THE CHRISTMAS FEELING

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 13

THE CHRISTMAS FEELING

SOME REMARKS BY MR. DOOLEY.

Father Kelly says Christmas is a feelin' as well as a feast. About this, time iv th' year th. Christmas feelin' comes alone: an' gives ye a nudge. Ye're thinkin about cuttin' down expenses an' savin' money, an' th' th' /Christmas spirit whispers in ye're ear, "Come, „ give up." "But," says ye,. ' why shud I be buyin' thingsl f'r people that don't want thim, because they're goin' to buy things f'r me that I don't want because.they think I'm buyin' things f'r thim that they dont want because I think they're buyin' things f'r me that I don't want?", "None iv ye're business," says th' Spirit of Christmas. "Loosen up." An' th' first thing I know ye're in a joolryi store buyin' a, goold watch an' chain an', a dimon shirt' stud f'r me, I think not but I hope. I always hope ' about Chris'mas time I'm goin to get sornethin' that- I've always wanted, but so far havin' passed a matther iv sixty Chriß'maseß, I've had little luck irer since. I was a boy an' wanted a pony, an' got a caddychism. I have in the cellar as large iv sreeh neckties, slippers, an' bookmarks as ake Felsenthal has on sale. An' yet 'I don't mind it. Th' sufferings I endure fr'm gettin' prisints is offset Ibe th' pleapure I inflict in givin' thim. I know that on Chris'mas Eve yell come in here, an' I'll reach undher th' counter an' toss out' to ye a small box with th' remark: "Here's a little sornethin' I got f'r ye." An' yo'll open it up an' pretind to be overwhelmed with pleasure an'; surprise whin ye see a yellow, cravat with green stripes. '■..-' ' ' - . "Well, upon me wurrud, how did ye come to think iv this? There must be sornethin' in thought tliransference, f'r this is th' very thing ,1 was hopin' some wan wud give nie." . An' thin ye reach, into ye're coattail pocket an' pull out a package. I reel with joy at th' sight iv a 'cardobard matchbox to hang on th' wall an' take ye be th' hand an' say: "Ra-aly, Hinnissy, I feel I oughtn't to take this.. Why did ye go to such expense f'r me? It,makes me poor little fift look so trivyal." An' th' next'week obsarve that ye're not wearin'th' millinery I give ye, an' ye note that I, still get me matches out iv me vest pocket,, an' nayther iv us cares a sthraw wan way or another. But if ye hadn't given me annything, or if ye'd given me sornethin' and I hadn't given ye annything, we'd both feel mad

There ain't army worse feelin! thin not gettin' sornethin' fr'm 'somebody that ye'vo given sornethin' to exoept to get sornethin' from somebody that ye've given nawthin' to. In wan case ye feel like a sucker, an' in th' other like an embezzler.