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Show f . .. THE DESERET- - NEWS - SATURDAY DECEMBER kief. V. tiii: ciirintmvs mays. 0 NlE The -- again pleasure in cause least friction in the production aud distribution of weaLLbthe word wealth" connoting hi thu instance that which everybody has and must have iu greater or less degree. But px nd mg the lime when this condition of liability can lie attained, it is to be hoped that hi such wage readjustments as must be made, lliey will follow rather than precede reduc-tmns in the ro-- t of living. AIo it would be iw!yjut (Tiat where cuts in wages are volun-tan-ly aceeptej m order that continued employment rnayjie assured fas has been noted recently in carious manufacturing plants in the eaC. there should be the accompanying prira sf tti to the consumer. ate Ncwrx 1 preenlms l iN patron and friends ils annual holiday ed lion. Ihe had Tim penal yearly become so well eelabli-he- d ai to le an institution in it If. Only nm e since HW, when it and that was riaiied, lia it filled hi app-ar- . was m a war ypar when the g emmenl would e paper not permit consumption of necessary to provide for i!s publication. Lai h year the welrjHneaerordd the edition has lieeu most jtraLfymg , no greater reward could appreciation ' and it sponsor a6kflian'tli( iii llie-yvlm- i It would be lacking in modesty and unseemly at this tune and m this place to expre-- s encomiums of this years holiday num- her. The paper must speak for itself and win 1 he piaise or blame according to i! merit. hope J fntfzUtocd. Jii2t.a.pexusaLd Ms- - pages will prov e both pieaaaxd. juid profjlable. . An effoit ha heen made to turn out a bright and readable issue rather than a rompilaLon of and d'K'y fait. How nearly inurty staf-sliethat end has been attaired the reader him-e- lf the men and women who must judge; Pace labored diligently in the preparation and distribution of tbe big edition herewith submit II cheerfully and hopefully. To its thousands and Umiuauds of friends they are scatteied all around the glole the Deseret Sews extends hearty Christmas greetings and the best wishes of the season. May the Yuletide bring peace and happiness, and may these be the harhingfr of prosperity and joy thioughoul the coming year. M ORLD-- P ARLI AMENT AT GEM A V , v i 4 of the conpi imiH logons made m the prex ced.ih.1' of the Assembly of the League of Nations at Genes a w the influence aheady exerted by wtue of thp ) policies smaller nations in deli m.ning which are to govern the tug as wdtas the little - Members of the League hotly, ftltrurtraics strikingly the fuiidainenlai difference between the broad, universal chai.it ter of the Leaitu and those limited associations of J'owers whirh - 1avc.iiitherto imposed by forte their will on and the world. Of cotlte a presumptuous cm-tait- -- tnat a fighting J'jarcbcx. guidLgit.--o "NX the theory thus dialed, by imperturn that would be embarrassitinent setf-a-sng. But ut h efforts wouhl not be likely to get nation- -, so that, , jp the favor of the tuber Oftthe wlitc, the new way of coining to national understand ng would stem to have Immense advarilagts over the old otdei. During the mouth that it has been in the Assembly has givtu a creditable - account of itself, forty nations are repre-- Dented ami all arc cn an equal footing. The sessions sugge-- t, for tbe fust tirr.e in li,tory. a deliberative bodv having the form of a living in sharp contra6! in this respect wilh tli laaioo- - tgoinc d, whose r limited membership bus far has denoted little , more than an extension "f (he Alliance whit IT numerous Assembly won the war. i he always the may therefore be expected to more popular, though plainly intended to be the le-- s potent brant h, ami it lias won further favor by launthmg out courageously on piob-lciu- s, none of win h perhaps could be solved -by any one epaiatcly. yet mo6t of whith are gn-rnniigu In vex the- - whole t ml, zed woiltl. its privilege ei t se-ei- e RIU.RS, -- SEI 1 1 RHIFIUJION J 4 Its , 'u VNI litOlll t.LHS. Ldt rueuL that every- - is in no sense a opmeiif during ihe symptom of fl.i! xitifnial tnnf.deuoe which niauifc'i iteir m !ul!ipg while paing On the murary. it is through a gravcv,v-1- . ii jT7T7iiT-7Tf;rr-i tl nimo'U nnmmnucTT liunt fur then ( u rva(i,m, (heir experience and tlieie v While there till cxi! in lertain hue a parlnl deadlock between huver and seller, with Ihe former 4B contfpJl. agrur. -eeaf yrfep level i le mg appioaf bed at xvhtrh a large volume of huiTr'" can he .ifelv done, exM'l'orr? on 'one nl- - ar apparently deterrmmd not to hu until auied, in their own m iid a leat. hat price have touched holtom, on the olhrr. they are holding on in the ilhvnal that f imine or war-tirie (an tnl be maintained in tunes of lentv and peace But (he great nia of the people who taud between ihe two extremes aie dif oed to accept (be situation as it and by making the bot of it. pave the way for it to become better. mnn ch ial paradox winch kobody ha been able satisfactorily to explam h that while it seems iiuptihle to get back to lower pnees without bad hade and a slowing down of j'loduciiuvyrt: a dower rate nf production ifseiT tends to raise puces. Naturally, the bock of tower price fills upon profits. xartty as iirofifs derived tbe firt benefit of But rising be .aflis- trdnwftrtr je tin former ose as there was speedily, a itr!butun of Ihe profits m the latter. So it n an unwarranted Ihotigh a comnicn asumpti.m that aperi(Mi of falling p ices must Kiev il,ibb JLio iUw advanhtge nf Ihnsp who belottg lo tlm purchasing cla-- s. 1 his -- iii,. 'lire ne 1 1 l, fni jrire. ffnielcw ini M - ! ,0nJy..ewu 'shair niiiam aVlfiev are. And a mnnierit reflection will show that il is not pnkibie for prices (o fall far unle. wage and alaue. descend at approximalelv flic aine rale. Nfter all, it is stability in prices. a continued movement ruher up or down, ttial h likely to JLAR n-- r e -- s to laj? The prize at its Saviors feet. LEE 8HIPPEY, a complete change In the political complexion of the officials who are lo administer the affair of this commonwealth will have taken place; and within three months a like change will have been made as affecting those who ar charged with directing ihe policies of the natmo. It i natural for those whosc voice brought about to expect wonderful improvements as an Immediate result; bet it will be well lo remember that the men who have been thus honored and elevated are after all o?ily human, not supermen or magicians wlioe mere word, or wand can remove every obstacle, cure every rih rreate wrwybvneWTtiT'Whtnni)e" Txpect-ant may sigh. Truth is, no party wa ever faced by greater problems than those which loom before tbe men about to step into official , station; and their solution in a manner that shall result m the greatest benefit to the largest number will require ihe and the utmost devotion gou- T r good. That the new officials will make some mistakes, as their predecessors have done, is inevitable; but if all they attempt shall be undertaken in the right loyal spirit that puts patriotism above partisanship, their course will encounter little unfair or ungenerous criticism. In a government like ours it is impossible lo separate business from or pohtics from husinesa a fact which some regard. a unfortunate. But the misfortune will be reduced to a minimum if the inseparable politics shall only be of the honorable, manly kind that seeks the people's welfare, and scorns every suggestion of pettiness for partisan gain. fellow-countrym- en -- Ihe .bfll5daxeaftiL,io theatres and place, through the newspapers, civic ge organ- ization. men's and womens clubs and socielie. etc etc. The largest charitable organizations in Ihe country have united in sponsoring and pushing the movement lo meet the terrible emergency; but smaller agendas of any and every kind, and individuals of both high and s low degree, are entreated to Join force With j Ihe leaders in this most presaing cause.' The arrangement is that the governments and communities aided will flSnish two dollars for every dollaf American chari'y, in the form of transportation, rent, lab t, clerical help and cash contribution, so that every cent of American money reache a hungry or an ailing thild. When it is further realized that one dollar will provide ore niell a day for a month. is there any one m thi plenteous and happy land so destitute of the rnitk of human kindness that he or she feel urable to spare at least that single dollar win- h will do so much? SUGGESTION. finest-intelligen- . C are trying to think of a Oft those Who good resolution for the New- Year, here is a sug- gestmn: 'I will spread no gloom." That is a good resolution for any time and always, but there is special need for it cow The past few months have brought great hardship to many people andjo many institutions. tide of high costs Against the ever-risibrought about by the war it has been a difficult. lo some a desperate. uk. to avoid disaster. The rampant spread of unrest and radicalism has caused stout hearts to quail; Bolshev has thrown its menacing shadow in the form of fear even where its actual contamination has not come. Iread of the future has taken lodgment m many minds, and black indeed are the dire predictions that have been spoken. Much of this dark picture is a figment of Ihe bram. Actual endrtrpn5 hav e bee fT bad Jhbe iwizathut --t hey have not Tsctif"' nearly s bad as many have imagined. As for the future it couldn't possibly be as bad as many people pretend to expect Perhaps they do not really anticipate the fulfillment of but they talk as if the) did. R.ght there is one source of the trouble; a few people have given way todepair and BfScouiisin is a .t!i.sT,r.1l.liai as scai lei fever. One man with a groueh can in lime affect a whole community, unless they join en mas-- e against him. And the spirit of a few communities can go far Inward determining the spirit of a whole nation. Hence Ihe need for optimism and cheerfulness on the part of each individual. Times are a bit hard it i true, and for the next G w months they may not be much better. It may keep most of us on our mettle to weather through. But we are pmg to make it. and we shall be a lot more comfortable and happy if we sing and smile as we go instead of whimpering and wearing a frown - ng - MORLD'S MOST UMAERSAL HOLIDAY. n THIS observed as the and Savior of mart not the correct date kind, although obviou-of the Nativity, ir nevertheless kept as the mot universal hlidav of he world. In the United it i a tmliday :tr cvery atale hi ihe DECEMBER -- eon--lagio- Lzuvu,,,,lhe-,X.azjcft.,..4ivrmb- mg.bsil.,wml-whn- i . staWm i- ndis- when he esU- - tbe forro of figure, they neither require count nor admit of denial So, males ' that tnillion children in eastern and rcntral Europe are -- undernourished' and so seriously stars ed that only t he cont inuanre of , the .Amerjcn.isdmg Itvrwiiinut. int?f will save them; and when he declares that for at leal seven million diseased little ones immediate medical aid is imperative (more than 17,000 asylum, hospitals, clinics and public kitchens iiemg dependent on American support', he presenl aJragic.buLtrijejiicture. lo whith the three-and-a-h- lrii it T imc 'a"wf n e ta. shoulder to shoulder and put forth effort worthy of the race, in order that its high her figures sym destiny may ie Tulfillfd.'--f- f bolize youth and old age, the foreign-bor- n citizen, American womanhood, the soldier, and barely m evidence in the background (also the primitive American. Labor and symbolic) industry are symbolized in the smoking factory fhimneys; and the suggestion of the equality of all is emphasized in the grouping of the newsboy, the man of wealth, the women, and the other types about the feet of the central and outstanding figure. Tbeae are the idsas the Artist bad In mind in putting the design on canvas. Our belief is that the oftener it is seen and the more it is studied, the stronger will be its appeal, the more eloquent jta message. It grows upon acquaintance such is tbe testimony of those who heve had opportunity of seeing it oflen since the first sheets were struck off; each elimination reveal new dashes of boldness, new angles of meaning. Our hope is that it . may prove fqually,eltf)iftg ABdaltsfrtor7tqE every reader. fc Whatever may ,nve len the hopes of the Puritan founder of Ne- - England as to establishing Ihe Tharkg ng festival as, in some measure, a for Christmas, they have failed of realization ufr tmas has persisted, and Thankg,vnv lack- - the ten- denc) is perhap at the present time than eter before i ma-v- j (he religious observance of the former i tv n all Christian bodies, no mailer how w.dely they may differ and dispute over other erenomea, observances or points of church d tV.ne and discipline. sub-ti'i.- V diyiiola -- EMPTY STOCKINGS THAT ARE HIDDEN. THE greatest i,Ies.,ng nf Ihe Christmas time is the spirit nf indlinesiwblch it create that" atirs inUi action the to be helpful, to do ome good, and to add, 'though in even small measure, to n,ieone' happiness. The heart of humatntv - Touched and, softened a perhaps' af no othe- - time of the year. What- - -- Xlir;.orrskrbi--tn"iileieason' TOjreor. irs gtv!ng, a vast oatand whole-soulpouring of spontaneous is generosity prr,Tt,..j. by tbe universal spirit of the time. It seems that some of the love which dwelt m the heart of Him whose birth the Christmastime commemorates spreads otit over the earth and finds a response in . th bitartf of tho- - h bctn pk liedTnd died. billions, the amount estimated as necessary to run the government next year, comes so trippingly off the tongue that" few persons realize the immensity of the lum. ,Four-and-a-h- alf ... ,, second of every minute, of every hour of evrfy day of every month of th6 entire year, or an ' ed , COVER PAGE irii a, chants'. YEWS A S long-tim- e readers of The -- News will notice, the first cover page of this Christ mas issue marks a radical change from any and all of those, excellent and beautiful in their way. which have preceded it. Ha symbolism,.' it,'teIU a powerful slo'ry which can not fail to be understood. However, let us attempt briefly to interpret iL The dominating figure is symbolic of the woman- nationa?pinU typified, ia to as a and the world lamp appealing standing to the American of many types to stand 4 ns ?us Chrnas, Hawaii, the Philippi e. Porto Rico and the Nirain Islands, as well a m every other country and colony in N,,r!h Central and South America. It D a hoi dav m all parts of Asia -. rv ed even there by rTrepprb t ria "'TTi n u and in Yustratasia and the foreign conimu-idOceania, ft ia a holidaj in all of the European colonies in Nfrica and m Liberia. In Europe it is ahjLi4.-up every. country except jtclf Bulgaria, Ihe Dn Republic Greece, Jugoslavia, Rumania, South Ru-iSoviet Russia, Siberia. Ukramia and Turke m the latter country it bc,ng observed by gn banks and mer- UNI O THESE LITTLE ONES." HATEVER Herliert Hoover may bave to say concerning food and health eondi-tioin Europe, and the steps that should be taken in correction of them, is assured of serious consideration. He knows what lie i i:;k 5. of the II UNGING PILOTS. ITHIV three weeks Leap' s of his cannot human!!) lose it- - eyes. Never has a more moving appeal been made !o the generosity of the American people; and it liould prove a irresistible a it is pitiful. - - In wdertbat the child relief program mav not falter or fail, a national collection of 33,000.01)0 (lhee again being Mr. Horner figures' is to lie launched tomorrow, December to in the churches of all creeds and races in the United Plates, and prosecuted throughout -- ST In C i able-bodi- 31 -- We see its" a good old world. Which onty pla-y- a game; Though it loves the race and it keeps the pace. It is tender, all the same. Though it struggles hard to win, The dream in its heart is sxtfeet. And on Christinas dap it is glad ed This may have something to do with the unusual succe--s attending the recent effort of the recruiting offices, ft is true that they are always willing to accept additional men of the right kind for the country's armed service, and that the advertising campaign for recruits ts prosecuted with undirnipisbed energy, whether enlistments are D- - or many. But the enlistment of roorelhan 2, (Oft recruits ior the army, during .November easily breaks all peace t me record; apd the navy doubtless did proj-or- t innately as well. This remarkable ed i'lovemeiit of young men toward barracks and battleships may not appear to be in IhC'dine of disarmament, but it probably ont-wr . whIm-sTrrachr a warlike spnTTasa consciousness ofthe excess of the supply of labor over (he demand. Moreover, both army s - and navy s program of education and industrial training hasu. assuredly been an important ntUficen-ct- n , while, as above suggested, the . certainly of the be-- t of food and. plenty of it van not have been an insignificant factor. selfish schemes seem all its dreams .And its only goal seems gold: .jygtjpghengyeE. .Chnstoasaxomes te world the mask removes From the tender parof its kind, true heart. And we leam hovJ much it , loves. . - both force pvrnach-'-Ih- -- point Of sary. A to the sea service, without waiting either for friends to praie or objectors to arraign it, the navy departments modesty 'has not it from claiming that we have the best-fe- d navy on the seven seas which claim, like the other, will doubtless stand on world-parLame- dold. THE United Slates army might to be able to go farther and fight harder than any other in the world, for probably no foreign observer will d pule the fvspr'Mn that Uncle soldiers are better fed than any other, while even critics here at home, who arc none too gentle or chivalrous-a- n Ihpir attacks uion thegov-- ernmental dejartments. have seemingly found nothing to complain of in the army cominis- - W nusuae The hand of the v?orld seems hard. The Heart of tHe world seems' expenditure every minute of, six times the total years earnings of the man whose salary is not quite 1120 per ntonlh. - In his throne of Greece, King jrimjByproprty-beperthat'thTiirnrilw- iii prove less slippery. i- - ELIAS S. WOODRUFF iHtma Mauser. I Because rTh, many homer are and many a lowering cloud ie driven away. Trouble and grief are aieuaged, and the miseries of want and wearineM are for the time at least dispelled by hope and happiness. The Impoverished and destitute are sought out and by the good offices of their more fortunate fellow mortals, or of the organizations designed to minister to thoe in need, they are lifted for once out of their hunger and cold and made to share in the glorious sense --of being well fed and comfortable. Bui what Of those whose need isTiMden behind fiU'or tfrfeFJclcF- -' minalion to struggle on to beUer days? the worthy poor who do not live in squalor but whose daily lives see more of hardship and -discouragement than do those who have grown used to depend on the bounties of organized chiCityJk la -- each --eases are often found much more of real pathos and more cause Tor pity than among those who through long dependence upon others for food and fsre have parted with their pride and subdued their sensiUveness. Even the nearest neighbors of such persons or families do not realize the actual conditions, for they shrink from publicity, and prefer to suffer and almost to etarve in silence and hope, rather than to become or to be thought of as objects of charity. A foolish altitude, perhaps; but who ran find it in his heart to blame them? AVhat shall Christmas bring. to such, a these? WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES. STOMACH. to-hl-in ONE THE MILL THROUGH ItEACIILNG s t.4 J0 Christmas News Editorial Page JOHN Q. CANNON txller-la- - 18-19- 'T THE HUMAN FUTURE. rrt (For Th tr. News by Frank Crane At all event, wrote Samuel Lucas In that which ha Aen. ha goeularla." been suitable to human nature, otherwiea It would not have been." We ere apt lo overlook the eloquence of events: Our Imagination Is so rnuch luora active than our observation. . . We are ourselves the authors gf thaj, laa - that would be if people would only follow our advice, but deetiny.ltaclf Is the author of hat really happened. There mot have been some good Veaeon for Iho great mietskea. til vaster, and setback of history, else they would not have been. , , anv means signify, that Thar dose not vr right,-o- r that 11 t for the best, they or that blak I whits, but It does mean certainly that no" man Is Agoing to find o :t much about Ihe law that govern the present and Ihe forces lltat mould the future seve him who attend to the pact and etud lea !?a causes Dreams have thejr worth and I'topmn their use In ehaping the pice of progress, but an ounce of actual ht,,r;. Intelligently g reaped, and understood vrph common aenaa, le north a pound of them Wa must try to understand the Even If w lnend to tom'at the cooler' attvee and reactionaries, we can do H much more e eympathe'-trolleffectively t get their point of vtew. And there la always this to be paid In favor of busses fa. re and of not making any change that whatever may be the of Ihe present system we know what thee are. where any new smtem, belrg human, will also certainly have ita faults, and we do not know what thev will be I The argument found In Hatr'ets soliloquy, where be reflecta that It is ,et-te- e to bear the Uta we have than fv to othera that we know i ot of Wa need radicals revolutionist, nrd reformer,, aa ati army needs sjoc aadvent iroua oulptwte hut we need tlo tl e and prudent, aa an armv must alao kekfrTIK touch With ita twee of sui pile ft wocH be poitbtiesa a sad world vcrc we all old tfogh end keeper of tradition-bu- t it would be a mal world, and would low barbai m . wru probably crash-ha- rk w all willing to try anv new- - scheme that fancy might propose and artful logic prove For after all, whatever god we hav gained haa grown ou! of the past poor .is It was. and whstever advance the race shall make In the future will somehow be a development things as they are now, imperfect and unsatisfactory asctkey - aeh-mra stand-palte- rs y 'll -d -- ' be. ; - c Bad and poor aa are the past and present, they are human; can the future be other than that? Copyright, by Frank Crane) lj. TWENTY YEARS AGO. From th FIIm of The Xese, c 1. 100. DECEVIBKH A special to The News t from Evansfofi. Wyo.. said th contract had been awarded to Kilpatrick Bros, and Collins to the Union Pacific cut-ofrom Evaneton to Salt Lake City. The consideration , 000,080. Work was to begin imme. diately and the time limit for completion 4 was four years Individuals and newspaper. in bait Lake and elsewhere commented in favorable terms on Tho Christmas News Among the newspaper comments was one particularly complimentary in The Ogden Standard y T. Woods. a brakeman eft r1ra)l 'TtHlftd near Kch. Hp a ah mlwing when the train stopped at the station and ha bodv was found four miles back, where he had fallen urdrr the wheels. ff u Years old, djed iff this citY She was the wjdow of ueorf James, who it was said was a member of dh famous Light Brigade at Halakiaa. Immortalized by TennYson. of SiAle. Joho Has wml Lordi- Secretary WivttrWk: British ambantador. held a forma) consultation on the actuation arising out of the Chinee peace negotiations as a result of which it was officially announced by the state department that the United !ale and Great Britain were in complete accord The report had gained circulation that England would not consent to lenlencv, but America, had won her over. P P Sc - .38 h a ANOTHER VOW. For The Deseret News b- - Walt Mason. For Ion, long months weve run amuck, with spendthrifts we have trotted, and eagerly blew Jn the buckand alt sane coun- - aela swatted. And now New approaches Tear a Day, whereon we make new and call down murrain (what are pledges, they?) on anyone who hedges. Until the Christmas season drifts, amuck we ll still be for we must blow ourselves for gift, running, for doodads cute end rnqnqg p.l( m III II tlis Tny" "TeirVDay irrlves, yttU roily let's e end-Inlet's renovate our wasted Uvea, and cut out foolish spending. It time w were Jn training now, for future for framing up a solemn vow Mat we'll give Thrift a trial,... The Old Tea Sbsken. bent and white, goes out by easy stages; the New YcaUa coming start It rishJ. And Jckle., -- half TOor'Wagee? fhe vows we made In r would do fW Ktre" frwkers. we awore we'd cut out cards and beer and clgarets and whisker But we are facing sterner times; retrenchment- is the motto; the watchword now is, gelt the dimes. and you'll agree we'd ought to. The Old Tear. In its going, tells a tale of money- . burning; the New Tear's rnming. wea - bell then new lcv ;,t B (Copyright by George Matthew Adam) t g, self-deni- - -- & |