Western liberal., December 24, 1915, Christmas Edition, Image 4

About Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919

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tñní'ne oian t nave to live up to the
ngreemunt, being aa his resoluBhun
ottymatlcally nullified hora, or turn
thing like tlint. There wan a strained
atmunphere In owr bowse for aura
time, and now if there are eny Noo
Yeer'a resolushun, they are voluntary
afTares.
The wurst thing abowt Noo Yeer'a
for a boy ia that It is the last day of
Chrlstmus vakaahun, and for a man,
that it is the day that the blls come
in. I am too young to go to restaw
runts to welcum in the yeor, but I am
old cnuf to know that the best reso
luBhuns to make are to resolve not
to do things I wuddent do ennyway.
O BRIGHT NEW YEARI
An (0lh 3toifatTii
fr to Orrrthig
That you may always bar a tent
and oo sorrow aa you travel.
That yon may alwaya hare a cacha
for your food and food for your cacha.
That you may never find a tre
that will not tve up nor field that
will not glow grain.
That your bees may not freer
In winter, that the honey may be
thick and the comb break Ilk anow
In the teeth.
That your heart may always b
lile the morning, and that yon may
com slowly to the Four Corners
Whar men aay "Good Nightl"
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. In Wishing You
A Merry Christmas
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE IN 1916 AND TRUST TO
BE FAVORED WITH YOUR 1915 MOVIE GOING
Watch For Our Bookings Every Week
THE STAR THEATRE
D. W. BRIEL, Manager
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ASSIST THOSE AROUND US
:AN ESSAY ON "NOO YEAR'S"
Little EJdle Give Hi Reasons
v the Annual Holiday and It
I ' Celebration.
for
Noo Yeers ia the time when a man
takes off cnuf time tor think what a
fine feller he mite be If be was only a
littul diffrent. Then he makes a lot
of resolushuna and stands in front of
the mirror to see if there Is a halo
'arownd his hed. The resolushuna pee
pul make are like the toys you buy
in the ten sent stoar; they don't last
long.
i Another objekt of Noo Years is to
giv the wine sellers and the cellars
a chanct ter celebrate. On Noo
TTeer's eve everybuddy goes down
'town, whore the lites are brltest, and
Bit arownd tabuls to wate for the yeer
to brake in. When the clocks get to
the rite place and al the waiters have
.been pade, tho yeer comes in, and
then everybuddy stands up and hollers
or else blows horns. Why peepul
should do this I don't kno, unles it is
that they don't want the year to
think it has slipped in withowt enny
buddy knowing it. The .feeling on the
moarnlng aftur Noo Year's is respon
sible for menny of the resoluBhuns.
Pa sez that if evvury Noo Ycer's reso
lushun was kept, we wuddent hafter
worry abowt wet and dry elcckshuns,
but as the mattur stands nobuddy
heers abowt eny bartenders being lade
off the furst weke in Janyouary.
Last Noo Yeer's pa sed he would
make a resolution and kepe it if ma
would do the same, and that each
could suggest the resolushun fer the
othur, and ma sd all rite. Then you
can resolve, sed pa, not to ask me
whare I hav been when I come home
late at nite. I guess that Is a good
one, Isn't it, Eddie, he sed to me. Then
ma told htm what to resolve, which
was this you resolve not to go owt
at nites for a yeer. Pa got prltty sore,
you bet, and went and got a lorycr
friend to get up an argyment to prove
New Year a Good Tim to Remember
the Needy and Struggling Who
Are Close to Home.
All history teaches us that all condi
tions change and that every war cloud
miiBt eventually pass away. It is the
fervent hope and prayer of all nations
that peace will come with 1916. Mean
while every individual has his own
plans for the new year and they are
UHUally generous rid kindly In pur
pose; a universal spirit that explains
the cheery hopes for the new year.
True, it has been with many rather
a strenuous and exacting time In plan
ning gifts for tho Christmastlde out
of tho surplus of lost year, but they
will be none the less appreciated( be
cause tills year's benefactions possl-
bly represent a greater sacrifice than
those of years paBt. Then, too, there
have been heavy claims on American
generosity for funds with which to
send contributions for the millions of
suffering, homeless and destitute peo
ple abroad.
But on New Year's day we should
look more closely at home, and remem
ber that around us are many that need
help and assistance. There are thou
sands of struggling men and women
that need JuBt now something in tho
way cf encouragement and inspiration,
to say nothing of a little financial
boost here and there.
The New Year lias always been a
popular holiday with me, because the
greeting carries the word "happy," and
I wonder if happiness is not, after all,
what most of us are seeking. We
work for it; we plan for it and ought
to be thankful when we find It, and
I when you say "happy, ' you must feel
happy and look happy.
The word "happy" comes from
"hap," and "hap" means chance good
fortune, and implies peace and Joyous
hours. What a slender thread be
tween "happy" and "hapless, ' and we
feel on this occasion like using Shalie
spearo's greeting, "All happiness be-
; chance to thee."" We Just stop and
look at the word as ft stands out by
Itself and that is why it seems so ap-
I propriate to have a little talk on "hap-
. py" when we speak of the New Year.
Joe M. Chappie in National Magazine.
3 bright New Yearl Hani thou In atore
Health, happiness, súrcese, complete
Or sorrow, madness and defeat,
With petty trials by tho peoreT
Be kindly lenient, we Imploro
In blending bitter with the sweet,
O bright New Tear!
Ornnt us a faith to tide ua o'er
Whatever problems we may meet.
Am may our henrta be more replete
With sympathy than heretofore.
O bright New Tear!
Caroline Louise Sumner.
The Old Year's Happiness.
Our past Is sufficient assurance of
a happy New Year. Writing a New
Year's greeting to a friend, a Chris
tian man well on in life said: "When
I think about it, It seems to me that
all our years are happy. Surely the
dark days are few and the whole of
each year Is full of showers of grace,
so full that we ought not to notice
what only seems, but is not, darle."
Sometimes it takes steadfast trust
and confidence In our Lord to say
that;' and in many lives never more
so than at the close of this war-darkened
year. But it is true even of this
year. God is reigning; his steady
grace is greater than all that op
poses it. May we gratefully remem
ber the happiness that is past, and
confidently count upon our Lord for
Infinitely more to come.
All Aboard 1
All aboard for the water wagon.
Climb onto the seats so high. Avoid
(he rush, and the midnight crush,
whon the old year says "Good-bv!"
BRlErCEC'lSÍONS
Even the man who is always kick
ing at nothing occasionally hita it.
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The man who thinks that all wom
en are alike Is hopelessly married.
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WORDS are cold when it comes to expressing true thankful
ness or gratitude, but they are all we can use. We did not
buy this space to thank you for your patronage the past year as
a mere matter of form. We do it because we are grateful for
the business you have given us, and we hope you will believe in
our sincerity.
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you the satisfaction you expected, and we feel sure that they
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