Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1890, Page 8

8 GAMES FOR CHRISTMAS Baggestions for Enjoying Holiday Nights in Jolly Ways. FUNNY KINDS OF SPORTS. ‘The Game of “Blowing the Feather”—“Snap- dragon”—“Cobweb Parties,” with Presents for All—“Mother Goose Parties” —The Origin ef Christmas and Its Superstitions. THAT GAMES shall we play this Christ- mas Eve?" the children ery. 4 f THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1890—-TWELVE PAGES. held at the same time of the year. To: sate converts for the fun they lost by ing from the heatheni Saturnalian ceremonies were made part of the Christmas festival. Later on Christmas was further modified by Drnidical rites and stitions, and after the Saxons came to England many ancient German and Scandinavian cus- toms and traditions were supe the re- the medley of Christian and pagan make up the Christmas of today. Among the pagan customs which have survived the burning of the yule log and the hanging of the toe are the most familiar, perhaps. ———<e+ —__- GOOD CHEER FOR CHRISTMAS. ‘Things Our Forefathers in England Liked for Christmas Dinner. A Doar’s head was to the old English Christ- mas dinner what the turkey is in this country today. ‘Most important of all things it seems to have “Snapdragon™ is always fun, not -*~ ‘ess be- | been deemed that mustard in plenty should ac- eause it is so ancient. Every ~~- ows that it | company the boar's head, and so much of this is played by puttingahan? < raisins in | condiment was thus consumed that when Christ- bow! or shallow dish, pourmg over them a little brandy, which is ignited witha match, and grabbing for the fruit through the flames. To avoid getting burned those who take partin this interesting sport should sing the while the old “Song of the Snapdragon,” which goes this way: ‘Hers he comes with flaming bowl. Den't be mean to take his toll? Snip! Snap! Dragon! “"Take care you don't take too mach; Be not «roedy in your cluteb. Snip! Snap! it “With his bine and lapping tourue Many of you will be stung. Suip! Snap! Drawon! “For he susps at all that comes, ‘Spatehing af bis feast of pimas. Snip! Soap! Dragon!" When Snapdragon is played all the lights must be extinguished, so as fo make the effect h. Tradition also lirst invented by Pluto, god of the infernal regions, for the amusement of his A in by country cop! a candle in & mate ec nk the contents of the receptacle at serious risk of singeing hair and beard. CORWED PARTY. An appropriate entertainment for Christmas eve is called a “cobweb party.” For each guest a prizeand a ball of twine mnst be provided, aad for the prizes such little inexpensive things may be used as 8, tlies, frogs, fishes and so on of the so tes have a cobweb in cue h gift earefrlly in a parcel hen tie oue end of a ball of twine to one of the parcels and conceal the latter in some hidden spot, behind a picture, under a chair seat, or elsewhere, taking care to fusten it well in the place of hiding. Now, as the ball unrolls, wind it about chair legs, door knobs, over the chandelier, about picture uails, any- where and every here to all parts of the room. When a great length of the string has been thus unwound, fasten it to the knob of the door which tue guests will enter by. 1 : package the same way, twiniug and intertwin- ing them in every possible manner, until the room looks like a labyrinth of cobwebs. Great care must be taken in tying up and concealing the prizes: otherwire the fun will be lost. When the door is opened each guest the end of one string and is directe his own line until he jes the end. A party thus engaged in makiz.g thei among so many entangling cords, each guest trying to get to the end of his own clue, makes 2 great deal of amusement and the disentanglement may cecupy two or three hours. BLOWING THE FEATHER. A capital Christmas game is very little known. It is called “blowing the feather,” and all the apparatus needed is a big sheet and a small feather. The players all sit upon the floor in a ring, holding on to the edges of the sheet, which they try to keep as taut as possible. One person is “it,” and he or she tries to grasp and cay the feather. while the others strive to prevent this by blowing the feather across the sheet reach of the pursuer. Meanwhile the latter runs this way and that around the eircle of players, grabbing here and there and doing his best to get hold of the elusive object. To accomplish this is quite difficult, because a single well-directed puff of the breath will send the feather clear across the sheet. There is eertainly no Christmas game ever invented that wili give occasion to more jollity and hilarity than this. When the person who is “it” ceeds in capturing the feather, the player to whom the feather was nearest when it was ped becomes “it” in turn, his or her place ing taken by the capwurer. FOR CHRISTMAS EVE. Here is another kind of Christmas party, which may be given either on Christmas eve or Christmas night. Invitations to it should each be tied to a spray of holly and, if possible. be delivered by a little carrier in a holly-decked basket. The leaves of holly may be lightly brushed with glue and sprinkled with ground glass, which can be got at trifling cost, to make them glitter. To each guest a spray of holly must be given at the door upon arrival. ‘Leaves of holly also are employed for the even- ing’s entertainment. Two sets of leaves are prepared. On the stems of one set are pasted slips of paper bearing foolish questions and on the other set slips with equally foolish answers. ‘These are then placed in fruit dishes, and when the company is seated in two lines the dishes are passed along—questions on one side and answers on the other. When all are supplied begin at the head and let the first one read the question from his leaf and the one opposite answer it from his leaf, continuing down the bp reas huge Christmas pie, Next, bring in a huge napki tes and knives having been Previously around. Each guest helps to & piece of the pie, previously eut imto sections, which is made entirely of i its cotton. The pie with cedar and holly. A pudding of bran or sawdust may the place of the pie. If so, the presents in tisaue paper of many ‘spoon fernisbed with which A game riate to Christmas eve which giver rine alwars to. Coe of amusement is played by hanging a bag—a small one wi do-full of Candies int a doorway from above. The player whose turn it is is blindfolded “closely and then obliged to turn around three ‘as uear as he or she can gues. Hat done this the player tries to igo toward an touch, with uy hand, the bag, which has previously seen, of course. If the bag is touched, it and its contents become the prop- erty of the successful. Each player must have at least one turn at it, there ought to be several little bagy of candy pro- It is great fun to see the people poking ‘round blindly after the suspended sweets. Blind-Man'sBuff is particularly a Christmas game and eo is Puse-in-the-Corner. PROGRESSIVE PARTIES of various kinds are always in order for Christ- mas. They may be given special adaptation to the season of fun by the introduction of vari- guests take their choice of characters from the book. Little Bo-] and Little Boy Blue may attack the wink in com) i with Miss Muffet and Sim tables with Old Mother Horner, and so on. The invitation cards and tallies should cor- respond aud offer a wide field for original con- ceptions. Prizes for a Mother Goose party might be a silver crook hairpin, a spider, a woolly sheop, @ tin pail. atin horn, « bisque . oF auy of the things about which the rhymes are made. “Questions and Commands” is a jolly game for Christmas, the person chosen as commander obliging his subjects to answer anv lawful under penalty of having their faces streaked with lamp black or forfeits duly ad- Judged. This is very ancient. wi saeschapene mas in the time of Oliver Cromwell and the commonwealth was threatened with abolish- ment by parliament the tallow chandlers com- plained that they could find no sale for their mustard on account of the diminished consump- tion of the wild hog’s most estecmed portion. Next in importance as a Christmas dish in those old days was the peacock. reparing the bird its skin was first stripped off eare- ly, with the plumage attached. ‘Then the fowl was roasted, and, when done and partly cooled, it was sen mp in its skin and feathers again.’ It then remained only to gild the beak and serve. Sometimes the whole body was covered with leaf gold anda piece of cotton soaked with spirits was placed in the bewk, to be lighted before the carver began operations, The t herb: placed upon the table by no menial hat was brought in by the lady gue: were most distinguished for birt! Pheasants and carpe’ tongues were favori Christmas dishes in o land. where mi pies also, under the n mutton pies, popular as early as 1596, when it used to be sung: d_was stuffed with spices and sweet nd basted with the yelks of eggs. It was is, but who erry.” The Christmas pies of those days were baked in coiin-shaped dishes quite ususlly to repre- ent the manger in which the Holy Child was iaid. ‘The Puritans did not approve of mince In their eyes, so it wax suid: “Plum bri 2 popisl, and mince pie— . that was Mat idosatry i pie. stoutly urged by a 3 igland that it was not P men (0 ext mince pi | ai lq | teenth eeatur; the Yale log, sa e to Christmas, in the bigger r. Achorus of the thir- accompany the crackling of to remark, was st happiness to the whether at Christinas ar. DECORATED WITH A BROOM, the condition p noble Briton of lang svn or any other time of the ‘The New Cruiser Newark Saluted After Her ‘drial Trip. Each masthead of the new eruiser Newark was decorated with a broom yesterday after- noon, when the latest addition to the navy ar- rived at Cramp’* ship yard, at Philadelphia, after having successfully passed through the ordeal of a most exucting trial trip. The pres- ence of the brooms gave timely notice to the various steam craft passed in coming up the river, and from each would come three blasts of the whistle, varying in volume of sound ac- cording to the size of the boat. Answering blasts were blown upon the Newark’s “siren,” a brazen steam trumpet that alternately wailed and howled in tones each more frightful and ear-splitting than the others. what in the nature of « triumphal as the Newark progressed toward e of her birth, whistles screeching, tipping and when ‘the city was reached jotives on shore added their quote of wel- coming noises, while many of the wharves were thronged with people heartily cheering as the ship passed by. TESTING HER HANDINESS. At the close of the four-hour trial on Monday the ship was put through a series of maneuvers to determine her “handiness” in turning. in this trial the excellence of the steam steering gear was a subject of praise from the naval ex- perts on board. With this gear a boy of fifteen years could put the helm “hard over” n angle of 44 degrees when the ship was going ahead full speed by simply turning a small brass wheel that connects with the steam gear- ing. To show the difference between the steam and hand hand power the latter mode of steer- ing, which is also carried on board, was coupled to the helm. ‘Three large wooden wheels, tan- dem fashion, work the “worm” on the rudder. Six lusty jack tars seized the spokes, but their united strength was only sufficient to put the helm over fifteen degrees. These maneavers closed the tests for the day and the ship was anchored on the Brown Shoal. Early yesterday morning the cruiser again got uhder way and stood out to sea. But two boilers were fired, and all the coal used was weighed before being fed to the bins. This was kept up for eight hours and at the finish the ashes raked from the grates were also weighed so asto determine the exact amount of coal consumption and combustion. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS EXCEEDED. Enough is known to show that the contract requirement of 8,300 horse power will be far exceeded. it being believed that the horse wer shown will considerably exceed 9,000. trial board forwarded its report last even- ing to Washington. ‘The fact that the Newark is the fifth of the large cruisers to be commissioned, the Balti- more, Charleston, Philadelphia and San Fran- cisco having preceded her. has led many 0 suppose that she was designed subsequently to the above-named ships, and that the advan- tages of embodying and improving upon the other plans were had. Such, however, is not the ease, the Newark ‘especially’ Ameri- can. The hull was designed by Chief Wilson of the bureau of construction and the engines by the Messrs. Cramp. The boat was offi designated as cruiser No. 1, but when pro for her construction were adi for the bids were in excess of the appropriation, and it was necessary to await further action by Con- gress before the work could be commenced. Being American in her design, the accuracy of the calculation as compared with those ships built from the English Seine is already as- sured, it being now evident that the load draft of the vessel will adhere closely to the estimate. THE FASTEST CRUISER. In the matter of spéed the ship has shown that she is much faster than any of the other cruisers in proportion to the weight and dimen- sions of her engines and boilers. Naval Con- structor John F. Hanscom had charge of the construction of the Newark. From the New England Medical Monthly. Quitelet, in his most well-known treatise, “On Man,” pointed out that the growth of town children is quicker than that of country children. The demands from the nutritive powers are larger, and consequently we can understand how it comes about that the educa- tional burden ix felt more by town children country cousii ‘own life is not ‘or- they have not waited for nounee an_ authoritative ‘ish rites certain of the | Last Night's Banquet of the Keform Club in | q the de Political ‘and ccotomie jes old England thought them | \y DEMOCKATS AT DINNER. New York. EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND DISCUSSES “THE CAM~ PAIGN OF EDUCATION” —SENATOR CARLISLE, GOVERNORS BOIES AND RUSSELL, CONGRESSMEN JOHNSON AND WILSON AMONG THE SPEAKERS. The long-awaited dinner of the Reform Club took place last night in the new concert hall of the Madison Square Garden in New York and was attended with all the dignity and im- portance which months of careful arrange- ment on the part of the club could effect. There | will were about five hundred diners in the hall. The speaker's table was on the raised dais at the western end of the hall. Directly over the head of the chairman were six American flags &racefully grouped, with the flag of the state of New York in the center. At 8:30 Mrs. Cleve- land and party entered one of the boxes. Her appearance was the signal for every man at the tables to rise to his feet and, amid waving of handkerchiefs, Mra. Cleveland was given three cheers. The y rove and bowed, looking as pretty as ever in her figured mtin gown of light cream, with puffed sleeves. It was a brilliant scene at 9 o’clobk when the chairman intro- duced ex-Presideht Grover Cleveland as the first iker of the evening. Ex-President Cleveland responded to the a signal tribute to the judgment of the Amer- ican people.” In discussing his subject he said: “I suppose T have a correct understanding of what is meant by ‘The campaign of education.” this to be so. 1 desire, before going further, to acknowledge the valiant services in this campaign of the organization whose invi- tation brings us together tonight. “The grand and ultimate object of tho cam- paign of education was the promotion of the welfare of the country and the relief of the peo- ple froma unjust burdens. In aid of this pur- pose it became necesmury first of all to arouse he democratic organization to an apprehen- sion of the fact thut the campaign involved principle. in the advoracy of whic should be aeti 0K our opponents had gained, shifts and by appeals io prejudices and se interests, into paths which avoided too much the honest insistence upon definite and clearly Lely by tempo doctrine: “When the ti le and the cries of a suf- ime can vere hei . the party easil € proof of its uncoi As soon as arated th é oklen the “age ted to ita cause and he of discouragement or defeat. Day by day hour by hour expediency and ’time-se thrown to the winds. Traitors were si- d, camp followers fell away or joined the y band of floaters, while the sturdy demo- ¢ pressed on, bearing aloft the banner of terift reform. ‘Thus the education of the campaign meant, as related to the democracy, its awakening in response to the signal for iis returz. to the propagandism of democratic doctrine. “The thoroughly aroused enthnviagm and de- termination of the party, and its al sands of good and. e the non-partisan intelligence and honesty the land, saw no obstacle too formidable for at- dno end which wax not within their In a sublime confidence, almost amount- 1 the rej lated th existed. y. thes of those high in ublican party and those who formu- wt party policy, so far as such a thing MR. CLEVELAND SARCASTIC. “Ifa Senator from Wisconsin, referring to tariff reform, gleefully said he was glad to see us ‘show onr ha: anot fail to be con- ince ves place toa real good, there was, after ail, more ed tose. If the pres- ent Speaker of the House sarcastically said, ‘It only shows what fools all the other Presidents have been,” he may well ased, since he has lately so thoroughly that in the sight of the people infallibihty is not an at bate always to be found in the Speak a : After paying his respects in a sarcastic manner to various republican Congressmen who were not re-elected, Mr. Cleveland con- tin ‘As our campaign has proceeded other wi sual symptoms have been apparent among thi ent in directing the opposition. |S have become inaubor¢ tented and at times actual party orders. Some have the shi shrewd and weather-wise navigator has clam- ~ a ‘One dina frail bark, with the word painted prey y, as wind and wave t the present stage unwieldy party hulk of ism is still afloat, but dam- wily lenking.” veland said in conclusion; “Let us not ize the fact that our work ix not done. Our enemies are still alive and have grown desperate. Human selfish i easily overcome, and the hope of private gain at the expense of the masses of our people ix not yet abandoned. The result of our labor thus far is, indeed, ‘a signal tribute to the judg: ment of the American people.’ Tu full faith in this judgment, our work should continue upon the lines thus far followed until the enemies of tariff reform are driven from their last intrench- ment. As the people have trusted us, let us, above all things, be true to them. Let the light of our campaign be carried into eve of the land where it has not been se where it has been kindled let it be kept bri burning, still —— tlie way to better day for the people, and disclosing the plans of in- CONGRESSMAN WILSON. sidious foes. Hon. William L. Wilson of West Virginia re- sponded to the toast: “The Fifty-second Con- gress; may it be temperate, just and farseeing.” Mr’ Wilson said: “The defnoeratic party, re- Joicing over the most notable victory of its many Political contests, finds itself confronted by the sobering truth that i me thing to win a battle and another—and often a more difficult thing—-to make sure and permanent the fruits of victory. ‘The greatness of ita triumphs in the recent elections wax not due to the skill of its leaders or the popularity of its candidates, It was the spontaneous, unheralded uprising of ita ster vould ap- the people against the methods and policies of its opponents and the Fifty-second Congress will be judged in history by its success in di- recting that uprising to the tinal overthrow of those policies and methods.” He continued: “The recent campaign was not fought on any obscure or minor issue, but upon the question, on which, as Mr. Burke truly said, all the great contests of freedom have been fought—the question of taxing. History is in the main a record of the success- fal attempts of a class among every people to get control of the government that they may use the taxing power for their own aggrandize- ment.” Mr. Wilson then reviewed what he termed the mistakes of the last Congress, and in con- eluding sai “The Fifty-second Congress will enter upon its labors with one lesson that none of its members can mistake, and that lesson ia that its shortest road to irretrievable bankruptey will be to follow the footsteps of its predeces- sor, and its surest road to popular approval will be to present as clear a contrast as possible to the temper, the methods and legislation of that predecessor. In this one lesson it will find no small part of that justice, temperance and foresight which we invoke for it tonight. It been a favorite saying with our opponents that the American people demand of Congress the transaction of hnsiness—businees being too often the name of class or private jobbers: That may be true, but it does not follow that they demand or will tolerate the transaction of business by bureaucratic or revolutionary methods. Indeed, the method of transacting public business is the very definition of free vernment. All i governments must levy taxes, yut it measures all the way from despotism to freedom whether taxes are levied by arbitrary decree, or through the free and deliberate ac- tion of the representatives of the people who pay them.” SENATOR CARLIELE. Hon. John G. Carlisle responded to the toast, “Popular government.” He suid that republi- can, or representati rament thin that waa well Understood, ‘There i “4 people, moreover, who believe in ecalstatencst of 2 great central power. But popular government ‘ts ‘purest and simplest form is to be found only in several states, It is no evidence of ity to the general gov- ernment to say that ib ie not as popular as the state government. GOVERNOR BOIES. Gov. Horace Boies of Towa responded to the toast, “The campaign of education; its result is | Let | defined principle and fundamental democratic | must be devised ferent basis, or this = efor must prepare for of which—in both a sense—no man can ‘Measure. “I want to say further that the men engaged this industry are not to wait fora pond en hen ation consume the enormous surplus lace. It is relief for them- for generations unborn, that ‘Agriculturists are not the enemies of manu- facturing industries; they appreciate as fally as any clase that their own prosperity as an that of the nation depends upon a successful Prosecution of diversified industries, and they 0 08 far as any clase in giving to our man- ufacturers free raw mat and in extending the market for their productions. In other words, they will rendity consent to stand before e law upon an ity vileges every other industry? but they ein not consent to see their own destroyed that others may at- tain phenomenal success.” CONGRESSMAN JOHNBON. Congressman ‘Thos. L. Johnson of Ohio in response to the toast, ‘McKinley's discovery-— you can fool some of the people all the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time,” said: “Let us rejoice and be gind. Not that the fight is fought,-not that the work is done, but that to us is given the glory of the hope and struggle; that from the cast and west and north and south flows a breath of freedom— that the day of delusion breaks and we see the stars still hold their places in the skies. Me- Kinley’s discovery is the discovery that comes at inst to those who imagine that truth must in the end be overridden by political jugglery.” ‘The speaker said in the course of his remarks that so sure as Grover Clovelaud lives he will be the next President of the United States. __ The other toasts were: “New England's place in the coming contest,” W. E. linsscll, gov- ernor-elect of Massachusetts; “An awakened country,” W. U. Hensel of Pennsylvania; “The issues change and parties must change with 1 them,” ex-Judge Wilson of Minnesota, pre- sentative Mills, who was to have spoken. on telegraphed that a sore throat . Among others who sent letters attendance were: Flower, ex-Minister to England Chauncey F. Black of P Wells, the defea Norwich, Coun., and Sena‘ New Jersey. PRESENT TO MR. CLEVELAND. When Mr. Clevelund finished apcaking 2 mas- sive silver cup wax presented to him by Presi- dent Wheeler. The cup had on one aide a rep- resentation of Jefferson's mill and on the other a reproduction ofthis residence, said to be one of w set of thirteen made for presentation to Jefferson on behalf of his admirers in the thirteen original states. It was unearthed in Virginia a few years since and came into the hands of Jesse Metcalf of Providence, who handed it to the committee to present to Mr. Cleveland. e for Congress from. tor McPherson of a NOT CAST DOWN. The. Irish Leader Confident of Eventual Tri- umph—The Healys Menaced, Tmmediately after the sheriff had announced the result of the polling in Kilkenny yesterday afternoon the Parnellites present moved in a body to the front of the court house and then with a cheer they hoisted Mr. Parnell upon their shoulders and ga’ him what may be termed arousing reception. Mr. Parnell was upon the point of making a speech to his fol- lowers when Timothy and Maurice Healy ap- peared among the crowd. The Parnellites re- sented the so-called intrusion by assuming menacing attitudes and giving vent to various threats, which implied personal violence tothe PARNELL iu ease they did not leave the scene. Finally Mr. Parnell, in order to prevent what seemed likely to be a disgraceful row, asked the police who were guarding the court house to jiuduce the Healys to withdraw, as their presence was causing a disturbrnee. The | police promptly acted upon Mr. Parnell’ sug- gestion and the Heulys were eventually pre- vailed upon to depart from the scene under ice protection. While the Healys were escorted out of danger Mr. Parnell Tted the attention of the crowd by resum- ing his attempt to make a speech to his follow- ers, saying that he would not be turned aside from his determination to do his duty to Ire- land, seeing that the result of the contest in North Kilkenny was brought about by con- spiracy. Mr. Parnell added that he would go through Ireland fighting every election and that he felt coufideut of eventual triumph. ‘The tirst public méeting of the McCarthyite committee took place in Bublin yesterday. It in almost needless to add that everybody pres- ent was filled with enthusiasm over the result of the recent political contest in North Kil- kenny. The carriage of Archbishop Croke awaited Sir John Pope Hennessy at Thurles yesterday. ‘The arrival of Sir John in town was the signal for rival demonstrations by the two factions. Mr. Michael Davitt’s newspaper. the Labor World, yesterday renewed the onslaught re- made upon Mr. Parnell through its col- umns. During the course of a lengthy attack upon the “Uncrowned King” the Labor World rs that if by any compromise Mr. Parnell re- leader of the Irich party a number of anti-Parnell members threaten to abandon pub- lic life, which would be disastrons to the party at large. DILLON AND O'CONNOR PLEASED. John Dillon and T. P. O'Connor were seen in New York yesterday afternoon and asked for an interview on the result of the Kilkenny clec- tion in Ireland. After much persuasion they wai Ye learned the result of the Kilkenny election with great pleasure. The majority is greater than we had hoped for. It is a vi cation of the patriotism and sagacity of the e stituency, because it shows that consideration of the good of the country and wfety of the national cause have prevailed with the electors over natural feelings of gratitude and affection for a great leader like Mr. Parnell, which have blinded so many to the true issues at stake. ‘The result of the election offers, in our judg- ment, a chance of reuniting our a etl and we earnestly —_ that both sides will now co-op- erate with O'Brien in bringing about a re- union in the Irish national ranks.’ ———---+00 Written for The Evening Star. ‘The Christmas Star Wanes Never. Ne‘er heed the querulous complaint, ‘Phat Christmas joys are growing less; Let no such croaxing cry attaint ‘The merry season's blesdedness§ ‘What though our childish fancies fade, ‘Though youthful dreams fair bubbles prove; By faith and knowledge we are made ‘To comprehend The Feast of Love. Let babes and weaklings beg for gifts, But men and women true, believe, ‘That giving, more the heart uplifts ‘Than boons most precious to receive. ‘Those who have left youth's years behind, Yet long for youthful plays and toys, Are puling infants still in mind, ‘Not fit to share in Christmas joys. ‘The child receives, the parent gives,— Onur Father's gifts are numberless,— And that soul only truly lives Who strives earth's feeble ones to bless. All o'er the world the Blessed Day, ‘The loving, glorious Gospel brings Of Peace On Earth, for aye and aye; ‘That Love shall reign the King of Kings, ‘Then freely give, with heart and hand, Refreshing food and words of love, ‘Then you shall partly understand ‘Tae Mind of Him who rules above; ‘Then yon will find, the Christmas Star Doth with a brighter luster shine, ‘Than in those childhood days afar, ‘You bowed with Magi, at the shrine Where angels served, in Palestine. *—W. J. Hexexut Hogan. Christmas Eve, 189, Washington, D.C. ——- 0 Mrs. Burke Roche's Divorce. There has been a alight misun over the granting of the divorce to Mrs. Burke Roche at Wilmington, Del., it being said that no absolute divorce has yet been granted. The facts are that the Delaware court ordered s judgment to be entered on the THE BROOKLYN HANDICAP. ‘The suburban handicap, which has been the |* great turf event of the year and on-which for- ig | tunes have been won and lost, has been rele- gated to a secondary position by the action of the Brooklyn Jockey Club in guaranteeing the Brooklyn Jockey Club handicap to be worth $20,000, just double what it was worth this year, and $5,000 in excess of the gross value of the suburban. The horse that first the Post on the 15th of May next will win for ite owner $15,000 net, while the second and third horses will receive $8,500 and $1,500 respect- ively. The action of the club in increasing the value of the stako will probably result in the ith | iargest entry ever made for the handicap. There are at least a hundred horses in training that ure pretty certain to be named for the Tica, and a Secretary Melntyre is i @ matter of ite a reent ace "the Svent, which will ie of conversation amon; close on January 1 an the conditions are favorable to a large field, the entry being €200 each, half forfeit, or but’ $50 if declared on Febraary 20, the weights being due on February 1. SOME NEW KAXDICAPS. The club also announces the renewal of all the fixed events of tho spring meeting and adds to the list of stakes the maturity handi- cap for four-year-clds. . The distance is short, amile and an eighth, and the club adds €1,500 to the stakes, tho second horse to receive $250 and the third €100. The weights for this race, like those for the Brooklyn handicap and the Fort Hamilton handicap, for three-year-olds, will be announced February 1. with declara- | tions due February 20. The club also renews the great American stakes for two-year-olds, Snaf nominations for which are due January 1 This stake, which is guaranteed to be worth $20,000, received 103 April entries. There aro purses of $2,000 and $1,000 for the second and third horses respectively, so that a good lot of additional entries arc sure to be received. os HAIR CUT IN SIX MINUTES. Expert Barbors Engage in » Match for the World’s Championship. A novel contest took place in New York the other evening. Five hundred dapper gentle- men, in tight trousers and cutaway coats, gathered in the main audience chamber of ‘Tammany Hall. They were the flower of the tonsoriai profession of the metropolis, and the occasion that brought them together wasa hair-cutting contest, the first of its kind in this country. ‘hey chattered enthusiastically among themselves and freely laid bets on the result. In the gulleries at either side of the hall sat their wives and daughters. On the stage were the two “artiste” whowere to engage for the championship of the world, 2100 in cash and a gold medal—Luea Franzia, winner of the championships of France and England and holder of a medal from the Prince of Wales, and Raffaelo Cianciulli, champion of Bombay and of Omaha, Neb. Franzia wore a dress suit and diamond sleeve buttons and his hair was combed in pompadour style. He was as lithe as a cat and as sinuous asa snake. Cianciulli was fat and solemn-faced and his hair was sappered. ‘The rules of the contest were that each man was tocut the hair from the heads of four ersons selected by a committee of burbers. ¢ first victim’s hair was to be mangled a la Hurbert I, the second was to be in the “Ger- man style,” not too short, yet short enongh; the third was to be “German”--quite short all over—and the fourth was to be a genuine anppens”” At the word both men dashed at their work. Franzia’s scissors flashed over his subject's head like zigzag streaks and the blades kept up arapid click, click, click, like the twittering of sparrows. "He tip-toed daintily around the chair, with head lowered and arms akimbo, and he made the hair fly, throwing it up in chuncks with quick jerks of the wrist. Cianciulli likewise proved to be a “hustler.” He did not stop to brood over his subject, but jumped around with alacrity and cut down hair ike ripe grain under the mower. The first vic- tim was dispatched by Franzia in ten minutes, Cianciulli requiring eleven minutes. The sec- ond hair cut was finished by Cianciulli in eight minutes, a half minute ahead of Franzia, and the latter cut the hair of the third subj six minutes, Cianciulli finishing three seconds later. The last round was won by Franzia in eight minutes and forty-five seconds, Cianciulli being four seconds behind. After.an examination of the eight heads and along debate behind closed doors the mittee awarded the money, medal and cham pionship to Eranzia. giving him the last three outs. The 500 barbers in the hal. loudly cheered and Franzia made a speech. worden Bice The Henry W. Grady Hospital. The corner stone of the Henry W. Grady Hospital was laid yesterday in Atlanta, Ga., with fitting ceremonies. The Grand Lodge of Masons conducted the exercises, and Hon. Pat Calhoun delivered the formal address. Ye day was the anniversary of Mr. Grady’s death and was selected as appropriate for these ex- ercises. ‘The hospital will be a magnificent tmonument to the memory of the great Georgian. + — = Miss Willard Defends Banker Kean. Miss Frances E. Willard, of Chicago, presi- dent of the National Woman's Christian Temperanco Union, has written a letter in de- fense of 8. A. Kean, the Chicago banker, who failed last week, and who has been arrested for accepting deposits when he knew the bank to be insolvent. Miss Willard says Mr. Kean’s thirty years of good behavior and brotherly helpfulness ought to count for something. ‘The Wotan's Christian Temperarfe Union loses about $1,000 by the failure. maeeoeseeal Senator Ingalls Confident, Senator Ingalls returned home yesterday for the holidays, and will probably not return to Washington until after the legislature of Kansas has decided whether he is to succeed himself in the United States Senate. An Atchison, Kan., dispatch says: Senator Ingalls declines to talk freely about his chances for re-election. He says he will be re-elected, but will not.enter into details. His friends are confident. They claim for him reventy-one votes, and say that the other twelve will come when they are needed. They are confident of nine or ten alliance _men who were not instructed against him, and believe they can count on six demo- crats. ‘The Patriot publishes the answers of the doubtful democrats to an inguiry as to their choice for Senator, andas to whether they would vote for Mr. Ingalls under any circum- stances. The choice of all theae democrats is the “democratic nominee,” and they all answered that under no circumstances would they vote tor Mr. Ingalls. The Farmers’ Alli ance managers are confident that Mr. Inj will be retired. They decline to state whose chances are tho best among the seven farmers’ candidates. pean A Convention of Press Cinbs. The international convention of pres clubs to be held in Pittsburg January 27 promises to bea most notable affair. The National Asso- ciation of German Newspaper Men, including press clubs from all over the country, will be represented and elaborate preparations are be- ing made for the reception of delegates from every press club in the country. One of the most important and probably’ the first ques- tion to come up will be the question of admit- ting women press ¢lubs to membership in the proposed international association, and pend. ing this decision women delegates are cordially invited. Every press club in North America and several foreign organizations are expected to be represented at the coming convention. An English Theater Wrecked. An explosion of gas took place last night in the Alhambra Theater at Hartlepool, England. ‘Tho building was wrecked and several em- the evening's performance. If it had hap- Ead'cosombled, a great low of le would probe. assembled, a wor have resulted. A Public Debate on Socialism, During the course of the winter a public de- bate will take place in Bremen between Dr. lors Reon eed Groat ineerest in the debate is taken in all parts Germany. aK: ‘The Southern Educational Society. ‘The executive committee of the Southern represented. place for the place one week association. south will be to be of the — NEW PUBLICATIONS. EDUCATIONAL. WINTER RESORTS + SRD RLLASE ES BMA Sa dunanes | ypraaparcarecrippeaicr 7 re NY. iy LLIAM 188 BALCHDS CIVILSERVICE. MAGNOLIA INGR, FLA, Law ‘Degest on Scenes mia Dresictans ta Die | paced seseeielhe foc sta ees, WILL OPEN DRCEMBER 20, 1800. xoree . ene: Kay 3 / Soop ineri Por terms, Ilustrated Book, te. address AUNTY'S ELFIN A. C. COLEMAN, Manager, ; Or, THE ASTONISHING Dotnos OF MILDRED, Tom AXD HARRY. Chron- icled by Mania HILDRETH PARKER, with illus drawn on the spot, by Hermann D. Murphy. Boston: J. G. Cuppies & Co. YE ISRAEL of interest to all who take Pleasure in of Revolutionary relics and sites, was prepared by Mr. Charles Burr Todd, well known in this city, and from it were gleaned the interesting facts concern- ing the Putnam Camp which were printed in Inst Saturday's Stan. rh THE sERVANT GIRL PROBLEM. An Abortive Attempt by Housekeepers te Solve the Question. A Chicago dispatch to the New York Times | }\ fays: The Evanston Co-operative Hoasekeeping Association, upon which the eyes of thousands have been turned with keen interest, awaiting the outcome of the scheme to solve the servant girl problem, is already in trouble. During its brief experience of two weeks | A the books of the concern show a shortage of 2,000. Many of the stockholders became dissatistied with the way Harry L. Grau, the marager, was running things and his rexigna- tion has been accepted. ‘association has been condeted too extravagantly for the amount (4 a week per person) charged ie mec Se, Gece now aoe ine project wili be a failure, and will go under before many weeks. Seven dollars a week is what persons who know claim as the lowest rate at which the elaborate meals pro- Yided under the present regime can be verved. ‘The association was incorporated with a capi- tal stock of #5,000a few months since, and served ita first meal at luncheon Monday, De- cember 8, to over fifty prominent families. ‘The plan which has been in operation until this time is about as follows: ‘The bills of fare are sent around twenty-four bours in advance of the meal ordered, and the order blank is sent | Be back at once. The meal into a contrivance which i kept warm by hot water and is subdivided into compartments for the various edibles. These are distributed in a wagon at the residences of the subscrib- ers. Bread is furnished each morning freshly se and milk, cream and fruit are delivered repared is then placed Each weck the Indy of the house makes a requisition for butter, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, Pepper and salt, which are prepared at’ home. The ladies are’ still enthusiastic and declare that they will not allow the scheme to fall through. The Value of “Kochine.” Prof. Stuart of the Sydney University, who was sent by that institution to Berlin to study the Koch treatment, has made a report of his experiments. In it he says that after studying hundreds of cases he has arrived at the conclu- | sion that the precise value of the Koch remedy cannot as yet ve fixed. In advanced cases of consumption, he says, injections of the lymph have proved’ positively injurious, but in the earliest stages of the discase the use of the | st. lymph has apparently a beneficial effect. oon A Young Actress’ Downfall. Mary H. Rossiter, an actress, was yesterday sentenced in the general sessions in New York to the penitentiary for #ix mouths for the lar- ceny of @250 from Hamilton Gordon, a piano dealer of New York city. Miss Rossiter is the daughter of Nathan T. Rossiter, formerly the county judge of Schoharie, eoun Y., and who heid a prominent position in the Treasury Department under Lincoln's administration. soe Romance of School Children. ‘The quiet hamlet of Dimock Hollow, located afew miles from Oneonta, N. ¥., has a sensa- tion in the elopement and marriage of Andrew Baulf, aged seventeen, and Miss Nevada Allen, fifteen years old. The runaways were pupi at the public school. One day last week young Baulf drove up to the school house with a horse and sleigh at the nooning hour. Miss Allen got in and they started off in quest of a minister. The first minixter to whom they applied re- fused to marry them and advised them to go back to their homes. They then drove on to Burlington and applied to Kev. Mr. Cooper, who questioned them sharply. The boy said he was eighteen and the girl said she was seve teen and inister married them. Meantime the runaway girl's father started in-pursuit of the runaways. They were found at an obscure country hotel. Farmer Allen took his daughter home, where she still is. , It is believed, how- ever, that all parties will soon Tecon- ciled to the situation. eet ene So Gen, Butler's Last Plea. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler has made his last plea before a jury as acriminal lawyer. He made this announcement yesterday afternoon ut the close of his argument for Clarctta John- son, on trial in the United States district court in Boston for perjury. Gen. Butler is now sev- enty-two years old, and has been for years ree- ognized, perhaps, as the leading erimninal law- yer in the country. He was admitted to the in 1840, and began practice in Lowell in 1841. From the first he made a practice of tak- ing up for little or nothing the cases of poor people, and it was in a case of this sort that he attached the gate that let on the water to one of Lowell's great mills to secure the claim of a mill girl for wages. The case of yesterday, in whieh he took his leave as a criminal pleader, was of this very sort, his client being a widow without a cent. —— ee An Earthquake Shock in Tennessee. There was a decided earthquake shock at Knoxville, Tenn., yesterday about 6 o'clock. Persons from the surrounding country report that the shock was so severe that houses were shaken and dishes rattled. In the city many persons were aroused from their sleep and tmauch startled by the shock. The Good Little Girl and Her Bad Little Brother. = ms ah whkslot ea ens Papi recested at Wel Soiigee withont exemine- Bexwvpa. ‘Stall private classce in art. elocution, terature and ‘The Land of the Lily and the Ros. 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