New York, N.Y: Commissioner of police and Mrs. Woods prepare Christmas boxes for widows of those members of the police department who have lost their lives while on duty. New York, N.Y: Squadron A, of the 8th regiment, is given a cordial greeting upon arrival home after six months’ duty on the Mexican border. New York, N.Y: Les Darcy, pugilistic marvel of Australia, arrives here, having worked as a stoker to pay his passage from Australia to the United States. Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y: Children from tenement districts receive Christmas boxes from seamen of the U.S.S. Superdreadnaught New York. Omaha, Neb: “Judas” as one of Omaha’s abattoirs, proves that in some instances it is good policy to be the goat. New York, N.Y: Mrs. F. Sheehy Skeffington, widow of the Irish editor shot by the British, starts her tour of the United States in behalf of the Emerald Isle. El Paso, Tex: The moving of heavy ordnance by caterpillar tractors is the newest experiment of Battery C, 5th Field Artillery. With the Armies on the Somme: French troops camping on conquered positions. Yonkers, N.Y: Villar Kyronen, the cross country champion of America, wins the 25 mile Marathon race. New York, N.Y: Ice tennis becomes one of the new winter sports.