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Catoctin clarion., 1919-01-02
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0 month far famed For festive days
and nights renowned,
Joy fraught, with hallowed benedictions
crowned;
LIES annual clearing house for retro
spective thought,
Where pensive memory recalls the smiles,
the tears
The hopes and joys of youth, the loves of
vanished years,
And sighs to sec the havoc, sad that
Time has wrought.
o hoary month! In regions of the north
and east
The song of bird and ripping of the
brook have ceased,
And Natures thousand charms of sum-
mer days have fled,
There Boreas reigns, fierce god of wind
and storms:
And winter all of verdure into brown
and white transforms
And leaves no trace of life and beauty
Sped
o happy month! When keen anticipation.
sweet,
Flies swift on wings of ardent love to
greet
With gifts the friend, the lover or the
kindred near.
As Winter closer draws his Icy fettered
The heart expands and love unselhsh
reigns
And speeds its largess to the ones most
dear.
Illustrious months of most illustrious
birth!
Good tidings, peace and Joy to all the
earth
A heavenly choir announced when Christ
was born
No other birth such mighty portent bore,
This Prince of Peace whom heaven and
earth adore.
How thrills the heart at thought Of
Christmas morn!
j. C. Oliver In Los Angeles Times.
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THIJRMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD. THURSDAY JANUARY

tain packages. This puzzled him, for
his mamma had told him there would
be no gifts this year and he did not
expect any except what Santa Claus
would bring. Bobby asked his moth
er If what she brought in was intend
ed for Christmas, but she gave him
no satisfaction, though she took him
in her arms and gave him a bear hug
and a dozen kisses. She seemed as
happy as If she expected Santa Claus
to bring everything she wanted for
Christmas.
The day before Christmas mes
senger boy came with telegram for
Mrs. Sawyer. She tore off the envel-
ope and read it, and looked very hap
py. giving the messenger half dol
lar. Bobby asked what the telegram
was about. She told him it was about
q Christmas gift she and all the rest
of the family were to receive, and
when Bobby kept asking again and
again "What is 1t Tamma?" she gave
him another bear hug and smothered
him with kisses.
Bobby had q sister, Edith, twelve
years old, and brother Jim, ten. Both
Of them were too old to sympathize
with Bobby in his faith in Santa Claus
bringing him the gift he had promised
him in his letter. Indeed they didn't
belieye Santa Claus really wrote let.
ters to children. Bobby tried his best
to get out of Edith or Jim what made
their mother so happy, but they would
not tell. Indeed they seemed almost
as happy as she. Having failed with
them Bobby tried Peter the postman.
Peter said he suspected Santa Claus
had somet1.Ag to do with the family
happiness, but he was not sure. So
poor Bobby was obliged to swallow his
curiosity and wait for Christmas morn
ing.
Bobby went to bed on Christmas eve
determined to resist the sandman and
keep his eyes open all night, so that
he might get a glimpse of Santa Claus
and see what his remarkable gift was.
But the sandman soon began to drop
sand In Bobby's lids, and he was asleep
in ten minutes after his head struck
the pillow.
When Bobby awoke the sun was
quite high in the heavens. He heard
the word "Bobby!" shouted in his ears
and at the same time felt himself gent
ly shaken. He did not awaken by de-
arees, but all at once. And there
standing before him and looking down
upon him, smiling, was his papa.
'Why, papa" he exclaimed, Il
thought you We're never going to come
home any more"
"Santa Claus told me that he was
to bring me home to my little boy for
a Christmas gift"
Bobby threw his arms around his ia
Tiers neck and hugged and hugged,
and it seemed that he would never
Catoctin clarion., 1919-01-02
CHRISTMAS OF LONG AGO
Poignant Pangs Come Instead OF
Peace, as Season Causes Thoughts
of the Past.

Christmas, singularly enough for a
festival that is supposed to celebrate
JOY, is characterized by sadness. The
time of year, which Is supposed to be
fraught with good cheer, Is laden with
pain. Instead of peace, there are ex-
perienced poignant pangs.
Nor Is it cyniclsm which says so;
the average man in the street will tell
you the same. Neither Is grabbed age
sponsor for the crotchets of the time;
unless indeed grabbed age begins In
this hurried era when man passes
his majority. Nor is the tragic contrast
between the cloud which now for the
fifth Christmas darkens Europe and
the world, and the bright star of Beth
lehem the reason for the somber tone
that sounds beneath the gay notes of
the season, as the deep diapason of the
organ rolls beneath the ripping mel
ody No; 1t is none Of these things
which imparts to Christmas the SOM
berness which Is apparent to every
body who has passed into years Of ma
turity.
It's memory that does it. Memory
plays tricks with us on these days.
Perhaps more than on any other holi-
day our minds revert to Christmases
that used to be. We like to think about
it; we like to read the Christmas
Carol, because it puts In everlasting
words the emotion of gladness which
used to dominate that day. No mat
ter how humble the home, memory
paints 1t in wonderful colors on this
one day, from the time we jumped
from the warm bed long before dawn
and scampered across the cold floor
to get the stocking which somehow
had been stuffed during the night, to
the end of the plethoric home festival,
when, candy-smeared and filled to the
point Of repletion we were rescued
from the wreck of toys and packed
wearily off to sleep, more or less
troubled with painful suggestions Of
turkey and mince pie.
There is only one thing that can
make Christmas real to grown-up,
and that is to do something for some
body who cannot pay 1t back. That
otherism is, we begin to suspect, the
thing which dominated the Christmas
es that used to be and made them so
real that they remain warm In men,
ory. Unless you would have memory
become a dry specter. you yourself
must make real for little children Of
the now the pictures which memory
conjures up for you of the Christmases
that used to be.-Saturday Globe.
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Wrote His Letter.

give 1t to anybody but Bobby, saying
that Santa Claus required him to give
any letters marked "from Kris Krin-
gle" to the child to whom it was ad-
dressed and to no one else. Bobby
opened 1t and read:
Dear Bobby:
~ have received your letter and will
bring you the finest Christmas present
you ever received in your life.
SANTA CLAUS"
Bob of course was delighted with
this. and lie noticed that from the
time of It's receipt everything about
the house seemed to take on certain
cheeriness. Bobby laid in wait for Pc
ter when he came again and asked him
Il lot of questions as to how and where
Santa Claus gave him the letter. Pc
ter said that he was not permitted to
tell children anything about Santa
Claus. rh ! must hang up their stock
ings and wait for him to fill them.
This was three days before Christ
mas. Bobby who was very watchful
detected his mother smuggling In GER
Catoctin clarion., 1919-01-02
Western Maryland Ry.
GOING WEST.

,.I.ll!. In Ef.:5 SeJ,. q. 1913
Subject to change without notice.
Catoctin clarion., 1919-01-02
"Why, Papa!" He Exclaimed.

let go. Mamma, and Edith and Jim
came in and so great was the excite
ment that Bobby forgot to look for
what was in his stocking.
That was certainly the happiest
Christmas the Sawyer family ever
spent or ever would spend. Bobby
was too young to have it all explained
to him, but when he is older his mother
intends to tell him that his father was
on a vessel that was torpedoed and
sunk. Mr.. Sawyer was reported miss
ing, but he was picked up out of the
water by an American cruiser and in
time managed to get home. After word
came that he was saved the letter WAS
written to Bobby by his sister as from
Santa Claus, and afterwards tele,
gram came saying that his father
would be home on Christmas morning.
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A Repeated Message.

Every year Christmas repeats Its
message: "Fear God no more. He
brings liberty to the enslaved, light
to the despairing, purer joy to the
glad. He is the Comforter of the
sorrowing, the Physician of the sick,
the Healer of the sinful, the Friend
and Companion Of man.-Wilbur ID.
Nesbit.
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FREDERICK RAILROAD

Schedule In Effect Sept. %, 1918.
All trains Daily unless specified
Catoctin clarion., 1919-01-02

II ODfn STU dVy ''V u C'toctIn
Note-All trains arriving and leavi@
rhurnont scheduled from Western Mar
land station.
Note-All trains arriving AMI leavin
Frederick scheduled from Square.
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A Gl1rtatn,aa Urrr
by G4arlrB Dnkrt.a

NJ ] have been looking on this E
III evening at merry company 81
1H Of children assembled round 4
q that pretty French toy, a X
~ Christmas tree. The tree was ~
. planted on the middle of ~
lf great round table and tow Il
'Hs cred high above their heads. n
" 1t was brilliantly lighted by -
NJ multitude of little -tapers E
R1 and everywhere sparkled and N
VI glittered with bright objects. *
" There were rosy-cheeked dolls e
y hiding behind the green -
~ leaves, and there were real n
l6 watches with movable hands, xS
'H< at least, and an endless ca &.
" pacity for being wound up) e
" dangling from innumer@ble ID
H twigs. There were French 6
1x polished tables, chairs, bed Il
y. steads, wardrobes, eight-day Y
NJ clocks and various other ar %
II ticles of domestic furniture N
Ii Wonderfully made in tin at 1S
I1x Wolverhampton) perched II
y among the boughs, as If In u
" preparation for some fairy N
II housekeeping. IN
Ia There were jolly, broad 81
III e.
81 agreeable in appearance than u
~ many real men, and no Won $l
Ia der, for their heads took off S
r. and showed them to be full II
v of sugar plums. There were u
" fiddles and drums. There ~
II were tambourines, books, n
tt workboxes, paint boxes, peep y
y. show boxes, sweetmeat boxes ~
" and all kinds of boxes. 4i
IL There were trinkets for the 81
IL older girls, far brighter than S
Y< any grownup gold and jew =
" els. There were baskets and u
70 pincushions in all devices. ~
N There were guns, swords and n
u banners, real fruit, made ar
Y ti6cially dazzling with gold e
~ leaf; imitation apples, pears
Rf and walnuts, crammed with n
VI surprises. In short, as a S
Y. pretty child before me de- Z
~ lightedly whispered to anoth- ID
" er pretty child, her bosom ~
VI friend, "There was every &
" thing, and more" II
y, " y s3a y 8 ~ q = ~ 3
Catoctin clarion., 1919-01-02
HOLIDAY SEASON IN Hall
Or. Grenfell Of Labrador Fame
Explains Christmas observances
In the Sunny Land.

Travellers visiting Rome while 1t
was still the center of land of peace,
found Christmas there day of joy
BUSINESS; and the merry bells Of many
churches, usnering In the day spoke
the familiar language Of home.
Just before the war, DR.. Grenfell,
Of Labrador fame, INDUCED in the
unusual luxury of brief holiday in
Europe, after years of tireless service
among the fishermen. His journey
brought him and Mrs. Grenfell to
Rome just as the many religious and
civil observances of the Christmas
season We're about to take place. A
great contrast these scenes were to
the Christmases of icebound Labra-
dor.
The decorations, the greetings, and
the crowds fiocking in and out of
churches, emphasized the spirit of the
season. "All the places of worship into
which we peeped," he says, "were
ablaze with lights, while professions
of priests in glittering robes. with So
norous choruses and ascending incense,
appealed to the various senses"
At one church they viewed the five
boards believed to have formed part
Of the cradle of our Lord.
The American Episcopal Church of
st. Paul, where they worshiped on
Christmas morning, was crowded with
the Protestant population of the Holy
City. A feature of the service was the
dedicating of beautiful new mosaic,
covering one entire wall of the church
and representing the nativity OF
Christ.
OF the Coliseum, says DR.. Grenfell,
1--WE could think of no place better to
suggest to our minds the communion
of the saints; and as we walked
round the tiers of seats we could see
again the men of like passions with
ourselves giving their lives for the
same Master we claim to serve"
When darkness had fellen the trav-
ellers were attracted by numbers of
bright lights over by the Porta San
Giovanni These proved to announce
"all the fun of a fair"-tEere in Italy
just as one finds them In this coun-
try at county fair"
>EA-
HT Nu2
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A common Human FaiIjnu.

A Common Human Falling.
It is undoubtedly more blessed to
give than to receive; but 1t is hui
man failing TO compare the value Of
Christmas gifts.
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'7.0Oam H. 55pm 3. 55pm 5.OOpm 6,57pm
425'' 529" S25"
DAILY. tDaily except Sunday. tSunday
Only.
Evening journal., 1919-02-05
EBENEZER AFFAIRS.

Special 10 the Evening Journal.
EBENEZER, Del, Feb. 5.-The Ladies'
Aid Society will meet at the parsonage
on Thursday evening February i3.
Mrs. Alban Buckingham. Jr has been
confined 10 her home with grip.
Miss Alma Little, who has been a suf-
ferer OF bronchitis. Is much improved.
Mrs. Irma WhHeman OF Wilmington
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Samuel Pierson.
Harry Buckingham OF Wilmington
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alban Buckingham, Sr.
Miss Mildred Walton spent a couple
OF days last week with her friend, Miss
Pauline Mole.
q Harvey J. Davis Is m with the grip.
Miss Bertha Walton spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Walton.
Many residents IN this vicinity are
sufferers OF influenza.
Mrs. Leroy Hill and son Carlisle. have
returned home after spending some
tine with her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. d. topper. OF WllmingtoD.
Paul Aikens Of Wilmington spent
Sunday with his parents, Air. and Mrs.
William Aikens.
Miss Edith Iill Gf Wilmington spent
the ", ek-end with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hill.
Evening journal., 1919-02-05
NININUM WAGE
BILL HEARI'G
Senate Committee Invites
Consumers League to
Speak Tor P Proposed Law
BOSTON BUSINESS
MAN FAV0RS

AZ the weekly legislative conference
OF the Consumers League OF Delaware
held yesterday morning. Or. C. L. Can
dee presiding, a letter from Senator
James r. Alice. chairman OF the Senate
Labor Committee, was read announcing
the ofer OF committee hearing on the
minimum wage bill now before the
Senate any time Il was desired The
legislation committee decided TO accept
The Invitation at an early date. accord
ing to the convenience OF the Senate
committee and the secretary was di-
recied 10 notify Senator Alice to this
effect February II has been flxed as
the date.
Reports on the legislative and educa-
tional work Of the past week were
given by Miss Clara Souihwlck. execu-
tive secretary and Miss Mary Cav
thrOpe, legislative secretary. Interest
ing messages accompanying endorse
ments OF the bin were read. Mrs. A. y.
Warner, member OF the legislation COM
mittee, reported the action Of the ex-
ecutive committee Of the State Fedora
tion OF Women's Clubs IN endorsing
the bill The Dover Century Club has
also given a unanimous endorsement.
A message from the Central Labor
Union said In part: Organized labor
believes this Is a most needed and pro-
gressive measure for Delaware and ap-
preclates your initiative IN endravoring
to have such enacted into legislation"
Il was announced that Edward A. Fl
lene. OF Boston, head Of one OF the larg-
est business houses In the world. was
expected 10 visit Delaware in the near
future as the guest OF a prominent
Wilmington merchant who will give a
luncheon in his honor 10 a number OF
employers who are interested In the
minimum wage OF which Mr. Fllene
has for many years been an advocate
The legislation committee also plans 10
secure Mr.. Filene as a speaker at a
public mass meeting In behalf OF the
bin at a later date.
Il am sure" was Secretary South
wlck's report, that IL Is his desire 10
do everything he can to help this
movement"
To make the regular conferences
more accessible to all members OF the
Evening journal., 1919-02-05
SMYRNA RED CROSS
REFLECTS OFFICERS
IpecIal % The EvenIng Journal.

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
SMYRNA, Del, Feb. 5-The Twen-
tleth Century Club meeting last Friday
afternoon was in charge Of the chair
man Of music, Mrs. Olive Shalleross.
The Epwo-lh League OF the Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Church held a So
cial In the lecture room last Friday
evening.
The Mite. Society OF Asbury Church
has elected the following officers /:
President, Mrs. R. G. Wallen; vie
president, Mrs John w. Clifton; secre-
tary, Miss Anna d. HOugh . 3asurer,
Miss Estella Armstrong.
Willard Salisbury short and Miss
Anna May Slaughter, both Of near
smyrna were married on Saturday
evening at Asbu.y NJ. E. parsonage, by
the Rev George c. Williams.
The annual meeting OF the Smyrna
Red Cross branch was held Monday
evening in the Red Cross room.
Reports Of the year were given as
follows: Number Of surgical dress
ings made, 1903; reported by the chair
man. Miss Cora 7. Schudy; sewing,
Mrs. Frank z. Postles, chairman, 592
garments made; canned fruits. Mrs.
L. Vernon Phillips, chairman, 800 con-
talners 10 be sent to hospitals when
called for; work OF juniors. Miss REM
d. Williams, chairman, i4S knitted ar
ticles, 90 comfort bags and $3.50 real
lied from rummage sale.
Following the reports the offloers
were reelected. %
Evangellstic services are being held
In Asbury Church this week by the
Rev. George C. Williams.
Mrs Mary L. Boyd has returned
home from a visit Of several weeks to-
her son, Edward L. Boyd at Rutledge,
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Roberts have
gone 10 Florida.
Mrs. Mary P. Price is visiting rela-
lives at Newark.
Evening journal., 1919-02-05
DELAWARE CITY GOSSIP.

Special IN TIE Evening Journal
DELAWARE CITY. Del, Feb. s.
Mrs. Laura Padley. who has been con-
fined to the house with sickness, is i'm
proving.
Miss Marion Price left yesterday for
Baltimore. where she will visit her sis
ter, Mrs. Harry Steelman
Mrs. Harry Heal has returned home
after a week visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Kennel Cross. Of South River. ~ ].
Captain McMunn returned home Mon
day after a weeks stay in Port Penn
WITH his son, Charles McMunn.
Miss Marie Lockwood and Miss Sal
mon, who have been here under the
Chlldren's Welfare Branch OF the Ma
ti0nal Defense League. weighing and
examining all children under IS years
Of age. finished their work in the pub
lie school yesterday.
The regular meeting OF the Century
Club on Friday afternoon viii he In
charge OF Miss Martha Price Her sub
ject will be Current Events"
A minstrel show will be given here
on February % for the benefit Of The
Red Cross.
Evening journal., 1919-02-05
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

II you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries
the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and
Is very harmful. Just plain mulslled
cocoanut oil (which Is pure and en-
tirely greaseless). Is much better than
the most expensive soap or anything
else you can use for shampooins, as
this can't possibly lnjure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub It In. One or two teaspoon
fuls will make an abundance Of rich,
creamy lather. and cleanses the hair
and scalp thoroughly. The lather rinses
out easily and removes every particle
OF dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive
oil The hair dries quickly and evenly,
and IL leaves II fine and silky, bright.
fluffy and easy TO manage.
You can get mulsifed cocoanut oil at
most any drug store. II Is very cheap,
and few ounces is enough TO last
everyone in the family for months.
Evening journal., 1919-02-05
WHITE ON
REVIEW In FRANCE

Special TO The Evening Journal.
sEAFORD. Del. Feb. 5.-sergeanl
Everett E. White, Company C, ii5th
Inf, has written his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. n. NJ. White. that he spent Christ
mas Day reviewing before President
Wilson, President Polncare OF France,
General Pershlng and General Foch. III
says there were four divisions OF In
fanlry, one battery OF artillery, one
cavalry unit, tank corps and bat
talon OF machine guns. White Is now
In Rlx Les Baines on a seven days fur
lough
The Hobbs and LOgendyke mlnsirels
of this town will give thler minstrel
show In Dover Opera House, Valentine
Day, February iiih.
W. Ford Breeding, manager Of The
Grand Opera House at Fpderalsburg
is negotiating with Scaford parties for
plot OF land on which TO erect q
moving picture theatre.
While shopping In Federalsburg, yes
terday. Mrs Enos Williams, who lives
between Seaford and that town, was
robbed OF S275.
Eggs have taken sensational drop
m the local market retailing today for
% cents per dozen.
Evening journal., 1919-02-05

The judglng OF Opportnniiy's pulse
Is accomplished accurately by means
OF the WANT ADS.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1919-02-05
10-YEAR BOY Is
ACCUSED AS STABBER
10 The Evening Journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
GEORGETOWN. Del. Feb. 5.-Charged
with stabbing William Houston. OF
Lincoln City. in the breast with a knife,
Causey Ross, a small colored boy, is
confined in the county jail Houston
and Ross had a dispute over a trl1lng
matter IN the school and Ross is alleged
20 have remarked that he would get"
Houston when The session was over.
After they had gotten q short distance
f)m the school the wordy battle was
.>Iewed. With the result that Ross drew
his knife and struck Houston In the
breast, infllcting a painful but not seri-
Gus wound. The prisoner is about 20
years old
Evening journal., 1919-02-05
fem lNINE MAJORITY
Gains in Membership Re-
ported bv Many Faiths in
1919 Statistics
EVEN DCZ.N N The
APO STOLIC CHURCH

The preponderance OF women over
men In church membership is not 81
large as is popularity imagined. accord
ing TO the Year Book OF the Churches
fo7 1912 issued by the Federal Couu-
Gil OF the Churches OF Christ In Amer
lea. Statistics compiled frDm repor. IS
made by 1917 40i churches, out Of a
total of 22S.OO7 congregations in the
United States, show there are 1890
2Oi women members as compared with
t5.O53,90S men, or a little more than
56 per cent.
The proportion Of men In the Roman
Catholic churches Is above the normal.
being 6,i490}5 men, as compared with
6,420,360 women. Even the Latter Day
Saints. or Mormons, do not vary great
ly from the general average, reporting
i9420s men and 209,isO women.
few denominations approach the
two-ihlrds proportion OF women. Thus.
the Southern Methodist report l.f57. .00i
women and only Si0.708 men. The same
proportion holds true in the Colored
Baptist and the Colored Methodist
Episcopal Churches, while the Presby-
terian bodies are slightly more mascu-
line, with the exception OF the United
Presbyterian Church Of North America.
which has 6i,770 men and 9O,77s wom-
en-.
The one church body that appears 10
be safe from a feminist uprising Is the
Association Of Buddhist Temples.
which enrolls 479S men and only Gal
fai- Nipponese.
During the decade the Methodist
Episcopal Church, with a membership
OF 3i7s397, reported an increase OF 25
per cent. The Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, with an added 2s per
cent. enrolls 2i0S,O7t communicates.
The Presbyterian Church In the Unit
ed States Of Ameaica en~olls t,6i3O57
members. a growth OF almost 81 per
cent The Congregational Church.
with 10000 new members. records a
growth Of almost i3 PEI cent increase.
giving It a total OF 79Oi73 communi-
cants The Protestant Ep!scop1l
Church has i,09si73 communlcants, q
gain OF q per cent
The Baptist churches reporting to-
the Northern Baptist Convention have
i.227,4iS members, a gain Of i6 per
cent In the decade, but The colo-ed
Baptist churches, with their 3MSs3i4
show an increase OF almost 80 per cent.
The Disciples OF Christ made a gain
Of q per cent and now have 1921, ,0iOl
communlcants. -----
The Sunday schools OF the country
have made the largest increase lnI
membership. The present enrolment OF
i9 9ji .675 students and almost 100000
officers and teachers. shows a gain OF
6.25O,OOO over the figures reported ten
years ago.
The smallest church body listed In
the Year Book Is the Apostolic Church
which eBrehs seven women, and nyr
men, making a truly apostolic dozen.