Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-12-25

| ton than the above might have been found
aud readers who want anything else are al
liberty to hunt for it through any of the
old volumes that have gathered dust upon
there shelves for the past decade. It comes
about rs near expressing the facts Of the
case as almost anything else Immediately
available, With the music in the old organ
loft, the gleam of tapers, and the fantastic
serpents of evergreen that writhe in and ont
of the quaint architecture Of the open
Gothic roof, and choir of surpliced chi
dren, a vast amount of meaning is put into
the simple announcement that Christmas
the feast of feasts, is again upon US.
yE oEDEN XMAS.
AS each year brings another Christmas
the hilarity and merrie making of the festi-
val seems to be affected by deteroiating
civilization. 4 hundred or SO years ago in
''Merrie England" Christmas was different
sort Of an affair thon now celebrated in the
United States. The fat-bellied butler
brought IN the boar's head, elevated high
in air, and there was mad and drunken
troupe Of testers following, dressed in the
skins of wolves, and IN that glise they
preyed upon the cheeks OF the capcring
lasses land unre5isting). There was riot
and gluttony and Wine bibbing, songs that
lifted the roof, and punch and raised the
soul and the devil and everything. Alright
night OF dancing and revelry OF the broad
| oak floor, and general as-you-please
Al bot
carnival ofjelity in which the king and the
yokel joined alike, and every man was as
another.
THE MODERN CHRISTMAS
is more subdued in its customs and belong |
ings, and fashion has laid its restraining |
hand upon it, but there still be gross and |
hayward fellows, 1--WE could mention names
if we dared) who would like to try the old
fashioned Christmas ''just for flyer" to
see what its allurements amountedto. The
irrepressible pipers ahd fiddlers, testers and
professional fools have given way to testers
who are not licensed or deserving to be,
and fools who, while unauthorized, should
have the certificates issued at once; still the
modern Christmas should not be despised
by any means, and although coal at $40 a
ton and scragly nut pine at ten. takes the
place of the old Yule Log of long endur-
rnce and generous proportion, We can still
keep the feast and revive every memory
that needs reviving right here in the cap
tai of the Rotton Burough, and in the midst
of our rejoicing wish all our enemies, po-
litical and otherwise, the merriest of merry :,
Christmass.
THE PRESBYTERIAN TREE.
There was q packed audience at the Pres ,
byterian Church last night. The tree stood
in the chancel and was aglow with lights
and the thousand and one things which be- q
long to such vegetation. The children of ,
The Sunday School sang their hymns with t
great gusto and after these ceremonies, t
Santa Claus, in the person of Geo. 3. Hill, f
attributed the gifts. The festivities all r
The ladies who engineered the work of pro- u
7iding the children with the entertainment t
we're Mesdames Foster, Helm, Mason, ]
IIeder, McQuarters, Gage, Swift, and v
Misses Flora Schneider and Beckstead. n
AT MOoRE's HALL. n
The Episcopalians had three trees and the
Id theater was handsomely decorated. The
lace was crowded to its utmost capacity
nd the children sang their carols until :,
hey could be heard as far as the railroad -
hops. Santa Claus was impersonated by :,
ames Chesley, who made a hit. Mrs. S. 8,
'ixley, Mrs. Greenlaw, and Miss Van 70
tickle superintendent the work Of getting !,
p the affair. After the gifts were distrib :,
ted the hall was cleared for dancing,
hitch was in progress when the APPEAL
'ent to press. -.. ..-
TONIGHT TREES.
The Catholics will meet the children at d:
le parsonage of Father Tormey with tree D.
fter the old style and the usual appropriate fl,
nging and gifts. S.
The Methodists will have their tree at the 81
hurch free to children and all who con- pf
ibuted. The log cabin did not arrive as Of
xpected and postof1ice will be substituted G
he P. O. will be great novelty. A gen
inc Santa Claus will be on hand. Per
,ns not holding complimentary tickets will Sc
. charged 25 cents at the door. The usual
ryices will be held at the church on Sun IL
,v There will he Mass Mt the Catholic !