Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1889, Page 7

EE THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON ’ D. C.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1889—TWELVE PAGES THE STRE A Contest In Which Sampson, Sandow, St. Cyr and Gallagher Will Compete. RATS OF THE ANCIENTS EXCELLED—LIZTING A | FLATFOMM WITH A WEIGHT KQUAL TO TWENTY | MEX ON IT—HUGE DUMB BELLS TOSSED LIKE STRAWS. Correspondenceof Tae Evextna Sr, New Yor, December 24. Within the next few ks lovers of athletic Sports in this country will in all probability be treated to a novel and surprising contest. Sampson, Cyclops and Sandow, the trio whose feats of strength have been exciting a furore in London; Louis St. Cyr. the Canadian Her- cules, and Denis Gallagher, the wonderful strong man of Buffalo, are expected to meetin a public trial of strength and skill, such as has never before been witnessed in the United States. If half the feats said to have been ac- eomplished im England and elsewhere by these Men are duplicated here, the exhibition will be One wellworth » and will be notable among t nth century athletics. It is ps y hard to believe all the tremendous stories thy re told of those fellows who are coming here to show us just what real physical strength means. For many weeks past a short- ked man with stout legs and a big biceps, calling himself C. A. Sampson, and spelling it With a “p,” to show that he wasn't related to the other Samson who was badly tricked Delilah, has been astounding London audiences by his performances with miodestly concealed his posing name of Cy forming at the V sending ont all sorts o! entity under the im- hey have been per- and Hucination after Sampson had offered a : ops. hix pupil, and $2,500 to any better man than himself who might turn up. Eugene Sandow undertook the task. He fairly won the premiums offered by Sampson. but the latter, probably through chagrin, refused to band over the money, SAMPSON BENDS THE TRON RAR. Some highly amusing stories are told about these contests. Sampson, who is uot the her- eulean person in appearance that his feats would seem to impls native of Metz. the son of a French mother and a Spanish father. He speaks seven languages. plays sonatas on the piano with the delicate touch of a girl, and has a biceps measuring fourteen and one-half inches in repose and nineteen and one-half inches when lie wrestles with an iron rod or a Wire rope. His chest measurement is 44 inches, but when he inflates his lungs he adds several inches to this figure. This peculiarity gave rise tothe rumor that he was a native of Chi- cago and a world’s fair boomer, but this he has indignantly denied. Sampson, however, vis- ited the Umted States several years ago. being then comparatively unknown. Cyclops, his pupil. is twenty-one years of age and amag- Rificent specimen of physical development. Sandow is a Pomeranian and was born at Konigsberg twenty-two For four yeurs he has been trained by r Of the best known athletic teachers in Ger- many. His development is superior to that o! Sampson, his chest measurement being 45!¢ inches and his biceps and forearm each from | ton or two with comparative | young fellow who | | medium-sized, tine | to 1! inches larger than those of his rival, He weighs 202 pounds when in condition. Sandow pertormed in London before the leading sporting men of England, eclipsing Sampson's most difficult fewts, breaking chain bracelets aud wire ropes with his forearms and bending heavy iron rods by striking them across his chest, hisarms and his thighs. The bracelet chains, which had a resistance of 2,500 pounds, were snapped like pipe stems, Among those who witnessed these « traordinary trials of strength were the Marquis of Queensbury, Lord de Clifford and Captain Molesworth, who acted as judges. As the Pomeranian snapped length after length of the steel chain bracelets with his biceps and burst the wire ropes with his pectoral muscles men 2, 3784 pounds; Dr. John Lucas of Belleville, Iil., 2,700 pounds, and C. O, Breed of Lytea, Mass., a barrel of flour weighing 226 pounds, with his All these men compare is hands alone. favorably with the foreign champions. A c enter named Sterns of Granite Corners, aged cighty years, shouldered 4,000- pou! cannon. ST. CYR WITH THE 250 POUND DUMB RELL. Still others in the musenlar arena who may be expected to come forward a ‘Cowboy Samson,” a celebrated known in New York city. and Andrew Hall, a jeveloped athlete. whose best feat is to place a cobble stone on his chest and let a man bre ge hamm This is the same trick that “Pooley” M Thos. Lambert used to perform fitte ago when they starred all over the ¢ " the “gladiator statue” business. Halli also does the trick performed by Sundow and Samson with the iron rods. He bends the rodto a t over his arm or his ‘aightens it out again by the same method. His skull seem: to be incapable of injury, and this part of his program is a puzzle to the medical fratermty. DENNIS GALLAGHER, The remark feats nccomplished by these strong men will not suffer by comparison with the vaunted deeds of the ancients. Milo, the old ox-killer, who used to gorge himself on 20 pounds of me d 15 pints of wine at a sit- ting. may have had a nobler appetite than our modern athletes, who are trained on scientific principles, but he would haye shrunk froma bout with St. Cyr, bad the latter playfully in- vited him to lift’ a platform with 20 men sit- ting on it. Even Tommy Topham, the famous Englishman, who, in 1836, lifted three hogs- heads of water, bent pokers across his neck and arms and straightened them out again with his fingers. could hardly hi: held his own against wuch a redoubtable champion as this Canadian. The records given above go very far to prove that the modern athlete is inevery particular the superior of his predecessors, see POKER STORY. A Mighty Uncertain Game Even for One who is Master of the Cards. HERRMANN’S From the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Tnever play cards in earnest,” said Herr- mann after the show last night. “Those who know me wouldn't play with me anyhow and, of course, I wouldn’t take any advantage of those who don’t. But I remember one night, not a thousand years ago, that, in order to amuse a few friends, I sat down to a qmet lit- tle game of poker. You see, it was this way: I met the friends and was introduced to an in- nocent looking youth of the dude persuasion, whose face was as vacant in expression as a pound of putty. This youth had been brag- ging of his powers as a poker player and had Tose ip the audience and waved bank notes of | made the others so tired that they whispered big denominations as an invitation to Sampson to beat the white-skinned Sandow if he could; but the former sulked and declined, Sandow then, after ighily tossing a 150-pound dumb bell in the air a few times to keep his hand in while the judges consulted, performed a trick that caused Sampson to collapse. He placed a chain around his back neck and proceeded to lift the 150-pound dumb bell with his hands, The chain snapped. the Britishers yelled and the referee declared that the Pomeranian had beaten the Metz man out of sight. SANDOW'S GREATEST FEAT, When these two. with Sampson's incognito gomrade, Cyclops, cross the Atlantic they will facet competitors worthy of their prowess, Louis St. Cyr the “Canadian Herenles,” who has challenged Sampson and Sandow. is twenty- Bix years of age and is a man of superb devel- opment, standing 5 feet 1057 inches tall and weighing 328 pounds: his flesh and muscles are as bard asoak aud le is probably the best Weight lifter ever seen in this part of the globo. Another challenger is Denis Gallaghe mus cular athlete who formerly resided in Buffalo, and whose specialty is Lancashire wrestling. The Baffalo boy doesn’t e to attempt any chain aking feats at present. he prefers to test the strength and skill of the giants ata bout of collar-and-elbow wrestling, or a catch- as-catch-can match for any amount. St. Cyr and Gallagher have both appeared in Public contests. The former has put up a 245 b some dumb-bell from floor to shoulder and rom shoulder to arms’ length with one hand. On March 28, 1896, at St. Henri. Canada, he lifted platform on which seven men were seated, and which, also. contained seven dumb- me to take the cor there was in it. I *In Philadelphia “Bless you, no. They don't play poker in Philadelphia, This was in . Well, when we began the game I allowed the youngster to win in order to get him interested, and, the bet- ter to enjoy the circus, the others dropped out and my victim end I had the table to ourselves, Of course I togive him back whatever I won from him—thst was understood. We didn’t play with chips, as we had none, but made the game a quarter ante and a dollar limit, so that we could use the money without makiihy any awkward change. Every time my callow friend won a pot he put the silyer and bilis in his pocket and would chip in the stuff as he needed it. After he had won a respectable pile I began to get my work in, and by hand- hing and dealing the cards in my own peculiar way 1 soon had his pile in a fair way to innocu- ous desuetude. Occasionally I would let him win, just tokeep the fun up, and I don’t know but what I enjoyed my opponent's innocence as much as did my friends. But all things must have anend. Finally [cleaned him out. much to his surprise, and ordered a bottle My friends couldn't keep it in any longe “I say, old man,” said on who you've been playin’ wit! “Yes,” replied my victim, calmly; “Herr- mann, the magician, and he’s'a good player.” This was somewhat of a surprise all round. Bat I laughed and handed him k the money Thad won. He wouldn't take it. No, sir. Said I had won it; had he won mine he would have kept it. and under no consideration would he take it back. That was not his way of playing ker. It was no use for me to protest, to tell im that I had deliberately robbed him. He was sorry that he had got in with aman who didu’t play a square game, but that it was his lookout. He ought to have seen that he was being fleeced, but as he had been fleeced and with bis eyes open, too, he was nota man to squeal, [tell youl felt mean. I didn’t think it half so funny then as I did before. But all I could do or say made no impression on my vie- tim, and with « dignified bow he left us.” "All Lean do.’ 1 said to one of imy friends; ‘will be to give this money to some charitable institution.” “Then I gave the waiter one of the bills I had won to pay for the wine. He came back with it, and the information that it was a coun- terfeit. Yes, sir. That guileless youth had won my good money and rung in over a hun- dred dollars’ worth of aes! ou me that wasn't worth a cent a pound. I'm pretty good on handling cards, but poker isa mighty uncer- tain game—mighty uncertain.” The Lunch Room Chair. From the New York Sun, ‘The latest idea in the restaurant line is the \ placing im “‘stand-np-at-the-counter” lunch rooms of big wooden arm chairs with broad, flat arms that look like those built for the piazzas of country houses. One of the arms of these chairs, however, is wider than the other, it ontof him for the fan s ready and we sat down.” “do you know belis and a barre! of flour, the whole making a | and there is « depression in it large enough to dead weight of 2.374 pounds. He repeated t] feat six months later. Immediately after this pod poe abarrel of four upon his shoulder aud followed this up by lifting pig-iron with a plank as the hold. His tre- Mendous development will dwarf both Sampson and Sandow and render a contest among Giants decidedly interesting. There are other great Americans who will in all probability enter the list against the her- culesu foreigners when they arrive. William B. Curtis, the sporting editor of the Spirit of | ter. He the Times, is a famous amateur hus lifted with the harness New York city. i F of pounds with hands slone: H. Leussing of Cincinnati has a record of lil 1,364 pounds;G. W. Winship of Boston, ting pounds, Ambrose A. Butts of Aubarn, Ohio, is | hold the bottom of a coffee 3,500 pounds of | his slic» of pie, mug aA deep upsetting. The getting his order of coffee and dish of pudding or other comes- tible upon a plate at the counter, retires to one of these chairs, puts the coffee down in the place for it on the arm, finds room enough there for his plate, and so fixed can lean back comfortably and enjoy bis lunch without dan- T of spilling it or having it jostled out of his fond in the pressing of a crowd about a coun- ‘The reclining chair lunch room is popular. Clara—“I wouldn't like to have such a fat husband as Emily has got.” Bessie—“Neither would But they do say she puts her portfolio of autumn leaves under the cushion of his chair and he them enough to keep the mug from customer, after out . | Druid Written for Tax Evewmro Stan: A HAPPY NEW YEAR. How the Day Has Been Observed in All Times. CUSTOMS NOW PREVAILING THAT HAVE DESCENDED FROM THE PAGANS—THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF NEW YEAR DAY—GIFTS EXTORTED BY BOMAN EMPERORS AND ENGLISH KINGS. New Year day has been regarded as an occa- sion of peculiar significance among all peoples from very early ages, The fact that it marked the closing of an cld account with time and the opening of a new one caused it to be re- garded by the ancient Romans as a peculiarly fitting day for the reconciliation of differences, the making of good resolutions, the exchanging of visits and the giving of “‘strenae” or pres- ents to relatives and friends, All of these things may be found described at length in the pages of the Ovid and other Latin writers, who also tell us of masquerades, feasts, smoking al- tars and white-robed processions to the Capitol. The Roman young man of fashion is best and went forth to visit his lady friends to partake of the cup which both cheers and inebriates and to impart a hue of curmir to the seven hills of Rome, just like his fellow of today in any of our modern cities. Not only were the “strenac” or pres- ents exchanged between relatives and friends, but the emperors exacted them from their subjects, ‘The cwsars made these New Year's gifts such a source of profit to themselves and so oncrous « burden to the people that Claudius at length wsned a decree limiting their cost. Like the ancient Romans, the early Saxons ob- | served the festival of New Year day with feasts jand gifts, Among she Persians these New Year presents took the form of eggs. while the fear gifts distributed the ancient wmong the early | branches of mistletoe cut wich peculiarly solemn | ceremonies, THE DAWN OF CHRISTIANITY. When christianity began to make its way amoug the Romans the church vigorously op- posed the participation of its a hen character, the being dedicated, as was the whole ensuing month, to the God Janus from whom it was called January, and whom they represented as aman with two faces, one ek backward, the other forward, thus implyii that lie stood between the new and the old Fear with a re- gard to both. Sacrifices to Janus were offered on twelve altars not only during New Year aay but also thronghout the entire month of January. It was, therefore. very natural that the church should oppose the festive cere- monies of this occasion, But ab the ith century the 1st of Janu- ary or New Yeur day assumed a specially sacred character ax the anniversary of the Saviour's eircumeision and as the octave of Christmas, which kad then become a fixed festival on De- cember 25 as commemorative of our Lord's nativity, Thus Januury 1 still holds a place in the church calendar. Many of the observances of New Year, which once enjoyed the great: popularity ure uow nearly or wholly obsolete. ‘This is most notably the case with the giving of presents, which though once universnl custom is now almost eutirely superseded by the giving of Christmas gifts. “Many of the old Euglish sovereigns, like the Roman emperors, derived no inconsiderable portion of their in- come from the New Year gifts of their subjects. QUEEN Bess’ NEW YEAR GIFTS, In his quaint “History of the World,” Howell states that the wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth was almost wholly supplied by New Year pres- ents, Among other things, he remarks, that ‘Queen Elizabeth in 1561 was presented with a pair of black silk knit stockings by her silk woman, Mrs. Montague, and thencefurth she uever wore cloth hose any more.” In return tor the elaborate New Year preseuts which she received from every one attached in any ca- pacity to her court, good Queen Bess made gifts of gold and silver plate to the men and of ces, bracelets, gowns, mantles, petti- nd fans to the women. Under the Henrys the extortion of New Year gifts was practiced just as under the old Roman emperors, and the custom of voluntarily making them to the reigning English sovereign continued until Oiiver Cromwell, on becoming lord protector, put a stop to it. —- Apropos of this custom of giving New Year gifts a good story is toll of & court jester of James I, who, being sent-by bis royal master with a bag containing a fine lap dog as a New Year prsent to a female favorite, was per- suaded by some wags of the court to refresh himself en route at a tavern where they ex- changed the lap dog for a Pig. The dismay of the jcster on tumbling out ber sowship at the feet of the lady was vo great that he rushed precipitately from the house of the favorite and into the presence of the king, shouting all the way that he had been bewitched by some ficnd who had metamorphosed bis master's lap dog into a pig, a statement which received ready credence from the king, who was a devout be- lever in witches and witcheraft and who had written and published a voluminous work on those subjects, _ MASQUERADING. Every one is familiar with the customs of masquerading on New Year eve and day, of watching the old year out and the new one in andof firing off guns, blowing horns, singing and partaking of good cheer on New Year eve, but probably few are aware that these are among the oldest of all our social usages and have been practiced in variously modified forws in nearly all civilized countries ever since the Roman Emperor Julien reformed the edlendar and made the “calends” or tirst day of January the beginning of the year, In many parts of rural Englandand Scotiand it is cus- tomary for large parties of men and women to go about on New Year eve boaring. from house to house, an abundant supply of cakes, bread and cheese, together with a great bowl of what is called wassail or *lamb’s wool,” a drink composed of hot ale, spices, sugar, toast and apples. In the households’ they visit all the members of the family are awaiting their com- ing and are prepared to welcome them with a plentiful supply of good cheer. The first house which is visited by these wassail carriers af! midnight is regarded as bighly favored, it be- ing a popular belief that good fortune through- out the entire year is then sure to follow all its inmat Great care is taken, however, that the first member of the wassuil’ party crossing the threshold shall be a man, for were a woman to be the first to enter misery and misfortune would infallibly ensue, Upon the calends or first day of January the ancient Romans were expecially careful to so regulate their conduct that their every word and act should be a happy augury for all the ensuing days of the year, and they believed that as they were fortunate or the reverse, glad or sorrowful, happy or miserable upon’ that day so would they continue to be throughout the following twelve months. old super- stition still exists in the minds of many per- sons, especially in many of the northern coun- ties of England, where both old and young are articnlarly careful in their behavior on New lear day. SCOTCH CUSTOMS, In many of the rural districts of Scotland it is still customary, as it has been from time im- memorial, for all horses and cattle to receive an extra feeding on New Year day, that they as well as their masters may have cause to com- mence the new year with rejoicing. Readers of the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, will remem- ber his “Auld Farmer's New Year Morning Salu- tation to His Auld Mare Maggie, on Giving Her ‘The Accustomed Ripp of Corn to Hansel f the New Year”: % Had thereta app wthy wuld bane A ripp being a handful of corn, Felix Fonteneau, a Frenchman, who pul lished a very curious work on astrology in 1680, says that New Year should never spent in idle mirth and frivolity, and that unhappi- ness and misfortune will be the result of ‘dus misusing it, He adds that it should be devoted to pious meditation and to an effort to read the future, b- PYTHAGORAS' ADVICE. Pythagoras, the old Greok philosopher, (a term which he was the first to apply to himself because he wasa lover of wisdom), required his disciples, of whom he had 600, to devote New Year day to recalling all the events and actions of their lives during the p twelve month in order that by condemning those meriting censure and by those which were worthy, they mght better reg- ulate their conduct for the ensuing 3 receiving from him a New Year of the new T trust these will nf pour loyalty loser to our person,” to which Sir Walter gallantly : “That might not be well, for my love for your majesty might ooze through the pin holes in my loyalty in so unruly a man- ner as to be unpleasing to your highness.” “ —— - see ______ MRS. BOWSER’S DIARIES. A Pleasant Evening at Home—Tender Recollections. From the Detroit Free Press, “Now for an evening of solid comfort,” said Mr. Bowser the other evening, as he fell into his easy chair and cut the pages of a magazine. “Mrs, Bowser, do you ever realize how blessed we are?” “Yes, indeed,” “While others fall by the wayside, we are spared.” “While others quarrel and bicker and seck the divorce courts, we love the stronger every He got up and came over and kissed me, and npou returning to his chair seemed lost in re- ection for a moment, then he continued: “How curious life is! Do you remember the day I first suw you?” shall never torget it,” 1 was ou horseback, you remember, and house." ou are a trifle mistaken, dear. The horse j had thrown you off into a mud hole, and I shall never forget the picture you presented as pronched the house, At first 1 took you “Mrs, Bowser, are you crazy? Iwas never thrown from « horse in my life! the horse which couid throw must be thinking of some one else “Why, dear, you lost your watch in the mud and father fished it out,” Don’t you remember * our negro Vom scraped the mud off of me oif! You Not by along-shot! No nigger ever scraped me down! You wust be thinking of that yellow- haired dude you used to go with.” We were both silent for a ume, and I hoped it was the last of it. My experience, although dating back over a few years ouly. has satisticd me thatnothing aggravates a husband more an can make of himseit with his eves wide open.” “Y-e-82" ‘Lhe idea that I should ever fall in love with ir Twith you!” ed at ine over the top of his book and Was another painful silence, broken at » his gaya “Well, Pl admit that I was in love, but I flatter myself that I didn’t exhibit any school boy nonsense.” “You were just like any other young man in Bowser, They have always been that ways will be, and it's no diseredit to ou mean to say I ‘mooned’ around like he demanded. “I don’t know how culyes ‘moon,’ as you term it, but you wanted to hold my hand, put your arm around me and”—— “Hold your hand—never!" e oneof my old diaries, Wait until I get i “Not much! You can’t produce no old diaries nor forged documents on me! JL anticipated an evening of solid comfort and yon can see how ithas turned out! Is it any wonder that so many husbands s saloons and gambling houses of un evening? Atthis moment the cook called me out to ask what she should prepare for breaktast, aud a quarter of un hour later. when I returned to the back parlor, Mr. Bowser seemed deeply in- terested in his reading. I was glad of this, for I felt a bit conscience stricken, but I scarcely got sented when he asked: “Was Euima Davis here today?” es. low was she looking?” very well, I wanted her to stay until you Jame home, but she had to go at4o'clock, She asked to be remembered to you.” “Yes, I hope she has fully forgiven me,” at for, Mr, Bowser?” ‘ou know.” “I haven't the least idea.” “Ha! ha! ha! What dissemblers women are. It was always a sore spot with you, though you would never admit it. How you do biush—ha! ha! ha!” ir. Bowser, what do you refer to?” “Why, there's no doubt that the dear girl once fondly expected to be Mrs. Bowser.” “Nonsense!” “What!” “Nonsense!” ‘ou may say that simply for revenge, but I know better, We were as good as engaged when I met you,” “Trash, sir! She was engaged to Jack Smith long before you ever saw her and they are to be married as scon as his time is out in the navy. Don’t flatter yourself that she has anything laid up against you.” “Dire. Bowser!” he began, ashe got up and crossed his hands under his coattails, “do you know who you are talking to?” “1do.” “You are talking toa man who could have been Emma Davis’ husband two years ago.” “D'l prove to the contrary, “Ho “By one of my old diaries.” * “Diaries again! Always holding something over me. Now produce! I want to see one of those diaries you talk about.” Iran upstairs and got them out of one of Mr. Bowser’s old boots, in which I keep them for safety. There were two of them, each for a separate year, and asIcame down with them he looked puzzied and stamimered : “Why—why, I--I—thought I—” “Yes, you thought you had burned them, but you were mistaken. ‘The books you got ho d of the other Sunday when I was at church we.e two old receipt books of no particular valu. Ifound everything turned topsy-turvy, and I knew what you had been up to.” “Mrs, Bowser, I—” “Wait! Let us look up the Emma Davis matter. Here itis, Under date of the 10th of July I write: Dear Emma was over today to congratulate me on my engagement, though she added that if Bowser was the last man on earth she would not have married him. She says his hair reminds her of pumpkins, and that his legs seem to be badly warped. The dear girl also——” “Stop!” shouted Mr, Bowser, his face as white as deat “Yes, dear, but you made a certain assertion, I want to disprove it. I—” irs. Bowser, I planned for an evening of solid comfort. 'You have made it an evening of torture and regret. If Inever spend another evening at home you alone will be to blame for in” “But you—” “Stop right here! This is the limit, The worm has turned. Tomorrow morning I go!” But he is with me yet, and I have no fear but that we shall live out our lives together, ————+ee The 5 O'Clock Tea. From the Philadelphia Press, From the cup of tea and slice of bread and butter obtained from nurse, the “5 o'clock tea’, has grown into miniature feast, at which sandwiches of all kinds are as popular as the traditional muffin or buttered tovst, and the cakes and bonbons to be met with are a perfect revelation in the matter of confectionery. Per- , therefore, a few hints where to obtain some novel, or, at any rate, extremely daint addenda for this repast may not be unwelcome, spread with carefully potted few fish; lets of anchovy, washed and boned; sardines filleted and carefully wiped free of any oil; ham, ey Snes green or watercress you stood on the veranda of your father's | I'd hike to see | A SPANISH NEW YEAR, How the Old Year is Seen Out and the New One Welcomed in Seville. FESTIVITIES IN THE OLD CASTILIAN CITY—FORMAL~ TIES WITH WHICH THE PROUD SPANIARD PAYS HIS RESPECTS To THE NEW YEAR—SOCIAL GATR- ERINGS, GENERAL GAIETY AND BULL FIGHTS, Correspondence of Tae EvExrxe Stan. Sevinte, Sparx, December 10. To the people of this most picturesque city New Year's eve and day are occasions of scarcely less importance than Christmas. The decora- tions of the latter season still remain in the magnificent cathedral and all the many other great churches. Again these sacred edifices are crowded to repletion on New Year morning with devout worshipers, masses being sung at various hours from long before daylight until noon, Not to attend mass on New Year morn- ing is considered a very bad beginning for the new year, and to xbsent oneself is thought cer- tain to entail misfortune throughout the whole of the succeeding twelvemonth, The vigil of New Year ove is largely observed here, and throngs of knecling worshipers are to be seen throughout the night mn all the churches. The exchanging of visits and presents is quite eneral, ‘auger calling at any Spanish dwelling on New Year's day is made beartily welcome. The freedom of the house is imme- diately offered Spanish phrase, “Mi casa esta asu disposicion” (My house is at your disposal), A SPANISH HOME, It must be confessed, how: iards know little what we call the comforts of home. They do not attach to that last word and to the place it designates those warm feel- ings which they excite in the breast of an American or an Englishman. They do not live in their houses but in public. They take meas- j ures accordingly and act logically upon this er, that Span- principle. and wealthy householders who and seen life in other coun- curopean in their homes and offering little or no room for ob- servuti But even among that class it is the suite of rooms ullotted to the reception of vis- itors which alone attract the attention and care of the master. Rich furniture and every re- nement of luxury are there united, while the ned for the daily Gecupatjon Tmean, untidy and ill-furnished tries are larg mode of hfe the tan 4 the last degree. than to bring up the silly things he said and did | °°. eB a : during his courtship. It seems to bea raw | ee ae nee ee spor with the majority of themafter the honoy-| Totic, “apie ', ihe improvements | the moon is over. But Mr. Bowser was vot sas | 4c? abroad and endeavor to real fied. After four or five minutes he broke out | yu", iH their own persons and houses, with: But the kreat majority live on as their fore tty oaeiven atat wanes ack father's did before them, Food of a very ription, a rouf to shelter them and » in comprise their domestic vo- ary, nor are they atall fastidious about the quality of these Men with an annual income of from 3,000 to 6,000 pesos Ts) live on the firstor second | of an apartment house (most dwellings in } Seville ure of that character) in four or tive | rooms, kitehen included. In most of the honses at which one makes his y Year's is he tinds the tiled floor covered ‘ourse matting. Window curtains are a comparatively recent innovation. Upholstered furniture is found only inthe homes of the highest aristocracy, The chairs are of var- nished cherry wood with rush bottoms, There is a chest of drawers and the well wh hed walls are adorned with highly colored prints of the virgin, the . the holy family, angels and kindred personages, The owner of all these treasures, who seldom ex- ceeds a dollar or two per day in his household cones including two servants—a man and. maid— EXHIPITS HIS APARTMENTS with pride and satisfaction to all his New Year callers, each one of whom is made to inspect every room, though he has seen them all many times before. “Here, my friend,” says our host, “Lam very well off indeed. In winter the sun shines upon me from nine in the morn- ing until he sets. Where else could I be so comfortable? Then, in summer, the sun bears upon this corner window for an hour. No | money can adequately pay for apartments like this.”” By asingular contrast this same individual will give fifteen or twenty pesos at mass on New Year morning and will spend two or three times that sum to provide a New Year's colla- tion for his friends, which is set out in his rooms irom early morning until late at night on New Year day. This New Year repast, of which every caller is bound im courtesy to par- take, comprises a substantial soup of bread or vermicelli, maccaroni or rice, mixed with the livers of fowls chopped into very small pieces; the cocido or puchero, of which beef, fowl and bacon are the ingredients; ricos garbanzos (rich pea beans); a fiery-looking sausage from Estremadura: principios or rousts of veal or goat—the latter being a favorite meat through- out Spain, On New Year's eve in almost every house in Seville there are gathered together a few friends to echar el apo, or to “shove out the year.” A TERTULIA. These persons are all members of the same tertulia or circle of acquaintances and the house at which they are gathered is that of the principal of the tertulia and is open to them on every night in the year if they choose to call so often, which many of them do. In return for this privilege the Spanish hostess expects ail her tertulianos and tertulianas to visit her house on the last night of the year. This New Year's eve call is much more obligatory than the call on New Year's day and to omit it is considered a very gross breach both of courtesy and friends! No place in the world affords greater social freedom than a Spanish tertulia on New Year's eve. The Spaniards are a polite and social people in allcases where there is nothing to arouse their jealousy. Auy one who is affable and well dressed is welcome ina Spanish tertulia on the last night of the year if he be presented by any one known to the mas- ter of the house and if he evince no likelihood of competition or rivalry with the latter in his business or political career, The hour of assembling is generally from 10 to 11, though there are some amigos de casa (friends of the household) who drop in much earlier, The Spaniards are much more rational in their mode of entertaining friends than the people of the United States, When a Spanish hag opens her house to company on New Year's eve she does not incur heavy expense for the refreshmentof her guests, She simply provides glasses of sparkling water or sangria, a mixture of water, lemon juice, wine and sugar, and volados, which are porous sticks of crystallized sugar ‘flavored with lemon juice and dissolving readily in water. thereby ima ing a grateful and refreshing drink. She thus considerately saves her friends from the tempta- tion to oppress their digestive organs and to say the next morning that her refreshments were not fit tu eat, When the guests have as- sembled, when their wraps have been duly laid aside and when the customary kisses of greet- ing have been exchanged by the ladies, conver- sation is heard on all sides. AN EVENING GATHERING, “Good evening, Conchita, and what kind of 4 welcome will you give to thé New Year?” “A very hearty one, signor, if it will make me as happy as the old one has done, and I feel sure it will, for papa has promised to take me to the bull fight tomorrow, and that will be a good beginning for a year’s enjoyment,” “Juanita, are you going to the cathedral (mass) at daybreak tomorrow? I presume that odious Dolores Ribera will be there, as she was last New Year's, tricked out in a maja’s dress, with trimmings of the richest cut velvet and silk embroidery, studded with beads, the most expensive diamond ornaments, and a mantilla that would be cheap at 3,000 reales (#150). Vaya! What bad taste to dress so extravagantly at church, where one should make a point of showing one's humility,” “How is this?” said a merry-faced, stout man of fifty years who now entered the room, “‘noth- ing going on but talk? Why, I thought I should find you all engaged in some fireside game or Inez at the piano at least. Come, senorita,” the handsome, dark-eyed girl he had named,*‘won't you Lopes oy march’ for me, or, perhaps, ‘La Reina id be more appropriate.” This had the effect of enliven- the company and the New Year being now mutual wishes were errr yee and a favorite child of the house! nee er ie hol sisters in the itters, least, caviare ttle brothers and eon the ralypes ae ple mene sing desi,» pise expressive of their love and fresh from Astrakhan), delicately seasoned eee eta perce Sak. Siskin with lemon juice, and to conclude, pate de | them dilatados anos (long happy years), foie gras. slices are covered with cor-| This concluded the tertulia broke up to meet respon slices, carefully buttered, then | 800m afterward at the various pressed firmly together, cut into with NEW XYEAB AMUSEMENTS. pasty euler, (osha, ae) en! On New Year day Seville is at its gayeat. round, or each sand brushed lightly with a | Amusement of all kinds is provided on every little butter and i with very Saaly hand, but the most popular and best attended chop, rules: trails, lebeter coral, or are the great bull fights which continue almost boiled yolk of egg pressed dis slises | Sphuttettens estona cot ol Wa sprged ourl tie i: congener aoe nearly 15,000 spectatore is are roll a cigare! press at all classes. Is lege faoncoresy avian, ‘tie Seville's intel/ixence, wealth snes te folioene fresh | so it is, Serbia coh sae eine | one toast is treated) > with | you are very glad to attend iare, adding jueeze of lemon and | choly fact, in serve vary bos Spanish capital Tfound that the the diplomatic corps are among stant and enthusiastic patrons of the bull rin, Few Americans ever visit a Spanish city wi out attending a bull fight, regarding it first with loathing, but afterward with keen enjoy- ment. If these disgusting exhibitions are ever prohibited it must be thromgh the influence of the ladies, who now lend their to them. The twelvemonth in whic! ‘they are forever suppressed will be for Seville and for all Spain “a happy New Year” indeed. C. see HOME MATTERS. SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS TO PRACTICAL HOUSE- KEEPERS—HINTS FOR THE DINING ROOM, PANTRY AND KITCHEN. Ir 1s Recowmexpry to freshen salt fish by soaking them in sour milk, Arrtes Witt Not Farrze if covered with linen cloth, nor a pie or custard burn if in the oven with a dish of wate: Conks May ne Mave Arm ayn Warer Tiort by keeping them for five minutes under melted paraftine, They must be kept down with a wire screen. To Set Dexicate Cotors in embroidered handkerchiefs, soak them ten minutes previous to washing in a pail of tepid water, in which a dessertspoonful of turpentine has been well stirred Corres Jexiy.—Take two tablespoonfuls of gelatine and pour over it one pint of good coffee. When dissoived strain and set away in the ice chest to cool and thicken. Serve with sweet ened cream flavored with vanilla, CREAMED Sweetsumeaps, Carawep Fisu, Cuickes Ix Cream Sauce, axp Hot Cran Meat may allbe served in paper cases. Each case should be placed ona pretty dish and served immediately after being filled with the hot mixtures, A GanoLe ror Sone Movtn and throat is to take four large spoonfuls of good cider vinegar, four of water, a teaspoontul of common salt, and a very «mall portion of red or black pep- per; gargle every hour. It is worth more than all the chlorate of potash in the couutry and it cannot harm you. Tur Resxaxis or Pars Boren Loxster may be made into croquettes by being chopped or pounded fine, and mixed with bread crumbs, anda little melted br‘ter seasoned. Form them into balls, roli in egg. then powderea bread crumbs, and fry in boiling lard. Onaxcr Cream.—The juice of six oranges, one-fourth of a pound of white sugar, one pint | of boiling water and six eggs. Beat the yolks, add sugar, orange juice and water, and stir over boiling water until it thickens. When cool | put into glasses. and on each oue put the beaten whites. sweetened and flavored with a little of the grated rind, Iris Sar tuat Batarxe te Eves freely in cold water at the morning bath and rubbing themStoward the nose with the fingers will pre- vent the flattening of the palland diminish the need of artificial aid, une tribes of In- dians are said in this way to preserve their sight to old age. For inflamed eyelids bathing in hot salt water is very effective. Bortep Macanoni wir Savce.—Break one- quarter of a pound of macaroni into conven- ient lengths, throw into plenty of boiling, salted water; boil rapidly twenty-five mimutes; when done drain in a colander, then stand in a pan of cold water for fifteen minutes. Make a plain tomato sauce, carefully add the macaroni, let it boil up once and serve, Isk Stars Cay Be Taken Oct or Canrers, rugs and other woolen goods if s milk is applied to the soiled places directly, Virst lay of blotting paper over the place to soak ink, then with a piece of cotton batting wash off the place with milk, changing the bat- ting for a clean piece as soon as it becomes much soiled. Continue this until the ink no longer shows, then wash off with hot suds, rinse with clean warm water, and rub dry with @ clean cloth. To Pickie Oysters.—Take one gallon of oys- ters opened in their own juice without the least water added, strain and scald the liquor over a slow fire; skim, put in the oysters afew at a time, a8 they burn quickly; boil for a minute or two-and lay on a sieve to drain until all are done. Spice the liquor with mace and salt, or with whole cloves, whole allspice and a very httie cyanne pepper also, Scald again andadd one piut of white wine and one pint of vinegar; pack the oysters in jars; strain the liquor over and seal up. Poricemes, Mam Carrrers axp Orners whose occupation keeps them on their feet a great deal are troubled with chafed, sore and blistered feet, especially in extremely hot weather,no matter how comfortably their shoes may fit. A powder is used im the German army for sifting into the shoes and stockings of the foot soldiers, called **Fusstreupulver,” and con- sists of three salicylic acid, ten parts starch and eighty-seven parts pulverized soap- stone. It keeps the feet dry, prevents chefing and rapidly heals sore spots. Finely puiver- ized soapstone alone is very good. A Marytaxp Pium Puppixe, warranted to keep a year, is made from six pounds of seeded raisins, six pounds of brown sugar, four pounds of currants, six pounds of stale oated bread, six pounds of suet chopped very fine, six pounds of eggs, two pounds of citron, six tablespoon- fuls of flour, half a pint of wine, half a pint of brandy, three nutmegs anda little mace and salt, Mix all well, let it stand over night and divide into twelve parts; tie each part in a coarse cloth, plunge into boiling water and boil four hours: expose then to the sun for two or three days with the cloths on, and when dry hang inacold room, They will keep a year, When wanted for use put into boiling water with the same cloth on and boil for one anda halt hours, Sweerpreaps “av Jus” (wire Gravy).—Trim a couple of sweetbreads, soak them half an hour in tepid water, then parboil them for ten minutes and lay them into cold water. This makes them white; when quite cold take them out, dry them and lard them quickly with fine trips Of bacon. Puta slice of fat bacon in a stew pan with some carrots, a bunch of sweet herbs; pepper, salt and spices to taste, and a small quantity of rich stock; lay the sweet- breads on this and let them gently stew till quite done, basting the top occasionally with the liquor. When cooked strain the liquor, skim it of superfluous fat, reduce it almost to a glaze; brown the larded side of the sweetbreads with a hot shovel or salamander and serve with the sauce round them, Peace Gevative.—Press half a can of peaches or apricots through @ colander; whip a pint of cream stiff; take quarter of a box of gelatine that has been soaking in two table- spoonfuls of cold water and stir it over boiling water until it is dissolved; strain it into the puree of fruit; mix well aud stand the basin— which should be a tin one—on the ice or in the snow, and stir from the bottom and sides until it begins to set and thicken, then add half of the whipped cream, mix thoroughly and set away in a mold to harden. If you dine at evening do this in the morning, but not over night. Turn out on a pretty dish and pour the remainder of the whipped cream, which you have kept in a cool place, around the base, Oaxnep Pgacues a 1a Ricneriev.—This dish is sometimes called “Rice a la Conde.” You boil a half pound of rice thoroughty tender in a quart of milk, six ounces of sugar, two table- spoonfals of butter, a pinch of salt and a little vanilla flavoring. ‘Mould into a good shape with a wooden spoon and keep hot, You must have previously removed the peaches from the juice and boil the juice until it oe add- sweet preserve syrup you like, or aye strawberry jelly, to give it richness and color, Stick slices of citron through your mounded rice, @ depression in the center to hold the When the syrup is rich and turn the peaches into it to heat peg lp ops not Seat wink dash of flavoring of anything you the peaches in the rice, pour the over sex by Sosa jherae) once ‘died tron pin can x peancveay ing in the rice. Ang Conprents WHoLksomx?—What a ques- tion! The world is notin a condition to care a great deal whether they are or not, so long as their unwholesomeness is hidden from every- one except the occasional crank, who Ere unl quarrel with the wi of jight—if he had weak eyes. Nature tells should le u iE plage pt oor = tells by us as sicel condiments we can tmpoere its flavor, and, more, than that, stir up the languid palate, if it should chance to be in that meian- ins healthy condition, chovy sauces; room it the most con- | Asa bar to the insidious encroach as inca’ wr wold auiecra! that orm body well protected with PROPER « obi: ina yo Sothing wt PROPER PRICE, Clothing st PROPER Picks that you should be potised Pro hich wo procead to do. es foliywa: ont Nr HEAV) Which? TLalD OVER s HANT eo SLUE Sclis. PCL INDIaO, BRAVES, SRIONT, $0. «4 = - ke. ware of the unlucky thirteen, dc, A_VARIETY OF STRICTLY ALL- WOOL SUITS, CUTASAY COATS, $0.2. *: a oe ware or tive uniucky thirteen, PRINCE ALBERT OUATS Vests Tu A WIDE WALE vray Ne RICH oRNG Ns AND PERFECT FITTING, i, a ware of the unlicky thirteen @&e. DRESS OVERCOATS, LIGHT IN © LIGHT AND r COLOR, S1RICTLY ALL é « WOOL HROUGHOUT Wi asp satin, LIGHT LINED Ti 80.54 Reware of the unlucky thi: ke. Lote 11:30, 7015, RS0L 610, Beye site, Costa, Nests and Low Pants. Sines D and 10 years only. {to manufacture from 6.75 to $815 A lange asgortinent of Children’s Overcosta, with ay oe, 62.70, to} mts : enh are of the unlucky thirteen, ka, ks more and o Gr BAT SACKIFICE SALE Will have ended to our loss and your gain, neverthelesp woare happy, and wish you A MERRY CHRISTMAS. VICTOR EL ADLER'R CENT CLOTHING HOUSE, and 929 7th st now. Maasach usctts avenua, ICTLY ONE PRICE. til 10 pm, Tuesday night unt} Open tonight un’ rh A Dissenrariox Ox Adnenicax WINES. Tt is now universally conceded by even the most fanatical teetotalors that glass of thoroughly ma- tured and pure wine is the most wholsesome, hesith and strength ving beverage for mankind. Almost ¥ state—no matter how cold its climate—pro- rapes from which wine is pressed, but THE PASADENA WINES are made from those luscious SOUTH: RN CALIFORNIA grapes which attain the Lignest «rede of maturity and mpeness and are, Were fore, the best Wines in the market. ba H. A SELIGSON, or 1200 and 1202 Penna. ave. n.w., WASHINGTON, D. c., am the sole agent for the Paaadens Wines and Brandies and sell at marvelously low prices. Ihave received orders from rich and poor alike and all cheerfully ac- knowledye that the Pasadena Wines aud Brandies are by far the best and purest in the District, notwith- standing the fact that my prices are the very lowest, My 20 per cent removal discount will be iudefiuitely coutinued, PLEASE COMPARE MY PRICES WITH THOSE OF OTHERS, Original Reduced PASADENA WINES, Prices Prices Gal. per ual, Claret, extra quality, si vo eu su Burwandy.. iz —. " ; 4 > ate a ioe iz is 18 lov Bd iv 30 300 By fg ig E 150 2 % quarts, dh i200 ¥ oo age, pinta, 2 dozen, 13.00 100 VIRGINIA AND OTHER AMERICAN WINES, Yinwinia Claret. ” 100 so Norton's Vineuiia’ Seedling, por GOZEM 0.05 400 320 Sweet Cais wba (anost quality) we 80 carry the largest stock of Imported Wines, Cog- hacs, Ging, Jamaica and St. Croix Kums and all the French Cordials, including the celebrated after-dinner cordial, CKEME DE MEUTHE (Cream of Merit), Teen or orange. The oldest Kye, Bourbon and Imported Whiskies cau always be foundst my store. I enumerates few: Trimbla Pure Rye... Moutvceilo Pare liye. Perfection Pure Kye. Hauuisville Pure Kye, tuicky Sour Seotch Whisky, old. Scotch Whisky, very ok Sootch Whisky, very, — byes wld. tinh Whisky, very ol Irish Whisky, very, German Koxgen I make & specialty of High-flavored Jelly Wines and Brandies, i. A. SELIGSON, THE WINE AND LIQUOR MERCHANT, 1200 and 1202 Penna. ave. 2.w. ‘Telephone Call 122-3. _A18 wie UNEQUALLED. PUREST IN THE WORLD. CONTAINS no CHEMICALSjor ADULTERATIONS, Paris Exposition, 1880, {f Gtspd Prizes 40 CENTS—A POUND—40 CENTS, Ask your Grocer for MENIER CHOCOLATE. ‘ellow Wrapper). FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. BRANCH HOUSE, UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK.