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i i i oe RINGING UP SANTA CLAl'S Funniest thing at our house about the r . telephone ... we hear a- little tingle, then a giggle 0 ... and a groan, - ' .And. then a little titter, and a wee t- . .voice tries to say f Hello! Mister Santa Claus! How do w i you do today?" Hello, Mister Santa Claus! and, some- - -' hiow, though it's queer, There always comes an answer that is f A. very full of cheer. r v - , ; That. telephone of Santa Claus must be '" . a busy line IX every feller calls him up like this dear tike of mine ' .With "Hello, Mister Santa Claus! How you . do today?" And Santa always hears him though he's very far away, i - And there's miles of snow and bliz i aards and chimneys, roofs and 1 v spires, To where he sits and warms his toes beside his open nres! First he weedles round my chair, and then he strokes my chin. And then his pleading eyes look up with such a light therein, And then he says he guesses he will telephone again, And I hear his little "Hello!" and I lay aside my pen, -And my busy thoughts are mingled In his childhood thoughts the while, , Aa he keeps on ringin' Santa Claus with his little heart a-smile. Every thing as silent as a tombstone m oftentimes, Till suddenly the tingle of . the tele- v , phone outchimes, And it's "Hello! Mister Santa Claus. ji-, How you do today?" - And wonderful that echo that seems " borne from far away That merry; merry laughter that comes o'er the telephone -To the answer of. the tinkle, and the giggle, and the groan! BALTIMORE SUN. Mrs. F. Rheinstein and son. Lieut, c Sidney Rheinstein, of New York, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ' Jj. Bluethenthal, No. 01 Dock street. .; Mrs. James H. Cowan and son. John Cowan, have returned from New York . where they went to consult a specialist about the lad's eyes, which were in . Jured in an explosion last summer. ,-. The expert gave an encouraging opin ion about the injury. Junior Auxiliary Sleets. i The Junior auxiliary of Grace Meth odist church will hold its quarterly meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock. All ; members are urged to attend 'and ' bring their mite boxes. . Ladies' Aid Society Meets. The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of St. Matthew's Lutheran church has been postponed until , tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. All members are urged to , -attend at that time. ; ' Missionary Society Meeting. The Junior Missionary society of Trinity Methodist church will hold its - regular quarterly meeting in the church this evening at 8 o'clock. An interest ing program has been preparted and the public is cordially invited to be present. i Junior League Meets. The Junior league of Fifth Avenue Methodist church! will hold a social f- meeting at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon and a full attendance Is desired. An j: interesting program has been arranged ' ' and the meeting will be presided over , lay Miss Elizabeth Schaefer. Bridge Tables Will Be Handy. Bridge tables will be available for those attending the dance to be given in Harmony hall on me evening of Jjecember 27 by the Ministering Cir--j. 'cJe of the King's Daughters, who do ' . not care to dance. There will be some,, v ' thing to entertain everyone. The pur pose of the dance is to raise funds to r scarry on the work of ttie circle which consists partly of the maintenance of ' two of the five district nurses of, the city. Tickets,- which will sell for $2 each, and will entitle one to partake of the sumptuous turkey dinner that ,will be served, may be secured by ap ' plying to any member of the circle. Double Birthday Celebration. : Mr. and Mrs. F. M. King, of Phila- vr delphia, arrived this week and will ' spend the holidays at the home of .' - J. A. Springer, Fifth and Princess - -streets. It was a happy coincidence that Mr. King and Mr. Springer timed their visit tohave a' double birthday , celebration, which bth observed with mutual congratulations and many Chappy felicitations from their friends liere and elsewfaere on Monday. Many ?: yifriends of Mr. Springer, whose health has not been good for some months, - were delighted to see him looking ex- ceedingly well on the anniversary of his birth and many joined him in wish- , lng very many happy returns. Her Fifth Anniversary! , t Little Mjss Doris Meade Council en - tertained a number of her friends Mon ' day afternoon from 3 until 5 o'clock The best restaurants and . hotels in the South serve Maxwell House because they are the best; because it is the best. CHEEK-NEAL COFFEE CO lashville, ; Houston, Jacksonville, Biohmond V- ''I r ?-s, ... -'- .7. r ;.. i . ; IAL and PERSONAL at a party in honor of her fifth births day. A number of children's1 games were played, after which the guests were shown into the dining room, where refreshments were seVved. The table was decorated with pink roses and" pink candles, the color scheme also being carried out in the ices and mints. There was a candelabra on either end of the table, each having Ave pink candles projecting from its branches, while In the center was a massive birthday cake bearing five candles. Upon their departure the little guests declared little Miss Council a most charming hostess and wished her many happy returns of the day. Mrs. Motte Hostess to Circle. The ladies of Circle No. 1, of Fifth Avenue Methodist churcn, were most pleasantly entertained from 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Leon L. Motte at her beautifully appointed home, 507 South Fifth ave nue. After the regular business meet ing a beautiful recitation. "Willie's Christmas Prayer," was given in a most pleasing manner by Miss Bryant, a member of the circle, following which Miss Ida M. Fleet sang "At Twilight," in her usual charming man ner. Among other numbers included in a well arranged program ' were readings by Miss Seitter and- Mrs. M. J. Fowler, which were greatly appre ciated. At the conclusion of the pro gram luncheon was served. Picked1 Up Around Town Today N. S. A. Chicken Day Today's contributions to the penny fund of the National Special Aid will be used to purchase eggs and chick ens for France where the poultry stocks have been practically .exhaust ed during the more than four years of war, it is eaid. Efforts are being made to re-stock the country from America. In Recorder's Court. There were a number of defendants before Recorder Harriss yesterday morning but none was charged with committing any serious offense. Wil liam Taylor paid the cost, for feeding his team on the street; William Walk er paid the cost in two cases for an assault on a female; James Gore was dismissed on a charge of slander, but another case against him charging an assault with a deadly weapon was continued until today. W. L. Boggan, charged with violating the driving ordinance, was found not guilty. This case was continued from Monday. George Branson Here. Embracing the opportunity of a bus iness trip through the south to visit members of his family and old friends in Wilmington, George W. Brunson Jr., in charge of the Chicago offices of his Arm. Bryant, Griffith & Brunson, of which Ixe is a member, spent yes terday in the city. Mr. Brunson is now with one of the biggest publish ers' advertising representatives agen cies in the country and his friends were delighted to see him looking ex ceedingly well and to know that he is doing exceedingly well in the ad vertising field. He was once a member of the staff of this newspaper and for a time was editor of The Dispatch, later owner and editor of the Green ville, S. C, Daily News. He expects to leave this afternoon to Join Mrs. Brunson in Camden, S. C, and later to visit hfls father in South Carolina before returning to Chicago. DEATH OF INFANT Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wella, Died at 13 O'clock Last Night. The friends of Mr. and MrsI W. A. 'Wells, J02 North Second street, will deeply sympathize with them in the death of their infant son, W. A. Wells, Jr., which occurred, at the family res idence last midnight following an Ill ness of only a few days. The arrange ments for the funeral will be announc ed later. MR. WILSON IMPRESSED WITH HIS RECEPTION (Continued, from Page One) arising from the war and the president virtually told Count Celleri the extent to which he was willing to support them during the forthcoming informal conferences with entente government premiers. After the drive the president and Mrs. Wilson returned to the Murat residence for luncheon. With them at the table were Miss Margaret Wilson and Admiral Grayson. . ECONOMIC QUESTIONS BEING GIVEN A PROMINENT PLACE Paris, Dec. 17. Economic questions are cominer nrominentlv to the front In the discussions now going on behind the screens preliminary to the assent bling of the inter-allied conference and the peace congress. The main point hinges on the appointment of Herbert C ioover. the American food admtnia trator, as director general of relief for all the allies and the United States An amendment to this has now been suggested from allied quarters by which an inter-allied commission would control for the period of one year the distribution of raw materials to various countries. The American plan for relief was presented in writing to the recent meeting of the supreme war coouncil in juonaon, out action on it was postpon ed. The arrival of Premier Llovd George and Premied Orlando in Paris next Thursday will again bring these premiers together, this time with Pres Ident Wilson, and the deferred relief project again will come up for discus sion and decision. An amendment concerning raw ma terials, which has been proposed, prom ises to be the main subiect of discus sion A number of other questions also are involved in the aDDointm'nt -nf n director general of relief, particularly the use of merchant shipping now in German ports for the distribution ' of relief and also the prompt movement of American troops back to the United estates. - ' Belzian Peace Delegation. Brussels., Dec. 17. Th Ttelfrlan ernv ernment announces that its delegation to the Deace confern will n- mm. posed of Paul Hymans, minister for foreign agalrs and f ormer . minister lh London; Emile Vanderyelde, minister of justice and socialist leader, end Baron van Den Heuvet, minister at th Vatican and former, minister,, of; Jus i Today's x Patriotic ;Penmle Will Be pvyen to Buy Chickens tor prance. .ad, RED CROSS DRIVE GOES ON UNABATED More Than 1;700 Members Have 1 '."'' v Been Secured. This Total Has Been Reached With Several Committees Not Reporting Membership by Sunday Will . Exceed 6,000. The second day's canvass for the Red. Cross Christmas roll, call ran the total number of members to above 1, 700 with reports missing from sever al of the committees. While this was indeed gratifying to those in charge of the roll call, it was no more so than were the prospects last night for a banner day today. At 6 o'clock last night W. A. McGirt, aoting chairman, reported to the di vision headquarters in Atlanta, 1,505 members, but the telegram had hardly been dispatched when a committee chairman Teported 163, while a little later other . chairmen repotted suffici ent numbers to carry tne total well above the L700 mark. Those reported late will be included In today's official report. This total has been reached with out any reports from either the ship yards and with only a partial report from the Atlantic Coast Line; it was also stated last night that no reports have been received from the rural sec tions of the county or from the negro organization and only a partial re port from the industrial, committee. While reports are apparently slow in coming in, it is no indication that th, members are not working, it was stat ed by an official of the organization on last night. On the other hand the view was taken that tne workers are too busily engaged to get to head quarters before (Closing time and when they do turn in their membership cards and cash it will send the total way up. The Atlantic Coast Line is calcu lating on no less than a 100 per cent membership, and if this is gained it will give the general offices a member ship of more than a thousand. The Carolina and Liberty shipyards have not yet made reports but the chair men in charge of the work have not been idle and when their report comes in it will be no small matter in com parison with the banner committees. The actual number of paid member ships up to last night were conserva tively estimated at 2,000. At this rate, and the roll call organization is . ex pecting a. better average for the week,, the total number of members in the Wilmington chapter by the close of the drive Saturday, night will have passed the 6,000 mark, which is 1,000 more than the goal fixed at the outset. With 6,000 members the actual cash paid In will probably be i nthe neighborhood of $7,000 as . a great many are sub scribing for $2 and up. The official reports of the chairman to Atlanta headquarters are: Monday, 766; Tues day, 739.' - . The committee asks the public, in joining this, the greatest organization engaged in work of mercy, not to wait until the last days of the cam paign to enlist their support but re spond to the appeals at the first op portunity, and without waiting to be called on by some member of the can vassing committees. The chairmen are also asked to report more promptly in the afternoon so that results may be made up and forwarded to head quarters in Atlanta at 6 o'clock each day. Each chairman is requested to report today not later than 5 o'clock regardless of what he has on hand. The campaign will continue through the remainder of the week without the slightest let up, regardless of whether or not the goal Is reached. What is wanted is members and more members, dollars and more dollars that the association may extend its work to all parts of the world, and especially .to the European countries which have been devastated by the war and their populations left to starve or freeze during the 'cold win ter months. "Between 75 and 100 toys on bicycles paraded the streets yesterday after noon between '3 awd 4 o'clock in the Interest of the roll call work. The bicyclists were members of the Red Gross bicycle .corps, organized by J. Shepard Bryan, principal of the Hem enway school, to assist the Red Cross by running errands, and doing other tasks which otherwise would be done by members of the Red Cross motor corps at a - much greater cost. The members participating in the parade reported to Mrs. A. H. Harriss, in charge of the Junior Red Cross for or ders, receiving instruction to parade the, business streets of the city. Every bicycle bore the emblem of the asso ciation. PROBE PROFITEERING CHARGES District Inspector Nash is Here For A Thorough Investigation. M. W. Nash, district inspector for the United States food administration, arrived in the. city this morning on an early train for the purpose of thrash ing ' out alleged profiteering . charges by, local retail food dealers. Mr. Nash wiil be in the office of County Food Administrator. J. G. . McCormick from 10 until 1 o'clock today and will be glad to have anyone wttio knows of overcharges to call and give him the name of. the , merchant and the evi dence in his possession against the accused. What M. Nash wants Is speciflo charges, as these are all that can be used as a basis for an investigation. If there is any profiteering in Wil mington Mr. -Nash expects to see that the guilty parties are singled out and properly, dealt with. It will be rembered ' that Mr. Nash has held a couple of conferences with local dealers in. foodstuffs in, Wilming ton recently, at the latter giving warn ing -that -the- food .administration reg ulation prices must be more strictly adhered to. , , . - There; have been enough of general charges and assertions, It is "pointed out; what is desired Is definite com plaints. Blanket statements hit all dealers,-regardless of whether they are guilty of high , prices or not. It is to give" everybody, another chance. , to make Specific complaint that Mr. Nash is here, -and unless- something definite is given him, ' it is likely the food ad ministration folks will; conclude that "profiteering" in Wilmington doesn't exist and that there is no reason for complaints. ": -. ' , Revolution: la. Bulgaria.. . Amsterdam,,; Dec. 17. A revolution has broken but in. Bulgaria, according to irif ormation I received by the Lokal Anzelger - from 1 Bulgaria by, way of Hungary " r:' ' ; Vl tt pays to 'use the best; Blue Ribbon Vanilla and - Lemon, r Pure, strong and ttenciuso.Aay -f s&-Zr&:m&, RUSSIAN PRISONERS STARVING TO DEATH Die At Rate of Six or Eight Daily at Rastatt, Germany. Repatriated Americans Tell of the Bad Situation Existing There Relate . Stories of Hun Barbarism. Berne, Dec. 17. Lieut. James Duke, of Washington; Lieut. Cassius Styles, of Willsboro, N. Y., and Lieut. Robert Raymond, of Newton Centre, Mass., have arrived in Switzerland from a German prison camp on their way to France. These officers are attached to the American aviation service. Lieut. Styles told the Red Cross that his pilot, Lieut. WJster Morris, had been killed. Although dying and un able to see, Morris said to him: "You there, Styles? It was my fault that we smashed. Hope you are not hurt. Good-bye." The Americans informed the Red Cross that the Russians at Rastatt, Germany, were dying at the rate of about six or eight daily from starva tion. The Americans were given rifles by the German guards to protect their food stores from the Russians who threatened to raid the American com pound, they said. The American cemetery at Rastatt now has nine graves. The German guards left the gates of the camp open for the Americans to escape, but an American sergeant post ed American guards around the com pound and compelled the prisoners to await the arrival of the Red Cross and American sanitary trains from Switzer land. Herbert Jones, of the 110th infantry, declared to the American Red Cross that a German sergeant major at Langosalza camp struck American prisoners on the face with the flat of his sword without reason after lining them up for roll call. Jones himself was kicked by a guard until the lower part of his body was temporarily para lyzed. Langonsalza is the German prison camp where a considerable number of French prisoners were killed or wound ed by guards several days after the signing of the armistice. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Dr. Charles P. Bolles, who entered the medical corps of the army some months ago, is at home for the holi days, 119 Nun street. Friends are very glad to see him again. Their friends will learn with In terest that J. L. Solomon and his sons, Bernard and Louis, who have been confined to their homes with Influenza, are convalescing rapidly and expect to be out again in a few days. Private Jos. C. Johnson, Company K, 321st infantry, Wildcat division, writes his brother, Assistant District Attorney Oscar Johinson, that he is O. Today's Patriotic Pennies Will Be Given to Buy Chickens for France' -ad. Fine Diamonds A. 0. SCHUSTER, JEWELER FRONT AND PRINCESS BICYCLES! Cash or Weekly Payments. "PAY AS YOU RIDE." New and Used Machines. Wilmington Cycle Co. 215 Market St. Phone 026 riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiililiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiililCJaiiiiiiiiiiiiEiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii JANUARY Butterick Patterns and Delineators have arrived Store open until 9 o'clock tonight Jhe Christmas v Store of dsn thousand Open &enings, beginning Thursday fight Tomorrow evening, in conjunction with the other merchants of the city, we will re main open until 9 p. m: This is done to accommodate the many people who find it impossible to shop in the day-time. Let us urge you to shop early in the mornings. You'll find much less congestion and 'get better service. ' - Phone 2500 K. and that exery thing is "calm" on that side. "You know," he says, 1'that it is all over, over here." Today's Patriotic Pennies Will Be Given to Buy Chickens for France. ad. "Say it with Flowers" Christmas and New Year's Price List American Beauties, per dozen, 912.00 to S25.00 Mrs. Chas. Russell, per dozen, 1 $5.00 to 15.00 Red Roses, per dozen. . $5.00 to $15.00 Pink and White Roses, per dozen. 94.00 to f 10.00 Polnsettlas, each.. 50c, 75c"and 91.00 Carnations, per dozen. .S2.50 to 94.00 Double Violets, per 100, 95.00 to $6.00 Orchids, each 75c to . 92.50 Easter Lilies, per dozen 96.00 to 9S.OO Calla Lilies, per 100 96.00 to 98.00 Corsage Wreaths from.92.00 and up Galax Wreaths from... 92.00 and up Shipments forwarded at buyer's risk. All orders accepted subject to this condition. Charges made for pack ing. TERMS CASH OR C. O. D. Fifth Avenue Florist 110 S. Fifth Ave. Phone 1125. Prices subjeot to ohange without notice. Flowers delivered by wire to any h-clty In the United States or Canada on shortest notice. The showing of models for immediate and winter wear is calculated to be the most artistic of any yet exhibited. Prices Most Moderate. Taylor : Ladies' Hatter Useful gifts Nearly fifty-five people are here to give you service. All organiza tions when pushed to the utmost of their capacity will make mistakes. Ours is no exception. However, we are always glad to correct them and all criticism or complaints will be handled in a pleasing manner. Everyday new merchandise puts, in its appearance. Every gift-seeker should visit here at least once a day to keep in touch with the new things that are constantly going on display. A GOOD VALUE Mission Stewed Prunes, 12c per Can. Phone your orders early. FRANK M. ROSS. Phones. 108-109-110. Since The Display Unique The individuality of design which Honnet's suggestion strives to attain, lends an added attraction to the wares of this shop. BONNET Conservative Progress. Beaufont Winner At the Club! Iast night I went into the "used- to-be-bar" and asked the waiter for the best drink he could serve , me reached for the brass rail while waiting for him to get it, but it wasn't there. However, the coldest bottle I've seen in a long time was set down in front of me arid say friend, the amber fluid that flowed from that bot .tle was the finest I've ever tast ' ed all the snap and zest that vany man could want with a little more added. Of course you have elready guessed 'what the name of that drink was-rBEAUFONT Chech four Qrlp Jiere Groceries For Less HALL & DURHAM, INC. Phones 7 and 8. 205 Market 3t 1867 i Beaufont every time lis my newest res olution, but it's not solng to b tns usual kind I make every aew ye--Beaufont Ginger Ale is real Gingw Ala." , ; Yours truly, 1 -
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