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VOL. XIV December 15, 1916. No. 50 
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A MEETING 
If on the street 
Jesus and I should meet, 
Me would he greet 
And say with face aglow, 
“Here's a man I know?” 
And could I answer true, 
“Lord, I know you?” 
—JOSEPH A. TORREY. 
PEACE AND PLENTY do not reign in the United States 
at this Christmas season to the degree many of our kind 
friends would have us believe. By comparison with the 
condition of the people in lands across the sea, as a whole 
we in America have little complaint to offer just now. 
But to be comfortable with the thought that there is no 
want in our land is to overlook the real conditions. Our 
prosperity of the year has been prosperity for the few. 
In many industries throughout the country wages have 
not kept pace with rising prices and plenty is not the rule. 
There will be many homes where Christmas cheer will be 
missing and want will be found. There are many organ- 
ized charities which devote their efforts to making Christ- 
mas happy for the needy. They will welcome your sup- 
port. 
Tue Nationa, ALLIED BAZAAR which is being held 
in the Mechanics building in Boston is already a success 
and will be the means of raising many thousand dollars 
to aid the Allies in their relief work in Europe. The 
Bazaar is novel, educating, interesting and commendable. 
On its board of managers are many well known persons 
on our Shore whose standing has been established and 
this alone assures the success of the Bazaar. Where 
Boston’s interests are in this great European contest is in- 
disputably shown in the alacrity with which the one hun- 
dred and fifty thousand advance tickets were sold. This 
good cause should be helped by all. 
However INTENSE the feeling may be in America 
against war and warlike preparations and the develop- 
rent of a naval program that will menace our pacific 
inclinations as a nation, one cannot but view with appre- 
hension Japan’s naval policy. Already that little nation 
has laid plans for a larger vessel than any in our navy 
now or being planned. Let it be hoped that there has 
not arisen a new naval competition between Japan and 
America. The consequences of the British and German 
rivalry are too apparent. 
Tuere May Be no reason why there should be a 
scarcity of coal in a great seaport like Boston, but what 
can a Manchester merchant do when barges are not avail- 
sble and there are days of cold weather ahead to freeze 
the bay? 
An Onto FarMER Boy some three-quarters of a 
century ago engaged in a horse-trade, a transaction in- 
volving about twenty-five dollars—and the character of a 
man who was to be instrumental in saving a nation. The 
boy was too honest to be a success at “swapping hosses,” 
but the ridicule heaped upon him because of the trans- 
action in question made him extremely reticent about his 
purposes in any undertaking thereafter. He developed a 
decided aversion to discussing his plans and became ob- 
sessed by a superstitious instinct to carry to its com- 
pletion any task he undertook to accomplish, without talk- 
ing about it. To escape from his dread of failure he 
was wont to go miles out of his way to reach his destin- 
ation, if he chanced to pass it while riding, rather than 
return over the same road he was travelling. The habit 
of refusing to turn back on an undertaking grew on him 
with age until on a certain memorable occasion, when he 
was struggling with a task which others had failed to 
accomplish, he stubbornly declared “I'll fight it out on 
this line, if it takes all summer.” The jeers of the village 
boys of Georgetown, Ohio, had more to do with General 
U. S. Grant’s success with the Army of the Potomac than 
most of us know. Ofttimes, fear of the consequences of 
failure is as great a stimulus to success as the desire to 
succeed. And, frequently, the sneers of small-minded 
enemies are better prods than the encouraging words of 
friends. 
THe GARDENERS along our Shore have been interested 
in the award of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s 
gold medal in the years that have passed and now a new 
award has been made. The medal is made of gold coined 
at the mint in Philadelphia. There have been five previ- 
ous awards. Two Massachusetts men have won the 
medal, Professor C. S. Sargent and Michael H. Walsh, 
a student of roses of Woods Hole. One award was made 
to a Frenchman, Victor Lemoine of Nancy. The award 
this year was made, for the second time, to an English- 
man. The first Englishman to win the award was Sir 
Harry J. W. Veitch of London, and now it goes to Wil- 
liam Robinson. Mr. Robinson is awarded the medal for 
his literary work and as an exponent of the natural style 
of planting as opposed to the old type of formal beddings 
and ribbon types. He is the author of many books on 
‘Flora and Sylva” and is a worthy recipient of the high 
honor he has received. 
THERE Is A MOvEMENT ON Foor to revise and to 
codify the automobile laws passed in the various states 
and then present the codified laws to the various states 
for their consideration and adoption. The automobile 
has become a necessity in public life today and the con- 
stantly moving machines upon the highways have neces- 
sitated the making of new laws to govern their movement. 
The automobile is comparatively new. It has been im- 
possible for any community to pass at once just and eff- 
cient laws to regulate the new traffic. It has naturally 
followed that many laws that were only experimental 
were passed. Some of these Jaws have proven to be 
valuable and others have been worthless. It will be of 
interest to all to have the motor laws passed in the last 
decade carefully considered, codified and simplified for 
the benefit of the motorists and the safety of the pedes- 
trian. This codification cannot be started too soon. 
Eccs AND Burrer are quoted as being cheaper in the 
Maine markets and the lower price is attributed to the 
boycott of these two articles by the consumers. That may 
have something to do with the price of butter, but Madam 
Hen begins to lay again in December, as usual, and fresh 
eggs should be available at lower prices. . 
Dee. 15, 1916. 
