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40) Px. @ December 11, 1914. No. 50 
CuristMAs Wi1rTH ALL of its holiday Good Cheer and 
Merry Making is with us again. What a serious affair 
the long winter would become without the charm of 
Christmas cheer and giving. As the old folk say, it 
“breaks up” a long winter. Many of the old customs 
have been abandoned, but the joy of Christmas is more 
charming than ever. Last year Manchester Square was 
the scene of a Christmas celebration that will long be 
remembered by those who participated. It is now assured 
that the Christmas Tree success of last year will be re- 
peated. It was a pleasant evening. The Christmas Tree 
lifting its evergreen branches against the white of the 
church, laden with electric bulbs and aglow with light 
made the sight impressive. The singing by the Arbella 
club and the hearty co-operation of all the townspeople 
made it a festivity long to be remembered. It is well that 
the Tree is to become an annual feature in our town life. 
Anp Now THE Merry MAKING Spirit has taken 
hold of Beverly Farms. The Improvement Society has 
inaugurated a movement for a Municipal Christmas Tree 
to be lighted on the evening before Christmas. An 
available spot has been secured on Vine street. The ex- 
pense involved in such an enterprise will not be great. 
An hour’s program of music by the band, carol singing 
by a choir and the singing of Christmas anthems by the 
people gathered around the tree. The expense for the 
evening is to be borne by voluntary subscriptions. Rev. 
Clarence Strong Pond of Beverly Farms is the treasurer 
of the society, to whom subscriptions may be sent plainly 
marked for the Village Christmas Tree celebration. 
MucuH Human Symparuy has been expressed for 
the Belgian, but in your gifts remember that your respon- 
sibilities abroad begin only when your duty here has been 
done. Quiet honorable giving here may be less spectac- 
ular and remain unrewarded, but it is nevertheless de- 
manded. Give if you can for those abroad, but look 
about you first and see if there are not tasks at hand that 
you have neglected. 
THe Lack oF JUDGMENT and proportion shown by 
certain metropolitan journals is indicated by the fact that 
a certain issue of a Boston daily gave as much space to a 
disagreeable trial down in Maine as was given to the con- 
sideration of the world struggle in arms. 
THERE 1s SOME Morar SENSE left in the nations of 
the earth when one notices with what zeal all endeavor to 
cast the blame of the war off their shoulders onto the 
“other” nation. 
Tue NEuTRALITY oF IrALy is the marvel of the last 
four months. That Italy is unprepared for war cannot 
be asserted. It is not fear and a lack of preparation, 
but poise and balance that has characterized the leaders 
of the nation. The war broke out almost without warn- 
ing and in the mad frenzy that followed it was a miracle 
that the Alliance was not able to draw Italy into the fray. 
With a firmness that is admirable the Italian people re- 
fused to be stampeded into a quarrel in which they had 
no part. Fortunately the alliance could command the 
service of Italian arms only in the event of an attack. 
The alliance, however, in this conflict is the party making 
the attack. The Italian people have never been able to 
support the alliance with any enthusiasm because of the 
age-old enmity of the nation toward Austria. The oc- 
casion would seem to dictate to Italy the advisability of 
entering the conflict on the side of the Allies, thus acquir- 
ing a claim which at the day of judgment would grant to 
the Italian government the opportunity of obtaining certain 
concessions which they claim should be made because of 
Austria’s aggressions in other days. Italy seems to have 
armed her people. A state of watchful waiting exists. 
The army is mobilized and every preparation has been 
made against “the day.” But the poise of the govern- 
mental authorities has prevented a fatal move that would 
injure the nation. 
THE STUDENT OF THE War OF 1870 cannot refrain 
from comparing the successes of the early Franco- 
Prussian War and the status of affairs in Europe at the 
present time. After three months of the war the victory 
of the Prussian forces was assured. The armies of 
France had been conquored and the result of the struggle 
could plainly be forseen. Today the situation is some- 
what different. The Prussian army has been driven back 
from Paris and it faces the Allied forces on all sides. 
The Russians are pressing in from the west, and France 
and England from the south and east. In the North 
Sea the German fleet is effectively bottled up. At this 
date the definite outcome of the struggle cannot be for- 
seen. 
THE PrestipENT Has Mabe a ruling against the pro- 
posed plan of a Massachusetts company to construct 
submarines for the use of one of the Allies. The com- 
pany has voluntarily agreed to refrain from filling the 
order. This company is showing good judgment in abid- 
ing by the President’s suggestion. To a lay mind the 
whole proposition appeared to be a violation of our pro- 
fessed neutrality. If by some strategy the letter of arbi- 
tration treaties could have been satisfied it would never- 
theless appear that the construction of any kind of fight- 
ing equipment would be contrary to the spirit of neutrality 
and the desires of the American people. 
THE ANNALS OF CRIME that fill the papers is but 
another evidence of the stringency of the times. Police 
authorities claim that every period of business depres- 
sion causes a corresponding increase in crimes ranging 
from loafing and general disorderliness to burglary and 
highway robbery. 
Her Has Discoverep true Christmas Cheer who pays 
his just and honorable bills first and makes his Christmas 
gifts out of his own money. The merchants can tell 
strange stories of lavish Christmas bills that are still 
unpaid. 
On To Paris is HEARD AGAIN, but it does not sound 
quite so ominous as it did in early September. 
