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Show jtfk for 2nd Get Buy Something Good THll CHRISTMAS. It is admitted that you get greater value for your tore than money in a jewelry THE HIGHEST QUALITY MACARONI any-wbereei- We have tained our reputation Rcdpe Book Fret 36 JXIXKER H FG. COL OMAHA, -- Rat Population. BOYD PARK The board bill for American raK is about $IS2,(XK),0U0 annually. Tr. Richard U. Creel, who has earned li laurels as an expert in figures, estimate tM certain country school teacher, in endeavoring to explain to his class what compressed air was, brought his bicycle into the room and leaned it up - - against the wall. the outunder he refRwked, Now, er covering of that back wheel there is a libhlen force. What is it?. Injy rubber, said one smart youth. No. . Try again." The boy tried again, as diJ nearly every member of the class, hut without A Ticket Collector Nip Wa Not Coming Out of Flask That Belonged . to Canny Scotsman. Sir John Jeillcoe, the latest recipient of the greatly coveted British Order of Merit, told a good story recently of a train journey he took one bitterly eold night on a local line in Scotland. His only fellow traveler in the same compartment was a Scotsman, and he had Just drawn his flask from his pdeket when the train stopped at a little country station and the door opened, Tickets, please," said the shivering with a longing look at the collector, flask. aye," observed the Scotsman as he fumbled In his pockets. Wull ye take a nip?" - The ticket collector looked up and down, and as the coast was clear he remarked that he didn't mind if he Oo, did. The traveler handed him the ticket "Take It oot o that then," was all he said, and he transferred his attention to the flask. Today Is of. The shes the oijly time we are sure setting hen may on-nes- te peevish, but t. -- pleasant realization in the pure, wholesome; wheat and harley food ICTORY may come and victory may go, but no future triumphs or defeats can ever soften for Europe the memory of this dark Christmas of 1916, the saddest she has ever known. Pride In the present and faith in the future, sustain everyone of the warring peoples In thefr exaltation of sacrifice. But at Christmas Christmas, the feast of the home and of the family exaltation dies, and only sorrow, the sorrow of the bereft Individual, re : York Sun. ujuIus, says the Ne It Is a very different Christmas Europe is approaching this year from that of two years ago. Then the shock and excitement of the beginning of the war were still tingling. In England the question of munitions is today of no less Importance to the popular mind than, two years ago, was the absorbing question of getting a plum pudding to every man In the trenches. There was still talk of the kaisers dining in Farts, and discussion umphant allies In procession through Unter den" Linden. Victory seemed a much simpler matter then than It does today. Everyone admitted then that victory would be .bought only with sorrow and sacrifice. Now everyone knows, with the hard knowledge of experience, that victory will be bought onIywith sorrow heaped on sorrow and sacrifice heaped on sacrifice. It la this knowledge borne Jn on every home, however exalted or however humble, that makes the Christmas celebration of 1916 In Europe a solemn sacrament of sorrow. t Of all the warring peoples Christmas means the most to the Germans and on none will .the sacrifice of the traditional customs of the day fall so heavily. There Is no blood and Iron In the German Christmas. There Is instead a tender and appealing sentiment that is typical of. all that Is best In the' German character. The whole world Is indebted to Germany for the Christmas tree and for many of the most delightful of the Christmas stories and customs that Americans have adopted as their owm The German Christmas Is a day for the home, .the family and the children, with Its every custom endeared by generations of tradition. The real German Christmas celebration occurs on Christmas eve. About four oclock the dinner Is served.-a- n elaborate and hearty feast, consista of of traditional dishes, all eaten series long ing In state of wild excitement During this meal the Krlstklnd makes Its appearance. This figure" Is a curious product of sentiment and Imagination, a queer combination of the Holy Child, the good fairy and our own Santa Claus. It lsffp-resente-d in the country district by a rtilld made up as an angel, who goes from door to door catfTng for the good children, giving sweetmeats at one house and begging them at the next After dinner comes the great moment whenuthe. doors are opened into the Christmas room where the lighted tree has the place of honor. The tree is always placed near a window so that every can see and share 1L A walk through passer-b- y residence streets of any German deserted the town at this hour on Christmas eve leaves a memory of Christmas cheer and spirit that can never be forgotten. By nine oclock the family Is ready to eat again, a light supper Including still more of the traditional Christmas dishes. Every one, rich or poor, has Nuremberg ginger cake, its shiny brown surface decorated with almonds and raisins, and and thev year Weihnachten with the word white In and worked out frosting. Stollen, pink a 'sort of plum cake, and many sweet biscuits I that great loosely knit empire. Where the Greek church prevails the celebration occurs a fortnight later than ours; that is, on Junuury 7. It Is accompanied by feasting and by various local customs. The Slovacs of Bohemia and Moravia have curious Christmas usages in which superstition has entirely triumphed over religious significance. This Is the great day of the year who the peasant appeases all the Invisible world of spirits. On the afternoon of Christmas eve the whole household marches In solenm procession to the stables and cow houses carrying bread, salt and n beaus. These are offered to the animals with hallowed words, and great Is the dismay If any cow or chicken la indifferent to the offering. Returning to the house,' the parents sprlnke all their unmarried daughters with water sweetened with honey,' thus Insuring them honest-- , husbands. The entire family then sip of sllvovitza, a strong native liquor dlstllleLfrom plums. A small quantity of this Is then poured on the floor to conciliate such other spirits as then falls on the Christmas feast without .ceremony. But this year war has reached out to the remote districts and blighted even such simple Christmas celebration ao this. The men of the families are all gone. Only the very young and the very old remain. There will be no Messing of the klne this year, for there are no klne. to bless." All have long since gone to supply the army. There will be no Christmas feasting, for food ago reduced to the smallest quantity that will sustain life. And every day, in every village, tha list of the widowed and orphaned grows longer and longer. cer-tal- good-temper- was-lon- Grape-Nu- and remember, is a true food, t 8od for any meal or between deal. Theres aJleason I , g Vienna Is known as a gay, dty. light-hearte- d Its Christmas observance Is ordinarily a happy combination of religious ceremony and Teutonic good cheer. But this year the brilliant midnight masses will be attended by black-robe- d mourners and there will be no good cheer In Vienna. ", The Christmas celebration In all theeountries where the Greeks orthodox-chur- ch prevailsare much the same. A the holiday Itself Is preceded by a severe fast the Christmas feast takes on a highly Important character. In many parts of Russia- ,- especially In the cities, the Christmas tree has been borrowed from the Germans, while a padding of rice and raisins Is the feature of the Christmas eve feast From this feast has now been taken Its crowning glory, the vodka bottle. - In only one other part of Europe has the heel of war pressed so hard as In Russian Poland; In gift-hun- g devastated by fierce and continued fighting; in only one other place will the season of peace and good, will be such a bitter mockery as to the bunted and starving Poles. - And this Is In Serbia,' poor, brave, beaten Ser - bla, with Its whole population, an entire people, fugitive before hated and terribly feared Invaders. During three years Serbia has been swept by three wars, the present one so relentless and so overwhelming as literally to wipe out the ordinary relationship of the people to life. They have ceased to have homes; they have ceased to possess property; they must burrow In the earth for shelter and forage for their uncertain food like wild animals. With her army making a heroic and desperate struggle, with her people dying with, their spirit yet unbroken, the birthday of the Prince of Peace will not be celebrated this year in Serbia. The sorrows of Belgium this year as compared with last are more of the spirit than of the flesh. The voice of Christmas, of peace and good will does not speak very loud to a captive people. With its army terribly decimated. Its beloved king -- i light-hearte- d all-nig- ht tomach ed an tnd1ypensiMr-H-'''drivea 6r'vari6ur"kKaperihdsrzeik"are ' dally life subject to the scrutiny and the conparts of this feast trol of a stern captor, there Is no room In Belgium In her of fats a But this year, with shortage for any of the old Christmas spirit atfood supply so severe as to demand serious to In. used Itself. show. 1 that crowded . churches for in tention on the part of the government- there .. masses and gay midnight supper, Christmas the for parties. Germany no butter "waits as all Europe waits for the end canBelgium Christmas wax the or for no tallow cakes, of the war waits with faith and hope and a dedles. To many people this little homely deprivaas grim as It must be silent termination of severities of the tion will bring a realization the even than Happily physical condition of the stricken more vivid and compelling war more people is better than last year. There Is not the graveyards. With the sight of the frightful confusion, the separation of families, two million new graves In the land, with dire nethe pitiful terror and want Jthat went with the dearest of its cessity robbing .her dearest holiday Christthis can make arms flight before the Invaders. All relief measures of no triumphs symbols, are organized. Belgium Is no happier tfcls year mas of 1916 anjihing but a sad and' sorrowful than last but she Is less cold and hungry. feast In the homes of the German empire. , If the Belgian people ever again have a united. are as celebrations In Austria the Christmas Christmas they will find themselves with many new varied a the races and religions that make up -- or-milk No danger of upsetting the ! f 4- 1 r . has-nTT- -- for something sweet finds i l, cotn-UH- half-grow- n Childish Craving OF. WORRY terla at Buckingham palace, and that 'he chief subjects of the conversation weie the difficulties of obtaining satisfactory domestic service and tho increasing cost of victuals. The Incident, remarks the Ismlsvlllo throws an Interesting sidelight uiHiu the characters of two ? notables, showing that neither of then overvalued formality, and that the two of them were aide to discuss In neighborly fashion the problems In which they were as much concerned as they were in problems of state or phase oi holiday ideas. A tree twinkled In every place that literature or the other nrts. housed a Gerinnit last year, and though the BelIt Is altogether probable that the Asgians will not allow their Christmas to be GermanPersian and Egjptum mom syrian, ized, jet the trees appealed to them mightily. Cer- nrohs, when those countries werij tainly the Christmas tree will be mueh more young, If they ever were young, though henceforth In Belgium whether the Germans !aml talked as the widow of Wlndsoi stay there or not aud the great novelist thought and Thousand of refugees waiting In England until talked at a imuh later period. Them their country Is redeemed will bring back with Is. every, reason ta believe that whei$ them many Ideas of the English holiday. Darius wus consulting with hi ens Until the marriage of Queen Victoria to the gineors about the feasibility of digging a a canal across the Isthmus of Suez he prince consort, Christmas In England was chiefly day of churchgoing, of merrymaking and of mighty was having trouble getting his three feasting. The prince brought with hint from his meals Cooked and served as he de-German home the customs of the Christmas tree sired. If Cheops did not dine at the er become club nud or gift giving. The latter or restaurant occasionally while hq as firmly Intrenched In England as It Is here, bfit a was Impressing the labor of thouaand.4 lighted tree loaded with decorations and present of fellaheen to build the boss pyramid Is established as a part of every English celebra- It was bocausa royal dignity didn't ad tion. Christmas decorations of holly and mistletoe, mlt of that meuns of escape from' do .. the ceremony of the Yhlejog and many of the tra- mestlc annoyance, or because ther ditional Christmas dishes, notably the plum pud- wasnt any club or restaurant boasting ding, are all owed to English custom. a chef who could satisfy the palate ofl But It Is a sadder and wiser England that ap- a wearer of the purple. proaches Christinas this year. Hundreds of thouon the point, bulj not is clear History sands of young Englishmen have died to make In the tub to lived perhaps Diogenes her so. Today every Londoner has had a graphic burdens avoid a of the larger establlsh- lesson n what a powerful and resourceful enemy - Nebuchadnezzars and ment, maybe can do even' In a right little, tight little lsland."-As--a reason for running on range and further object lesson, England will pay for the real grass was that he had been eating 200 raisins for her plqm puddings something like tuad driven by the aggravations of a. per cent more than nhc did last year. The war which never wai culinary department with Turkey has done that to her, In perfect working order. England has had other black Christmases, but they were farther away from home. The ChristFamous Maryland Artist. mas of 1899 In South Africa was one that she does has reason to be proud of Maryland not like to recall, while the terrible Christmas of d 1854, the Christmas of the Crimean wur, when, as the two artists, Charles and The formerwas born a wrlter-- of the day put It, Thanks-t- o General Muddle, things are about as bad as they can be," nt Chestertown, Mil., in 1741, Like Robert Fulton, be was both arrtst am was always a bitter memory to that generation. The year 1910 has not been a good year for Eng- Inventor. Chajjea Peale started llfq land, and she knows It The knowledge has shat- as a saddler, hen silversmith, watebi tered her complacency and has strengthened her maker and carver. He went to Bo determination. But she Is not happy about It and ton and studied upder the celebrated! her Christmas celebration will be a chastened feast Copley, and later In Indou unden Christmas In the Latin countries has always been Benjamin Wek Then cojne the honor more of a religious festival than a home celebra- of palndng portrait of Wash- tion. In Italy It Is more customary to exchange tngton as a Virginia colonel la 1772, present at New Year's than at Christmas. Lighted Daring the revolution bp commanded a trees are frequently seen, but they are the luxury company at the battle of Trenton and of the prosperous and not the habit of the people. Germantown and was a member of 1777; The day. before Christmas s more of an occasion the Penhsylvanla convention He, however, rendered a greater servthan the day Itself. In the cities of southern Italy booths are erected ice to posterity by painting the porof thq In certain streets, as before Easter, for the sale of trait of the leading officer odds and ends and sweetmeats; wheeled traffic Is Revolution, and waa one of the probarred and the people promenade slowly up and moters of the Academy of Fine Arts In down, exchanging greeting!. Midnight mass Is Philadelphia. This most versatile man, said Jn alLihe churches. In the churches, too, are besides inventing a great variety of exposed the famous cribs, or presepl, representing machines, waa the first American manscenes of the birth and infancy of Jesus. jThe be- ufacturer of enamel teeth. He died In ginning of this custom Is ascribed to St Francis Philadelphia In 1827, but his art lived In the person of his famous son, Remof Assist Peale! ' brandt Christmas eve Is the great feast of the season In France. In the provinces it Is celebrated with proThe Hands ano tne Mind. cessions In the streets, which were originally rehands and the Intellect are the The d ligious In character, but which ha ve become chief distinguishing marks between the by the gayety of the maskers. In Normandy Inand In Provence there are elaborate puppet shows human and the beast. The human tellect conceives there but great things, of scenes in the life of the infant Christ All the mustbe humanjianda to execute them. after massr in feast In all The connection between intellect and the homes. In Paris there are Christmas booths set up in hands has been a subject of much with little definite conclusion. many of the boulevards. This year they will be study, have Many aticked the question of devoted to the sale of comforts for the soldiers. or whether not the hand have an InParis knows better than anyone just how black stinct whereby they do things without a ward ihe Christmas can be. She has never forA Justified conclusion Is the Intellect! gotten the Christmas of 1870. For ninety-eigh- t do not have an inthe hands thattf Idays the Germans had battered at theclty. Every have an stinct, uncanny and very they sortie had failed miserably. The final bombardment was Inevitable. On Christmas eve 900 men direct contact with the brain which work so unexpectedly that the hands froze to death in the trenches Just outside the dty. seem to have an Instinct for doing Better, It seems, than any .of the other nadons did France realize from the beginning what this things without being told to do so. Stenographer will tell you that they present war would mean and, realizing, she conse- become confused when they concencrated herself utterly. She has made every, sactrate minds upon the keyboard of their rifice,' great and small," even to giving up the crusty the typewriter, but when they let the . rolls and light white bread that the wo aromatically in her nostrils. WhenVFrenchmam everFreZt I WQrk elr mach fa8ter man, eats without complaint a grayish bread made of a mixture of wheat and rice and entirely lackGhost In the Movies. ing In golden crust, he has indeed an exalted spirit Bobble and his father went to a It Is a small thing, perhaps, but It Is enormously movie show; they came In just In significant. time to see the end of the last reel, Last Christmas was a solemn festival In France. .wHer..tb . shot;: 6f w doirwereHenHolhe men showing on the first reel again. Bobble Starting In the trenches. Every soldier bad a glass of shouted out to his father, Dad, there champagne. But there was no merrymaking. Is the dead mans ghost! Masses were said at open-ai- r altars erected back .of the battle lines- In the"oId "church at Tbann In f Fatted Calve. - Alsace ju French Christmas, was celebrated for the I Bounder 1 Wonder why we fcee so first time la forty-fou- r years. But It waa a dele- - I many more artificial- limbs nowaday I raer O0 than we did when we were reJlcing. This year, at least, midnight masses wilf be said I Rounder oK I suppose boys? its be In the churches of Paris, but afterward there will I re were not permitted to atteruf be no gayety In the streets as In former years, no I burlesque shows as often then as wd dancing plrrrots and harlequins leading the mask-- 1 do now, Indianapolis Star. ers, no brilliant round of restaurant suppers, the beloved reveillon of the Parisian. For Greasy Woodwork. So Paris on Christmas eve will go home or woodw ork that has hemmei Taint darkened streets with a prayer in her heartthrough for all greasy should be cleaned with a cloth! those who have died for France and for all those dipped la turpentine. Then wipe with: fcho most i die. a cloth dipped In water to which a hi tie kerosene has been added. 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