The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-12-22
rr "rR DEVIL" OF THE ",ouRsAI.

Who, from the Hartz mountains. comes over the
Comes riding along with the fieetest of deer
Attached TO his sledge, to bring Christmas
cheer;
With toys and confections, and everything nice.
FOR the girls and the boys rs he skins or the
Skins over the ice and the far-gieaning SHOWS
With the CHATTER of hoofs, that resound as he
While his honest face shows, by the lieht Won
descry,
In the right merry twinkle that laughs in his
This "ohrist-chiIdp OF fancy. as woven in
thought,
Comes laden with Christmas-gifts everywhere
sought
From the craft of the craftsman, in what he ha.
made,
With his cunningest craft for the holiday trade.
And first, we will go to each novelty store,
In Main street. or Broad, with its gifts running
For such things as Kriss Kingle delightedIy
When seeking the rarest of rare novelties.
There are houses for boys, and safety.vault
banks
Little jacks on stick, to cut up their nranks .
Little horses to ride on the canter or lump,
With names on their neck and tails on their
rump;
Little fellows in boxes that seem fast asleep,
Yet the moment you touch them will play you
Little blocks to build houses, and trees to set
And nice little fences to lay all about;
Little dolls for the girls, that can cry and can
wink,
Shed crocodile tears make up faces, and blink;
Shut one eye or both, or turn up their nose.
And, when they come to it, can twddle their
toes
Indeed, 1 could tell you thousand things
more
You can find at each turn in the novelty store.
But the way you should do, is to go there and
What wonders they've got for the Christmas
green tree" $3.50.
They. have bright, fancy boxes for mouchoirs and
And perfumes more fragrant than Araby's
groves;
Among them, tho Jockey Club," "Nilsson bo-
Love 'mong the Roses" and sweetest 'Mown
Hay"
With rare .Frangipanni'' for ladies to use,
When seeking in sweetness to rival the dews-
The dews that DER Herman INF perfume were
shed
When grasses wore diamonds profusely inlaid
With gems, and with pearls, that everywhere
As the sunlight OF morning flashed out on the
dew,
Such perfumes as these for the lady's boudoir
To sprinkleher chignon, as well as mouchor,
To breathe through her Massachusetts and Ginl-
pure
Aie III W pe iouhu at the novelty store.
For diamonds that brilliantly flash in tho light,
Like weird stars when struck from the vault of
the night;
For jewelry, watches, and cameo SETS
The rarest of rubies and elegant Jets,
win emeralds and gems, and 'chains that en-
chain,'
Go where you will find them on Broad street or
Main,
Nor ask where they advertise all of their things,
Their watches for ladies and ma ttiest rings,
W1th pins that opinion can never put down
BY a sheer or jeer or a penny wise frown,
80 long as they add so much beauty and grace
TO the ciimaxing point Of sweet woman's
dress.
There's a store could name, il felt in the
mood,
Which to praise or desplse or say, as could.
Is gem OF store, or not, as we think
Would be like belittling a carnation pink
Or a rose, by adding unother perfume,
Or u pin-feather more to an ostrich's plume
The "Warreniana' were poems once writ
To show to the world both the exquisite wit
And taste of the Muse (the coyest of maids)
When piping her reeds for the sake of the
trades
When she pulled ''Warrens Backing ut PAINS
and Almack's,
Despite ebay and Martini the envious quacks.
Or the spirit of envy in satrized fools
Who saw she was clever in spite of ali rules;
In fact, twas her cleverness made the fools rave,
As her puffs met rebufis with defiance, and gave
To Clifford the courage to own he'd a hand
In preparing them first for the booksellers
stand.
Now, nobody claims for this branch of his art
ANY greater pretension than simply to start
On a rymthriacal canter, or ride about town,
To call on his patrons and do them up brosoa;
His poetry being just what it should BIO,
A Jingle of bells'' as you ride in sleigh. .e
So, If any one questions rye devil' the style
OF the great 'Warreniana," his wits 10 beguile,
We beg he'll enquire" at once DER the way,
Fo find out what's ''dsggerol," and what's
If ''ye critic" is in, he will tell to hair,
While scratching his head for the thought that
is there;
For ''doggerel 10 dosgerel,p when sitting In
I'VE critic" decides on its ultimate fate;
And So vice rersd, it's poetry when
aye critic" decides it with his mighty pen
We. could name fifty merchants or more in tfo
town,
Whose stores have attained to as wide a renown
Inn,
Who swore that he cared not for custom pin
Nor would he hang out by the wlyside sign
If he had to drink all of his own musty wine
OF course, he grew fat on his own lusty fare
But from customers, mary a redn had he there.
Now I'VE devil' suggests that an I'D" is what
"Ye merchant the best of all things In these
days;
anu luilt one III ye JOuiIidl WOuiu pe just the
thing
aye right merry CUSTOM" at New Years, to
bring,
For ten thousand readers would know where
to buy
Such goods us attract both the purse and the
eye,-
Would know where to 60 for their holiday trade,
And where the best bargains are constantly
made:
Where square honest dealing in goods is the
rule,
With nothing of clap-trap or humbug to fool
Where fabrics the richest, the rarest, and best,
Are offered for sale as the things in request
BY the fashionable world, or those of the ton"
Who buy what is richest and neatest to don =
Who look at the quality chiefly, when they
Decide what to purchase, whatever they pay;
Who scorn to be humbngged by any clap-trip,
In trade as in law. by "Quirk, Cannon and
Snap;''
Who want but one price, and that not so high
But that seller can sell, and purchaser buy :
Who, when they are served, want no dandies to
nudge
Their elbows to signify they the judge
OF what they most want, or what they most
To hit their complexion--a thing that's i'll
bred =
Who buy what they want and want what they
buy,
And chatter words about what is too high
Or too low, for the matter of this or that,
With some snip" of clerk or mere dandi-