The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-04
THE DALLAs WEEKLY HERALnl

WOulu, tDereIOre} present nllusch VIVA ,"i
beautiful testimonial. These speeche
brought out hearty laugh, and it was seer
nv the members that they had been sold
Mr.. Fl. Dudley Coleman, another di
rector, in humorous speech before TN
mirror, next proceeded to present himssl
with a toy watch. Messrs. Apologize ane
Halter were the recipients of lie favors
Soon after these had been delivered the
employees of the Exchange, taking the su
perlntendent, Mr.. Thomas IL. Hasa n, Jr.
aside, presented him with 10 cent chro
nometer for his courteous bearing ana &c
NAL behavior toward them. The party
then adjourned, and corka began to ny.
Tomorrow will be
"A BIG DAY
here. The several churches, VIII be BUSY
"from morn till dewey eve" with masse
and other services. The orphan asylum
and widows homes, and others, vii
celebrate the great fete with appro
pirate entertainments. and above al
mothers will be busy tonight, Tor Christ
mas is essentially a. Mothers DAY. On u
brought forth a child, end ever since thu
divinity of womanhood has received fondel
worship from prince and peasant. She vii
be busy tonight to make many happy OF
the morrow, The little child's stocking
she will fill with all the nice things thai
childhood loves-its bon bons and Its toys
She may be all smiles in the delightful
task, for perhaps grief does not vet weigf
down the tired cye-lids OF memory, as or
the highroad of happiness she stands; or al
she fills that stocking, what tears of sadness
at remem bered Joys, now gone in her olde
age. or miseries known in the younger, wei
mn before her. How she remembers nov
the bright, blue, or black eye that spok'
| from a cherub face last year into hers, nov
darkened forever, how she cherishes nov
the little slipper and little faded flower SC
precious of suggestion. Or. 1t may be tina
many face is saddened at the though
that fathers kind word or mothers swee
smile will not be known this Christmas
and whose love. worship will be know
never, neyermore. But these are sal
thoughts and we have no right to lessen tn
festivities of the season oy sermonizing.
Christmas In New Orleans-Fun and Froli
ana the Tiu-horn Crop-some Sermon
izing-Life on Canal Street-Theatrica
Amusements-Mard Gras on the 9th @
February-DaIlas Ladies' In the Crescen
City.
New ORLEANS, Dec. 26.-Well, Christina
has come and gone; Christmas, with all il
Joys and its sorrows. its brightness and ii
sadness; with its chimes and its crimes; il
egg-nog and its turkey; its fire-crackers an
its tin. horns. Who invented the tin-hor
anyhow-the Christmas tin-horn, monoto
nous and barbarian in its toot? The heather
| invented the Chinese cracker, and the hood
| lum must have hit upon the horn to tortur
his civilized brother. There has been n
failure in the tin-horn crop this season s.
| too, of these foreign country crackers The.
are fun, for the time being, to the iayerag
| small boy, but the evening brings in tn
| calendar OF casualties; and many are thos
who come home from the frolic of sittinl
down on an ounce or two OF powder, with
RURNT DISTRICT
in their rear, near the hip pocket. Th'
"returns are rot all in yet" from yester
davis fun, but there are q dozeI
| at least, who have travelled TO that bourn
whence their is no return ticket. Bu
whilst so much Joy was being had in certain
quarters, so much ofthe evergreen of life
alas there was another side TO the picture
There was poverty amidst wealth, and cy
press alongside the bay and mistletoe
with blazing fires and family gathering
were the humber huts, the homes OF man.
who had known better, brighter, happie
DAYS, the homes Of broken domestic circles
where death had made vacant the parent
chair during the past year, or robbo'
the household of some littl
one whose golden glory had las
season wreatheS with smiles the silver
crowned faces of mother, father or grand
parent. In almost adjoining tenement
we're silks and lsatins, happy In the mos
gorgeous of gifts and radiant with glee, ant
then the little barefoot child, on whose Wis
age sat hunger and disappointment, as poo
as the Babe of Bethlehem, whose birth n