The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-28
THE MORNING NEws SUNDAY DECEMBER %, PAG

ing the stocking and sending it early Christ
mas morning has obtained more generally
this season than ever before. The clever
girl is the one who fills il full of ali sorts OF
little traps that are personal, writes motto
TO go with each one, wraps it up in many
colored tissue paper. and lets the recipient
have an hour of fun opening it. Mine had
beautiful qull-Of sugar, and kiadly
sentence announcing that sweet
words emauate from it. Then
there was a saviDgs-box OF paste
board with small devil in sealing wax
sitting on top of it. and an announcement
appended that the surplus funds would be
the salvation of the household. Then there
was lovely candy dog. pink and white,
with tail twice as big as he was, and he
told in written words that he would oe
cheaper than a fox terrier to keep, less tickle,
and, if starvation seemed imminent, could
be eaten with greater PLEASURE. Then thers
was tiny calendar, with hope that every
day In the year might be golden one, and
an imitation of a guitar filed with candies
and Thanksgiving that | had never learned
to play upon it. A tin turkey, with
whistle In bis tail that was loud and shrill,
and he had on him. to adsrn tale, this mis-
quotation, "Oh, whistle, and I'll come to
you, Babp There was beautiful stick of
peppermint caady,
NEARLY AS TALL AS AM,
which claimed to be the staff of life, and
there was a rosy-red apple in sugar, the
real, original one, 80 it was stated, that
Paris gave To Helen. Another o=e that was
streaked with yellow paint. delightfully."- in
digestible claimed 10 be the apple of life
that King Solomon sealed up in an urn
thousands of years ago, and which was
brought 10 light by recent explorers and
donated for being a good girl, SO that |
might hive forever. have not eaten that
apple. lam waiting until we have a first
class President and then l intend to pre-
sent it to him. l do not feel
that / am worthy Of infiicting myself
on the public forever, but when
we get man who is a first-class
politician, gentleman born and bred, and
who is in unison with me as far as politics.
are concerned, l shall present him with
that apple and request that he may eat and
live forever. just now, as it decorates NV
desk, the dog of my heart glares at it and
thinks that am very stingy net 10 let him
absorb that sugar. but l sternly refuse, as
propose that the angels shall have a chance
Of meeting him and knowing just what his
charms are. Frivolous? Well, maybe it
Is; but slight dose of frivolity Is good for
everybody, AID 1 am sure that if we all
took little more of it we would be better
able to stand the woes and worries when
they come.
WHAT TO DO NEXT YEAR.
So we are going to start the New Year
fresh. We are going to do lot of little
things that we might have done last year
and didn't, and these are few of them:
We 80 going to say the ords of affection
that br-Hg happiness and not just think
them.
Weare going to look pleasant even if we
don't feel so, and, funnily enough, the mere
looking Will make Us get so after while.
We are going, if we are women, to mend
the frock that is ripped around the bottom.
to sew hooks and buttons on, and not resoru
to pins in hurry
We are going, if we are men, to be more
considerable of women, and not to conclude
that their lives are without thought or with
out worry.
We are going, no matter what we are,
men, women, or ghosts, or dogs. 70 be DO
lite-that is, to give the smile, the bow or
just as is most convenient to men, women,
ghosts or dogs.
We are going to read the good books to
look at the beautiful pictures, to appreciate
lovely womea, athletic men, sweet babies
and amiable puppies. And in this way we
will find out and grasp half the good things
in life.
We are going to wish everybody, from
the President who is in to the President
who is out, from the intimate friend to the
stranger at the gates. happy New Year,
and we are going to mean it and help to
make it one.
Won't you echo back this wish to