The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-24

cut my fingers. But still have a pre-
ference FOR white-handled knife, even
now. after three score and ten years
JASPER f. cRoPsEY.
wsrld Renowned wandsrsr.
One Christmas-Eye before going 10 bed
l hung up my little pair Of trousers ln
the chimney instead OF my stocking. I
took the precaution CT fastening the ends
OF the legs before doing So / thought the
pantaloons would hold more than the
stocking My delight Was great when
found Christmas morning in one Of the
legs a little gun and sundry other things.
How delighted l was. / thought santa
Claus had been so nice 10 me.
PAUL DU CHAILLU.
soldier Novelist.
The first Christmas / can remember a,
all distinctly was that OF 1919. I'm our new
home In what was then the little western
town OF Milwaukee and we were door. 4,
snow ! remember It because my mos,
valued present was tip-top Sled. low ana
sharp, and named Rough and Read,, "
and ornamented with a capital niof,,r, -
General Zachary Taylor standing 4, e,,n
uniform with "Old Whitley hanasor,oi,.
caparisoned. looking over his m,sto,,S
shoulder Not another boy In an Wisoon.
sin had a sled 70 match Il. and mar, I,
snow balling did We get my sled ana
In consequence. -
CHARLES KING.
captain, U. S. A.
Fair Commediene.
The first Christmas / remembor MAJ.
just before l was four years ola Cbr,..
massive my mother tried 20 put r,. o.,
bed, so that they would have a cbanc. =.
qreSs the tree, but wouldn't hear M a.
l was up for the night, and I was ao.r,
see what was going ON bgt
that didn't last long; before Glove,
l was sound asleep. The next mornlrg
tney an waited 10 see how I would at
when saw the tree. / was delighted v.ir
II and was not contented until ba5 ~
wax doll that was standing on ton az tt.
Tree Ihey gave it Co me. and I wen, .s
IN a room by myself. / wasn't gone b,is
an hour when they heard the most tarrnI,
cries MY mother was scared to de.n
Tor fear | had met with a terrible s+.,
dent. When she opened the door Z ma,
sitting az the one end OF the room. ana ,ss
doll at the other. Il seems thar t.5
me dolls hair pulled every way imaeIr,-
PIE ana then IL looked such a terrible
slgnt that IL frightened me. 1 remerb.r
mat was not contented until the dou
was thrown in the stove
ADA LEWIS.
"God Bless Is, An ofU,"
They say "a green Christmas m,tss
d ldI churchyard.' This must Doe an
adase applicable only 20 the inhabit,rfs
Ul uoplcai countries for from my a1r-
Hest recollection 1 have always ,eso.-,
ted Christmas with huge snow-storms
having been. so 10 speak, Graded fn metro.
poltan life, my earliest recollection ~
anything disassociated with the brick and
DfoWhstone OF a city. was Tompkln,s
fark' bounded on the east by ST. Bird.
gets church, on the south by tenement
property (already owned I'm those DAYS
by the Astors), on the north bv the
mansions Of the elite. then the fashiona-
bic part Of New York;
IL was IN the early part of the break
ing out OF the rebellion when the troors
)f the Vermont and Massachus r..i.
nents were quartered bon tents ON tfa
square The parochial school lperbans
he first 70 be erected of the many NOW
m New York;. had, thanks 10 the poe
'lstless energy OF Father Mooney. tha
men chaplain Of the SiXtv-ninth fTha
IRISH Boys in Blue, just been built The
lltar-boys or that congregation had f0rm-
ID themselves into a juvenile band and
With their beautiful costumes and tha
weet faces Of the choristers In c0uunc-
ION with the grim-vsaged soldiers VI
ne Yankee regiments. filing two bv tn0
through the wide entrance Of the imuue-
ne church edincs, with the sweet strains
f the organ Joined with the par1ehnI
and, and the stirring music of the raei-
rental troopers, made a pageant sl aN-
Iily Impressive that "a pagan or nndel
'ould have fallen 90 his knees. th0uugh-
converted by the impressivene-s Of
ne scene. The bitterness OF The tenn.
srature, the binding srow-drifts. 800
.emed 10 meet within the four walls
that ediflce Of God. and when the
e Deum was first chanted and then sung
: voices whose heart and feryor more
IAN eQualized the time of the most di-
ne master musician, mo- one in sight and
'und OF that superb occasion could
FER forget it.
In my travels abroad and my slrfet
pleasures here. / have heard Patti
her best, Tamberik. Wachtel. Paullna
lcca, Nillson, Sembrich. La Sale and
eRetzke have seen the greatest ue-
egatNn Of choruses at the Grand Opera
'uses OF Paris and Milan: have heard
e music Of Strauss and Godfrey and the
end4g Of all the stringed instruments
tho Paris Conservative. vet to my
ind, the most inspiring and sweetest
ned combination that ever made one
liver thanks for the artistic gifts M
nging and music, was that which marked
q Christmas services Of old 81 Bride
rs parish, in the old Nineteenth Ward
New York, where / spent my r0ulcs-
g boyhood days. ] am not usually
/ am not Of the faith. which.
reason Of It's being my own, might
We made me speak lavishly in praise
this incident. but 10 was "a Christmas
.rol which reminds me OF Dickens.
'iny Tim'-"God Bless Us. All OF u.s."
a. h. HUMllEL.
ABE Hummei
cur Delightful TAB.
There had been no end OF Christmases Il
II and plenty. but they made n0 special
preston on me. one year we heard
Of hard times-we didn't know ,xaof-
what II meant. but as the days Velf
, we got 10 understand that Kris kr.u-
wouldn't come down our chimney tHlt
lr And there were five OF as. Brother.
10 always wanted 10 know about things.
n, who was practical and always found
about things; Sister, / Was Sister,
idge. who mOthered everything that
me near her from sick kittens t0 d1Il
oics, and Baby. whose blue eyes Dad
yer seen Christmas before. However.
had saved our pennies and tha day