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N be THE REPUBLIC"
Zionists all over the world are to
day discuaaing with eager expecta-
of a Jewish
Their hopes
virtual pledge
.‘ tion the cataltliahtllellt
Republic in Palestine.
’ are buoyed up by the
”of Great Britain that the Holy land
“will be set apart for a Hebrew autono
mous state, under the protection of
H” Britain or a group of allied powers.
But it is noticeable that there
I much disagreement as to the extent
of the "restoration" which is desira-
ble, or pot-tattle. israel Zangwnl, the
British author. one of the foremost
"t‘hildren
is
Zionists, suggests that the
of the Republic" should consist only
of the Jews who have been oppressed
in 0th‘ illlldh
be merely :l place of refuge.
That would indeed be an admirable
use for the rt‘t‘tlntlllt'll‘ti home of their
fathers, 'And there in round recline in
aside froml
aelltimcntal t‘hnl-ltlvl’ltlltlnh. it is hard-
.that Palestine is capable
a home for the Jews of!
i. even if they were all
——tllal Palestine should
rut-h a restoration. quite
l)’ possibil-
of proviidng
tho- wholc worlt
no infatuated with the Zionist idea as.
to learn» their present aboderl and re-
turn in a nut migration. it in a small
ml the .it'“’i>il race today num-
,0tttt.tttl0, immensely
ever
i
land, a
llcl'.~ mot‘t- than 11:
mon- than the Promised Land
llt'lti.
.‘llll'l'tnl'r, longer a loud
“flowing with tnilk and honey." it is
filth-ii) a desert. lta soil has been im-
its antient irrigation sys-.
it is no
port-visited.
twins have folio-n to ruin. There ap-
ht-cn a considerable de‘
climate, ' adding its
at of the long
pear: to hill"
tt-rioration ot
blishting influence to th
uut‘t't‘ssion of ignorant and oppressive
conquerors. it is doubtful whether
“11‘ expenditure of so huge a sum all
$Iftil,iltl0,0tllt, which wealthy Jews“ now
talk of raisinc. for the purpoae. would'
suffice for 'l restoration of citiey.‘ inn
dustries and agriculture great enough
'to provide .'l living for more than an
additional million or two of Jewish
., colonists. ' ‘ L‘
'The question. how-events more tile-
,_ 'nretical than practical. it isn't likely
. ' that any great number of Jews will
want to return to Palestine. They
know that in most respects they aro‘
'1" better off where they are. Sine-
tentha of them will doubtless be con-
tent with the knowledge that their
holy places are redeemed from the do:
_ filing touch of the Turk. and that they
'could return, under honorable condi-
tions, it they wished.
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BAILROADER
Little do Americans realize the
Jaek-of-all-trades they ,haVe madc ot
Tlhrlr Black Jack Pershing. "His gro-
(cry atore," saya a correspondent.
.."dwatt‘s the biggest wholesale gro-
lusinus lanagor's Boddcnco—‘
'open and purse stringo loose. when to
i it requires courage
hula join «m with
t:vitls thought. which tends to cast a
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pttcototi switches. sldlsgs' and our,
truckswcroputintoltumtlllmw
W N contract“.
her than Prue-tan is that you are
The.
rat
ijust naturally born gamble.
'sdvantsge of being borniosde’ocrs-i
cy instead of in a despotism is thoti
'I you never know what you may rise to! ,
tXMAS MAIL AT
and you are abortion WM “4
ttackle a new job ilt a moment's no—I
itit'e. The udvun'age of being Black
'Jack l‘erahin: in that you are the very
essence of .tmericanism.
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SHARE YOUR CHILDREN
i What is the one greatest pleasure
on Christmas llay'.’ It is not opening
costly present: or greeting one's lov‘
ler or eating the ('ltrlsttnas turkey. it
‘is watching the children ,when they
have their first glimpse of the stock
tags or the true,
The ecstatic awe. the eager delight,
'the increasing joy as details begin to
‘tco-e out of thexlrst glorious choos—
,that'a the bigger-t thing of all.
| Have you an elderly, lonely aunt, n
friendly~or grouchy—old gentlemen.
in your circle, a forlorn girl workins
away from home, a youth in your of-
fice whose home is many miles away?
Why not ahlLre child'cn "llrl
some one like that?,
You don't need to invite thorn ‘ for
dinner if _\'0J don't want to break in
upon the family group. anite the!
to brrnklaai and to see the kiddies at
the tree for an hour in the morning be-
fore church time.
your
For loneliness or selfishness, or
grouchincsa. this is the best medicine
in the whole. wide world.
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' CHRISTMAG
t‘hristnlas ht that season of the year.
when the great heart of mankindi
takes its annual pause, and. instinc-I
lively. travels back through the long.
corridor» of time to contemplate the
bat-tic mystery of Christianity. Thus
aings the majestic Milton:
"This in the month and thia the happv.
nloon '
Wherein the Son of "cayen's later:
an! King ,
()f wedded maid and virgin
born,
Our great redemption from above
. did bring; ‘
For no the holy sages once did sing
That He cur deadly forfeit alloultll
releaae, ‘
And with lilr l-‘athcrrwork all a per?
pettlal peace."
But it is more. It is the season of
peace and good will. of good cheer
and good fellowship. when hearts are
mother
give is the order of the day and the
dissemination of happiness the aim of
all. Whether the apringtide blotlsotrllll
of yottth are on the lips, or one hears
the trooper-bell of the passing years,
all are infected with the joyful contng
too. To the children does t'hristmas
make an especial appeal. What joy.
what expectancy, do they not exhibit
as the eventful dav approaches? How
eagerly htey await the coming of
('ltristmaa morning when Santa Claus
is to bring them'nil those things for
which thev had written to him weeks
ahead! With what childishglee do they
cramine the contents of their little
stockings which parental love had
made btllltv through the night?
"No sense have they of ills to come
.\'or care beyond today.”
But for th1 grown-ups this Christ-
maa,must necessarily bear a sombre
hue. However much we may reflect
otlr chlldren’e luv. the colossal cata-
clysm of man which is devastating na-
tions, laying waste the fruits of civil-
azation, and shaking the world to its
foundation!- tnust needs cast its sinis—
ter spell over us. The other great no.
tlons of the world have had experi-
ence-of war Christmases. but this is
the first Christmas the United States
is engaged in the gigantic conflict. So
for our louse-e have been slight, but
to contemplate
hut they will be when our huge ar-
the too. It is
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gloom over thin year's Christmas and
not doubt as to our victory in thewar,
In- pre-wnr days. the United Staten
'was the grat‘udy Bountiful scatter
'inz her gifts over every land from
{which the, heterogeneous population
'came. At t‘hristmastide, more than
lmen to justice and righteousness.
i the
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fithowoynu'o may'spoud tfll.
Christ-u out! no stutter what
iw‘ m °‘" ““3“ let “’ m ”'1 great that it
‘got to invoke the Prince of Pamela",
to:
restore pence once more to this war-
toru world. and lead the hearts of
"salmon BElJfi."
AYER HANDLED
WITH ACCURACY.
(Continued from First Page.)
Chauffeur Youngjohn came over the
road from Boston without a stop. as
he had been doing all wrek. Swing-
ing along the main camp highway
from division headquarters. the sol-
diers shouted. Three cheertt for San-
ta Claus." when they caught sight of‘I
Boston mummy-unwell?
truck. signs and rccogn'zed the "Sol-I
diers" Express." i
Younglohn backed up against the
receiving platform and u flock of col-
dier postal clerks foal-ted the bundles
into baskets. Lieutenant John Kcoghl
of Norwalk, Conn, member or ritel
division staff. and untoomont poutal
ofllcer. put his force to work on the
pie which “melted like snow show.
clled into a furnace." to “HP the!
lietltenant's own wordtt. !
tam watt. ‘
With a speed that wall astonlahingi
l
{ the bundles from on- team Cluusl
truck were tossed into bags whichi
ill leaa than 20 minutes were beingi
hauled to regimental poatomces oni
. bum and automobiles. ’
A
flight here comes the interesting
part of it for the Jim: at home.
Those Christmas gifts and delicacies
which left Boston after the noon
hour were in the handa of the sol-
diera to whom they were addressed
below evening mean. i
Borne speed in the height of ill
t'hristplas rtltth and without the leuti
port or inconvenience to the soldiers
ol their relatives. Talk about color
peting with wireless. it was a gnu-
inc exhibition of 'going over the
top" of the Yuletide mall and express
congestion.
It was the same as though every'
perxon who treat a ('hrintmstt bundle.
had hired an automobile or need ”heir
own car to make a rpeczal trip and
personally delivered the gifts. It wit-
awlfter because outside automobiles:
would not have been pemlttod to one;
ter the camp reservation. ;
("redit for this aid to the loldk’rai
and their folks in not all due to Man-
ager t'. R. My of the Maxwell “in
tributing Company and to the flow
ton AMERICAN, It slice goett tut
Brigadier-General wntlnm Walla-M
acting division cmnmander. Major 1.7
M, Wainwright. acting chief of staff.
and Major Austin .Vl. Purdue. division
inspector. who have done everything
possible to make the soldier“ free
gift delivery a success. '
Eyery trip is marked by the some:
diapatch and accuracy of delivery:
Said Lieutenant Keogh mt he powetli
over the bundle: on the aortlng
bench:
claw Punch.
'You can quote me not saying thatl
a cleaner lot of packages. or a more,
correctlv or legibly addressed lot has, I
never passed through this once. If!
all the relatives would only nor suchi
care, there would be lens ‘dead mail”
in those booth.- along the flow. eraq
tivcs would not, be disappointed and,
men would not have to wait for ar-l
ticlett went. . ;
"Eventually we villi find the ownerl
of every package in those stalls. but;
it takes time and trouble. when at
little care and intelligence on «Mi
';art of aenders would insure npeedy
delivery.
"The one thing for the folks at
home to keep in mind in forwarding
mall to soldiers is to write the namci
of the organization and the company.l
There will be no danger of loan or
delay then. Scores just write a priv
vate'a or officer's name and add t‘amp
flevenrl, Malls. They should remem-
I‘Pf' that organizations are necessary
and that it is better not to include
'Ayer' in the address. because it in
apt to be diverted to the village post
othce.
‘An army post odice it- a thermom-
cter of fPellngs. especially in the
(‘hriatrnas' season. It registers the
whole scale of human motions. joy.
sorrow. love, tragedy. comedy and
sympathy. '
Pathetic Presents.
”The home ties are expressed in
manv ways. Bundles come that are
pathetic. Thev reflect the love of a
mother for her son. Others are obvi-
ously wrapped by children. You can
t"|l by the clumsy wrappinga and the
childish scrswl to by: brothers andi
"Big—hearted women send bundles
with notes addmsed to the ‘poatmasv
for. They any thrv don't know any
soldier and ask that what they send
be given to some worthy lad.
‘Sentlmental girls write‘ Ind ask.
us to UN“! them the name of some
“nice soldier who would enjoy corre-
rponding with a pretty glrl.’ Some.
times they tell whether they are
blonde or brunette. Thev are seldom,
too modest to rave. over their own
looks; Thm notes are passing along
to soldiers who respond.
ertos 4. m.
'The fellow who said letter-writing
is alert om-uovorIn-g around on,
ismounts are varied. The null his Moos "The Inn Wake Hoe.”
.worked in the postal rervioe. i picked
[to army «ramps are not subject to
Icampaign. m had 1,700 Red
havy.butflhll'tns.taboutd
one. Web-flewfltm
day. Thermal-dreamli-
incoming tnfrclcht
., .
"Honey orders are numeroua. 'l'ho‘ M Mint-m. boot no" for,
amounts for a few dollars are more - I
strongly indicative of a Wu I.“ "we. ‘ mm"... been [or the
starch devotion than the larger suns.tm' ”W W‘ m ‘3".
may Perceut.ofthcmutlisal-M no not» ”not: that
d! pke. Vi" Fill other mthcuso of "Ponce 0. Kurt . ..
1 they! would' only omit plea “:1! s: 9' 5 Auto. i
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fruit. They got so massed up. Pit-l
teen per cent. in glovck. mini 1’ we l..." with ’w"'—JW‘
sccks, sweaters and other articles or 30W. 0 '0'” 0‘ "DIM MEI?
wearing appurel. Ten per cent. is For Peace is coming back again—-
magxsines. another 10 per cent newa- Iain
papers and 5 per cent. postcards nud Peace to the "cut“ ru ‘ rod.
[mew IPencc to the honltl of the dosing (load.
Million I m”. Wukly. Peace to the fields where hatred raves.
"A million letters puss in and outrl’eaee to the trodden bottle graves.
of thin comp pustules every week:
The mall is handled by silty trained. . ’
cl- rlu. half or whom are civilians l.’ 7"" be u" ”m“ "‘9 W '9"
the. Civil Service and half shafted To hush the world of peace bereft-v
men. I had a list of all draftecs who The peace proclaimed in lyric cries
That night the. angels broke the skies.
Again the shell—torn bill: will be
All green with barley to the knee,
And little children sport and run
in love once more with earth and 5.
Again in rent and ruined trees -
Young leaves will sound like silver
“I:
And birds nor; stunned by red “Mr
‘Will build in happy boughs care more:‘
And to the bleak uncoupled graves
The gum will run in silken waves;
And agent hush will softly full
0n (ortured plain and mountain wall.
Sow wild with cries of battling hour
And curses of the fleeing ghosts.
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the cream of them. Ourvspcedteut
men here are railroad clerks.
“The civilian clerks come from.
post offices in Milan, l‘itchburg and
Leomhllkttr. Pouial Mitts attacked
aft. Men from city post "1ch
am willing to come. here nsd iivo
under turny routine, away from but
on thin account. They receive their
regular pay and are allowed 31 a'
day for rations.
Every Man Catalopocd.
"We ban 2'. card index here where
every man in camp is catalogued. In
this way mall improperly directed is
traced. The clerktt here work longer
hours than in civil life and they are
doing a great job. A ton of mail canr‘
n an hour ago and it in all on its
way to the regiments now.
”Every incoming mail truck car:
tier, from l50 to 200 mil pouches.
We have some institution here. If is
under the poatal jurisd;ction of Point.
master John K. Smith of l-‘itchburg.
"The magazine evil is our biggest
hoodoo. Enough to drive you almost
crazy at times. Sentiment but of
it ht fine. but why should soldiers
be expected to road periodicals that
are 'mutv from or? lien is a
magazine dated 1’2.
Old Prriodials.
(‘an you fancy a (ultbloodod Amer-
ican soldier pcrualng it.- faded pages?
And this one full of women's forth
ions. lingerie. lorrwts. face powder
and the like. Fine lurk for men. 7‘
“Here is It commercial paper filled
from cover to cover with real cantata
mum. in Pennsylvania. What do
you suppose a Maine ltlnlbeuaclt
cares tor that or this religious truct'?‘
They want appropriate and unto-date
stuff. They um hungry for new».
papers from home, Tho-y would be:
mo..- acceptabit‘than antique liter
aturc." .
Lieutenant KeOgh was a lawyer in
Nor-walk, t't. Hid 0m ht Keogh it
t'antlee. He he developed into an
Al soldier pmtmaater.
Aldo-on will ponder over it—
This red unluning of the Pit:
And they will gather as friendst and
any,
“Come, let us try the W: way.
Ages we tried the way of swords.
And ouslh to weary of hostile hordes.
(.‘omrndeo, read out ills wcrds unlit!
They are the only hope for men!
have and not hate mum cone to birth;
t'hr‘mt. and not Coin must rule tbef
north!" ‘
In (large of Government
Ship Buikling
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READERS’ i
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VIEWS
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who hat-been appointed vicmpreaic‘
[do at of the Emerpency Fleet Corporaq
s
nco cnoss metronome.
gmrrnrncnt's shipbuilding program!
Mr. Pies has the reputation of being!
one of the blggm buqtnesev organ-l
Norwalk, t‘onn.. ‘tzers in the country.
December Zl. 1917.
Editor Evening Sentinel:
I not entirely ignorant of the fllf'll‘r
od. whereby the number of Red ('ron
memberships. to be secured for Sor-
walk's quota. in the preiént cam-
paign was apportioned. To me it up-
peara that 6.000 members for thc ('ity
of Sorwalk is along step owr what
should be thin city's nverage allot—
meat.
The last report of the Red f‘ross
sol.ety, recently issued. shows a mem—
berahip of 5.000.000 in tho linitcd
States. thin in an average of five per-
sons to every one hundred people.
I am informed flint previous to the
CULTIVATE VOUR ASPIRATIONI.
Very few people are satisfied with
the work they are doing. flurry of
them have aspirations for something
better. more congenial. If you huvo
nuy natural leaning toward a higher
grade ofwork. says Physical Culture
Maw-zine. don't strive to put it out oft
your mind. but try to keep it veryI
much in your mind. it may lndiouts
u field for which you are especiully
gifted. if you have any ambitions.
cultivate them. It is only- those who
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(‘zoan members. or an average of “whdarc to (”“0" n" guiding ”i" 0‘ due
en person; to every one hundred pro-ii“! b! encouraging and cultivating
pie. The recent. univerasl drive to;these aspirations who ultimately move
secure 10,000,000 new members or an forward to their realization
additional ten members from every '
one hundred people. would make a
grand total of 15,000,000 rncfnh-rs in
the Red t‘rm socinv, on average
of fifteen out of or?" one hundred
of the country's population.
On this hauls. Norwalk'a proportion
counting our population 25.500, would
beatotslofuzsnchrowsnmnv
bets. deducting the 1.700 former ment-
be" there would be 2.115 new mem-
bers to be secured.
If Norwnlk'a quota had been 2300
new member: or 4.0th total member:
ships it. would seem a more unlit-l
able apportionment for the cnmlmizn
which ends tonight. i
A MESH-m .
non: TRUTH THAN POETRY.
We are cleaning the streets
.A't fast as we can:
We have pressed into service
Every ,nvnllable non.
Harm and mules. wagons and carts.
All of them busy doing their part.
.lzt the people who growl
Take a trip down below.
Where the weather in warm.
All they never have now.
CAL SMITH.
—Advertise in the Banach
Free Storage
llnfll Spring
A payment. of 8100 will hold any
AVIATOR INSTRUCTOR DEAD
EHRBVBPORT. In. Dec. 24,—TCurl
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to. Charles A. cm. of (.‘hicngoJ ‘
thou. is now in full chap of the! -
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i I p .. up!" 0 a c Otis-roads stor at any other time. was she the mo
’ " "w ““0" problems ”noun of many an eve in distant ell”
‘tfzowr- tat" an: private concern look like gum,” 100”“ out for the Christ.
tr- {‘ditl'tt plgv.“ I
tum mail which on culled can or
‘ inridt'nrcllv. “"1. mm! m .hgdsnghter, brother or “lulu '9'" "It
first '3’ tie-mm n dock-builder. rhe'
empty. Thin year. owing to ulstlnu
. ~ . loo-alum, ml: or the usual Christ-
’cru whore cur ships are “ml-u Ill" be“ '1qu
. “Mi“ '6"! “A“ Mi cantor-d for olgn countrtw it is logy. up“
“I“ boats of anything like ouch that some, It. least of tho 1-“ th-
J” MW. Wheretherswmuo"""”"m'mha'm“"
’ motherchmelsuuchutholu
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army postotllce. War ulukou the uv-ttho Avian:- Corps, was klllod h an
erage soldier an author. “ sAorne of'uflm, at m, aviation field near,
:xg'g':r?tl '3?“ l "I! it 3:: _ Charles yesterday. A brief tol-
mont- scratched or forum «in: m "Ill-r of the serum wu‘ to
is n few hours one "out”. as Qt"! Mutant-noun.
has the record to date. Young men
who never thought ‘of writing lettsrst
in civil life mat, develop mo
OOLD WAVE IN THE W“?
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1 0i Holidaytioods
Extraordinary Value Givhg in
Useful and Beautiful
5 Ivory Toilet Articles,
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Gloves, Handkerchiefs,
Umbrellas, Hosiery,
Fancy Boxed Stationery,
J ewelry, I
Women’s Handbags,
Lovely Shirt Waists
Silk Lingerie, Sweaters,
for women and children
Bathrobes,
Fancy China, etc.
, A Wonderful Sale of
COATS
Several Hundred of lheflewesf '
Models Tremendousfy
Underpdced.
TOYS
Immense Reductions.
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