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ffpELL us a story, Uncle Peter,"
said the children, as they
climbed over their kindly relative one
Christmas eve. "A story!" repeated
Uncle Peter, affecting surprise, but
'willing to draw upon his inexhaustible
'stock; "well, have you ever heard of
Uncle Samta Claus?" "Oh, you mean
Uncle Sunta Claus!" exclaimed Jack.
"No, I don't," said Uncle Peter; "I
mean the old man with the plug hat,
the blue swallowtail coat, the striped
breeches; the old man with eyes Uke
stars and a smile that never comes off
excepting when somebody Is treading
on somebody else; the old man with
the striped flag, whose headquarters
Is up in Alaska; the biggest Santa
Claus there Is." "All right, then,"
answered the children, "tell us about
him."
"Well," said Uncle Peter, "he has
his hands full Just now and Is doing
all he can to fill the hands of others.
The air Is so noisy with wireless cries
and clamors, there are so many hands
reaching out over the seas, that he is
almost distracted. Ever since he got
back from the great war he has
been repairing Its damage and renewing
the prosperity that It spoiled. And
long before that he was In the Christmas
business. He surprised China by
refusing to accept the great sum of
the Boxer indemnity. He let the Cubans
have Cuba when he had made
them free, and many thought that he
had a right to take that fair island
for himself. He is working hard at
his task of making America truly
American, a sober, industrious, en.
lightened, presperous, happy, Chrlstmasy
nation."
"I'm glad I'm one of his American
children," said Agnes, when Uncle
Feter had concluded; with which sentiment'all
the rest agreed.
A little cloud of doubt had arisen
on the Christmas sky, however, as
Uncle Peter had spoken of Uncle
Samta's lavlshness in far countries.
Edith voiced it when she ^wanted to
know if it would be of any use for
them to expect anything that Christ
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"I'm Glad I'm One," Said Agnes.
mas, whether or not they were to hang
up their stockings. "You'll put your
foot in it if you do," said George. "No, I
she won't," said Uncle Peter; "J have
had a special delivery letter from
Uncle Samta, saying that he has had
his eye on this house for the last
twelvemonth, and that this will be one
of his stopping places because from it
60 much of service for others has been
going out. He says that you are his
gardeners, and that you have planted
so many seeds of kindness that a lot |
of beautiful things will be sure to
come up. That is always the way, he
says; In fact, it is the way In which
he got rich himself."
This was a very pleasant assurance
for the children. K made them think
of a happy mistake that one of them
had made when they were having war
gardens all over the town: A certain
Mr. Rose had been appointed by the
mayor as inspector of gardens for the1
whole place, and one day Betty point- i
o*l liim nut tn jt friend with whom she
was walking. "There goes Mr. Rose," j
she said; "he's an expecter of gardens
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When the children had been reminded
of Mr. Rose they also remembered
what Betty had done at their
last Christinas party; stalking heavily
and pompously down the room, she
had said: "I'm Mr. Atlas, who holds
up the world." So one of them stood
on tiptoe, threw back her head and
threw out her arms and said: "I'm
Uncle Samta Claus, who holds up the
world." "Well done!" cried Uncle
Peter; "that'sJust It!"
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There wasn't any disappointment in 1
the house the next morning. "Did you
get ail that you wanted?" asked
Uncle Peter. "Yes," sold Mary.
"Were you at all disappointed?"
, "No," said Mary. When Mary said
i "Goodness," her mother said, "You
shouldn't say 'goodness,' Mary." "Grn-!
clous!" said Mary. But Mary was too
excited to have a care for her ex-:
jpresslons. In describing the situation
[afterwards she said: "I was in a per:
feet stupor of excitement."
i Uncle Peter had a present, too.
[After all the rest had been made
|}happy Agnes brought out n parcel,'
and when Uncle Peter opened it tnere
were too hip books that told over
> again the story of all that America
had stood for and accomplished. Tills
; made him very glad Indeed, and he*
'asked them to write his name on the
' fly leaf and to say that It was from
,'hls Young Americans. Then the
Christmas party ended with a verse
of our national anthem, heartily song
and followed by all the other verses,
'with a hurrah for Uncle Sam Instead
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LEAGUE A FAILURE
Eng'ish Paper Says Wilson's Hobby is
Spendthrift.
"The League of Nations has not
justified its existence."
"It is helpless In preventing war."
"It Is wasteful."
"It lino tnlipn front rank as a monCV !
spender."
Thus "John Bull," the British weekly
of large circulation, sums up the
league's record in an article entitled
"Squandermanla at Geneva," the costly
futility of the league of Nations.
"John Bull" declares:
"With the ideal of the League of
Nations everybody must agree. This
is an entirely different thing from
agreeing with its methods and procedure.
"What is the League of Nations
doing? In the recent Near East
crisis we were on the verge of another
great war. The league was helpless.
But when it comes to spending
money the league is right in the front
ranks.
"True, it is dealing with certain
questions?the opium menace and
the age of consent for the women
of Slam. Thi3 is a far cry from the
prevention of war and the reduction
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alone.
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handsome salaries with no practical
results, ard a'together the league
has cost over a million pounds.
"Girl typists working at Geneva get
more than British members of parliament
at Westminster; married
members of th? staff are sent over
from this country with their wives
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British staff, gets 4,000 pounds n
year and 6,000 pounds for expenses. |
Many officials get 2,000 pounds a
year and expenses.
"The day may come when the j
League of Xotions will justify its j
existence."
? A touch of realism is added to fire '
drills In Chicago public schools by the |
explosion, of "moviey bora 1 >3 causing I
smoke to (lood the corridors and exits. |
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?ongcd himself from a tree, was cut
iov/n by a fanner. During the operaion
one of his legs was broken,
soused by his landing-in a ditch. He
nied the farmer for hospital expenses.
The lower court granted his demand.
The superior court, however, considered
that the farmer had done a
food turn to the man who wanted to
iie, and his duty as a Christian citizen.
The higher court held that ho
could not be held responsible for the
consequences of his act and denied the
would-be suicide his claim.
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