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THE DALLAS EXPRESS
has never hoisted the white
leather neither has it been dis-
traced by tht yellow streak. It
is "of afflicted with the flannel
mouth. It is a plain every day
sensible conservative' newspa-
per ahick trims no sail to catch
the passing breese; flitt
doubtful flag: U ptt th i
patriotism at broad U it
country. Its lovt of tt I'J-
ed justice covers all the terri-
tory occupied by the human
race. This is pretty high ground
but we iive on it and art pros
pering. Boys 01 me press torn.
up and stand with ns.
ground is holy.
if. E- KIHG
It appears that during a recent interracial meeting in Louis
ville Dr. I. Garland Penn made the request that the Negro be
judged by his highest accomplishments a3 the white Stan is and
not by the lower and criminal ones of his race. A very hopeful
find interesting reply to it is found in the Louisville Oouner-Jour
r.-il under date of December 17 which we take pleasure in repro
ducing without further comment.
It is as follows :
REASONABLE REQUEST.
The request of Dr. I. Garland Penn at the inter-racial con-
ference that the Negro be judged by his highest accomplish
ments as the white man is and not by the lower and criminal
class of Negroes is reasonable.
Few thoroughly educated and well-balanced Kentuckians are
so unreasonable as to judge the Negro by the criminal class. But
fof the unfortunate fact that the -Negro in Kentucky permits
himself to be the servant of a political party with the result that
more or less Negro baiting attends periods of political agitation
the relations between whites and Negroes in this State would be
upon the whole satisfactory to both races.
Giving the Negro hit due includes nowadays giving that race
the credit for having been somewhat less productive of most va-
rieties of criminals since the World War than the sundry white
races constituting the white population of America have been.
Even when the difference between the numerical strength of
the black and white elements of population is taken into consider-
ation it is apparent that the white race is providing more pay-
roll bandits and similar outlaws than the Negro race contributes
to the sum total of crime and that the Negro bootlegger al-
though by no means unknown is not the more prominent type of
bootlegger and that illicit distilling on a commercial scale is un-
dertaken oftener by whites than blacks. Whether that is because
of the white man's greater organizing capacity or his more fre
quent familiarity with business methods is of course a question
which might be put.
The Negro assailant of women is a conspicuous type of Am
erican criminal 'but if Tuskegee University should include in its
intresting annual statistics of lynching a full report of arrests
for criminal "sault it would be found that the white race has by
"5 1 no means a clean record in that respect. Yet the white race is
'05Yif itiAcraA Kw if a vlm?rala wIion ifa mnvolift ia llnrlnv 1iciiaeir
The fact that the white race is represented almost exclusively
in the crime of lynching a form of group murder singularly atro
cious and commonly attended by torture such as delights savages
might be pointed out by a champion of the Negro race as showing
that the escutcheon ol the white race bears a singular blot.
XH& MIRROR
DBIJC OPINION
THE QUESTION OF IMMGIIGRATION.
This
TEXAS LEADS AGAIN.
Oar City And Ourselves
This Year.
Texas again leads the nation in lynching. Out of a total
number of 57 persons done to death by mobs Texas people were
guilty of 18. Nearly twice as many as ner nearest competitor
Georgia and many times the number of all of her sister states
except Mississippi which comes third with 9.
Those who heretofore have considered Texas as peopled with
a savage and barbarous breed of men seem to have their opinions
vindicated by a rule of mobbists not even remotely approached
by any other state in the union. And seemingly this barbarism
is to proceed unchecked.
Why should it be? Why should this state filled to the-full
with natures gifts a land where "every prospect" pleases be a
state where "only man is vile? Is there no sense of shame no
better thought no desire 6n the part of any substantially large
group that improvement be made in this regard?
Certainly it would seem that by now some deep rooted sense
of shame would begin to make itself felt to the end that mob-
bism be curbed. -.
No state in the union made itself more easily heard in its
MinAiiTifli'-itiAn ri-f iYin TWnv Rill i-ViQTi AiA Tovae Tf ininoj4 ifa VfiirA
. ' ' . . I -. 1 1 n ( 1 1 1". In till
iew lfur is niwajo ..v w j i ii j x :i .. i i j i . i. - . k j j?j
full with resolutions of various sorts vvjui uuu ui us Mbiei staiea m ueua ing uiai vvc .llee.u icuTel:
but nearly always they pertain di- a! supervision. Our states rights should remain inviolate. Let
rectly to the private life of the m- us handle our own affairs." WILL TEXAS HANDLE THEM?
dividual who makes them beiaonvsuch a question may well be asked in view of the fact-that she
ever are they made in terms or
Improvement upon the community
In vhlch he lives.
There can be no doubt though
that every individual member of
every community should so feel his
responsibility for the success of the
civic unit of which he ia a part
that he should resolve to do his
level best to make of it the very
best possible.
In Buch . resolution there is
greatly increased chance for the
improvement of ones Individual pursuits-
For a better community means
increased opportunity for individual
expansion.
It would accrue greatly to our
benefit if We as members of the
great civic unit Dallas could make
such resolutions In regard to do-
ing our best in the development of
ourselves and our city. Thus would
we more great !y grow individually
Every citizen can help in i-ame
way none need feel that his cir-
cumstance bars him from active
participation in r campaign jf bet-
terment. The keeping f cleaner premises
the regulation of one's own life to
conform to the dictates of civic
Probity the active support of achools
and churches and the encourage-
ment of business fall within the
re in -of the p.rMbI for every
citizen of our mi'opolis.
Increased jw.tronnge and support
of our busi ! .e enterpriser is badly
needed in ' ur financial life here.
We do no' control enough. We do
not weigr as much in the finmclal
scale as ' ie possibilities offe.d b
our city warrant. This is a grievous
lack but one which fortunitely be
remedied if wo but resolve to work
more actively and live more co-
operatively. To mo; nearl - fill su"h a fi-
nartial need is te advance the wel-
fat- of our city just as great an
has for' a second time in the past three years led the nation in
lynching. r-
One who searches for hopeful signs of a movement against
the barbarities of our state is at loss for a direction in which
to turn. ' Seemingly the whole mind of the public is turned rath-
er to other things than to a desire for more civilized behavior.
And what is true of Texas is to a great extent true of the
whole Southland. Nine states participate in 57 lynchings. In only
ten instances were persons convicted of participation in them and
sentenced. Such a comparison is not productive of much hope.
The only ray of hope which is at all to be found comes from
the Inter-racial movement which slowly but with an increasing
sureness is making itself felt for good in-many communities. And
in this connection the activities of Southern white church women
may be mentioned for they recently have launched a movement
which may in time accomplish much good. The recent gathering
of MethorJist women adopted plans for tlte enlistmert of the
2r0000 ci ganized women of the Southern lethodist church in a
systemmatic campaign for the suppression" of lynching.
A large group of representative women from thirteen States
all of them officials of the Woman's Missionary Council or Con-
ference and at the conclusion issued a vigorous address to the pub-
KelatioKS Commission of the Council spent three days m con-
frence uid at the conclusion issued a vigorous address to the pub-
lic relative to the lynching evil calling upon the authorities of the
several states and counties for its complete suppression anc' up -i
the citizens the pulpit and the press for their united support to
this end. Te defeat of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill was used to
give point t j the utterance. ' v
They further pledged themselves individually and in an of-
ficial capacity as representing the social service leadership of the
organized Methodist women to a persistent camnaizn for ade
quate state laws and for law enforcement. I' ;tails of the plan are
already beirjy worked out.
The statement follov s: ; -
"Whereas the defeat of the Dyer anti-lynchmg bill which
provided for the federal control of lynching has thrown o whole
responsibility back upon oach state for removing this hideous
crime; therefore .. ' ' :
An effort la now being made on the part of the great industrial inter-
ests to change the present method by which immigration into the United
States Is limited. By the present method immigrants are admitted in ac
cordance with the unfilled quota allotted to the various nationals. When
a quota is filled no more of the nationals corresponding to that quota can
bv admitted.
There are two classes of people in the United States who wish these
immigration restrictions broken down liberals who hold that the doors
of the country should be barred against no person who wishes to enter to
better his condition and become an American citizen and the great indus
trial interests who claim that the bars should be let down in order to
overcome the shortage of labor.
In principle the position taken by the liberals is Just and proper. In
practice there may come times when it would be disadvantageous to the
people of the United States. Then it would be neither proper nor just; it
would be merely a bit of sentimentality. It seems dangerously near to be-
ing mere sentimentality at the present time. The Industries may need a
greater supply of labor but there Is no actual necessity of getting It from
abroad. The Negroes in the United States can furnish all the labor that
Industry may require. In fact by right this common labor belongs to the
Negro in preference to any outsiders.
Only a few months ago the condition of the country was one of un-
employment. Unemployment has decreased and disappeared not only be
cause of the revival of industry but also on account of the crude labor sup
ply fronv foreign countries being cut off. If the gates are opened wide
again it is only reasonable to suppose that it will not take long before
labor will again be a drug on the market.
But; this Is precisely what the big interests want. They want cheap
labor and plenty of it. They have brought foreigners Into the United
States in big batches worked them In the great industrial plants until
these foreigners became famllfar enough with the language and standards
of American life to make large demands; then the Industrial interests have
brought in fresh batches.
The labor field In these great industrial plants rightfully belongs to
the Negro." Already because of the reduction in the numbers cf common
laborers there has set in another migration of Negroes from the South. If
this Industrial field could be held for twenty years and the Negro given
his legitimate chance at it there would be wrought within that time an
almost inconceivable change in the whole race question. N. Y. Age
TURKS LAY PLANS FOR
WORLD LE.U)ERSHIP.
Aim Death Blow at Vicious Policy
of "Kuropean Eminent Control.
SEEK CO-ORDINATIOX.
Of All Modem Forces hi World-
wide Struggle Against White Domi-
nation. . .
Constantinople Jan. 4. (Crusa-
der Service) The aboliUon of sheika
and the separation of the Sultanate
from the Caliphate are. not isolated
measures. They are part of peep-
ing religious reforms that the be-
in carried out by the Angora As
sembly with a view to glorifying
York Academy of Sciences. "The
Belgian government has asked me to
establish such a home In the Lake
Tanganyika region vhich is among
the most beautiful in the world
and wblch has a healthful environ-
ment" ho said. "Scientists will live
there and study the habits of gorillas."
SOW POLITICAL LKADKRS TO
HOLD CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO.
Chicago 111. Jan. 4. The ad-
vent of the new year . will mark a
departure In political consideration
for the Middle West. It is learned
Mam ' and laying the groundwork on high authority that a conference
for an immense world-wide struggle 1 0f well known citizens not allied
against white domination of the Col--red
races and the Moslem peoples.
Under the new Nationalist consti
tution all
with political factions now in ex
istence will be called early in the
Ifew Year for the purpose of pre-
matters concerning re-!''.' ii
ngion anu 'the heads of political organizations
phate also are strict . the Jg d t0 get forth a the
Control of the ' Shoiiyeh Vehalletl. nimnorlai that ln alI poUtcai con.
or Commissariat for Religious ai the great 8tatea of tn(J Mlddlo
fairs. West are "bones of contention." that
This Comm ssariat has now creat-1 . ... tllJ i..
ed two organizations which are like according to their best
ly to have great lnfluetce m tne judgment for tne be8t jnterests of
THE SOUTH'S DUTY BY THE NEGRO.
the present Russian Constitution the
most advanced in the world. 'They
have been in constant touch with
Soviet Russia during the last two
years- and In a position to know
the facts about conditions in that
country.
Angora Is striving to become the
centre of all movements for the lib-
eration of Moslem people from for-
eign domination. Indian Moslems
African Moslems Mesopotamian Mos-
lems and all other Moslems now
under the yoke will look to Angora
for help and guidance.
SAYS CIVILIZATION WILL LAST
AS IX.G AS COAL SUITLY.
Boston Mass. Jan. 1. Chicago
New York and other big cities mas-
ses of ruins overgrown with weeds
the haunt of wild animals the oc-
casional home of a few roving bands
of almost savage men and women.
The civilzation of the world col-
lapsed with descendants of the pre-
sent generation reverte to an age
of slavery.
'All this and worse is ln store for
the human race unless scientists ca.n
find some substitute for dwindling
supplies of coal and other natural
resources according to Dr. Edwin
E. Slosson editor of Science Ser-
vice ln a speech before the Ameri-
can Association for the Advance-
ment of Science meeting held re-
cently In Cambridge.
"It is now a race between chem-
ists and time" he said. "If chem-
ists do win by finding substitutes
for coal and oil civilization will be
be saved."
WOULD ESTABLISH HOME FOR
GORILLAS.
''Be it resolved tb.au we the Commission on Race Relations
of the Wonuii's Missionary Council. Methodist Enisfnnal Cl urrfi.
Zr:X":ZXZlTtZ theith- the conference social service superintendents and other
estabJIsrimwit and maintenance ofiulJu;cia 111 "'-wence n iuama jjecemDOr 4-t 00
more institutions calculated to im-10 demand of the authorities of the several states that they
provo our manciai status win tend mane gtwi meir ciaim proving ineir competency to abolisn mob
and air of permanency to our homes j violence and lynching. . -
and premises wblch would other- lrr " ...... ... . .
wise be lacking. That we assume our responsibility as citizens fjt the pro-
ReRoiiittouH in temis'i.f civic im-jtoction of human life and hereby call upon all the people of all
provement are in order. They will; the states upon the pulpit and upon the press to join in an insis-
prove ot lasting worth if lived up j tont and persistent agitation -igainst this barbarous practice.
1 "That we formulate plans for an organized movement in be-
Dallas Xmas nocial pennon has been
half of adequate "tate laws and law enforcement."
From this source only do signs come which lead us to be-
lieve that there is hope for better days in the future.
And yet wo all know that lynching must be suprresed if
organized government is to endure. . "
We have only begun to seek rAl?ef from it Our every means
mut bo used our every friend invoked in order that we may be
enabled to liv wore nearly in security and in peacj.
The lynching record for 1S22 is damaging to the nation Texas
record of supremacy in it is most diKcourajrint' is us who would
take pleasure in her reputation as the biggest and best state in
the union.
a Micce.. It hfis about gotten so
jiow tlmt otir folks don't. think that
even I nit clothes were made only
for v-cd;l:ns. .
TJiin year will b'"-
if yon f)bn to urik'j
to jour pl;n. .g
your I.eHt year
it so and work
if pay (o Hj a day at a lime
Mtt i f t.i:;- rather Wise to pre-
r ii"; xrr tomorrow as a part ct lo-
New York City Jan. 4. A hu-
man home for gorillas in the Bel-
gian Congo Is being planned by the
Belgian government Carl E. Akeley
hunter and explorer told the New
Idoin Is the current musical ver-
nacular of Broadway.
There has' oeen a good deal of
real Negro music made known to the
American musical public in the last
ten years. One finds it In the sptr-
tuals of Burleigh and Dett. This is
true Negro music which is find-
ing Its place in the great composite
of American music. "Shuffle Along"
is the voice of Broadway softened
and mellowed by the Negro accent.
And the voice of Broadway changes
so often that no one knows what
will be its favorite register ten
years from now.
No. That statement must be modi-
fied. The voice of Broadway has al-
ways one favorite register ln which
it sings persistently without regard
to the passing inflection. It Is
paraphrasing a bon mot of Mine.
Calve's It Is of course the cash
register."
KYEN WHITE FOLKS DON'T IJKK
FOR BLACK CATS TO CROSS 'EM.
For much of the tribulations Inevitably in store for those of the Ne-
groes who are leaving their homes in the South to find employment In
the congested centers In the West the Southern white people and the Ne-
gro preachers must bear a share of responsibility the white people for
indifference to the activities of the employment agencies that are inducing
thla labor to quit the South and the Negro preachers for not giving the
warning word to the Colored people .against being victimized as they have
been many times before. Bishop Chappele of the South Carolina Con-
ference African Methodist Episcopal Church is doing his race a service of
Inestimable possibilities when he urges the Negro preachers throughout
the South to make practical use of their pulpit opportunities ln discourag-
ing the Negroes in any movement that would take them from their homes.
The Bishop is asking these preachers to sermonize the situation and we can
Imagine the beneficent results from a few sermons in the Negro churches
directing the minds of the congregations to the one important circumstance
that they are not being tolled away for their own good but rather for
tbfc selfish purposes of the employment bureaus who turn them over to
other agencies and leave them to their fate. The Negro preachers could
also impress the fact upon the minds of their people that the so-called Ku
Klux organization has not so far given the Negroes ln the South any
tiouble and that Ku Klux talk is being used for the purpose of creating
a scare among them. ' .
But before dismissing' the excellent suggestion by the South .Carolina
Negro Bishop The Observer is minded to commend him further for the
suggestion that the Southern landowners make better provision for the
health and comfort of the Negroes. The poor accommodations afforded
the tenant farmers in the South is a standing reproach to the people of
this section and upon it Is justly founded much of the cause for the dis
content that is sending labor from the farms. The farmer who is wise to
Piovide comfortable homes for his help will find the lesser difficulty In
keeping his farm going. A comfortable home goes a long way in nullify
ing discontent over Inadequate wages. Under the old ideas the farmer
gives his attention too much to the bungalow the silo and the barn and
too little to properly housing his tena.it. Under developing conditions the
time is coming when it will be no decent home no tenant.
Almost every State in the South has a law to fit the case of agents
who come to entice labor away. North Carolina enforced it in the days
when Peg Leg Williams was raiding the State. Peg was a fine fellow and
the people almost cried when they learned that he had been jailed at
Lauriiihurg but the hundred? of Negroes he had tagged for exportation
remained in the State. - .
The human duty of the people of the South is to exercise every means
in combatting the seductive influences of the employment agent. The ex
periences in store for the Negroe.i now going Into the populous centers in
the West is very likely to be a repetition of their experiences In the past.
Their "coming in large numbers will be resented by the people among
whom they locate. There will ensue ill-treatment rough handling and
after that the riot. History will not be true to Itself If this does not prove
to be the c. se. V .
We do not appear to be doing our duty in safeguarding the welfare
of the Negro. Our Southern men in Congress likewise might be indicted
for neglect of opportunity. They let it slip a few das ago when the Dyer
bill Was under discussion.- At the same time. Dr. Robert Moton principal
of Tuakegee Institute was going ever Georgia In company with 12 asso-
ciates on what he termed "a good-will tour." In tl ) course of his speeches
doctor Moton gave eloquent testimony to the good relations existing be-
tween the Wegro and the Southern white people maintaining that the
black man had no friends in e II the world quite so good t the white peo-
ple anion whom he lives. The Observer believes inestimable good would
have heen accomplished if these speechet of Doctor Moton could have been
irco porated in Southern illumina e speeches on the floor of Congress
to inclusion of publication in The Congressional Record. That The Ob-
sctver's notion was one which held popular attention is attested by the
letters btlnfe r.; e!veU it this office. One well-1 uown North Carolinian
living quite remote from this part of the State ants to thank The Ob-
server for the suggestion that Doctor Moton's ad iresses "be put In pam
phlet form and circulated emong the associates of Mr. Dyer and Mr. Tlnk-
ham in the New England States and Middle West" He had written to
Washington and fcuggested that the Moton speect ;b be read Into The Con-
gressional Kecord because "a finer p.-oof of the falsity of Dyer's position
wuuia ua uara 10 get consiaering me nign auwoniy irom wnicn it ema- ltye Thes benefits toih i . .
rates." The fact ought to have dawned upon the country hy this time-J-n . !l o.l ' i.l" DOt - b bC8towed uPn u 7 7 ed fellow
it was aireaay Known in tne soutn tnat Dyer and Tinkham are backed
by an Organization for which a lot of hc.theaded Northern Negro preachers
serve as the mouthpiece not one of whom Is familiar with the favorable
conditions people of their color live in the South and who under their
mistaken ideas are making attack upon the best friends the Negroes will
ever have.
The Southern white people aided by the intelligent Negro preachers
ought to be establishing a more active degree of co-operation ln protect-
ing our Negro population from their nemles. The very pity In the sit-
uation is an appeal for action. Charlotte (N. C.) Observer.
development of Islam. They are the
"Commission Savants" for Investiga-
tion of Religious Books" and the
"Urfa Commission." The former will
disseminate Islamic news attempt
to Insure friendly relations between
the Islamic nations publish books
likely to prove useful to Moslem
readers and compile an Islamic en-
cyclopedia. The head of this com-
mission has just been appointed.
He Is the Egyptian Sheik Abdul
Aziz Chavish.
The Ufta Commission is less an
advisory than an executive body. It
wiU make a study of world events
and issue statements as to how
these events effect . Islam-. It will
work for the spread of the Mohaui-Svs "SHI'KKI.E ALONG" rnv-
medaji religion. It will also nave TiX9 xo REAL NEGRO MUSIC.
the exclusive right of issuing-the
Fotva ((hense its name as Ufta is
the plural of Fetva). Hitherto the t"y a. im. f.)
Fetva was signed by the Sheik Ul! Chicago 111. Jan. 4. Discoursing
Islam and the Fetva Eminl. !. he -musical merits of "Shuffle
The Grand National Assembly also 'Along uienn uuiara uunn a noted
all therefore ln party councils
state and national these voters
should have representation and that
the representation should ' be from
those who live in the section and
understand the wishes and need of
the people and not those who are
holding political office or who live
ln remote sections out of touch and
consequently out of line of reasoning
iwlth those of the Middle West.
The memorial will be taken direct
to the "Powers that be" and theres
will be no let up ln the presenta-
tation until there have been effec-
tive results.
is convening a Pan-Islamic Congress
It will meet at Angora but hardly
before peace has been signed. In-
local composer and critic made the
following comment last week:
"The question arises. Is It the
vltations already have been sent to kind of talent that interests the
religious leaders In all Moslem j American jnuslcan questing for the
states. 'national Idiom? For my part I am
The influence of Soviet Russia Quite certain that Is not. So far as
is very obvious in the character of;"SnuffIe Along" is concerned It is
the two newly created commissions j nt a question of creative talent
They are to be mainly the centres for tnere a none involved. It is
of agitation and propaganda. Many ! imitative talent. Its model is found
Turkisli Nationalist leaders consider on the Great White Way and Us
(By A. N. P.)
Evanston III. Jan. 4. That su-
perstltution Is a white man's pos-
session as well as the mental prop-
erty of the Negro was proven last
Wednesday when eight German po-
lice dogs valued at $15000 saved
their own lives when they barked
an alarm of fire at the Foxwood
Kennels two miles west of Evanston
on the Dempster road and 'brought
help. J. R. Fox owner of the ken-
nels was ln thi bouse a hundred
yards away when the fire starting
from an over-heated stove started.
The uproar by the dogs brought
him to the scene ln time to save
them. Earlier in the day Mr. Fox
said two black cats had crossed his
rtth. At noon a thoroughbred calf
d ed. Then In the afternoon came
the kunnel fire with a $3000
loss.
races and all who sojourn in this life. They mu8t learn like children
that in life there is no Santa Claus.
Philosophers and theorists may propound what should exist here on
earth. Beautiful doctrines may be advanced. Sermons may be preached
ftnd humanity may be filled with emotions and tears may be brought to
eyes which have been constitutionally dry but sin avarice greed murder
still exist. The golden rule remains a beautiful ideal. Governments are
conducted on the basis of expediency and might still is right and th.ie
who think differently are like l'ale children who believe there Is a Santa
Claus.
Tn .'. nerica the black people are like little children They believe that
something u coming down the . himney of American affairs and be placed
(. their rafeged stockings. They believe because they are poor b.i rag-
gled hungry and wretched that the great heart of Amcrtca is rolng to
open up and make them a present of their constitutional rights. This is
not gc-inf to happen. America is .never going to be the Santa Claus of
the black people. If they want anything put in their clockings they nust
get out and work agonize suffe drudge and toll for it. Freedom to the
black people came as a political accident and since thai time nothing haa
come as a gift. There is no Santt Claus.
We the black people in America have dreams and desires of a square"' "
deal a fair choice an the privilege to live as all other American men.
lenrnfnl n" """ 800! er r atCr earn tbe le880n' Inland 18
ZTa f T I earniDS The "orated American m
learned it And when the legislative body of America: refused to make
H but we a VlrCVml that bIaCk Pe0e 8hu h ned
it but we are afraid that the black race Is still a child race and with an-
! Tr ? Z fr am Amerlcan Santa . to l; .ng to them
their right; but there is no Santa Claus
Sive it to them because there is no Santa Cla8 18 g?'ng
American h'aeif
Unions and fantasies of youth are met by truth and truth stands cold and ' reluctant to break hw.lv fnm ' . SOn' and' Lke lhe ch"d
to conjure up a Santa aanTtat ZT'S'T T '
stockings filled the; mf ..:! ." 18 futlle' thcy wnt their
o " - ' "-"- ""' t;iaus to themselves
THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS.
The childish niin? 18 stunned beyond expression when first it grasps
the resj tation that tliere Is no Santa Claus. Youthful vagaries are shat-
teied arid blasted when the truth is learned. Sooner .or later alt of the il-
immutaDie always ready to destroy fictions and establu facts. With the
clilljlsh mind the destruction of peurllo .vlBions is 4 tragedy; but these
must come soonor or later. It Is inevitable. Likewise It must come to
Sunta Claus.
There is no
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