Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30
THE WEEK =.
BETWEEN
CHRISTMAS
X AND
NEW YEAR.
BY r. K. ~
MtInKlTTRfGK.
BY r. X.
MUMKlTTRioK.

Christmas has Just departed. and the
scent Of the Christmas tree stlll his
the house with It's pleasant cheer. The
society woman capers around In the
ucaisltln sack and diamonds. the Xmas
presents which are not yet paid for
and thus strengthens her husbands
credit. Tho small boy displays his now
fkatos and sled and IN the chief partlc-
ular envy OF the boy whose father fail-
ed In November and who got nothing
at all TO remind him OF the return nt
tho holiday OF all holidays. Another
boy shows his Independence OF the fact
that he L. IN the oitywhcrc the mill pond
doesn't flourish by skating along the
thoroughfatc on his summer or roller
skates. The Christmas wreath il hang
ing on tho wall to remind one OF the
holiday just passed, close TO tho hor-
nets nest that brings back pleasant
dreams OF the summer and unpleasant
memories Of what transpirod at tho
time the nest was capturcd-mcmories
that make one feel that his head Is
again mass OF throbbing knobs that
seem like 20 many hot Goals.
Tho Christmas turkey II not exhaunt-
ed yet. There are atill two wings Tor
"
drying over the library door. and a car
casa which viii be picked at for few
days more and then put aside TO form
the base OF next weeks pea soup.
The toy window has sort Of de-
hllitnted look The papior mache camel
looks saddcr than n lost In the middle
I OF the desert. lie looks ~ II signing
for some kind OF medicinal spring
whose waters would brace him up. The
pastebonrd rooster also looks MS though
/ he feels that there II no real reason
/ for his existence. and the ducks seem
as though about to split for lack OF
/ moisture. The cast out Christmas tree
standing In the ash barrel II fun OF
/ the kind al supreme sadness that penc-
| trntes the wlstful soul ~ the poet when
/ the demands Of the butcher make u
necessary for him 10 add an advertising
| feature to a poem intended for The At
iantic and sell II to a tooth powder con-
Germ for tl.75. This ~ the week that
women who love exchanged presents
are calculating the values between
what they have given nnd what they
have received. TO see whether they have
been the gamers or the losers In the
exchange. The ice carnivals at various
northern points are In full blast. ana
pictures and reports Of the same ni
us all with Joy. except the iceman. who
" milking nothing. but who In nlled
| with golden dreams rs he saws the
pond up like 30 much cord wood and
packs Il away to yield him many She
kcls OF gold and silver when half doz-
On weary moons shall have passed and
the poodle jangics a can Of stones out
OF tune every time he wags his wooily
tail. You can tell that Christmas u
over by the appearance OF the proprie-
tor OF the toy store. He looks far snd-
der than that most popular OF all sad
creatures known In figures OF rhetoric
the attenuated rooster that has been
out all night In the rain. Before Christ
mas he was all smiles. and now ~ ~
an signs Of woo. He In the reverse OF
the before" and after" portraits In
the patent medicine ads. He Ia not look
ing forward TO the Fourth OF July with
tho small hoy. but to Christmas OF next
year. Everything has an after Christ
mas air about II. You can see II In tho
shopping districts and In the benev-
olcnt smile OF the clergyman as he
strikes a bee line for the nearest mart
TO dispose Of the many pairs Of fnncily
embroidered slippers with which he has
been presented and which he could not
wear at once, even II he were a human
ccntlpcd.