New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-22
CHRIEI.dEAS DUTIES IND PLEAS

old family legoLdS, ms GENIAL goou nature, nj
store sof mince pies, egg nogg, his pockets dis
tented with toys, gimcracks, ear splitting trum
pets bloodthirsty swords and compounds Q
villainous birthstone, done up in red paper pei
lets. for Young America; and with crying dolls
baby houses, toilet sets and bon tons for tn
little Misses, who are destined to rule evel
upstart Young America.
Welcome, dear old Christmas, not that 70,
bring such comfort Or pleasure to our adul
hearts. not that you do not cast cloud over oul
spirits il the mournful reflection Of how mucl
capacity for happiness has been stolen from ou1
hearts, BY remorseless time, but welcome, thrice
welcome on account Of those dear little ones, fol
whom especially Christmas was made and ole
Nicholas elevated so high in the list of Saints.
And this reminds us to call the attention O.
our adult readers to their chief duty during thu
fsw days they have left. Let them not imagine
that they have done their g whole duty whe1
they have balanced their books, safely invested
their surplus, paid their pew rent, squared al
their accounts relieved their consciences o
that heaviest Of all obligations, by paying theil
newspaper subscription in advance. They have
done something, it is true, but much yet re
mains to be done. To complete their task, LEI
them ut to work to fulfill the sacred obligation
Of I'll Christians, parents and brothers, of de-
voting few days and no inconsiderable portion
Of their spare cash to the relief of those impor.
tunate tyrants, who rule the family circle and
make It hideous with their unsatisfed ambition
ansnt Christmas. If you would have peaceful
home, quiet slumbers and good digestion
launch boldly out upon the ocean of toydom-
Chartres, Royal and st. Charles invite you with
Thousand curious and gaudy decoys. In the
stores that glitter along those thoroughfares,
you will find millions of French ideas, in that
most substantial and penchant form which
French ideaology ever takes, to-wit: In toys Of
such Amazing variety Of character and gro
tesqueness, that the boy has yet to be born who
does not regard with infinite disgust the infatu-
alton Of the merchant who throws away his
money on cotton bales, on houses and lots, when
by . less expenditure he might buy out all the
toys At PifEst's or Moreau's, and be forever af-
forwards happy.
Having embarked on this perilous voyage, let
not our adventurous adult look behind, but
push forward boldly into the very inmost re-
cesses of Toydom, until large hamper basket
has been duly filed with every variety, suited
to the peculiar bent Of the juveniles that may
have claims upon, and expectations of, such
adult. And then, in profound secresy, and
under cover Of night, let such basket be borne
home and deposited in some secret place, there
to remain until Christmas eve shall cast its
shadows over the somnolent faces Of the little
ones, wreathed in the smiles Of happy dreams Of
the coming morn Then may you creep noise
lessly into their nurseries, and looking for the
little sock hung up by the mantel piece, deposit
in itssuch tiny objects as it will receive; and
in those little stockings, that cape SO entreat-
ingly, surely q pretty pincushion, set-ring
and an infantile Lilliputian, dressed off in the
latest French style, will find appropriate
lodging. y
Then Of the larger objects, of unruly Buceph-
aluses-of roaring lions, grinning monkies,
rattling fire engines, full-dressed fashionable
ladies, chubby babies that cry Of themselves,
and such others as are calculated to fulfill that
highest aim Of true philanthropy, to bring to
the face Of childhood one smile more than al
ready beams there these you should deposit
on the table with a screen, made 50 as to fall
suddenly. And for all this, you will have your
reward WHOM the morning dawns, and you
awake from thinking all night Of your labors in
the cause Of juvenility, and creep into the nur-
sery, and there give slight shake to the limo.
cent sleepers, already nervous with anticipatory
bliss, and then hide yourself so as to see with
out being seen-to behold the little ones roll out
Of their couchcs and push forward like so many
hungry wolves, at their poor little unoffending
socks and stockings -seizing them like an eagle
Its prey, and emptying the same remorselessy
on the carpets. Then the &c hurrahs and g Oh,
obs THE cries Of joy. of exultation, and the
tumult, as Of a sacking army.
But is this all the limits of these little socks
and stockings cannot bound Juvenile ambition. |
Surely old Santa Claus would not take the |
trouble to come down the chimney, just to leave
these little tiny bits. Straightway they COM
mence prowling search, which is suddenly
interrupted, just as they are drawn up be- |
lore certain table, by the falling of a cur
tain, which reveals q second Eden, in an epitome
OF Pihets and Moreau's. Oh! the pleasure of
beholding the joy, delight and gratitude of these
little ones, over the mysterious benefactions of
the good old Dutchman, with the long pipe The
pride Of the conqueror, in his hard earned Ian.
rels-the pleasure Of the miser over his glitternr
hoards-the enthusiasm of the artist in his
chet-d'1upre, must all yield to the calm, real
and pure delight of the afectionate adult who
views this scene of juvenile happiness.
Ao! then, all who duly respect Old Christ
mas, its demands and associations, and who
would be participators in " a joy unspeakable,"
hearken to our injunction to devote good part
Of the few days that remain to you, in selecting
and laying by "a goodly store Of toys and dain-
ties suited to the various tastes and inevitable
sxactions Of pantalettdom. Of other duties Incl.
lent to this occasion, we may have sometime to
~ upon another occasion, before the dawn of
hat day, for which, in the cherished convention
4 juvenility, all other days were made.
RAAlsH ~ JeyyeeeoS.-B correspondence published |
another eolumn,H viii appear that Mr. L. A. Kirk has
sentUd 70 run In the above parish as candidate for
Lsgslaturs. We DISLIKE 70 ~ two such clever gen.
men and good WhIgs = he and Prof Forshey in oppo
Ion. $50 -
lHrH RErRssrNTATyE DisrRicr-Last night, Mr., An |
!, vssy capable, worthy and popular gentleman was
minated u the above district ~ whg candidate for
Legidaturs. Mr.. \. has hosts Of friends, and with