The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-17

= HI spell Of the yule-tide lasts very
much longer than the yule-tide it.
self. Weeks before Christmas hol-
sdays we are all thinking about them.
wondering what we can do 70 make
them better holidays than we have ever
had, planning surprises for everybody
from the grandparents TO the little
ones toddling about the nursery floor,
and keying ourselves TO concert pitch
over the whole matter.
We are aware that to celebrate
the yule-tide as il should be hOnoTed
accordiug TO traditions and customs
/ which we respect, viii take a great
deal OF money. The man with the deep
5purse and the big bank account pre-
pares laVishly ana outpours money at
the suggestion OF wife and daughters,
without the faintest protest. The man
with the lean pOcketbOOk and no bank
account al all too often does precisely
the same thing, although conscience
sounds "a warning note, and he breads
unspeakably the milestone of debt that
VIII presently be hung around his
neck. One of cur great troubles in
AEla 1ulllllN r. llt1L lev OF AE are IT A-
gal, and most of US scorn economy.
We have a contempt for petty savings.
and we are absolutely determined, if
we possibly can. 10 vie with our neigh
hors. The result is that the spell of
the yule-tide, Toseate aud bliSsful be-
foTehaud, is very apt 20 be gloomy and
halcful when the holidays arc over
America as q. nation is growing i'm
Yneusely rich amons the nations OF the
earth, hut while men of wealth are no
longer extraordinary. the rank and Tile
still have and always viii have limited
means. 50 that thrift is a golden viz
tue at Christmas as well as al other
periods of the year.
However long they may taTry. TeclE-
oning days finally come. II we bestow
sets OF china and beautiful silver, Gia-
monds. laceS. expensive toys. and lux
uries i'm general on our kith and kin
a yule-tide. il is entirely right il we
may do SO without leSseuing the sum
% commonplace comfort by and by
American men are generous 10
prOverb. The one thing they loathe
and hate is 10 seem ChuTlish and mig
gardly. Husbands desire 80 please
Sheir wives, fathers are most unhappy
lac compelled 20 deny anything 20
\ daughters. so the furs and the ChinOns
The trips here the jaunts there, the
tickets 20 opera, theater and concerts,
are forthcoming whether it be- easy
and convenient or hard and embar-
raising for the man of the house To
procure the Wherewithal.
Sometimes there is complaint at
home that father is moody and
tac!turn, and "a little management and
tact are ia order before mother and
me girls ask him Tor money. the fact
BENG that the poor man is borrowing
lifht and left and is almost beside
himself to meet the drain on his re-
sources.
Several years ago. soon after the
glow of the yule-tide had faded into
the ashen embers Of mid-WinJer, a bus
mess man was taken ill., Dragging
along through the weeks of February
and March, the victim il seemed OF a
mysterious malady, he died and was
Buried during Easter week. When his
sifairs were settled, they were found
a. be extremely involved. The entire
scheme of living for the family had To
te reconstructed, ana with pangs of
egony those whom ne had loved dis
COVered that their extravaganza had
really Slapped the springs OF his life
They were not altogether 10 blame.
Husbands are not invariably frank aud
candid with wives. Fathers dislike 10
JET sons and daughters know that they
have anxieties; they resort 70 every
legitimate or illegitimate means to
crafty those who hear their name
and IN the end il Z crash does not come,