The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-12-22
CURRENT COMMENT

1aA NEW oddress.
CURRENT COMMENT
TOY and peace to I'll the friends wht
love ", TO al the enemies who
hats NJ and 70 the countless multitude
Of those who do neither. May the
frisnds love us little more, the enc
miss hate u littis less and all the
rest invest their delightful indi6er-
sncp With rood win. in keeping with
ths spirit Of the season. May the
Lord bless N al eonsIdsrabiy mors
than We deserve, make VI Z little
usors Tolerant Of our fellows, . little
moro msreiful to those who suffer.
and thne more faithful to our duty
70 country, home and mankind. May
He put > ittle more love in our
hearts, . little more strength in our
faith and supply our heads with their
appalling nssd Of wisdom May he In
Still Into the minda Of the prosperous
. hnar sense Of obligation, into the
hearts Of the respondent more cour-
ags and into the whole bunch the Wig |
o. that will enable each to do his
part This Il = fair outline Of our
Christmas attitude toward all.
CHRISTMAS II lucid interval that
II sent Ike = bsnediction upon an
irrational world. It IL fixed and as
surOd by the calendar, by the most
deeply cherished traditions Of civilis-
alton and by hopes and resolutions
that never are absent from the hu-
man mind. though they are often OBJ
scared under accumulated debris. It
y In the light Of the implication OF
these days that things done and left
undons by men and states always will
b finally assessed and judged. The
standards are hxed and they are per-
mansnt, and once year we have p
sft down and consider and accept
thsm. So people hurl money around
- Il thsy were made suddenly aware
Of its comparative uselessnsss. Pol
iticians stop lying about each other.
They have hssting impression that
Il isn't decent. Rich men ait down
with the poor and 10 away wondering
whsther the poor, with their patience,
thsir opsn-hsa rtednsss and their wise
tsndsrneas, are not, after all. tho rich.
Life becomes for 4 little while what
Il ought to BE- all through the year.
THE idea Of saving Christmas funds,
foatered by many Of the banks in !.
recent years, apparently has made =
vide appeal. for according 70 . New 7
York Times financial report, some
$50 million dollars il now being dis J
tributsd by 1000 county banks to
hose who have been accommodating \
~ savings during the year. Those
thrifty ones are sure to have the
'ssds for enjoying the season, and =
Turing this Christmas season they no
|cubt are rcaping the benefits Of their
orethought and. perhaps, in some
their sacrifice exercised y
nd endured the past year. Simply t.
= . scheme for having christmas
the saving plan inaugprated =,
y the banks Ii commendable and
win wuIio. ns an encouragement
thrift slong general linss. the plan )"
! also Of value. On the authority of
he representatives of the Christmas !.
Tub organisation that originated the
Ian, II ia said that million people - -
eve started their first savings ac- -
punt with money accumulated thro
ais plan. Nors than s million people
~ now members Of these clubs. The
hristmas savings plan 10 commend -
BILE for its contribution to the prac- ~
ce Of saving.
}oRN in 1882" says the always con- - =,
sentative telegraph dispatches, 49,
The Kaiser is no longer young We'd =.
ct what we have left after the ~
hristmas bills have been paid on
ie proposition that il seems longer ha
ian that to the Kaiser, The Kaiser. tn
will be recalled. lived what has been a.
estimated At 81 years At
certain night in November, 1918.
nut long ago we ran across q real Mi
op.imist. He was the little preach de,
with Southern accent who q few tn
ears ago was pastor Of the charges ha,
the Squaw creek country. He Is me
DIV connected with the internal rev.
1ue department and thinks the VIII
IN civil service order is going to keep the
i'm and his fellow Democratic office Ion
Dlders In their jobs the rest of their az
ltural lives. no,
- tub
y An as tne future OF the British hin
empire is concerned, the news of du,