The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-01
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Christmas has Just departed. and tho
scent OF the Christmas tree stlll nlls
/ the house with It's pleasant cheer. The
society woman capcrs around in tie
sealskln sack ana diamonds, the Xmas
/ presents which are not yet paid for.
ana thus strengthens her husbands
credit. The small boy displays his new
akates and sled and IS the chief partlc-
| ulaf envy ct the boy whose father fall
cd in November and who got nothing
| al all 10 remind him OF the return OF
| the holiday OF all holidays. Another
| boy shows his Independence Of the fact
that he Is IA the citywhere the mill pond
I doesn't flourish by skating along the
| thoroughfare on his summer or roller
skates. The Christmas wreath is hang
Ing on the wall to remind one OF the
| holiday Just passed close to the hor-
nets nest that brings back pleasant
! dreams OF the summer and unpleasant
memories OF what transpired at the
time the nest was captured--mcmorles
that make one feel that his head is
again mass OF throbblng knobs that
seem like so many hot Goals
The Christmas turkey is not exhaust
ed yet There are still two wings for
garnering the ashes, and q wishbone
drying over The library door and a car
cass which will be picked at for few
days more and then put aside 10 form
the base Of next weeks pea soup.
The toy window has sort OF de-
bilitated look. The papier mache camel
looks saddcr than If lost in the middle
OF the desert lie looks as IL signing
for some kind OF medicinal spring
whose waters would brace him up. The
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he feels that there is no real reason.
for his existence, and tho ducks seem
as though about 20 split for lack OF
moisture. The east out Christmas tree
standing IN the ash barrel Is full Of
the kind Of supreme sadness that pene-
crates the wistfui soul Of the poet when
the demands OF the butcher make IL
necessary for him 10 add an advertising
feature to a poem intended for The At
lantic and sell 1t 90 a tooth powder con-
Germ for $i15 This is the week that
women who love exchanged presents
are calculating the values between
what they have given and what they
have received. TO see whether they have
been the gainers or The losers In the
exchange The ice carnivals az various
northern points are in full blast and
pictures and reports Of the same fili
as all with JOY. except the iceman. who
is making nothing. but who Is filed
with golden dreaTng IS rTT ETwy the
pond up like so much cord wood and
packs IL away % yield him many She
kels of gold and silver when half a doz-
en- weary moons shall have passed and
the poodle iangies can OF stones out
OF tune every time ne wags his woolly
tail You can tcll that Chrlstmas -
over by the appearance of the proprie-
tor of the toy store. lie looks far sad
der than that most popular OF all sad
creatures known in figures OF rhetoric
the attenuated rooster that has been
out an night In the rain. Before Christi
mas he was all smiles. and now he ls
all signs of woe. Ilc is the reverse of
the before" and after" portraits in
the patent medicine ads. He is not look
ing forward TO the Fourth of July with
the small boy but 20 Christmas Of next
year. Everything has an after Christ
mas air about il. You can see it in the
shopping districts and in the benev-
olent smile Of the clergyman as he
strikes bee line for the nearest mart
TO dispose OF the many pairs of fanoily
slippers with which he has
been presented and which he could not
wear II once. even II he were human
eeutiped.