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Show B MERRY CHRISTMAS K ' With thU 1mu TlRepubHctn wkhw p . Its many reader a 'Merry Chrlstnjas.- T'V"' The war is over for which we are all Hf thankful, and, we can therefore make LBb ' merry., Even those who have vacant K chairt, chairs that wiU not be filled when p the boys come marching home, can make P ',. merry and thank God that they had "such 7, a costly sacrifice to lay on the altar of ; .; Freedom." Theirs is a far happier lot, Hj than those who had ho boy, or those hav- H I ing the. boy who used the daylight and Hf,' then burned the midnight oil to get him H. in-"deferred classification' or in some' H" "swivel chair' job where he would be Vjji Bate from the "sound of the guns. Really H' those who can best Make Merry are those Hi . loyal citizens of the republic who faced Hfr the dreaded situation with all us realities ( HM" s and chain of horrors, who believed in the H ' first principles of the republic, that "all Hk men are created equal," and that "ono-l Hf - -man's son is just as good as the son of Ha,,; ' another,- and when the time came, went F- tor the front, to the trenches, in the air, Hr,, ;' or on the water. Such are representa- MlI'L. tives of true Americanism, andwill live pv in the hearts of the people, when all oth- Kv:'.; ' era are long since forgotten. pKvlv - .: We caJnninake "merry, because this,, K; '7 - Chriatmas brings a liberated world. The" ti mad dog of Europe -has been. forced into ppB?f - JriBjrewitvand,is nowwai.tthe'-ver?,;; ilK-'- - otict of bis peers. SheU torn Irnce and gaHP'' - 'BWUWiwturning; their;- ;hwneew K&:':-: ',,, representatives of the peaceful nations m H J r ' tiseworW are gathering to impose M, I. ' : - J Mtei on the bW. ' B,;: ' "toa'pindrwalityatthiiChri.tmM PXt;,. . usrgive thiiksTand L lto |