Nassau County Review 19131219

              Official Paper, Village of Freeport
FREEPORT,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913
Vol., XIX, No. 8
Freeport
In the Fraternal Orders News of the Churches
Doiaps
tke seerat fr.t.ni«l  or(.ius«tiolM  ol Fr..port .nd Ticinity.
Single copiea of the Review for aale ot Greenblatt'a and Braithwaite'a, Railroad Avenue: Kiefer's, Naaaau County   Review,    DaSilva's   and   Go-
betx'a, Main Street;   DaSilva's,   West  day "evening, the following officers were Merrick Road. tf.   elected: H  P., Clinton M. Flint: king,
  Smith F.   Pearaall;   scribe,   John   L.
HIGHWATER TIDE TABLE Raynor; aeeretary. William   H.   Sam-
(rhe«> tiiiu'.H nro for Sandy Hf>ok,    pcdact 32  mons; treasurer, H. p. Libby; trustee,
j John D. Gunning.    The officera will be I inatalled Wednesday evening, Jan.  7.
FRIDAY,  DEC.   19. Preparatory service in Christ Evang' At the regular meeting of   Freeport   elical Lutheran Church, 8 p. m. Chapter, No. 302, R. A. M.,    Wednes
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inntos for Hf;
Friday, Dec.
Saturday,
Sunday,
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wedneaday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. 27,
piit«ad Hll}')
Ev.lO
1.12 p. m. 2.17 a. m.
3.26 a. m. 4.60 a. m. 6.30 a. m.
6.27 a. m. 6.27 a. m. 7.19 a. m.
The members of Fraternal Council, Royal Arcanum, with their wives and lady frienda, had a pleasant social ev¬ ening at Brooklyn Hall Tuesday even¬ ing. Aa announced, in their recent membership contest the lodge waa vided into two parts, and the  one
t! „ „ii    I „„.,.f   _„j   aa„*i.   curmg the mosi new members was the or, Presbyterian Chapel,  at
. bcanneli,   Locust  and  south .    e  ..,^     .,. ^     tr.L     i c ,-_„   i„„;„. .Ja a _:
Ua.   a,aaa in n.a alt.,   *a.Rtieato{  thcothcr  pBrt.    Thc   losers tvening. Junior and bem
,"69.,   has  gone to the city  lor." ,     ^    ,^ .   ^ ,   .      ...   .^a....   m   c  c..„.io.. c.i „
'       ,   "                        '           were good entertainers   and   furnished ments, M. fc. Siunday bihoo
J. J Side Av the winter months
SUNDAY, DEC. 21. Special  Chriatmaa   Serricea Churchea
MONDAY, DEC. 22.
Afternoon, Home Department and Cradle Roll, Presbyterian Sunday School.
Home Department and Cradle Roll, M. E. Sunday School.
Evening, Baptiat Sunday School.
TUESDAY, DEC. 23. Afternoon, Primary Department, M. di-   E. Sunday School.
ae-       Junior Society of Christian  Endeav-
at 3 o'clock.
or   Depart-
B A
Home Advocate
How to Make A Very Merry Christmas for our local Merchants!
^li^l CHRISTMAS WITH OUR READERS
good
a aplendid program,   including a boun¬ tiful repast for the inner man.
A regular meeting of the 500 Club was   held   at   the home of Misa   Mary :
Roe, Porterfield Place, on Tuesday  af- [     The degree team of Freeport   Coun-
ternoon. cil. No. 67, Jr. O. U. A. M., will meet
  for practice next   Tuesday,   December
We must request our advertisers and   23, in the Council  room.    On   Friday, correspondents to get their copy    in   a   the 26th, they   will   hold   their   next day earlier next week, because ot"  the  class initiation, holiday on Thuraday. ' '.	
John E. Golding, who has been in the northern part of the State for the benetit of his health, is home over the Christmns holidays.
the first degree will be worked in Freeport Ledge, No. 600, next Monday evening.
Presbyterian Sunday School. CHRISTMAS DAY.
7, 8, 9 and 10:30 a. m., Christmas Masses, Cburch of Our Holy Redeemer.
10:30 a. m., services at M. E., Epis¬ copal, Lutheran and Bethel A. M. E. Churches.
8 p. m., aervice in Bethel A. M. E. Church.
SATURDAY, DEC. 27. Sunday School, Church of Our   Holy
A
Y
UYING
OUNTIFULLY
ND BUYING T HOME S MUCH S POSSIBLE
Commvntsand •splanationa not •ntlr«Ir ef
¦ nr-it* nature, on *illa(* affairs
br tba aaitor.
• (By the Editor)
"MERRY CHRISTMAS" TO ALL. This   being   our   last   issue   before Christmas, I want to take this   oppor- . tunity to extend my sincere wishes for A Merry Chriatmas I Tb"^All My Readers
Your patronage has been liberal dur- , ing the year, and our circulation as : atill growing.
j OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOL. I Considerable has been published in ' the city papers regarding the school . affairs at Roosevelt, and they finally announce that the "Dove of Peace" is hovering near. The peculiar feature ! of thia afTair is that the whole thing was more or less the result of a mis¬ understanding. All of the men con- i cerned in the alTair, both the socalled
Prominent Officials Send Words of Christmas Greeting, and Talk of Our Village
We sent a request to a namber ofl Every year thp Christinas spirit be¬ the public officials and all the clergy 'gins a little earlier, manifesting itself of the village for a Christmas letter j in stores and shops, and in the plans greeting our readers in this issue, and of both children and parents alike. take I  -iasure in printing   the   follow-   Every ytar it lingers a little longer in
ing:
OUR SCHOOLS.
"This life is such a heaven that I wish 1 could stay here forever."
'lllii sthtciiient is reported to have betn made to a number of newspaper men by Andrew Carnegie on the   anni
old nnd new koard.,'are gentlemen   of  "'"''^"^l °{ ^'^  seventy-eighth   birth-
January, and bye anct bye its spirit will linger in our world the long year through. May all, during these com¬ ing days of joy, see the Christ Child, who entereii the earth at B. tlilehem and who sprang haei; to GoJ from Olivet two thousand years ago.
^Imer E. Loux.
At the regular meeting of Massape¬ qua Lodge, No. 822. F. and A. M., at Kockville Centre, Monday evening, the following officers were elected: Mas¬ ter,   .Iohn   J. Lewis;   senior   warden,
  Smitii   F.    Peursall;   junior   warden,
I Walter Wellbrock; treasurer, William Mr. und Mrs. Eugene R. Bassett eii- | u. Sammons; secretary, Wm. H. Con
Senior Class Play
and Glee Club
The aUf idance at the Senior play " Redeemer.^exer^eises and tree, m the , and Glee Club concert Friday evening j o     1.... o-i     1 u_ii .^ ^^^ auditorium of the   High   School I
was   not aa large a« th?   work   of   the i
The Sunshine Laundry begins adver¬ tising in our issue this week. Thia is in charge of C. K. Hamaker, formerly with the American Laundry.
Sunduy School ha
TUESDAY, DEC. 30. Sunday School of the Charch of   the Transfiguration,   Christmaa exercises.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 81.
honor and well-known integrity, and it : was a regretable thing that this mis- j understanding arose us it did, and all ¦ are pleased thnt it is now over.
THIS MILD WINTER Sunday morning a man showed me a (dandelion (Dec. 14). another man 'standing near remarked: "Ynu can I mention this so it can he read 'four- ! teen years' from now, ao here it is.
A WILL AND A WAY.
ntlidents warl-anted. The room was' .'Charlie" Niles will, I trust, par- about one-half full when the orchestra I ^,p^ ^y referring to him in this col- played their first selection. What the ; y„,„ y^^^ j ^eard of an incident hitely audience lacked in numbers it made up | ^j,jpj, jHugtrates whv the Village Light Colored Loyal Temperance Legion, m erithusiasm, each nuniber receiving ¦ Co^^i„io„er3 agreed with him when Christmas   entertainment,     Brooklyn   rounds   of   applause   which   was   well | f,^ jp,j ^j,^^ j,^ ^.^^^^^ ^„ (^^^^.^gg   -^
teriaii)ed a few friends from Hemj ¦taed and this village on Sunday last, in honor of their fourth wedding anni¬ versary.
Next Thursday being a holiday, the Post Office will be closed after 9:30. Tt?e bank, the newspaper office anrl most of the business places will be closed all or part of the day.
A new advertiser in this issue is Henry L. R. Himmel, n'lw proprietor of the former L'Hommedieu's bakery. Mr. Himmel is an experienced baker and is working up new business daily.
incll; trustee, William S. Covert.    The I offlcer.s will be instated Monday  even¬ ing, Jan. fi, by R. W. Walter R. Jones, District Deputy.
Both Sides Dissatisfied
Every one   most •
On Tuesday, Dec. 9, the Radio Club of Freeport held ita regular meet¬ ing at the Crystal Lake House.    Mem-
A jury in the supreme Court at Mineola last F'riday brought in a verd¬ ict of $500 for Harry  L.   Trubenback,
jr., and $250 for   his   father.    Justice   gation will be sung. Kelby set the verdict aside, and   gave i cordially invited.
ns hia opinion that it was against   the       The Christmas entertainment by the weight ot evidence. Sunday School will be held   on   Friday
The Trubenback family live in Free- .evening, Dec. 26.    All wi port.    The younger man,    who   is   21, ' welcomed, was injured in Jamuicu a year ago   by
Hall, 3 pm. merited.
  The first part waa in charge   of   the
Baptiat  Church.    Next   Sunduy   is | Glee Club under the leadership of Miss Christmas Sanday.    Are you  planning ^ Loretta Knighta.    The following   pro- to go to church?    Why not   honor   the   gram waa rendered: day as well as yourself by resolving to      Opening chorua, "The Skipper of St. do so on this day hallowed by so many , Ives," Roeckel, Glee Club, sacred Bssociations? "The   Beautiful     Blue     Danube,"
'lhe pastor will preach in the   morn-   Strauss, Glee Club and orchestra, ing on "The   Message   of   the   Star."       Vocal solo, "Spring's  Awakening," Christmas music by chorua and congre-, Hewley, Misa Cora Werner
pay a   few   months   ago.    Some   two
day. Such an expression from a man occupying the position that Mr. Car- net;ie does in the public estimation ia not to be tpkcn literally of course, but it siniply illustrates in a few words the supreme satirfaction and pleasure one finds in taking advantage of the optortunities that come to us through lill' t6 be a., iielpful as our ability will P'v'i mit to fis ereat a number of men, v,u;neii und children as it is possible for u-i ta assist.
At this sea.son of the year when we endeavor perhaps more than at any I ^''f,'^*i * ^V!! o;her time to forget self and to re¬ member others und find our greatest in;, and j,'leasurc in making others Iki| py and thus, consciously or not, imitate Hini whose natal day we cele¬ brate, who "went about doing   good,"
weeks ago, before he had walkt at   all   it will not be out_ of pluce   to   ''•^ff'".*"   "|,','',-"j','^".'^. „, ^
after breaking his leg, there wus trou- "ur schools a.-i LtTording an opportunity
ble on one of the village light circuits, f""" those whose time will nermit tc lu>
There had been other times   when   the helpful and assist those    under   wbi.se
lights were out all night and he   takes «»""   their   children    arc    placed,    by
a pride—it's almoat a hobby—in   hav- -""P'sking   words     of     i ncouragement
ing them burning.     He telephoned for whenever practicable und by occasion- „„,.;..,„ ,„,„.i,i i„
^ "y visiting the schools and showing a I M*^" ""'' "'"-'«'> ^""''1 ''^¦
t:HKlSTMAS CHEER. Tbe Poet Whittier waa not blind to earth's sorrows nor were the pin« of his fellow-men all hidden luni hia sight, llis tender pity went nut to the lowly and tho oppressed, and his pleadings for tbem, and his indignant protests'kgainst the wrongs of his day, are among the literary and ethica treasures of the past century.
But Whittle! never loat    heart   that right would triumph over wrong.    Bet- coming.     Peace   would follow   strife.     He    "felt   the   earth j move sunward" and was confident that : the good work which he and bis fellow- I reformers left unfinished others   would complete.
1 And all thia was no*blind, stuliborn He had reasons for fiia the future. Forces, real and [lutenl und destined to work out H giniii.us con.-iiniiition, were in the world and moving on Ihe hearts of men. The end would not be attained by the evul .tion   of    innate    nobility.
Glee
Sextette, "Lucia," Donizetti, Club.
Selection by orchestra.
Chorus, "All Through   the Night." be happily ¦ Owen, Glee Club.
Vocal solo, "I Know," Sproas,   Miss Cora Werner
home in leas than an hour, "happy ns they make'em," and the lights shin¬ ing brightly.
Han-
running into the automobile of Cbarlea I     Miss Lydie  Raynor is announced   to      "Mama a   Lullaby, Stansburg.    The boy claimed   that   he '. '«"<^ the Epworth League meeting Sun-1 trio, bers of the club were tested as to their j was on the right side of the road,   and   J*»y "'Kht in the M. E. Church;   topic, '     Hallelujah chorus, "Messiah ability    to    receive  messages.      The| that Stansburg  turned   and   drove   di-!"How   can I make   a   glad   Christmas ; del. Glee Club and orchestra, following received over twenty   wonls I rectly acrosa, ao as to enter  his  yard, ; ^'"' ^ho-se who have made many Chriat-;     This concluded the concert and wbile
per minute, being in first claaa: Frank j and   that  he   could   do   nothing   but : '"aaes glad for me?''  : the orchestra rendered a few selections
Fraser, Ralph Pettit, Newton Carman , plunge ihto the car. I the stage was prepared by the Seniors
and Chaa. Harris. j     After the verdict   the   lawyera   for!     The Loyal Temperance   Legion   will i for their play, "Fibs and   Foibles," a
The following receiving over twelve | both sides aaked to   have   the   verdict   not ho'd any more meetings until after | one-act comedy, words per minute, being in the aecond I stt aside, one claiming it was   against , the   Christmas    holidaya,     aometime      The characters ot the comedy   were
class:   Fred Davison, Thomas O'Brien I the weight of evidence, and the   other and Sinclair Raynor.     Members being j that the amount allowed was too smnll. interested   in   wireless not being   able to   take twelve words per  minute   be¬ ing   in   third   class:    Millard Sellers, Edward   O'Brien,    Morton    Germond, ! Ward PVost, Kenneth Carman,  Arthur 1 Keens, Milton Sheehan,   William   An-l
early in January.
derson and Bert Donnply. At the meel¬ ing three new menibers were voted in, Byron Collier, Fred Ware and Curtis Falton.
DaSilva, W. Merrick Road Flower Pots, all sizes Jardiniers, 25c Oil Heaters
Stone Crocks, 25c up; all sizes 25 lb. Flour Canasters, 59c Coal Sieves, 10c
Copper liottom Waah Boilera, $1.00 up Glaaa Washboards, 36c Kitchen Stovea, No. 7, $18.75 Boat Stovea. $8.75 Large Preserving Kettles, 25c Potts Irons, $1.00 set Dietz Lanterna, 50c Universal Bread Mixera, $1.75 Orders delivered. Phone 885-W.
Advartlaement.
Lost—Gold headed cane, bearing in- Hcription, S. M. Randall, on one aide of the handle, and a large M across the end. Reward of $5 will be paid for the retarn of aame to Wm. G. Miller, 21 So. Grovo Street, Freeport, N. Y.
Auto neceaaities for winter. Have a Partition Curtain made and attached to the rear of front aeat, side curtain refitted and the lighta renewed. Tapr. aeat covers, atorm aprona, carpeta, mats, upholstering and trimming. R. Williamson, Terry Bailding, Deer Park Ave., Babylon.
AdTsrtlsament.
Make your Christmaa dollars count. | Buy at Seaman's. Presents for all. I Toys, 10c to $1.00 j
Books, 5c to 50c {
Games, 5c to $1.00 |
Sleighs, 25c to $2.00 I
Doll Carriages, SOc to $3.00 j
Chaira. 40c to $2.25
Box   Paper,   Handkerchiefs,   Fancy '
Goods in great variety.  Come and see. i
Seaman's j
Main St., Freeport. i
AavTtl—ment. |
Arm Broken As
Auto Turns Over
!
i     As   a   reault of   an automobile acci I dent last Thursday afternoon.   Edward A. Spffegel of Archer Street,   is   nurs¬ ing   a   broken arm and bruises.    Not- I withstanding this he is being congratu- j lated   on   a   miraculous   escape from death. ,
I     Spiegel was out in his   runabout   on i Merrick   Road.      Traveling  eastward 1 at a good rate of speed;   he  had   just .passed Merrick Avenue, Merrick, when the   steering  gear failed and   the   car : plunged into a   pile   of   aand  on   the ' roadside.    The sudden stopping turned the  car completely over, it laying   on ; the   grouVid   upside   down,    with Mr. \
filed by members of the Senior  Class,
who soon demonstrated that  they   had
The Christmas services of the   Sun-! been well  drilled   in   iheir  reapective
day School of the Episcopal Church  of   parts.    The   theme of this   play   was
the   Transfiguration will   be    held on ; that Henry Paine and   his   wife   were
Tuesday, Dec. 30. i entertaining a young girl friend, whom
.  i they desired to keep free from the   at-
Tu„ »ui    _    »-        r.v      sr | tentloos of   a   young   family   doctor.
Ine monthly meeting of the   Young   d . u   -       u        u    j - a
Wnn,an'   Va. i       \»'    ¦ o    - »     Paino, who IS a hypochondriac, and re-
Woman s Foreign  Missionary   Society "^ ^
I quired much attention by the doctor, • explains to Dr. Lester that the voung lady is married. The girl falls in with I the scheme and to keep up the joke is i required to invent many atories on the j spur of che moment, even going so far
CHRISTMAS    SUNDAY    AT    THE i "'*° P''°'^"<=^ " P''='"''f "^*'*''^"PP°^*.f^ METHODIST EPISCOPAL i husband from the family album.    This
caused a very amusing and rather grave mixup, when this gentleman ar¬ rives at the home of hia fiance,   in an
of the M. E. Church will be held thia Friday evening at the home of Miss Nina Humphrey, 258 So. Ocean Ave. Misa Roantree will have charge of the program.
CHURCH. Christmas Sunday will  be   observed at the Methodiat Church next Sijnday. j ^^^^^l\ part'of"thrv'iilage."°only   to "be In the morning  Dr  Curtice   will   con-1 ^,,„,/d ^    ^ia   intended   .:.--."-..-. elude the  aeriea  of   Advent   sermons ! „, ^eing a married man. which   he   has   been   preaching,    the |     thinga get   straightened  out   when theme being    The Master aaMiniater, , d,_ Lester arrives and in an interview
a taxi and with Jack Mauersberger   to
do the work, started out,    located  and   'iv'ly  interest in the work.    It is sur- repaired the trouble, and was back    at   prising bow few of the parents of   the
children attending school, ever even inquire concerning the conditiona under which their cliiklien spend the hours of the school duy. The teachers, many of whom are far away from their homes nnd friends, would not feel that thev were strangers in a strange land if they could once in awhile look into thc faces of the parents and learn that their work waa appreciated.
The district haa every reason to feel justly proud of the excellent school fa¬ cilities which it has provided. The schools of Freefiort stand where they are Utday because men of thou rht and courage on tht- Board of Kducation in the years past labored lung, wisely and well to give the district full value for every dollar exfiended und lo make the schools of Freepnrt second to none in the State. There bave been some things to criticize, and there always will be, for it is impossible for every¬ one lo think the same. Honest criti¬ cism is always welcome, but there is a vast difference between criticism nnd fault-finding.    The   proper    criticism
lifted by the
Village Trustees
The Village Board of Trustees yes- Dvork, girls'I terday afternoon received a request I from the Freeport Railroad Company for permission to extend their trolley line 1 foot further north on Olive Boulevard and about 700 feet east on Railroad Avenue to Main Street. It was decided to hold a hearing on the matter as required by law, on Thurs¬ day afternoon, Jun. 15.
A requisition from the fire depart¬ ment was referred lo the supply com¬ mittee with power.
A regular report of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company was read and filed.
Applications for electric light serv¬ ice were granted M. Quirk, 143 Pear¬ sall Ave.; J. J. "Randall, jr , Grove St., oup. Whaley; Morton   Sharp,   So.
Miller Ave.;  A.   C.   Bundy,    Pearsall Ave.
Alao for water. Dr. Wm. H. Runcie, Whaley St. ;  Chas. B. Molloy,   Locust Ave. ; Daniel Brindsley, Pine St. , A communication was received from a New York sign maker,  stating   that
1 down coming of a higher power, the incoming of a divine s];irit to quicken I and strengthen the notilest elements in i human character and to add thereto: ! "Tbe Cradle song of Chrisl was nev- I   , er sang in vain,"
! writes the Quaker   poet,   and   in   thia I center of the true Christian's faith    is , his hope for the   world.     Are   we   not forgetting,    or   ignoring    this   in   our
I 'Tis good to call upon ourselves and all that is within us to battle for the I right. Men have much to do in the ] betterment of things in every sphere I of action. God has called us to an I energetic crusade against ull that is harmful tc; cur physical, mental und ; moral life. But us we must have an ' atmosphere of the right 8011 to make our respiration possible, ns wc must j have light in order to vision, so must j we have the presence of Guil before we I can do anything of real moval worth. I And happy are they who plan and work {as in the presence of a "God nigh at I hand und not afar olT" : who ure help-^ j ful today, who are hopeful for the to¬ morrows because they   work   sturdily.
is of a constructive nature and not de-)''"'"«   "all thinga   as unto   the    Lord structive, and sbould be courted hy any |''«»"s," aided by a power and an   over
public official whether administering tbe affairs of tbe school, the villuge or any other public office
The dislrict is also to he    corgratu-
Speigel underneath.    It was fully   ten   „, ^.     „.,.     ..        . ^,     ...   ,_     ,,    .
minutes before an automobile truck ! °^„^''* "?''K»''°" "^ t'l^^^'K^'?'-, I" 1 with Mrs. Paine, tells her that he is passed, the occupants alighting and '^ ^'^"'"K'''"^ )Till ^^" ^'"'^^o^^'"" 'eaving town. Mra. Paine, to save aided Mr. Speigel in getting out from ' 'Zl°" °" ^^^ "'«'"^' ^he Greateat Song I t^em all from disaster, explains to the the wreck, the  engine  of  whicb   waa I ["^" ,T°* ^"^   ^""'^ •   ^"   Inttrpreta- j ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^jj^le thing   waa   done
There will be '-"   —-:--¦   —    m a joke
they had an order to place a aign 4x7i .^^^^ ^|^,,_, ^^^ ^,,,,ijj^^ ,^f ^_,,^,^^^  ^,,j
teet in fron   of a    Main   Street   store. y^        ^j,^ jj,,^^^ building of   the   en-
They wished   permission to place   this ^^^^  ^^            ^.^^j^j, ^.|| ^_,^^ ^^^ ^,^j^^
in accordance with the   ordinances   of , ,„„,truction und which will when com-
the City of New York, to be  nol  over j,,^,^^   supply accommodations for be-
,„ ,       .        .,      .,       ,,       r, tween 460 and * 500   pupils,    and   also
leaat 10 feet irom the sidewalk      Per- ^^^^^j^ ^^ auditorium of sufficient  ca- mission was grunted, conditioned   that the sign should not be over 4 feet from
accused by hia   intended  aiater-in-law   f feft f^''0'" the building ^ line   and^ at   j^^^^ ^g,, ^^^^j-g^f,   pupila,    and
.  , .    ,             ... „ ,„..^.     When the doctor finds that
special musical   pro-; ^^^^          j^ ^i^^^ to his paying court to
grams at   both   morning and   evening j „)„ pj^,       ^^,4^^^ t^at he will   have aervicea as followa:
Miea Helen, decides that he wi : a little fun with her   before  declaring Morning Service. ' hia love   for   her.    The   list  of   char-
Organ Prelude, "Chimes of Christ-! "^ters follows:    Henry Paine, a hypo
the building.
The following cominjnication was presented by Mr. Lang, proprietor of the Crystal Theatre:
"I, David Lang, residing in said vill¬ age, do hereby proteat to the employ¬ ment of one Beit Seaman, working aa an operator at the Colonial Theatre, and alao a young man employed in the same capacity not being the required the   laws  dis
pacity lo care for our annual meetinga and other gatherings of an educational nature without greatly over-crowding and this in itself will no douht be highly appreciated. What the future will bring forth no one can safely es¬ timate, but if indications mean any¬ thing the years to come will see Free- port as the great educational center of Long Island,    and   when   occasion   de-
ruling wisdom which could come only from Him who came to earth from heaven, tbe unniversary of whose birth we celebrate in gift and song and prayer at (^liristmastide. Happy, indeed, arc they who thus endeavor and hope to make tbe world het¬ ler! Happy are they for whom such toilers toil! For these, indeed, are the toilers whose "labor is not in vain tn the Lord."
Saul 0. Curtice. (Metho<list Episcopal Church)
THE CHRISTMAS FEEI.1N(J Edna   Ferber,   in one of the   stories
sbe   baa   given   ua   under the title   of
"Roast Beef  Medium,  '     mukes   Mrs.
McChesney   aay   in a   mon>enl of deep
disappointment:
"Christmas   isn't   a   aeaaon,   it'a   a
still going.    Mr. Speigel did   not   lose
consciousness  during the   entire   time
and he asserted the ordeal was a  most
horrifying one.   Pinned to the ground.
absolutely helpless, his great fear was
that the smoking machine would burn,
in   which   case   it   would   mean    sure
death.
He was removed to Freeport   where |     Hymn, '"'0 cVd of God !    O Light of j Mildred    Hill;     Euphrosine.     Paine'a j     The   communication    waa   received, : of a;"ye;rTu"st%l"osVn"g'7nd'finding \ Teeling^io g^iveX s\"usonZ'nific'an«
the arm was attended to. and   he   was j Light!" Jeffrey. maiden aunt,   alao   a   hyponchondriac,   and Mr. Lang waa promiat the   matter  satisfaction in the ihought   that   some' '*'''""*^ ^" '^"^* ^'"- '""'^"" "'^'''''CBnce
afterwards taken to   Nassau   Hospital |     Response, "Thou Didst   Leave  Thy   ^ary Fox; John Leater, physician, Je-j would have careful attention. '
Mrs. A. N. Johnson! rome Nolan; Maude Van Gush, Doro-j Street Commissioner Sprague aub-' gigo |ook into the future with the hope fhy Hibbard; Richard Burnham, 1 mitted the following list of atreeta im- ^^,^4 ^^e year juat before us may prove George Johnson. j proved with   Peekskill   gravel   during ; t„ ^e the best and most prosperous and
I maa: A Meditation, "Greenwald, Mra  i<=*'<»'<J'"iac,    Rusaell   Tree;   Anna,    his | age of 21 years, which Geo. T. VanRiper. ; wife, Elaa Nygreri^; Helen, their friend, [ tinctly show.
mniids it the generosity of   the   voters ' fggijng"
will measure up lo the need   and   sup-1     fhere certuinly ia no small truth   in
ply the facilities required. this  definition   of   the great Chriatian
While taking   a  retrospective   view | Holiday.    At least there must   be   the
for treatment, and ia improving   nice- 'Throne " Lorenz
ly, being able to attend lo buainess.      i and Male Chorus.
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Pastoral, from "Messiah,"   Handel, i     Scene—A room in Paine's home. Mrs. Van Riper. i     Time—The preaent.
Tenor Solo, "0 Come All Ye Faith-1 Much credit shoald he given Miss ful," Peace, Harold E. Brown and i ^"•B''ts, who, besides drilling the Choir. i chorua, also had charge of the  orchea-
Hymn, "It came upon the midnight | tra. which rendered fiist class selec- clear, Willis. I tions on a par with those of last year. I Archer St., 8225 ft.
Hymn, "O Little   Town   of   Bethle-!     The members of  the orchestra   this 1     Newton Boulevard, Main St. to Olive hem," Redner. | year are :   Miaa  Gladya  Cook,   piano; j Boulevard, 718 ft.
Postlude, Adeatea Fidelea,   Aahford, I Misa Annie Smith,   Joaeph Fitzgerald,       Pine St., Main St. to Bergen   Place, Mra. VanRiper. ' | Fred   Grimm,    firat   violin;     Mervin I 1600 ft
the year 1913:
'  Bayview Ave., from   Atlantic   Ave.
aouth, 1250'ft.
Nassaa Ave., from Atlantic Ave.  to Cedar St., 1225 ft.
Grove St., from Olive BoAlevard   to
We are not quite warranted indeny- advance has been made, may we not | jn^ the aeason. To us who have al¬ ways lived north of the Equator it is a   season   of  Snow.     It is the   season
"Where Nature in swe of Him
encouraging we have ever experienced. Robert H. Hunt. Prea. Board of Education.
THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.
Christmas! Whal memories are re¬ vived, what joys are anticipated when the word is uttered, "Merry Christ¬ mas," is more than a mere formula, it
Hath doffed her gaudy trim'" and dressed heraelf in "The saintly veil of maiden white." If our lol were cas* in the   Southern hemisphere   we   would probably   after generations grow accustomed to  cele¬ brating the season out of doors or   un¬ der   spreading   verandas.     We    would find some sabatitute for sleigbbella and another tree would trans|)lant the Bal-
Schloss and Jeaaie Smith,    aecond vio-;     Bergen Place,   from   Merrick   Road'is a spirit, an atmosphere, for   oul   of i *"'" f "¦ "" °°''^'"'''¦t""*"'jee, hut how -   - -- I     "c.K > .   .     . '^       . ..    .       r. could   we   ever   .-nake uji for dear  old
We have an eapecially varied line of Men'a, Women's and Children's Slip¬ pers for the holiday trade.
Men'a Slippers, 66c up.
Women's Slippers, SOc up.
Children's Slippers, 86c ap.
Fancy Leather Goods. Suit Cases, Club Bags and Women'a Hand Bags in great variety.
Dress and Work Glovea.
Men's Lambs. Woof' lined Auto Gauntlet Gloves, $8.
Women's Mannish Gloves, black, white and tan, $1.00.
Charles B. Smith,68 Main Street
Red Cross Seals On Sale At
Plump's Pbarmacy
G. I. Braithwaite
Wm. Greenblatt
Smith & Bedell I DaSilva
Chas. P. Seamun i H. Schloaa ! Johnaton Drug Co. [J. S. Lewis I Kiefer's
Evening Serwice. ' lins; Theodore Bedell,   first cornet; F. ! to Brooklyn Ave., 15B0 f I. the jo^s of the heart the mouth speaks. .u     i   «    .     ri ik        i •  u
(Mrs. Maude Campbell Fuller, soloiat ) iS. Snedeker, jr.,   second cornet;   John       Porterfield Place, from   Bayview   ts Christmas is the great miracle  of   the   '['y'""^"'  fif""*  '¦'""''   «"" "'»   s'eigh
Prelude, "Joy To the World,"   Mra. | Wrightneur, flute; Cecil Powers, trom- \ Park Ave., 1480 ft. ages, the Wonder Worker, and through ' 7"*" '{^ ^"^ marvelous team of   rein-
VanRiper. ! bone, and George Wulfing,    drum   and I     Railroad Ave., from Main to   Grove it, slowly but surely, are love and hap "''"^'¦-     wneeis or ijoata or   tlying   ma-
Christmas Trees! Trees upon Trees I Prieea amazing. Come and aee at the A. & P. Tea Co.
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Contralto   Recitative,     "Hark    the ] bells. Glad Sound," Peace, Mrs. A. N. John-! son and Choir.
Hymn, "Hark!   the   Herald  Angela Sing,'I Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Response, "Silent Night,"   Gruber, Choir.
Offertory. "Waltbar's Song," Wag¬ ner, Mrs. VanRiper.
Solo.   "Chriatmas,"   Shelley,   Mrs. Maude Campbell Fuller.
Hymn, '"There's a Song in the Air," Whathall.
Solo.   "Birthday of a King,"   Neid- linger, Mra. Fuller.
Solo and Chorua, " Rejoice Greatly," Ashford.
Postlnde. "HallelujahChorus," Han-
j     Free.    A handsome   Christmas   and j New Yaar souvenir given  away   with. Advertisement,   every purchase.    Also have a full line   del, Mrs. VanRiper.
I of holiday slippers and shoes for men, j     Monday aftenoon   the Cradle  Roll An acceptable Christmas gift. Arm-  women    and  cbildren.    M.   Jacobson, ! ^nd Home Departments of the Sunday bmttsr Perfulbes and Toilet  Waters.' Freeport, L. I. {
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Coming Events
Dec.   26,   Friday—Class   initiation Jr. 0. U. A. M., in Mechanics' Hall.     :
Dec. 29, Monday—Concert, High | School Alumni Association, al High! School.
Jan. 10, Saturday—Annual dinner I Freeport Fire Department, at Crystal j Lake House. I
Jan. 14, Wednesday—Annaal dinner i Excelsior H. & L. Co. '¦
• February  2 Monday—Second   Dack Dinner for Taxpayers' League.
I St.. 590 ft.
South Side   .\ve.,   from i Long Peach Aves.. 470 ft I     North Lena Ave lAve., 350 ft. I     South Lena Ave, 1 Ave., 386 ft.
Bennington Ave
! deer.     Wheels or boats or chines could never charm
pineas coming into tbeir own, and will i ""•"''^ cou.u never cnurm our imaglna- Miller   to,at last stand in the market   place   „„,i! i'"" "« the sleigh has dorte.    It   needs : reign    triumphant    over   st.-eet    an,|   to come too_just as the year closes and from Long   Beach ] home.     The better is now, the best   is coming.     We   are    living  in   an   age frorn Long   Beach  characterized by sacred tii^a which bind
from Olive Boule'
vard to Liberty Ave., 1800 ft.
THE FIPTH IN THE SERIES. "WHO WILL MARRY MARY, " EN TITLED "A PROPOSAL DEFER¬ RED," WILL BE SHOWN AT THE PLAZA ON MONDAY, DEC. 22.
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Elsworth, Ralph j Gordun, Mr. D. G.
Craef. Mr. H. H. iHentler, J. H. ' Rodgera, Mr. Patrick I Robt. G. Anderson, P.
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all men together. The words Friend Iship, Brotherhood, Humanity, mean I more today than ever before. Whence came this apirit? It was born in Beth- ; lehem, grew in strength in Galilee, iand culminated on the croae at Cal- I vary.
It haa been beautifolly said that I Christmas Day marks the end of win¬ ter and the beginning of summer. The longest night is Dec. 21, then for , three days the days and nights are j eqaal. But on the 2oth, the days be- igin to lengthen. Herein find a parable of life. Christ has been tfae forerun- I ner of the universal good will, tbe i Golden Age of coming happiness.
we are thinking of new beginninga.
But with ull of our attachment for the season we must admit that it is the feeling that makes Christmas. When we haven't the proper feeling we approach the season wilh indiffer¬ ence or with dread. The feeling ia hard to set forth in words, but once felt it 18 never forgotten.        '
There is the glorious element of gen¬ erosity in it. The tradition and cus* tom of gift giving has brought this' element into prominence. Not even the foolish practice of uteless giving, or giving for forms sake only, or for the sordid payment of social or kinship debts, h"* m^'bed the season of ill of tbe charm of this time honored cus¬ tom. Love and appreciative regard (Continued on page 8)
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