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Show : fr- -CHICAGO flREv . , - v ; ' ..-ll- ' Tire fire fin"' Chicago wai disastrous; ' What .a holocaust! With a .fcw,pinutes' notice and unable to escape from " tho j'aws of , death, 5G4 strong, healthy and young souls are ushered into eternity. In the minds of all the Christmas joys were yet f fresh. Childrenj asked parents, as a wind-up to the- Christmas festivities, to bring them to the mainee. on that .'fftt.al day.. How sad that night were the many homes that were made desolate. The survivors in those hojr.es are the real sufferers. The departed are gone to their rest. One-half hour at most ended the sufferings, of .those who were numbered num-bered among tile (lead. rut the- happy homes which those fond mothers with-their smiling little ones left behind will ho to the surviving, members of the family forever after houses of mourning. Xothing but death can blot from their memories the images of tho departed ones. The merry greetings greet-ings of Christmas ' in all those homes will lo changed. Even Happy Xew Year in the ears of, the. mourners would sound harsh and cruel. Instead of happiness they will say: "This is the' most unhappy Xew Year in my-long life.'.' How uncertain life, and how seldom are -t he dangers to which human life is daily subjected realized i The origin" of the fire and who are the responsible respons-ible parties will occupy public attention for a fetv days and then all -Is forgotten. So the years wind their coil away, and at, the end of each old year the record shows how uncertain man's life is, and how insecure, the goods of life for which ,he sacrifices life. God alone is great, and life -eternal alone is worth fighting for. Towards both every true Christian should direct his thoughts on Xew Year's day. . |