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(Speare. 1’, the trade :west and u \ NORTH . SHOE NEWS -LETTER EVERYYEAR “inflammation-u. m, as yeah we heavier crosse- _ Draw your: w m with lob: "PM“. Unto my autumn tithing. While no“ we long are dying. at“! Y“. “there comes m cares and sorrows. but ms and darker non-own. ,’ Bury rm; ' “flu WW “id fines haunt ms; The ghost: 9: chum mend- taunt us, And‘ dISIppolntmem‘dtum us, m your- Thu m ”to less or glutinous. ‘ IV“! ’0‘!"- The mm more we!!!“ 01 “a“ Wt npifnsn no longer charm us. The wind: and weather harm us, The thud- ot lath alarm ,ns, , Every '39“. “You can win no new macaw. JYou have only reeollocuon, Deeper sorrow and «Injection. To the put go'mqre'dud Mu; As the loved hive vacant when. Evan your; , . ‘ Everywhere the but! eyes mat us, In the evwlng's dusk they W us, And to come to them entrant as "You are brewing 03d," marten us, ' Ever-5' year; “You are more alone " they £511 us, My war." Too true! mes ahdrea are flaming, " Evorvyodr; , Arid we are ”(ward drifting. Every 10": 9M places, chasing, (put us, The mm“; mag-e laughs. Theron-e (em to regret us, Every you. not the truer I'm dawn umber, Every year; And its morning Mr climbs higher Ever! year; ‘ MS ho d on ll crows alighter. SANTA CLAUS AS BENEFACTOR. A“ “'0 1"“! “Men “than But then; what about the untold wealth And ”“3 Damn Immortal NWT,_ 0! generous gilt: which this same old pa- n'” ”m- ‘ um Saint seiner! with lavish hand all ~Goa- Albert Pike over the land? The Salvation Army m... Volume 20 0ur Out/oak HIGHLAND‘PARK, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 28, 1907 SANTA CLAUI A WC! NM the mince and em myohhe yuan: people, which comes with Sam Claus, it is hcgining tube arias-1y queuioned whether he is not mote 0‘ a burden, than a pleasure. H th'u reflection were confined m nig- ntdly mm god uncles 0: «Nathan who aka no New: in the mamingdc- fightsohhechildfen, itwonldhardlybe worth reflecting But quite oedomly sane men and yo- mcn are beginning to assert that Santa Clan! is ovevdo'nc and Khakisvilhn sense at actuai rend-that they wake up on the morning of Dec. m with the met “nuance that “its all pvcr.” The. rage tor gifts and} when: have cer- tainty gone far put their real meaning and significance. Every family having branches reaching down no the second and third genentions and opening out in!» an unaccountable host ‘ot wusins and aunt: and distant friends, all of whom was he remembered, it under constraim £0 make inventories of the gitm they mustxprovide. ‘ Then the gifts themselves when suck- ed up. under and around the Christmas flee. in the ordinary size family, resem~ Maeâ€"am ofwmeaampleroomota m mmfim'Iâ€"aéniy tha the babe! of vmces which mil how sauta Munch: “the doll" and “the teddy bear“ and how Many brokp his Noah’s Ari: open and knockcd off the neck of the gira " and a thousand other things, make it impos- ible to complele the comparison. Then there is the boy jim who got dime pocket knives and protested be- cause “he knew thatit was not Santa at 3-H, and uncle Jake ought to have known that he wanted I gun.‘ ' A Week tater there is a wreék (Sf Santa' 3 gifts to Contemplate, and all the inn is gone. Still other innumerable little trag- edié’é Ittend the seasons comedy of love gifts and jeaious gifts, to be fullowad by serious trouble as to what we can ex- change for that splendid cut glass decan- ter that came {mm Mrs. Disspia, or that bracelet that Mitts ( grry Linc sent. “we know just because she wants us tn return the gift,” ’ All this and much more than can be mid suggests the doubtiu! side of the old grisly phgan. Santa Claus. delnlhiminnothall somdchafictiouu hcithimscll. Butbackoftheoe gilnof food and clothing to a minim poor. back of those golden wk: 0! sunlight which pour into the tenementhouae andthe rick- etty flat. back of the generous gifts which make ten times ten thomand hearts to leap for joy in this same Santa Claus. The Christina: tree mav coat money, time and thought. but does it colt too mugh when it bring! into the home. even oi the average mechanic. visions of beauty and mysterious wealth [rum toyland and pic- ture tealm. And is it without advantage to the manhvho in busy with the sordid things of money making that. once in a while. he ha: tree license to forget his conservative dignity and be a tool [or other: cake? ls it_not worth a good deal in the man of wealth that he can put a few, dollars and quarter: in hm pocket and make the shoe Shiner and the stable boy and new: boy happy or better sill line hie pockets with five dollar gold pieces. “place themin hand! that arethin and white? It it an advantage or other~ wlie tube reminded that this would be a good day tosend a check to the orphan’ a home or the hospital or to the struggling little church over the way? ~ {SANTA As A BUSINESS MAN. Then‘ there is the business viewofSan- ta Claim And this also has two sides. 0n the one hand the Christa!“ trade 15 a soft of min! of buying and selling. ' Ordinarv'ttade is set 'aside. Every- 61%an retail business; is 3H more or‘ less inflated. "Rggular goods take the place of special articles of purely fancy value. The trade {001's griduéliy driven into very narrow limits 0! time. Everybody looks toward a given date. If the mer- chant mkesa clearance of all his stockâ€"â€" good! if he should have found a slow season or make an over stock there is disaster ‘ - Then follow: a reaction. Th: stimulus of the unusual fault; In afall, Wes almmt a paralysis and the meréhnntv as face to face with a series of difficulties that are so cummun that they need not be named. On fire other hand revivals in trade. like revivais :11 religion. are desired and sought for‘ and there_ are thwds 0f peo- ple who would consider it Alma.“ dfsaster m to have an occasional business unit ening. 0;} the wholc is not the annual visit of Santa Claus like that of a national- birth. day, one that skunk! be insured [or me good there is in it. while the weaknesses of ihe world an rchfion to n are careful. ly_ wat'ched and regulated. WWW. 11‘: um U’ON HEALTH AND IONGEVITY. We hear of many things which contri- bute to the death rate of the people. If re we to Inflow closely al! the cuunscls of medical men and hygiene refurmers we ehonld come tn the amcku‘mn that there is absolutely melting the: we can either eat or drink which (we: not con- tain the poison germ that strike at the roots of physio-l life. Now when a statement himpem ‘ non: and reliable Chicngo phyoician: that hem dueué is (ready on the in- mm end that the meofitiseohe found in the strenuous life of each cities as Chicngo ogether with the tendency to mp'd and over eating, late hours. and ’There is good reason to urge this warn- ing. Beyond all quesfiun the tendency to rush at meals and winding up day! of intensity with late suppers and drinking is breaking down the-health of many. As Dr. Baldwin. Chicago City physician, says, if is "not so much thiamine per:- form inn-elf. bath: habitat that team my the WW pack" that bring ' shouting: rmlky. Ovcreating. rich (00¢. late suppers, and too much liquor; entice, tobacco, anmuwhile rides. and genmr dimpadm ere what is tilting m! some-of our most prominent people." . EVE“ PLEASURES ARI! STRENUOUS. ' “The conclusion by New York physi- cians tfiauhc rapid mode of life all over ”that: count is increasing the death rate from hen '«disease _i§ borne out by the statistics from the Chicago department of health," said Dr Drake. 3' ‘Our stren- uous city life is responsible. , There is a tegdengy on the part of'a grez'tt many u! our Wk 'b‘o crowd" as much activity as , ‘ ii-nto their. hours pfwork, and their pleasures are taken on the same manuals plane. ”mi death rate from Bright‘ 3 diseate also is Increasing in an shunting degree. There were.“ 2 225 demhs from Bright‘ 5 disease' in Chicago this year. and 2,128 in 1906.. This, too. is largely due to the nervous mental strain under which our peopie are living. These diseases are beyohxl sanitary cohtmL The depart- mem ‘of health cannot do anything much to combat the increasing death rate. It can give people advice, bin will they take it?" Thisis surely a case in‘whiéh we should not oniy receive advice butm upon it. ‘ Number ; 2 mik. El!