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Show UNCLE SAM'S IAS Soldiers and Sailor? 1 Take Large Part in 1 Event. : ; '"OVER HERE THERE? I Cabinet Officials Take ; I Part in Celebration ! for the Poor. 4 WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 America ; H today celebrated a victroy 'Christmas. ,m The soldiers and sailors who made U such a Christmas possible had a large D part in the celebration. Though a It large proportion of the military force JU of the nation remained overseas those In who have returned were given a wel- ,1 come in every community and had a 'I major part in the day's celebration. 1 In Washington the day was cele- I brated quietly but wholeheartedly. For 1 the first time in the nation's history Q Christmas was not observed at the 1 White House. President Wilson In France for the peace conference spent ft the day with the American troops at u the front. Members of the cabinet D and of congress spent the day with I .their families. H I Secretary Daniels was to leave m : Washington late today for New York W 'to welcome the units of the American H 'fleet which have been in the war H zone. Secretary Baker attended n fl 'Christmas celebration for the poor I children of the city held in the ro- H itunda of the capitol. Assisted by 500 D 'soldiers from nearby camps, the war H J secretary acted as a chief Santa Claus H for the children and aided in the dis- H 'tribution of gifts from a large Christ- H mas tree brought from the Washing- I ton estate at Mount Vernon. JJ CHICAGO. Dec. 25 Ten million dol- fi ; lars in Christmas bonuses were given JJ to employes by their employers this n Yulletide, according to estimates made H public today by the Chicago Associa- I , tion of Commerce. This, it is said, is the greatest sum ever distributed fl in this city in the form of holiday ban- I uses and the inumber of concerns I sharing ihelr prosperity with their employes was greater than ever. I |