The evening world., 1891-11-16
Your Own Holidays will Be the
Brighter for 1t.
Send at Once, for the Day Is Rap
idly Approaching.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS.

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Tots Dear.
Christmas
Doesn't that one word make you feel a:
though you had wings on your heels, bells OF
your toes and n bouncing ball where youl
heart ought to De7 Don't you want to play
leap-irog and hop over the chairs and tabl,
every time you hear 1t or see It'll
Don't you know that greatest Of all holi
days will be here next month, that every boy
and girl in the wide world is thinking abou,
1t. and that men and women in every country
under the shining sun are preparing to cele
brate itp
Own up now, haven't you thought Of It.
talked OF 1t and dreamed Of 1t ever since you
put your Winter clothes on?
Well, your visions are shared by goodly
company, and there is not king or a grown
person living who does not envy the pleasure
OF your Christmas fancies.
Keep right ON little ones, for st. Nick is per.
fectly reliable. lie has been making calls on
the children OF men for nearly 1900 years and
never missed once.
That rOllicking, roly-poly fellow Is ut work
on his visiting list and sunshine or storm
foul or fair weather, Will arrive In New York
at cock crow, Dec. 20. His coming will make
that day the very merriest OF the whole 365.
You will have most delightful time. Every.
thing in the house will be bright and cheer.
ful There will be holly wreaths in the win.
dows and branch OF mistletoe in the door
way. Tho pantry and ice-box Will be packed
with goodies, and the sweet odors that escape
from the fruit cake, the plum pudding, the
mince pies and the breast or the fat, Juicy
turkey Will resolve themselves into delicious
kitchen bouquet that Will simply paralyze the
florist who happens to scent 1t.
You Will be looking your very incest In your
best suit every body you meet will call out
Merry Christmas to you, dear = the old
gentlemen will take your soft little hand In
theirs and give 1t real Christmas squeeze
and hearty shake and the dear old ladies',
God bless them, will want to give you q
Christmas kiss. You will feel so very, very
happy that your eyes will dance, your lips
will smile and your heart will swell SO big
that TO prevent It from bursting you will
halloo with Joy.
You may make mistake and get into mis-
chief, but you will get out again. Mother will
say 1t was an accident, and even II father
thinks differently he won't say 30, for Christ
mas IL too precious day for punishment
harsh words or even frowns. The beautiful
presents you will find In your stocking, the
books and toys that will be loft at your plate,
the boxes Of mouth-melting candles bearing
your name, tho sweet oranges, the rosy apples
and the raisins and plums freckled with sugar
that will disappear behind your obliging lips
are not even TO be numbered here.
You will have the jolliest kind OF time and
be SO surfeited with gifts and goodies that
you won't be able to think OF anything or any.
body else.
Knowing this to be o fact, let me remind
you beforehand that there are 10000 sweet
pretty little boys and girls In this city who
will not have one ray OF Christmas Joy or one
grain OF Christmas cheer These children are
Just like you-Just as bright, just rs good ant
Just as capable OF enjoyment. They have tht
same dreams, tho Same hopes and longings
and tho same tastes and desires. All tht
difference between them and you is poverty
Your parents are successful and you ART
happy their parents arc unfortunate anC
they in consequence are neglected. They art
obliged TO wear torn clothes, broken shoe.
and threadbarc wraps; worse than that, they
have coarse food that Is neither relished MOI
nOurishiIg. Whilo you are at school beins
trained and cultured they are at home mind
Ing baby brother or doing the housework
1t is not their fault that they are untidy
hungry and cold It Is their misfortune.
! You are NO mCre deserving than they are
ana the TACT that you have been blessed b.
fortune should makeSou very kind, very ten
der and very generous to them, your litt!
brothers and sisters by the ties Of humaI
sympathy. Now for favor.
You are ten times 10000, and the question
Is, don't you want to help make Christina
merry for these poor, sad, helpless little ones
St. Nick Will never mad them, because tn
poor people have no time to write TO him.
THE EvKSISG WORLD wants to play hi
part, and wants you to held reach these boy
ana girls 1t will buy ten big Christina
trees, trim them with popcorn pearls, hire
band OF music and make each hall as snu
and warm as fireplace. There must be l0
presents, 100 apples and oranges ard To-
little plum cakes on each tree. Don't yo
want TO help buy these Christmas boxesi
1t VIII cost about 20 cents to send eac
child away happy.
That's very little isn't It? That Is wha
you are asked tc do, dear tots. That Is wha
you are going to do, because you are fol
tunate, because you are kind, because yo
have more than you need, because you lov
your fellow brother and sister, and Decaus
you cannot enjoy your Christmas KNOWN
that SO many children are miserable.
just send your contribution to THE EyEs
M n nFisn M at hrix
and If II is not acknowledged IN The EvESIS
WORLD write complaint to the editor tina
II may be found ut once.
For any Interest In providing Christina
crumbs for these weo robins n blessing Q
your fair little heads. NELL NELSON.
2eb's Dino.
To the Editor:
IlClOsed pleasa nnd q cents for I ha ChrtS