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Show WQ5W) What Shall He Write on Your PageJ EWORLD CANADIAN ICanadu Canadian i HONORED BY KING live-lon- The mother del- railroads. So it came naturally that In King George's latest list of birthday honors was prefixed to the name of a "Sir George Bury. Sir George Bury, K. C. M. G is d, 1 lee president of the Canadian 180180 Kailway company and director of all operations, which Include over IS, 000 cities of roll, 100,000 miles of telegraph, Never one day in its bill of faro Is like another day anywhere. And if a year can be fresh and new Why in tho dickens cant you bo too? face You can! So wash from your Of memorys dirt the last small trace. Tut on Ambitions garments bright, Light your cigar with the Futures light And say to yourself : Tho old years dead. Bury it deep I Look Tight ahead Heres a New Year laid out for me, As full of chances as it can be. So out of my way and let me go! Its up to me, and by jings ! Ill show Then start! And keep at it! ITangonI Stick! Youll notice the difference mighty quick, , y And youll find, before ts through," of a kind the Its year for you I Happiest and the companys steamers which ply the waters of British Columbias lakes, rivers and coast, as well as the Great Lakes. He Is distinctly a Canadian Pacific la the 34 years of Ills business life he has never spent one day outside the companys service except when he went to Russia recently at the request of Lloyd George to look the situation over and return recommendations as to what was most needed to make Russia's transportation system care-stain- cd product. 1 effective. PLAN TO URGE WOMEN SUFFRAGE fob 3Unt 22, Vmt. 7.88 4.50 5.38 9.15 1.10 i.oe 1 01 5.75 1.20 1.50 140 1.36 5.29 135 y 1.50 .00 .00 any oft In lab on, tie J The vungnard of leaders of the National Womens Suffrage association has arrived In Washington for the campaign to be opened Immediately In favor of the enactment by congress this session of the federal suffrage amendment. Mrs. Carrie Chnpman Catt, president of the association, will take personal charge of the campaign. She and other leaders of the association assert thnt, with the new leverage of womens votes In New York and the approaching election of 43 members of congress from thnt state, the National Suffrage association is confident of "putting through real business" early iu the coming season. Women from every state are In Washington, representing comprehensive organizations In 4he congressional districts "back home" and the political force of the women voters In the West and In New York. These women, with delegations of suffragettes, have visited their respective representatives at their homes since congress adjourned In October, and will bring reports of the members attitudes toward the federal amendment. Under Mrs. Catt's generalship in Washington, they will be deployed upon congress to urge on any convinced member" the political necessity of passing the federal amendment at once. In order that the women of the rest of the East and South may vote In the next presidential election along with the women of New York and the West. BYNG KNOWN AS BRILLIANT SOLDIER General, the Honorable Sir Julian Hedworth George Byng, K. C. B., K. C. M. G., who has won the honor of being mentioned In the official dispatches as the general In charge of th great drive of the British toward Cnmbral, Is a member of the new school" in the British army. Whether or not It Is true thnt General Byng Is the original f Colonel Rendezvous, the apostle of efficiency and national service In Mr. Brltllng Sees It Through," an apostle of efficiency" General Byng fins always been. Ills army record has lbeen one of steady successes, unmarked until now by any sensational acquisition of fame. He has been none the less popular among his men for the strictness of his Insistence on discipline. He has moved ahead very quietly, training men and leading them. "The very best type of eoldler," a young British officer here said of him, adding; And outside the army no one has ever heard of him." Great things have been expected from General Byng. The boldness of present operations on the western front reflects the greatest fredlt on his Initiative. Byng succeeded to the commund of the Third army this year, when Sir Edmund ALlenby left France to conduct the Palestine t campaign. GIVES UP HOUSE LEADERSHIP Peace and Good Will, Words of Comfort For the New Year Good Will By Samuel Gardiner Ayres. Paul Htt. And they, the shepherds, listening long. d With beating hearts, in mood Was this the song Orion tang. The mystic, golden aisles among. d In solitude f awe-fille- Item gear's Resolutions HUBBARD space-gemme- Or were these Asphas anthems grand. Some dusky tejmple aisles between, When heavy censors slowly swung, fVhere sandaled maidens, bending, By KIN sung i Out all their souls, unloved, unseent Swart forms stood forth, their girdles loosed. With faces toward the midnight sky ; And, trembling, waited, lips apart. Limbs tense, where fullest muscles FTKIE hourglass has turned; the I last few sands start. And quivering arms upraised high. That marked the Old Year now Clearer the sound waves swept the As plain. all the wide world's pulse stood Still, Till softly worded fell the strain. From Zions hills flung back again, Peace and good will, good will." have slipped away, .lnd in his outstretched hand the New Year holds The future of a twelvemonths span. Then hail New Year! We hid thee welcome. Thy gifts are many, not yet disclosed. With thee Dotes went the stalwart shepherds but may come joy or sorrow, pain or there. In humble pose, with hearts aflame. loss, failure or success, hope deferred Vo dll the earth from Bethlehems or dreams realized. We bid thee welheight. come and will try to cherish and imIn solemn watches on that night. prove thy gift of time. We greet The dear God's new Evangel came. thee with a cheet as we undertake All voices joined the solemn chant. our journey in thy care. Life must From David's city to the sea; march forward in a column of days. From deep Euphrates silent tides. d To Jerichos sides; From Gath to Galilee. palm-shade- In widening circles, sweet and dear. From olive grove or hill. Swept back that anthem, Heaven-born- , On harps of gold, by angels borne, "Peace and good will, good will." palm-crowne- d I thousand years on Times strong tide Have washed the shores of Change; Uncounted mien have loved, have died, And Life and Death, all vndcfled, Have swept earths widest range. the harpers touch the strings, In chorus grander still. But still And ocean's mighty voices sing, While all the earth her chorals bring, "Peace and good will, good will." sand-swe- pt snow-crowne- Spice-scente- d dew-drun- $un-klsse- world-encirclin- joy-bell- . half-wa- far Judean hills To listening shepherds echoing rang. At midnight, faintly, songs of praise, Mm, distant songs, in wordless lays. When all the stars together sang. Thoughts for the New Year was the sweet Marjoram SHE the salad, or, rather, the herb of grace. Shakespeare. To be weak Is miserable, Doing, or suffering. Milton, "Paradise Lost" Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. Carljle, Iust and Present. a Ilonest toll Is holy service; fulthful work is praise and prayer. Henry Vun Dyke, Tolling of Felix." Chicago will not lead !the Republicans d On Alps upreartd to In their national political fight against Got, the Democrats In this session of conThe mighty chords prevail. gress. Hapless woman neer can say, Ill health, resulting from overwork In vales of musk; oer hills of bum; till Judg"My work is done at the Inst session, takes Mr. Mnnn valleys blest; ment day. i out of the fight, In conferences with When odorous lilies swing their bells St. John Honeywool. k Speaker Clark, Democratic congres- And sensuous, asphodels sional leader. It has been decided that Their honied lips have prest; Love prays devoutly when It Mr. Maim will throw off all executive for love. Hood, "Hero prays Mann Mr. burdens for the time being. Oer somber pines that sing of death, and Leander." has been given Indefinite (ears of abd Or meadows still; sence. lie la going South for bis Oer land of leal, oer land of woe. Just to live is the most imporg health. The chorals go, tant thing in life. " Madden of Chicago Peace and good will, good will." Representative To appreciate, to admire, to will take up Mr. Mann's Chicago and la to possess. enjoy, Illinois work. When changing numbers swinging law of life Is love. Love The Republican leadership of the miswift is the one essential thing withnate Christ-tidhouse In seasons the The .will swing nority bring out which we can only exist urally to Representative ' Frederick To lands where tropio aloes grow, Woodeox. Benjamin n. Oljlett of Massachusetts, ranking To rolling prairies white with snow, member of the bouse appropriations The bells of gladness ring. committee. This Is house custom in And childrens faces beam with mirt 'he absence of an adverse dictum from the party caucus. And childrens glad hearts thrill; Smile, Smile, Smile. Representative Wood of Iowa, chairman of the Republican congressional committee, said For them the angel harpers sing, Keep that New Year smile on all s there was not the year. them of Heaven ring, contemplated a new Republican caucus to name a successor to For " r. Mann. The Pence return. to and him good will, good will." Republicans expect Do Not Soli the Leaf. Representative Glllett will be recognized as Republican floor leader by Maude Meredith. Keep clean that new leaf yon It A speaker Clark In the absence of direct Instructions to the contrary and. turn over. possibly In the face of euch instructions. . 1 Across the In humble cot on Scotias braes, Or Egypts slumbrous vale, Representative James R. Mnnn of Oer deserts, came I trod. 1 THE YEAPv your hat to the Glad New Year I your voieo witlra hopeful cheer! a vow that while it stays Youll mako tho most of its glorious days. And What? Thnt sort of resolve is old? 1 Sounds like a tale too often told? Youve made it every New Years day. g Then frittered tho year away? Well, sowing you have? Whats that to do With this particular year? Its new! New, you grouch, not tho same old kind Of muddled up year youve left behind I New each day and each minute too! new I New; each second is fresh-laiNew for the things youvo left undone! New for tho races you havent run I New for ambitions unachieved New for mistakes unretrieved I ' New for unfinished efforts toot New for the things you mean to do ! country recognizes this and takes to the men ight In showing honor bo ore developing Canada through her IS RAISE lias grown with lwr you do something big in railroading you do somet- hing big for Cunuda. THIS "So We Start Off th' New Year With Lofty Resolutions. We'll Quit Drink in', or Chewin' or Smokin' or Swearin'. Maybe Our New Resolutions 'll ' include All of 'Em." , No sooner is th spirit o Christ livin beyond th outskirts o our Mas givin exhausted till were seized incomes is another habit that is with th spirit o retrenchin an, worse than either smokin or swear after a Season o s pendin, with th in an a habit that is doin much New Year jest around th corner wo create a widespread distrust in so- t int a retroepec-tiv- e ciety. Bobbin Tcter th grocer, t a personal invoice pay Taul, th auto dealer, kin have in solemnly resolve t make a belter but one result. We never hear o our women folk show in both morally an financially at th close o th cornin year. So mnkin any New Years resolutions. we start off th New Year with lofty Thers many things they might reresolutions. Well quit drinkin or solve t do besides cuttin out eggs. chewin or smokin or swearin. Thcr resolutions might have a unconsciously fall mood an take Maybe our new resolution ll include all of em. we never seem t think o th other things we might elimimany nate from our program fer th' cornin year that would not only better jur chances in th hereafter but which would make th path o life far pleasanter fer those who by force s circumstances are compelled t But tol-tra- te us. So let those o us who are perfect, tsido from smokin, drinkin, chewin an swearin, dig around a little in see if we cant find a few things besides th ole moss covered habits aforementioned that we could cut nut with profit t ourselves an those ,ve mingle with. Next t think in only o ourselves th worst habit (a tryin' t save jverthing we make. I dont know which feller a community haa th least regard fer th one who licks jp ever penny he gits his hands on, r th feller who holds on t ever ;ent that comes hia way, but I have ny suspicions. blightin effect on clubs an billiard rooms an other refuges fer th henpecked an homeless, but they would help t revive that feelin o love an respect fer women that seems t bo goiu out o style these days. Good resolutions accompanied by a great flare o trumpets last about as long as an ice cream cone in a Turkish bath. Th feller who boasts that hes goin t quit smokin never throws his pipe very fer, an th feller who proclaims from a store box that hes thro with th demon rum is about as reliable as th statesman who says hes thro with th Republican party. Lets do somethin' original this year an gather up a whole lot o nasty little characteristics an try t do away with em fer good. Weve all got em. If you cant find em ask somebuddy who knows you t point em out. Theyre there. Thers lots o folks who dont chew or smoke or swear er drink who carry a full line o mean traits. (Copyright, Ailama Kwapapr Soroka.) |