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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
The War and Christmas

so long ago-a star OF hope, of love,
Of service. of sacrifice. And in these
homes where the blue star shines
are men and women and boys and
girls who have caught the power OF
the great vision.
Aud the gold star All, yes. the
gold star. Back of this emblem is
the mother with sob in her heart
as the picture of her lad rises up
before her.
In the dusk of the evening she
wipes away the furtive tear and re-
members it is Christmas. And she
is glad.
She looks out past the star and
sees a world redeemed. She knows
that she has had part in the great
sacrifice which has made that re-
demption possible. Her gold star
becomes a star Of glory. She pities,
this Christmas. the poor folk who
have given nothing save stocks and
bonds to the great enterprise. She
has given Jesu, man to help save
the world.
New World Power.
This IS wonderful Christmas.
The gracious spirit of Jesus per-
meates human life as never before
The voice of the Nazarene seems to
speak to the world with power
never before known. Always he has
had a message for men. Today that
message comes with a new thrill to
every nation.
To the bleeding, broken Armen-
ians he seems to say, BLESSED are
they which are prosecuted for right
eousness sake. for theirs is the king
dom of heaven"
To loyal Belgium: "Greater love
hath no man than this, that a mail
lay down his life for his friends"
To America, servant of the world:
81 come not to be ministered unto,
but to minister"
And to all mankind comes the,
word that hailed his coming: Peace
on earth to men of good will"
This is a wondrously glad Christ
mas because. in spite of the wreck
and waste and misery of war. it is
so completely Christ's day. That is
tile great thing that this war has
come to mean to all men.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22

ing motor transport Of the "Y"
these actors, who were sent
over by the Red Triangle's entertain.
ment and Americas Over There
Theater league, will be able to give
from four to six shows in a day
bringing joy TO thousands of men in
uniform.
To Use Amateur Talent.
Amateur talent, however. will be
the mainstay of the festivals enter
tainment. Working on the theory
that young men enjoy most the en-
tertaiinment which they get up them
selves, the "Y" secretaries have ar
ranged unlimited minstrel shows at
which plenty of local hits" and ell
core verses taking off the members
of particular units will count heavily
in smashing the BLACK beetles" back
beyond their Hindenburg line.
In every hut will glisten the
Christmas tree. Where the hut has
electric lighting, the greenery will
be illumined with little varicolored
incandescents. AT the appropriate
time Santa Claus will make his I'M
tial bow in France. His first ap-
pearance. For the familiar old saint
of England and America is not so
widely kno WIN in France. although he
will be fixture from this year on if
the present arrangements tor his
debut count for anything.
During the long, hot summer
months while the Germans were be-
ing forced back from Paris and the
Big Bertha missives were dropping
around, patient, unselhsh women
sewed away on Santa Claus cos
tunes at the Paris headquarters Of
the Y M. c. A. As a result, there
are thousands of these in readiness
to be worn in the Christmas festivi-
ties.
After the distributions to the SOL
diers at the huts, the duly selected
impersonator of Santa will fare forth
on Christmas day to carry the fight
ers' gifts to the children Of France.
Toys had been provided in album
dance on the theory that the boys in
khaki, unable to celebrate with their
own families, would find happiness
in Frightening the lives OF these
little ones of another land.
Soldiers to Sing.
Soldier choruses, drilled by song
directors, will sing carols in the
camps early Christmas morning
Special religious services will follow
in the huts, with the chaplains of ev-
cry denomination invited to preside
Appropriate addresses will be de-
livered in English and French. The
day Of good will and gifts will reach
its climax at night, when a dance
will be held in each hut, the women
canteen workers dancing with as
many soldiers as they can by chang
ing partners every time the music
changes.
The celebration in Paris will be
the same as at any point, on mag
nifed scale, with the many American
women war workers to make the
dances more home like, with a spe-
cial revue at the American theater
and an athletic contest under "Y"
direction at the Palais de Glace.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22

Christmas when passions have been
so burned out as now. Never
have vindictiveness and the de-
sire for vengeance been so COM
plctely overwhelmed by the con-
seriousness of a great obligation and
a great privilege with reference to
all Of humanity, even to those
whose awful sins have brought sor-
row :nto~so many homes.
This is a wonderful Christmas.
beca,se the spirit that belongs to
the day has never before been SO
real The mind that was in Jesus
is the common mind of mankind
If this is not true then Christmas
is worse than a mockery.
If mere peace is all that we are
getting out of war the sacrifices of
the past years are gigantic and hor-
rid wrongs. If rancor has not
been burned out of hearts made
sore ty suffering peace has no
meaning.
Further, il unsel6shness has not
been made a cardinal virtue; it we
are to go back to the old money
grabbing, if the lure of fame and
power are to grip our souls. R~the
spirit of high emprise which has
stirred us in the past months is
gone. the war has been an awful
waste.
Brotherhood Real.
But it is not so. We are winning
back to Jesus of Nazareth. Brother
hood is real and vital. The world
has shrunk to meet the charging
measure of humanity's mind and
heart. Out of war generosity has
become commonplace. Great suf-
fering has developed a great capac-
ity for mercy.
Today we are all citizens of the
world. We arc interested in races
of which we knew nothing five
Christmases ago. We are not only
interested in them but we arc
cconomizing and giving in order
that the spirit of Jesus may be car
ricd to them in their greater suffer-
ing.
This is the meaning of the blue
star in the window this Christmas.
These blue stars are replicas of that
star that cleaned over Bethlehem
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
BAKERS ORDER
is CRITICIZED BY
SOLDIER MOTHER
Denial Of Further Promotions
to Officers on Active Ser
vice Is an Injustice,
She Says.

Protesting against Secretary OF
War Bakers recent order that no
more promotions shall be given to
men on active service, the mother
of one young ce9affected by the
order has written to The Bee as fol-
lows,
Omaha, Dec. 2O.-To the
Editor of the Bee: Your
editorial headed why Deny the
Boys Earned Promotions" in re-
gard to the order given out by Mr..
Baker. secretary of war, that the
War department has adopted a pol
icy of denying all further promo
tons to officers in active service"
interests ME as the mother Of one
Of the young officers probably thus
affected-and there are no doubt
thousands of parents and wives
throughout the country who feel as
| do about the unfairness OF this Or
der.
1t seems TO me the very least
recognition our valiant boys should
get (who have shown their splendid
patriotism by dint of excellent serv-
ice, efficiency, hard fighting. long
hours Of unspeakable discomfort.
hardship and danger, after having in
most cases volunteered and would
have given up their lives to help
their beloved country, would be their
promotions. 1t costs the govern
ment very little to bestow hard
earned rewards upon the boys who
have greatly helped to win this war.
| feel that the soldiers who have
earned their promotions and would
have received them within a short
time, were kept out of the little
honor that. justly belongs to them.
because Of the niggardly policy of
disseminating promotions the mo-
ment the armistice was signed.
Have Our boys who are still in
the army of occupation "over there"
thrown down their assignments? No,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
U. S. Should Own and Rent
BUILDINGS to Working Class

New York, Dec. 2l.-The central
federated union of this city went
on record last night against the pro-
posal to suspend all government
housing projects in cases where
dwellings,, are less than Is per cent
completed. The union contended
the houses should be completed and
kept by the government to be rent
ed to workers" instead of being sold
to real estate Spectators who would
charge much higher rates than the
government.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
By ]. DELMAN KUYKENDALL.

Christmas has gone hard with the
world the last few years. 1t was
not because we had to do without
those precious gifts we found sucl
joy IN giving and receiving. 1t was
not because the food conservation
board limited our use of Christina
sweets. 1t was not because we were
worried by the increasing cost oil
all of life's necessities. 1t was not
any of these material things tina,
made Christmas seem like an empty
observance of dead holiday.
Down deep in the heart of all OF
us these last five years has been a
feeling that the foundation OF things
was gone. Here we were, going
through the form of honoring the
coming to the world of the Prince
of Peace, and all the while millions
Of men were clutchjng at each 9TH
crs' throats in the most deadly war
of al! ages.
There was something wrong.
The idealism of Jecus was false
dream, it seemed. Jesus had not
gotten hold of the life Of humanity.
The world in its selfish pride had
rejected him. Brotherhood was a
mere phantasy and the celebration
of the man who had taught human
fellowship was mockery.
All the beautiful symbolism which
we had been building about the
hope of time when God should
be really the father of all mankind,
was swept away in the tide Of the
great conflict.
But the hope has never quite left
us, and so we have gone on keeping
the day, going through the ,accus-
toned ferns and ceremonies, giving
and receiving the simple gifts per-
mitted us in wartime, adding a bit
to our generous benefactions, and
c!ingine desperately to the dream
of a>better day.
A New Christmas.
So we come to a new Christmas
such a Christmas as the world has
never before Known. There have
been ~ther Christmases, many of
them, coming at the end of war.
Never before has there been a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
Planning Big Christmas
For American Soldiers
And Children of France
Will Show French Our Ideas of Celebrating Day of Universal
Good Will; Thousands of Trees and Santa Claus
b. s Suits, Including Whiskers, Distributed.

| ! Paris, Dec. 2l,-An American
Christmas for American soldiers and
for French children is the great
yuletide project of the American ex.
peditionary force, aided by the Y
M. c. A. Thousands of tinselled
trees decked with presents have beer
distributed in readiness for the day
thousands of red Santa Claus cos.
tunes with accompanying white
whiskers have been provided and
thousands OF Christmas entertain.
ments have been prepared for pre-.
sentation on Christmas eve in the
Red Triangle huts,-"his home over
there"
The Americans have shown the
French what they can do in the way
of fighting, and, now will present
their peculiar ideas in the way OF
celebrating the day of universal
good will, the birthday of the Prince
of Peace. Last December, when
there were less than 100000 Amer
lean soldiers in France, and these
mostly busted training for the great
Knockout which they delivered to
militarism this. summer, the boys n
khaki and the "Y" workers managed
to show a small sample of the Amer
lean Christmas idea to the French.
This year the 100000 Americans
here will import Americas yuletide
bodily and set it down On the sacred
soil Of France where the people
have learned to expect the Yanks to
do everything on the grand scale.
Celebration in Two Parts.
The celebration will divide into
two parts, the Christmas for the
American boys so far from their
own hresides and the gift day for
the youngsters of France, so long
denied a real observation of their
beloved Noel.
To each of the 100000 soldiers
in the American expedtionary force
the Y. M. C. A. will present a
Christmas box containing two bars
of chocolate, package of cream
candy, two packages of cigarets~and
a tin of tobacco. In addition each
man will receive a Christmas card.
The Red Triangle organization
has arranged for the Christmas Eve
entertainment in the "Y" huts, 1900
in number, as we'll as in the 1900
Foyers du Soldat maintained with
the French army. A comedy sketch
written exclusively for the Ameri-
can soldiers in France, has been i'll
the course of secret rehearsal for
weeks and will be given the greatest
premier in theatrical history,-hun-
dreds of first nights" Simultaneous
ly on the night of the Path. with hum
dreds of original casts. The enter
tainment department of the Y. NJ. c.
A. sent out the dramatic coaches
who rehearsed the soldier-actors i'll
their parts and furnished the neces-
sary costumes and makeup.
This SAME entertainment depart
ment also arranged to. put OIL as
many professional vaudeville and
dramatic shows in as manly huts as
The 80 professional companies of &C
tors at its command could give on
Christmas Eve and Christmas day
and night By using the fast-travel- |
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
German Troops Sent Against
BoIshevists Southwest of RIGA

Berlin, Dec. 2l.-(By Associated
Press German troops have been
sent against bolshevik forces who
are advancing on Mitau, about 50
miles southwest of Riga, from Fried
richstadt, on the Dvins, according to
tie Lokal Anzeiger.
German troops, the newspaper
adds. have been disarmed by the
bolSheviki at various points in
eastern Livonia. The population
is fleeing toward Riga.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
Limited Service Men
inState to Be Mustered
Out at Fort Omaha

In response to a joint telegram
from ex-senator Joseph H. Millard
and Victor Rosewater to General
Crowder at Washington. the latter
has issued an order that the limited
service men, now serving on the
draft boards in Nebraska will be
mustered out at Fort Omaha in
stead Of Camp Funston, as origin
ally lordered.
The reasons assigned was that the
trip to Fort Omaha would neces-
state less travelling and less dan
ger from influenza.
They will probably be released
about January |.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
Two 0mahans Appointed
as Treasurer Examiners

Two Omaha and two Lincoln
men were included in the list of
appointments given out by State
Auditor-elect George w. Marsh
Saturday. ]. w. Reinhart Of Lin
coin was appointed deputy treas
urcr. George Antilles and Frank B.
Honga. both of Omaha, were APP
pointed county treasurer examiners.
c. E. Long OF Lincoln was named
bond clerk and P. j HieRendaum of
Western bookkeepei
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
Mrs. Lillian Vath Of Grand
Island Proud She Had
So Many Boys
to Give.

With six sons in the service, and
two more eager to enlist if there
were need, Mrs. Lillian Vath. a
widow of Grand Island, furnishes
to the womanhood of America an
example of supreme patriotispx Mrs.
Vath is a frail little woman, but
when the call to arms sounded, she
gladly gave her sons to her country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22

1T was the only thing for my
boys to do she explained. II
wanted them to go and | am Proud
of every one of them"
No. | The mother, Mrs. ,Vath.
No. 2. Pri. Louie z. Vath, A. E.
F., France.
No. 3. Midshipman Edgar E.
Vath, in the navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01
THE PICTURES

Realizing that the person to be depend- ed upon in emergencies is the one who is not only the best trained but also IS the most resourceful, the Scout authori- ties encourage the practice of first aid under unusual conditions in order to de- velop initiative. In No. 1 Scouts Flow ers Gelders, Williams, Almgren ana Cooper have found themselves suddenly called upon to do some head bandaging and in No 2 Scouts Gelders, Cooper ana Williams are putting into practice the proper method of placing a patient upon a stretcher in the most comfortable man ner. Whenever scouts come in contact with the soldiers they find their older | comrades in khaki always ready ana willing to teach some of the more ad-
 vanced lessons they have learned from | Uncle sam, such as signaling (3), The
 | Birmingham Scouts are very fortunate in
 | deed in having on their executive scom-
 mittee Dr. Shropshire (D who Is always
 ready in some way find the time to at
 | tend all committee meetings to advance
 l the cause of scouting in Birmingham. COURT OF HONOR
 I At the court of honor meeting on FIT
 ] day Scout Ed Staley of Troop 10 was
 I awarded his twenty-first merit badge and l a recommendation made to the national
 court of honor that the rank Of Eagle Scout be awarded. Louis Gelders oi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01

cret of the persistent, brave ana ues- perate opposition which the Jews had offered to the Roman yoke, he being ad- yised there that the Jews had traui- tion that a son of one David,- Writer of songs for poor people to slns, Wouiu appear among the Jews to liberate tneH, and that so strong was their 1altn III .n,s ,s tradition, so great their hopes oi US iui- fillment. that by any promising son oi Dav;d they were easily moved to foment rebellion and to try the issue With ho- man arms. Let us have no more or tnis, says the thoroughgoing Hadrianus; le. us be rid forever of this David ana or his progeny and forthwith the eh'ire inouisitorial and detective machinery oh the empire are put in motion anu ue voted to the bounding down ana 1erret- | linsr out of every known, reputed or sus- nected descendant of David. and they are simply put to the sword. SaVing' however. the comparatively brief reigns | oe the two Antonines which followed im- medately does not this final ana eALeo- | tual dispersion of the Jews Wnicn iui- l filled the letter of the law when wao ,9 ] be fulfilled by that nation which snouM come against them whose language they | should not understand, mark the very | flood tide of Roman glory, and did !. no. l tbareunon begin to ebb into the pody of the great ocean of oblivion in when I have been swallowed up other ena.ionss which having accomplished their speciai | mlssionsY
 The inspiration of the prophets was | this great law of Moses, ana may ws ! not in the light of the luiiiiinc,'s which have taken place during the mast summer, and are now being enact l ed imbibe somewhat of that same spirit and. as it were, see ana iole 1 see the hand of God in the coneroi ana ', direction of the events of this worlu which are of perennial and perpe'uai worth. By way of example, let us indulge a few prophetic coreflective verses inspired of this great law Know ye the hand. or the pens m spiration. 1 That wrote for the Films that harsh That banished the soil of newly freed
 The wandering Jews who have no {.
 where to flee?
 And where shall they go to find rest for their feet? Thus banished from Finland, Us lros'
 and it's snow;
 Or where is the friend they may nops
 With hand to despoil them wher-
 ever they go.
 The bird of the air hath Its nest. ane | it's lair l Hath the beast of the field;s but tel
 me who can,
 Where is Test for the outlaw. whose
 lot is despair, .
 When bounded to earth by the orr
 spring of man?
 It is writ. Thou shalt faint in the fea' I of thy heart:
 That the sight of their eyes whici
 thy children shall see.
 Shall cause thee to tremble wnereve thou art;
 That nowhere on earth from My lav
 ye are free.
 Thy heaven above shall be brass o's
 thy head:
 i. Thy earth shall be iron; thy rail ? shall he dust;
 lYe shall he mere proverb wherevs all ye tread, < " :, And nowhere on earth may ye faster ! your trust.
 lYe shall worship false gods whom ff your fathers knew not;
 Mere films of the brain; mere con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01

ward Staley of Troop 10 and Drayton Majors of troop 42 won red bars.
 The following achievement buttons have also arrived from the treasury depart ment this week: Scouts Lowell Cooper Troop 20; Carl Swope, Troop l; Archer Salmon, Troop 37.
 DECEMBER PRIZE CONTEST
 So much interest has been shown in the airplane contest and so many re- quests have been made for contest for flying models that it has been de- cided to offer the December prize along this line More definite rules will be published later but for the present it will be sufficient to say that the fol- lowing points will be considered in making the award. Height and dis tance of flight, extra credit to be given to models which fly from the ground There will be no limit as to size. but the rule against merely assembling parts purchased from some speciality house will again be applied. In addi- ton to the performance of the model it's general appearance will also be con Hsidered. All models must be submitted not later than 6 p. m., December 3l The trial flights will be announced later. Prize, an army strap watch. Any expert workmen who want to do good turns should gather up the broken toys of the neighborhood and repair them to turn in on the community Christmas when the scouts will again have the fun of playing Santa Claus to the poor of the city.
 PROGRAM"
 Two patrols to each put on pro- gramme not to exceed Is minutes, witt one or more members or the troop com mittee or some other visitor to act as judges as to the best performance. TROOP NEWS
 Scout Eugene Weinstein of Troop l2 after having violated all the laws abou wasting paper, finally drew maI which was accepted by MT. R. J. Will son of Fairfield the consulting engineer who now passes on all first-class maI tests. Scout Weinstein, thoroughly con vinced that his tests have been sur fciently difficult is now wearing | frst-class badge, whicn he probabl. would not be willing to swap for { wheelbarrow full of iron crosses. Scout master Hartlein of this troop, havins lresigned his position in the executiv'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01

, time when our own high prices have forced down the purchasing value of a dollar to 55 cents we find it Cat it's high est point in international exchange. Our gold coinage is divided into six de- nominations. The one dollar contains 8 .22 grains of fine gold; the quarter eagle (s250), 5S.O5 grains; the s coin, 6s 66 grains the half eagle ($5), 116.10 grains;
 the eagle <sl0). 232 20 grains, and the double eagle ($2O. 464.40 grains of fine gold. The silver coinage is divided into dollars, half dollars, quarters and dimes.
 The present minor coinage consists now of only the '.niclel," which really ought
 to be called the '"buffalo" or jit,' as | it is made up of 75 per cent copper and
 .5 per cent nickel. The 1-cent piece is lperfectly honest, containing 95 per cent
 copper, with the rest in tin and zinc.
 The paper currency consists of United