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Ann Selma Smith, 90,
Active in Confederate
Organizations, Dies

Mrs. Ann Selma Smith, 80, a CO.
founder OF the Confederate Me-
mortal Home here, died yesterday
at a District nursing home after
an illness of more than a year. She
came to Washington shortly after
the Civil War and resided at 1913
Rhode Island avenue NV.
She was born in Overall, Va, and
was a daughter of william T. Over
all, who was captain of the Warren
ton Rifles, detachment Of the Con-
federate Army, and Selma Jolef1e
Overall. AS a young girl she livec
at Front Royal, Va, and in later
years recalled fighting between the
armies in that region,
Mrs. Smith was a charter member
of the Robert E. Lee Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy anc
was member OF the Southern Re.
lief Society. She was a member o1
the Board of Trustees of Garfield
Memorial Hospital, Daughters of tht
American Revolution and the Co.
lonial Danes. She also was ar
active member of the Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church.
Services will be held at pm. to.
morrow in the Hysong funeral home
followed by burial in Glenwooe
Cemetery. The Rev. John w. Rus.
tin of the Mount Vernon Church anc
the Rev. J. Lowrey Fendrich of the
metropolitan Presbyterian Church
will officiate.
Active pallbearers will be Arthur
E. Bishop, Robert j. Woods, Eugene
E. Roberts, Irving c. Bland, Thomas
B. Usilton. Richard r. Kaiser, Jock
M. Ross, Harry M. Porter, 1t. w. E
Dent, U. S. NJ, and Howard r
Jones.
Honorary pallbearers include
Floyd Davis, William Earl Clark. DR.
Clifton Clark, Ernest Humphrey
Daniels, DR.. Fenton Bradford, DR.
John D, Wynkoop, William Bond
Henry Hoff, Walter Hoffman, Mai
Gen. Marshall Magruder, U. S. A.;
Col. G. Van Ness Ingraham, U. S. A.;
Judge Hugh Smith and Representa-
tive Sheppard of California.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs
Julia Smith Burchfield; a son, Ar
thur Clarendon Smith, both OF
Washington; three grandchildren
and three great at-grandchildren.
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1n Mrntnriaitt

RILEY. ANNA B. In loving memory
of our wife and mother, ANNA B. RILEY,
Who passed away three years ago today,
December 21. 1910
We miss your kind and willing hands.
With fond and earnest care;
Our home is dark without you. mother,
dear
We miss you everywhere
YOUR LOVING HUSBAND AND SON.
SIMMS. DANIEL. Sacred to the men,
ory of my dear father, DANIEL SIMMS,
who departed this life nine years ago to-
day. December FL 1894.
Getting used to being lonesome.
That's the hard part to bear;
Getting used to all the sorrow
You were once so quick to share
Getting used to all the heartsches,
Night and day from missing you;
Getting used to being lonesome
That's what must learn to do
DEVOTED DAUGHTER. BEATRICE M.
SIMPSON, JAMES FRANK. In sad but
loving remembrance of our dear grand
father, JAMES FRANK SIMPSON, who
passed away two years ago, December 20,
1871.
Deep in our hearts you are still re-
LovINo GRANDCHILDREN. LEoNA AND
WASHINGTON. JAMES M. In memory
of my husband and cur father. JAMES NJ
WASHINGTON, who passed away two years
aso, December 20. 1341.
| Time goes on. but memory lasts.
His memory We shall always keep.
WIFE AND CHILDREN
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Gen. S. D. KeesIer Dies;
Father Of Famed FLYER
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GREENWOOD, Miss, Dec. al
Gen. Samuel Reeves Keesler, IT,
father of 1t. S. R. Keesler, jr., for
whom Keesler Field at Biloxi was
named, died yesterday.
He was a former Mayor of Green
wood and was born at Rock Hill
N. c.
His flyer son, 1t. Kessler, lost his
life in the World War
Gen. Keesler is survived by his
widow and five daughters, Mrs
Charlotte H. Everette, Richmond
Va: Mrs. John L. Pitts, jr., Alexan-
dria, La; Mrs Monroe T. Gilmour
Charlotte, N. c.; Mrs. James M. G
Arbard, Greenwood, and Mrs. LAME,
w. Pratt, Charlotte, NJ c., and q
son, William P. Keesler, Cleveland
Miss.
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Dion Geraldine, Scout
Of Frontier Days, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

DETROIT. Dec. 2l-Funeral serv-
ices for Dion Geraldine, 90, former
Indian scout of frontier days and
engineer of the 1893 Columbian 'Ex-
position in Chicago. will be held here
tomorrow. He died at his home here
Sunday
He had counted among his friends
the late Theodore Roosevelt, who
hunted deer with him in Northern
Wyoming, and William Buffalo
Bib Cody.
After participating in the Indian
Wars, Mr.. Geraldine toured the
world with his uncle, Sir Percy w
Blake, as an engineer for the Brit
Ilsh government. At one time MIR
Geraldine was city engineer ano
commissioner of public works ir
Chicago, and helped construct the
Chicago drainage canal He was
engineer of the ns-Mississippj
Exposition in Omaha in 1898.
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Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
cloudy. windy and warmer this aft
ernoon and tonight, lowest tempera-
ture tonight near "a degrees. To-
morrow partly cloudy becoming
colder in afternoon and evening,
strong winds.
Maryland-Partly cloudy, warmer
and windy tonight. Tomorrow snow
fiurries and colder west portion. be-
coming colder in afternoon and eve
ming in the east portion; strong
winds.
Virginia - Partly cloudy, windy
and warmer tonight. Tomorrow
partly cloudy becoming colder ir
afternoon and evening with strong
winds.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls,
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Newspupermon Decorated

TEMPLE, Tex, Dec. 81 lPJ.-The
Silver Star for gallantry in action
during the battle for Munda airport
on New Georgia Island was awarded
at McCloSkey General Hospital yes
terday to First 1t. William E..
Drews, former newspaperman from
Kenton, Ohio.
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New GoIoshes Stolen

WALNUT PARK. Calf. LP).-Mrs
Adelaide McCord told police a gun
man held her up on the street dur
ing a heavy rain, forced her to re-
move her new galoshes and then
made off with them.
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.Copt. E. L. Beach of Navy
Dies in California at Is

BY The Associated Press.
PALO ALTO, Calf, Dec. 21.-
Capt. Edward Latimer Beach, rs,
U. S. N. retired, former commander
of the Mare Island Navy Yard and
later professor of naval and military
history at Stanford University. died
yesterday at the Navys Oak Knoll
Hospital
He served with Admiral George
Dewey in the Spanish American
War.
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Blood plasma saves those fighting
to save you. Brother, can you spare
a pint? Call Blood Donors, District
$500, for an engagement to give your
blood.
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Tarha uf Thanka

HlLEMAN. We sincerely extend our
hssrtfelt thanks 10 our many friends and
neighbors who so kindly offered their
services in many ways during our recent
bereavement. -...-..
Mr.: AND MRS. 3. N. H1LEMAN AND
FAMILY.
KENT, GEORGE E. We wish to express
our sincere thanks to the clergy. members
of the First Baptist Choir, ORGANIZATIONS,
relatives, neighbors and friends for their
thoughtfulness, sympathy and floral
tributes at the passing Of our loved one.
GEORGE E. KENT. THE FAMILY. 20s
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=. NIdIICtIIOT COn1fnaIutT.
GEORGE w. SOLLERS K r. S.
STRIVERS, MARY CoAKLEY. On Tues
day December 21, 1943, at her residence,
LIZ Bates St. NV. MARY COAKLEY
STR1VERS, mother of James, Horace ant
Ernest Coskley: Mrs. Gertrude Foster and
Grace Coakley:, grandmother of Earl Coax
ley, mother-in-law of James Foster. Other
relatives and friends also survive.
Notice Of funeral later. ARRANGEMENTS
by Thos. Frazier Co.
ST. JULIAN, SISTER. On Saturday.
vent. 41o yuma St. NV,
Funeral from st. AIMS Church on
Tuesday, December 81 Requiem mass at
10 am. lnterment Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Report for Last Fl Hours.

Record for Last 81 Hours
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
HIGHEST, ~. 3:55 pm Year ago, 2s,
Lowest, "3. am. Year ago !.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest, 9S, on. Aueust 10.
Lowest, 8. on February Is.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 80 per cent at $50 PM
Lowest, 65 per cent. at $50 am.
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Capitol Lodge. No. "a, KNIGHTS
Of Pythias. will assemble at
the Chambers funeral home,
I4th and Chaplin SITS. NV,
Tuesday, December 2l, 1943,
at 1::30 pm. to attend the
funeral of our deceased broth
IRE SPROESSER.
FREDERICK H. YATES,
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SMITH. DAVID Q. special communi-
a cation of Social Lodge. No j.,
| !: $ :: !.
mains resting at his late home,
1888 ird st. NV. Funeral on Tuesday
December 81, at l pm, from the Nine
teenth Street Baptist Church BY order of
CLIFFORD o. SMITH, w NJ
Attest: ANDREW S. COLSTON, Secy
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The Sun and Moon,
Precipitation,

Monthly precipitation In inches in the
capital tcurrent month to date):
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Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast
and Geodetic Suryey)
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SMITH, HARRY r. On Monday. De-
cember 90 l943. at Garfield Hospital.
HARRY R, SMITH of 17g0 Newton st.
NV, beloved husband of Harriet b Smith
and father of Mrs. Marie Sorrell, Mrs.
Margaret Kelly and Charles Smith.
Services at the S. H. Hines Co funeral
nome. 2901 14th st. NV, on Wednesday,
December %. at ! pm. Interment Con-
eressional Cemetery. -
SMITH, JOHN EDWIN. S. &C. Sud
denly. on Saturday, December 10. l943 at
the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md
JOHN EDWIN, SMITH. S. K; &c, the be-
loved husband Of Mrs. Mildred B. Smith
and father of Martha Jane Smith Re
mains resting at the zurhorst funeral
nome, 3O1 East Capitol st.
Services at Fort Myer Chapel on Tues
day. December 81, at 10 a m Interment
Arlington National Cemetery, with full
military honors
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sNOwDEN, FREDERICK B. On Tues.

. SNO"DEN, fhEDkhlCk b. On IueS-
day. December y. 1943, at the residence of
his sister-in-law, Mrs Charlotte Xander,
3422 Tilden St. Brentwood Md, FRED
ER1CK B. SNOWDEN, beloved husband of
the late Lucy A. Snowden and father OF
Mrs Charlotte Baillie and Mrs. Nellie
Freeman
Funeral from William J. Nalleys funeral
home: 5000 R. l. ave, at Eastern ave. ne,
| on Thursday. December 23 at 80 pm;
| thence to st. Johns Episcopal Church.
Mount Rainier, Nd where services will be
held at , pm. Relatives and friends in
Vited. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
SOULE, ASA l.. On Tuesday. December
Il, 1913, at his residence, $50 M st. ne.
ASA l.. SOULE, beloved husband of Laura
M. Soule, father OF Louis G., Leroy, Joseph
F. and Asa c. Soule: Mrs Florence l.
| Warder and Mrs. CAROLYN B Meyers.
| Services at Chambers funeral home 81,
| 1th st. Sc, on Thursday. December %
terry. %
SPROESsER. THEODORE. On satur-
in Wheaton Md, THEODORE SPROESSER
husband of the late Bertha Reynolds
Sproesser and father of Garland R. and
Elmer L. Sproesser, Mrs. Dorothy Hareett,
Mrs. Frances Payne and Milton Sproesser,
and brother of Mrs. Minnie Miller.
Services at Chambers funeral home,
l4O9 Chaplin st. NV, on Tuesday, De-
fGeamber Ga u at pm. Interment Fort
SpPnESSCp rucoDo.r. r
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on Sunday. December 10. 1a43 at his
residence, 326 H st. ne MICHAEL JO-
SEPH SMYTE, beloved husband Of Mary
Burke Smyth and brother of Mrs. Della M
Parent.
Funeral Wednesday, December -. from
the Perry &. Walsh funeral home. % H St
NV, at S:30 am. Thence to ST. Aloysius
Church. where REQUIEM mass will be said
at . m. for the repoSt of his soul. In
terment Mount Olivet Cemetery. Relatives
and friends invited
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BROWN z. McC. Members of Column
!. =: ! !. :
~ bia Lodge, No. 10. I. O. Q. F., are
IN requested 10 assemble at Deals fu-
VI neral home, 1912 Georgia ave. NV,
IN Tuesday, December II, 1913. at 3
pm, 10 hold services for our late
NV brother. By order of
M w. F. ZIMMERMAN.
Noble Grand.
~ RE MICHAEL,
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to support his belief that they are
merely engaging in red herring

To support his belief that they are
merely engaging in red herring
Nor is the issue before the country
question Of whether Congress and
the people want initiation or not.
Congress and the people do not want
imitation, and neither does the Presi-
dent. But no one can deny that we
have been, and still are, heading in
that direction. Responsibility for a
wild imitation, If it comes, will not
rest 100 per cent on the legislators,
as the President stated. The fact is
that the responsibility will rest on
both Congress and the President, for
both have contributed to the mis-
takes which are building up the in
fiationary forces in this country.
What is needed now is not a reduc-
ton Of the issue to terms of absurd
ity. It is not question Of who wants
and who does not want imitation, for
nobody wants it. The real issue is
how the progress we are making to-
ward imitation can best be checked,
and. as part of this, whether ap-
pointment Of q food czar offers hope
of improvement in the administra-
tion's unsatisfactory management OF
the food program. At the least, this is
a matter which merits serious
discussion.
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continent" King william n spent
hundreds Of thousands Of gulden In
an effort tovmale the place worthy
Of his royal residence. 4
But to Americans who are ac-
quainted with The Hague, a few
small, theoretically inconsequential
details are memorable and precious.
The Mauritshuis Gallery with its
Rembrandts, vermeers, Van Dycks
and Jan Steens-especially 1.-THE
Anatomy Lesson; the Hof vijver
with its graceful white swans and its
clusters of lilies, the Haagsche Bosch
with its deer, the homes Of Queen
Wilhelmina and her daughter, the
busy department stores, the old
gardeners selling flowers at the
trolley terminals, the little children
with their tiny white gloves on Sun
day morning and much else that the
Germans cannot altogether spoil will
stay in the minds of the friends of
the Dutch people as values to be
restored when victory finally is
achieved.
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Pleasure DRIVING Penalties

If Office of Price Administration
officials are considering the elimina-
tfon of A ration books only as last
resort, there is one step which might
prevent 1t. That is ban on pleasure
driving.
There is no real ban on pleasure
driving now. There is. it is true, the
admonition that people should not
use their cars fer pleasure, and it is
taken seriously by tens of thousands
of automobile owners who have
stopped squawking about the short
age of gasoline and have decided to
do their duty in facing it.
But there is a minority, not a
small one, which obviously is unaf-
fected by the order. Members Of
this minority still use their cars for
pleasure. They respect the ban by
parking their cars on side streets
near the country club, instead of in
the club parking lot. They devise
other expedients to get around COM
pliance with the regulations. And
they know, If they live in Washing
ton, that if they are caught pleasure
driving the penalty is so light as to
be worth the risk.
The unfairness of the proposal to
take up A ration cards is that while
it will penalize the pleasure drivers,
it also will infiict the same penalty
on the majority of A card holders
who are complying with the spirit of
the regulations. Why not start out
by abolishing the A ration books for
those who abuse the privilege Of
ownership? Persons convicted OF
pleasure driving should know that
they, at least, will be the first to lose
that privilege.
John L. Laskey, local OPA counsel,
has sought to be meticulously fair in
outlining the policy to be followed in
the "trials" of those accused of
pleasure driving. The panel Of citi-
zens judging the cases has evidently
decided to experiment with very
light punishment at the outset, with
a view to watching the effect of the
penalties-as well as the more en-
barrassing publicity-on other pleas
ure drivers. What they need to back
them up is a public sentiment which
strongly condemns pleasure driving
and refuses to condone evasion by
individuals. If it becomes known
that continuation of the A cards de-
pends on observance of the rule
against pleasure driving, perhaps
public sentiment will demand pen
alties more in keeping with the
spirit of the offense.
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No Jokino Natter

In one of his lighter moods the
President suggested to his Friday
press conference that those advocat-
ing appointment of food czar are
trying to draw a red herring across
the trail of the real issue. which. as
he defines 1t, is whether Congress and
the people want imitation or not.
This sort of comment, directed to one
of the most vital issues before the
country today, is neither construc-
tive nor Illuminating.
appointment of food czar, in the
sense in which that term is COM
monty used, might or might not
prove to be beneficial. But there is
every reason to believe that those
advocating such a step are prompted
by a sincere desire to be helpful and
a genuine concern lest the blunders
now being committed in the name OF
food management should be produc-
tive of real want In this country. It
would be interesting to know what
evidence the President has. II any,
Evening star., 1943-06-27

thoughtless illusion. We are q selfish,
spoiled people; since the beginning of
our fair land we have never been COM
PEELED to pray for our daily bread; the
mamma has fallen into our laps without
sacrificial effort and we have failed to
say, Thank you, Lord" When young
and old gather about the tables Of plenty
and security which have been purchased
by some midnight vigil, perhaps by tears
and striving, would have them feel the
stupendous worth of sturdy character,
honest toll and the value of the man with
an unwritten and uncalendared name.
His is the fortitude OF the endless ranks
of priyates In the battle lines, of the
myriads Of toilers Of earth, sea and air.
Upon them rests the very foundation
upon which our Republic must forever
stand
Today, look straight into the soul Of
this young man and hear his words:
"Once there was a Carpenter" He is a
symbol, a living type Of what we should
be IN our daily lives. o America, let us
stop complaining, make lean the daily
waste and emancipate ourselves from
false pride and self-indulgence. When
we stoop to serve, every hardship, every
pain will be registered, remembered and
honored. I recall the words of dis
tinguished gentleman when he said to
me: Chaplain, when I first came to
Washington, I had two ambitions-to be-
come great and get rich Long since
these have been replaced by two others:
To conform my will to the will of
Almighty God and to serve my country
to the best of my ability" The good
Lord forgive the absurdity of our COM
plants and let us reckon ourselves as
debtors to stained and crippled world.
We have tarried at the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier and looked about where
was bivouacked the army of the dead and
the very earth seemed hallowed. Who
was he? I do not know; but do know
that he was some mothers boy who had
loved the things boy loves-to play ball,
to swim and climb the hills. His coun-
try called and he answered; he was lost
in action; his Is not name, but a mem
ory. Like the lowly Carpenter, may he
live in the heart of America.
We men of earth have here the stuff
OF Paradise-we have enough.
Here on the paths of every day,
Here on the common human way
Is all the stuff the gods would take
To build a. Heaven, to mold and make
A new Eden.
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The Huque Demolished

The German invaders OF the
Netherlands wrecked Rotterdam by
aerial bombardment, May IA, 1910,
and they now are alleged to have
destroyed much of The Hague in
the interest of their retention of that
beautiful capital city when eventu-
ally the United Nations forces launch
a new western front" for the liberia
ton Of Europe.
News reaching America indicates
that the Nazis have hacked a swath
one-half- wide and several miles
long through the western part of the
city and converted it into bristling
military belt" in anticipation OF
Allied attack. No less than ten
thousand houses, it is reported, were
razed. At least five churches also
were demolished. Washington read
ers can visualize the devastated area
by imagining strip five hundred
yards wide from the Union Station
to Dupont Circle, then central Sec
tion a mile and a half wide leading
to, another strip five hundred yards
wide from the Naval Observatory to
Ward Circle.
Exactly what strategical scheme
the Germans have devised in this
particular instance is a matter of
speculation. The invasion belt"
parallels the sea and probably is
intended to serve as moat. Such
ditch, however, would be effective
only If it were prolonged and re-
peated illimitably. In its present
condition it should be relatively easy
to- flank. But 1t would be folly to
deny the Nazis certain savage logic
In their procedure. They are familiar,
of course, with the history of earlier
sieges of number of Dutch cities.
1t happens that the very name of
the capital means "the hedge" First
mentioned in the annals of the Low
Countries in 1242, 1t was granted a
charter as "Die Haghe." Count Will
liam II had hunting lodge nearby.
He was elected King of the Romans
in 1247 and built himself palace
more in consonance with his dig
nifty" The community which "sprang
up" around the new construction
prospered as the Haga Comitis.
When governor of the provinces in
revolt against Spain, the Earl of
Leicester summoned the States gen.
eraT' to meet at The Hague in 1886.
ALI the Stockholders Of Holland up to
17s5 made their residence in the
toyn, "the largest village on the
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ONCE THERE WAS A CARPENTER
By the Rep. James Shern MONTGOMERY D. d.
Chaplain, House OF Representatives.

On my study table this morning is an
old scrapbook. As I open the thumb
marked pages, memories begin to crowd
my thoughts; on one page my eye is
arrested. ] read q brief note Of a young
carpenter, an applicant for the Chris
tian ministry. He was without standing
or learning. but was deeply sincere and
thoroughly industrious. He was ex-
amined by the church council" and
when he learned their decision he was
panied to hear that he had been rejected
on the ground of his lowly station and
lack OF influence. As he looked back on
the members of the council he re-
marked: There was once Carpenter I"
His simplicity and 1owly spirit drove into
their hearts; he was recalled and ac-
cepted.
1t Is not conformity that always works
successfully in the art of human re-
demption; as to the outcome there is
but little difference between groove
and a grave. The human spirit must
be rescued from certain artifcialities
which are often cloaked in the garb of
respectfully. This young man had q
credential from Almighty God. His
memory fingered long as a beautiful
song In the lives Of those he had en-
riched. 1t is no further to heaven from
a peasants porch than from kings
palace. The council lacked the common
touch; greet the poor man without max
ing him conscious Of his poverty and
the unschooled without reminding him
of his ignorance.
"Once there was Carpenter!" He
was born in borrowed stable, refused
lodging in neighbor's inn, died on a
felon's cross and was buried in a bor-
rowed tomb. These words echo in nv
thought like soft waves on sandy shore,
as comforting as though the mellow
moonlight had found voice. There is
no work SO lowly that lofty soul can
not transfigure 1t from drudgesy into a
divine mission; when one lives in this
spirit, labor loses its bitterness and be-
comes glorifled by high and lofty pur-
pose.
I wonder If there is not In many lives
today the tendency to identify useful
ness and happiness with some preroga-
tives of wealth or station, unmindful
that character Is an achievement rather
than an endowment. To underestimate
the plain, simple gifts of life which the
world SO much needs and for which it is
appealing, is grievous blunder and a
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In Simple Terms
PROM the Fairfax Herald.

from the Falr1ax Herald.
What Our Men Fight For" was the
subject upon which American women
were invited to write in recent literary
competition. The competitors were
limited to just so words. A mother Of
two sons, both on active service overseas,
was the winner with this entry: sour boys
know what they are fighting for. They
speak abstractly, perhaps, Of liberty and
justice, but for most of them the -Four
Freedoms are expressed in simple every
day terms-the right to worship, play,
love, laugh and move in absolute freedom,
the right to enjoy feeling Of security" ]"
HAS any one" comments the Milwaukee
Journal, said II better?" Tho ned Is
open to try.