Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31
HOW HAVE YOU FAREDs
Reflections That Nav Echo In Many Minds
About This Time.

About This Time.
"ELL, THE GREAT AGONY Is ovEL.
w Drawers have been unlocked. rlyster-
ious scufflings have ceased. and suspicious-
looking bundles have shed their wrappinss
Merry Christmas has sounded the tender
chords, and hearts are touched by human
things.
Plum buildings have been duly eaten IL no;
digested; the usual number OF articles that did
not fit have already been exchanged mentally.
if not actually, and everybody will now begin
to take account Of stock
lnquisitive children have found that their
dolls are stuffed with sawdust Of their
elders have had similar experience with liy-
ing idols-and while Borrowing over the frailty
OF eagerly longed for toys take their first les
son in the delusiveness of worldly desires.
Husbands. mindful OF the many bank notes
they have handed over during the last month
for christmas money" gaze obviously at the
mufflers which they found in their stockings.
and which they know were sold Of cheap 10
make room for the holiday goods. silently won
dering what became of all the money. Others
had their expectation turn TO amaze, bu;
nevertheless assumed the proper appearance Of
delight when their wives complacentlv pre-
sentcd them with some piece of household fur
niture or bric-a-brac, which they well remcm-
Der she had more than once expressed
a wish Ito possess. Another is genuinely
pleased with a box of cigars, after
the agreeable surprise of finding them
his favorite brand. little dreaming that they
have been surreptitiously purloined. few at a
time, from his own boxes.
WHAT THE WIFE FOUND.
The wife who received bewi!dering assort-
ment OF dazzling hose of variety stage pattern
will probably never let her spouse go shopping
~
skin cape and received instead fancy lace ar
rangement for the neck that no sane woman Of
her age would be caught dead in. will, out of
respect to the day, say nothing, but think-like
the Drtcbman's boy.
AND THE Young FOLKS
Young men who never shave themselves have
written tender missyes to their best girls assur-
ing them how very useful the wonderfully
made and Enthusiastically decorated shaving pa
pers will be. The best girls. in Their turn. are
exhibiting TO anxious friends the bracelets.
fans, stick pins or expensive trifies which are
the fruit OF last years work in the way Of
mouchoir cases and embroidered suspenders.
DISAPPOINTMENT
Then there is the handsome present your rich
relative intimated she was going to send you.
You could hardly afford to give her that cut
glass bowl. but felt You must and now her
-carf pin with moss agate head. And this
tidy, with the unholy combination OF colors
that set your artistic nerves GU edge. was sent
by great aunt in the country. whom YOU CO.
daily hate and seldom see. You wonder what
you can do with it. and straightway fall 10 pom
dering on whether you bad better return the
compliment next year with glass butte. dish
or pottery image for her parlor mantcl.
Here il little reminder of the old school
chum whom you have not heard from for years
and your heart grows warm. You have a sus-
picion that you were the neglectfUl one. and
this delicate ivory quill. sent from over the
ocean with the simple message. "A feather
from the wing of time, confirms YOUR guilt
and sitting down you dip il in the ink 10 write
a long. remorseful letter.
Thus another Christmas fades away, having
brought perhaps. some disappointments and
heart barnings. but many happy surprises and
kindly thoughts. Generous impulses have
lowered into quick deeds, and the needy or
troubled, even though they NAV no; have had
practical proof of remembrance, have been
blessed By sweet sympathy from thousands
whose helping hands would have reached them
Had love but the warrant loves heart 20 dis
pense." CAPIToLA CONVERSE.