Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-30
LEIGH.
las h the Lake City and Other
w,,or News and Views.
loa,e on Pcrnicious Literature
necher and Mormcnism.
1orrspondence OF th. 0azetle.

MllO, Dtttliibtl - ht HiuI'
Christmas, has been reached
y xassed. The miraculous SAINTS
MAS distributed from his littl,
~ for millions and millions o.
n BIlittle stockip-hangers. Near.
Eybody heavss u sigh Of reliet
Eioices that tie day is gone; that
mas comes nut once a year.
N effect bis the st. Nicholas
npon the minds Of children in
ears? Tiere is hardly u young
the and who is not taught
more or less direct, to fairly
old santa Claus. They learn
Il nix Of him as being who is
Of performing all kinds Of
Ina feats, and their implicit
K not broken until they grow
Ienough to detect the kindly
Is in the well-meant deception.
kssions ofchildren are very strong
and it must be wrong to have
Ifondest idol rudely broken by
Iscovery of deception, and that,
80 the part of parents.
II HENRY IRVING.
kEnglish actor and actress, Mr..
HIrving and Miss Ellen Terry.
Bon be here to give us u season of
ibriced acting. Wonder If they
b like Matthew Arnold did about
bckefing-start out ut 81 80 per
land then come down 70 fifty
head on the second round.
" PERNIC1oUs wIITICIsM.
ere is anything which the peo-
this age have gone daft over, it
e, grotesque and demoralizing
The boisterous. unnatural Peck's
10y kind of wit is doing more
than good. This may seem
statement TO be made 10y one
aims to be of u rational mind,
ere are doubtless many good,
afsouled persons who enjoy a good
i who are ready to get down on
Vch opinion as coming from
,hcholy crank who does not
1how to enjoy good thing. From
ery extended sale whicr this
u wit has met in the Lone Star
me writer also knows that con-
btion of it is not likely to meet
Very general approval. -Four
Milwaukee incendiaries were
lily arrested and found to belong
acret organization called 1.-The |
Il which they join with an iron
bth to wreak dire vengeance on
nd all who are unfriendly or OPP
TO them in any way. One of the |
Isters, who was armed with Il big |
a plug of tobocco, several cigars
sbloodthirsty cowboy story, pull
hat down over his eyes and de-
his desire to look like II
li," and another said: al am one
KS bad boys, and don't you for
'rybody knows the effect of boys |
ig the senseless stories Of border |
scrap-iron eating cowboys |
scouts, etc, and IL ev-
iy does not keep such stuff out
hands of children, ii is not be-
they don't know how democrat
it is. 1t is need
to say anything about the
BLOOD -AND-THUsDER
.ure that is sown broadcast over
,untry to interest young readers,
p "toSs W." 70 awerc,sa for -
- aoots o W he~ ara the hand
ne h h,.;. IL h ,rirnorv lesson
vi ot, .,,, ~" apmd o,,f .thronts
hish ~ ,n'" "'' W.
nN i;tn,.s,,ro which IL ner-
hinu VI il.e,aiuiv ,hnn any
more uenio l.'i .,l,.,i III . 49,
~ .ne i,i'i MI bos a sI,,,ic;ent
about it to gain adj
N to places where more licentiOus
Il less dangerous work woul be
ed. 1t is always the evil which
but il something of respectable
|ch is most dangerous. For in
any lady can detect and shul
bacco. stained, blear-eyed dissi-
hut how many can detect the
b of this vile human wreck in
clove-eating, cigar
boxing fast Young man Otto
Anyi.ody can point out the tat
BOT. How many would shun him
as replaced in his old position
le Immediately gotten up,
1e-tongued young libertine?
not to stray from the subject,
here were fewer fifteenth-rate
men in the country. There
to be n crusade against invete-
lnsters. Every cross roads pa
its alleged funny man, and
wit as some of them get off
ough to make one feel
src AR rur STOMACH.
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