, 1880-12-25
Hear Ye, Hoar Ye, Christmas Has
Gomez
The Carnival of Cheer and Cham
pngne Comes to Chicago.
Sophia on Her Shopping Tonr-Gwen
an,l The llazzling Diamonds.
The Van BumhIebuu Birthday Reception, as no.
porled by E7r. Edoua.d Limburgor.
Some Hints In rur'er Mngie-llow 10 Make Homo
Checrfal-xotcs for the Small 10y.

a. IN
AZ bright Us It's own holly III tho hedge Is
Christmas n,,l,,ng otl.rr days Of tllu year.
The lurl,l md pntriottc Fourth, with Its riot
ar.i rattlc. n1ul rusli md fireworks, antl Drum
AIaturs anl things, ll,,ty for its fuw turbulent
hours bcg,tilu the sn.nll hoy Into thinking It
~ tic tolliest day In tile wllule rountl, hut
nsk him Christmas Eyg. when his pyus first
reat OIL tho Tree, which lse prefers, aud ten
TO one llc Will say Chrtstll,as-.ansl ~ for
everybody else, why tile .'uys wont stand
comparison ut ali, IL referred to tho world ut
large.
ltook n turn through thobazaars yesterday
with Santa Claus,-tl,at proteau old scntle-
l1. Maoso ons,ass !ust huW ~ n'nsa"k enl.
caEo hn'ii,-ailu sAw more speculation III ono
minute, nnd moro anxiety aiiu hesitation,
than TIC wheat ring in tho Stock Exchange
Sn,,,,,o ,sns - i,'r,st,,na,ru i N,,, ,or ,,,,
onpllla WIS ei'i'slt1aslnE' NOW lor glEl
OF Her agc-Sopl!tn Is lust 37-sEle ca' turn
out moro pretty things than dollar store,
und will make .'cm ali herself, too; slo
crnchc,s. md tots' nntI notn,s mn, hr,,dnrs
e'ue"s'a, a..u 1a's, n..! "n's' as"s oloiues,
anu understands cfewcl, anu eoinprellehds
placanes. and Is a perfect oracle on fy.cas-
Spphla Inns bccn shutting herself nm far
horrs a, ,t"o ,smr1,n,t ~. % ,Mn,,,aronIo ~ ya
t"nc1es IN tha % wnrsto H o,i ,va,arao,nr p ] ,Snv @
ANAA'%'s bA SAAI NeAokIO hAA "NlIA%O1oA NNJs
--nut to speak Of NIL afghan already III hand,
nor or set ,ss' of @ emma n, oIG t as a inr
n.@ au. s's ,,t S.e o'a ~, 's use .,. uo
just prepared to tcluge everybody with pres
c1,ts tonight, a]l Of l,er own make, mid
l,cnce not only twice rs pretty as ANYTHING to
hc mi in thn s,rros Int 1norc ,los,rnh,o
Despite ail TINS preparation, however, this
morning found Sophia rs nearly ut her Wits
ends ~ sllo ever gets to kllow wbnt sl,o
sl,ould eiyo johnny, Jol,nny Is tho % Ioy 20, Of
tle mousse Is sopnla's prother' ana is eight
SopIllas ierror, md. fartlsrnore, is tic pivot
YH %sr H ss sa prepeess ep TsvoSe eq s0a IN
the IAy he t!rpellti'lcd SOpliia's cat Romeo.
R'iu RosneO broke, serct uf her best pncq,ics
wlllle excitetl!y skir!iishi11g nb0nt tho room
scope for johnny by hysterIcafly propllcsy..
Inv that he would DO hung some day, and
then si'e shut rrscf s'p tho restof tlie even,
lnG, no doubt to lewall his, coming fato, and
5ohnHy ca,no hone, from school with biuso
card, showing thnt the monthly examination
Put tiim only third in Tie class from 81 Big
low, WHO was 10 and cross-eycd. mud had u
honefsin @ ;S a Saoa, crazy f%fno a :, was M to m
STINT sophia eaught lin to her @ heart and nd
kissed him. and sud sl!e felt It in hSr heart
Iltat Ju!lllHj ,NUu4u. W u !Jullcl HcnStof
sumo aay. ind that he could run ur-statrs
now md get mn Grunge,
Well, whit to give johnny puz2lcd Sophia,
anl sent llcr s'oppl1lg., Sllo walked about
Asked q ths Rlcs of a0 articles: spent, three
hours III ttlihcrnti0n, anti compromised t]nnt-
~ on Il blue monkey with q yellow faco aud
rM lyes, who you'll y @ shoot e M up up \ stick and
Ing manner wt,en pasted at tic lcels, and
would no doubt grntify johnny, whose ath-
!elac tnsts ls at ose TIC talk and terror Of the
nelg'tnnrII0Ou. finving seclrod this ttnpor-
!iltch to II, dot. Sophia went homo to rig up
tho tree.
MArli, GWentlole1,, AIN; md n. were down
t"w1'; ion enc nc Sy lmself n, ot or iorse!f brows,
very mysterlonSly. She separated from hfa,
nn! said she was Just going across the way to
ukn Iok nj $40, sostnF s9 scN wnte II to syE to
si'u went where they iaNyo tho pretiiest cigar.
ii tue course 81 whlcI, Sic ' got rosor aid
tosiGr all the tlmcS selected ono OF Russian
anl asked the 'nnn Il he couldn't MI It Will
cigars himself, md Gwen's eyes grow shyer
a'M dreamier than ever, and lser ,clloeks Just
inst II trIie MORT tempting, Us so took tho
lMyccl mud Addressed 1t to somebody,
@ alla asked the man 70 plcnso bo
knDu GluukH lO 6euN IL OgInl6 evening
asked s her II sl,e IND got anything foF Maria
t!le subject. md Mn smiled at Marla. ind
eti!e.i Gwen,s atis,!ton t.. the fact TINT her
Gwen bushel sorno niore, and said ND was
FcH1 %,;E;, H;,ean, there now: :. , $780,,
everybody III tile n!notcenth heaven. pn got
a,,',!'v, 2 noW lressnK:gown from N.Y.. pair Of
iAInria, . silver MATCHBOX and three lovely
kisses froln Gwen, a,,l pen-wIper from
johnny, WlIo narrowly escaped u tronncfng
later III t'!o evening for jainmlng, sophta's
cat's bend INTO tho ,l,lIk-jug while nat PAM
pcrcl animal was stealing drink. Tho Jug
was broken to save the cat's life, and johnny
got oil solely because it was. Christmas Eve.
Ma rot \ lively necklace fr0,u tn, and the
girls fnirly ,s'nothere!!l her III Kisses and
worsted work, ninl Johnny grye l,or Il hnlMl-
kerclicf Sophia einbrn!ered. Tl,cn Sophia
wns Just deiugetl With presents ami affection,
alAl erie! fol, very lnppfness. and Marin was
oyurwlleimed with q sealsktn sacq,tu, aid
GwenT--wly little. telldre, dove-cyel Gwen
secs,.pd to l,o n shrino for evcrybotty's ofier.
uua1 Il III Iyrn NJ faHt