The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-18

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common production '-D'm's' ana
..,lv leaves of purest green,
~ I CHRISTMAS feast is bravely set,
Iee ali the earth | ween
" o's aonntless Christmas guests are
met.
..hfnI voice of little Nell,
NV thought of little Tim.
Y, w. in the Christmas bell
NV iaso,re the universal hymn.
uT
,.dow OF a great name lies
ne sus s,re brows, in thoughtful eyes;
\. memory Of great heart sweiis
~ bosom where his image dwells.
.,..,,,rr It's divine founder, probably
ne .ps AVER more hallowed and immor-
Christmas than has Charles Dick
Wy s.s ~ name Is so intimately asso-
I'm the happy Christmastime and
4. x,naIy feelings this sacred festival
AS surely as Jesus Christ was
..rrder Of the divine religion of hui
.,,r charles Dickens was certainly one
~ srea,est disciples of apostles. He
"a n the gospel of. good deeds as
X y nod words. aud used all the power
Y. marvellous genius to give them en-
y =. "a effect. No author has labored
.a.lorsly and effectually In making
..m,a happy holiday for those little
/. :, vhom il is said. "Of such is the
..,sr Al heaven" And to paraphrase
nm mis- sublime passage of holy writ,
I'm, he said of him. Suffer little
.,,sn q come unto me and forbid them
IA will make them fit for the king
q d heaven"
NINA all, he loved the children of the
\. ,.d was one Of their greatest advo-
tr and champions
a, carol Of the poor he sung
ma sick, imprisoned suffering, vile,
ysund mighty champion in his tongue,
M sIpned beyond his tender smile.
AZ he power of his marvellous pen in
Enying character and delvirg into the
yh he has enlarged our sympathies and
,kxtned our perceptions of the true.
.beauiful and the good wherever found
pepetrates the abodes of poverty and
aihlly reflects their lights and shades
q graphic power and Photographic fidel-
and amid the dark unfathomed caves
yiftue although surrounded by setting
sualor, wretchedness and filth.
O. purity and truth and worth,
poble spirit sought you long.
b bloom Of deeds array the earth,
And keep his memory green in song.
Ma port-ayer of child life, Dickens
|rds without a peer The ideal children
Us brain are the offspring of his heart,
ban be clothes with all the alluring at
frts Of living human beings, and the
|ps Of ink with which he portrays them
nl well be likened to drops Of blood,
ah from heart beating with the divin-
rmpathss Of humanity, whereby his
" ideals seem the reflex of that divine
X whose natal day Christmas cele- |
zA As Byron says:
The children of the brain arc
Essentially immortal and create
And multiply In Us brighter, far
And more beloved existence than fate
Permits to dull life in this our state
q mortal bondage.
M gray.haired boys of today may re-
nD6 With what eagerness the Christ
sorries Of Boz" were watched and
lSA Tor some forty or fifty years ago
ma new story by this gifted author
Wnsnered an event-an era in Eng
lIfature-redolent and radiant with
deal creations which this choice and
20 spirit of his age had Swallowed
3aslng the procession of his Christmas
~ We have the Christmas Carol in
The master waves his magic
. sd from the dim plain of long ago
scrooge squeezing, wrenching,
Taas, clutching, covetous old sinner"
sAley his partner. was dead-"dead
aoor nall.' There was no doubt about
on Christmas the ghost of Marley
" Mrcoge visit The spirit comes
W. 70 his sleep and takes him up into
a mountain of truth and shows
J" all the Kingdoms of the world,
~ own groveling, sordid, selfish self
als native hideousness. until he
mates himself for hateful deeds
a,'ea BY himself. Under The work
~, guilty conscience. distilled from
Sasmy OF dreams. the morally de-
~. hnaiiy becomes transformed into
y, ssn Abou Ben Adhem. the loving
~ ana sympathetic brother of his
msn' While his faithful and ill-paid
IVY oratehet, is the astoundsd re-
turkey, the largest TO be pro-
y s me market, and almost twice as
II my Tim" himself.
many tears "a from the depths OF
usine Well of love. rise in the heart
rs,aow the eyes in reaaing OF Dick
ssuy pauper children Ard can we
- sympathize with the great an,l
!, n ,usaeKsTy, who confessed that his
NM eyes were dhnmei for the 6
M -, s1h OF Tiny Tim. and 10 we :
nn s 81, rejoice with him ami join in
OF q triumph when We find that
IA .,sts child does not die after all. {
n, i.a success OF Dickens fiatione no |
k.hi. 70 the intense realism OF his
k,,t..a ,u convictions He lives in the C
IA ne has created, as they live in
q ~ rs they are enshriaei in all S
nat he feels as he writes. the
n. Incident will show. Dickens e
- great story of "Dombey & Son" v
ss1seling from place to place. and :
~ u hSnlie residing in Paris. He X
= fha 49, mat alter ne naI I'M
M j. aeatnbed scere of little Paul I
|iiht y walked the streets of Paris
- ths.V wrought up with sympathetic II
n 'A'' nc could not s!eap-
~ ~ creeping waves come very near. n
APsns as,r secret in his diving ear. d
"a ~ s remember Walter,
w n very fond Of him; g
y all .pa-sood-by. dear Floy and c
An An childish accents fal.er h
ln,ss ne ne childish gaze is dim Il
~ tba as loving soul OF litt.e Paul,
- golden ripple on the wall. 4
- chs;wift feet OF time bring around /
.Aarbsr mas, and the master from
M ,,. OF creation sends another d
TX ,5Sory to make glad the hearts
IA sssnd old-"The Chimes" 6
ltxe5 ,h and spirits, In which are n
\ fteL 'nose delightful Characters a.