, for instance,
is covered with the sign list verboten,''
it is forbidden. Things are forbidden
there right and left and every one is
expected to do as he is told-and he
does it, too. That is part OF their or
der, Of their system and they claim
that it has been helpful for progress,
when every man does as he ought to
do. In this country we are more in
clined to do as we please and we like
it better. even II il does not get US SO
far. When every man 10 willing TO De
merely cog In big machine great
results can be achieved AZ q whole.
The truth 10 we have more personal
liberty left here than they have in any
part Of Europe. even France and Eng
land which are the most democratic
among the great powers. And we
should prize that spirit, Of personal
liberty and not permit 1t to be en-
smalled by petty legislation. But we
can not grant that the right to run a
saloon on our national as well as re-
ligious day Of rest belongs to our con-
ception OF personal liberty.