The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-18

tons Of the confsoasnsr, in whose windows pes a
fsh bo bos and tempting decacies OF every desorpsa
known TO saccharine savants invite tho patronage q
Sauta Claus Taors. millinery sh0emnkers, all trades
and every profession, feel the tnfstion OF III
purse The sborer goes cheerfully 70 his werk.
ths schoolboy endures his schooling without q tecg
drowning the misery Of his restraint N happy sncpa
with St Nicholas treasures while even the poor cobss
plies his aw nimby In expectation Of good fortune
and increasing business or whistles away more morrv
than ever, drowning the voice Of sorrow In his resus
humping Of the lap stone
In such time as the present must naturally share IN
thetr characterstcs and den0nstrativ0 show the
served freedom Of onr citizens Jack Frost auspoiousE
polite, has made his bow In the very "nick or time"
and thus in earnest usLers In the carnival Fairs leo
ures concerts theatres better patronss1,
and the great proportion Of youthful amusement seekers
nccesitates fairies and In the mimic sCens
So the cup and dagger are put aside and the smile paint
ed mask OF Menus set the entire tswn In roar Places
fj0vial resort arc Frightening Turkeys adorn thou
portals Illuminated signs ON numberess street cornsu
inform the conviyaiy BY that In addition
In progress In the tap OF the h6stery and as mid
night draws the sounds OF rousng chorus, sWoiIod
by the voices Of tho late revcerswho fondly oliug tn
outbreak upon the still air awakening the police
man who 10 taking nap IN the area near by.
Street noeodsts inebriaed amateurs who disturb the
midnght with their rocking songs emphasized Or -
acentuaed by hccups, become about this time unusually
duets and roaTns ohouscs viii contnus 9
grow IN intensity like tho tuning OF tho instruments Il
orchestra, until finally there will come on New YeerQ
night (when everybody y nhumming y grand crash u
music which, as final chord marks The conoIusioa q
the.concertand the md OF the Wild carnival that was ~
cause.
AMONG
che effects or the time and coming occasion OF carnival
merrimcnt as1ainy visible as anong the moreor.
classes None. however poor think OF setrcnoh
All prepare for unusual enjoy meut and all
arc merry IN their preparations Savings OF the year are
employed toprorde the inspiration 70 hsrity and the
punch bowl Is led and seams up rs kindly as the more
riohIy rcghted vessel around which Tho miliionsrs's
friends mako merry far into tho night. None are %
poor but that they may afford obtain for thcs0aves
an indulgence 10 this happy season. even n u be only
tho rcawaken!ng 0s bright hopes 10 their breasts and
fogefuncss OF tho past with its bitter woes and cruz
sufernga
But amid the wh OF fashion and the wild chorus OF
happy laughter greater even thsu the hilarity that
hon0rs the time Is tho charity that brightens hearts
cast down and lis degraded humanity IN it's ovel
that out2iving OF Christianity from the glow OF The
Christmas which warns each heart into composites
FOR the weak and fallen So do joys prevail To-day. Sc
charity fits through dens Of vice. giving In hor pro-
sence dispensing hopes afresh and pleasures anew, un
all humanity feels the glow Of tho laughing Christians
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