, 1882-12-30
CArisrnaasuie

With characteristic gr.ee Of Language AMI
beauty of sentiment, ticursr y .llIam Carts
says OF Christmas;
Santa Claus comes this year with "ycr-
flowing hands, AMI has AL nal rcIn..eer "tv,r
drew so heavy and costly !-at \ genera!
prosperity Is cvi, gn: Ih- shop, Mere never
more beautiful and never more thr,nged.
\ spectacle of Christmas IN tie shops i"r
weeks before the apry day attracts cro'Js
Of visitors to the cry, AMI he who eaan@t
buy nor give CAL Yet feast ms eyes ami his
imagination gam. At ihe Windows lli the
heapcd-up counter The tlaus:san ot the
English Christmas Is tlat Ot 1oyI Ger, Il
barolS OF beet and store oi pou.try, ot plum
pudding and mIncc pr. ami i0lming hagoE'.
and ruby and sp=ralng ll.ssss- lECre Is
always a background OF m:sti toe IL the pc
tnrr, ami morrice dancers AID waits sIss'ns
in the moon lat snow. |. IS the CAr.s'"Ias ui
Irving AMI Dickens, aad 4 blight, ros steE-
lnS, Hc-.eiOHs itsti'"- l. - IL '--' - '---
charming story Of lrvlns's he, "ilh h. J'st
and dellcate analysis OF Irving genus, Mr..
Warner might have saId even more 4 the
fact that tradltInnl i EneAHd Is nrwh here
more practically depicted tEsG III t'raee-
bridge Hall, ari none OF tie chapters Of that
book Is more ,ieli- -Ltiu! tian tA.; 0G ChIizt-
mas. Those ~ho have read At AZ som; ell
ton with the pretty sisnette u The author
CDeninr his door upon tie bssA''! ehi!.FeI',
carry always IN Their memory sweef AMI
unfading picture.
Oar Christmas i OF ano,h,r typ Il Ia
the good cheer and the faraiiy meeting, LAT
the German Christmas tree belpr-, 20 x,
and the profusion Of gifts costly asi -inri'1
is as striking as the festive oatITg AMI dn.:.-
ing. Indeed. the protus-OI n.Ikcs the eH1-
barrsssment II riches. B-sl:i i from one
! beauty by another, lost IN TIT delicious p-I-
! pl. kitty OF eqaal charms, the bs~i.ie'e,' o"y-
er is at last sure that there Is me-: in at.-i
| better than that which seems TO hin- 1l-t.
and however sa.Istac:vry tie Ole n h4i-d
m,y be, that tn one IL the IL AZ shol q
impart sta higher sat.sfact.0a- lhs VIOLA
tile butterfly born IN bower, as-d u p.a-
sweets from every opening ii'@cr Is n"t
more rest!e than the Ga ifma' bHy'r TT
ting from shop TO shop. He sights on "'e.y
blossom. bat he canHo: stay. iurky .D.,'r-
| er If he HES home with Lon-y enough
The public advantages Of aday deV.t'- to
GOOD f-, Ing AM seneroEs eIno.n'I 8 n aleu-
liable. 1t - by what Is c.lt'i 81 !.EeJt
that rogr, s. Is assure. R'i-,ouz a"d g.
trio,ic AMI poiitic.l f,ei;n- are lar-r'y i'e
! iuter,r,r-rs 81 histlry, AMI ting age s ut.-
mcrt-. Like the plant whose r'uperle. tiD!r
| growth upheases EEse tempe, tile finest
! sentiment moves the wsrlL. Toe sen I-IaUt
Of the SABBATH day. GH- u religious fe In,
il Is an ines.inab!e beIeit 70 tn e'mmar.-
i.y, and il Is easy to go tn ll-iIee c; ihatk-
| s,,,'s ,,nsrous trihu-e 10 Dickens thri /
| mas stories: "WIs there ever l. tier
| charity .e,mOn preacaed IN the world than
| D-ct.1s' Christmas Carol: | believe It nc-
| casi9ned iu.mens- ho-rItaEty Throughout
England. was the mean, oi lighting Up HuHd-
| rods Of kind fires at Christmas tIai-, caused
a wonderful outpOGring OF Chrls.Ia = = I'd
will of Clri-;mIs pIi Iichsns s-bfeTiae, an
awful slaughter Of Christmas tSIkeYs, an1
roasting and bas.ing 0: Christmls h,e'-
Sach a tribute, indeed, recalls pisas1EiiE
f ner.on's sly saying that tbs Ea-i-sh'n az. :
good Is good to eat; bat hoT heartily
an,. A. it were. with true English grIP,
Thaekery shakes the hand of his brother
author, and praises MS work Ii vas the
very Christmas feeling, humane. generous,
kindly, that Dickens expresses, which reco7-
nIzea its own portrait, and was enAHored q
its own beauty His Christmas bogks a ere
popular because they were true. The two
great humorists are gone. and Christmas
books seem. 70 have gone with tneH- bnt
the Christmas feeling remains. and We 90
wisely 70 cherish and deepen It n they do