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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24

the joy get out of buying the things
/ have in mind wouldn't trade for
dozen bankbooks with full pages of
deposits. By the way, did you know
Tom Masters at the university? Your
fraternity pin made me think Of him.
He had one just like it."
A queer Look shot across Bert's face.
"Of course. He was the best cd scout.
Can't we talk over old times some
EVENING""
Three days later Louise, all expec-
fancy. put the finishing touches to the
living room-a small Christmas tree
gracefully distinguished one end.
Wreaths hung in the windows and
little sprigs of holly ornamented the
center ceiling light. Louise turned
on the circuit Of Christmas tree lights
and sat down to admire the tree and
collect herself. She was little wor-
ried. What in the world had prompted
her to be SO brazen? Never before
had she acted So To say the least,
her customary timidity had certainly
been put to fiight-had deserted her.
She had not long to ponder. for the
doorbell rang.
Bert, the picture of neatness, looked
more than his usual six feet in height
as he stood alongside Of Louise when
he greeted her. For the first few
minutes the evening seemed doomed to
be miserable failure. Finally Louise
could stand it no longer.
"YOu probably will hate me forever
when tell you this, but I can't keep
up this farce any longer. I knew you
never attended the University of Chi
cago. knew exactly what school you
graduated from and that it had been
with high honors. too. knew what
type Of family you came from and
the kindly care you gave your mother.
learned these things from the WON
an | am living with, as she Is an inti-
mate friend of your aunt, have been
lonely for company since my coming
her and so determined ! would not
spend this evening, of all the ones in
the year. alone. Now you can hate
me If you like. wouldn't blame you."
"On the contrary, I think this is a
lark. l had presentiment Of Just
such a situation, but I couldn't
imagine why you picked out this eve-
ming Christmas Eve-for me to come
and talk to you about mythical fra
ternity brothers. / was sure tired of
waiting for an introduction. Then
you know my name and history? And
at last the meeting" cried Bert with
one of bis famous smiles "Well,"
praise be to Christmas and the cou-
rage 1t gave you'll"
"a 1875. Western Newspaper Unien.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24
Christmas Spirit
ByMartha Banning Thomas


OF the green wreath hung on the
SE2 knocker of the door. Not the
CLEAN of silver tinsel dripping
from the Christmas tree. Not the pile Of
packages heaped about-fat packages,
slim packages, packages fairly burst
ing with their own secrets. Not the
plump turkey and cranberry sauce
and pies steaming with fragrant, holt
day odors. Not the blizzard OF greet
ing cards coming by every mail. Not
the exciting ring of the postman who
has a special smile as he hands out
The letters.
Not tie happy voice of the CAROL
singers who tramp through the snow
under the stars to bring a bit of
Christmas cheer to those shut away
from the usual festivities.
Not bulky stockings knobby with
gifts. Not the crunch and squeak Of
footsteps on snow on frosty night.
Not these things alone make
Christmas. They all help. They add
the happy trimming, as it were. But
only as they take on the true spirit
of this holy time do they merge into
the power and the glory of the pre-
cious season.
Christmas The interlude between
the old year and the new. The prom
Use of great things to come. The con-
summation of things that have gone.
The priceless moment when men may
reach up and be God-like in their pity
and understanding.
The Star of Bethlehem is symbol
a gift-an opportunity for the justifi-
cation of the faith that is in us.
Let us be merry. Let us be gay.
Let us feel the last, full measure of
happiness at this happy time. But
let us also dedicate ourselves anew
to the highest possible expression of
Christmastide, tolerance, unselfshness,
liberality, peace and good win toward,
men,
t(0. 1925, Western Newspaper Union)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24
OUR CHRISTMAS DAY

There is an innate perception
among men and women tina,
Christmas day ought to be tho
happiest in the year. 1t is doubtful
if they ever attempt to anayze their
own half-formed ideas on the sub
ject, but it is only necessary to turn
to the writings of those who have
been most solicitous for the we'll
being of their fellow men to see tina
this is the case. Look, for instance
at Washington Irving telling, i
"Bracebridge Hail." the story of
good old-fashioned Christmas accord
ing to the flesh, a picture that was
to express his ideal OF ION eartl
peace, good will toward men," &C
turn to the greatest of all tn
chroniclers of Christmas, Charlt
Dickens. the man who in his mar
pictures. from that of Dingley Dell
to that Of ScFosge's bedroom, sought
to make Christmas season of goo
deeds and of good cheer. Bless
.ings on your kind heart yeffer.
wrote TO him, on the publication o.
the Christmas Carol You shouie
be happy yourself, for you may be
sure you have done more good by
this little publication, fostered more
kindly feelings and prompted NOR,
positive acts to beneticence than ca,
be traced to all the pulpits and
confessionals in Christendom since
Christmas, 1912" After that, reao
the accounts of how they actually
kept Christmas at Bracebridge Hal
and Dingley Dell: contrast it with
the marvellous story, told by Luke.
the beloved physician" of thai
first Christmas day in Nazareth
ChristiaH Science MonitoF.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24
CHRISTMAS SEASON is ONE
PERIOD OF THE YEAR
WHEN ALL PEOPLE
ARE EQUAL

This is the season of equality, the
one brief period Of the year when the
Christianized world momentarily for
gets class and caste. Rich and poor.
great and lowly. good and bad, to-
day stand more nearly on a footing
of equality than they have stood
since last Yuletide, or than they will
stand for another year,
Nor this is the Christmas season
and Christmas belongs to the child
and untutored childhood knows nc
caste. 1t is only from grown-ups
that the little ones learn false
standards of social place.
For this brief season, then, let
childhood take our gnarled hand O..
sophistry and beguile us by the
niger back to feeting glimpse O.;
hat lotus land of equality we once
knew and can know only once.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24

everyone he wished a merry Christ
mas.
They had hurried so to make con-
nections, they had scrambled and
pushed through the great holiday
crowds. But now they were all sure
they would get home on Christmas
Eve. After they got on this train
there could be no missing Of connec-
tions and the conductor had promised
them they would be on time.
Out of the windows occasional lights
could be seen in the farmhouses they
passed and in the streets of very small
villages. Bit every house, no matter
how separated and alone, was deco
rated Christmas reached everywhere.
It penetrated the traffic of cities and
reached out to the most remote places.
There was a general chatter going
ON, a renewing of friendships, talk
between some who only saw each other
at this time of the year, who had diff
ferent interests and occupations and
lived in different places but who en-
joyed this annual little talk.
And then the engine gave a long,
long, long whistle. 1t was not the or
binary whistle of an engine. 1t was
the way the engine always whistled on
Christmas Eve, so as to carry word to
the waiting families and friends at the
little station at the end of the line
that the train was doing its part to
wish them merry Christmas by
bringing its load of people.
Dexter was out on the station plat
form. Oh. such greetings as there
were. And then a rush to the differ
ent homes where hot suppers were
spread out upon candle-lit tables and
where rudy fires radiated their glow
,of cheer.
Dexter was surrounded by his fam
lily. And besides-there was Nancy.
That made the 'home-coming perfect.
For it gave him the hope, the unspo-
ken promise that he would have his
own, own homecoming before long.
Nancy would never have joined this
family gathering on Christmas Eve
when Dexter was just home, II she
had not decided that certain matters
he had taken up with her in letters
were toi be answered by assent!
''Oh, Nancy" he told her later, sit
does. it does mean that you say YES
doesn't itf"
And Nancy said that 1t did!
(@. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.>
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24

~ OUISE had not been oblivious to
" the courteous How do you dos"
and attempts at conversational
least those that could be appropriate
ly engaged In from the other side of
the bars. The conversation assumed
such form as: 1.-TWO fives, a ten
or some onesT' with an accompanying
smile. Today, as she entered the
great, white stone building, she made
a resolve. She wrote her check and
approached the desk. The smile and
the same "How do you do?" greeted
Louise. She hesitated, then nerved
herself to meet the occasion and
with quivering smile burst forth:
''Did-didn't meet you at the Uni
versity Of Chicago? 1t seems to me l
did. Il"
"N-um, well yes, perhaps. Yes, /
believe you are right" acquiesced
Bert, putting down some figures in the
little handbook so vigorously that the
pen point protested sputteringly, max
ing the ink fly to the right and left.
Looks like Christmas is making in
roads in my bank account. Oh, but
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24
THE MOST GENERALLY
OBSERVED OF ALL
F1uNcsTWWyA q
FESTTVAT,S

Christmas is of all the festivals
the most generally observed in the
western world. 1t is the universal
holiday of Christendom, and the
general phases of it's observance are
in their essentials similar in all
countries. 1t is a sort of common
ground on which we all meet for, at
least, one day in the year.
IN its religious aspect the festi-
val is remembrance of the
Christian faith-the gift of God to
the world of divine Savior. Out
of that central and dominant idea,
no doubt, grew up the practice OF
selecting Christmas, above all other
seasons, as the time for friends to
bestow gifts upon one another, and,
for all who can, to extend charity
to those in need.
Although not so old as the
religious feature, the domestic and
social features Of the festival date
back to very early times, at any
rate, to times that are early in our
history.
For centuries Christmas has been
pre-eminently season of home
gathering, when absent ones return
and the family circle is once more
completed, or as nearly completed
as the changes and chances of life
make possible. With homecoming
was associated good cheer, and so
Christmas came to be season of
feasting and merrymaking.
In England during the Middle
ages, and for many generations after
the Middle ages had closed, the
Christmas season, which included at
least whole week, and liturgically
40 days, was given over to merry
making of various kinds, some of
which have gone the way of many
of the customs of our forefathers.
For instance, there was the bringing
of the Yule-log to be lighted on the
fireplace on Christmas eve with
much ceremony and rejoicing. We
have no Yule-log for there are few
fireplaces now. The name of the
log recalls another name for Christ
mas, which was anciently called and
is still known as Yule-tide or
Yule-time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24
HEALTH SERVICE

Ways in which the State Depart
ment of Health is carrying on a
continuous and carefully organized
campaign for the prevention of
disease and the promotion of health
among the people of the State, are
briefly summed up in circular
entitled Health Service prepared
~ the Department in response to
requests for such information from
schools and clubs.
The Director, as the circular
shows, is the Executive Officer. His
offices and the headquarters OF the
bureaus and divisions entrusted with
The highly diversified but closelx
correlated activities of the ID
ment are at 16 West Saratog
Baltimore city. The Direct
represented in the State wide
oy the Deputy and Assistant
late Health Officers and
me County Health Officer
For purposes of health ad
zion, the State is divided id
tary districts, each consisting
Or more counties, and each
in charge of a full time
State Health Officer. I'M
duties have made it necessl
reduce the section covered a.
establish full time health d
nents in certain counties, so
here are now ten Deputies, u
Assistant Deputies and four full Il
Jounty Health Officers in the fie
Public health. nursing activities a
IN integral part of the heath wors
IN each section and there are now
forty-fve nurses engaged IN public
health work in the counties.
AT The central headquarters there
are eight fully organized Bureaus
and two Divisions, the duties OF
which are indicted by the titles
Bureaus; Vital Statistics; Com
municable Diseases; Bacteriology;
Chemistry; Sanitary Engineering;
Child Hygiene; Food 4 Drugs;
Personnel and Accounts, Divisions
legal Administration and Public
health Education.
Reports are received daily, by the
Bureau of Communicable Diseases,
from health officers, of communicable
diseases that occur in their districts.
Outbreaks of disease are Immediately
investigated and measures are taken
for their control. The Bureau of
Bacteriology makes analyses and
tests and otherwise assists ply
sicans in the diagnosis and proven
ton OF the disease. The central
laboratory is located in Baltimore
eity, with branch laboraties at
durlock, Cumberland, Hagerstown,
Frederick and Washington, d. e.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24

ut WAS so cheerful when the I'm.
y1 known crowds were left behind
and the known ones appeared. That
was on the last part of the journey.
Dexter Lyons had been travelling all
day and now it was dark and the lamps
on the, little branch line train were
lighted and all the home-comers from
all directions had met. Everyone knew
everyone else on this train and the
conductor knew them all.
The stove at the end of the train was
burning almost too warmly. The train
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24

joggled along. The
car was filled with
people, bags, suit
cases, packages of
all s h ape and
sizes. The conduc-
tor took the tick
cts only as a Sec
ondary considera-
ton. His first in
terest was in hear
ing how everyone
had been, what
they had been do
ing, when school
,or college began
after the holidays,
when the business
folk must be back
in the cities. To
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24
NEAR EAST CHRISTMAS
APPEAL

A Christmas appeal, for the $751;
600 orphans and earthquake suf-
ferers under care of the Near East
relief, has been sent all over the
State by Harold F. Pellegrin, Poto-
mac Division DirecteE. A folder
accompanying the appeal sets forth
graphically and censecutively, the
details of the earthquakes which
have wrought such havoc in Ar
menia. killing hundreds, destroying
$4,000 buildings, among them the
Maryland Orphanage and which still
continue. The orphans and the
survivors are suffering terribly FROM
cold and exposure and Mr.. RNlla}
grin asks that donations be
large as possible and sent
Executive Headquarters, N
-eenef, 321 Bond Buildir
John e. Boisseau, Maryla
urer, Near East Relief,
Franklin street, Baltimore,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24
CHRISTMAS GIFTS

1.-The best thing to give to your
enemy is forgiveness; to an OPP
ponent. tolerance; to friend, your
heart; to your child. good example;
to father, Difference; to mother,
conduct that will, make her proud
of you; to yourself, respect; to all
men, charity"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24

AS the light Of the Christmas sun
gradually encjfcles our globe, so will
the Christmas carol welcome his
rising, and as his rays gid alike the
palace and the hut, so will the sweet
influences lof Christmas steal into
the thoughts and hearts of men of
every station.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24
Always Merry

A prosperous country like this al
ways has Merry Christmas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24
Santa's Substitute

The letter carrier is a pretty fair
substitute for Santa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24

At Christmas be merry and thank
full withsl,
And feast thy pool hsighboFs, tho
y great with the small.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24

Excessive talk dissipates both
energy and courage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-24

$3.50 aaa aaagsa aM6MMMMaNaNa
The Washington times., 1926-02-02
JUST 20 YEARS AGO.

nlled From The Washington Ago TOdn
By WILLIAM MOORE
The Washington times., 1926-02-02
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
81 DR.. FRANK CRANE
Church Union

rvHE Rev Edwin Du Bose Mouzon. Bishop of the Metno
dist Episcopal Church South, speaking recently a g.
Paul deplored the division Of north and south il has
denomination.
He said It looks We Methodss might come 70 ne
Kingdom IT such time as this II wemght fling differ
ences away move like mighty = is now prob
able that the Methodist Church South viii not have the
necessary majority to carry the uncaton plan At this
time. The adverse vote not failure but simply
delay IN getting together.
The Methodist church split INTO the divisions Of north
and south by the ST slavery That issue now dead
But the division BY the force Of momentum
AS far that almost all the differences ~
denominations present dead issues questions
which were very much alive but which have now
passed out Of general interest
Nobody knows much now about the subjects
which separated TIE Methodist from Episcopal Church
the Baptist from the Presbyterian which otherwise
the original upon which denominations founded
The fences which divide religions people almost al
made Of dead timber.
anyone to 60 into Presbyterian, Methodist,
Congregational church at present he could not tell il what
conventicle he worshpping Almost all preachers
There considerable difference the actual gospel
preached in denomination from that preached another
Denominations continue largely for other than
doctrinaL Il is mostly matter of machinery
1T is much easier to start sect than it is stop
Cur only hope is that time seetaransm will
pass and there will be brought about kind Of workable
unity al the denominations for they all syine
for the same goal il very much the same way.
All the denominations amount to anyhow Is that
who joins Section B Pgeonhole A 81 III Regiment
Five and Company Three.
why should be iii one company rather than IN
another It pretty difficult for The average modern
say
The Washington times., 1926-02-02

Southwest, and Northeast were
still floundering around In thf
nire.
Congressman who had been
hit. BY District nnoneylenders
MANNED to make usury q crime
ii this city. The twenty per-
centers' are stiIl doing business
1T the same old stand. but with
different methods.
James Al. Wineberger, founder
Of the Association Of Oldest In
habitants, died at the ripe age
OF So.
The flaming youth Of toda9
had it's counterpart 20 years age
In the "pink-tea sorority in
cubus." According to Miss Fran
ces Newton Symmes, Chicago
social worker, sprorities were
blamed for their t'pernicious In
fluence'' on the minds Of young
girls.
The Eternal Reaper gathered %
his bosom King Christian * %
Denmark. The monarch fell deaf
in his palace at Copenhagen FRO,
an attack 81 heart disease.
The Washington times., 1926-02-02
By ELSIE ROBINSON

TO us that they might merit our
interest and respect. Or that
they might well feel condescend-
ing toward us. But they might.
For the shy person often inhabits
great and noble world In which
q strength and beauty dwell Of
which our n0isier. scrambl1ng
lives have little comprehension,
We who are not shy, give out.
we give our thoughts and acts as
fast as they are bred within us.
Often we give them out before
they have come to any definlte
flower or fruit.
Much Of our action Is merely
aimless. emotionless gesticula-
ton.
Much Of our conversation is
unregulated noise.
Much of our so-called thought
is merely mental squirm1ng and
squeaking.
We live in such a hurry that
nothing has time to take root
Nor is there any soil OF con
temptation within our spirits
wherein things may root.
We're a trampIed field, open to
every contact, resounding with
every careless yelp.
Not so the shy man.
He cannot open the doors Of
himself and willy-nilly experience
fingers within him. to be worked
over and over. Sometimes this is
not good. Sometimes 1t makes
for a sour spirit and distorted
thought. But oftener 1t makes
The Washington times., 1926-02-02
READING CHARACTER
By Garrett p. Seryiss

Yet the conciusions announced by.
DR. CattelI are consistent with
those derived from all the other
scientific Investigations of this
subject.
Science Against Tradition
1t is science against tradition,
as in the case OF the moon aud
the weather, or the moon and the.
crops. Xou might as well try to
move a mountain by talking to it
as try, on scientific grounds, to
persuade many intelligent people
that there is not strong In
fluence exerted by the moon, in
connection with its changes Of
phase, over the kind OF weather
prevailing on the earth.
In view OF what anthropologists
are continually saying of the de-
pendence of the evolution Of man
from a lower animal upon in
crease in the size of the brain, It
may strike many as very strange
that experimental psychology can
detect mo correlation between the
size or shape OF the head and
ability of any sort"
The explanation seems to be
that below a certain limit, which
is attained by human beings only
in the case Of idiots, can the hui
man type OF intelligence exist. Isut
above that limit something in the
organization or quality of the
brain may suffice to offset rela-
tive lack of size.
This is a question that can
never be settled by external meas
Crements. II great collections Of
human brains, like the one begun
by DR.. Burt Green Wilder, ever
reach a sufficient development to
warrant the founding of true
science of comparative anatomy
OF the brain, then we shall per-
haps know why, among famous
men, Daniel WEBSTER had one of
the biggest heads and Ralph
Waldo Emerson one of the small.
est.
The Washington times., 1926-02-02
RETIREMENT
BILL

WERE the LehlOaeh ertirement
W bill to become a law, de-
crepit and older employees who
had not served 80 years would
be obliged to remain in Federal
employ while much younger and
more efficient employees could
retire. The result might well be
that with two men working at
the same desk the one so who
had served 80 years would re-
tire while the one of 68 who had
served Is years must continue
to serve two more years.
The establishment of uniform
retirement age with the amount
OF the annuity to be governed
by the years Of service would
accomplish the greatest equity
and / trust that you will lend
your editorial columns to set
ting forth, OF the lack of economic
soundness in the Lehlbach bill.
LOUIS c. WORTHINGTON.