The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-04-07
A HAPPY GREETING.
and All-the Young, the Ola the
High, the Low.


The following CHEEKY greeting 10 his
readers was written by the late genial
and happy-hearted Eugene Field, and
published in the Chicago Daily News
several years ago:
A happy New Year to you, child Of
to-day! May you know more of sun
shine than of cloud, and more of glee
than OF sorrow; may your tumbes and
bumps be few, your laughter be fire.
quent and long, your play be uure-
strained, your sleep refreshing, your
dreams pleasant
A happy New Year to you, bright
youth of our city and country-all hap
piness in the ambition, the Joy, the
friendships, the competitions and the
rewards of school life. Success to you
In the endeavor whereby the firm, en-
during basis Of true manhood and of
noble womanhood are laid; with what
success comes two-fold happiness
happiness to others and happiness to
yourselves. Go forth gayly and con-
fdently into the new year, 0, you who
are beautiful in the fresh viSor of your
youth!
A happy New Year to you, young
man! We know your secretl Your
falterlng speech, your diverted glances,
your smart attire-these and other tell
tale signs have betrayed you, and there
Is uncommon sympathy in>our hearts
as we bid you happy New Year. But
to be happy you must be brave. Go.
like man, and speak your mind TO
her; pour out into her willing ear the
full measure OF your soul; she has a
gentle heart and she will requite you.
It Is not we'll for you twain to live
apart; but your happiness is within
your comprehension. Fate is propi-
tious, the time 10 ripe and the girl is
willing.
And why do you blush, coy maiden,
as we address to you the compliments
Of this happy season? Can it be that
a qualm Expresses your tender con-
science7 Have you been playing the
coquette-Ol monster of ruthlessness;
have you been reveling in the anguish
which your bright eyes and pretty face
have entailed? We cannot bid you be
happy when we know that you, unde-
serving, should not and cannot be
blessed with happiness until you have
made reparation. Hasten to pluck the
brand from the burning; save the cal
low but honest William ere he alto
gether perish in the delightful tor
ments which your charms inspire.
To you, whose lives are hallowed
with the grace of maternity, not one
but many, many years OF happiness!
Live long, wives and mothers of this
land, TO see the little lives you have
cherished 80 tenderly expandinto beau
~ and usefulness; live long to know
and feel the sweet rewards of graft
tude, of veneration and of love. Sur
vive those hours Of pain, Of cruelty, of
watching and of sacrifce-lve through
IT all, dear, patient martyrs, to share
the peace, the repose, the contentment,
the compensations Of the future that
surely wait for such as you.
We wish happy New Year to him
whose life is inspired by honorable pur-
! pose and whose strength is expended in
honorable endeavor. Whatsoever his
condition, whatsoever his environment,
long life to him, we say and may this
New Year, If it do not find him already
advanced in the way to success and
happiness, point and conduct him
/ thereunto.
A happy New Year, too, to you.
grandmothers and grandfathers every
where! Look out upon all around you
and see how passing fair the evening
! is; and all that is to be heard invites
contentment and repose You hear
voices, too, that we do not hear-they
have never been quite forgotten, and
they speak to you in the sweetly SOL
emn twilight of the morning that fol-
loweth the evening, and of the waking
that cometh after the folding of the
hands to sleep.
Yes, to all-the young, the old, the
high the Iowa happy New Year,
happiness arising from and tempered
with wisdom, faith, hope and charity
RECENT INVENTIONS,