The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-01-02
A Happy Greeting.

- r1dppy GT0GtluS.
The following CHEEKY greeting to his
readers was written by the late genial and
happy hearted Eugene Field, and publish
ed in the Chicago Daily News several years
ago:
A happy New Year to you, child of to-
day May you know more of sunshine
than of cloud, and more of glee than of
sorrow; may your tumbles and bumbs be
few, your laughter be frequent and long,
your play be unrestrained, your sleep re-
freshing, your dreams pleasant.
A happy New Year to you, bright youth
of our city and country-all happiness in
the ambition, the joy, the friendships, the
competitions aud the rewards of school life.
Success to you in the endeavor whereby
the firm, enduring basis of true manhood
and of noble womanhood are laid; with
what success comes two fold happiness
happiness to others and happiness to your
selves Go forth gayly and confidently
into the new year, o, you who are beauti
full in the fresh vigor of your youth
A happy New lear to you, young mani
We know your seeret! Your faltering
speech, your diverted glances, your smart
attire-these and other tell.taie signs have
betrayed you. and there is uncommon sym
pathy 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
gentle heart and she viii requite you. 1t
is not well for you twain to live apart; but
your happiness. is within your comprehen-
sion Fate is propitious, the time is 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 qualm
oppresses your tender conscience Have
YOU been playing the eoquette-0l mon
ster of Euthlessness; have you been revel-
ing III the anguish which your bright eyes
and pretty face have entailed We can
not bid You be happy when we know that
you, undeserving, should not and cannot
be blessed with happiness until you have
made reparation. Hasten to pluck the
brand from the burning; save the callow
but honest William ere he altogether per-
ish in the delightful torments which your
charms inspire.
To you, whose lives are hallowed with
the grace of maturity not one but many,
many years Of happinessl Live long, wives
and mothers Of this land, to see the little
lives you have cherished so tenderly ex-
pand into beauty and usefulness; live long
to know and feel the sweet rewards of
gratitude, of yeneration and of love. Sur
viye those hours of pain, of cruelty, of
watching and of sacrifee-live through it
ali. 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 a happy New Year to him
whose life is inspired by honorable purpose
and whose strength is expended in honora-
bic 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 70 success and happiness, point and
conduct him thereunto.
A happy New Year, too, to you, grand
mothers and grandfathers everywhere
Look out upon all around you and see how
passing fair the evening is; and all that Is
to be heard invites contentment and re-
pose You hear voices, too, that we do
not hear-they have never been quite for
gotten, and they speak to you in the sweet
ly solemn 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, a hap
piness arising from and tempered with wis
dom, faith, hope and charity.