Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-23
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
THE giver is always blessed, and the receive
Is frequently caressed.

THE giver is always blessed, and the receiver
is frequently caressed.
LIFE is worth living, at least just at present,
isn't it? It's not a bad world now. either. If it
is the happy-faced throngs tramping its broad
but damp bosom in this region don't show it
now. If there is much sorrow afoot joy has
outpaced it. Everybody seems to be having
good time. and are preparing to give the frosty
haired old year fitting burial and the babe
which will dance on its green grave a royal
welcome. A feast is shifted from afar. The
odor of the meats fills the air, and the
menu is trimmed with holly and ever
green. There is pie for the fastidious and
cake for the sweet t-toothed-something for
everybody. He must be poor indeed who will
not sit down in few hours to an extra dish or
two. But the funeral, the christening, the
feast do not monopolize the hours. Christmas
means more than these duties. 1t is the
natal day of peace on earth and good will to-
ward men. 1t is a holiday that celebrates the
victory of light over darkness 1t is a celebra-
tion in which hope, and joy. and kindness take
the most prominent part. The children love it
for the gifts it brings; the youth for the pleas
ure it gives; the middle-aged for the happiness
it affords those around them; the aged for the
hope it holds out-the star which shines so
brightly over the manger and beckons tn EN- on.
So the much malgned world gets its need of
praise. Under the tightening chain of kinship
ife breathes freer and mankind feels stronger.
The flowers are under the snow and their sweet
buds cannot open; but hearts are glowing in
the sunshine of universal brotherhood, and open
wide under its soothing influence. Give Of
your purse and your praise. Cast self aside for
the holiday Drop green twig on the tomb of
Time and cover it out Of sight Of the child who
will have to CROSS it in midnight soon to come
THE shorts wear the long faces in Wall street
frequently.
GAMBLERS are more apt to find a fortune in
a pack of cards than the young girls who pa
tronize the seers.
THE life of seam stress hangs by thread.
A BIG man can look over the crowd, but the
spry little fellow can get through it.
Better to Look Ahead.
Before you ask the merry maid
To stick to you thro' thick and thin,
See that you have your plans well laid
To get house to put her in.
THE longest dress gathers the most mud.
THE loudest kiss isn't the sweetest, is it
girls?
THE world admires a man IN the pulpit as
well as in legislative halls. Rev. j. F. Carson
may make religious enemies, but he will draw
around himself new friends.
IF the mouse was as big as the elephant
women would defy it.
You cannot Judge the length of a lady's
tresses by the size of the coil at the back of her
head.
WOMAN strives to please man. They know
that he admires brightness trimness, novel ef-
fects in dress as we'll as manners. If the dear
girls are spoiled the stronger sex is responsible
DON'T talk shop in your drawing room.
IT'S better to chat about the honeymoon than
the Office at the freside.
BEFORE you can claim a character from your
employer remember that you have TO earn it.
Star of Hope.
Lead US by thy silvery light
Through the depths of darkest night.
Glorious Advent star.
Shine as bright as you shone when
Angels sang of peace to men
Led by you from afar.
THE Kings Daughters bear their cross cheer
fully. May they never have to carry heavier
one.
IF you want to pick your teeth visit good
dentist.
EXAMINE your divorces. Perhaps the one
YOU hold is counterfeit
A SUMMER resort for auotioneers-Bidde.
ford, Me.
FOOTBALL players probably study their
lessons at night by the aid of rush lights.
THE wheels of progress are never tired.
THE marriage license quotations never f1uc-
tuate, but the hearts of the people who take
them out frequently do.
WHEN the cable breaks it ties up the road,
but not the tongues of the patrons.
The Risk We Run.
II by mere chance you sit behind
The woman with a feathered hat
OF course you might as well be blind,
You couldn't see from where you sat.
WHEN the world looks to the lowly for les
sons in love and morality. surely the heavenly
leaven is at work.
IL you are dissatisfied with your tailor 20 to a
tobacco factory. 1t will guarantee fine cut
1T costs about as much to dress Christmas
! tree as woman.
DOCTORS frequently lose patients through il
| treatment.
The dinner service is more apt to be di s.
| cussed in the home circle than the church ser.
| vice.
WHEN there's a run on a bank they are
| forced to call out the reserves.
What the Shop Girl Wants.
| She stood in a store down town,
| She was both young and fair;
| But her face wore savage frown
| As well as lines of care.
When l managed to reach her side
Iasked what she'd like best