Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-17

life compared 10 which our tiny spans Of exist
enco are but a. those % the summer ephemers
b. the side % mans three score and ten. must
have much b say Of interest and benefit 90 US
l.-. favored mortal-." quite q speech for
THE STAB man
True" responded Father Christmas visibly
fattsred. Il am full % memories, since even
the wandering Jew himself IL less OF traveller
than I. while ~ for associates those excellent
aud famous gentry. Father Time and the Old
ct Gnhsbitaut have both long been boon com
panion- % mine Well" he aid. looking at
hi- chronometer, since your paper has given
me q pretty bit 20 extra business with its Santa
Claus club and il SANTA Claus mail bag will
try and grant you a short quarter Of an hour,
believing that good turn deserves another.
But tall fast Young air. talk fast; my engage
n,ent- press me.
How far back you remember this world
Fathert hri-tulasY' said THE 1T An man. promptly
beginning To ply his questions.
sASrls FtEsr mir.
The frst trip away from my home in the
polar regions that I distinctly recollect," an
swercd Father Christmas. with an emphasis
the word recollect. ''wa- m the year $50 A. d.,
during tbs reign % the Roman Commodus.
Wa -till but an infant In arms at that time. be
INK hAN A-N war; w. 30 tAH hfAaAr VI Aut At
fair are not very clear In NV mind. The
venerable. Father Time. though. who l. most
veTaciou- gentleman. assures me that / was
hat errntic In those DAYS a. % the date
" NV yearly journey. for while, Of course,
hal been making the visit once IN every twelve
months since Was born. sometimes came in
April OF May and once even In January That
way to do. that way 20 d."
said Father Christmas. shaking his head and
dropping into -oliloquy.
While ] am not ~ popular today in one
sense - tho word n was in medieval times.
he continued. sroa-ing himself from his retro
spectiou-, Il an far more highly thought of
nov than wa- IN nv childhood and youth.
Why. do yos know that one time. while n mere
lad, when visiting Ncomedia in the Roman
empire. during the sovereignty 81 Diocletan
that ruler. Who holding court there nj the
time. hearing that = lot Of people we're gathered
IN q ctIrvh celebrating nv presence. ordered
tn dopr- 20 be closed aud locked. and this
dun- forth with ct FIRE io the building. entirely
destroying ~ and it, occupants.
Way l vn- not harmed. h. answered in re-
Spouse 90 query from THE SrsK man. Bless
your soul. Young sir. a have been dead long
before reached my MINORITY u little things
Like that were o. have faxed me. | feli much
tn-ulted. though. and exceeding sorry for my
follower, Nho per she,' iu the fame.
INCLUDED FRoM ENGLASD.
And. a. have inst aid. nor WIS that the
lat time thai ! met with a rebuff. for when
due in England IN i6is bo;h houses Of par
lament had appointed that particular day a. q
time of fasting and pubic humiliation In CON
sequence oi the great straits 10 which the
uon Wa brought You NAV be sure didn't
hnger round there very long with the cold
shoulder thus given me And again In 1852
when parliament had the king completely in it,
power would YOU believe that 10 tried 10 make
arrangements whereof, I should be utterly
barred cut u tn country h. nceforth anil for
eyermore. actually arresting people who went TO
church % hear 'hri-tmas sermons or who dec
GRATED their houses with Christmas greenery?
They succeed d. too. pretty well In their
design. for fuf several wears there didn't do
more than barely look into England as pur-
sued NV yearly rounds I. wasn't good policy
AMI then knew time would come again.
''S"tne Of your ancestors. too" he went on.
looking severely al 1HE STAB man. treated
me pretty badly at time that Is | presume
they we're your ancestors, he explained.
Tor. Of eo1r.s. YOU are a descendant Of
some % tho Miyiower people. Nearly
every one meet in this country L..
What an enormous craft she must have been
he mu-sd. The Great Eastern couldn't have
been anything but the merest child's TOW com
pared 10 her. for how else one account for
the ability % 80 many souls 20 take passage on
herr
had rRArNENT N AMEKICA
Yes. they treated me right balIy." he re-
psaisd. tried To get rid Of me BY strategy
making Thanksgiving d,y answer the purpose
Of NV festivities. But I fooled them all. Sc he
elsculatsd triumphantly Il cannc 90 STAY and
We -taysi. for mere am hale and hearty and
l-s2 year- odd Deccmbcr %. aud with an excel
lent prospect Of living forever. and forever you
want 90 bear IN mInd. Young al" be said
looking steadily at THE STAR man, rs a good
long While
I've hal some merry times. too. in my day. 4"
he vent On Why. IN the very height of my
career my celebration. instead OF taking place
all IN one Paliry day now. began. you must
know. ON Alhaliow eve. November l. and
lasted uil tandlemas day, ON February 2 In
thu.s days NV friend
TIE LORD OF MfsRULE,
also called the Abbot OF Unreason. used TO be
unii-puted master Of ceremonies. Egad, he
wa- funny fellow. The praak- he couldn't
thins q no one could I've nearly split nv
self laughing az some Of the games he would
aeVis". One ~ them. remember, was yawn-
ing for q che-li.le cheese
"hoing uhats" said THE STAR man
'ia~ning. yaSning; don't you know wha,
ysSuing ~ ejaeulaied Father Christmas, i'm
patiently.
"oh. ve-. l think So" answered The STAR
man. ms.kly.
Well. INV friend. Lord Of Mi-rule. would
pace ths jewellers AL around tho room IN a
circle. and then they taking turns would try and
-se Who could yasn the oftcucst in a minute
@.a M htif-A hAt9ra4lf, nj also who could
provoke tn most yAwn- in others Bless me. II
they didn't look like lot Of Young robins Of
giant -i<s holding their mouths open for ex-
lectsd worms. The one that came out ahead
forgot % say. got the cheese
Parliament killed Lord Of Misrule poor
Fellow, In 1855. and I've never ceased grew
ING fur him IL was a doSnright shame. II
ANY one = going % be killed OF let IL be
some OF thc-e glum. gloom brothers. saw l.
IN" world would be better without them, while
u needs all the merry souls II can muster
PEOPLE nE NIT.
Celebrated peopieg Well, I should say had
seen few. Why, n I were o. write book on
People Have Net. l. much the style
With you Of this generation. you don I know
what poor. pale affair. your nineteenth century
literary EFFORT would be b. the side % 10. WHY
I've -een everybody worth looking az OF know.
ING since the Christian era began. William the
eonqusror himself wss crosncd ON the day
That vent 81 England in 1850. and I wa- look
tng over Old SimOa de MonfOrt's shoulder tbs
time he sent OuI writ IN the kings name con
voAins the first Engli-h parliament. In 1854
In lS@o ss- standing on the market place il
Niitsnburs when Martin Luther burned tina
pspsl bull that granted the sales % pardons foi
an. pat and % come. Quite a sight Quite 4
-asht" repeated Father Chri-tn,a-. lost in III.
p--e Carlyle bad 10 pretty nearly night whsr
ks sid"
DO you read Cariyleg'' exclaimed Tar srAu
man. fairly surprised into the di-coarte-y Of ~