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DECEMBER 22, 1906. THE SUNNY SOUTH THIRD RAGE Are We Robbing Christmas & of Its Gld=Time Joyous Poetry? s ^ GH of tho poetv lias un doubtedly passed from Christmas. The greatest of holidays iu no longer cel«*fcra*ei| as It wag In the old days. To the children, it is still the happiest day in in the calendar, anil its festivities satisfy the last longing cf pleasure that the infantile heart can know. .. a „ Hut It is somewhat changed for the grown-ups. Years ago acults became children at the Yuletido and celebrated the holiday season with riotous mirth, but the world grows sterner, more practical, more matter of **£„?"* ! e S «• t,lnp "ears o„. * W ,“ ,ave with u.v the Christinas j < inner, but it is now an occasion for | conventional correctness where men .-mu i ■ai-incn wear evening clothes, and talk i„ politely mo.1,dated voices, the man ahouc mop ey. stocks and bonds, the women ol fashions. This dinner is only a pale shadow oi j the joyous foast of our forefathers. ! No longer <lo they drag in the Yule-log j t othe salute of song and cheers. The ! vassal] bowl has passed with the hoop ■ skirts of half a. century ago. The great j punch howl has given way to the mi- J poetic and costly wine bottle. Gone are mummers who used to go j from house to house at Christinas time ; to sing a merry song and exchange j greetings. rather Christmas. tin- j Christmas Mother and tho 1/ord of Mis- I ivie no longer masquerade to the joy >f | adults and children like. The ga'l; - ; decorated stage roaches that used ;o | * arry home the children from school for tin* holidays have yielded to the unto- j mantle, if more comfortable. Pullman scat. I GONE ARE THE DAYS. Gone front tho roadside inns are 11.. I gay parti--s of red coaled, rotund hunt-* cis who used to drink in the gr« winter holiday with potations vvht amount would appal the convivialist tods y. This is a practical money-making I world, and the romance of the daily life has perhaps suffered more shocks la our hustl-ng United Stales Hum any where else. | Christina.*- In tlte soatiilanii was on--. : the dtvajit of every mart, woman and : child, from master to humblest slave on | tile plantation. Tin celebration began on Christmas eve when there was a | giand ball for the slaves. It usually took plact* in the big- .barn, decorated . for the occasion, and in the dancing j ami revelry, the black children of the j sun had tin* empathy nd encourage-, mont of their masters, who always paid i the ball a visit, and. often even joined J In the dancing. An 1 when the dance ended, came a i giand feast, for which the master of the. ( plantation stinted nothing. There wan i ample to cat and drink. Ill the morning of the holiday the t slaves would gather in front of the j mansion, perhaps to make some little 1 | about three doze t Christinas plays, ini I which the ladies and gentlemen of the | 1 c nrt. from the time of James l to! rjiarles I, could appear in gorgeous cos- ; tume and enact parts. | j Foi cenitries tiic twelfth night revels- j wet<* ii:st*pa'-a!)I< from tin holiday. Tho) t Christmas seasi n began oil rie.-eiiib**r I6 1 I mui ended January 6. and llie entire ! pop nation fea.-t-.-1 and math merry, ihe : rii-b. i-heerfuliy foothig tie* liills the- * j nor run ii| ir- Current JZ? Marks Wholesale Year Revival of Christmas Card jzr s by the students, n niu'ii-'t'S and minstrels. s::tti- : it w in the Cnit'-d States Now Year’s lime In l’l-.i ad *1 pi-ia or tlv .Mardi Gras at New Orleans. V. h'io Cm Yiltelog. win li was su-pOFod to hum all night, nr going out before to bring bad lit, k. was sending out Its elteor- :ng d.-.me, 'he carol singers gathered un- iii ,* windows and sang their holid :y i songs and hymns. j i, w es tire Puritan hair -d of the i x- liifint-s to wl.i- h this festivity was ear- jiii-i. that formed one of .the strong-- t I pomls tn their arraignment of tin- li- ' i pisi' mil extravagance of the c-mr'. ai.d when Crotnve!! ante iiito power 1 there was an end of tin* old jolly j Christmas, whet was goaii and harmless I hi in ; alm-isia-d along with the hud. Hut Christmas was only in exile di.t- : it.g tiic Puritan days, and came liaos 1 w lien Charles II as-ended the throne. | Xow a sierner an-l move lelentless t | than the Puritans t >ld Father Time- ba. I swung ills scythe against many or its I a-.i-ieril customs ''nil lees,, survive mij. ! it paintings and drawings and tile him ii- j ory of the venerable. Pity it is. for the more of the o'd tit.it- spirit we iu.i-.-et into tile holiday, tin- 1 greater its Joys. OLD BOWLING GHEEN. It- rout At first the lower r ii-iug iinwlrllg Green. Peeping at Santa Olaus’ Fair Substitute at Work. While Puritans and Quakers still doml- i.:::ed New England and Pennsylvania. • hey always made more of the religions than tlie secular observance. PRAYER AND FASTING. Christmas was a day for prayer anti lasting, not for gifts and feasting. Tin- stern old Puritan fathers, fighting for existence on a rockbound coast, with hostile Indians on al! sides, scorned the joys of life, and the grave Quakers In their detestation of all that smacked of levity and ostentation, frowned on the Christmas of the south. Hut a growing nation was not to be eon- i When these passed Christinas in the : United States was bereft of half its ele- 1 ment of the picturesque, i In time, too, stern puritan New Kng- j land relaxed and came to celebrate ) Christmas, as the merry old patron saint i ol the day intended it should he. The j i glowing Yulelog burned on hearths of ; ! men who had fought at Bunker Hill, and j j sons of heroes of the revolution kissed ! maidens of New England under the mis- \ . lletoe, and carried them bouquets and I gifts that were intended to convey other ! | sentiments beside those of peace on earth ’ I goodwill to men. Then the lover drove tip bis sleigh, behind two or even four horse--, the v. hole equipage being dccoiated witlt greens. Then lie delivered his gift in person, and the maiden n.' his dreams The Market Field;" afterward it was spoken of as tie- "Ilcere Strati.' or chief street, and later named Broad Way; and lines of streets and boundaries of lots were laid mostly by chance. In March, 1732. the aldermen "Resolved, That this cor poration will lease :■ piece of land lying at the lower end of Broadway, fronting to tite fort, to some of the inhabitants of nlie said Broadway, in order to be in closed to make a Bowling Green thereof, with walks then-in. for tlu- beauty and ornament of said street, as well as for the recreation and delight of tin- in habitants of the city, h iving tlie street on each side thereof fifty feet breadth,” and three "public splcjaal and sport lov ing citizens,” John Chamber*. Peter Bayard and Peter Jay. hired the plaint- for eleven years in return ment of a peppercorn: It lifted up for the playing when tlte lease expired it Christmas Sweethearts—A Very Popular Post Card This Season. 11E Christmas card of our T grandfathers. in a some- what altered and hum cm- j lzod form, s tho v 'sue j ' 1 again. ! j. w Although a custom full of sentiment and well | worthy of porpet ua ion, j for many ye j.rs its p >pu- | larky seenn d to w aim. 1 l if and till* -H casional ex- r— hiib^ changes pf the vari col- , dd marve 'Kristinas aso is related of t women, who real is five thousand doll: made have by painting pictun genuine talent in and are kept at i average artist get the work usually but for tin*, ■ard brings, wo English e annually j rs entirely j They ! cards this kind < permanently a month < in iniclsummc Now tin* automobile delivery wa the fashionable department stores ;he gift, and when the lover co servant or butler shows him in. a acknowledgment of id-: gift is mn Illy. The dinner of then was differen t"oay. perhaps ihe jaded palates time would not be s.uisti--: with A long taili n' I - liina and n to tie- V. .nl. grandf. *.iip there i a: - i .1 of the ta side, a ham P; tiked by ve I’lum pudu;.j staples of th Vi ns washed claret. i iiampagne obi days. ( \ 11": \ agar. i.l with nut Tltp whole i ■esidiug. Aft i - t t urkey : •hi for the pay- j was at oncei f ImjwIs, ami j was renewed by John Chamhera, Colonel Phillipse and Jolm Roosevelt for another eleven years) at a rental of twenty shillings per an num. Thus originated tlte name “Bow ling Green,” though for wliat reason the' j sport was not. continued after the second ) lease is not clear. I Several famous houses have stood j near Bowling Green, and one of these 1 was a building at I Broadway, erected jin 1766 by tho English Captain Kennedy, j afterward earl of Cassillis. " iiicli in J time came to l>e used by Washington and Generals J.ee and Putnam as their liead- ! quart! rs. A boarding house, known as {tite Washington inn. 'otlowcd. and later! ! Cyrus Fii-M ealleil Ir'A ;ew structure on the same site the "Wa.Siington building. - ’ bring. ! At what is now- 9 Broadway, Benedict nes. a | Arnold lived after the capture of Major, id : .- - Andre, and it was while lie was there i for- that he escaped being kidnapped back ; into tlie patriot's lines by a baud of {daring colonists. Nearby Captain Martin 1 0,1 M'rciger built, in 1659. a tavern which stood under his name until it gave way to hostelry known first as the "King's Arms tavern," and during tlu- revolution as "Bunt's Coffee house." This was among tlte few buildings that escaped tlie tires of 1776 and 13-15, and as late as I860 it was still standing under the name of "The Atlantic Garden"—only the second structure, as a mailer of fact. I to occupy the site since tlie foundation, of tin- city! An advertisement of May ored. handsomely printed messengers of “peace on earth, good-will to men.' was confined principally to children. Bitt the hauviuer mailing card has brought back the Christinas caia^ again to even a greater vogue than it en joyed iti tlie long ago. or early fall. This is really the time when artist needs help most, for summer when his calling munerative. DIPLOMATIC SIGNIFICANCE. If every Christmas card coti.M have on it tlie signature of hs artist, there would he general surprise at tlte kind of talent that is employed in preparing -the pic- t tiros, Mr. John Bacon, I!. A . began painting aided to cut In autograph. - the Christinas card of tlie idi- to take on quite a dlp'.o- fi. mice. In order to signal- <11 - : alliance with Japan am-l tlu: world over. King Ed- 1 o' c year’s Christmas card a suuje-ct willed would show of B 'itish ajul Japanese The artist turned out a icture of a hail in Tokio, in Brit h admiral was shown panose princess, ast to Japan made land of tlie mika- :s of the world it | if a rejHjrt could be obtained from the Christinas cards a your European men tis card habit. desif den. hands rlous -moan tin- pa.* . it was inevil Nothing si 'ii f oscillating cu style.-'. Even Tlie toms go with changing sty England. coup try of eorr.-rv:i Christmas h;ts changed much. On. e it was au occasion for plays, enacted l'y rite priests. Thin under the Stuarts 1.11.10 the i f the masques, sumptuous specta eiuorlaininen'.s. Bin John.uu ' imcert ! 3 o i-lix-k. and f tlie coolness will be admitt money will !» to begin ex- etul at 10. on of the evening. 1 d without ;ii-k- taken at the * instinct in tiie French cry scrupulous in their ;lio ethics of the Christ- nan of prominence socia!- or politically, sends out ' cards, and any friend, ustonier who is overlook- > or sho has a just cause Christmas cards of the 1 are of tlie old-fashioned the outer cover having a :sign and a seasonable 1 they have served iheir ►so. they can, by the sim- removing tlie outer shell. .1 rmanent souvenirs of a States the mailing card, s tho souvenir postal. >u!ar form of all. of design. *he demand l« •ring. When the photo- set in a few years ago. *r ) t'siui you met was tographer, then tiie black gained a marked prefer- ig is colors. Tim ama- ctim of the camera than e novelty has worn off. white of photography I to fall short of suppfv- tliat are needed to pic- h"l\ j Piles Cured in G to 14 Days. i PA 340 OINTMENT i« guaranteed to " 1, ' s | cure any case of Itching. Blind. Bleeding i cula: I or Piirtruiiiiig I’iles in 6 to !4 days or! vre ei money refunded. 50c. Good Old Santa on a Post Card. i various post office departments of the. • world, it would be found that tons on ! tons of tiie cards are now being mailed | from all parts of tlie world. I The traveler on the continent who lias- . twenty friends to whom he would send which task . in adopts tlii- j "f f buying a j Christmas , Tlie Same Oid Story, Just as Popular Christmas Long Ago as Now. gift to the owner and 111.- family, oi- u-ayhe Just to wish them uil a Merry Christmas. All tilts is gone, to return nevermore. Th® black man has his freedom. He is his own master. In winning this boon, he has estranged from himself many of those who were once his pro tectors. He is in the midst of a time of trial, when in working out h:s ties- tiny, he must battle against race-hatred tmd explain away the crimes committed by men of his own coior. Forgetting the ra-e problem, taking no sides, it must nevertheless In* true ► hat many an aged darky, working for little or almost nothing, in a menial capacity an some cold, northern city, b*- moans that merry, beautiful Christmas of the long ago. in the sn-.itli where the -winter was always soft and beaiitifu.. and somoone was always at ban,] to -are for all his material wants. The Christinas of tiie south was the merriest festival in tlie United States until after the- revolutionary war. E G GilI WATCH c«r Si KS*WfM> AMMMt amswfei wmh i.m sor.11> la If* «’*nx« E.NMUV2D Of? BOTH ‘JSUSS. FuiJj r aau4 ticakt-pay; of »>r r>.- tita, bpn««r« uuai s* G 2 L ^ W ^TI fl r;n«UMTKKIft *3 if £ A BS, WeriieJ; FR E £ tc M .7. tr U!rl« K, fMlIloftO J«w»lry art'clse *1l(»c. «ooh, aoj «• will mc6 itwtlry n»oll 1 fined tn tin* ideas brouglit over by it. ; tounders. Contiitlons changed as those '.'ho had come to the new world in searen of religious freedom gave -way to new generations that hat! never known any 1 estrlction of tiie right to worship as j '.'.ey willed. Intermarriage with other r.eoples helped lessen the rigor, and oy the time the constitution was promul gated, Philadelphia had a society that was modeled 0:1 that of England, and ad me familiar scenes of Christmas in the | mother country were reproduced ia tli .* shadows of Independence hall. Tlie oasts of venison and beef took ! the piaee of tlie turkey we know today, tlx* mother of the home presided in per son over tlu* preparation of the meal, .'ini the mastej of the house descended *■> Ids wine cellar ai l picked out tlie vin- ; tage - he deemed ln-si worthy his guests Nor did these ”nests come for just •la- meal. They took possession of the ' l’ouse. and stayed for days before and alter Christmas. The state!.- minuet, the jolly Virginia reel! What are there In tlie two-steps, tiie eotiilou of today that eati com par.* hi hearty Jollity o r grace with those standbys of the old-time Christmas ball'.’ And what effects of our modern tailors and modistes can hope to match tli * ■knickerbokers and flowered coats of tho colonial men. rhe flowing skirts of tli* ladies, the rare old lace at their throats, and men and women alike surmounting their toilets with powered queues? I Christmas Cheer and Christmas Soug, iu Good Old Days. : a word of greeting, but f- 1 lie cannot spare the linn easier and quicker method handful 'of the magnifier , cards exposed for sale in every city of ' Europe. By writing an address atnl affixing a. ; stamp, and under all put:i:ig ids own ' signature, lie is able to show that lie j lias not forgotten. A distinguished English painter om-c said that the Christinas card did mon- ■to spread a love of art than tiie Royal' 1 academy. BEST ART PRODUCT. j This statement would particularly a|>- ] ply this year, for tiie cards far surpass j ill beauty any designs ever before turned; : out. Year by year the advance in art 1 printing goes on. and master craftsmen J with pencil and brush do no; scruple to t ; lending their genius to depicting tiie dear j , familiar scenes in which rotund while i j whiskered old Santa dans, tin* white, j ,-lad Christ child. 1 in* Ynietide. anil : Christmas stocking. :he Christmas tree, ■ tho children receiving t licit- gifts, tin! t’liristmas dinner, tin* giant turkey and/ llie snow-covered mosses and ferns of ( the woods figure so prominently. Tlte Christmas card of tiie oid days. | while it had the right sentiment, never reached a very high art plane, but now a point lias been reached where tlie very best product of artist and printer is none I tig) good to satisfy the pul'lir demand. I Tim pictures ‘that satisfied in tlie long 1 ago would no longer sell. The only citizen who might bemoan llie vogue of tiie Christinas card is the overworked postman, but we like tn think, that despite the extra labor it i entails, he enters .-t bit into (lie spirit ' of tile holiday, and gets some pleasure 1 out of being tin* bearer of so much that ! gives joy. j If lie hasn’t such philosophy It A is in ! for a very dismal time this year, for i one prominent dealer in Christmas cards { says that Ids firm lias prepared 4.000 : designs, half of which are entirely new. | Ten years ago lids firm employed 2.000 ; persons during the holiday season, now it has IO.0C0. ! The postman might as well Tie cheerful. I lie is in for an ordeal, i ‘Chyistnms brings burdens to the letter j carrier, but it is often a life saver to , 1 th e artist. Alatiy wieldcrs of the brush. I signed tlte last Christmas card which Unas his majesty. King Edward All. of Eng- ing m land, sent out in numbers to all parts of ' go llie world, to friendly potentates. t" 1 dozen friends of Ids past, to little children, to { and ti charitable enterprises, to officials in his The army anti navy. Tin* more important Christ these cards the king addressed him-j ],■:,. he shown but what tin* green stma.s tree mid fern; n* turkey, bursting In of tiie carver; tho pumpkin; the many of t; .-* Christmas gUl man sends his gifts 10 lays his honing**? lie faithfully told In and so tite clir'st- ioL In i bewilder- Soine of tln*in have pre-s is many as a 11 t various shades .nil while, for the been lifted to abso* Little Boy Blue ou a Christmas Card.