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sighted statesmen nor to generals, but
to the children these flags are being
given" they heard.
All the foreign representatives spoke,
rejoicing to leave their flags in American
children's hands. The Belgian speaker
remembered what children of his coun-
try had suffered; he knew war came
close to children, and he would go back
and tell his people how the children of
New York City had helped
Lieutenant Raymond d'Aiguy, of the
Blue Devils, smiled gravely as he looked
at the girls and boys who had come to
the presentation. France knows" he
said, "the marvellous work you have
done and thanks you" He spoke slow
ly, pronouncing his words with care.
eve know all the war savings stamps
you have bought, the best you could do
for victory France does not forget.
And it has not been for France alone,
but for the democracy of the whole
world"
How many different ways heard that
word pronounced that night! Each for
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stand as representative of the fair name
of Japan and give to you her national
flag, the emblem of the rising sun, in
love and admiration for these children
of this city, who are the heirs and
makers of this great nation. Their heri-
tage is great-the United States of
America
Many of the school children were for
eigners, living in sections so poor that it
seemed as though they had scarcely
enough money to buy food. The sacri-
flee of the Italians, who, when prices
scared and loans were geing launched
shook their heads, but to say yes and
not mo" made one wonder lust what
other necessity they would do without.
SO there they will hang in our public
schools-one of the bulwarks of democ-
racy-the colors of Serbia, Italy, Bel
GUM, France, England, Japan, Portugal.
whose people love the children's help.
as symbol of the love and gratitude
of the Allied nations to the eight hun
dred thousand children of the schools of
this great city.
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ae Allied Nations Dip Their Flags to the Childre1

members of the Board of Education
There were lads in khaki, Boy Scouts
and high school girls. who sang the
national songs of the Allies in chorus.
But in the audience were many grown
ups-the parents and friends who were
receiving these gifts for the children.
A bugle call sounded, and up through
the great hall of the Board of Educa-
ton boys in uniform marched to the
platform, carrying the American colors.
The audience stood "The Star-Span-
gled Banner" was played, and high
sounded the note of freedom as Ameri-
cans and foreigners joined together in
singing it.
Then followed the presentation of the
flags by the representatives of the diff
ferent countries. The national anthem
of each country was sung, speech was
made, and the silken flags became the
possession of the children of New York
City.
Boys and girls-eight hundred thou
sand of them-working as hard as they
could, always exceeding their quotas,
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when cooking and other preparations
for the holiday are completed. Then
they are placed, the longest to extend
we'll out over the hearth, the end being
lightly smeared with honey, in readiness
for the ceremony of blessing the house,
cattle, beehives, pastures and focks, and
kissing the tree of the forest as the free
gift of God Before the logs are placed
the mother breaks "Pogacha" cake on
the log for good luck.
The mother then carries in the straw,
the children, in single file, walk behind
her, and as she scatters it over the floor
she cries "quock, quock," while the chill
dren answer like little chickens. When
the straw is scattered she throws three
or four walnuts in each corner in the
name of the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost" for continued care and prosper
ity during the coming year. Sacking is
then placed over the straw and the sup
per served on it, the family sitting on
the floor to express humility and obedi-
ence The supper is Of fish, as it is the
last SdcIlllCletl llSetl OclOIe IIic 1cSClVdl
The family rises at dawn, the pig is
prepared for roasting, the we'll is blessed
and the first two cups of water drawn
are used in the making of "Chesnitsa,"
the partition cake, in which a lucky coin
is baked.
Then comes the Polznik, the special
Christmas visitor. He carries a woollen
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80 Profteering at
t-,reenhut's General Store"

The great hospital is little town in
itself, with its own theatre and shops
and public library and it's own newspa-
per In one corner of the basement is
the post exchange, which is the military
equivalent for general store" Here
the soldier can buy almost anything from
q cone of ice cream to a service chevron
from roll jellycal1e to fountain pen.
Nearby is flourishing tailor's shop,
where experts clean and press the khaki
uniforms, being careful to leave the bull
let holes undarned. A barber shop with
modern conveniences but oldtime prices
has been set up in another corner, with
a bootblac]sing establishment close at
hand. The prices in all of these shops
are fixed by the hospital authorities;
there is no profiteering at "Greenhut's."
There are operating rooms equipped
with the very latest devices, an X-rav
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By ENE FOSTER

pad and pencil TO take down the telegram
which will bring unspeakable happiness
to the mother or sweetheart or wife in
the little town in the South or West. And
no matter how badly the boy may be
wounded, no matter how much he may
be suffering, the Red Cross girl will tell
you that he always includes in his mes
Age these two words, "Feeling fne"
The men who arrive at the hospital on
stretchers are taken to a room set apart
or the purpose, where they are bathed
nd otherwise cared for by the hospital
lttendants The percentage of thee
Asses, however, is small, for usually a
east 80 per cent Of the men who CONF
off the transport are able to walk abou.
oy themselves.
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Fasting Precedes
Feasting in Russia


Little Russia has a long fast before
Christmas, and it is not broken until
Christmas Eve, when the "Koutia," the
so-called plum pudding of Russia, is eat
Ell. This is rice or wheat porridge
which has raisins and currants added to
it and is served with syrup and honey
comb. The 'Koutia" is taken from the
hands of the cook and placed on the
pokoutia, or tray, with the syrup and
honey, by the oldest child, who then
carries it into the living-room and places
it on the altar before the family icon.
After a prayer and the drinking of
solemn toast it is placed on the table
and the long fast is broken
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glove filled with wheat in his hand, and,
after he blesses the home and all it's
interests che scatters the wheat, kisses
the Badnyak, then he turns to sit down
in wooden chair. The chair is snatched
from under him and as he sits on the
floor the blessings are driven home, it is
believed! He is then wrapped in a
blanket to insure plenty of heavy cream
for the year, after which he is treated
to holiday punch. The dinner is the
next excitement, after which the family
kiss and embrace one another and drink
toast to the GLORY of Cod
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The Noche- buena markets are filled with
all the holiday Injuries, among which
is the "sea bream," or Christmas fish,
that serves as an acceptable gift among
friends. A popular cake is one made
with rich layers of preserves and almond
icing, the sugar ornaments on top being
filled with rose liqueur
After the citizens of Naples finish
their religious devotions they turn their
attention to deeds of mercy. Prisoners
are freed, hospitals feted, the poor are
fed, public servants rewarded and
household accounts put in order; then
they turn to feasting. Traditional dishes
are almond soup, truffled turkey, roast
chestnuts and four different kinds of
rock cake.
Holland is faithful to good Bishop ST.
Nicholas, and celebrates his birthday
every year on December 6. Sailors carry
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umphant. All the fires in the igloos are
put out and made up entirely fresh.
Company fills most of the peat or snow
block homes Dog sledges are congre-
gated outside and strange dogs noisily
make new friends. Pots of reindeer
meat, seal or salt fish, send forth appe-
tizing odors, while gallons Of hot tea,
raw smoked fish and fat seaweed cakes,
with plenty of smokes for young and
old, are ready to enjoy in the bright fire.
light. The hostess has no table to set
and no dishes to wash, for the food is
taken from the pots and held in the
hands. The guests bring gifts of whips,
harnesses, carved articles of reindeer
horns and bones, and sometimes the COW
eted sheath knives used in dressing furs.
In Southern Europe
For the Holidays
Holidays in Spain are bright and gay.
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A twenty-five Minute Miracle
Ending in "Real Money"

AS they leave the shower room each
man is given a suit of pajamas, a warm
bathrobe and bathroom slippers. His
throat culture is taken and the ordeal is
over Then he comes out once more into
the big white corridor but quite differ
ent being from the one who entered it
exactly twenty-five minutes before-for
twenty-five minutes is the allotted time
for the whole performance
AS he energies with a face which
shines from generous application of
soap and water and with eyes that dance
with JOY, the first object he sees is
table covered with piles of bran-new five
and ten dollar bills. This is the climax.
now he knoavs that it is all a dream. the
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their alphabet. Bills are paid. houses
cleaned and decorated, and every one
dresses in his best clothes, carrying the
choicest fan, umbrella and lantern. Of
ferings of rice, vegetables and paper
money are burned with incense to gods
OF luck and prosperity. Street parades
with paper images, men with gongs go
ing ahead to announce their approach.
fireworks and odd maskers add to the
street excitement. "Sin-hi, Sin-hi." is
the salutation on all sides as friends
meet on their round of New Years calls
to honorable friends"
In Japan letters of greeting, written
on rice paper, circulate freely. Little
girls play battledore and shuttleeock.
boys fly wonderful new kites, while
grown-ups go calling. Mirror cakes and
special sweets are served with tea. At
each gate post little pine tree is placed.
fringe OF seaweed and paper ffutters
from the caves of the houses, and above
the doors lobster, persimmon, bit of
charcoal, an orange, bit of seaweed and
some oak leaves are fastened for luck.
Bags Of rice piled high at the door
typify prosperity to the owner
Shops are gay with all kinds of good
gifts, while at the confectioners are
stacks Of candy cuttlehsh, junks, mer
maids, tycoons, rice cracknes and
sponge cakes, sugared beans and sea
weed cakes. Who could ask for more in
the way of holiday cheer?
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reenhut'S'

from early morning until the last man
is safely tucked in bed for the night. 1t
is their duty and pleasure to watch over
the boys; to help them get into COM
munication with their people at home;
to look into the matter of delays in
receiving their pay; to write letters for
them; to help them in their shopping or
pleasure seeking, if they are well enough
to venture out into the great world out
side the hospital walls to see that they
receive the fruit and flowers, candy and
cigarettes which are sent to the hos
pital by the various war relief organiza-
tons; to provide them with toothbrushes
and washcloths and all the other little
toilet accessories which add to their COM
fort; to arrange for evening entertain
ments for those who cannot leave the
hospital-in short, to fulfil in every pos
sible way their mission as representa-
tives of "The Greatest Mother in the
World"
The Red Cross aids make daily pill
grimages through the wards on their
errands of mercy, but the scene of their
greatest activities is the lower floor of
the building, the entire front half OF
which is their particular domain. Here
is the theatre, with rows and rows of
raised seats facing a good-sized stage.
and boxing ring, where entertainments,
motion pictures, vaudeville or wrestling
matches are given every evening
Over in one corner is the library. con-
sisting of a magazine room as we'll as
the regulation library, presided over by
two trained librarians of the American
Library Association, who, besides their
duties in the library proper, carry cir
culating library on tea cart through
the different wards each day. There is
postoffice, an information booth and a
young woman who receives the tele-
grams and sees to it that they reach the
nearest office
The incoming visitor is met by one Of
the Red Cross workers, who takes her
credentials, so to speak-for one of the
most difficult problems with which the
Red Cross has to deal is the indiscrimi-
nate visiting by people who have no
reason for being there save that of NOR
bid curiosity. A force of detectives is on
duty both outside and inside the build
ing to guard against all undesirable
visitors.
But steady stream of people pours in
through the Sixth Avenue entrance
pianos and monographs vie with the
noise of the megaphones by means of
which the Red Cross girls seek to page
the soldier who has an unexpected
visitor, and everywhere there are family
meetings and reunions, some happy and
others so sad that even the most ex-
perienced Red Cross nurse is forced to
turn away her head to hide the tears.
Yet the Greenhut hospital is far from
being the gloomy place that people of
morbid Imagination seem to like to pict-
ure it There are sad cases among the
patients, to be sure; there are some who
will never walk again, a few who will
never see, but the majority are on the
high road to recovery, and every last one
is thankful to the innermost depths of
his soul that the war is won and he is
back once more in Gods own land"
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JOY.
Only a short time ago children were
working like the grown-ups to win the
war, in which we used to feel children,
at least, had no part. In the Great War,
however, we learned that children were
a part of it, too; part Of it abroad in
cruel actuality, and here in the war work
they did for the children abroad,
Some have forgotten, perhaps, the
wonderful war work the children Of New
York City did They remember vaguely
that the children did sell great many
bonds-somewhere they had read it.
But the Allied governments have not
forgotten the work And they want the
children to know it.
So one evening not long ago, several
weeks after peace had come, there as
sembled in the building of the Board of
Education in New York representa-
tives of the Allied governments and
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thoroughly fumigated and placed in
clean white bag, which the man may
claim whenever he wishes. The men
are now separated into groups, specified
as 1.-The clean" and "the unchean.' The
former go directly to the shower room,
but the latter are given special treat
ment for the vermin before they are
sent to their own shower room. These
patients receive three showers, and
when they finally emerge there 81 never
a trace of the pest whch has probably
annoyed them for months.
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patients come and go by the hundreds
and thousands
There are two kinds of mess halls, one
a cafeteria for those who are able to
wait upon themselves and the other for
those who need to be waited upon. And
the food! 1t was roast beef day when /
visited the mess halls, and it would have
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an image of the good man out to sea and
bring it back with elaborate ceremonies.
lmpersonators of the bishop distribute
toys to the children. Bowls of punch,
hot roast chestnuts and butter, "letter-
blanket" cookies, and animal cakes are
among the goodies present.
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BRONZE caduceus, sunken in
the marble floor marks the snot

IA the marble floor marks the spot
n where the famous golden foun-
tsin used to stand, and in place of the
throngs of holiday shoppers who venr
AGO iostled one another about before
its bargain counters hundreds of vounv
men in bathrobes and bedroom SINNERS
wander through the big white corridors
There has been a tremendous chance
in that great gray building on lower
Sixth Avenue where few short waol,s
ago a great department store was trans
formed into the largest military hosnital
in the country, but even the hrorye
caduceus cannot reconcile those of us
who knew it in it's previous incarnation
to calling it by its official title of De.
barkation Hospital No. 8, "Greenhut's"
it was to us and "Greenhut's" il vii,
remain.
"It's heaven, that's jes' what it is"
was the verdict of young Southerner
who sat in a rocking chair in a window
overlooking Sixth Avenue. you spend
weeks in the dugouts and trenches. then
she'll gets you and you spend weeks
more in different hospitals, with rides on
crowded hospital trains in between
times. then two weeks on transport
with the men crowded in like sardines,
and you finally land here and get a
bath and get rid of your filthy clothes
and your coolies and crawl into nice.
clean bed and-say, if that amt heaven
well, it suits me all right, l give you
my solemn word I jes' couldn't sleep the
first night from clair. pure 10Y"
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When the Leviathan
Came In

happened to be at "Greenhut's" on
the day that the Leviathan brought in
its quota of wounded soldiers, more
than thousand of whom were received
into its wards. They were a tired, DISNEY
elled looking lot as they came in, but
so filled with the JOY of being back once
more that nothing else mattered
The system for receiving these men
has been worked out to the finest detail
and the red tape cut as much as possible
so as to make it easy for them Those
who are able to walk form in a single
line at the door on Eighteenth Street,
where the ambulances and motor cars
have deposited them, and this line re-
mains unbroken throughout the whole
procedure. 1t files first through an
apartment where a row of ten young
women seated at typewriters quickly
ill out the army blank provided for the
purpose At the end of the room two
officers stand on either side Of a narrow
passage and receive the mans valuables.
his watch and money and so forth, which
are placed in a sealed package, for which
lie receives a receipt. The passage leads
into a large, square room where the men
remove their clothing, making it into a
neat bundle, which they carry with them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
A Month Of
Oriental Celebration

China takes a month off TO celebrate
the New Year properly. Children eat
freely of brilliant" cakes to sharpen
their wits so they may more quickly
learn the twenty thousand letters of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
By JEANETTE YOUNG NORTON

wv THILE we are reaching down
W. into the toes of our stockings,
metaphorically speaking, for the
last bit of Yuletide joy, let's peep
over the edge of the world and see how
the people in other lands celebrate the
holidays-those faraway lands that are
such near neighbors now
Strange Ways
In Serbia
Bojich meaning the little God,' is
the Serbian word for Christmas, the
celebration of which hanks back to
pagan days when the people worshipped
the sun god Daybog. Their New Year
began when the "sun having gone far
enough over the snow plains Of winter
turned again toward the green fields of
summer" which was about the last of
December.
Roast pig, having been sun god sac
llllce in days past, is served as the dish
OF honor on the home holiday tables.
hadnyi Dan, the day before Christmas, is
the day Of the Badnyak, or yule log cut
ing, which is performed with great
ceremony The young men of the vari-
GUS households go to the woods and cut
'he logs, after careful selection. Three
are cut of different lengths for each
oome and they are left in the yard, with
bundle of clean straw, until evening,
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En- barkati0n Hospital No. 3

INTO the adjoining room. where thew UNI
oergo physical examination by mem
oers or the hospital staff. Here, too. both
1he man and his clothing are examined
10Y Vermln, nd if such are found Gas in
nlNe cases out of ten they are) the
clothes arc sent down chute to the
ateA1llzin% room below. whcrc they arc
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Pledged, we'll equipped institution in
charge of man of wide experience in
army hospitals, Major Monaghan, who
never for a moment takes his hand from
the lever that runs all the complicated
machinery necessary in a hospital whose
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3 Alias

room and a large archaeological Iabora-
tory. There is even little colony of
guinea pigs and rabbits and white mice
on the roof to aid in experimental
work; in short, Debarkation Hospital
No. 3, in spite of its youth is full
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hot bath, the clean clothes and the great,
airy room-a]l creations of fevered
brain. He rubs his eyes and looks again
it is still there, "real money! he ex-
claims, as he Gazcs on the DID, familiar
@rcenbarSS One OF these crisp new
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Seaweed Cakes and Reindeer
Steaks With the Esquimaus

In Esquimau land the holidays are dark,
the sun being off duty, the day cold and
only four hours long, but, even against
such odds the festival spirit rises tri-
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S4,OOO,O00 in war savings stamps, and
so much for the great Red Cross. 1t is
with blazing and thrilling JOY that |
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done your heart good to have seen the
plates piled high with the most delicious
looking slices of juicy meat, mashed po-
tatoes, creamed carrots and slices of
white bread generously spread with real
butter. There are no complaints about
the food at "Greenhut's"; there is plenty
of it and it is Of the best quality, which
IS quite as it should be, thanks to Mr..
Hoover. And you should have seen those
men eat! The meat course was followed
by huge helping of chocolate pudding,
a favorite dessert; but even better is in
store for them, for an ice cream plant is
being installed in the basement which
will furnish the desserts for at least
every other day in the near future.
The roof of the building, which was the
flower and seed department of the old
store, has been fitted up as a sun parlor,
with growing plants, billiard and pool
tables, player piano and rocking chairs
galore.
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The Red Cross Meets Every Need
From Toothbrushes to Vaudeville

So much for the hospital proper. Now
| must tell you little of the really
splendid work which the Red Cross is
doing for the boys. This is under the
supervision of most efficient field di-
rector, Major Lamond, and his equally
efficient wife, both of whom are on duty
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bills is his for the asking-an advance
which the hospital makes on his pay
And can you guess what happens next,
IN nlnety-nine cases out of hundred?
He rushes to a nearby desk where a girl
in the Red Cross uniform is waiting witt,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER

IT. HE children are back at play.
They are glad with the Yuletide
ioy.
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proving the true meaning of democracy
and liberty were being shown the graft
tude of great nations. "Not to far