The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-01

| morrow will be the New Year. and
hereby solemnly swear that
/ Breaking In upon his resolutions comes
tho merry chimes Of the New Year bells.
| The people come and tho people go.
| In the stores looking over remnants Of
| Christmas goods. are to be found that
class of people who received presents on
Christmas Day without giving any. and
! are now striving TO make late and LAME
amends BY returning the compliment on
New Years Day. The New Years pres
ent is a delrsion and contains about as
much warmth and soul as u eulogy on
| the South by the New York Sun
TWO ladies are at a batgain counter,
main tainirg an animated conversation III
| low but dangerous tones.
SIZE sent me, says one of them, "a
| little old nickei-piated card receiver on
Christmas Day. and know she bought "
at a racket store. Goodness knows, |
OF course the old deceitful thing-and 1
cont know what to get for her. Let's
! s,'--oh, yes; i have IL now. You know
they say she rsed to be a chamberndid
In st. Louis hotel before she was mar
RED; IN just send her this little silver
! pin with Il broom on II. Wonder If sh, S
bright enough to understand
II hope so, I'm sure" says the otlier
lacy. THAT reminds me that George
gave me nice new opera cloak for Il
| CHI istmas present. and / Just forgot all
about him. What are those horn collar
| buttons worth?'
| Fifteen cents dozen" says the sales
, man.
Let me gee says the lady meditative-
| Yves, | VIII; George has been so good
to me-. Give me three of those buttons.
please"
viva 81 rey; ell rey esta muerto"'
The Spanish phrase looks better than
the hackneyed French. and 1t Is correct,
! having been carefully revised by one of
the most reliable tsmale dealers on Travis
street. The old year is passieg; let Us
ton homes light feet are dancing away
the hours meath holly and mistletoe hut
outside stalk those who inherit, want and
| care and misery, to whom the comm =
season brings nothing of hope or Joy.
TWO young men are vending their way
| un Preston street. one is holding the
other by the arm and guiding his steps
curves, twisting itself into hills and hol-
| lows and labyrinthnc mazes. one of The
! enc. is nol SURF about IT, but he hcpea
he Is not mistaken rhey are both goou
friends Of the old year. and they hate to
| see it leav. so badly that they have sewed
| their sorrow up in sack and tried to
| drown st
Goo. bye, old frien'" says the dying
| Ines runnln out Ike evcryshing Zat las
dish chick'n salads done its work. Never
see fazzer'n muzzer any more"
Bob says the other one. you're
lernl idiot. Never shay die. Zs town
! Houston can't be 1nore'n ten miles away
We, MeEe ,,G right o, on Harvey Wilshons rae.
m6zzer wiz Twin for country'n so forth? ?"
"CGn't d. IT. old hoy ,stremities gett.n
co d,isi n9 t%a,n Lights tadin out of eyesn
prayer old boy, fore vital spark en-
plrts?
,'Tan'toher say lay M down to sleep.
"pont be a fool, Bob, come on, lesl,
ma city ,Houslpton n git a. drink
I'm. I'm dead man. Been wicked II
70 hole for handshome, unscruo' lous s
shociety man like me. Been eddy butter
ny n broke ,se-nty-Gye lovin' crea turesh
hsarts,hls, listen, Jim | hear angeish
shingin' an playjn' harpsh. n | en- sec
beau'fnl lights n heavensh wiz all kin.
S Snsr hsshin' rom golden gates. jim.
cont you hear argel thiong ehngin'
shongs n see lights shinin' IN New Jeru-
,, LOB; y you , as'graasd lgn'tic. don't you
h ,.d singh, n Ed Kiam's 'lectrc sign
| you sh.s, Now | lsrow Where we're at.
/ Heres hVe saloonsh ON mex block"
| JIM you've shaved m life IIesh
make one more effort fore ! die, n tell
barkeep' put plenty ice in It,"
Midnight draws on apace. and while
some welcome with revelry the advent of
! the New Year, others stray in the land of
dreams. and allow It to approach un-
+ heralded.
| Ladies over 30 years OF age take on n
grim look about the Jaw, and bend with
/ a deadly glitter in their eyes over the
| article IN the sunday paper that treats OF
rliow to avoid wrinkles ANA sadly
! snake their heads when they read that
Madame, Bonjour, the famous French
beauty. kept young and lovely until at er