The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-08
On This Picture and on That,

Within the past twenty four hour, the
'ealher has veered from Italian baminess
n@mi'Arctic irigidity. In many homes,
NoHnd cheerily glowing hearths, wherest
luxury and refneme Mt minister to the
senses, heppy circles gather aud while
sway the long hours of the wintry evening
" every device that the mlnisiering genius
lhe'e latter days can furnish. With q
viuIne OF hls tavOrite author in hand, the
MHuhe'iiv0rcd man follows with bAted
9taIh the vicis.iudes OF some much beset
a;fo, and raising his ewes from the page
,lereon IL depicted q melting tale Of privA-
wa and psshos, cOmplacently contrasts his
@n'oFiaAIc, not to say luxurious surround
AS with the misery and
Nualor genius has striven to
Mt'ay; or in sweet converse with those
sghel. and dearest he uHfolds rose-hued
Esnslor the coming holiday festivities; or
sens entranccd to the prsttle of infa ntie
TTllsues attuned only to the advent Of Kris
sM1,QgIe aud his mysteriou, and incxhsus-
WV pack, and retiring to a downy couch
Why fortified against the fsintcst breath
sme ice king, sleeps the sleep of the Just,
"Nlse IN the morning armed csp.s.pie for
WHY encounter which shall inure to the
%wMioft and qualification of loved ones in
-peScred bower Of home.
But how fares il with the poor? With
N whose narrow horizon is
s,SnI by the ever.present and
,,aueh'hued clouds of toll and
'mt and hourly suffering; with whom
,susy differs from another only a, it may
s, noI contain its full cup OF misery; by
,aon every change of the mercury is more
' 1snly noted than by the most jealous de.
~ NV Ol science; who, with instinct and
s% N.Y. doubly whetted by every revolu-
49, N.Y. Oh poverty's grinding wheel, vsinly
hsme,o shelter the fragile pledge, OF per-
NJ brighter days from the marrow chill.
soastsot the strident north wind, that
vrIalniy no respecter of persons
4 v"ly degree; with whom hope
s,,.a never syllabled word and de-
SM . nightly bedfellov; in brief,
s,, the brilliant Kaleidoscope views OF
streets are hut as the memories OF the
,Ss,anL,lhare, and who, in the bitterness and
MN Jan VA on their heart of hearts, exclaim
G"t u Sne TOOL Of the Psalmist, "There 10 no
,O ,N ,dcstitntion in this city at present is
Wthug' The applications TO Alderman
,,s a'all' Tor relief from almost every evil
hs numerous, piteous and complex. In
H. NJ hos' who are never called upon to ex-
s, n.y. ,ue darker depths Of our city can form
s.svnYept'on Of the suffering the weather
noo.vlust nov undergoing entails upon the
nav, classes. The writer recalls n dozen
ssinve' within his limited purview, OF
N, mI and honorable poverty; = poverty
.,. ,ruit OF idleness or rum, but Of dis.
sh,,Wmu OF the mysterious dispcnsations OF
9oa.sMre godly call Providence aud the
sSSso Tess chance; poverty often borne
Nn,s uauntless spirit that would well be-
we wearer of q crown, and whose
nS the keener for being implied
v,au Than expressed q poverty the daily
N, sess OF deed, OF denial ndselcabnegs.
n,s 'eenmpensed by poets with fitting re-.
~ nut whose only relief In this prac.
HI. I've Is the scAnt aepulture OF the pot
Is.,.,te'er 70 believe thst within every
b, s. musrs glows the divine sp ,rt OF char.
n.,'nuu that the bare mention Of the fearful
b,ovnue, In store 6s those unprepArsd
a, Ye With msr sunsl and widely rang
d. , srm.ss will be sufficisnt 10 arouse our
w y 70 . o ,nsiderstioa Of the problem.
sens bee NEE, aud cAuua eel
nanu eone would eel that vantis
'n - hAs meat and ~ cen est
AM Ne The Lerd ~ thsnnt"