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March Now on Retired list mm : ' !' " i " -t MaJ. Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the United States army during the great war, has retired from active military service. 'But he will be, long In the public eye because of the many service rancors that only time will straighten out. It is too soon to write the history of the World war and to pass judgment on the qual ity of his services as head of the army staff. It frequently is said that Generals March was the Stanton of the War department during his term of duty as the chief of the general staff. Gen eral March is credited by many with deciding things in advance and, when his decision was made, with telling Secretary of War Baker to "sign here." In war times some one in the War department must be an autocrat March unquestionably was the mili tary autocrat of the department during fi war. Naturally, he made enemies. Today It is known that some of the oScers cherish bitter feelings because of the things which he did. But high service he unquestionably performed. He cut red tape and made things move vfil a rapidity that they never had. moved with before. General March was given the Distinguished Service Medal for his conduct IT the great staff department in the days of the war. "Really, My Dear Watson- 9f Senator Thomas E. "Watson of Ceorgia (portrait herewith) certainly started something when he' said in tfcbate in the senate : ' "How many senators know that a private soldier was frequently shot y his officers because of some com jflatnt against officers insolence; and that they had gallows upon which men were hanged, day after day, without art-martial or any other form of trial? How many senators know that? 1 bad and have the photograph of one f those gallows, upon which 21 white toys had already been executed . at sanrise when the photograph was taken; and there were others waiting 1b the camp jails to be hanged morn fas after morning.' Senator Wadsworth of New York, tiairman of the military affairs com mittee, demanded that Senator Watson ppear before that committee and sub stantiate his statements. The Geor gian replied he defied the "demand." He would debate it out In the senate. He intimated that he had no confidence In the committee and ttat his witnesses would be in danger. After debate a special committee was pointed to investigate the, charges : Brandegee of.. Connecticut,-Ernst of Kentucky, Wills of Ohio, Overman of North Carolina and Shields of Tennessee.' uuiai ictouuig uiuuc tx eiLULtrujcui u?ciuriug me v arson cnarges 10 oe "wftfiout foundation." The Georgian warned Pershing that a general who tailed a senator a liar could be called before the senate and reprimanded. -After more debate, extending over several days, the situation was apparently straightened out so that Senator Watson will go before the special committee. I fill " I UNION HE Old Folks de cided that It was time for them to be young again. So, they set up a Christmas tree in a corner of the big dining room. Santa Clauscame bustling In and be gan to make things pleasant Tied to his belt there was Its bell was ringing This was to wake the Hull Succeeds White : U'' ' t 'v ' ' " v" " 1 V. , ' . M t 1111 V i" " ft A-J L V - - '.' i Cordell Hull of Carthage, Tenn., was chosen chairman of the Demo cratic national committee to succeed George White, of Marietta, O., follow ing refusal of Edward F. Goltra, com mitteeman from Missouri, to resign to make way for Breckinridge Long of St. Louis and Washington, T). C. Mr. Long and Mr. Hull were the only two all factions agreed upon for the chairmanship. Mr. Hull is a lawyer and a former judge. He was a member of congress from the Sixtieth to Sixty-sixth con gresses. He is a Spanish-American veteran and Is unmarried. He has been a member of the national com mittee eight years. The new chair man's policies are briefly outlined in the following statement: "The first step in administering the affairs of ' the committee will be to pay off the present Indebtedness and create a good atmosphere in .which to work. We shall try to pay all debts at an early date. We shall make every possible effort to develop the Democratic national commftree Into the most militant and efficient organization within our power. r L Macnider, American Legion 3 . ' Hanf ord Macnider, the, new na tional commander of the American Legion, is . an American fighting man sf fine physique and appearance. He was born in 1884 at Mason City, la., where he is.a banker. He was gradu ated from Harvard in 1911 and served sa the Mexican border in 1916 as a first lieutenant, in, the Iowa , National Guard. After the outbreak of the World war he entered the officers' training camp at Fort Snelling and was com Missioned second lieutenant. He ar JrtTed in'- France September' 20, 4 1917 as an officer ; in the Ninth : United States infantry. During his overseas service he was promoted to major and tater became lieutenant colonel of in fantry in the Alsne, Marne, St. Mihlel and Meuse-Argonne operations, a por fSloD ' of the time In command ? of his egiment. He was wounded at St. HihleL and holds, the following deco- i ? y v ations. Dlfilngulshed Service Cross and one cluster. Chevalier de Legion Monneur, Croix de Guerre (five citations, five, palm one fold and one silver n ana lae itanan war .cross. ... V . , r . ( . Macnider was elected commander of the Iowa department of .the legion September and has, been commander of the Clausen Worden post of Mason Sn!fv8J?Ut Jomard for agonal, commander at .Minneapolis In and in the balloting he stood next to FrankUn D'Oller. ,He haa been a , MO ywuim atgusiea compensauon tor all ex-service men. an alarm clock, like everything. Old Folks up. First, he called the roll, to see If they were all up and awake. Then, he began to pick the presents off the tree. Soon the room was gay with dolls, horns and jumping jacks. A doll was riding in her carriage, squeaking and rising up every few feet as 6he rode along. . There was a talking doll, too. She sang and talked when they pushed the buttons on her dress. There were hot dolls for cold nights and cups and balls for the Old Folks to play with when they could not sleep. The Old Folks all played with their presents. They blew on their horns, and amused themselves with the jump-lng-jacks, and sent the moving toys running about the room all at once. But, after all, the Old Folks, thought it wasn't so very much fun because there were no real children there. So they sent out to see If they could find some. They found Lucy, Peter, Billy, Mary, Sally, Hilda, Ruth, and some other children, who all came to see the Old Folks Christmas tree. Lucy told the Old Folks the story about her dog Trump. Trump was a tramp dog, but he could do some1 tricks. He loved to be dressed up In a blanket, vith a belt. Then, with, a berlbboned straw hat on his bead, he would walk across the room upon his hind legs. "After Lucy came Peter. TPeter said that he did not know any stories, but once he carried the flag for the big boys' baseball team, and they Jet him go in to see the base ball game, free. Then Billy told a story. He said that once he sat- up all night, waiting for Santa Claus to come and fill his stocking. That Is, he tried to sit up all night ; but Santa Claus didn't come and so he fell asleep in the dark. The next day the doctor came to see him. The doctor told him he had had "stockingltls." Billy said, too, that when he woke up in the early morning and round that Santa Claus had forgotten to fill his stocking, he was going to throw himself on the , floor and pound his heels on it and holler. But then he happened to remember how ugly his First, He Called the Roll. brother Harry looked when he did that. So Billy thought he wouldn't; and he didn't. - Mary told, about the songs she sang to her doll. She said that the song that her doll liked the best was: ' The little dog went t the market town, With one foot up, and one foot down; But when he came to a muddy place He jumped cle-e-e-an over! ; Mary said that she always; Jumped ner aou ux me rjump" pare Sally thought that it was a long time since she had known a story, ' 'most as long as the night before Christmas," but 'she did remember a ride she once had on a littje donkey. She said they had to send the bid donkey on ahead to make the llttTe donkey hurry. Then she remembered about the cats at her grandma's house. There was a big cat for the big mice, and a little cat for the little mice. Hilda told a story about a little bUnd boy she once saw.''-'''- v".- When ' she said her evening prayer that night, her mother sd to her i . What are you going , to say, in vour nrayer tonight, about that poor little blind boy you saw to-day?", . 8o Hilda asked God about him; : '" The very next day she took the lit tle blind, boy a big orange. t It was now Ituth'a turn. Once I asked ? a little girl if that was her, sister," said Ruth. "The lit tle girl 'said ain't a sister. It's a baby. . '- V .:u:,-:'- . .i.:Y.-v ,: One of the other boys now had a story to tell. "Once I saw a cyclone 'come around the corner of a street," he said. "A man had a tent there with a lot of dolls In It The man' wanted to sell the dolls, but the cyclone took the tent right up into the sky, with all the dolls In it Another man asked him : 'What are you making such a fuss about? Weren't your dolls for sail?' and everybody laughed except the. doll man." The Old Folks were having such a good time listening to the stories that they thought the children ought to have a good time, too. So they took all their presents that had come off the tree and gave them to the little folks who had come in. Every boy and every girl had a toy and a box of candy Lucy, Peter, Billy, Mary, Sally, Hilda, and the others. Then, all the young Old Folks and all the children mauched around the dining room singing. They sang "Merry, Merry Christ mas," and so tile fun ended. But I guess it didn't quite end then, elthcjr. For, as the young Young Every Boy and Every Girl Had a Toy. Folks went out of the door and down the street the young Old Folks could hear them laughing, long after they turned the corner. Besides, the young Old Folks have been talking about their "Old Folks Christmas" ever since. FESTIVITIES OF OLD TIMES Lord of Misrule Was Important Fun?, tionary at Yuletide Celebrations of the Long Ago. HEvLord of Misrule was an impor tant functionary at the Christmas festivities of those long-ago times. An account of this Important personage has been preserved by the historian and antiquary, John Stow, who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and during the -first year of the reign of King Charles L and was, therefore, a contemporary of Shake speare. ' "In the feast of Christmas," writes Stow, "there was in the king's house, wherever he lodged, a Lord of Misrule or Master of Merry Deports, and the like had ye in the house of every no bleman of honor or good worship, were he spiritual or temporal. The mayor of London, and either of the sheriffs, had their several Lords of Misrule." At Cambridge university the Lord of Misrule was a master of art elected to superintend the representation of Latin plays by the students, besides taking charge of their games and di versions during the Christmas season. A similar Master of Bevels was chosen at Oxford. In the Inns of Courts In London, where the barristers had their offices and belongings, a Lord of Misrule reigned with great splendor, "being surrounded with all the parade and ceremony of royalty, his guard of hon or, and even his two chapllns wha preached before him in the Temple church." On the Twelfth day he abdicated bis sovereignty, and we are informed that in the year 1635, tills mock-representative of royalty expended in the exer cise of his office about two thousand pounds from his own purse, and at the conclusion of his reign was knighted by King Charles I at White hall. 1 Saving the Leftovers. Instead of always frying up any left over potatoes, why not use them for hot tea scones? They only take a few minutes to make. To half a pound of cold potatoes add wo ounces of flour and a ; teaspoonful each of salt and baking powder. Knead them all together, then add . Just enough milksour milk If you like to make a stiff dough. ; Roll out and Cut Inte either squares or rounds with a pastry cutter or tumbler and bake on a "tin . in a quick oven. - " . To Sweeten Musty Teapot To sweeten a 'metal or enamel tea pot which hai become musty, fill it with boiling water and drop in a red-1 hot cinder, close' the lid and leave for: a short time. Often tinse'oiit with clean watel; v EIPROVED WIfttitU INTERNATIONAL GSSftft (By REV.' P. B.-FITZ WATER, D. D., Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright, 1921, Wterji Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR tfkCEMBER 4 PAUL IN MELITA AND ROME. LESSON TEXT Acts 28:1-31. GOLDEN TEXTI am ready to preaen the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel ot Christ; for It Is the power of God unto salvation to;, everyone . that belleveth. Rom. 1:15, 16. '. " - - REFERENCE MATE RIAL Mark 16:18; Rom.' 1:8-17. ' PRIMARY TOPIC The End of Paul'i Journey- JUNIOR TOPIC The End of a Ixng Journey. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC Paul LivingrJn Rome. ... ; YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC Paul's Ministry in Rome. I. The Shipwrecked Crew on Melita (w. 1-10). ..- " ; : Through ,thei storm they lost their bearings, and when they were safe on land they learned that the Island was called Melita. 1. The hospitable reception , of the natives (v. 2). They built a fire and made them as comfortable as. possible from the cold and the rain. t 2. Paul gathering. sticks for a fire (v. 3). This Is a fine picture of the world's greatest preacher and missionary not above picking up sticks for a fire. The ability- and disposition to serve natu rally In whatever way Is the evidence of capacity for great commissions. 3. Paul bitten by a venomous ser pent (v. 3). With the sticks that Paul gathered there was a serpent. Per haps It had already curled Itself up for its winter sleep, but when the warmth of the fire aroused It it darted at Paul and fixed Its fangs upon his hand. The natives expected to see him fall down t dead, yet he shook it off, nothing harmed. At first the natives concluded that he was an escaped murderer and that this was retributive justice being meted out to him. When they saw that he was unharmed they concluded that he was a god. 4. Paul heals Publius' father (w. 7 10). These people are now getting some return for their kindness. When this man of note was healed others came. also and were healed. To this they respondedfln appreciation by load ing them down with necessary sup plies. II. Paul Arrives at Rome (vv. 11-16). When Paul landed at Rome Christ's charge to the disciples was fulfilled. After three months stay at Melita, Paul departs for Rome In the ship Al exandria, whoee sign was Castor and Pollux. At Syracuse they were de layed three days, perhaps for favora ble winds. At Puteoll he found breth ren, at whose request he tarried seven days. At Applli-Forura and at the Three Taverns brethren from Rome met him. From Puteoll the news Went before Paul's coming, and so Interested were the brethren that they came more than forty miles fo jneet. him. This greatly encouraged him, for which he gave God thanks. No one, perhaps, ever enjoyed more close fellowship with God, and yet no man ever en joyed more and derived more benefit from human fellowship than he. His readiness to preach, the gospel at Rome, which he had expressed in the Epistle to the Romans, written from Corinth about three years before, was now realized. He was treated with great leniency at Rome, for he. was allowed to hire a house there and live alone except that the soldier that re mained his guard was' constantly with him. Being chained to a soldier was rather" irksome, but yet ' it gave him1 a chance to preach to the soldiers which he could not have had any other way He rejoiced in whatever circumstances, just so the gospel was preached. r , III. auf Ministry in Rome (w. 17-31).. ... . . . r 1. His conference . with the leading J ews- ( w. 17-22). He did not, : as usual, wait for the .Sabbath -day to speak to the Jews He only allowed one day for rest. " HlPbbject was to have a fair understanding with them. When they came heCpndeavored to conciliate (them. He told them that though he came ad a prisoner, he was not a. criminal. Though nls own countrymen had so sought his life, he did not come with : an accusation against them. The result of this inter view was that the Jews cautiously took neutral ground, but expressed a desire to hear what Paul could say In defense of a sect which was every where spoken against. The fact that this sect was spoken against Is no evi dence that It was, wrong. Many times a thing may be wrong in men's minds, because their judgments are biased. If a thing Is right in the sight of God it matters not what men think about it. 2. Paul expounding the kingdom of God and persuading concerning Jesus (W. 23-31). w He pointed, out a real kingdomthe Messianic Kingdom wlthi Jesus as the King. ' ; :. vv' Consecration. ,r. V-If you-want to live In tfil am jlojng the , dnty of life, knowing the blessings of it, doing your work heart ily, and yet not, absorbed, by It, re member that the one power whereby youi can o act Is, that all shall be consecrated to ' Christ. Alexander Maclaen, . - . 8uDDilcstlon Af ftAtAmMn Now, my J3od, letJ I beseech thee, thine tm hoi w . -w.."rv''i .".ici Liuue ers K"ient tinto the prayer that is made to jthte pUce-n Chronicle tiiQ, A I I I II Wedding Tln Bv MARY GRAHAM Coplght. 1921, always, lt rU- ft, " SO fc,ttl ful and ana- knew, too, that he Vl for his wlfp lfcd ElizaU ""'w not t a i they said. wP i, take him- the opportunity -to do so eve?, he goes to see you. wa ?? he'd proposed any nnmh "" S "I don't know about l S beth would lauzh. t, EM nothing out of her ' mii d Once some nf thc art. m bp0Ke t0 HJ "We wls?h Ihe all th tiQ b you court Howard smiled. Vs up to Elizabeth," he ' m One woman spoke to Elizabeth day in a very serine fn.u. The trouble with you," the wJ said, "is that you've alway mucn attention. Not only Ho;? hilt oiror.nT.A. i . . ' Deen charmed you, and you think that wm the end of time. You'll find 1 1 They'll efnn J j oiyj,, auu Uien when iri you be?" e w "I don't want to be married so , 4-n Anin - " ueing an old maid" abeth laughed. "I've seen toi J happy ones to be afraid. What' of mnrn T Vilnt o 14- "v x vuiuo. u. iui mure oi a persoi wno is iaithtul to someone theyY loved tnan to marry for the sake marrying. Lots of the "old maids' uiau ouuie vi uie marned una have been so afraid they'd be I unpopular and unwanted that they'll married out of sheer cowardice." Tnis was very puzzling. Had Elfe abeth loved someone in her earllei days perhaps when he had goci away on a visit? ?so one knew. Bui everyone was puzzled. So much pnz zled that they asked no more qnes tlons. They stopped telling her sfci should marry Hov.rard. They stoppei telling her what a wonderful husbaui he would make, and how much if loved, her. They were speculating on whidntsl It lt could have been when the edy occurred. And had the mysteri ous man married or had he been al' ready married and so Elizabeth, ai a nice, quiet girl had quickly take herself home and out of the way It was snowing hard. Ellzabq was getting together her Christina! presents when the door bell rang. Outside stood Howard. "I thought perhaps you'd .not mic if I went with you when you tooi around the presents," he said. knew if- -was lust about your time, How lovely it was outside. Thi snow was falling, the air was so dea and cool, and here was Howard, IVlil mt in mil" straight .and tall, his face glo with health, his eyes so clear, so tx and so devoted. It made even cold, crisp air seem warm and so4 and anecuonuie. , v.i jaiirDrP(i the nnd were now passing the s . T..U. was practl cnurcn. msiue sw , ,v- lng on the organ. xat . less the organist practicing J music for the service . A There was much beautiful music J moo! So many m1 ways ior curiauu. - e: derful hymns, and such an atmospn about it an. . t he -I wish," Howard said, tna stop practicing the Chris mas and play us a wedding m rch ..."Perhaps he would ahl "Do you mean lt? 110V j "Oh yes, my dear, of course 1L You've not said a 0 marrying the last four tim es you and I've been about to self. The people-they i yP me- from seeing how were by talking about jo you what they saw in you me a chance to see for P7 ; The organist played ov march. The clergymj hurriedly to marry them, witnesses with Mm. . ft -The Christinas bells an f0 ding bells are jotoW : us,' Howard said a P W took tbe J had the presents to f Then they announced I t . pie what they el P "Merrle Christmas I M .ww fc . rt he W'3 it s
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