The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-12-24
From soribner's Magallnel
WHAT THE CHILD-CHRlSY BROUGHT,
"A CHRISTMAS STORY.
NY NJ. LOCKWOOD

,liVe lleeped, In hlry-thle lhsnloili "a"
the third floor windows OF NO ~ UP
nenhoimer btranse, IN Berlin, very
safly on the morning OF DeoeIneoF
"a 1870, YOU would have been hsloh-
hhsd Al the stir and excitement OF lhe
orderly, little household. NotWith'
standing the bitter cold, tho children
were dressed and stirring before the
un.was fairly risen. Soon, rrau lio ,.,,
man, the gentle housemother, qulet,hg
the laughing children, gathered mol
ffork around the breakfast table, ana
nfter FrIlzel, the youngest, had nAiu
grace, the children began " ent, more
from o sense of duty than from any ae-
sire for break fast on this particular
morning, Wv
nI have no much on my mind" sald
Melye-yearlold Paul, and with an nlr
OF inheritance, shat i have hardy
time 10 eat. With your permission,
cd1d little mother, win slip bit ~
my pocket to satisfy myself ~ case
feel ,hlingrY Lot me see' ! have sev.
eral purchases 10 make, an engagement
10 10 skatIng, then the poem Am To
recife "a papa, and
"Gently, my Paul, said the mother
iThere IL abundance OF Time Tor MI
and while you are. ealing-for goo'l
breakfast Is needed WIN SUED IunB
day'k work before you-i VIII explain
what | would have you do for me-" -,
GiYAh,n said falr-halred maiden OF
fourteen, eldest daughter OF me house o'e,
"how little we thought our CnIlstni@
would be 30 happy, when dear pupa
went 10 war last summer How thaIN-
ful,we should feel TINT he IL eomnlIng
home, since 40 many poor childfen III
Berlin are without any father to-day
and tears Of pity came. into innocent
bllie her eyes, as she thought oil the oI
orphans made by the cruel war tlen
raging beyond the Rhine,
Children said the mother, I'VE
have indeed cause TO be thankful, ana
we ought 10 show our thankfulness 10y
deeds, not by by words only so
think, II you all agree, we VIII take a
portion Of our Christmas money, III
stead of spending II on our bon-bons
md cakes, and buy little tree with
nuts, and apples, and tapcrs, for the
poor Heyses, In the next street. Paul
shall "a. now for II, and carry II TO
theif ,mothei's, II you consent Then
each of my little girls and Fritzel mny
choose achild TO whom you would ike
to send something, and Olga ana l
will carry II, In your names.n
.ssYes H. yes! mother" cried Paul,
"and i am all ready TO GOT
"The Heyses will be so pleased"
cried little Olga, and oil the children
expressed delight at their mothers
snegestion, but II was some time before
the plan was fully laid out, made, and
each one had handed to the mother, out
of his or her little store, the money for
the purchase of the gifts. In the mean-
time, Paul darted of for his fur cap
and gloves, and after whispering II lit
tie plan of his own into his mothers
ear, and getting her nod of approval,
started on, his way to the Jahrmarkt,
This Christmas Jahrmarkt was n fa-
miliar place to the young Hotlmanns,
aud would, am sure, be greatly ell
joycd by American children, with hol-
iday money in their pockets. What
splendid place! A great city square or
Hmarkt,r rs it is called, Is filled with
streets and streets OF temporary booths;
here every Imaginable Christmas ware
is sold, from the small forests Of Christ
mas trees in tho corners of the square
great stately cedars and spruces, as
we'll as the twig boughs fastened to
cross bits of wood hardly big enough to
bear the weight OF half dozen gilt
nuts and apples down TO the glass
balls and gay tapers, and funny little
"Kneeht Ruprechts,n made of dried
pfunes, stuck on cross sticks, in rude
Representation of man. One of these
is always placed on the Christmas tree
-onltho eayest as well as OH the hum
blest. There are little shows in some
of the booths,wher for q few groschen
one. can see wonderful and delightful
thingsApuppets and dioramas, or even
dwarfs and giants.
One can hardly imagine German
child's Christmas complete without
this charming Jahrmarkt. 1t is like
fairy-land for two weeks, in the brown
old square, 80 dull for the rest of the
yeiir, so bewilderng now with it's lines
oflglittering booths, tempting in their
Display of treasures, all soon to vanish
back to Knecht Ruprecht's kingdom, to
be kept safe there for another YEAR
One might easily mistake those COM
ical, weakened little men, who keep
the booths, in their shaggy coats and
old fur caps, for servants of the ,oly
Christmas elf--the Christ-childs mes
senger; and, as the legends say, dis
pefserof his bounty. Knecht Runrecht
Is none other than our Kriss Kringle or
Santa Claus, not much changed for the
the worst, as he crosses the West
ern seas, nor much less in favor
wfsa orrronng folks at home than with
the littl. 6'ir-haired Germans.
Paul knew lust where to buv his
modest little tree. with its ornaments
and stlded. with his own money. a gener,
Gus package of the biggest and sweetest
hon bons he could findin The ..marl<t y
Finally, laden with his bounty. the
Httle messenger of the Christ-childLfor
such, on these occasions, he had been
TAUGHT to cons;dar bi,,oalf s,,r,.J g.