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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-01
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-01

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-01
DAVID WAKEFIELD
At THE OLIVER
"The AuCtiOneer," His First
Success, PIeaSeS South
Bend Theater GOerS.

What is one to say Of an actor the
mention of whose name sells every
seat i'm the theater days in advance
Of his appearance? David Warfeld
has come again. and gone; has left
behind numerous new friends.
doubtless, and entrenched himself
more strongly in the affections of his
many old ones i'm South Bend. Those
old friends are legion; their number
is not rivaled by any other stars.
There are those, who, given the
choice. will prefer to see Wariield
iu one play, and as many others
who will prefer another piece; but
where the question of attendance is
concerned there is no hesitation. One
goes to see Warfeld, not his play
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Yuletide Reveries

guiding the course of the lovely birds with reins
of silk and pearl.
'All the fruits of this are Gods gifts" de-
clared the little traveller, land how sweet they
seem. But | am Unselfishness, the royal
present for earths noblest and best. When the
oranges and the grapes and the cherries have
been devoured, when the flowers are faded and
the leaves crisp and dead are lying upon the
earth, will still be sweetening life and making
the world happier place in which to live
christmas! Christmas! Christmas" Some
body shouted these enchanting words from the
doorway and my dream came to a sudden end.
| Jumped up and found that the sunlight was
streaming through the window and across my
bed. 1t was a glorious morning. the bowling
winter winds of the day before had subsidized
and the earth was all covered with snow. But
temporarily the beauty of the outside world was
lost | wanted to see what was in my stock
ings wanted to find out as quickly as possible
how good old Santa Claus had been to me and
rushed in to the great wide chimney where
cracking fire was sending its red flame high up
the black, stone walls.
The present there-well | remember what 1t
was and it satisfied me, but this thoughtless,
extravagant age perhaps would not understand.
To most children now it would be common and
displeasing. They wouldn't realize the strug-
gle, the sacrifice necessary to make meager
sum reach out as far as fathers love went.
1t was all l wanted, however, and king never
gave gift that conveyed more happiness
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By.
AUSTIN CALLAN

Well, the morning was hurried through and
after awhile mother called us to dinner. Every
thing was smoking hot and she wore the whit
est apron and had the cleanest cloth on the
table and the biggest turkey | ever saw But
that wasn't all there We're mince pies and plum
pudding and cranberry Jelly and coolies of nuts
and candy and fruit. 1t was simply too much
for small boy and had to retreat long before
the exercises were over.
In the afternoon father went with us to the
top of hill that stood behind the house. He
was more of a boy that day than | had ever
known him before Laughing and rompng he
rolled us in the snow and then he tried to get
us to tackle him in a scuffe. / can still hear
the shouts echoing in the valley below; in men,
DRY they come rolling through the years as
sweet, happy music struck from the golden
cords of Youths enchanting harp.
After we were tired of the fun we went to the
highest point on the hill to view the grandeur
of the surrounding country. 1t was such a scene
as only a master of language could portray
upon paper. AS far as the eye could reach in
every direction the mantle Of white that cover
ed each limb or leaf or blade of grass gstened
like the twnkling heavens on a cloudess night.
1t was as if all the earth had been sprinkled
with diamonds and the glorious sun-god was
calling to each for its most gracious smile.
Even now the distant past beckons me back
there and l can feel the glow of Youth, the
warmth of fathers love, the thrill that fills
the heart of Childhood at Christmas tide. And
down at the little home under the hill see the
bluesmoke curling at eventide from the CHM
ney. and hear-as though it were music from
Gods santed realm-the sweet, soft tones of
cradle song from Mothers lips.
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and fainter till wandered off into mysterious
Sunderland.
And what strange dreams | had; once on
wide prairie | saw Santa Claus gliding
through the snow but instead of RENDERS he
was driving eight big white jack-rabbits. AS
he passed by in a run he threw large bag at
my feet and when | opened it out trotted
pretty little pony already saddled and bridled.
For a minute ! stood there in amazement and
wondering how | could get on that pony, with
my legs so short and nothing to stand on. But
Just then kind looking old man came along
and helped me to mount and | rode away at a
gallon. Soon the plain and hills were far be-
hind and | came to the edge of a big, May
wood that had never seen before How tall
the trees were and what beautiful birds fitted
from limb to limb. Some of these birds had
feathers that gliStened like gold, and oh, how
sweetlv they sang. 1t was as if the Angels had
assembled there to hail with their grandest
music the coming of mighty prince.
| had never seen such wonderful place as
that before; although it was winter giant
arches bent above me and myriad millions OF
purple grapes clustered there in the sunlight.
As | rode farther into the mysterious forest |
came to a sparkling lake of crystal glory
Orange trees laden with ripe yellow fruit grew
along the shore and everywhere luscious red
cherries greeted my eyes. Presently graceful
swan-white like the driven snow and with
neck arched like Venician gondola gently
glided over the surface of the shimmerlng
waters Standing on its back was little fairy
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H. COMMENTS ON CHRISTMAS nyhk= 4;S

sefishness and Christmas good will, murders
the greatest day, the greatest JOY the great
est blessing, ever given by Heaven TO earth,
and he reaps the greatest curse that can come
to man on earth-A Dull Christmas.
Are you. dear reader to have dull Christ
mas? God forbid. From such tragedy may
the good Lord deliver you. Fate may decree
that you must toll, but glad Christmas is in toll
Just as it is in play. 1t may be that you VIII
have to turn from the glad throngs and min
lister unto those who suffer; if so, count
yourself fortunate, for He who gave us Christ
mas found His greatest joy in ministering;
indeed he left the mount where heavens glor-
les were on display, and Heavens voice pro-
claimed his divinity, to minister to the suffer
ing. Whether you laugh or weep, minister or
play, enjoy health or suffer- you may have
Joyous Christmas if you can forget yourself.
dull Christmas awaits you if you are to re-
main with your ledgers, if you are to remem-
Der your grudges, if you are to draw your
purse strings tighter if you are to minister to
your baser desires. But Christmas will put
smile on your lip and a song of gladness in
your heart if you will hearken to its voice and
pleading The magic spirit is in the world
just as it was two thousand years ago. Heaven
is to come back to earth again, and in the
hearts of men the glad refrain is to be echoed
that was chanted by angels on that eventful
eve when the curtains were pushed back and
Heavens glorious light fell like a benediction
upon a sin-cursed world. II came as a joyful
song to the shepherds on Judean plains; it is
to come again, and again, as a love-note of
peace.
Who will have a merry Christmas? He who
graSps the great truth that JOY is a condition
of the heart and mind-not the qualification
of an appetite or the triumph of a selfish de
sire. He who does not forget that Joy is the
fruit of righteousness, the ful-flower of right
doing, and that he that would reap it must
first SOW and then carefully weed out the tares
of selfishness. No selfish life will experience
a merry Christmas, but he who forgets self
and gives of his store of smiles and good
cheer will reap the reflex as surely as the mir
ror reflects the golden light of the sun.
merry Christmas cannot be purchased with
gold, nor inherited, neither can it be ordered
from a distance. 1t is a homemade article.
If you, dear reader, can forget your wants
and needs and enjoy what you have; if you can
look beyond your failures and see the star OF
triumph brightly shining on the shores Of VIC
tory; if you can count as naught the little you
have done for others and recount the many
acts of generosity of others toward yourself;
if you can forget the wrongs done you and
sorrow over the wrongs you have done; if you
can lock all ugly thoughts and spiteful wishes
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dition into the ears of the inn-keeper. Touch
ed by the story the landlord made round of
his guests, telling the story of Joseph and
Mary, and asked if any one would surrender
room in favor of woman who was about 10
become mother.
''Who are the people" several men asked
in concert ''Do they belong to the best fam
lilies Of Judea; are they people Of influence and
standing?"
The landlord could only say, mo; the man is
a carpenter; the woman is his wife; they live
at Nazareth"
Dam Nazareth" said the naughty Jews.
Never knew a Nazarene yet I'd give up my
room to; send them to the stable"
To these the first Christmas was a dull
Christmas. There was no Christmas faith, no
Christmas song, no Christmas hope, no Christ
mas feeling toward the world, within them;
and to them Christmas cheer was, as 1t was
to Old Scrooge, "a humbug."
It was two years ago that | saw a man in
town Christmas Day, and greeted him with the
compliments of the season. Its the dullest
Christmas ever saw" he said-and he look
ed it, There wasn't bit of sparkle in his eye
not a trace of music in his voice. He had
murdered Christmas and trembed before its
ghost like Macbeth before the phantom of
Duncan. He wouldn't go to the Christmas
tree the night before, because, he said,
'(nrlStmaS trees are All IOOllSllllcSS anu d
waste of money" He had provided so mig
gardly for good old Santa Claus visit that ne
had seen only disappointment and sorrow in
the eyes of his children when they hurried to
their stockings He had closed his ears against
the shrill crow of the ban-yard cock in the
early morning: he complained at the noise
made by the children, and even refused to
speak a few words of cheer and hope to his
faithful wfe-I know he did all this, because
his deeds and acts were written on his face
and were sounded forth in his voice. | happen
ed to know that there was a very needy fam
lily living near him, and ! also know that many
of the neighbors had gladly contributed to
fund to buy wood groceries and confections
for the family, but this man said the hus-
band and father was ''no account and a dirty
scoundrel who had violated the laws of the
country, and his family ought to suffer" The
miserable man had left home because Christ
mas was not there Doubtless he had hoped
some friend would give an invitation to take
something" but the friend who had some
thing" did not wish to waste his good cheer
on one whose very presence chilled and killed
the Christmas spirit. And so it was dull
Christmas" to him, because Christmas flees
from his tribe now just as it fled from Herod
in days of old. Herod sought to murder
Christmas and Herod's finish was tragic and
pitiable And today he who murders Christ
mas JOY, Christmas liberality, Christmas un-
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burst upon Judean hills and the evening star cut
loose from its moorings and held It's radiant
torch over the hallowed scene.
am sure the first Christmas the world
knew was dull Christmas to many. Further
more, have an idea that right in Bethlehem
the cradle Of Christmas-many people found
Christmas very dull day. There was JOY for
all, to, be sure, but there were so many who
just couldn't be glad who couldn't sing, who
wouldn't shout, who wouldn't even smile. The
glorious news came to those who were in the
inn, but to some the announcement came not
Nas glad tidings, neither was it received with
/ 10y. Perhaps a sweet little miss came dane
iHg into the lobby singing Peace on Earth,
Vs1od Will to Men," whereupon an old scoun-
0r6l, whose conscience had gnawed so fiercely
through the night that he had had but little
Sleep complained to the landlord and snap
pishly asked whether the hoStelry was a hotel
or a dance hall. 1t was dull Christmas to
that old cync because he had never learned to
love music, or mrth or youthful beauty and
grace and because there was no welcome in
his heart for the beautiful, the true or the good.
Sitting around the stove in the lobby of the
Bethlehem hotel, there were, no doubt, half
dozen men of the world who scoffed at the
singer and told her she ought to be at home
helping her mother To them the story of the
birth of the Christ child brought no gladneSS,
the paean of praise first chanted by the
angelic hosts awakened in their hearts no
melody. They did not wish to hear the worlds
greatest story for there was to them no music
in its song and no interest in its recital. Why?
The birth of the Christ Child in a manger re-
vealed to the world, every time it was told,
their own selfishness. Only the evening be-
fore man and woman, footsore and weary,
had appeared at the inn and asked for lodg-
1g. There was no room. The good man
.oped for pity, for mercy. He told the land
lord no doubt, that he was willing to sleep in
the barn. or to deny himself the rest of sleep
and the comfort of shelter, but he pleaded for
his wife, and whispered the truth Of her con-
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f.ist commonplace structure back in the
edge of the widwoods, where the sweetbuds
Vloomed in the. springtime and the skylarkS
Sang through the morning sun, 1t still hangs
on the walls of my memory as painting
grander than Raphael ever put upon canvas
with his subtle brush
1t was there / spent the first Christmas | re-
member before the fedgings had flown from
the farnily fireside to wander far and wide INTO
a world with its mixture of sunshine and Shad-
pws.
eChfls mas Eve was bitter cold shall never
FORGET thatvand when father came from town
here was ice in his mustache and he had to
cave the team standing on the south side OF
he house until he warmed at big fire which
was waiting for him and drank cup of coffee.
Then he slipped some packages out OF the
wagon and hid them away in a big cedar chest
That night we were all sent to bed unusually
aarlv. Il, ~ told us that when Santa Claus
yane along and found children up, he passed on
fyithout leaving any fruit or candy or toys. But
+ inst couldn't go to sleep; covered my head
and counted sheep and said the Lords prayer
,ver and over and did everything | knew how
% do. Still curiosity and excitement kept me
wide awake Finally, quietly crawled out OF
Ned and peeped through a crack in the picket
wall | saw the long row of stockings that we
Mad pinned to the mantle and they were Stlii
smptv: On one side of the hearth father was
s,ising away at pipe and telling mother M,
soroe. ing in undertone that seemed to fill her
l,crv soul with Joy. / can see that face now,
kear,nQ there in the glow of the freight, ike
rose of Sharon kissed by the golden rays OF
T1oonday sun. How fair, how sweet, how happy
B { was! L..
Half ashamed for jhtruGing and fearful lest
11nfa might catch ne. - annpered back mo
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LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

Proclaim the holy birth!
And praises sing to God and king
And peace to men on earth.
How silently, how silently,
The wondrous gift is given!
$50 God imparts to human hearts
The blessing of His heaven.
No ear may hear His coming,
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive Him still,
The dear Christ enters in.
o holy child of Bethlehem
Decend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin, and enter in,
Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell;
o come to us, abide with us,
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A CHRISTMAS
OF
CHILDHOOD

Through the misty
span of years | see a lit
tie cabin at the loot OF
the hills; there are two
rooms. one built of post
oak logs, the other OF
cedar pickets, and on the
end a huge chimney is
sending a blue cloud of
smoke towards the heav-
ems.
That was the only
country home ! ever had,
although | love the han
diwork of Nature better
than anything man has
made and while it was
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in the strong box of forgetfulness and nour-
ish your kindly feelings with all the tender
passions, no such tragedy will ever come INTO
your life when the day of days comes round
as a Dull Christmas.
If Christmas gave no greater blessing than
the relaxation of the holiday season, it would
still be the greatest day of the year. The
elements of play and rest are greatly needed
in our serious, busy lives. Hard living, cark,
ing care, grinding toll burdened minds and
hearts from day to day, mark this material
istc age The money lines, the policy lines,
the lines of care and greed, stand out promn-
ent and tell of worry and WEAKNESS, but how
rare the light of cheerfulness and content
ment The people need rest-they need
Christmas with its unburdening of minds and
hands, and its good cheer
May it be given unto all of us to put away
all strifes, all envyngs and all jealousies, and
be at peace with all mankind-to wish every
heart happiness and every creature well.
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"This is the dullest
| ever saw"
How many times have
you heard this statement
or rather this acknowl-
edgment? Many, many,
times, of course, and
every time you have
heard it you have been a
witness to a confession
of human selfishness, for
selfishness is the author
Of every dull Christmas
that has been spent or
felt on earth since that
eventful eve when the
/
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A CHRISTMAS GREETING TO ARMY AND
NAVY.

These Christmas greetings to our army and
navy, sent by Secretary Baker and Secretary
Daniels on December 25 1917, will be read
with great interest at this time since our nation
is on the eve of signing a peace treaty that
marks the elimination of the bloodest war in
all history:
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a, 1917-Christmas
greetings were sent to the Nations fighting
forces tonight by Secretary Baker and Secre-
tary Daniels. Mr.. Bakers message to the sol
ders in France and America and their families
said:
ITO the soldiers France and the soldiers In train
in and their families the War Department
OIL Christmas greeting. OF
ton Of he OF which fills their
hearts and Of congratulations the opportunity
which before them do great work for their
Country and for the world"
To the men of the Navy, Secretary, Daniels
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o little town of Bethle--
hem,
How still we see thee
lie!
Above thy deep and
di'eamless sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in the dark streets
shineth
That everlasting light;
The hopes and fears of
all the years
Are met in thee to-
night.
For Christ was born of
Mary,
And, gathered all above
While mortals sleep, the
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Wars pass, great captains and their guns
pass, hate and bitterness, cruelty and horror,
and all the bloody masms of the soul, and the
frghtfu phantasmagoria that delude the null
titude-they all pass but love abides; every
new baby born into the world brings new sup
plies of love; the armies of angels that look
down on US shower us with love; the unchang-
ing Christ beams forth but love-love almighty,
omnipotent everlasting. Americans hold high
your heads this New Years Day. Your object
is peace on earth, good will to all men.
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DEEP.VOICED CHRISTMAS CAROLS.

Lawrence L. Winship, writing from Camp
Devens, Aver, Mass, to the Boston Globe, UNI
der date of December %, 1917, says:
"The pity of it is that New England could not
hear the Christmas carols Of the New England
division of the National Army. Whole compan-
les, regiments, gathered around Illuminated
Christmas trees in front of regimental head
quarters, standing deep in the wet snow led by
men of the ranks singing % Come, All Ye
Faithful
You've heard Christmas carols on Beacon
Hill, perhaps, or at home town community
Christmas celebrations. But you never heard
hundreds of lonesome soldiers lifting their deep
voices in military city on a countryside unten-
anted by civilians.
The notes died away in silent night
From away down in the artillery brigade
floated toward division headquarters, long after
the hour of taps strange words of a song of the
land in which this division may be fighting next
Christmas. Thirty men of Battery E, 3O3d
Artillery, were singing "The Marseaise" in
French Most of them We're French Canadians
from Northern Maine and New Hampshire. So
Christmas eve ended"
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-16
SILEZIA AMENINTA Gu
REvOLTA.

BERLIN, Is Maiu. = Telegra-
mele din diferite orase 81 safe din
susul Silesiei spun ca populatia
-gerHsaH&- din -aees previAtsz fear
te turburata ca un rezultat al ira
tatului de pace.
Toate clasele, toate partidele
din elementul german s'au unit
81 au inceput sd protesteze contra
unirei Gu Polonia. Eli Ger inter-
venire armata din partea Germa-
niei contra acelora earl doresc
ca sal faca polonezi"
La Oppeln s'au tinut trei ma~i
adunari de protestare. participant
til cintau cintece germane.
Guvernul din Berlin a primit o
multime de telegrame din Sile>ia
in care Sc cere guvernului Ca sd
respinga tratatul de pace.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-05-16

sti 81 de acolo la Cernauti, unde,
dupa intrevenirea familiei Hurmu-
zachi, fu eliberat. Della 1861 avu O
activitate fOarte rodnica in tot ce
Sc NUM- rominesc. A fost ales 81 de
membru al ,,Academiei Romine''
A scris foarte multi. Della ell avem
nenumarate volume. Desi in 1859
avea la nina decretul prin care flu
numit inspector general al scoale-
lOr din MOldova, ell salar de 800
galbeni pc an, lar in Septemvrie
Sc oferise prin ministrul Filipescu
redactiunea ,,Monitorului Official"
Gu salar de LOO lei pc luna, el q
ramas neclintit Ia locul sau, 81 lup-
tind GU cele mai mari neajunsuri, a
continual servi causa poporului
sau prin munca neintrerupa.