Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1910-11-30
Around Town


IS married.
Going t. Town Council next week.
Something. doing, as Bryan says.
One Of out teachers prepared to
carry the 10y o, Christmas preparation
: snto her 5 hp1lroom. Her plan was
Is have Tie children collect madonnas
/, Eo mthe .rriuus magazines, mount
them aid make 4 beautiful Christmas
border inr ldc blackboard.
She began w,,n writing the WORD
on the bond Madonna" who Knows
What this niaans:" One hand waved
erstasticll qhole the heads and to
tue teachers sod that she might tel,
a ittle q d-hgrtedlv took the floor
Eeamlng with animation she began
Der explanation Long, long ago,
ali Inc white people had slaves. The
little children had dear old mammies
40 take care q them, and they used
to wea, Grcat red handkerchiefs
around the,, heads. They called them
snadonnas
You asked me to write up the story
,of one OF professional young men who
was The guest Of honor at theatre
thai he vent 10 Hammersteln' and
.t.ien was the guest at fine set out at
the Majestic Now | would gladly
write that story for you but the Around
Town reporter was in Philadelphia
tilal sarte evening and though not
guest with th: new Beau Brummel of
Newark. h witnessed the grace with
which the yDnng man conducted him
self. There occurred episodes that
would cause the unthinking to smile,
( but suffice / 10 say that all went well.
{ To successfully write this story it
would reculc 4 pen fluent in the Latin
tongue. such prescriptions are al
ways wilton in Latin and | mustn't
tell more,
''The virtue d prosperity is temper
ance; the virtue Of 'versitv is forti-
tude Prosperity IS the blessing OF
Abe Cd ! ,stamcnt; adversely is the
k.es ing a tlc New, which carrieth
the ,reater hcnediction, and the clearer
teg alton Of Gods favor. Yet even
IN the Old Testament, if you listen to
Davids Harp, you shall hear as many
tearsc-llkc airs is carols; and the
pensil of the 'lu'v Ghost hath labored
more in describing the Affections OF
}cE thsn the iclicitics of Solomon.
Prosperity IS no! without many fears
and disasters and adve ~sity is not
without comforts and hopes. We see
I'll need.ewulhs and embroideries, it
Is more pleasing to have lively work
upon ! sad ana solemn ground than
to have 2, dark and mclaucho'" work
upon l.-h!some ground; Judge,
there ore G. the pleasure o. the heart
b Inc pleasure OF the eye. Certainly
v!-t''" IS like precious odors, most fra
s.enl where they are incensed, or
c1T;shci; =. prosperity doth best dis
cover vice, bat adversely doth best dis
cover virtue Sir Francis Bacon.
The chairman of the Future Genera
ton Committee Of New Century
Club in BOSTON in her report last
month sad that after scientific inves
tIsatiou and serious consideration that
an ordinance would be presented
abolishing the myth OF Santa Claus.
This sentimcutaity smacks of the her
etic-I suppose she was referring to
her witch ancestry though she didn't
say 50. 60 santa Claus saps the in
telicctlai vitality from the American
youth and New Thought is in danger.
II Is les '',af VIC wipe out this last
vestir.e O the Old regime, take Santa
Claus away and substitute old Ben
Fran n IL his stead Now Franklin
was a good fellow and dress him up
in Christmas stY,c, he would make a
merry substitute for Old Chris. But
Boston has forgotten his ways. If
he were 10 come back today, all Bos-
ton Jokes would pail beside what Ben
would say in his next Almanac just
t. prove there is Santa Claus am
going to prin; a letter that was writ
ten in the New York Sun some years
ago. In some circles it is considered