Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-24
Observation-Disclosures
. . u y y u y u y !" y '''' n NHNNHHH
! Mr.. D00LEY ON The
:: !: SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
.am.msamaam TT. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

| fleet, as Hogan says, on tn vanity ~
human ambition in tn eating line.
An that night Dock O'Leary passin
Ivy my place will hand me tn same
remark that he's handed me Tr
thirty years. I must &C home arly
/ l'r tomorrow Is me busy day. But
don't mind it. don't care whin peo-
| pie get indigestion firm overcating.
It's whin they have 1t firm not get
, tin enough to eat that I'm world,
says he.
Father Kelly says Christmas Is
/ feeling as well as a feast. About this
! time iv tn year tn Christmas feelin'
comes along an gives we nudge.
Ycre thinkin' about cuttin' down cx-
lronses an savin' money an tn Chris
mas spirit whispers in yc'er ear:
Come, give up But, says ye, why
shud be buyin' things f'r people that
don't want thin because they're GO
in to buy things f'r me that I don't
want because they think I'm buyin'
things fr thin that they don't want
because think they're buyin' things
ir me that ! don't WANT None "
ye'cr business says tn spirit Nv
Chris mas. Loosen up An tn first
thing | know ye'cr in a joolry store
buyin' a goold watch an chain an
q dimon shirt stud f'r me, think not
but hope.
| 81 always hope about Chris mas
| 4 N no
that I've always wanted but so far.
havin' passed a matther Nv sixty
Chris masses I've had little luck liver
since | was ~ boy an wanted pony
an got caddychism. | have in tn
cellar as large a collection Nv green
heckties, slippers an book marks as
Jake Felscnthal has on sale. An yet
! don't mind It. TIL suiferings | en-
durc firm gettin' prisints Is offset be
tn pleasure inlict in giyin thin.
know that on Chris mas eve yen
come in here an I'll reach undhcr
tn bar an toss out to ye small box
with tn remark: Here's a little some
thing | got f'r ye.' An ven open it
up an pretind to be overwhelmed
with pleasure AN surprise whin ye
see yellow cravat with green
stripes. Well, upon me wurrud, how
did We come to think Nv this? There
l'nust be something in thought thrans-
ference, f'r this Is tn very thing |
was hopin some wan wud give me-
An thin ye reach into ye'er coattail
pocket an pull out package. ! reel
with JOY at tn sight Nv a cardboard
matchbox to hang on tn wall an
take We be tn hand an say: 'Ra-aly,
flinnissy, | feel | oughtnt to take
this. why did ye go to such expinse
tr me? 1t makes my poor little gift
look SO TRIVIAL An tn next week
Obsarve that ye're not wearin' tn
millinery give ye an We note that |
still get me matches out iv me vest
pocket, an nayther Nv us cares u
Sthraw wan way or another. But If
ye hadn't given me anything or If
ye'd given me something an | hadn't
given we anything, we'd both feel
mad. There amt amy worse feelin'
thin not gettin something firm
sCmebody that we've give something
10 except to get something firm some
body that we've given nawthin' to. In
wan case he feel like sucker an in
tn other like an embezzler. I've
often thought 'twud be good idce
tr people to get together week or
two bcfure Christmas an say: III yen
promise not to give me tn necktio
that ] see in yc'er eye ! will promise
not to give ye tn penwiper intind
to give ye in self-defnse.' But both
tn spirit iv Christmas an J. Felsen-
thai tell me this is wrong They both
say 'unbelt, an they're right.
well, tits a grand peeryod, amy
how. | begin to see tn effects " It
already. TIL amount iv amyable
GRIMM has already increased about
fifty per cent, TIL stores are bright
ening up. see me frinds goin'
home with bundles undher their over
coat. Tn Salvation Army Sandy
Klaus on tn corner with tn false
whiskers is jinglin' his tambourine.
, ENNh blu hlpSdn SlNe lut u pledSdHJ
bow this mornin. lie has stint wur-
rud to his deposytors that they can
dhraw out their money If they'll pro-
mise to spind 1t on presents an not
on household EXPENSES or other base
Injuries. An as f'r tn chidher,
Chrs'm has been comm f'r about
two months fr thin, an comm
stronger an shinin in their cheer
full, hopeful, ayaricious little faces.
No matther what kind Nv a Christmas
this is FIR anybody else, itll be Il
> good wan f'r tn kids. There niver
was bad wan f'r Thin"
II cud enjye Christmas more If
was younger" said Mr.. Hennessy.
Not TO mention a millyon or two
other things includin' me-" said Mr..
Dooley. Run out now befure they're
; ali gone an buy that matchbox.