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time. He was afraid to go in. He
didn't know why. but he was afraid.
He wanted to run away-to get out
side. 1t just didn't seem real that
Johnny Chuck was there asleep and
had been there asleep all the time
since the first cold weather weeks be-
fore. 1t gave Peter that funny. creepy
feeling more than ever.
So Peter paused for long time at
the entrance to Johnny Chuck's bed
room. eager to go in, yet wanting to
run away. At last curiosity won over
fear. and Peter stole in very much like
a thief Johnny Chuck was there curled
up in his bed of dry grass. He didn't
move. He didn't make the least sign
that he knew Peter was there. Peter
thumped the floor lightly with one of
his hind feet. Many times in the sum-
mer had he thumped to Johnny Chuck
in just that way. At the same time he
cried Merry Christmas" for he sud
denly remembered what day IT was,
Nothing happened Johnny Chuck
made no reply. He didn't move. Pc
Johnny didn't move. Peter reached out
and touched him gently. Johnny
showed no signs of having felt that
touch. Peter reached over and gave
him a push. but he might just as well
have pushed a stone or a block of wood
OF a sudden something like Il panic
took possession of Peter Rabbit. and he
turned and hurried UP to the doorway
Hound was still outside, but he was
alive and awake. very much alive and
very much awake. Somehow 1t made
Peter feel better just to see and listen
to Bowser. Bowser was at least real
ard somehow Johnny Chuck didn't
seem real
Yet Johnny Chuck was real just as
real as Bowser the Hound. He was
Just as much alive as was Bowser the
Hound. although he showed no SIGNS
of life that Peter could discover The
truth is Johnny was spending Christ
mas Just as he had spent every day of
the winter so far and Just as he would
spend the remainder of the winter
asleep. Wasn't that a queer way to
spend Christmas? Yet Johnny Chuck
queer Christmas was the only kind of a
Christmas in which he could have been
ANYTHING but unhappy. 1t was a queer
Christmas as you look at 1t or as
| look at 1t. but as Johnny Chuck looks
| at it It wasn't queer at all So there
YOU are.
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II lust happened that it was on
Christmas morning that Peter Rabbit
was frightened by Bowser the Hound
into seeking safety in Johnny chucks
house. There wasn't anything about
Johnny Chuck's house to make any
one think of Christmas. No. sir, there
wasn't the least thing about that house
to remind anybody Of the JOY OF Christ
mas. In fact, there was nothing to
suggest any kind of joy. You have
seen a house closed for the winter,
every body gone away. OF course you
have There is nothing joyous about
such a house, is there? Well, Johnny
Chucl's house was just like that 1t is
true that Johnny Chuck hadn't gone
away. He was still there, but he might
lust as well have been away. In fact.
Peter Rabbit would have felt more
comfortable If he had been away
You see. it was this way When
Peter found himself actually inside
Johnny Chuck's doorway his curiosity
at once suggested that he should take
this chance to see Just how Johnny
Chuck looks when he is asleep for the
winter Peters better feelings had
urged him not to, but his curiosity was
the stronger, and SO Peter had crept
down the long hall 10 Johnny Chuck's
bedroom at the end There was one
thing Peter noticed before he reached
Johnnys bedroom, and this was that it
was decidedly warmer down there than
up near the doorway In fact, it was
quite comfortably warm. and also it
was dry down there. Johnny had wise
ly dug below the deepest point to which
Jack Frost would be able to freeze the
ground. Jack Frost couldn't possibly
reach in and pinch him there.
At last Peter reached Johnny Chuck's
bedroom. and there he paused for some
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Potatoes for Breakfast.

Potatoes are a good substitute for
wheat and the suggestion has been
made that until the end of the war they
be put back on the breakfast menu
They used to be eaten rather generously
at breakfast. But we have such an
aversion for the so-calIed old-fashioned
hearty breakfast that the very fact that
our mothers served potatoes at the first
meal of the day would make us want to
avoid them.
The fact that potatoes for breakfast
is war measure would make us will
ing to use them even II they were a
part of the distressingly hearty old
fashioned breakfast. Many of the
menus prepared officially in Canada for
wartime use include potatoes for break
fast and 1t has been found that persons
following this suggestion do not feel
the lack of wheat breads or cereals so
much as when substituting corn prod
| ucts entirely for the wheat. For pota-
toes are really a better substitute for
wheat than corn.
Any cook with a little ingenuity can
think OF numerous ways to use pota-
toes. Not only are there the moro
seemingly suitable breakfast dishes of
why not serve baked potatoes-wen
baked, mealy potatoes, with a little
cream and butter. Surely this would be
palatable substitute for a dish of
wheat cereal and q slice Of wheat bread
Unfortunately potato -four has not
made general appearance In our mar
kets. but 1t is possible to use boiled,
mashed potatoes in mullins to exc out
the wheat. OF course. some wheat must
be used with tho potato pulp, but the
saving thus effected is we'll worth while.
There are potato pancakes. too, in which
only small amount of -four Is used and
HI M l.
atably combined as in potato omelet.
potato omelet made with a liberal
use OF eggs and served generously,
might be used as the staple breakfast
dish. for It would combine the egg dish
with cereal and wheat-bread substi-
tute. With fruit and coffee or whatever
your favorite beverage for breakfast
may DO 1t would form q good break
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FASHIONS

The government has decided that
wool must be conserved. style de-
signers have met and formally agreed
TO help conserve wool by making the
clothes for both men and women as
simple as possible during the present
season and the seasons Immediately to
come In fact, II is tentatively agreed
that styles must be simple and gar
rnents designed on economical lines
Just as long as the present wool short
age lasts. and until the war is over and
with it the need for extra wool for
materials with which to make uni
forms for our soldiers
Therefore it is perfectly safe to say
that suits for spring will incline to ex-
IRENE simplicity, and that short jackets
will almost certainly predominate-
Extra fri1ls and furbelows must be
done without for the present, and while
style designers are encouraged to seek
novelty TO make the most possible of
the yardage allowed them, the straight
silhouette will rule
The suit shown in the sketch. de-
signed for early spring or southern re-
sort wear. is an excellent and pleas
ing example of one type of suit that
will undoubtedly be very popular The
skirt is plain, with scant pleats let in
on either side, SO that 4 graceful and
comfortable sweep is given the gar
msnt. The little coatee or jacket is
serll-fltted. reaching barely to the hips
and IS quite plain in the back. The
suit would be charming developed in
tan aClored gabardine, with revers OF
bN.t. satin and vest. collar and cuffs
OF tan and black brocade. The coat
fastens invisibly at one side, and the
little buckle at the waist gives u
charming touch.
This model might also be attractively
made up one of the rough novelty
silks in white or a light shade with
brOcade in self or contrasting color
for collar. cuffs, etc.
The greatest fabric waste in suit
Is usually found in the extra material
required for long coat. even though
a very narrow skirt is part of It, and
for spring skirts are to be either quite
'skinpy,' almost of the hobble type
or else given Just enough width to in,
sure grace. No extra yardage is ad-
nissibIe.
The bolero jacket will undoubtedly
appear in many suits designed for
spring, and fabric and color combina
tons ill do their bit to help make
all fabrics 20 as far as possible and
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STARS AND STRIPES FLIES
ALONGSIDE FRENCH FLAG
Large Crowd in Paris Attends Cere-
mony at Strassburg Monument
for Alsace-Lorraine.

PARIS. December 2a.-The Strass-
burg monument on the Place concorde.
which during the years before the war
was draped with crepe and for which
flowers and bunting were substituted
in August, 1914. today flies the Stars
and Stripes alongside the French tri-
color. The American and French flags
were raised over the monument to the
Alsatian city yesterday afternoon in
the presence OF n large crowd. which.
in spite of the biting frost. uncovered
as the two embiems were unfuried. Aineri-
can Ambassador sharp and a number
of delegates from societies Of natives
of Alsace- Lorraine Were present.
The flags we're raised in the name OF
the General Alsatian-Lorrain Associ-
alton OF America and the World Lea que
of New York for the restitution of Al
Lorraine. Custave Blumenthal OF
New York. Jules Siegrried. president
Of the Alsatian Societies and deputy
from Havre, and Maurice Barres of the
French Academy were the speakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright. 1910
Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas:
Oh, yes; l know the world IS full of
hate. men are killing each other thou
sands day. and the world Is a welter
of anger and violence. but still
Merry Christmas to YOU
We can't wait until there's peace on
earth and good VIII toward men. Let
us wish it right now. and perhaps that
may hasten 1T along.
Merry Christmas!
Come, wen dig US a little hole in no
mans land, where we'll be safe for
day. amidst the bombs OF Nindictive-
ness and the poison gases Of passion.
and send up one little chirrup anyhow.
derry Christmas.
In the desert OF hate we'll make one
days oasis OF love. and say.
Merry Christmas,
My ship and yours arc passing on
the high seas Of life; my port may be
sad and yours grim and bitter, but
we'll shout none the less as we pass in
the night
Merry Christmas,
Just this one day at least ven re
member there was Christ, and that
Ian over the earth there are littIe chill
dren, and mothers are stiu dreaming
and baby eyes are looking wondering
at life. as new and fresh to them as
once to us. and sell give them a
hearty
Merry Christmas,
Let us not suffer the bright thought
to perish, nor the vision TO be dalled:
for Christmas keeps coming around
and all ii stands for Is eternal. and
some day love VIII win
Merry Christmas,
Some day love win win. | say. and ali
the nations now fighting Will sit to
gether in peace, planning the welfare
of the peoples. and some day ali the
men now Staying and raging will be
back home, mending their broken lives
holding their babies on their knees
and building up patiently again the
shattered world. So
Merry Christmas!
Fevers at last cool down, pests abate.
lies perish--all evil comes sooner or
later to an end. The human heart viii
have its way by and by.
Merry Christmas
Wars pass. great captains and their
guns pass. hate and bitterness. cruelty
and horror, and all the bloody fniasms
Of the soul. and the frightful phantas-
magoria that delude the multitude
they all pass; but love abides; every
new baby born into the world brings
new supplies OF love; the armies of
angels that look down on us shower US
with love: the unchanging Christ
beams forth but love--love almighty.
omnipotent, everlasting.
And therefore in the face of the
world storm, defying it's winds. thun-
ders and lightnings, we cry, this one
day at least
Merry Christmas to all
TO ALL To our own and 10 our enemy.
To Germans, Austrians and Turks, and
may God give them repentance and
better minds
Merry Christmas. IT must be coming,
1t must be.
MY God. would not live
Save that l think this gross hard eeming
world
Is our misshsping OF the powers
Behind the world, that makes our griefs our
gains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24

Swift & Compnny's snIes of Fresh Beef
in Washington D. c.. for the week end
ing Saturday. December %. 1917, aver
aged 1915 cents per pound.-Advertise
rnent
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Of Interest TO Women
WAIsTCOATS OF BRILLIANT MATERIALS
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.


NEW YORK. December 22-Ever
S'"le '"'e N''o"' u
custom OF putting one garment over
another to keep warm. we have laughed
IN rho arrorant Anglo Saxon way, al
-. -, .a,;+io,, mat is
way i'u9Vu at any
n"t accredited 10 our race
30 ,.,.i,,,,z s,.,,,,,+o,,s ~, evarv side of
c,-, ,.,,;o,,
the compass thll the thliieSe i"9"ioi
viii have its introduction into Anglo
SAXON methods of keeping warm.
,., . .b;, ,bo. ,,,e+ no
i"Ste ar '"o ''i'''s'' 'i''''
faced while the war lasts. and proba-
-. -. NIL, 10 , scorcit>, of coal
i'E'''' -
ana q nlHl'ea ainouut ., 49,, 80
climate does not chanSe because there
Is war IN truth theTe are SOM ",o
think II has grown more oll.etIE colu
since IVA. w naleNer tne Aiilet oa
may think ABOUT tne . o,.e
French are quite SatsnSd IliaL 'ler .
never was a winter as cold as .he laS..
they tell much worse stories lhah me
American schoo!bey reads apout tne
cold at Valley torge. 1helr suueFlnEs
were acute. and they looked win envy
upou the Americans VINO We're aple 70
wear warm clothes ana nave warm
houses from November until April
C!otheS upon S1oChes.
- ,:5 80. roe~.-d +bie
We IN \ ~, .L,.; u,u o,,,te nar-
N''H t'.- W '' - a.. ,iossih,a 70
S'ti'i ih''.t - - '"i9is 49, &c
i''N d, 'tl9 u, M -. -. 800 -. 80, :,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
The Protective Waistcoat.

Naturally, the warm medieval waistcoat.
or short chemse tunic, leaps over the
horizon as first aid to the freezing. The
French and English women have en-
ployed it for a year in every capacity it
could serve to keep the chest, the back
or the hips warm
We in America have not seen in it a
protective garment, because we did not
need anything last winter. as the tenn
pera ture and the amount Of indoor heat
were agreeably balanced: but this winter
IS different. especially when we face the
fact that the less wool we use the better
We are begged even to cut down from
the four-and-a-h aif-yard limitation and
try to see Just how warm we can keep
without any worsted whatever Therefore
the heavy waistcoat makes warm a gown
Of Jersey, satin or velvet.
The sketch shows a costume which has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
No Shells Have Hit Venice.

The city of Venice remains compare
lively undisturbed by the recent re-
newal of enemy pressure on the lower
Piave nearest to Venice, where his line
is twelve miles east of the city. While
shells from the heavy guns could reach
Venice it is known that the enemy has
been unable to bring across the river
anything except machine guns and a
few pieces of small caliber No shells
have fallen anywhere near the city. The
rumble of the bombardment can be
heard day and night, but the population
has become accustomed to 1t, as il had
10 the previous menace from the air
and the
One of the chief reasons for calm is
The belief that Pope Benedict has inter
vened in some way by which the Aus
TRANS will not shell the city. This re
port cannot be verified. but the popula-
ton generally believes it, and II is one
Of the main reasons for the calm with
which the pressure on the lower Piave
has been accepted.
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less than the maximum amount of wool.
Whatever wool there is used is in the dun
Burgundy Velours skirt which has Il
small ripple at each side TO give freedom
Of movement-to the ankles and which is
camouhage by being turned into a cas-
cade lined with beige coored velvet.
The long coat tunic is Of the beige. with
deep pockets at each side suspended in
the military way. from narrow belt that
loops in front and hangs in long ends.
The collar and cuffs are of fur. but the
waistcoat, which extends all around the
body. Is made of Burgundy velvet en-
broidered with zigZags of furnished gold
and black wooden threads. II clings to
the body fits the hips tightly, and is in
terlined across the chest with odd bits OF
kid taken from old evening gloves.
This costume was made for a smart
woman who gives her time to war relief
work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-24
Art Treasures Removed to Safety.

The custodians Of the art treasures in
the city have considered it desirable to
move a large number of paintings and
statues. which up to this time had been
stored within the city. The most yalu-
able were sent south months ago, but
| now the entire bulk of removable art
| treasures has been taken away.
| It is estimated 900 square meters of
| palace alone.
| The famous equestrian statue before
| st. Marks is being dsmounted for re-
moval although II was at first intended
| TO protect 1T by a brick covering Few
| of the remaining civilians wish to leave
| Venice. but the municipality and the
American Red Cross assist all who wish
| to get away.
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Gifts for Wounded Soldiers.

Another distribution VIII be made in
Venice on Christmas eve and Christmas
morning TO wounded soldiers and civil
ian poor. Large numbers of wounded
are now coming in from the Piave to
the hospitals of Venice. Each OF these
will be remembered with clothing. food
and sweets.
The civilian poor are being cared for
regularly to the number of Loo EIGHT
hundred received meals at one Ameri-
can soup kitchen and 40o at another
American kitchen. In addition to the
extra Christmas dinner each woman and
child will receive present OF clothing
and food The clothing consists of
blankets, shawls, underclothing and
stockings, most of which has been
manufactured in the American Red
Cross factory at Maestro, suburb OF
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nI1IILESoRlEs
6rBEDTInE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1917. by T. W. Burgess.)
Johnny Chuck's Queer Christ
mas.

II wish you a happy Christmas.
That means more than just a
merry Christmas. Nothing equals
true happiness. so | wish you
again a happy Christmas.
PETER RABBIT
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL.

Christmas centuries old and yet for
ever new, is drawing near. Time has
but added to it's holy inspirations, its
divine spirit still CLOVIS as of old in the
hearts of men. 1t is a day when men
and women renew their youth and share
with children the joys of childhood. 1t
IS a day when the divine ard the human
IN our souls Join hands in brotherhood
II is a day when we understand better
than in any other, that it is more blessed
10 give than to receive. For fifty years
and more our star of peace and good will
To men has led us onward and upward,
and each recurring anniversary has been
: Merry Christmas. Joyously all over
he land the bells have rung without the
Donotone of sadness. Strive as we may
ne cannot make the coming Christmas
merry. Too many fathers, mothers, wives
and sweethearts are oppressedsby fear OF
xnat may befall some dear one in the
renches, on the boisterousssea or lighting
7, the air In the minds of all sappre-
1ension sits like specter But dear old
Christmas is almost here once more. We
will build the old time fires, set up tire
Christmas tree, decorate it with gay rib
BON and sparkling tinsel, garnish it with
lows light the candles, call in the expect
ant children and for one short hour be
merry as we can, living DER with them
he days when we, ourselves, were young,
After the innocent prayers have been re-
z.eatcd the little ones have been tucked
: Il bed and sleep has smoothed the merry
ei;mples from their cheeks, then we older
ores will gather round the still cheerful
ire and consecrate ourselves and all we
! ave, to freedom, home and country. This
shall be our Christmas gift to God and
man.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
40 ACRES AND A MULE.

At the close Of the Civil War the
ne groes had an idea that the old planta-
4ions were to be parcelled and each fam
.ly was to have go acres and mule
without money and without price. The
Bolsheviki headed by Lenine and Trotzky
have formulated similar scheme which
mas lured the ignorant peasantry to their
standards This is one of the reasons
FOR the wonderful growth of the Bolshe-
Wiki movement. In the meantime the
TWO political adventures, Lenine and
Irotsky are doubtless in the pay of Ger
m any and are plotting to turn the Russian
Ecvernment over to one of the members
o. The deposed Romanoff family as En-
Eeror or Tsar
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
Collectors Notice Of Sale
STATE OF MAINE.

Unpaid taxes on land situated in the Town of
Swanville, in the County of Waldo for the
year 1917
The following list of taxes on real estate OF
resident and nonresident owners in the Town
of Swanville for the year 1917, committed to
me for collection for said Town remain un-
paid; and notice is hereby given that II SAID
taxes, interest and charges are not previously
paid, SO much of the real estate taxed as is
sufficient to pay the amount due therefor, in-
GLIDING interest and charges. will be sold at
public auction on the first Monday CT February.
1918, at nine o'clock a. M:
RESIDENT OWNERS.
Roberts, Cyrus-No. of acres of land 100.
value 1915; house, $3.50; barn, 1925; total value
OF real estate, $3.50: tax on real estate. $2s 80;
credit, 81 Co., Land bounded on the north by
land o. i, T. tn. ey, Ellery Harvey, .. E.
Frost and Bert Small; east by land of George
Holmes estate and Fred Holmes; south b
land of O. E. Frost and Fred Holmes; west by
land formerly of c. o. Peavey.
ElFrank Ordway of acres of land 8. value
$63; house value, 500; barn value. $40; total
value of real estate. $1s3 Land bounded on
the north by land of Bert Lenfest; en- the
south by land of J. C. Durham; on the east by
land of J. C. Durham; on the west by land of
J. C. Durham. Tax on real estate, 500.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
MAINE STATE GRANGE.

On Monday afternoon the delegates be-
ga to arrive and goodly number were
present at the reception given them in
1he evening by the Chamber of Com
nerce of Lewiston and the Board of
Trade of Auburn. At the opening session
Tuesday morning 600 delegates were
present. The day was devoted to hearing
me able address of State Master Thomp-
son and the reports of other officers and
committees Tuesday evening the third
and fourth degrees were worked by de-
gree team from Thorne's Corner Grange.
This bids fair to be one of the most I'M
portant sessions ever held by the Maine
Patrons
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
SEAKSMONT.

Mrs. Susie Berry, who has been caring
for Miss J. E. Mcfarland for ten months,
has gone away and it is expected that
Mrs. George Gushee of Appleton will take
her place at Miss McFarland's.
December 5th the following officers
were elected in Victor Grange: w. M,
Orrin P. jackson; Overseer, Charles But
Ter; Stew, Donald Plaisted; Lecturer,
Mrs. Abbie Ordway; Chap, Mrs. Nettie
Cushman; Sec, Mrs. Martha Butler; A.
S., Merrill Butler; G. K, Ferdinand Rich
ards; Ceres, Mrs Leila jackson; Pomona,
Mrs. Josie Kelso; Flora, Mrs. Julia Went
worth; L. A. S., Mrs. Alice Butler; Treas.
Charles Cushman.
At the regular meeting of Rosewood
Chapter, o. E. S., held last Friday even
ing the following officers were elected:
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Lila M. Miller;
Worthy Patron, Fred A. Mariner; Asso-
ciate Matron, Miss Mary F. Cobb; Sec,
Miss ANGELA M. Millett; Treas, Mrs.
Minerva Packard; Conductress, Mrs. Net
tie B. Mariner; Associate Conductress,
Mrs. Bertha NJ Cushman.