Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 25, Number 26, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 December 1894 — Page 7
BAB'S LETTER.
JHE TELLS OF THE WAY TO MAKE HAPPY CHRISTMAS,
iemmnbriuicM of the Tlrnn "When Ynn and I Were Youug'1-How llard-llxkried eople Spoil the Oreat Holiday—Clirlst'masTalk. [Copyright, 18W,
The time la come when we are not ubling ourselves in the least about sciences, or the tmporanee of analytical novels, or the much vexed quesfon of suffrage, but. instead we ponder yer a large woolly dog and wonder If ris curls will comb out, while we give he rest of our intelligence to deciding whether a doll shall be French, German
American^ when it is desired that it all say "Mamma" as only a well-bred doll can. There is something fascina ,Ung about toys to the feminiue heart. They make women, who are tired and vorn and weary, become ohildren again, and force them to find in the frail things something that makes them companionable with their own little people. You now perfectly well that when you ught that boy of blocks, you desired, as soon as they reachod home either to build a house with them, a houae without a very strong foundation, or to pieoe out a picture. You said you bought a doll that wasn't dressed'because the dresses in the shops weren't pretty. Oh, you wicked woman! You dressed that doll because it gave you ineflable pleasures to fiddle and fool over the lfttle petticoats, to fit on the lilliputian stockings and to trim a tiny hat with a tiny feather.
Didn't you HAVK A GOOD TIME the other night, when all the children had gone to bed, and you and Jack wound up all the mechanical toys, and saw them work You excused yourself by saying that yeu wanted to see if they were in good order. As if one needed an exouse tor being young again I Why, I oan understand how I lingered over the kitchen stoves, bought the tiny bassinet, and were, oh! so very particular about getting such a tea set as was suited to the size of the house, and to the bisque lady who lived in it. It is wonderfully good £o be young again, and we women are made BO when the Christmas feeling is in the air. Men manage to conceal this feeling, and they are mean enough to be ashamed of it but even a
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steam engine, tries the cars that are warranted to run over the carpet for half an hour, and looks at the bag of marbles, and wishes he had marbles like them when he was a boy. It makes us all boys and girls again. We trot out and get a bit of holly, and look at the green leaves and the red berries, and realize how cheerful they are, and bow good the world Is. And there is a great deal to be thought of, stockings to be filled, and a tree to be dressed.
ON» WOMAN'S WAT.
I once heard of a bard-hearted woman a wleked woman, I call her—who when Christmas Day came, gave each of her children a five-dollar gold piece and told them to buy what they wanted. She said it saved her a lot of trouble. Who wants to be saved such lovely trouble as that? Of oourse, one pricks one's fingers and runs the chance of setting the house on fire, and Is tolerably certain to fall off thejladder but still what family ,of child ren^would want to be given the doubtful privilege of buying their own things, when they have always seen this tree that Dears such wonderful fruit? I like to see it, with its green boughs heavy with bags filled with candy, with strings of popcorn, with glittering red and blue and gold baits, with long sticks of peppermint, with sugar dogs with pink noses, and sugar elephants with bluo tails that stick out, and sugar cats that are larger than the elephants and then on the very top branch of all I like to see the Christmas saint beaming at everybody. And underneath the tree, swimming on a sea of
must be Noah's Ark,
while the procession of animals must be beading towards Mount Ararat, and the 'elephant requeuing the mosquito not to shove. Then 1 ITKE A BAFC* DOLT sitting up in a chair, with its blue eyes looking out for its mother and I like a lady doll standing on her own feet, and eagerly seeking for the young person whose companion she is to be. Then I like to see tennis nets and racquets, and big footballs and trains of. care warranted to* rnn from Santa Claus' L*nd to
Good Boy's Land, and, best of all, I like .to think that, with every toy and every bit of sweetness, there Is real loving kindness prompting the giving.
A gift that oomes because of conventionality is not worth having. It mu§t bring an expression of good will with It so strong that it permeates the gift Itself aa if they were some sweet soent. Sometlmesiwe cannot give jnst what we want, Sometimes it seems a« if we eoaldn'tjgive at all, but we oan, always. We can sit down, *nd, pen in hand, write a few words of Christmas greeting that will show of whom we are thinking and will suggest what we would like to do. Then, we can always
KOONOMIZR A LITTLE BIT
and have something for the children. An obligation rests upon every mother to make her children happy, because these young days are the ones that they remember. You and I have forgotten about Christmas before last, but we distinctly remember Christmas twenty years ago, when we crept down stairs, barefooted end nightgownW, to see If ttA good Saint had stopped at our house. And we oan remember how we were driven back and told we shovM see nothing nnlees we appeared shod and properly dreaaed. That was quick work.
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And oh, what Joy it WM when we got there! How did Kris Krlnkle know that what I wanted was that delightful book? That book that told about Little Nell and her Grandfather, and that other book just beside it which Introduced me to Paul Dombey, and that other book that had, hidden between its pages the quaint Marchioness, and beet of all, that book that said to me, "This is David Oopperfleld, poor little ohap will he ever finish washing out those bottles?" And how did the Saint know that
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a football and a pocket knife, while another one who was of a mechanical turn of mind bad yearued for a steam engine that he might take it to pieces and see how it was made to work? And the doll for the baby, and the blooks with pictures upon them to keep her quiet. Surely a letter must have been written to the Christmas Saint. But then, I had slipped in late the night before with the boys, and we had put on the mantelpiece a wonderful shell box that had a looking-glass inside, and which it took nearly all our money to buy. And I had made a pocket pin cushion. The stitches were very bad, but there wasn't one that wasn't put in with love and gladness. That is the Christmas I remember best.
Nowadays, I know that the shell-box still exists. It holds some faded photographs and some locks of hair, oarefully put in envelopes aud marked with the date of the day that meant sadness.
A GLADSOME DAY.
But what we all need to do is to make the day just as glad and just as full of happiness as can be. Now no day can be full of happiness unless we are sharing our joy with somebody else. The secret of all goodness is giving, and giving with great gladness. You two people who are alone think it great nonsense to trouble yourselves about Christmas Day. Don't permit yourselves to get in this state of mind, for surely if you do you will both be old befoie your time. Make as gay a Christmas as you oan, and call in your friends and neighbors to share it with you. Think over the list in your book and find out those who are nice people, and who will not have very much to enjoy on this holy day. Have them in to share with you, and bring in some ohildren and give them the good time they would not have had but for you, and you will be surprised to discover how much you enjoy youiself.
There is no enjoyment in life, my frieud, that isn't shared with somebody else. There isn't a book worth reading, a play worth seeing, or a picture worth lookiugat unless you share the delights with whoever is closest to you. Having pleasures alone is like
KISSING THE AIR.
It is stale, flat and unprofitable. When it is in your power to make some people happy, how can you help doing it? How do you get yourself in such an ironbound state? You fail to see why you shouM make life any fuller for your friend, not to mention the stranger within your gates. That's wicked.
Take your joy and divide it up in a lot of little pieces, and make It go around among a whole circle. Women are not naturally mean, but they forget. They forget what little things please people who have 'fat little, and they forget what a d*y in somebody else's house means to the woman who is kept busy all the time in her own until she is b)dy-siok and heart-sick. Bring into your pretty home a* many of yonr friends as you can. Make it a bouse beautiful in every way. Your brocade chairs and sofas lack all loveliness unless their luxury is enjoyed by some body, and your beautiful house cease* to be a home when it is dressed up in linen overcoats and the sun is kept from looking at It for fear It will fade it.
AS BEGAN.
Homes are made by friends, by the at mosphere of gracious giving, which means not only the mere sharing of the bread, but the sharing of the good and loving thoughts. When HH who came on earth so many hundred years ago a* a little child, He came as a present to us all. Toe first Christmas gift.
When He grew to mtnhood, a^d when the a»y th*t wa* to show to an unbelieving world that he
Would
die for It,
almost the last thing He did was to call about Him those whom He loved
and
who loved Him, that they .night break bread together. He set us the example of hospitality. And we must not fear in •electing our guests, lest we m%ke mis takes, for when Christ sat down at the table, there was Judas also. How much It meant, and how much it stilt means tons all—that first Christmas gift. A little child that lay in the arms of its mother, and looked to its mother for help and care. Somewhere there is a little child who is looking to you.and to me for care and pleasure. Happy women have their own, but the women who have none born of them must look oat into the big world and search for the little child that she can help, and give to it a merry Christinas.
QUAINT OLD SSXTIMBTtT.
We say, as we meet each other, "A Merry Christmas," but what it really means we de not always comprehend It is a Christmas without envy, hatred, malice, or any uneharltableneea. It is a Christmas foil of joy and glee, and one which forces as all to forget for a little while the worries of life, and to be like little children. I like the qnaint old phrase, "A Merry Christmas." It seems to have been the one that has come down to us in all the long years, and it seems right, that while to each and every one we may hope for a "Happy New Year," what we long for Just now is "A Merry Christmas." To the master of the honee and to its mistress, to all little children, and to the stranger within the gates. And It will oome if
we wish for it with Infinity, for In the sight of God an Intense wish is a prayer Remember this as you hw the oarols sung. Perhaps one v«r«e of the old hymn will linger with vnu, and sing in your heart all d*y lontf, as it does in mine, when the Christinas blessedness is over everything: kf* "All glory be to God on high,
And on the earth be peace. Good-will henceforth from Heaven to men Begin and never oease To how many of us has that verse come when we were little ohildren? To you? To your neighbor? To her neighbor? As It dU in the Christmas of long ago to AH.
Always AgaSnut Women.
•*In England," says a writer In the Mall Gasette, "the joke is always against women. How does the laugh gof is no Insignificant question. In England alone banter i» a kind of mockery of sex. It
A Perfumed Hath Robe.
One means of imparting to her lovely person a suggestion of flowery fragrance is the perfumed bath robe that milady slips into as soon as she steps from her full length bath. It is a sweet creation in eider down or silk and is interlined with the finest quilting, upon which has been sprinkled with a lavish hand some delicious sachet powder. By this dainty mode the sweetness of Alpine Volets or heliotrope that nestles in every frill and fold of the fair Eve's laccs and ribbons invests t^ie body in a wonderfully fascinating way that appeals at once to the maid or matron who rejects the strong extracts and distinctive perfumes of the day.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
When to Use Cold Cream.
ANew York chemist, speaking of the frequency with which women anoint their feces with cold cream, says that in no instance should it be used except where the face has been roughened by the wind and then applied only for a night or two that it gives an oily look to the face and has a tendency to enlarge the pores of the skin that if the skin needs a tonic cocoa butter or cocoanut oil thoroughly rubbed into the skin morning and evening, after having bathed the face in warm water, will improve the complexion in a very short time and will not raise the small crop of hair that is almost inevitable with the nightly use of cold cream.
Keep the Children "Young."
The modern practice of sending children to dancing school, where they are taught skirt dancing and brought out every year to show themselves in fancy dresses, has its disadvantages, and they are ones which always will cause a careful mother to think twice before sending her little ones to learn these unnecessary mannerisms. The tots pick up an affected manner soon enough, and if a child is to be kept sweet and simple through the years of childhood it is best to defer the dancing lessons or patronize a private school, where public exhibitions are not given.—Pittsburg Post.
PunishingChildren.
Children should never be punished except for doing things which they knew were wrong. If some trifling offense is commited in ignorance, the child should be reasoned with and told why the act must not be repeated, but to punish would be unjust. If a child understands when he is doing wrong that it is worthy of punishment, he naturally expects to have to
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evident in the humor of the working classes, in ridloule of the girls who admire the life guards, lu the extraordinary bank holiday kind of gallantry composed of slights and Insults and also in the point of certain stories and of many caricatures." An American womau might be disposed to deny that England is the only country in which woman is the subject of popular joking. The redheaded girl, the mother-in-law, the strong mludt'd woman and every imaginable sort of woman have done duty for years as theobject of public ridloule.—Exchange.
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found out, but if punished without feeling that he deserves it a sense of irritation is engendered which may possibly lead to ill feeling.
The Waitlistand.
The washstand in your room should be in the corner, and if the ordinary style put a screen before it, but if you form one yourself have a shelf fixed, and under it another on which Co place the ewer, basin, etc., bidden from view with a curtain of serge when not in nse and a cover of the same to put on the top sht.i Above have a little cabinet, with cupboards for water bottle, soap, etc., or a bookcase'with the under shelf curtained.
Mrs. Edison.
Mrs. Thomas Edison has had some peculiar experiences as the wife of a genius. Mr. Edison's laboratory is in the grounds of Menlo Park, at some distance from the family residence. He likes to have his wife there in the evening, and as he often works Until 2 or 8 o'clock in the morning Mrs. Edison has spent the greater part of many a night keeping on a cot in the laboratory while ho worked.
CoxnpUmeuted by Qaeett.
The queen of Italy has written a personal tetter complimenting Miss Susan Stuart Frackleton of Milwaukee and her work on China. "Tried by Fire" is used as a textbook in the
South Kensington Art Muieum
library. She is president of tli National League of Mineral Painters.—Rome Correspondent.
BcftorlogCelon.
If the color is taken outof a dress in spots by add, it can be restored by first wetting with liquid ammonia to kill the add and afterward with chloroform to bring back the color. If the color is destroyed by an alkali, wet first with add and afterward wttn chloroform.—Chicago Herald.
What
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With a Tenth Chicken.
An old honsewife says that the toughest of beef or chicken can be made tender and palatable by pntting a spoonful of good elder vinegar in the pot in which it is boiling or in the juices with which the same is basted when roasting. It does not Injure the flavor In the least.
Rose Terry Cooke bad too keen an insight into human nature and too sarcastic a tongue to be a universal favorite in the little Connecticut town where much of her life was spent. Her townspeople were in* tensely prood of her, but always a little afraid of her.
Lemonade, say the doctors, is best when made of boiling water, covered np closely and allowed to oooL In this way it has more flavor and goodness and is best suited to an invalid, and one lemon will go aa far astwow
If women only knew It, they deform tfUir hands with tight gloves quite as much as their feet with Ught shoes. One makes corns and the other UR knuckles. Tight anything la bad tarn
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Men's
Silk Garters,
25c-
White and
Fancy Shirts,
50c to $1.50.
Men's
Fancy Silk Teck and Four-in-Hand
Scarfs,
25c, 50c, 75c, $x, $1.25 each.
Men's
Fancy and Plain
Silk Suspenders
50c to $1.50.
Men's
Gloves and Mitts
25c to $1.50.
Men's
Plain and Fancy Night Robes Soc, 7Sc, ?i, $1.25, $1.50 each.
We are prepared to get out your orders for Framing promptly, at the Art Department of the Havens & Greddes Co. .v'
Mechanical Toys of every description can be found in the greatest variety at L. D. Smith's, 673 Main street, at closingout prioes, which means that they are the lowest in the city.
Wholesale or Retail Candies. Fruits, Nuts, New Novelties, Tree Ornaments, in fact anything for the Holidays you can wish for, from the cheapest to the best. Special prices in large quantities at EISER'S, Ninth and Wabash avenue. Our Home-made Can dies and Caramels our specialty. Don't forget—We give a 50c Ticket to the Wllber Entertainment Co., with every 60c Box of Candy or SI Basket of Fruit.
Turkeys, Oysters and VenniBon at Ehrmann's, Fourth and Ohio.
Wilvert puts up the finest Boxes of French Creams in the city. Give him a call and be convinced.
A SERIOUS FAULT. It was Publius Syrus who said: "When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all." It has been the aim of our business, "always lead." Try our "New Process" Bread and be convinced. Terre Haute Steam Baking Co.
The Money Club is a new Chicago or* ganixation intended to save money for its members. Terre Haute has snch an organisationi whoae membership Includes all the persons who buy Hats, Caps, Gloves, etc. at the 8ign of the Big Black Bear, for every peraon who buys goods there doee save money, and no mistake- He haa the nicest line of Hats ever shown in this city, at prioes lower than ever before offered. What oould be more suitable for a Christmas present than something serviceable in this line. Ladies, go to the Sign of the Big Black Bear before purchasing yonr husband or sweetheart a Christmas present,
Visit the Art Department of the Havens A Geddes Co.
SOME SUGGESTIONS
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CH RISTHAS PRESENTS.
Shoppers who are in doubt as to what to select for presents are requested to fconsult the following list. You will very likely find just the article you are looking for. Our stock for Holidays was never so complete, never so beautiful and embraces all the very latest styles and novelties. Buy your Christmas Presents now. Buy them here where you get the best for the least money.
Smoking Jackets,
Many Styles,
$8 to $12.
Odd Pants
at
Lowest Prices.
Men's
Overcoats, $5, $7. $8, $10, $12, $15, $16, $18, $20, $22, worth $2 or $3 more.
Children's
v. Overcoats,
4 to 14 years,
$2 to $8.
Silk
Handkerchiefs,
50c to $x.
Gents'
Umbrellas, 50c to $1.50. Silk, $2.75 to $6.
Gents'
Fancy Vests
Cheap.
Children's Suits,
3 to 14 years,
$1 to $12.
Men's Ulsters $10, $12, $15" $18, $20, $22,
See our line of $10 Coats-
Boys' Overcoats
and Ulsters
$3 to $15
Better Values.
Gents'
Underwear
$1 to $4 a Suit.
Men's and Boys' .Linen Handkerchiefs, xoc to 15c. Plain or Fancy.
A Mackintosh makes a beautiful and appropriate Present. All guaranteed at Lowest Prices.
Thorman & Schloss,
The One-Price Merchant Tailors and Clothiers, Fifth and Main.
Seeds! Seeds!
The time is approaching when farmers will make tboir purchases of Seeds for spring sowing, and we desire to call their attention to the fact that we are now, aa we have always been, headquarters for all kinds of Grain, Field and Garden Seeds. Timothy and Clover made a specialty.
Bauermeister & Busch,
Corner Fir9t and Main.
HOT ROLLS DAILY. Buns, Snails, Doughnuts, Cakes, Pies and Bread, fresh every day at the Terre Haute Steam Baking Co., 1100 south Ninth street
Fruit Baskets, Box Candies, Plain Candies, Nuts, Fruits. All brands of Cigars. E. H. Wilvert. 1115 Main street.
J. A. Dailey, 509 Ohio street, is district agent of the John Hancoek Insurance Co., of Boston, one of the safest and most rAl'able companies in tbe world. Do thu sensible thing, and make your wife a j^esent of a life insurance policy, and before yon do, see J. A. Dailey, 609 Ohio street.
Visit the Art Department of the Havens & Geddes Co. Fillet of Beef, Sweet Breads, Choice Beef at Ehrmann's.
Ed. L. Feidler has a Christmas present in store for all his patrons by giving 25 pounds of Granulated Sugar for $1.00 next Thursday, December 27th. This is the largest amount of Granulated Sugar ever offered for $1.00.
We are prepared to get out your orders for Framing promptly, at the Art Department of the Havens & Geddes Cot
On aib&mnt of having so many other interests which prevent him from giving proper attention to his Toy Department, Louis D. Smith is desirons of disposing of his Immense stock of Toys. He haa the finest line of Toys of every description, at prices that can't even be touched by ether houses.
Fillet of Beef, Sweet Breads, Choice Beef at Ehrmann's,
Boys' Suits,
10 to 19 years,
$3 to $10.
Boys'
Shirt Waists,
25c to $1.
1 Men's Suits, all styles, $7, $8. $9. $10, $12, $15, $18, $20.
Our $10 Suit is a bargain.
Gents' Half
Hose,
wool or cotton,
25c a pair.
Hats and Caps
all
Prices.
Collars,
15c, two for 25c.
Cuffs,
25c a pair.
Visit the Art Department of the Havens & Ged :es Co. Turkeys, Oysters and Vennison at Ehrmann's, Fourth and Ohio.
Have you seen Wilvert's display of fine Confectionery. Give him a call and you will go no farther.
We are low priced on all Furniture, Itockers, Lounges. Carpels. BREINIG & CO, 815 Wabash A ve.
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