Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-25
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
THE GLOBES UoMPLIMENTs TO IT'S
HALF MILLION READERS.
What the Ideal Christmas Is and What 1t
Will Be in the MilIenniun-A Few Pleas
ant Surpries to Well Known People
Presentations by tho Score.

AASscAsSIAOhb ny tA0 SCor0s
once again the Christmas time has
come, and the joyful bells sound forth the
notes of happiness and kind greetings. At
this time the kindly feelings of human be-
ings are apt to get the better of them,
and humanity appears about at, it's best
when the Christmas tree is set up and the
children gather around it. It is not in.
tended to assert that all of the worst de-
vslopments of the human heart are wiped
out, and that nothing but goodness ap-
pears. The worst part may be only
changed IN certain de-
gree, still as this season of
mellowness appears it is pleasant to record
the fact that the most unfayorable side of
human nature is improved little, though
that improvement may be merely tempo
rary. 1t is difficult to Imagine what might
be the result i. Christmas influences were
extended over the whole year. 1t is feared
the strain upon poor human nature would
be too great, and that the cold.
selfish side would make it's
appearance like the "beautifnl
snew'' and that it would stay as long end
be as cold. In all the homes of the land.
or at least in many. the Christmas tree is
| raised and presents are given. This Gull
tivates kindly feelings, generositys
hum anity, and all the other sentiments of
| the heart that are beautiful and sweetlv
charming; but this is only one day out of
three hundred and sixty-fve. Now, what
chance do the sentiments and feelings
| above referred to stand when it is remem-
bered that against the one day of kindness.
humility and generosity there comes
three hundred and sixty, four days of cold
business, calculating selfishness, grasp
ing avsrice, and hara-hearted, cold blood
ed struggling for wealth and power? The
poor hstle Christmas day with sill its holy
thoua hts, human sympathy and sweet as
plrations, it must be confessed stands at a
great disadvantage. For eighteen humid
red years it has struggled against this
ODDS, and lo may be a question as to how
| much 1t has accomplished. It is not in
| tended to assert that it has not made anv
Roadway at all. That would be too broad
a statement but just how much it has done
it is difficult to figure out.
1t Is on this day and those betwsen
| Christmas and New Years, upon which the
| good resolves are made. If all these were
kept what world we would have. It would
be too good to live in. We should have no
more cheating, no more dishonesty. Every
| body would be just and upright. Instead
| OF hfteen ounces to the
| pound we would have six
| teen ounces all the time
Phalen water would not be sold for
milk. The hypscrite would be truthful
and honest. Street cars would be what
they pretend to be, but are not. The
| mayor of st. Paul would be less revenge
full and more sensible. Less flour and
| more sugar. would be put into candy, and
| more lime and less sand into mortar. Vir-
tue would be respectable and vice less
| bold, law less thrifty and Justice more
abundant. All this and more of the same
| kind OF improvement would be observable
| IN human affairs. Il will be long day,
| however, 1t is feared, before these
| RADICAL results will be brought
about. The bad side of human nature
struggles too successfully for the superior
ity, and SO industriously as to keep the
| better elsments Of society busiiy engaged
| to counterfeit it.
AS usual yesterday, the streets, the stores,
and shops of all kinds were full of people
| hurrylng to and fro, looking, examining,
PRONG and buying. Thousands upon
thousands OF dollars were expended to
make friends and relations happy, and the
express ONCE and the postofics, were call
ed upon to do double duty. Hundreds of
| little packages were sent abroad, bearing
with them the kind wishes of distant
friends and relatives. So it will continue
to the end of time. and still the three
| hundred and sixty four days of selfish
worldiiness stands against the singleChrist-
mas day.
PRESENTATION TO ]. q. DoNNNLLY.
Mr.. ]. G. DonneIly, secretary of the
board Of education, will have occasion to
remember last night as being associated
with one of the happiast episodes of his
life. About O'Clock several members of
the board and a few personal friends called
at his establishment on Wabashaw street.
and in behalf Of the delegation, DR.. Schiff-
man presented him with a costly and beau
tiful gold chain and locket. In present
ing the unique and handsome token, DR..
Sohlfmann alluded to the very able ser
vices Of Mr.. Donnelly, and to the high es-
TEEN in which he was held by the mem
bers of the board.
Mr.. Donnelly was taken entirely by
surprise, but in response he made very
touching speech, bis remarks being sub
stantially az follows:
Gentlemen of the Board of Education:
There are times when even those that
are gifted with powers of elsquence can
not find words to express their feelings.
But when one, hk. myself, not gifted
with the fires of oratory, is placed under
high sense of gratitude by the over
whelming kindness of his friends, surely
clumsiness, or even dumbness in speech,
is pardonable.
Gentlemen, I thank you for the additional
mark of friendship, which, assure you,
was not required in order to raise you in
my estimation. Since have known you,
gentlemen, I have felt honored by regard
ing you az my friends, but since 1 have
been officially connected with you as
a me mber of the board of educa-
cation, and as an officer
have learned to respect each of you as
man of honor and as a man true to the
high trusts conferred oniyou by becoming
a member of the board of education.
Although am not yet very old man, I
have served continuously in the s.. Paul
board Of education since 1869, excepting
one year. We then had four schools, cost
ing $25, 600 per year; now we have seven
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