Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-26
The Different Experiences Of Differ.
emit People
THE DAY AFTER CELEBRATING
Dream Of Boyhood-Children's Anticipa-
lions and Realizations-How the Day
Should Have Been spent-A Father Who
Was Borsd-Tbe Rounder's Celebration.
UCOT ANY MONEY!"


at this present moment. Money! by jove,
haven't got the sixteenth part of battered
penny about me and my bank account, begin
| to feel certain, has been overdrawn."
Why didn't no have any money? Oh, he had
boon making q few Christmas presents, that
was all. They had not been very handsome
presents, he went on to say, but they had been
numerous. He didn't believe in discrimi-
mating among his children, so whatever he gave
| one child he had to give all the other children
something equally good. This is as it should
be, of course. You ought not to have given
one son bicycle and the other toy watch
II by chance you have six sons aud You gave
one bicycle, just so off and buy Ave more
bicycles and give them to your other boys for
Now Year presents There is no objection to
| quite common, and il you feel that you have
not done your duty on Christmas day you have
good chance to retrieve your reputation by
coming up to the mark on Januaryt
Get any presents yesterdayl
How many Of The STAR's readers have had
| the question put to them? And how delight
ful IT Is to smile serenely and say "a few"
That means that you got good many and that
they were satisfactory. If you didn't get any,
or u the one or two that you did get were mere
about this, time that Christmas is bore and
ought TO be done away with as a useless custom.
DREAM OF BoYHoop.
One man was encountered Christmas day who
had peculiar experience to relate, and vet 1t
| Is not 80 peculiar but that there are doubtless
others whose experiences has been similar He
said ne had made merry Christmas eve and had
| seen Christmas come at IL O'Clock and had
shaken hands all around and had then gone to
bed. He had slept well, for his conscience was
tolerably clear and the temperature of his
room was az he likes to have it-rather cold
than warm Toward morning he had begun
to dream and lie dreamt he was a boy again.
he was IN the big nursery where he used to
sleep with his brother, and over in another
part OF the room was another bed where the
two other brothers slept He dreamt he was
lying there asleep and that one of his brothers
came over and jumped on the bed and shook
him and told him in whisper that it must be
nearly day. Lets light the gas and look in
the stockings" he said.
mo, no; it isn't time yet. There's nothing
in 'em now"
Then the brother crept down to the foot of
the bed, where the stockings hung in a row, and
he felt them.
Bully, bully" he cried. They're full and
hard as rocks Come, come; let's have a light"
And then they lit the gas and woke up the
others and all four brothers crowded on one
bed In the dim light of one gas jet. and there
was q little uncertain streak of daylight com
ing through the shutters as they began to
empty those wonderful stockings OF their con-
tents. subdued cries of delight arose. and
even at the risk of waking up father and mother
| In the room below there was shout of laughter
when one boy, finding, az he thought, a fine
chunk OF chocolate in tho toe of his stocking.
bit it, only to discover that it was piece OF
coal, for father and mother had seen fit to play
| practical joke.
Then, this mans dream went on, he and his
| brothers had sat there examining an! re.
examining their gifts until they began to use
the toys, and one irrepressible youngster
! throwing open the shutters and finding il was
broad daylight, blew a tremendous blast with
MS Christmas horn and another began to pound
| the headboard with q stick and Christmas
morning was ushered in with the noisiest kind
| OF reveilir. The noise was not altogether a
dream, for 1t arose from the pounding of a
servant on the door to wake the dreame, up
and tell him it was time to dress for breakfast.
| IL was all dream. He was in his soltary
room. There was no stocking full OF presents
| at the foot of the bed. There were no brother,
near him. But he didn't get up right away.
he lay there thinking of his dream-carried
back a score OF years, wondering if he had
really been as happy then as he now thought
he certainly would be fine could live il all over
| again. He was glad he hal shaken hands with
everybody the night before. He went to break
! fast and shook hands with everybody again and
be went down the street later in the day in the
| same spirit
ON CHRISTMAS MoRNISu.
sir? Did you come down to breakfast as cross
as bear and grunt out an ill-natured good
morning." Did you grumbls about the coffee
and make ill-natured remarks because there
was no maple strip for your buckwheat cakes?
Did you, as soon as possible escape from do
nestle thraldom and HE you down town. there
to partake Of the insidious beverages. which
are the proper thing for this time of year?
Now. If YOU did all this you did wrong and YOU
| know 1t. Here is what you should have done:
First You should have come down to break
fast on time. There are difficulties in the way
here, 1t Is true, Tor, peHdventure, Christmas
eve may have been too much for you and Won
may wish to sleep off the effects Perhaps. il
your wife or the other ladies that constitute
your family are lenient. they will forgive YOU
If you are triiie late in getting up.
Second After coming down stairs you should
in q loud and distinct tone OF voice to each and
every one.
Third. You should have presented, with an
propriate remarks, the gifts you bore in your
arms.
Fourth. You should have, as you opened the
presents which you found on your plate. de-
clared that they were exactly the things Won
had been wishing for most. No matter what
they are; always look surprised and pleased and
wanting for ever SO long"
Fifth. You should have over-eateu yourself
at dinner. That is n custom that Is not ALWAYS
observed, but the day is more successful when
it is followed by indigestion.
AND THE DAY AFTER.
"How are you feeling the day after Christ
mas?' The question was asked of a citizen
who looked rosy enough about tho gills. but a
little tired withal
I'm glad its over" he said at was a great
day, know, but 1t wore me out The children
enjoyed It, and l enjoyed seeing them have a
good time, but, repeat. it was rather wearing
In the first place it was still pitch dark when
the whole troop Of them came down from the
nursery to wish us merry Christmas and show
us the beautiful things Santa Claus had brought
them. Ny wife kept up the dolusion well, for
OF course she had been up half the night stuff
ing tho presents in the stockings. The stock
| Tags could hardly hold tho gifts, and my
eldest boy, who il OF shrewd turn OF
| mind that does him great credit had hung up
pair OF long trousers with the legs tied at the
bottom, 80 that Santa Claus might have plenty
| OF room. 1t is needless to say he got no more
| than II he had adhered to the ancient custom
Of stockings. Then the day wore on slowly,
All our relations came to see us and brought
all their children. There were, in consequences.
several hostile engagements between the differ
emit encampments Of cousins. We had q hard
time to preserve the peace. Toward the even
| ing the children got cross. and am ashamed to
say that while the day opened pleasantly
enough for them they went to bed crying"