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Subscribe for the Only Reliable People's Paper in Colorado "The Colorado Statesman" THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RACE COUNTRY PARTY R. NATHANIEL DETT'S GIFTS TO AMERICAN MUSIC Hampton, Va., Dec. 26.—"The Chariot Jubilee" and other compositions of R. Nathaniel Dett, including "Weeping Mary," "In the Bottom," "Music in the Mine" and "Magic Moon of Mother Gold" are enthusiastically reviewed by Frederick Martens, contributing editor to "Musical America," in the December issue of the "Southern Workman," which is published by Hampton Institute. Mr. Martens' review, in part, follows: VOL. XXVI. R. NATHANIEL D. AMERICA Hampton, Va., Dec. 26.—"The tions of R. Nathaniel Dett, including "Music in the Mine" and "Magic Moo- ly reviewed by Frederick Martens, c ica," in the December issue of the published by Hampton Institute. Mr. M SPIRITUALS' WORLD APPEAL. IN PREPARING to set down some of the impressions and reactions produced by a study of the more recent works which have come from the pen of R. Nathamiel Dett, my eye chanced to fall on the copy of "Religious Folk Songs of the Negro" which lay on my work-table, and I could not help but feel that it represented the ideal point of departure for any consideration of what this composer has done. Aside from any intrinsic value of its own the fine Hampton edition of these authentic plantation songs has served to inspire original work of enduring value and beauty on the part of those men who have carried the message of the old "spiritual" to a world audience—men like Coleridge-Taylor, Harry Burleigh, and R. Nathamiel Dett—and have proven that the folk-sing of the Negro may compare with that of any other race in emotional depth and melodic loveliness. Nathaniel Dett is, chronologically, probably the most recent outstanding figure among American composers to exploit this field. How has he made his influence felt therein? As we remember, that admirable motet, "Listen to the Lambs," followed by "O Holy Lord," and the occupational chorus, "Music in the Mine," based on the characteristic "cries" of the miners (much in the spirit of Jannequin's old seventeenth-century secular motet on the "street cries" of Paris) first drew wider attention to Mr. Dett's masterly employ of the valuable thematic material he knows so well. Then later came those finished shorter choral workings out of "Weepin' Mary" and "Till Never Turn Back No More," which cannot well be betered as examples of how to enrich, by means of a sympathetic harmonization, the original simple contour of the "spiritual" without doing injury to its essentially folk-song character. "America the Beautiful," a fine patriotic chorus, does not, of course, fall into the category of folk-song numbers, but is a personal reaction to the spirit of the times which prompted it. Of course these works and the "Magnolia" and "In the Bottoms" suites for the piano had already established Mr. Dett's reputation as one of the younger generation in America composition from whom more was to be expected. At the same time a period seemed to have been reached when critics would await with interest the apearance of subsequent numbers in order to come to a more definite conclusion as to the composer's true status, his importance as a really permanent factor in American composition. "Chariot Jubilee" is Inspired. It is not too much to say that the group of choral works and songs by R. Nathaniel Dett, which have just come from the press, establish beyond all chance of doubt that he is moving up and on, and is showing a deeper quality of inspiration, a richer and more matured finish of musicianship. This impression is unescapable in the case of that truly inspired piece of choral writing, the "Chariot Jubilee," the motet for ten solo and chorus of mixed voices with accompaniment of organ, piano, or orchestra, which the composer wrote at the request of the Syracuse University Chorus and its conductor, Professor Howard Lyman. The "request" or 'occasion" number has an unenviable reputation for being dry and academic; that adjective "worthy" in the sense of lacking interest is often applied to it. But Nathaniel Dett's "Chariot Jubilee" should go far to destroy the general belief in the uninspired nature of the "request" number. It is only a short score of some thirty-one pages, yet may claim to be a masterpiece of its kind. It has that inner cohesion, that unity of inspiration, of progressive culminating movement, the free yet musical logical simultaneous development which harmonizes rich detail with breadth of outline, all of which are so much more important than any mere outward and uninspired formal development. It is built—a whole throbbing, pulsing movement, whose fermatas are less interruptions of the mounting tide of choral motion than points of emphasis and departure for a more sustained and colorful working-up—on a few themes. These the composer has handled with a master's control of his material. The richest variety of dynamite and interpretative effect, solo passages with cantellations that stand forth floriously, a splendidly contrasted handling of inner and outer voices in a counterpoint which is never arid: an ever-increasing fervor of expression, a stretto of movement, sonorous body of choral sound, and passionate intensity culminate in the magnificent allegro finale, rightly marked con abandon. The low basses at times have the ritual quality of the Greek Catholic male-choir voices. If R. Nathaniel Dett had written no other work the "Chariot Jubilee" would suffice to make his name. It has potentialities of effect present in very few, if any, choral works of its length. Choral Development. While the "Chariot Jubilee" is outstanding among Mr. Dett's more recent output, yet there are other new numbers of his which deserve mention. There are, for instance, the adaptations of Negro spirituals which give the simple originals a distinctive personal art-song quality, without doing injury to their mood or spirit—"Tm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always," for a three-part chorus of women's voices; and "Done Paid My Vow to the Lord" for the same setting of voices, but with a fine solo part for low voice. The originals of these folk-tunes are not in the Hampton book of spirituals but from the private collection of Nathaniel Dett and G. Lake Imes respectively. We need only compare these lovely, haunting religious chorals of the slave them, with some of the sol-distant anthems and "sacred songs" of the day in order to realize the gulf that yawn DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1919 between the truly inspired and the commercially motived in devotional music. And what has been said of Nathaniel Dett's choral developments of the "spiritual" themes, applies in equal measure to his admirable song transcriptions of similar material—"Follow Me" and "Somebody's Kockin' at Your Door," the first for high, the second for low voice. Yet, just as the "Charlot Jubilee" shows incontestably that he has a rich inspirational vein of his own (for to my thinking his work is in essence an original work), so in his songs he does not have to depend for all that he does on his folk-song themes. His "A Thousand Years Ago or More" calls up a Nilotic reminiscence with a poesy of imagination, a delicacy and beauty of melodic utterance that could not better express the soul of his poem. And in his "Magic Moon of Molten Gold," a serenade at St. Pierre, he gives its full meed of sensuous tonal charm to the imagery of the text. It is no pale, graceful serenade suited to a colder clime, but an ardent melody a-tremble with Creole passion. No, there can be no doubt but that Nathaniel Dett has set a hallmark, a standard on his work as a composer in these new scores of his which cannot well be questioned. And for this all lovers of the sincere and beautiful in music may be grateful. DAY OF PRAYER FOR OUR ASSASSINATED. The time has come to act in harmony to bring to the attention of the world, now and forever, the existing conditions of the times in America and concerted endeavor to bring about better feeling. To this end the Chicago Defender calls upon and urges the people throughout the length and breadth of the land to make Sunday, January 4, 1920, a day of solemn prayer, in memory of the thousands of people of our group who have been wantonly assassinated at the hands of demon mobs and murdered in cold blood for alleged crimes, without due process of law, as guaranteed by the constitution of the United States. It is urged further that the people assemble in their various churches, lodge halls, and that families be called together in their homes and engage in prayer on this occasion, that the Congress and President of the United States may be stirred to immediate action in the defense of and for the universal protection of law-abiding people. Note to pastors: Forward us the name of your church and approximate number attending services on January 4. NEGRO ADVANCEMENT SOCIETY DOUBLES MEMBERSHIP. Race riots and lynchings in 1919 have only served to increase the determination of Negroes throughout the United States to organize to wipe out these evils, according to announcement made today by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, whose membership more than doubled in the year. "Colored people of the United States are awake as never before to the need of organizing," said the announcement, "to obtain justice and maintain peace. The membership of this association, which was 8,427 in November 1917, jumped to $40,729 in November 1918, and more than doubled this, reaching 88,292 on the first of December, 1919. "The number of branches throughout the country jumped from 80 in 1917 to 145 in November, 1918, and was more than doubled in the current year, reaching 310 on December 1st last." BOULDER NEWS (By Ty Cobb.) Mrs. M. Smith was given a surprise party last Wednesday night by her many friends. From the number of presents she received it shows the evidence of Mrs. Smith's popularity. Quite a nice time was enjoyed by all, but the game, "Upset the Fruit Basket," proved to be injurious to some as well as dangerous. The reporter dropped in and was invited to partake of a delicious spread. Oh, my! who is next? The grand dance Christmas night promises to eclipse any social event given this season. Great preparations are being made and lots of friends are expected up from Denver. Mr. and Mrs. George Reeves have just received a communication from their daughter, Miss Cleora, that she is en route to Lafayette, Mo., to visit her grandmother for the holidays. Miss Reeves is attending Lincoln Institute at Jefferson City, Mo. Professor Biggers was up Saturday and formed a class for a business course. The reporter departed Saturday for Kansas City, Mo., to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. Oh, yes, he will return. From what the reporter saw in his rounds Santa Claus will make some of the young ladies very happy. Now that all danger is past and the world did not burn up on the 17th, as predicted, the sages and wise men are out with heavy explanations as "I told you so." The citizens of Goss street were much alarmed to see on the morning of the 17th Dick Morrison, Thorn Thompson, John Morris and G. Jones with telescopes in hand spying at the sun and assuring everyone that all danger had passed. TO AGITATE NEGRO OPPRESSION IN UNITED STATES. Dudley Field Malone Will Speak—"The American Congo" to Be Described. A mass meeting to rouse public sentiment to the wrongs suffered by the American Negro will be held on the evening of January 5th in Cooper Union on the occasion of the annual meeting in New York City of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, it was announced today at the headquarters, 70 Fifth avenue. Dudley Field Malone, former collector of the port of New York is to be the chief speaker. Dr. W. B. B. DuBois has announced as his subject "The American Congo," a description of conditions in the South rivalling the horrors of the Belgian Congo. The other speakers announced for the meeting are John Haynes Holmes and M. H. Gassaway, who was threatened with assassination in Anderson, South Carolina, because of his connection with the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The evening mass meeting is to be preceded by a business meeting at 2 p. m. at the Sage Foundation building. RACENEWS Gathered From Various Sources LIBERIA MAKES SPECIAL APPEAL TO DENTISTS. Monrovia, Liberia, Dec. 19.—During the visit of the Spanish influenza to this country several dentists fell victims to the malady, and as a result Liberia has issued an appeal to American dentists to turn their attention to this republic. A special appeal is being made to Chicago and New York dentists to correspond with C. J. George, Water street, Monrovia, Liberia, W. C. A. The letter says: "The field is unexplored and the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few." AFRICAN PRINCE AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY. Boston, Dec. 18.—Stephen Balfour Mfoafo, a prince of an African royal family, is represented among the student body at the college of liberal arts of Boston University. The prince's father is a farmer at Lartch, West Africa, on the Gold coast, and is engaged in raising cocoa. "Most young men from the Gold coast of Africa go to England for higher education," Mr. Mfoafo said. "The schools at home are under the English and German system. I heard so much about America at home, so we came over here instead of going to England." Mr. Mfoafo has been in America five years, doing his college "prep" work and completing his plebe year of college at Wilberforce, Ohio. He will remain this year at the college of liberal arts of Boston University, where he is registered as a sophomore. Next year he will go to Boston University, school of medicine. Upon completing his medical course in 1924 Mr. Mfoafo plans to return to Gold coast and practice medicine among his native people. Two of his fellow countrymen are students at Harvard University. FORMER PRESIDENT'S SON AGREES TO GO ON HOWARD UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Washington, D.' C.—Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Secretary-Treasurer of Howard University, announces that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, son of the former President of the United States, has accepted the suggestion of Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, president of Howard University, that his name be proposed for election as a member of the Howard University Board of Trustees at the meeting of the board to be held in February. President Roosevelt, in speaking of Howard University some years ago, said, "It is from this institution that are graduated those who will lead and teach their less fortunate fellows. Upon their leading and teaching much depends for their race and their country. I have a peculiar interest in Howard University because of having seen the effects of their work close at hand." The former President's son has something of the same "peculiar interest in Howard University," and is planning to cooperate in every way possible with the officals of the Uni- NO.11. versity in putting under way the great reconstruction and reorganization program of the University, which has assumed a new leadership and has attained, as has been aptly said, a new conception of her mission, through aiming practically and deliberately at meeting the national demand in race leadership, and thus fulfilling her proper duty and mission as the national institution for the higher and professional educational of colored youth. THEY WOULDN'T CARRY THE FLAG. In front of The Helena Independent office a few evenings ago, the fife and drum corps assembled to play martial music. Dr. L. M. Rheem, secretary of the Commercial Club, called for a volunteer to carry the American flag. Several hundred men and boys were assembled. The Commercial Club secretary called to several men to carry the American flag. They shook their heads. Several young boys were appealed to to carry the flag. They did not want the job. The doctor raised his voice. "Any of you men should be proud to carry that flag anywhere," he shouted. No one responded. A second call was made. Pushing his way through the crowd Otho Allen, a colored man, got near Rheem and said: "I'll carry that flag anywhere." The colored man was given the flag of his country to carry. He carried it proudly. The white men in the crowd thinned out and finally disappeared into near-by loafing places. They did not want the sound of martial music to reach their ears. Y. M. C. A. NOTES The meeting at Fern hall last Sunday afternoon was full of enthusiasm and pep. Miss Martin of the American Woodmen, representing that organization as its delegate on the program, was at her best, giving selections from her own poetical compositions. Mrs. Pope, who was to have represented the Eastern Star, was prevented by illness from appearing. That body, however, was represented by Mrs. Derry and Mrs. Sloan, the retiring and succeeding presidents. Editor Joseph D. D. Rivers of The Colorado Statesman, on being called upon, stated that he had not come to the meeting to talk, but to do, and forthwith made good his statement by presenting a check of a substantial size for the work. Several memberships also were reported, the largest number being turned in by Gilbert Zachery of the Denver Athletic Club. A desperate effort is being made to finish the quota and close the big drive by tomorrow (Sunday) night. To that end a monster rally and closing-year meeting will be held at Shorter Church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, at which the effort will be made not only to secure the quota but also to "go over the top." William E. Sweet, of Sweet, Foster, Tandy & Co., president of the local work and recently elected president of the International Y. M. C. A., will be the principal speaker. He will tell the men the hopes and plans of the board of directors for the work, and encourage them to make good in every way. Ira E. Lute, the general secretary, will also be present. This will be by far the most important meeting ever held by the branch, and every man and woman in the city should be present. Music will be furnished by the church choir. NEVER AGAIN by R. Ray Baker THAT settles it. Never again." Hubert Blacklock jerked open a drawer of the decrepit, wabby, wooden structure that served as his desk and took from it a packet of letters bound with a piece of string. He ran them over casually, somewhat dependently, with a thumb, and gazed abstractedly through a small space in the window-pane that had, through some neglect, escaped the coat of grease with which the remainder of the glass was burdened. A forest of white met his eyes—a pretty picture from a purely scenic standpoint, but not inspiring to one who had been living in the midst of it for two months and faced three more before seeing civilization again. "Happy New Year," said Al Sturt, looking up from his drawing-board, T-square and compass, and scratching his ear with a right-triangle. Hubert favored him with a glare, rose to his feet and administered two kicks, one of which closed the desk drawer, while the other sent the chair beneath the desk. A few steps took him to a box stove that was glowing and crackling. He clanged open the door, balanced the letters in his hand, as though weighing the justice of his deed, and hurled the packet into the blaze that reached for it. "Never again," he reiterated, as he directed one more kick and closed the stove. "Lovely evening," observed Al, as he laid aside the tools and lighted a pipe. "What's all this 'never-againing' I hear? Are you making a New Year's resolution?" "You've hit it," was Hubert's response, as he borrowed some tobacco and a match from his friend and proceeded to co-operate in the process of smudging the room. Pipes make men closer friends and tend to pry open the covers that hide the secrets of their hearts, especially when there is a sorrow connected with the secret and the troubled one feels the need of consolation. Moreover, the two months spent in each other's society had welded a chain of friendship between these two men that was firm, and already they had exchanged some confidences. "It's an alluring future," said Hubert. "Believe me, when we get this old railroad mapped out—which probably will take about three months more—you can see me shaking the dust—I mean the snow—of the Washington woods from my feet and beating it for—well, I dunno, but I guess I'll make it Hongkong." "So she turned you down," was Al's comment as he watched a ring of smoke soar ceilingward. "After all these months she has gone back on you. And how loyal you have been to her! Never once have you looked at another woman. Of course, there haven't been any around to look at, but just the same, you haven't. Well, unhosson yourself." "There isn't much to it," Hubert told him. "I wrote her, asking if she'd marry me when I got out of here. I told her if she couldn't accept me she needn't answer at all. Well, it's been a month, and I haven't heard, so that's my answer. And she's had my letter three weeks. It only takes a few days to get mail to St. Paul." "Sure you mailed it?" inquired Al. "No question about it. I remember distinctly reading her address on the letter when I dropped it in the box # Gazed Abstractedly Out of the Window. at the Sheffield post office after walking the necessary two miles for the express purpose of satisfying myself there was no hitch in the proceeding of proposing by mail. I had two letters to mall, the other one being that poem I wrote for the Forest Trail Magazine. I forgot the letter containing the poem and gave it to you to mail the next day. Remember?" Al gave a slight start at this, opened his mouth to speak, bit his lip and remained silent for a moment. "And so you swore off?" he finally said. "Why can't you wait until midnight tomorrow, when we can usher in the new year? And what did you swear off, if I may ask again?" Hubert borrowed another match and relighted his pipe, on which he had neglected to draw. "I swore off on ever associating with or writing to any girl any more in my whole life—and I'm going to stick to it," he said firmly. Al burst out laughing. "It can't be done," he asserted. "I have five dollars in my pocket that says you'll break that resolution within a week." "I'll take you. I'm against gambling, but this is a sure thing. I tell you 'never again.'" Hubert retired early and was tossing and tumbling among the blankets, when Al stole softly from the shack and made his way to a shed where the engineers' supplies and surveying implements were stored. Lighting a lantern he seated himself on a box of groceries, and then grinning somewhat ruefully, produced a letter from a pocket of his cont. "Can you beat it?" he mused. "I clean forgot to mail that poem, and I never would have thought of it again if he hadn't mentioned it. Wonder if the Forest Trail Magazine suffered for want of it? I guess not, though, for Hub is always sending out such stuff and getting it back. But I wonder—I wonder—" He looked curiously at the address on the envelope. "Editorial Department, Forest Trail Magazine, New York," he read. "That's the address all right, but this is rather bulky for a poem." He brought a claspknife from his trousers and opened it. "Maybe this isn't just right," he said, "but something tells me all is not as it should be." He hesitated only a moment, then slit the envelope, disclosing several close- SALISON "Can You Beat It?" He Mused. ly written sheets of paper. one of which started out with "Dear Jean." "That's enough," he said, as he blew out the light and left the shed. "I'm not reading my pal's love letters. It's a bad blunder, but my forgetfulness has saved the situation. It would have been a scream if the editor of Forest Trail had received this manuscript, And I wonder how Jean liked the poem." He walked back toward the shack. "I'll give it to 'Hub' in the morning," he thought, but after he had gone to bed he got to turning it over in his mind, with the result that early the next day he hiked to Sheffield. Entering the railroad station, which also served as a telegraph office, he busied himself with a yellow blank. After spoiling two blanks, he handed one to the operator. The message he had written was addressed to Jean Penbrook, at a certain address in St. Paul, and it said: "Will you marry me in May? Must know before the new year starts. Don't answer if you refuse. Hubert." "I'm a meddler as well as a forger," thought Al as he retraced his steps toward camp after loading up with tobacco. Shortly after the engineers had finished supper a knock sounded on the door and when Hubert opened it a man flourished a telegram in his face. Hubert signed for it, opened it and read while Al got very busy with the T-squares and the compass and the triangles. Not a word was said about the telegram during the entire evening. Both men busied themselves with their drafting for an hour or two, then got out books and read, waiting for the new year to dawn. The only timepiece in the shack was an alarm clock, and this had been set to ring out the old year. Shortly before the hour approached, Hubert seated himself at his desk and became active with writing materials. Al kept one of his eyes on his book and chuckled softly, while the other surreptitiously watched Hubert. Presently the clock jangled the midnight hour. "Happy New Year, Hub," called AL "How are you starting it?" Hubert continued scratching with the pen. "None of your confounded business!" he growled, without looking up. Al laughed aloud. "I'll hand you that five tomorrow," announced Hubert, as he started on the eleventh page. "Never again," mimicked Al. (Copyright, 1919, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Resolved: That lying is a vice— All moralists alike decry it. Henceforth I will not tell a lie Unless I can make something by it! Resolved: That gossiping's a crime To be condemned with censure icy. Hereafter I will tell no tales Resolved: That robbery is sin. And so I will not rob my neighbor In any way that might involve Resolved: That I will go to church. (Unless some other occupation Seems more attractive at the time). And so enhance my reputation. Resolved: In short, that I will be A moral man, as some men view it. And when the path of virtue lures, That I will resolutely pursue it! vow to refrain from indulgence in strong drink for a whole year. The practice of beginning the new year with good resolutions, however, is very, very old. The custom goes back to the beginnings of recorded history and was common to many peoples. Time was when the New Year's resolution was a solemn affair, marked by elaborate religious ceremonies. For example, the Japanese, 300 years before Christ, made much of the day. All outstanding accounts and debts were cleared away, all enmities were ended under penalty of the law. The dwelling house was swept and garnished; old furniture and old clothing were cast away in exchange for new in the belief that the assumption of a new conscience was complete only with the assumption of a new covering for the body. By contemporary peoples was the New Year day regarded as time of solemn renunciation of all follies and an amendment for the future. In the days of the Pharaohs the Egyptians symbolized their purification with elaborate baths and fasting; the Persians and Phoenicians greeted the New Year with prayer to the heathen images and with flagellations. With the passing of the centuries old New Year's vows have lost their formal character. "Turning over a new leaf" is now a matter of individual and not national concern. "Swearing off" is even a favorite jest with the humorist and cartoonist. Nevertheless, the modern man is more sensitive to the appeal of the New Year than he shows in public. What makes the New Year is the newness of life that human nature brings into it. It is a New Year to everybody according as everybody tries to live over again, and pushes forward and turns plan to action and discouragement to hope. People rely too much on resolutions to make a year new. With the disappearance of the custom of making New Year's calls from the circles whose members consider themselves "in society" in the big cities of the land went one of the most cherished resources of the professional joke foundryman, for it furnished many a situation that was truly humorous when regarded from his viewpoint. For the temperance lecturer, too, the decadence of New Year's calls must CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS. A resume of the extraordinary session of the Colorado Legislature accomplished the following encounters; Woman suffrage ratification; an anti-auto-theft law; law to suppress anarchy and sedition; appropriation of $127,000 for the State Reformatory at Buena Vista; appropriation of $35,000 for the state hospital at Pueblo; appropriation of $40,000 for a hospital and cottages at the State Industrial School for Girls in Golden; establishment of a $15,000 fund for ore testing and experimental work in conjunction with the federal bureau of mines at the Golden research station; appropriation of $300,000 to meet the expenses of the Colorado National Guard during the recent mobilization in the coal fields; provision for monthly allowances to dependents of enlisted Colorado National Guardsmen. All general appropriations for 1920 will be pared down "in accordance with strictest economy" except the Postoffice and Naval Departments, the estimates of which are less than for the present year, Majority Leader Mondell of Wyoming told the House when the first urgent deficiency bill of this session was brought up. Greatest reductions would be made in the army and fortification estimates, he said, the former request totaling $882,000,020, and the latter $117,793,330, an increase of more than $106,000,000 over the present appropriation. Thursday, Jan. 15, has been set by the State Board of Land Commissioners as the date for public sale of the school land now occupied by the state convict farm at Avondale, near Pueblo. The land will be auctioned in the Avondale school house at 10 o'clock in the morning, with the full membership of the land board present, according to present plans. No bid will be considered if less than $100 an acre and it is expected the greater part of the land will bring a much higher figure. The Holbrook valley, a farming community a few miles north of La Junta, will probably have the first community house to be erected and dedicated to the soldiers of the Holbrook valley who served in the late war. A meeting was held at the town of Cheraw, at which steps were taken to complete the building at an early date. The structure will contain a gymnasium and other modern improvements. The auditorium will have a seating capacity of 500 Segregation or disposal of commercial lines not directly allied with the meat and provision business of the five great packing companies as agreed upon between them and the United States attorney general announced by the latter, will involve reorganization of a huge industry with assets of more than $1,000,000,000. The agreement was regarded by the packers as marking an epoch in industry in that for the first time big business bows to public opinion. Building of three railroad tunnels, under James peak, Cumbres pass and Marshall pass, by means of a state bond issue authorized by an amendment of the state constitution to be voted for by the people at the general election next year—this is the program recommended by the State Railroad Commission, appointed by the governor by legislative authority in 1911, in its first report to Governor Oliver H. Shoup. Charging the city and county of Denver with failure to keep the road at East Virginia avenue and South Colorado boulevard in repair, P. T. Reilly and his daughter, Ruth Reilly, have filed suits in the District Court asking damages for injuries suffered when their automobile plunged over the embankment into a creek bed on Oct. 12, 1919. The father asks $6,275 and the daughter $5,000. Government Investigators are now interested in a sequence of events centering around the American west coast and the apparent concentric lines of Mexican and Japanese activities. That the war time policy of obtaining officers for the United States marine corps from the ranks be continued is the recommendation made by Secretary of the Navy Daniels, according to a report received at the marine corps recruiting office in Denver, Colo. The secretary points to the work of officers commissioned from the ranks during the war, as his reason for making this recommendation. He also recommends that additional officers be commissioned for the marine corps aviation branch, and that special aviation grades be created for enlisted men. A permanent marine corps of 27,467 officers and men, or 20 per cent of the naval strength, is also recommended as well as the creation of chief warrant rank for marines. Earl Martin, 24 years old, was shot by Roy Benton, member of a sheriff's posse, when he attempted to resist arrest after he and John E. Bailey, 20, had been caught, the officers state, in the act of concealing an automobile that had been stolen from in front of the First Presbyterian Church at Fort Collins. The fight occurred at the Jack Rigden ranch in Owl cafon. A new coal field situated east of Greeley will be one of the outgrowths of the coal strike. Prospecting has been going on in the Gill district, eleven miles northeast of Greeley, for some time and development work will probably be started by local capitalists next summer. E. R. Bauer, representing the Walsh estate, is preparing to begin work on the Hidden Treasure mine, at Ouray. A small force of men will immediately begin cleaning up the property and getting it in readiness for extensive work in early spring. 1920 "Swearing Off" "Best Wishes" A Resolved: That after January 1 I'll conquer every evil habit, And if one shows its ugly head, Directly through the heart I'll stab it. —Somerville (Mass.) Journal. WEARING OFF" is said to have originated in the twelfth century with Louis IX of France, who decreed that on a certain New Year's day the soldiers of his army should take a 5 NEW YEAR'S CALLS. THE WEEKLY PRESS Turning over a New Leaf "-Make My Husband Jealous" Best Wishes I wish that we might seek and find That which would benefit mankind; A joy that would infold the earth And hourly visit at each hearth. A ray of sunlight to the blind, A bit of heart to the unkind; An understanding gift to some To help along another one. To those who wish good deeds to do Success, for them I'm wishing, too; And those whose lives a burden bear, I wish that I might take a share. And all the ones who hungry go, I wish into their hands move flow A wealth of coin for things to eat That they could have both drink and [meat. For those who feel cold winter's blast Warm clothes and shelter I would [ask; And for the whole world, God's [great love To help us earn our home above. MRS. BLANCHE MASON. "B EST WISHES" will be written, printed and engraved on millions of New Year's cards this year as usual. "BEST WISHES" will be written, printed and engraved on millions of New Year's cards this year as usual. Whaddayamenn "Best Wishes?" Surely all "Best Wishes" are not all alike. They are as different as best girls—who are generally supposed to be best because "so different." Well, here's some sample "Best Wishes" which are out of the ordinary, anyway: "My best wish for myself is that John will learn to see things the way I do." said a charming newlywed, "And," she added, "maybe that's a real good wish for John, too." "I wish I could make my wife happy." said Jimmie. "I wish I could make my husband jealous," said his wife. "He wants me to be happy and he doesn't care how. If he only loved me the way I love him he wouldn't want any such thing. I don't believe there's a man living who knows what love means." "My best wish for all my friends," said a writer, "is that they should have financial success. Perhaps money can't buy happiness but it can buy all sorts of things to keep happiness in. It can buy health and strength, freedom from anxiety and leisure to do the things you want to do. I never had any un- have come with a shock, since, because of the diversity and abundance of refreshments furnished, the number and variety of available "examples" developed on January 1 and easily exceeded, at least in picturesqueness, those of nearly all the year's remaining days. But no matter how much, or by whom, the memory of the custom may be regretted, it seems to have vanished permanently as a general observance. Certain it is that today it is as dead as a door nail in the "swell" circles whose members once held it in BOMB "No Ambition" happiness that money couldn't cure, aside from the actual death of a loved one; and in one case money could have prevented that. It doesn't follow that a man will be happy because he is rich; but if a rich man knows how to be happy, he has a cinch. A poor man may know how and be all the more miserable for knowing. I wish with all my heart that you had a million—and would lend me about four hundred." "What I want first is life," said the alleged philosopher. "The will to live is fundamental, and needs no explanation. I want health, because without it I am half dead. I want food, shelter and clothing to sustain life; and I want association with my fellows in order to expand it. I want freedom to satisfy these wants to the fullest extent; therefore, I want everyone to be free. And I want everyone to want freedom so that they will co-operate with me in getting it. I want knowledge to understand my wants and give me the power to satisfy them; and I want others to share this knowledge so that we can work together for still greater satisfaction. I want no master to restrict my energies, and no slave to restrict my independence. I want cultured and educated people about me; therefore, I want everyone to have education and culture. I want to live in a world where no one is nervous, or worried or afraid. Therefore I want to abolish poverty and the competition of man against man. I want all the energies which the world is now exhausting in war applied to the manufacture of the things we want. And I want these things distributed freely for the people's use, by a system of distribution which would make war unthinkable. So I don't want much—only a world-wide revolution." "There's no need of wishing you prosperity," said a young woman of sixty-five. "That is equivalent to wishing that somebody else has worse luck than you. I can't wish you more happiness, because that may mean anything from intoxication to vegetation. What I wish for you is youth—the constant consciousness that life is ahead of you, not behind, and a constant willingness to go ahead and welcome it." "My best wish," said a man who thinks he is a thinker, "is that your own best wish comes true. The trouble with most people is that they want you to have what they want and think you ought to want, not what you actually do want yourself. I don't know what you want most and I don't care, but I hope you get it." the highest regard, and its individual observance, here and there, always excites surprise and the use of the term "old-fashioned" by those who hear about it. The Good Old Days. Folks somehow aren't as sociable As in the good old days, When, sah, a certain grace an' cha'm Fo instance, sah, on New Yeah's day, When chivalry arrayed In feathas fine would gathah, sah, An' New Yeah's calls were made. By W. D. Hoover ee pear, ween pom MAMONAT. PRODUCTION is the question of the day. The doctrine which destroys the ability to construct, i " The continued success of our Government depends on the — — = methodical and businesslike organization of all its creative eo YY : : SS ; , 3 get SS es forces by active and responsible men who will administer ff S \Y ae 4 =< upon practical businesslike lines, it lies in the preponder- YY ‘ ‘ 4 Eom ance of National interests over private interests; it lies in 7 = . Liz the fostering of human energy and National resources. { = a r¢ A as : :. gg. y Z a eae The desire to take but not create must be eliminated from [7% o> YV Mie aes i. eG: as : ines ot , y Nepean es Y American thought before voluntary mediation can be suc- Gigi ill F| i eae ay eS cessfully established. & ~ \ ™ ay Ae! YH 4 Ss \ i go BY ®& Pe. ‘The acceptance of the idea of efficiency whereby Labor is f / ak oN SS AGS 2 ee SS f-2 classified as to its fitness, and the cardinal principle that a oy " La man is entitled to what he earns in all walks of life; that "Ret y ie Ast yy af — l fs a man’s maximum earning power must not be determined ay }) yy Ni he 4 i ra9 \sS ae ~ SY hy | BSS, Ze \ A by the minimum ability of his associates SRG |, ey 4 5 \ ——| \ . i VLG: hal c : ky If labor is not a commodity, it must assume the respon- FR i "By dE ES = Adee neh sibilities of a constructive partner. 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N — PASS LEED ; Cy Bh ee EE 65 a SD ERAN ewe LS a, fl Bm ihe 2 £ Fat | é SN) ay PE Oo a i F; bE if S Mm) as | CS [7 ae A: ANT fi ij We p 4 ot (pea hae p fi | j WM =< ye Lez mr inEA NS? /// TS, pdt Zawya A po 7) VE i i } i) “REA b OE 4 oy Ae PER j oh per ges: . S at ee 3) 44 5 f if ee OP Aree k, ee 3) ii i | Jas LG if o, d B } ete } j oN Oe teas y i He j } | aes i qi / = YZ, 3 Vy Uj Mee i / i = oO Yi GAGE vericans, as well as foreigners who have come to our shores, have been too much imbued with i if fi ; YY Mi the idea of “how much can be gotten out of this country, or society.”” i i % 4 / iT 7 (7 Y, YP, ; 4 i } I YI In the future a man will be measured by how much he contributes to society; out of the present mental chaos will 4 i ‘4 come an educated public opinion that will render to a man what he has justly earned by brain or muscle. ' i } J If y The thought of taking without creating must be entirely abandoned by the higher-ups as well as the lower-downs. 3 onan z 7 ‘The intelligence of the laboring class throughout the world has risen to higher planes of citizenship in proportion to the introduction of ma- = chinery, and America has taken the lead in this progress. To maintain this high standard of Americanism we must cause the foreigner of lower order to accept our standards, rather than we to accept theirs. Germany started us all on a universal military jag. Now that the world is trying to sober up, American example w ill be a better sedative to the jangling nerves of the Universe that any amount of American propaganda abroad. We are now on an Industrial jag. We cannot sober up by continuing the drink that caused the drunk, namely, higher cost of labor and the necessities of life. ‘A program wherein taking ix the obsession and sustained production is not considered is unsound and self-consuming. The Law of Compensation will exact its toll. The rules of society (our American laws) must be changed from time to time; exigencies demand such change Tor the preservation of property rights and for individuals to ex- tend their initiative and constructive powers; to preserve, not change, American standards » Americanism and all that work has stood for ean be maintained by taking a larger view of things, which must be through the education of the individuals representing our In- dustrial life; with a trend, perhaps, toward national guardianship, but not political ownership; whereby individualism becomes a subservient to a more paternal foree of the Gov- ernment, through whose eyes we ean see the greatest good for the greatest number but always having in mind loyalty to American standards: THE SUPREME TEST OF THE CAPACITY OF the American people is NOT TO 7 RULE OTHERS BUT OURSELVES; TO KEEP OUR INTERNATIONAL PRESTIGE a Beautification and Preservation of Good Roads by Tree-Planting Apart from the scenic effect, shade trees have a definite importance in prolonging the life of a road. They save it from quick changes in temperature. For instance, the temperature of a hot road in the summer time is way above 100 degrees. Under a shade tree it is about 90 degrees. A sudden shower with a temperature of 65 degrees falling on a road of 90 degrees will have a much less injurious effect than it would if the road were 130 degrees hot. The sudden change in temperature cracks and destroys the road mixture. The program of the New York highway department can be summarized in the following fashion: The building of permanent roads, which at the present time seem to be the concrete roads; the taking up of unfinished war contracts; the cessation of building narrow roads, the building of easier grades and curves, and the beautification and preservation of roads already built by the planting of wayside trees. --- THE COLORADO STATESMAN CAROL HANDLE THE FACE BACK COUNTRY PARTY 1824 Curtis Street, Room 25. 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No manuscript returned, unless stamps are sent for postage. All communications of a personating nature that are not complimentary will be withheld from the columns of this paper. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION FOR 1920. WE ARE SUGGESTING a little deviation from the customary order of MAKING RESOLUTIONS for the new year, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, by moving the adoption of the following resolutions, which will offer the proof of our real intent and purpose in the popular demand of AMERICANISM and AMERICA FOR AMERICANS: That strict adherence, cheerful obedience and fearless dispensing of the instrument of our nation termed The Constitution be meted out to all persons who are citizens or intending to become citizens of this country, thereby removing the generally accepted opinion that the same constitution is one for the class and not for the mass of the people; that the white race of this country, representing every division and subdivision of the Caucasian race, that boasts of its superiority to other races, play the game fairly and squarely and allow life to be lived as Nature and Nature's God intended us to have it, and that to the best advantage of our existence; that the animosity created between capital and labor of so long a duration come to as speedy and permanent termination by mutual respect for the rights of each other, and the utter elimination of discrimination of workmen because of their non-connection with a class or sect of labor or capital; that the citizens of this country of dark appearance, realizing that after fifty-four years of recognition of citizenship in measuring up to their full responsibility as required by government and society, we will advise our leaders to stop preaching the doctrine of downtrodden race, and as is proven by recent authentic reports of the nation that we fill the role of 100 per cent American citizenship, that we endeavor to maintain the honest, upright and dignified standing of members of the superior and not the inferior, as some would have us believe. The Colorado Statesman, having adopted the foregoing resolutions, urges its subscribers, the members of its race and all other Americans to cast their lot on the right side—the side that makes for a peaceful, harmonious government, setting a standard for ourselves and an example for the nations of the world to follow. W. D. HOOVER, SUGAR COMPANY'S HEAD, INTERPRETS AMERICANISM. this issue of our paper, a clearer conception of American ideals, a more correct interpretation of the standards that should be aimed at and reached, a better application of the spirit of true and genuine Americanism, especially at this time, could not be offered as corrections to the false doctrine and propaganda being entertained and disseminated throughout this country. Quoting from the article: "The desire to take but not create must be eliminated from American thought before voluntary mediation can be successfully established," is an argument that we have used for the many years of our journalistic career, as nothing short of disaster sooner or later will befall the individual, the class, the people who indulge in the imaginary idea of ownership or possession when they have not attempted to create or produce—the same old story, "producer and consumer." In referring to LABOR Mr. Hoover shows clearly, as other heads of large American business who have now caught the vision, the necessity for increased production; not an increase so much in acreage, but how much more the present cultivated acre can be made to produce. And this is as practical a reasoning as anyone requires, as we remember the little lessons taught us when young, among them the grocer who sold and sold and extracted from his cash drawer as fast as he sold, never replenishing his stock; then in a comparatively short time finds himself arraigned before the court for an investigation of his loss and in the end a destruction of his business prestige. Emphasis is laid by the writer upon the fact that Americans, as well as foreigners who come to our shores, have been too freely given to the idea of "how much can be gotten out of this country or society," but public opinion will demand that every man will be given what he has justly earned by brain or muscle. And we say the time is here when at last the granting of privileges and special advantages and favors is past, and the assumption that a man's noble heredity or race or color must necessarily endow him with the quality of the TAKER and not the CREATOR, is to be blotted out forever. Mr. Hoover, in closing, proposes national guardianship of our public utilities, but not political ownership, as from experience nothing can be accomplished towards the preservation of the people's right when they are to be the victims of political jealousy and wrath. The concluding statement—"The supreme test of the capacity of the American people is not to rule others but ourselves; to keep our international prestige by preserving our prestige at home"—satisfies us that the article is a masterpiece, as at this period of unrest in our country and in the world such thoughts coming from sources that have given much concern over present-day issues will offer a solution that will find acceptance and appreciation by not only business heads, but the masses of the nation who are craving for right leadership and who will prove themselves ardent supporters of our constitution and beneficiaries of the great good that comes from being part of this GREAT AMERICAN NATION. More articles of similar character from men like Mr. Hoover, bearing directly on our American standards, will do more to improve conditions and create better relationship among Americans than ALL THE LAWLESSNESS PERPETRATED BY THE ELEMENT that resorts to drastic methods and anarchy to propagate their doctrine of reform. Books of Account of American Soldiers in the War Are Out of Balance Books of Account of American Soldiers in the War Are Out of Balance By KING SWOPE of Kentucky. Speech in Congress Almost everyone seems to be agreed that something should be done for the soldiers, and whatever it is should be done at once. Whatever is done should affect all of the soldiers and sailors. With that purpose in view I have framed this along suggestions from men who were in the service with me. The bill provides for one year's pay at the rate of $30 per month for all who served as much as a year, and $30 per month for all those who served more than two months and less than one year. F. W. W. S. W. matter. 'It touches all classes of soldiers. It will bridge the gap between the dull, uneventful days after discharge, and remunerative employment. It was also designed to overcome the objections offered by some members on account of the cost involved. To carry out the provisions of this bill will cost approximately $1,200,000,000. By making it payable in bonds an appropriation is not necessary. Certainly a bond issue only about one-thirtieth the size of the amount of our bonds already issued will not greatly disturb the financial situation. We owe this to these men as a matter of fairness. The books of account as between those who stayed at home in the government employ and those who went into the military service are out of balance. The men who were drafted in 1917 and 1918 returned after their discharge to find almost a new commercial world. Every discharged soldier must prepare himself to meet just this condition, but is it possible for him to do so with a uniform and a $60 bonus? What the soldiers need and want in such cases is not endowment for life, but sufficient funds to help tide them over to a position where they can regain a livelihood. Distrust of the United States in South American Nations Based on Fear By VINCENTE BLASCO IBANEZ, Spanish Novelist As far as the war is concerned, the South Americans understand and sympathize with the policy of the United States, for the South American countries are proly. But the fact remains that just as you lack knowledge of them they still lack knowledge of you. It is a fact that in every one of the South American countries there has been a distrust of the United States, and that distrust is based on fear. The distrust was very active up to the time of the war. Owing to the attitude of the United States in the war and to the recent policy of the United States government with regard to Mexico that distrust has largely abated. There are many things the United States can do to encourage more favorable relations with the southern countries. Consider the American consular service for instance. Some of your consuls are very good and acceptable, but others are tactless and tend to create conflict. Instead of trying to create good feeling, they rattle the saber, as it were. The thing to do is to drive into every man you send down there that the attitude of the United States to the South American countries must be that of a protective, paternal big brother. This will allay fear. Don't try to impress the southern countries with the belief that your strength is something of imperialistic brute force. If the South American countries have this belief it will continue to breed fear and distrust. By F. S. GREENE, New York State Highway Commission There is one thing in which improved roads of America are extremely lacking. You ride on a highway in France and the pleasure of the trip is increased by the beauty of the shade trees along the wayside. We build better highways, perhaps, in this state, but we make no effort to beautify them. It is my hope that the department of agriculture will take an interest in this work and co-operate with the highway department. Military Training Is a Definite and Valuable Educational Experience By IKE T. PRIOR, American Live Stock Ass'n It seems to me perfectly clear in view of our experience of the last four years and what the cantonments have done in developing the manhood of the country that one of the great needs is to have such training applied to all young men before they reach their majority. There is no question that such training improves the health, makes the men stronger and more efficient and fits them for their life's work. It do not believe any young man can employ his time for six months to any better advantage than spending it in a federal training camp where, along with the training, he gets definite and valuable educational work. I hope congress will pass an act that will give every boy in the land an opportunity that has been a great benefit to the boys in khaki. I believe it would do more to insure the future safety and welfare of this country than any other single thing. TAXI SERVICE DAY OR NIGHT TOURING CARS AND LIMOUSINE Phone Champa 762 or Res. Champa 4410 RAMSEY AUTO SERVICE Staul Valley 211 Store and First-Quality Filling Station 2700 Welfon © A.D.&C. Society Brand Clothes OUR GREAT WINTER CLEARANCE SALE MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S FANCY WINTER SUITS AND O'COATS NOW IN FULL SWING. $40 to $45 Values $33 $28 to $30 Values $23 $35 to $38 Values $27 $50 to $55 Values $39 $60 to $65 Values $44 THE MAY CO. Nothing Left of the Ark. There are no remains of the Ark at the present day, although it is claimed that an outline may be traced on the summit of Mt. Ararat where the Ark is said to have landed. Tight Rope Bridge. A bridge over the Strinagar river, India, is made of only three ropes. One is the footpath, while the other two are rails. There are no remains of the Ark at the present day, although it is claimed that an outline may be traced on the summit of Mt. Ararat where the Ark is said to have landed. THE COLORADO STATESMAN LAGER SHALL BE FREE LAGER COUNTRY PARTY George K. Williams arrived in the city Christmas day to spend a few days visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Williams. Miss Lucille Polk, who is attending school at Wilberforce University, left for Lexington, Ky., December 20th, to spend her holidays as guest of her college chum, Miss Myrtle Hummons. NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS. In wishing our subscribers a k and prosperous New Year we take opportunity to express our grat for their loyal support during the year and assure them that we maintain the same journalistic a providing clean news and health formation for the public, denoun Mrs. J. E. Travick and little son, James, Jr., returned home a few weeks ago from a three months' visit in California. They visited all points of interest and report a delightful trip. Sherman Keene of Eaton, Colorado, was in the city Tuesday on business. Mrs. Florence White of 1402 E. Twenty-fourth Ave., was the recipient of a beautiful Christmas present from her husband—the gift being an electric Appollo player plano. This is quite an addition to the already elegantly furnished home and we are sure no one can describe the feeling of enjoyment of Mrs. White but herself. Victor Walker, deputy sheriff of the city and county of Denver, left for Seattle last Monday to return Charles Harris, alias Pennington, who is charged with the larceny of a fur coat from the residence of Dennis Sheedy, vice president, Colorado National Bank. Striking coincidence that a colored deputy sheriff should be sent, but duty is duty and in the state of Colorado the law knows no discrimination. Mr. and Mrs. George Gross, Jr., of 2612 Downing street entertained Christmas day at a dinner of fine appointments the following persons: Mr and Mrs. Jos, D. D. Rivers and Mr and Mrs. Greenwood, also Mrs. Williams, mother of Mrs. Gross. Christmas decorations were much in evidence and everything that would charm the appetite was there to the pleasure of the welcome guests. Card playing gave the finishing touches to the evening's enjoyment and thus a merry Christmas was spent to the delight of the host and their guests. The famous Morrison orchestra scored again in their special engagements for the week and received the usual high commendation that is meritorious of them. Playing at the Open Forum at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church last Sunday afternoon, then serenading the downtown streets, advertising the leading movie houses on other days, and the Y. M. C. A. (white) during the early hours of Christmas evening, the orchestra not only maintained its efficient standing, but created quite an impression on holiday visitors to the city. Truly it must be admitted that George Morrison and his orchestra comprise the jazziest jazz there is this side of Chicago. Friday morning at 11:30 Mrs. Mattie A. Holly was called from our midst by death. Mrs. Holly was one of the old citizens of Denver, coming here thirty-three years ago from Vicksburg, Miss. She joined Shorter's Church about that time, being a member of that church at the time of her death. She served on the stewardess board several years and in various organizations connected with the church. Mrs. Holly was a great race woman, also one who always lent a helping hand to unfortunates. The S. M. T. conducted the services, she being an active member. Thirteen years ago Mrs. Holly entered the field of business, and made a great success growing hair. She leaves a husband, two daughters and a host of friends to mourn her loss. THE HAMPTON NORMAL AND AG RICULTURAL INSTITUTE. Hampton, Va., Dec. 20, 1919. Dear Mr. Rivers: Your generous, helpful cooperation has been of untold value to Hampton Institute in its plan to develop a sound public opinion in matters of race relation. Dr. James E. Gregg and all his associates wish to thank you most heartily for your untiring, unselfish service. Hampton Institute sends to you cordial Christmas and New Year greetings. Very sincerely yours, WM. ANTHONY AERY. For plain sewing see Mrs. H. Lee Jones, 2215 Clarkson street. York 4347R. NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS. In wishing our subscribers a happy and prosperous New Year we take this opportunity to express our gratitude for their loyal support during the past year and assure them that we will maintain the same journalistic spirit, providing clean news and healthy information for the public, denouncing the wrong in unmistakable terms on any side of the fence and appreciating the good in the best of form and the choicest of language that we can find. To the public we offer a paper of very large circulation, of great advertising influence and readable matter from sources the world over. Our expenses go on just the same, and therefore we ask those who have not met their obligations for 1919 to remember us in their "New Year resolutions," and remit us, if not in whole, in part. Our JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT stands ever ready to serve, continuing to do the best work at moderate prices, as our staff of competent workmen advertises only through its work. In offering the columns of THE COLORADO STATESMAN to the use of the public we have that confidence that the same will be extensively used by our patrons and greater results obtained HAPPY NEW YEAR! SHORTER CHAPEL NOTES. 11:00 a. m.—"Terms of Discipleship." 7:30 p. m.—"Looking Backward." The regular Friday night class meeting will be held on Wednesday evening followed by the watch meeting class. Meeting will begin at 9 p. m. Every member is expected to be present, to bid farewell to the passing year 1919 and help welcome the dawn of 1920, asking as a special blessing that our Heavenly Father will help us to show our love to Him by being helpful to our fellow-men. The Rev. Dr. Thomas in his discourse last Sabbath considered Christmas without Christ. The songs by the choir and the beautiful selections as rendered by Morrison's orchestra were soul-inspiring. At the evening hour the Rev. John Allen, pastor of the Second Baptist church of Hutchinson, Kan., preached an interesting sermon; his subject, "The Unspeakable Gift." The names of Miss Lavinia Rodgers, Mrs. Willie Hardy and Mrs. Lula Byrd were enrolled as members. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. The Cammel Undertaking Company. STONE—Dr. J. C. Stone, the beloved brother of Mrs. L. Hughes and Mrs. Kinchlow, who departed this life December 13. Funeral service were held from the People's Presbyterian Church Sunday, December 21, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. J. T. Hazell officiated. Cremation at Riverside crematory Monday, December 22. HOLLY—Mrs. Mattie A. Holly, the beloved wife of Mr. C. A. Holly, departed this life Friday, December 19, at her residence, 2618 Downing avenue. The funeral services were held from Shorter A. M. E. Church Sunday, December 21, under the auspices of Capitolia Temple No. 3, S. M. T. Rev, W. H. Thomas, pastor, officiated. Interment family plot Fairmount. DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO.. Funeral Notices. Brown, Minerva Ellen, beloved wife of Mr. Nelson Brown, mother of Roy, Rosa and Viola Brown, of 2841 California street, who departed this life Sunday, December 21st. Services were held Wednesday, December 24th, at 2 p. m. at Campbell Church. Rev. I. Wilson officiated. Interment in Riverside cemetery. William McDonald, late of Tacoma, Washington. Services were held at the Douglass Undertaking Company chapel, Tuesday, December 23rd. Interment in Riverside cemetery. The Rev. Floyd T. Smith officiated. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank the many friends and acquaintances for the many beautiful floral offerings and sympathies extended us in our late bereavement. CHARLES A. HOLLY. CHARLES A. HOLLEY, MR. AND MRS. G. H. SMITH, MR. AND MRS. E. H. WELCH. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our friends for the kindness and sympathy shown us during our recent bereavement, JORDAN S. WHITE AND FAMILY. CHRONIC GROVCHES by Haile T. Hendrix. WAL, YOUNG FELLER, HOW D'YA LIKE T' MILK? WHY, I THINK YOUR COW IS A CHRONIC GROUCH! I COULDN'T EVEN GET NEAR HER, AND SHE "MODED" AT ME WHICH ONE WAS IT? THE BIG RED ONE BEHIND THE BARN HEH-HEH-HEH! THAT'S "JERRY" HE AINT NO COW! HO-HO H-H-H HENDRIX 39 © U.S. Postal Service, Inc. M. V. C. 1907 1920 Phone Main 6123. We Wish You a Prosperous New Year THE DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO. 2745 Welton Street. DENVER. Wm H. Norl Special Christmas Bargains PHONE MAIN 3535 831 15TH ST., Bet. Champs ST., Bet. Champa & Stout DEN. The Star Clean Pressing Company Service—All Work Guaranteed—Clothe and Delivered. St Street. SMITH AND C. W. BUCKHALTER, Pro S. I. HANS appropriate present to buy for a lad Our Watches are carefully selected, g lifetime. See us before buying elsew ow prices on best quality Jewelry. 831 15TH ST., Bet. Champa & Stout DENVER, COLO. The Star Cleaning & Pressing Company Best of Service—All Work Guaranteed—Clothes Called for and Delivered. S. SMITH AND C. W. ES. I. I. The most appropriate press Watch. Our Watches are run for a lifetime. See us tionally low prices on best Phone S. SMITH AND C. W. BUCKHALTER, Proprietors. ES. I. HANSEN The most appropriate present to buy for a lady is a Wrist Watch. Our Watches are carefully selected, guaranteed to run for a lifetime. See us before buying elsewhere. Exceptionally low prices on best quality Jewelry. 428 SIXTEENTH STREET For quick and first-class Auto Service call up T. G. and is now at the Golden-West Café, 2741 Welton street, 1960 and Champa 5431. His rates are reasonable and will be given. Open and closed cars on the stand at all l and first-class Auto Service call up T. G. at the Golden-West Café, 2741 Welton street Empa 5431. His rates are reasonable and Open and closed cars on the stand at all H er York 4561 For quick and first-class Auto Service call up T. G. Granberry, whose stand is now at the Golden-West Café, 2741 Welton street, Phone Champa 5960 and Champa 5431. His rates are reasonable and the best of service will be given. Open and closed cars on the stand at all hours. Chas. Trotter Telephone York 4561 INDUSTRIA SALES, RENTALS, INVE SALES, RENTALS, INVESTMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT 716 East 26 Avenue DENVER, COLORADO ★ 1935 Goss Street. DENVER, COLO Cleaning & Company eed—Clothes Called for ALTER, Proprietors. ANSEN y for a lady is a Wrist selected, guaranteed to lying elsewhere. Excep- Jewelry. DENVER, COLORADO all up T. G. Granberry, whi Welton street, Phone Cham onable and the best of sery stand at all hours. R. L. Norman ALTYCO. TS AND EMPLOYMENT DENVER, COLORADO Phone Main 8012 678 Boulder. R. L. Norman NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DETERMINATION OF Estate of T. O. Mason, Same as Theson O. Mason, Deceased. No. 23172. Notice is hereby given that on the 12th day of January, 1920, I were sent to the County Court, the City of Denver, Colorado, my accounts for final settlement of administration of said estate, when and where all persons in interest may appear and object to them, if they so desire. Notice is also hereby given that in the matter of said estate Anna M. Mason, claiming to be an heir at law of said deceased, has filed in said Court her duly verified petition, asking for a judicial ascertainment and denouncement as being of such deceased, and setting forth that the names, postoffice addresses, and relationship of all other persons who are or claim to be heirs of said deceased, so far as known to the petitioner, are as follows, to: M. O. Mason, 1815 Clarkson, Denver, Colo. Accordingly, notice is also hereby given that upon said 12th day of January, 1920, or the day to which the hearing may be made, the hearing shall be received to receive and hear proofs concerning the heirs of such deceased, and will, upon the proofs submitted, enter a decree in said estate determined to be deceased person and the descent of the lands tenements and hereditaments of such deceased, at which hearing all persons claiming to be heirs at such deceased may appear and present their proofs. ANNA M. MASON. Administratrix. SCOTT'S OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO IN THE WORLD WAR. THE COLORADO STATESMAN, EXCLUSIVE AGENTS, Room 25, 1824 Curtis St., Denver, Colo. P. O. Box 116. For employment see the Industrial Realty Co. Employment Agency, 716 East Twenty-sixth Ave. York 4561. E. P. BLAKEMORE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office, Rooms 39 and 40 Arapahoe Bldg., 1622 Arapahoe Hole. Phone Champa 5450. A HISTORY of the American Negro in the World War By EMMETT J. SCOTT. 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This is the season when one likes to cater to the sweet tooth of the family, especially youngsters. Orange Cake. — Bent thoroughly together wo cupfuls of sugar, half a cupful of water, the beaten yolks of five eggs, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and the juice and grated rind of one orange; fold in the whites of three Orange Cake. — Beat thoroughly together two cupfuls of sugar, half a cupful of water, the beaten yolks of five eggs, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and the juice and grated rind of one orange; fold in the whites of three eggs, beaten. Bake in layers, and ice with the following: Beat the remaining two whites until stiff, add confectioner's or powdered sugar gradually, together with the juice and rind of the orange until the icing is thick enough to spread. Cranberry Cake.—Cream half a cupful of shortening and one and one-half cupfuls of light brown sugar together; add the beaten yolks of three eggs. Have ready and sifted two cupfuls of flour with one teaspoonful each of soda, cinnamon and nutmeg, with half the quantity of cloves; add to the sugar and shortening. Fold in one and one-half cupfuls of cooked cranberries which have been slightly sweetened and put through a sieve. Add the beaten whites and bake in two layers. Cover with iceing which is colored with a bit of the strained cranberry juice. Chocolate Potato Cake.—Blend well two-thirds of a cupful of shortening and two cupfuls of sugar; add two-thirds of a cupful of grated chocolate and one of warm mashed potatoes, one cupful each of seeded raisins and chopped nuts, half a cupful of milk and two and one-half cupfuls of flour sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, four eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately; half a teaspoonful each of cloves and nutmeg, and a teaspoonful of cinnamon. If baked in a toaf in a slow oven in a paper-lined pan for one hour it will keep a month. Eggless Fruit Cake.—Mix one cupful each of brown sugar, sour milk and seeded raisins, four tablespoonfuls of melted shortening, two cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful each of soda, cinnamon and cloves. Bake in a slow oven about one hour. MORE FOOD FOR THE CON VALESCENT. We all know those houses scrubbed to a sort of raw cleanliness and recking with the martyrdom of an overworked wife, from which the unwary guest beats a hasty retreat, and to which the family returns only to eat and sleep. The feminine head of such a house is a business failure—Hazel Kewley. Food which is easily digested, attractive and also nourishing, should be served to those who are regaining health. Cooking Egg Soup. Separate the yolk and white of a fresh egg, and beat each. Add three drops of lemon juice and a tablespoonful of sugar to the yolk, then fold in the white. Pour over the egg mixture one cupful of hot milk, beating while pouring the milk. Flavor with a little nutmeg, or orange juice. Add a pinch of salt and serve. Baked Apple—Remove the cores from nice tart apples and fill the cavities with chopped raisins or dates and sugar. Currant or any good jelly may be used in place of the raisins. Bake in a moderate oven until tender. Serve on a pretty plate garnished with a flower. Tomato Toast—Place a slice of bread in the oven and dry slightly, then toast a delicate brown. Pour boiling water over the toast and quickly remove, then butter the toast lightly and pour a tablespoonful or two of cooked seasoned tomato over the toast and serve. The canned tomato soup may be used for this, thickening it a little if desired. Pineapple Pudding—Place a cupful of boiling water in a double boiler. Add, when boiling, a tablespoonful of sugar, the yolk of an egg and a teaspoonful of cornstarch. Stir and cook until smooth and thick, then add a half cupful of pineapple juice or finely grated pineapple. Cook until hot, fold in the stiffly beaten white of an egg and chill. Heap in a pretty dish and garnish with whipped cream. Rice Pudding—As rice when well-cooked is most easily digested, it makes a very good dish for a convalescent. Take two tablespoonfuls of well-washed rice and cook in a double boiler with one cupful of milk until the rice is tender. Stir in a beaten egg, sugar, salt and any desired flavoring to taste. Serve with cream and sugar, or add a few chopped dates and serve with butter. Prune Whip—Stew half a dozen prunes in the water in which they were soaked over night, put them through a sieve, add a few drops of lemon juice and the beaten white of an egg. Serve heaped in a pretty glass topped with whipped cream. OR. C. E. TERRY Physician and Surgeon, 1027 Twenty: first street. Office hours: 12-2 p. m., 68 p. m., and appointment. Phone Main 2701. Residence, Champa 3303. Cone Phone Main 8036 Res. Phone York 8774W PRANK D, TAGGART Attorney at Law—Notary Pablle 206-200 Cooper Hullding Denver, Colorado Office G00 270 St. Ph. Champa 11462 | ATTORNEY -AT-LAW Mix Veara Clty and County Attorney OND MMEU Spetincn, “oie County, Wttice Mourn: #00 A. Me to 12100 M, 2.90 PLM. te 400 8. Mt. 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PRIVATE SALES AT ALL TIMES | HAVE oven Fee ; gf 1723-39 GLENARM 8T.-"8@ : i ee Ee ees sa a a) Perm Seis § I: 4 F oo B Pe = wm go Se 2 i > é =z J GUILTY « (ees FARMER carrying an Apres pectase Hom a big mail-order house was accosted by a local dealer. “Why didn't you buy that bull of goods from me? 1 could have t2eed you the express, and besides (you would have been patronizing a home store, which helps pay the (atts end ballde wp this locally." ‘The farmer looked et the mer- chant a moment and then said: “Why don’t you patronize your home peper and adveriies? I read it ‘enddidn’thnow that you had thestuf> T have here.” MORAL—ADVERTISE UPON THE THRESHOLD SEE NCE more we stand with __ knee ed half-reluctant feet eA Upon the threshold of ee another year; Bhs That line where Past and Present % oY hia seem to meet i iL ee In stronger contrast than they do ary. Ce ee elsewhere. es eine Et Look back a moment. Does the pros- | kee . pect please, Seacrest Or does the weary heart but sigh SS Perce ct regret? ee Toate ‘ Can Recollection smile, or, ill at ease oe rere > as ‘With what is past, wish only to for- | i i eer oe ig hee a Say, canst thou smile when Memory’s Ree ; lingering gaze eu - Once more recalls the dying year to Re ey ot sight? Ne e Wouldst thou live o’er again those ee : changing days, ol Or bid them fade forever into | i base) night? | ‘A solemn question, and the faltering eo a heart c ee Scarce dare say “Yes,” yet will not 3 quite say “No”; : For joy and sadness both have played Se Ay ee 2 their part a, i: a In making up the tale of “long ago.” ee i a) Here Memory sees the golden sun- bikes light gleam east i ae Across the path of life and shine i Soa pae™ awhile; Ya ee And now the picture changes like a ae dream, k; t And sorrow dims the eyes and kills ante the smile. TEAC URES hae So—it has gone—where all has gone ee before; 2 np a The moaning wind has sung the SER 3: CORO dead year's dirge, Bec tig Ct - ‘Time's waves roll on against the perenne 4 crumbling shore, Es ae ve And sinks the worn-out bark be- pa RCA Rate neath the surge. cate ens eat ee ee Here ends the checkered page of $ Hee BS Re Sl prose and verse, ene ee Of shapely words and lines writ all ERP 7 Sees awry, e ERS eco 8 There they must stand for better or ae for worse; So shut the book and bid the year e % Pr ey good-by! IS OLD FESTIVAL New Year Celebrations and Ob- servances Are of Most Obscure Origin. VER since some forgotten savage astrologer came to 2 rough conclusion regarding the length and nature of the di- vision of time we call “a year,” the passing of one twelve-month period and the coming of another has been the occasion for celebrations, prayers and the observance of countless strange customs. Every race, no mat- ter how crude and inaccurate its meth- od of calculation, has had a year of sorts and has made its passing an event in the life of the people. The big dinners held in every hotel and many homes on New Year's eve are symbolic, though the diners hardly pause to wonder what is the reality behind the symbolism, recently ob- served a writer in the Boston Globe. - The ringing of the bells, the watch services in churches and houses, the gifts—are all relics of customs so old that there is, perhaps, no man who can say with certainty just how or why they came into existence. Probably Oldest Festival. For the New Year's festival Is as much older than the Christian holiday which precedes It as the inborn human instinct to worship something Is older than the religion of the Carpenter of “Nazareth, Christianity has merely adopted the New Year's festival, ‘The ancient Romans made of it a general holiday, with sacrifices to Janus of the Two-Faces, and gifts and visits. The gift custom seems to be universal and is observed to some ex- tent today. The old Persians had a custom which would have been much appreci- ated just now. They gave their friends eggs. Presumably, for the custom was widespread among all classes, the price of those was much lower in an- cient Tran than in modern America. InJFrance the custom of New Year's gifts has survivee longer than in any other European nation, The drutds of Britain presented their friends with branches of sacred mistletoe. Frowned On at First. ‘The early Christian church rather frowned on New Year's observances, probably because of the ancient Rom- an rites connected with it and with the saturnalia which preceded tt. Its first mention as a feast in Christian literature is In Canon 17 of a council which met in Tours in 567. Later it pecame a recognized festival in. the Catholic and Episcopal churches. In England and Scotland the festival has been observed to an extent equaled in few other countries.” It was called “Hogmanay” in Scotland and was the great national holiday. It was for- merly attended by a celebration which fan old writer says “bears in the I cense and boisterous merriment a most unmistakable resemblance ty Its ancient pagan namesake. The epithet of the ‘Daft’ (mad) days applied to the season of the New Year indicates very expressively the uproarious jovi- ality which characterized the period in question,” What Does Hogmanay Mean? Inst what the term “Hogmanay” means is uncertain. It is said to be a corruption of “Homme est ne” (a man is born)’ referring to the birth of Christ. More plausible theories are, first: that is ts derived from the old “Scandinavian word “Hoggu-nott” ap _plied to the night before the Feast of | Xule, and second, that it is from “At ‘gui menez” (to the mistletoe go), re ferring to the druidical ceremony of _guthering the plant. One of the oldest, most picturesque and certainly the best known custom was the “Wassail, This phrase, which is supposed:to come from the Saxon expression “to your health,” is famil- [ine to modern carol singers, Spiced Ale a Feature. The head of the household, just be- fore midnight, assembled his family around a bowl of spiced ale from which, as the clock struck 12, he drank the health of each. He then passed it to the rest, who drank in turn—not a custom which would rec- ommend itself to the board of health during the influenza troubles. A general handshaking followed the drinking of the toasts, after which all sang gravely: Weel may we a’ be. In may we never see, Here's to the king And the gude companie. ‘The whole family then started out well provided with ale, buns, bread and cheese to visit their neighbors. If they met another party on a similar errand they exchanged drinks from their ale kettles, Reaching the house ‘of a neighbor, they entered with ‘shouted good wishes. If they were the ‘first to enter since midnight they had the “first footing” and as such must give cakes or cheese and ale to every person in the visited house. AND HE COULDN'T REACH HIM! = x oO IIH. — He Spy a , ‘ hall Bes LEAS Why BY (Re <0 es 5 Y —4 Te ue Ze H ‘The Victim—What's that? ‘The Kid—I jest wished you a happy New Year! And Keep It Up. Start the cheering up proce’s for the case pend Pithy News Notes From All Parts of Colorado | ——THE=— ‘COLORADO | STATESMAN Ry ra Ita hie q year and that the total number in the Stute is now about 4,000. The produc: tion of corn for silage im the state Is Increasing rapidly. Ti has been definitely decided that the HL. 0. Gs Association will have a) stock show at Monte Vista, Feb, U1, 12) and 13, 1920, ‘The Live Stock Associa tion, the Poultry Association and the rnchinen are supporting the under- tnking. | ‘Yen head of valuable cattle and four: horses belonging to J, ©. Wood of Sid- ney, Colo, were killed last week when his barn blew down, Bight head of eat- tle were crippled by the fall. ‘The stock was ull valuable stuff and the loss ts quite heavy. ‘Taxpayers of Colorado Springs next March will pour into the coffers of the county treasurer a total of $1,614,004 in school, city, county and state taxes, ‘The total tax levy for the city In 1920 is 9241 amills, an increase of 8.22 mills over that of the year 1919. ‘The Colorado Springs counell of Boy Sconts is to have a permanent camp with mess cabin and bunk house, ‘The Rotary Club of dat elty voted to ex: pend $1,500 for the erection of camp Duildings, and officers of the city. wa- ter department have agreed upon 8 tract of land on the city watershed in Bear Creek cafion which will be grant- od lo the scouts as a permanent camp site, With a budget of $2,800,000 for road work in 1920, the Colorado highway commission lacks between $600,000 and $800,000 In estimated revenues to meet federal aid road projects, according to nu statement made by J. E. Maloney, chief engineer, ‘The commission is ap: pealing to the various counties directly Interested in federal aid projects to niet 25 per cent of the cost, in order that none of the government improve: ments must be sacrificed FR. C. Rollins, the potato man; Jim Thompson of Wright & Wilhelmy Company of Omaha, and George ‘Tuck er, manager of the La Salle braneh of the Farmers’ Supply Company, were the Greeley representatives at a big competitive rabbit hunt held in La) Salle country when 434 rabbits were actually killed by two teams of fifty men each, who spent the entire day tramping over the country south of La Salle in search of jacks and cotton- tails. ‘The new court house in Montrose, which will be built during 1920, ac: cording to the present plans of the board of county commissioners, will contain one of the most fitting memor- ials to the soldiers of that country that could be procured. ‘This will be the picture and a brief biography of every man who went from this county to Join Uncle Sam's colors during the recent war, ‘This will include more than 600 photographs and war records and will be probably the largest collection of a similar nature ever made in a county. Colorado has begun official Inquiry Into the claims filed against the state by the Itallan government, arising out of the alleged destruction of life and property of Itallan natfonals during the labor troubles of 1914 In the south: ern Colorado coal fields. ‘Lhe Irallan claims investigation commission, cre= ated by the Twenty-second General As sembly in regular session, met in the office of Lieutenant Governor George Stephan when George Allen Smith, rep- resenting the Italian consulate In Den: ver, presented documents covering the claims of the Italian government, and filed affidavits in support of them, Because the county Jail at Fort Mor- gun is unsafe, and in order to keep her separated from the relatives whom she is alleged to have attempted to assist break Jail, Mrs, William Miller was taken to the Weld county fall for sate keeping during the service of her sen- tence of thirty days In Jafl und a fine of $50 nnd costs Imposed by a judge in Fort Morgan. | Colorado's coal production fell off. 42 per cent as the direct result of the coal strike, according to the official November production report issued by James Dalrymple, state coul mine in- spector, The output for November was 622,804 tons—a drop of 489,356 tons, or slightly more than 41 per cent from the production for the previous month, ‘The October production was itself somewhat below normal, so the actual decrease from norma is placed at 42 per cent. The production in the state from Jan, 1 to Nov. 30 was 9 270,575 tons—a falling off of 2,484,128 tons from the same period last year. ‘An average of 12,504 men were em- ployed in the coal mines of the ate during November, In October 12,435, was the average. ‘Whe work of gathering and presery- Rg Sh aa cS RR Dy Sie a kJ AZ BS SA AVSS BAN | , The Mouth-Piece | of the People of , ’ Colorado and the Entire West R , sales ; A RELIABLE chronicle of their doings and ! progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, ; their best aspirations. p | THE R : | COLORADO — : | - STATESMAN — a | } Unequaled as an advertising | medium for the business | of professional men and | women. | / | pe : ; An excellent family journal | } speaking to and for many | ; thousand colored citizens. 7 Dane NS en . ae i } TWODOLLARSA YEAR | eee ) , ‘ | THE GREAT ORGAN . PIR ET et § WESTERN BEEF CO. 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Whether it be letterheads,statements wedding invitations or public sale bills, remember we can turn out the work at the lowest cost consistent with good work. 1920 EVERY first of January that we arrive at is an imaginary milestone on the turnpike track of human life; at once a resting place for thought and meditation, and a starting point for fresh exertion in the performance of our journey. The man who does not at least propose to himself to be better this year than he was last, must be either very good or very bad, indeed! And only to propose to be better is something; if nothing else it is an acknowledgment of our need to be so, which is the first step towards amendment. But, in fact, to propose to oneself to do well, is in some sort to do well, positively, for there is no such thing as a stationary point in human endeavors; he who is not worse today than he was yesterday, is'better; and he who is not better, is worse.-Charles Lamb. * * * It is always a serious thing to live. We can pass through any year but once. If we have lived negligently we cannot return to amend what we have slurred over. We cannot correct mistakes, fill up spaces, erase lines we may be ashamed of, cut out NEW YEAR'S GIFTS English Monarchs Practically Extorted "Offerings" From Their Subjects. HENRY VI is probably the first English-speaking ruler to make capital out of New Year's gifts. During the reign of Elizabeth the custom rose to its greatest extravagance. The Virgin Queen, who apparently never lost an opportunity for extracting money from her subjects, practically ordered an astonishing collection of gorgeous presents of all kinds. The donors ranged from the highest officers of state down to the very street cleaners. Sums of money, costly ornaments, caskets studded with jewels, necklaces, bracelets, gowns, looking-glasses, fans and curiosities from the newly discovered continents of North and South America were among the presents. Jester's Greed Costly. Another story of New Year's gifts concerns Archy Armstrong, a court jester of Charles I, which appears in "The Banquet of Jests," printed in 1634. Archy was given a few gold pieces by a certain nobleman from whom he expected a larger gift. He turned them over discontentedly in his hand, muttering that they were too light. The nobleman, who would undoubtedly have made a success in modern business, remarked: "Priithe, then, Archy, let me see them again; and, by the way, there is one of them which I would be loath to part with." Archy, expecting a larger gift, returned them to the nobleman, who pocketed them, saying calmly: "I once gave money into the hands of a fool who had not the wit to keep it." New Year's Eve Masques. Masques in which the youngsters took part were often given on New Year's eve. An old writer says of the performance: "For this purpose they don old shirts belonging to their fathers and mount mitre-shaped casques of brown paper. Attached to this is a sheet of the same paper which, falling down in front, covers the whole face except where holes are made to let through the point of the nose and affodd sight to the eyes and breath to the mouth. Each is, like a knight of old, attended by a sort of humble squire, who assumes the habilliments of a girl with an old woman's cap and a broom stick and is styled 'Bessie.' "Bessie goes before her principal, opens all the doors at which he pleases to exert singing powers and bushes herself during the time of the song with sweeping the floor with her broomstick or in playing any other antic that she thinks may amuse the indwellers. The common reward for this entertainment is a halfpenny, but many churlish persons fall upon the unfortunate guisers (masqueraders) and beat them out of the house. Let such persons, however, keep a good watch upon their cabbage gardens pages unworthily filled. The irrevocableness of life ought alone to be motive enough for incessant watchfulness and diligence. Not a word we write can be changed. Nothing we do can be canceled.—I. R. Miller. * * * of the clock of Time, giving its pendulum a true vibration, and its hands a regular motion; and when they cease to hang upon the wheels, the pendulum no longer swings, the hands no longer move, the clock stands still.—Henry W. Longfellow. * * * DO NOT dare to live without some clear intention towards which your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your might—Phillips Brooks. *** THAT great mystery of Time, were there no other; the ill-imitable, silent, never-resting imitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing ocean-tide, on which we and all the universe swim like exhalations, like apparitions which are, and then are not: this is forever very literally a miracle; a thing to strike us dumb—for we have no word to speak about it—Thomas Carlyle. \* \* \* BEAUTIFUL is the year in its coming, and in its going—most beautiful and blessed, because it is always the "year of our Lord."—Lucy Larcom. upon the coming Halloween's eve!" There were also curious dramas which groups of masquers performed. They were generally given in the kitchens of the "great house," but often the family as well as the servants were present. Sir Walter Scott insisted on having a New Year's play in his home every year. In some cities of this country it used to be the custom to fire off cannon and muskets. The ringing of bells is a result of the religious side of New Year's. After the midnight services were started the ringing of the church bells followed as a natural sequence and was intended to remind absent members of the congregation that the year was passing. Many superstitions are connected with New Year's day in all lands. In Hartfordshire, England, the peasants believed that if a woman was the first person to enter the house on the first day of the year the whole twelve months would be unlucky. It was supposed to be unlucky to meet a lame or blind man, a monkey, a weasel or a cat. Odd Christening Custom. In the north of England, if a child was christened on New Year's day a little boy was engaged to meet the baby as it was taken from its home, so as to avoid the possibility of meeting a woman first. The boy received a cake and cheese wrapped in paper, for his services. And so when you hear the bells ring out this year, whether you hear them from your bed, a pew in some church, an easy chair by a smoldering fire or a chair at a restaurant table, don't think that what you are doing is anything new. You are watching a year die and hoping or praying for the year which is just born. And back through the ages, through a thousand generations men and women have done the same and left some trace of themselves in some half-forgotten custom as you may do, quite unconsciously, when 1920 makes its bow to the world. HAD HER THERE. "You made a New Year's resolution not to drink any more. "I did." "But here you are drinking as much as ever." "Well, that isn't any more, is it?" A. HASER, Prop. 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I have not been over 100 miles from Tampico for some time but this covers the oil section, and so far I have seen no more unrest or disturbance conditions than exist in our own industrial centers of the States. Tampico hotels are crowded to the limit, business is normal in all lines, the docks are crowded with ships and every line of industry is prosperous and profitable. We do not expect intervention, but even if it should come, it would be a benefit to the oil industry, for intervention will simply mean policing and protecting our great oil fields and the Tampico port first of all. Foreign investors should not worry about inflamed statements and unreliable press reports. THE CAPITOL PETROLEUM COMPANY Fourth Floor Denham Building Denver, Colorado The Five Points Meat Co. A Full Line of Fresh Meats of the Very Best Quality at Prices You Cannot Beat in the City of Denver SEE OUR CHRISTMAS DISPLAY OF FRESH POULTRY-BEST QUALITY AND LOW PRICES COMPARED WITH OTHERS. 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Tampico, Dec. 8th, 1919. in Company, Building, Denver, Colorado, from newspaper reports and the I can imagine that the care conditions in Mexico as a v between the two races. going to us who live here and can to wait three days for the troubles. in over 100 miles from Tampa the oil section, and so far I have ence conditions than exist in the States. wells are crowded to the limit, the docks are crowded with a prosperous and profitable. fect intervention, but even if felt to the oil industry, for cicing and protecting our gre first of all. tors should not worry about table press reports. Yours OIL PETROLEUM Building e Points er, Colorado. reports and the big flash lines that the casual reader in the Mexico as a virtual terror and two races. live here and carry on our daily days for the American papers from Tampico for some time and so far I have seen no more than exist in our own indus- into the limit, business is nor- rowded with ships and every profitable. in, but even if it should come, industry, for intervention will acting our great oil fields and worry about inflamed state- Yours truly, H. B. GUTHREY. 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Suits, Coats, Dresses, Furs and Millinery—a general clean-up—neither cost nor profit given any further consideration in our efforts to empty the shelves, cases and counters of the remaining fall and winter stocks. Michaelson's 15TH AND LARIMER STS. Crows Were White? Mythology has it the crow was created white but turned black through betrayal of the secrets of the gods. William Morris and Charles Reade Notable for Their Explosive Tempers and Kindly Hearts. In some recent reminiscences Mr. Henry G. Barnwell says that the two literary men of his acquaintance who possessed the greatest capacity for indignation were William Morris and Charles Reade. Morris was perhaps the more explosive; but his temperamental outbursts were soon over and had rarely any sequel. The violence of Charles Reade, though frequently it, too, passed like a summer tempest, was sometimes the precursor of a prolonged literary or legal battle; for he had a passion for litigation. "Assassination is too good for him; the miscreant ought to be boiled in oil!" Mr. Barnwell once heard Morris roaring as he came into his presence. Inquiry brought out the fact that the villainy for which such punishment was deemed suitable was the crime of placing the pockets of a new suit in their conventional position instead of arranging them in a novel and interesting manner, suggested by Morris. But the unimaginative tailor was not boiled; moreover, when, shortly afterward, he fell into difficulties, it was Morris who advanced him money enough to set him on his feet again. Possibly Reade, who also was a generous-hearted man, might at need have shown equal magnanimity toward a cobbler who aroused his tre. The man had been recommended by his friend, Wilkie Collins, and the next time the two novelists met Reade lifted his voice from afar. "Confound you!" he shouted irascibly. "That cobbler you sent to me is a fraud—a rascal—a rogue—a triple-dyed villain! He ought to be choked with his own shoe pegs!" Wilkie Collins, laughing, attempted some defense of his protege; but Reade would not listen. Lifting his hands to heaven like an Oriental calling down the vengeance of the gods, he declared impressively, in true eastern style: "May the heels of the conscienceless wretch who recommended such a cobbler be blistered, and may his joints be cramped! May bunions visit his great toe and corns sit upon his little one, and the wrath of the enemy destroy his sole!" Then, satisfied with the achievement of an impromptu curse at once harmless and horrifying, he accepted Collins' invitation to luncheon, and the two walked amicably away together. —Youth's Companion. The Tunisian Posts. The postal courier service of Tunis which ran between the years 1855 and 1875 is described in the "Revue Tunisienne" by Marcel Gandolphe. The service covered the distance between Tunis and Susa up to 1868, and then it was extended to Sfax. 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