Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-26
WAKEMAN'S WANDERINGS
CHRISTMAS ~ oaeAr bRTNN.


Like II. In Cations sweet aud Good.
copyright. 1891. by Eifar Ia wakcmanl
IoNpoX. Dc. 10 -lrailud in the Christ.
mas holiday time s. sctuiCally perhaps In
ia least pleaain aspect Bnt natures hand
asa loving ono even in tho Irish winter,
and the blcs.td hold that Christmas timo
has tukfu upOu the universal Christian
world heart. blended With that marvellous
commemorative power Of utilizing the most
trding possibilities for human Joy which
the Irish nature pose'srs, permits and
provides quality Of Christmas time cheer
which "a often surprising tp those whose
-. are mrasugably filled with bo0nteous.
mes aud content Oftto Irish Christina
tide itsoif ihuri .s ,itile In the iiio uni cuts
tom. OF the great mud powerful better thnn
nn echo ot English Christmas cheer. AZ
Che country manor houscs aud castles
thsrc arc tho same feastiug aud nlus xiv.
iae as n England. Ia the cities throngi
tlrur aud crowd with citation and despair
in their faces MS with MS. But nowhere
cleo on This earth does Christmas timo
bring such shuddering. pallid, pltgous poy.
erty 10 stand, stare and hunger Tor the
glor.cs of home windows open, or the won.
dcrs u shop windows nblaIo with whnt
these desperately foraker humans have
never owned or known.
While there Il undoubtedly ou almost
universal reverence for the more sacred
ado Of the ChrIstmastlde-aud | truly
know that at least the Irish pelsantry have
an innate reverence for all that Is sacred
and good-Christmas Is not generally OBJ
served In IT, high and holy sense In Ito
land II is tim, for much that N tender
and worthy, hut also one for deplorab'e
excess In decoration tho Ivy aud holly
nre everywhere seen and procurRblc, and y
tiny .prig Of tho mlstlctoe conspouously
appears la all the homes Of the more fay.
ored classes. Rich or poor. Catholic or
Protestant, every family will possess n
"Chr.stnas block" Of aah, which a. tho
fayorltc. or Of bog deaf" found IN ths
Irish peat banks VI boys This IS TO Ire.
lnud ~ the yuio log 10 England, aud n
burns brightly for the home coming OF
every heart the home may own.
passing tho Chti,tm.s nj home Il a sem
timeut aud determination more impressive
aud unvsrylng, save with the Irish nobll-
ity, than In any other land know. Aud
on Chustmas owe itsclf thero cannot DO
found among The i1w,y CLASSES human
nou not lost one, shat is not there or
sometime there within The glow and
warmth VITA the humber villagers
everywhere and always with the peasnutry
Of the south end west, tho "Chustmas
moldn or huge, loug candle weighing
flom Que 20 two pounds u It's price needs
be begged nr stolen, isun Invaluable requi-
site for Christ mas eve. II will simply
iffryoclbly be bad. Tho box deal block d
fred the doors trr luny wide open lot
friend, uenlrlnt or enomy TO eutar with
ctud mile tu,lit "a Thousand times wei
GOMEZ, the mammoth candle liz lighted ID
hlla ont but mover be extiu,uishud; aud
while there Is constant gpiug nnd coming,
& IL softly done. as u the Nativity wcrr
Hill q universal Praonoc.
There Is always a circle o. eager faces
about the drpIa.e. where strange. weird
ever old and ever nav tales, abouudiag "a
religions sentiment. mc told, while tl'
has lights dance fairyllkc among tb,
luckenel, c1uuryold thltch riftcraHbovs
10 midnight mess nearly Hl repair, tibet
the "tea .rsklast' b. htl; those wht
hive sawed enough brew great bowls o
punch; ih,a, vlo have not set alougqui
o. we'll upon tho stirring potoen, aui nl
the day r9mss in lash r1yst1ring with all
It. liberal hl'mity begins
But Christmas time iu Ireland IL oua a.
uuspyaAabie loss 90 tLs blrl mmilirl o
Tiny vecns This tragedy Of the we,
flu1'd have q luminous place In l.tgntur.
llblfa million Irish children with kppen
uui clubs ass beating about tho hedges fol
victims sugri'y protected during ever
other day NJ TIE year, the wrsn h nos
sought With fcroc.1us yelling Of
G hun'In "a. wren, says Robin 10 n1bblni
Cuur hHuun me wren, sala RIolarI TO Robin
Coat L4ui.l Che lat.a, says ju4A li.AJag3
Coma huhtin tlo wren, iAg every cue.
The wren Is hunted, Tor according to th
superstition 10 must be found, 4, mau
T,ul little body Is bsrlbloned aud daugIu.
in "a rush cage. or hung from "a boil
branch; anl with this strange hint &
uIm'sNiuE ,wuying alott, lordgs % youua
STEERS uhrckugi
Nuhuutrl tho wren through frost and snow,
We hunted ils wr.lbey,l miles uf m9ru;
We Eupetei hlu duwa aud ht could ult zee:
Aud we brought Llui home ia holly tree
crowd the Htrsats In Irish Christmas day,
knock ht homes and are given coin; At,
when the nlykt comes hold such wake
over the dusd wrgna as only a mastu
hand could paint. or describe.
Tho genuine Chg.a;mHstlle which III
people Of England and America know
md which has ever been such u season d
Soy In all Catholic countries, has searcel
been known In Scotland siuce the domiui
ton Of the Presbyterian church In m
land o. cakes. The Clergy have ever bee
iudefatlgsble In their efforts to stamp on
any manaer ~ celebration Of the Natiyit,
aud there was lime, happily long pas
when ministers visited every house 4
tholr par,ahls 70 detect u possible an
hnperstitiousn Christmas obseryanses o
the part VI the people.
I'll L.. 49, 4
tlal Observance Of Christmas In Scntlau
s. made by Epseopaliau families an
nmuuR tho Hlghlludegs aud Islanders. WI
siill retain strong arinlties with the M
cIcut religion, for whose re.estHblshmel
~ many VI their ancestors Loaf their live
In cities like Edinburgh, Glasgow, Per,
aud Aberdeen the day Is observed by q
whole people rs "a mare holldAy-nn occ
sion for license md enjoyment Of the mo
b1ltterous kind, although Of late yea
there is \ marked tendency to eventual
adopt some NJ the immemorlal customs
the English Christmas,
The Scotch as II people, therefore, gene
nlly observe the last day Of the old aud Il
first day Of the new year with much fcstl
ity Having NO religious Significance, III
festlyity uuiil late years reached pref
closely TO frantic merriment and lcens
aud while the poetic literature ot Seotlat
4 as bare Of ChristmG. references ~ tn
OF England Ia rich aud sweet, It Is full
quaint old rhymes upon New Years tim
customs aud cheer.
In many portions Of Scotland, IN def,
cnce to the march of modern ideas Al