El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-23

They catch dust, their beauty is *
ceedingly fragile and ii ere is no JOY in
them.
The HERALD has hsd a compliment
which it acs nowledges some wh hat ssd
ly. Letters in cramped. en- l1ish hand
writing come in thu HERALD'S care,
adore sed to Mr.. Santa Claus. 1t IL
fine indeed to be rega' ded as an init
nate friend of the child ren's .aint and
lik ely to know VII at his add ress Is, these
days before Christmas, but the sadnes
lies in that the HERALD cannot make
Christmas everywhere and prove an
able partner to Mr.. Santa Claus. Que
letter reads:
Ell PAso, Tex.
Dec. 10, 1892
Dear sanity claus:
am afraid 1 have put off writing to you
until 1t is to late. but hope you will get it
the letter L m san. would like some nice
story Books and fire out fit If you please.
My little sister wants nice doll, a ring and
a toy pianer. mama said she doesent expect
any thug for you haven't Remembered her
In ten years b 1t m anna isen hard to please.
she would rather give then receive. and dear
sanity claus must tell you grandma is visit
ing US and would like for you to remember
and bring her nice present. thanking you
in advance. 1 will close.
| likely . be bulRed out with luxuries.
1t may contain bread and butter, oc-
| cssional pie and sometimes q little Ice
cream sent in by the neig b bors, but
| it has no castle in the snowy north,
full to Overlooking with bicycles for
| the boys and dolls with eyes that open
| aud shut for the girls. But the editor
| will forward all letters as well as he
knows now.
After all, though one may lament
(, that Christmas giving is not always
all that is most loving and most kind
aud that there are worthy ones who must
go without and others who have
more than they can enjoy and appre
oiate, after all the hurry, the wonder,
the fatigue, the bother and discomfort
of the necessary economies that must
those We do not love, still Christmas is
q beautiful day. When it's morning
comes and children awake with glad
shouts, when the holly's red berried
wreaGhs are hung in the windows, aud
when the Joy bells ring, then one is
glad of the day. The little packages
and the bulky ones, aye even the super
huous calendars, are all welcomed and
we laugh and cry over the gifts and are
thankful that we have friends and de-
eide that the old world ia a good old
world after all with q mighty fine
population on it. We have peace in
our hearts and good will towards
men probably even more than we
realize.
The theatre hood il nowadays q mat
ter of course although 1t is almost too
pretty to be true. The hood may be ofany
quaint shape, pointed like q gnome's
cap, with wings like a little Dutch
f,.1 Sc, R,.11 Al
one that Little Red Riding Hood wore,
or pulled as Is the Norman girls cap.
The hoods are made of chiffon, liberty
silk or lace with a thin flannel interim
ing to made them keep off the chill of
winter nights, or they may be Of velvet
and fur. They are usually made with
thick cape or ruche to keep the
throat warm. Elaborate hoods Of lace
and delicate hued satins and chiffons,
with ermine bands and borders and
jeweled buckles may be the choice of
the damsel who goes to her .gsyeties
in her carriage, while dark brocades
or velvets are the choice of tie girl
who goes to and from her dances and
card parties in street car. But the
hood is as becoming for the one as for
the other and may be the daintiest of
conspicuous for the girl who goes In
street cars. Pretty hoods are of brown
velvet, with a rose colored lining and
fur or lace or both about the face. The
hoods are usually made over q thin
crinoline lining with revers turning
away from the face made over some
thing sitter or having their edges
wired.
It seems as though one of the pre-
vailing bits of knowledge of things in
a hi L.
that the title czar which the emperor
of Russia has, is like the German
emperor's title "Kaiser" merely q COR
ruptton of the old Roman title of
caesar, but linguists nowadays argue
that czar is a title purely Oriental in
origin, being but form of the old
Assyrian and Babylonian termination
'sar" or "zar" which is recognized in
such words as Balthazar, Nebu-
chadnezzar and SO on.
One of the fads for winter millinery
is to combine velvet fur, and flowers. A
brown velvet togue with mink
tails for its scanty brim Is adorned with
big velvet rose, hung low in under
the brim where it will rest close
against the hair as a Spanish girl
wears rose In her tresses. Or big
bunch of violets is laid under the brim,
providing over it and down on the knot
of the hair.
Scarlet blouses of taffeta or crepe
must nowadays be trimmed with black
velvet ribbon. Bands and bows of 1t
adorn the sleeves at the wrists, and
there are yoke bands, shoulder knots
and belt and bow of the ribbon. 1t is
also pet vanity to wear black chiffon
cravats with the scarlet blouses.
ELSIE MCELROY SLATER.
And. whereas, in testimony of our
ord