Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
THE DAY AFTER

letter was the real stuffl And rich old Aunt Maria. who had threatened to cut of nil her relatives. I in her will. leaving her money HuI
 a home for friendless cats. nearly took our breath away, by forva<diug a aat-i l ter approving our industry and model l behavior during the past twelyemonth,i
 and enrlosing a nice checfi That was l And Santa Claus brought aus gifts and remembrances From other dis l tant and equally unexpected points, l and we have done our little possible to carry good cheer to these in need, and 1 there has been hustle and excitement l and n1irth in the household. and the I dinner was to the Queenis taste: So., I after alt perhaps, we do not need to 1feel peeved as we look back on our l festival day.
 To be appreciated and refnenberedl ! Thinking it all over, these are about the most satisfactory features of our annual brainstorm called Christmas celebrating. or course even theEe cannot dis place the complacency and glow that
 come from the consciousness of hav-
 ing made others happy. But we are Christmas pleasure; and to receive the gift or the greeting or fhe letter of which we had never sareanaed, is, for us, the equivalent of the joy of the |
 Santa is not coming this year because of the hard times yet who wakes on l Christmas morning to find his stock ing eramn1ed with the trumpet and the
 toy railroad and the tool chest and the l Daniel Boone knife of which he has
 sadly dreamed as among fine 1Enpossi- | bilities. in a season when Santa has to
 admit that he is hard up.
 it has always seemed that it must I he 4laa t~as nF fmls s-sk a3 ai,Ta have a millionaire's purse during Yuletide; to be able to emulate those affluent persons of whom the papR-s tell. who send drayloads of comforts
 and supplies and Injuries to hospitals
 and ehildrFn's homes and prisons and \ refuges. But, after all, there must be
 even more joy in heaven over the gift which implies more or less denial on 1 the part Of the ziyer; and it is safe to wager that the man with the pile of
 Told pieces does not derive half the zesI from merely pointing out soTne | rich gift and ordering, Send that to l William Blank. No. 2I9 Green Street! |"
 as does the mother of a big and Krow-
 ing family, who begins weeks before | Christmas to shop economically for | the chf1dren's or fathers needs. med
 Hating with delight all the while upon
 the pleasure each gift is sure to bring.
 So, too, with the hap-hazard sort of | giving. To wait till the last minute
 and send cut glass bon bon dish to
 poor widowed Cousin MeHssy, who | would weep with delight at getting a
 bag of flour, or some Comfortable
 clothing, or a half-ton of coal or a
 crisp banknote-less than the price of
 the cut glass dish, but which would
 help pay her rent-there can be Ht-
 Se Joy m that manner of playing But to put one,s mind on one's se- lection, to choose. within ones means 1 the book, or picture, or article of ap-
 parei, or ornament, or comfort which will excite, first surprise, then ioy in ' the mind of the receiver, that is to | fncite double Christnas happiness since, like mercy. it hlesseth him who 1 gives and him who takes"
 Only the Recording Angel knows all
 the real generosity, the true benevo- i 1enoe set in motion by the thought of holiday giving Because so many who share of their abundance with those l less fortunate than themselves, if they posSass the genuine Christmas spirit
 become so secFetive. about this time Of i year, that they jealously hide from l their J1ght hand what their left hand 1 is doing.
 ! 1 heard, once upon a time, Of . man | of means who had countless calls dur i ing the year, many of them, alas. from tmpostors and the undeservinR His insight to the deceit and uIlvvortfl = | 7ness of the impoFtunate might have
 made him bitter, if not actually sour, on anybody; but it did not.
 He ohanced to know of number of ! women in strengthened circumstances
 gentlewomen, most of them. to whom
 the coming of Christmas could mean little in the shape Of happiness
 Anonymously to them, although his Identity was known to his ,ainaoner. ] he arranged so that a few days before | the holiday each woman received a | certified check; @ little fund from which she could purchase gifts for
 others, if so she chose, or to be kept for the small needs of the coming
 year Their gratitude to and their prayers for their unknown benefactor | will never be known to him; but it is ! safe to say they are recorded lndelibly
 somewf1erei
 A~ife, what do you think? The paymaster had orders from the Boss to put a half gold piece in every eRVelopei And his wife
 Is sendin round candy and oranges to every kid fn the village tonights
 Nhoopi Isn't that pretty good?''
 When workingman goes home in
 happy haste with such titings as that
 to his family, it is safe to say there
 isn't going to be any labor troubles in
 that particular village for the com
 ing yeari For only the dyspaptie and janndieed Of naanl<ind ever outgrow their child ish love for "presents;s and even the InlsHt ones. which are scornfally re-
 ferred to as '.traps and truck, have. iu the main. a kindly spirit behind
 them, if we will but reflect upon it.
 And although We may VOW today that
 newer, never, never again will we pay
 one mite Of attention to Christmas,
 wlIsch, praise bel comes but once a
 year. deep ip our hearts We know that
 we enjoy it, and We can't help taking