San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-21
THE OLD FOLKS.
Christmas Would Seem Lonesome With
out Them.

out Them.
It sometimes seems as if we had
eliminated elderly people from society,
everybody is in these days so young.
1t is not that we have Mrs. Skewton,
either, with her elaborate juvenility
and her artificial graces. She never ex-
listed in America to any extent; if she
ever was here, she made no impression
In the drawing-room or on the prone
made. But, what with improved diet
and easier lives, and the keeping up
with what is going on around us, we of
this generation have, in a way, forgot
ten to grow old. After attaining a
certain delightful age, we simply stay
on, enjoying the variety and the move
ment of life about us as well as we ever
did, possibly without the unrest and
excitement of our juniors, who must
not fall step out of the pace, as we are
privileged to do if we choose.
But when holidays come elderly peo-
pile occasionally feel :r1ae left out.
They are Serhaps husband and wife,
with s,i the children married and set
home. To face each other across the
table at Christmas, remembering how
merry a group once laughed and dim
pied there; to hand each other con-
ventional gifts, beautiful and costly.
but only superfuous additions TO luxu-
ry, after all; to eat Christmas dinner
with the silver and the crystal, and the
fruit, but no John and his pranks, or
Nelly with her guips and conundrums,
or darling grandchildren to come OF
this day, not to desert merily, but to
the whole feast-this is to realize that
we are on the westering slope.
If possible, elderly people should
avoid this loneliness. At the holiday
season a glimpse of Heaven is obtaina-
BILE only in the home. The most sump-
tuous spread at an inn is less crafty
ing and satisfying than the simplest
dinner in a coy household. To gather
about us some of our kith and kin, or
to go to them, or, if we have no kith and
kin, to make some of the worlds home
less ones happy on Christmas day, is a
wise thing for the old to attempt. 1t
cheats the heart of that creeping ache
which makes the eyes heavy with I'M
shed tears 1t adds zest and interest
to the waning hours. Life without in
terest is fat. The truly interesting
and interested never grow old, what
ever the family record may say to the
contrary, and so we end as we began
The elderly are eliminated from So
ciety, yet society without their benig-
nant presence would be dull and crude,
and no holiday is perfect where there
are no grandparents to frolic with the
children so the children say. -
Harper's Bazaar.
NOTICE OF TAX SALE FOR 1895.
Ry virtue of the tax role of the City
of San Antonio for the year 1895, and
in compliance with the laws Of the
state of Texas, and city charter, and
CITY ordinances, in my capacity as col
iector' of taxes for the CITY OF San
Antonio. / have levied upon and will
during legal hours. commencing on
the first Tuesday in the month of
January, 1897. being the fifth day of
said month. and on each succeeding
day thereafter until the sale Is com
pleted. sell at public cutlery to the
highest bidder for cash. the described
parcels Of land and town lots. lyins
and being in said City Of San Antonio
or such portions thereof, as published
IN the Daily Light. on Novembe
2ond. 25th, and Goth, 1896. as will sat
isfy the taxes due and unpaid. b!
each respective person therein names
and interest with accrued costs and i
per cent penalty, before the door o
the court house, in the City of Sa
Antonio. County of Bexar. the pre-
.ceeds or the sale to be applied to tn
payment of said taxes, costs and per
atty.
Said taxes. costs and penalty may b
paid az any time before sale day.
HENRY UMSCHEID.,
City Tax Collector.
CITY Collectors Office, San Antoni'