Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 35, 22 December 1919 — Page 12

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HE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGBAU MONDAY, DEC. 22, 1919.

VIIEAT DIRECTOR FAVORS PLAN OF HERBERT HOOVER

NEW YORK, Dec. 32. Approval of

the plan urged by Herbert C. Hoover to supply food to Central Europe on credit by using the capital of the United States Grain corporation has been announced by Julius H. Barnes, president of the corporation and United States Wheat director. ' The profits of the corporation are quite material, Mr. Barnes explained, and "well might be Invested in such humanitarian relief." The Wheat Director added that. Instead of losing $1,000,000,000 In discharging the pledge of a guaranteed price to the wheat producer, as had been expected, "it is very improbable that the National Treasury will hare any loss whatever from that source." He suggested that congress authorize the loan of $100,000,000 or $200.000,000 of this amount In support of the . Hoover plans. CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Necessity for

establishing credits in this country for foreign buyers ft the world is to return to normal speedily is emphasized by Herbert C. Hoover, former food administrator, writing in Farm and Home for January. Reviewing world economic from 1917 to 1921, Inclusive, Mr. Hoover pointed out that the farmer here and in other countries has maintained production, while manufacturing, mining and transportation has slackened enormously since the armistice. In his review the man who virtually rationed the world through the war emphasized that: "The world situation Is such that all our foodstuffs again will be needed if the world is to be carried over without starvation. Exports Said To Suffice. "In the great American export staples of grain, meat 'and dairy products there is a sufficiency to carry the world through but only on a narrow margin. "Europe's harvests this year were 80 percent of the pre-war normal and will not recover for some time. Russia may not be exporting foodstuffs again for years.

Is There a Santa Qaus?

Murphv Offered Job as

County Agent by Board

Prof. T. A. Coleman, of the agricultural department of Purdue university, and state leader of county agents, addressed the board of directors of the Wayne County Farmers' association here Saturday, in regard to the appointment of an agent for the county. The members voted to offer the position of county agent to E. F. Murphy, secretary of the county organization. Murphy said that although he was not a candidate, he would take the matter under advisement and make his decision known shortly.

(From the New York Sun of Tears AgO.) - We take pleasure in answering 'at once and. thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of the Sun: "Dear Editor I am eight years old. "Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. y "Papa says 'If you see it In the Sun it's so. -"Please tell me the truth, Is there a Santa Claus? . . . VIRGINIA O'HANLON, "115 West Ninety-fifth street" Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected, by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think' that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be

men's or children's, are little. In

this great universe of ours man is a mere Insect, an ant in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world

about him, as measured by the Intelligence of grasping the whole of truth

and knowledge. - Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, He exists as certainly as love and gen

erosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to

your life its highest beauty and Joy.

Alas! How dreary would be the

world if there were no Santa Claus 1

It would be as dreary as if there were

no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment except In sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood nils the world

would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus 1 You

might as well not believe In fairies!

You might get your papa to hire men

to watch in all the chimneys on Chist-

mas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus. but that

is no sign that there Is no Santa Claus.

The most real things in the world

are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not,

but that's no proof that they are not

there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are un

seen and unseeable in the world.

Yon may tear apart the baby's rattle

and see what makes the noise Inside.

but there Is a veil covering the unseen

world, which not the strongest man, nor even the unite sdtrength of all the

strongest men that aver uvea, can tear apart Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance can push aside that curtain and view the picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah. Virginia, In all this

world there la nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank Goat He

lives and He lives forever. A thousand vears from now. Virginia, nay,

ten times ten thousand years. from!

now, He will continue to make glad

the heart of childhood. (

The Forum

(All articles for this eolamn must not exceed 300 words. Contributors must sign their names, although the name will be withheld by the maaagement at the request of tire writer. Articles having no name attached will be thrown Into the waste basket)

A REAL SANTA CLAUS. (By Luke Woodward.) The drizzling winter storm had passed And brisk winds drove the clouds away. The day appeared In bright contrast With murky skies of yesterday. The boughs above wero iced with sloet, . A thousand spears hung from the walls,' And thickly strewn along the street Shimmered the broken Icicles.

Twas mid-December, yet the sun Dropped Springlike warmth down

through the sir. As posed on hit meridian. He flung his bright beams everywhere. ' The city flaunted-Its displays For Chrlstmastide to come anon. And eager crowds would stop to gase, Now here, now there, then hurry on. Before a spacious window stood A child with raiment soiled and thin. She gased awhile In thoughtful mood. At what her eyes boheld within. Within that window snugly sat A strange weird figure robed in fur. With long grey beard and crumpled .hat; - ,...- She thought 'the old man smiled at ' ber.

She said, "You must be 8anta Claus, They say you are the children's friend,

And are so good to us Because What children want you always send

Then please, when you come to our door, Will you not bring my m some bread

8he's sick and we are very poor. I have no papa, be is dead. Across the street I saw such nice

Red apples Please bring ma somo

fruit. Some sugar and a little rice, A blanket and a warmer suit. I will not troublo you to bring Me much of anything at all. But if you do bring anything, Give me a pair of shoes and. doll.

Our home is down on Linden Lane

If is not numbered Ma's old hat Is stuffed Into a broken pane YouH know it's where we live- by that" A gentle lady standing there; Unnoticed by the child had heard The needy little maiden's prayer. And all her mother heart was stirred. She said within herself: "My May ' Has never missed a Christmas treat Nor have we ever seen a day. We did not have good things to eat 111 see that this petitioner Has all that she has asked and mere, 111 be a Santa Claus to her. And send the ' basket to her door. Two homes were happier that day, (And oft may be so again)

The home where lived dear little May,

And that one with the broken paneShe that hath pity on tho poor

By gifts bestowed that Christmas eve Now knows full well that it is more

Blessed to give than to receive.

01 Superlative Merit As good at one season as another . for Impure Blood, Humors, Erunv tlons, Rheumatism. Catarrh, Loss of Appetite, General Weakness, Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine.

WELFARE LOAN SOCIETY

- of Richmond DIVIDEND NO. 2

Will be paid on the preferred shares of this society at the rate ef 8 percent

per annum Jan. 1, 1920, to stockhold

ers of record Dec. 22, 1919. A. A. SCHIEB, Treasurer.

AT HOME 29 South Tenth St. Phone 2339 DR. A. J. WHALLON

How ouicldy

Resinol Soap cleared my sKln

" Do yon remember, Marie, bow bad my skin looked a short time ago ? 1 was so miserable about it, I never really enjoyed myself. I wouldn't have believed what, an improvement Resinol Soap could make. It is wonderful bow it gets-

right into the pores and clear jet them from little particles of dost, etc. It makes my skin feel ae refreshed, too, because It baa such a wholesome odor, and hi so soothing. I wish everybody would try it"

At mil druggists' mmdtttMgmdt

ASK. FOR and GET IKIqg-DGcCs's The) Original Pelted Milk Pew Infanta and Inwadlda

UNITE TO FIGHT FAMINE BERNE, Dec.v 22. The Norwegian Red Cross has informed the Red Cross of Geneva that it has formed a committee to fight famine. The committee will gather' funds which are to be used to succor populations In distress.

FIVE 8ENTENCED TO DIE BUDAPEST, Dec. 22. Dr. Eugene Lasslo and four associates, have been sentenced to death. They were convicted of murdering several counterrevolutionists, robbery and other crimes. Nine other men implicated with them were sentenced to prison.

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WITH 3Jk EVERY MEAL VVty NAM ON (VMV CHASKKM)

MULLANE'S

TAFFIES Unusually and surpassingly nice in over a dozen different fruit flavors and choco

late and nut ' combinations A

Sold In Richmond by

TOE OWL DRUG CO.

Give "Him" a .Royal Easy Chair thisXmas "Posh theEntton-andRest'

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We have Royal Easy Chairs In any style you-want; &QO JTA priced at J"-iJU

Rockers for Xraas Gifts

We are showing all kinds and styles of Rockers at prices lower than you will pay elsewhere. Decide on a Rocker as a sift then make your selection here.

TRAYS In mahogany a big value SI ,25 CASSEROLES Make a fine gift for mother 81.69 CANDLESTICKS In mahogany, priced at 25 up PEDISTALS In oak and mahogany SI. 95 NUT SETS With mahogany base at $1.10

Buy a Puritan Phonograph this Xmas

Weiss Fiireiiiire Store

605-513 MAIN STREE

OPEN EVEN IN OS

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EXPERT RADIATOR REPAIRING Get your radiator ready for winter. We repair or

P rebuild any radiator.

i Richmond Bat tery & R a d i a t o r Co.

The railways' of the United States are more than one third, nearly one half, of all the railways of the world. They carry a yearly traffic so much greater than that of any other country that there is really no basis for comparison. Indeed, the traffic of any two nations may be combined and still it docs not approach the commerce of America borne upon American railways. United States Senator Cvmmttu.

otv any. aougnDoy wno was over

there ' and he will tell you that American railroads are the best in the world. He saw the foreign roads in England and France, the best in Europe and in other Continental countries and he knows. The part railroads have played in the development of the United States is beyond measure. American railroads have achieved high standards of public service by far-sighted and courageous investment of capital, and by the constant striving of managers and men for rewards for work well done. We have the best railroads in the world we must continue to have the best. But they must grow. To the $20,000,000,000 now invested in our railroads, there will have to be added in the next few years, to keep pace with the nation's business, billions more for additional tracks, stations and terminals, cars and engines, electric power houses and trains, automatic signals, safety devices, the elimination of grade crossings and for reconstruction and engineering economies that will reduce the" cost of transportation. To attract to the railroads in the future the investment funds of msjiy thrifty citizens, the directing genius of the most capable builders and managers, and the skill and loyalty of the best workmen in competition with other industries bidding for capital, managers and men the railroad industry must hold out fair rewards to capital, to managers and to the men. American railroads will continue to set world standards and adequately serve the Nation's needs if they continue to be built and operated on the American principle of rewards for work well done. Jhib ' admtiAement nM derfrtaf UtfenmtUm eonetmi&tu wgreod IrftaajNeaj mm eMtffa Kfw tWlvwHtiflf to HAekionf JMm Kxetiw.4ir9mdwa1,t Mm Xprk.

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