Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1895, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. PESOS PHOS FOS OLLA Cerri erree e- Open unit Tate tonient— ¥ Lut Noon Tomorrow. 3| :Buy Here=% ‘Save Money fi NIA RAISINS: SINS, per box. Lew eTlOlck 1 MINE Mixture Woes “MINED NUTS, 1 BIL ihe BN WALNUTS, prs tb. 12tye- SHELL ALMONDS, per too. te, nls i nothing SSCOOSODESEADS Aa tenet 412 on eA ¢ TIVE Cor, 3d and Md. ave. me. FIVE 18 7th st. me. TORES | obi st. nw. STORES. \Wysninton and’ Monroe sts $ “Anacostia. } _ dv24- 1000 ey PRES LL TOGETE ee a eo To buy one of those handsome 5 O'clock Last Tea Kettles, ~Ban- Chance quet Lamps, Onyx Before fables. We will Christmas keep our store open quite late this evening, to enable our customers to make selections from our immense stock of the above- named articles. Special prices: still prevail Geo. F. Muth & Co., 24d 418 7TH ST. N. Ww. ; Lae co 2 29-20 09-90 29-08 A Merry Xmas to All. EVEN THE RINK DLE DH-DO FOOST SOOO SOSSEESOESOSSOOSHELHESOOCSS |;Seasonable 5 esseseset ST OOTSMOOSOS OY BGG Purest fruit ston simply de- My tilled. Caterer, Confectioner. ’Phone 1000. Otders: pun 3T. Jarvis, £426 9 oth St. 24. a icsteoneocesteees PESO a6 Closed Tomorrow All Day. “A Merry Christmas Greeting to all.” Mayer Bros. & Co., 937 and 939 F St. N. W. ( pen tomght till 10 o'cle And Christmas day till noon —to supply you with wine, ready- made punch, brandy & materials for eggnog and punches. To-Kalon GLs 14th st. Wine Co : "Phone 999. iThe Wonderful fre \Photograph lachinel == Simply remarkable in {ts working. Drop a small coin in the slot while standing in front of the m in a minute—a perfect and excellent likeness, neatly mounted, comes out. Go and see It. Visitors welcomed. On ne—and —immense though it is, is almost too small to accommodate the im- mense crowd that has visited it the last few day: There are two good reasons for the crowd: Our prices the lowest in town. Our stock of holiday goods is by far the finest. We might add another one: The immensity of the PPSHEQVHIOOS3E 204049 40400000-93-23-6 ND IDO S-OH-HO-— OL-OL-OD-S ? Rink gives us unusual o facilities for showing the y goods to advantage and o for prompt delivery. { Ihe Rink * The Rink, ; oN.Y. Ave., bet. 13th & 14th ag 9 Open Till 1 p. m. Tomorrow. 6 It gy ai ee ah oe oo 40-25-90 i Christmas Eve * —perhaps, has found you with not enough cake and pastries on hand to supply you during the Holidays. i you have already made the mistake of using any thing but “Ceres” Flour in your cakes those that you bake now should contain it. It is a very difficult matter to make a good cake. Even the oldest housekeepers have failed, but there is no surer way in the world to jail in your cake than to us: inferior flour. If you'll take | the trouble to specify on your store list the brand— Ceres Flour —your grocer will send you the only. flour good enough to put into cakes and pas- tries. All the winners in the | recent breadmaking con- test. held) at_ Convention Hall used “Ceres” Flour. If “Ceres” will make the best bread it will make the best cakes. Be sure your | grocer sends you “Ceres” Flour—and accept no sub- stitute. If he happens to be a ee ee ee a Pa ae x ee es HHH KH EHH HHH HO HH HH * xe Ke * RH HHH HHH * you send, ask him * der it for you. wm. M.Galt & Co., Wi holesalers, ist & Ind. i to or-| a ee tHE HHH HH HH HH Tonight! 1 last chance for Christmas gift buying. 292% Open till 11:20 p.m. Ive had the big. o9% gest holiday trade this year that I've 99% ever knio@. The remarkably small prices couse queting on Watches, Diamonds and eee ry accounts for rush, F. th St., H. COLE, 4? Baus 1m, 2800 For the ‘Holiday: Se CUT RATES ‘TO ALL ee ON THE 8, D. HOUCK JOBBING HORSE FURNISILING LEADER OF THE TH op all our new and Coach, Car sets Wagon Harness. leaders amd ha Je gods w We have in great bargains. ling At one rond-hamd Harness 10 wets Coupe, 15 sets Single and 10 sets Concd, Double Light" Carri sets Double WE CARRY THE HORSE FUR- GOODS LINE. ‘Thanking you ail. for Sour past liberal patronage and soliciting a continvance of the same in the future, I am, very respectfully, 15 sets Express und 12 out of this brand at the time | ( \ —— exhibition at ie H. Brown’s, 1010 F St. Kose eo The Materials For Xmas Dining. food deticacy—relish and substantial— prised in that holiday platy we're And in the preparation of tomorcow's f des nee to of the the wo Nae ou In providing from the * feature made of © this evening aad ' v. H. Duvall, 1923 Pa e220 ~_ oa 3008 » Ave. re, 108s. LAS ington, Prives lots aan down town, » ; ) BARKER,.<ii Se) aaa “Se ti ‘Hints For ‘Late oe pig aNiaiToR ais y) ) PDI Evening Slippers. well evening slippers. (Quantity as well as quality. All shades to match the fash- ‘ionable evening gowns The richest assortment in the cit’ One price only—the lowest— all the time. Wilson, 939 F St. 024-304 te eceeeee Pete eeeceee ‘Last Chnee For? :Opera Glasses. 3) @ you late buyers will ¢ made on New designs tes priced very |e w. + 1 Meat, a McAllister & Co., Ste OPTICIANS, K NE N” BLDG. ee Hair thing of the . . . . . : . . . . . A ene sirtecseneetres -Opn til late ‘Forgotten 4. ‘anybody? splendid line of pocket books, card cases, purses and leather goods yet re- main. Splendid choosing. We've a trunk here we'd like you to see. (Kneessi, 425 Seventh St. ~ 4 oO —The lowest priced Jewelry Store on F st.t ——that’s Cole, the Jeweler, F St. No. r2or$. de24-12d Merry Xmas to All ~¢ ream Blend Flour —— 1s the kind all prudent house-wives will use for baking XMAS CAKES and : Ke ae a hte A die aie —— Pasrry—wint you? 7For sale by all ‘live’ grocers, We are wholesalers only. B. B. EARNSHAW & BRO., Wholesalers, 1°05-9 ITH ST, 8. cmRCLE Carpenter's shop, 1020 8 at. Bw, Jobbing by ex- clenced ‘ble men. S. D. HOUCK, Ge2t-6re 801 10TH STREST. ous T. WALKER, Builder. Besldence, 2021 N. on BRAFEAAAPATAMALAMAVAE The Best in the World— Kennedy’s ‘New England ; i iE Oo a é i z $ 323 ‘A Few Rug Hints.’ —A pretty Rug wilh g a wide gay room's furnishings—a good one will better in a All tt these: THE 14 FPOSS 2 Pe wowvs oes and men the PVOOSSS wy Two Drug Stores, ods 28a Only 2sc. Ib. For Sale by All Grocers— rders received till late tonight. Add at Skin Rugs at Full line of Hassocks at All FUR CAPES, MUFFS HALF PRICE. Every gar- Bargains galore. Ideal Xmas gifts. Saks Fur Co., Cor. 13th and G Sts. B de24-2800 HAAS eperganesoegerseses Bober tar BUN BON BOXES. ruit Cake, 3 IDOI ID ay satisfactorily, — None than tte Rugs at $3 fiton Kugs at § and Tiger yrna and 50e, Houghton co., SSOP ESS S ET ESSSEDE NECKWEAR to go at it new—and made after swellest Parisian designs. PECEROEIEE DOES EOCOE 40] GM | | Sy i otitis He OGRAM’S 18th and Pa. ave 1ith and I sts. SEAS AY OHSS SE SH iThe Best Water 4): sFor Rheumatics to drink is © ow The wa % sole ¢ :Honey Plolasses Taffies, asc. Ib. aeeel 07% gallons, w. Thompson, 703 S. PHARMACIST, 1gth. a Sd LITHIA WATER. denen the r known ined, most stubborn ease to it most powerful medicinal An ideal ta! $5. doz, ‘sh wn, doz. D.C. 5-gull oh 02-4 ypen Until Late Tonight. : S|) -15e. halt Aes 100. dozen—tresh | -¥ day-our own make—very de- : : . ENE CHOCOL @ Salted Almonds, F + 4 BRANDIED MI 5 ie! C719 Flavers 5 % plain and in faney mold, i : Fusseil's,¢ ; a DOEPSPE SS OOS ~ S ; 2 ; We'll be 3 ; 2Open onight. 3 Dee If you've forgotten some one mn? b4 Sere gift ying come here. Ww a 3° y things to w at G o° nicest of gifts. PRINT @ eo? omple e raked - TTH WKALP! ° oe © WAISTS—45e¢. S > > ‘Cohn’ s,°e $ 9 qth St. 2 So: inators & Designers o° Ladies’ Shirt Watsts. g , tOpen “til sLate Tonight 413 (Deli Xm \Krafft’s eae © 1st } ae’ os “ Bryan’ 8. to get everything you Wines, Can: A big store full of Stull army of clerks to. fill your wants, Everything fresh & and the Prices the lowest. & New York ogee icious as Pastry. su baked 20 and 250, le: and 40e. Umbrellas. x OK * * Hic) ** Ta eee lect: nS Hatters and Furriers, Make yourself a present of a e close-rolling Umbrella. rge stock from which to se- $2.50 to $10. tinemetz.°., Pa. ave. 128 New Year’s cards & calendars. We've always been head ant shoulders over the other stationezs selectness of our stock of w Year's Cards and Calendars, ot as large a stock as some of —— the others, but a great deal pret ————— ter and at’ mmch lower prices, Take Cc. C. sete 16d Bots! . WALKER SONS, 204 10TH ST. N. & peep at them. Pursell, 418 oth St. ‘W., CAR- Felts. Fire Brick and ruses Lime, ‘Cement, oer ‘aad “three three: 1 Toews 'PPODEOROSOS FOV IOI OOOS DOO OD CHRISTMAS MUSIC ao Some Programs Prepfred for Presentation at Varidns Churches All Denominatiopa Wtll Observe the Day in the Most ftaborate Manner in aenet jot Praise. The following are programs of Christmas music, in addition to those published in The Star yesterday Episcopal. Matthew's Chapel, M and Half streets heast, Rev. J. M. E. McKee, pastor.— Mrs. Susie Burch, the Misses Mary Mabel Boswell, Ida Balezell, Lily Mrs. Agnes Padgett, sopranos; the St. sou Choir: Burch, 3; Messrs. Harry Howell and H. Taven- der, tenors; Mr. J. M. Castell, bass. Chorus: Mary Archer, Maggie Loswell, Lily H. Cash- ell, Mamie Cornweil, 0, C, Davis, Jeannie Fenton, Pearl Hudson, Mary Hutter, Flor- ence Miller, Fannie Northedge, Annie Story, Lily Williams, Gecrge Hoppie, James Rail- ey, Joseph Smith, William Smith and Ar- thur Purdy; precentor, Mr. H. Tavender; organist, Miss Rosa. Kuhn. The following selections will be among the musical pieces sung at the I a.m. serv- on Christmas: Processional, Adeste Fideles, by J. Reading; Te Deum, in A fat, H. Rogers; Jubilate, in A flat, by BE. B. z ; hymns: 58, Shout the Giad Tid- Christmas, Awake! Salute the Hap- Morn. Holy communion: Gloria ‘Tibi, hymn Bread of the World, in Mercy Bro’en; Gloria in Excelsis; recession- al, hymn It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, That Glorious Song of Old. ‘The Sunday school will hold its Christmas tree festival on the night after Christmas (Thursday) at 7 o'ciock. There will also be a service in this chapel on the last night of the old year at 11 o'clock, concluding with the Lord's supper. St. Paul's Church, Rock James A. Buck, rector am. Processional, Adeste Fid lo); Venite, in B flat (Millard); Gloria Patri (Millard); ‘Te Deum, in B flat (Millard); Jubilate, in C (C. Burche); Hymn 56; Gloria ‘Tibt (Paxton); Hymn 57; Communion Hymn 31; Gloria in Excelsis, old chant. Choir— Scprani, Miss Mary Deleplane; alti, Mrs. John Burgess; tenori, Messrs. John Miller and A. Fennell; bassi, Messrs. August Miller and B. F. Joy; crganist, W. 8. Reiley. Grace P.E.Church, northwest.—Procession- al, Hymn 49; Adeste Fideles;Venite,C.E. ket- tle, Te Deum, William Jackson; Jubilate, H. Aldrich; Hymn 56, H. R. Fuller; Kyrie Kleison, W. B. Gilbert; Gloria Tibi, T. Tal Hymn 58, L. Ho Reduer; offertory, anthem, C. T. Steele; Sanctus, Spoh . 3. B. Hodges; Gloria in E ; recessional, Hymn 51, Mendels i R. Bourne, rector; Miss Minnie organist. Sunday school celebra- tion Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. ‘At St. Luke's P. E. Church.— Morning prayer at 11 o'clock. Rev. Wm. V. Tunnell, dean of King Hall, Howar versity, will The follow- be rendered: Lord's Pray anthem, Let jethlehem, ‘Alza- Deum, Dudley” Buck ; Hymns 49 and py Short; reek parish, Rev. rvices at 10. es (Novel- preach the Christmas ser men. Remembe , Hymn 450. John H. Hor- Nor- alker, ‘Choir—Master: A, Nuge holm, Harry Albert V ~ Weod, ad Samuel Burnett i Mesér: ank Foster and Albert choir will be ass wood, Mis Marie Ja ang Harr W. Tompkins, en G and H st ar IL. Mitche Max Vogr t, hymn Te Deam, Alzamor intr ene; Gloria i, I Br ermon oomMbS al, hy! Gloria in solo, Me! Kyries, anthem, Be- The Chris tence, Anon violin Joseph Douglass will play’ the ¥' the solo The Christ Child, whch the stersenger will be played by I be sung by Mr. W. H. Goodrich; y, Joseph Hill, Samuel Hill, Ha: ward Jennings, Samuel Mattingly, Robert Mattingly, James Mahoney, Raiph Ridgley, Harry Saunders, Moria Saunders, Alonzo inders, Leon Turner, jr., Charlie Turner. a Joy Brooks, soprano; Miss Cora . tenor; nels organist and odie, choirm: Lutheran Churches, Grace Lutheran Church, corner 13th and Corcoran streets northwest, Rev. J. E. A. Doerman, pastor—Christmas will be cele- ated at this church as is the custom on day at 11 am. In addition to > regular full order of the Common Service and hymns, the ghoir will render the fol- lowing selections: Hear the Sweet, Angelle , Danks; Te Deum, Buck, and There ere Shepherds, € The choir is com- posed of th followin s Ida Stutz and Annie »pranos; Mrs. A. ner and Kuhn, altos Daniel Bailauf, tenor FLW. Loe . bass, and Miss Julie yon Entress, organ’ clock in the rnoon the school will te Christmas with sponsive read from the Scriptures, sing: ing, and an ss by the pe musicals this oe: Salute n, Danks; Shining, 9 Bri, n Those Holy , Danks; hymn, Hark, What e New Born is Born, Danks; Faithful; Herald Danks, and ‘a carol, Brightest and bid] by Reginald Heber, 1811, with music rrett. Other Denominations. ce Reformed Church, 15th street be- tween Rhode Island avenue and P street.— The people of this congregation, with their friends, will observe the time-honored cus- tom of meeting in the early morning to- morrow for a 6 o'clock service of praise, The service is simple and impressive in character, scriptural in tone, and full of the Christmas spirit and joy. The hymns, anthems and together with the Seripture t compose it, are all made to center in/Christ_and the incarna- tien. In the evening at 7 o'clock the chil- dren’s service will bé held, when all will join in Christinag carols’ and anthems, while the time-honored Christmas tree will add its beauty to the other carefully pre- pared decorations. North Capitol M.-E. Church,corner North pitol and K_ stidets northeast—Sunday, Morning—l. Organ prelude, Inilzmimatus, Stabat Mater, e December 2 Miss Smoot Rossini, solo, by Miss Storm; 3. hymn, Joy to the World, Watt 4. Te Deum, 8. Lloyd, duet, by Misses Storm ahd La Hayne, solo, by Mr, Young; 5. hymn, Peace .On Earth, Goodwill to Men, Cawood; 6. of- fertory, Nazareth, Paul’ Rodney, Mr. Stratham; 7, Glory Be to God in the’ High- est, J. H! Denney; 8. organ prelude, Miss noot. vening--j.Organ prelude, Miss Smoot: 2. Glory to Goll in the Highest, Dr. Friedrich Sileher; % hymn, Come, ‘Thou, Al- mighty King, Glardinl; 4. anthem, For'God @> Loved the World, McGranahan; 5. hymn, Love Divine, Zundel; 6. offertory, Night of Nights, Van de | Water, Miss Storm; 7. Praise’ God From Whom All Blessings Flow, John Faweett. Chorus hoir—Soprani, ‘Misses H. Reid, Maggie Storm, I. B. Austin, L. R. Kipg'and Mrs. C. L. Pate; altl, Misses W. La Hayne and Nellie Smith, Mesdames Hoofnagle and A. M. Laing; tenori,Messrs. P. L. Jones, Hoof- nagle, A. M. Laing and Edward Saxton; bassi, Messrs, Henry Stratham, Gilbert Clark, Harry Young, T. M. Staub and — Steele; organist, Miss Alma D. Smoot; di- rector, Mr. Edward Saxtom Christmas Chimes.A select program of appzopriat) tunes will be played upon the bells of the Metropolitan M. EB, Church, 4% and C streets northwest, on Christmas morning by Mr. James R. Gibson. A frlend indeed, Dr, Bull's Cough Syrup. AMONG THE TOILERS. Meetings Held Last Night—Help for the Anacostia Strikers. The bills laid before the Federation of Labor at its meeting Tuesday last by Mr. E. M. Blake, chairman of the legislative committee, entitled ‘The employers’ Habil- ity act,” and “A bill for the protection of wage earners,” were indorsed at the meet- ing of Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Assembly last night. In response to an appeal from the execu- tive committee of District Assembly No. 68, K. of L., the assembly donated $25 in ald of the new herdic line started by D. A. 68 between Hillsdale and Washington, with the understanding that further subse tions will be forthcoming if necessary. Carriage and Wagon Makers’ Assembly the ensuing term at its night, as follow H. workm: Pp. P. Nacey pce es Guir, fi treasurer; Aub, recording sec- non delegates to J. B. Fenton, P. Nace: § tes to the Federation of Labor, Hoge. F. Carroll, J. Dough- J. Carroll. erty and A. ‘The Plasterers’ Assembly met last nicht, he transaction of some routine tion to aid in estab- No. 66, K. of L.'s, herdic line, ed more in the future if it shall omplish the end in view. Union, which met and cg lishing DA. and promi be nevaded to ac Carpenters’ last night at its heade - sechusetts avenue nort da at considerable length the condition of the adspute between Yost E:rothers and Mr. A. N. Carry in reference to the building of large barn in Prince George's county Maryland, mention of which has been here. tefore made in The Star. The subject was not, however, dispo: of. The cigar makers hed their regular meet- ing at their hall turday evening. It was reported that Mr, James Wood, organizer in conjunction with some of their members, have been visiting all local assemblies and unions the past week, and agitated the blue (union) label, explaining the difference between a union and non-union cigar. It was reported the local organizations have rendered the cigar makers valuable assist- ance. As a token of esteem and respect, Mr. James Wood was presented with a gold-banded umbrella by the cigar makers. RIGHTS OF WOMEN. The Old Laws Relating to Disposal of Children, To the Editor of The Evening In a recent i:sue of your paper appeared t of a legal decision bearing upon the guardianship of children, and upholding the absolute right of the father to devise them by will. Without presuming to ques- jicn the propriety of the verdict or the merits of the individual contestants, which latter point appears to have carried little weight in the case at issue, since the mat- ter resolved itself into a question of legal interpretation, pure and simple, it may he allowab'e to doubt whether the District of Columbia or any state still hearing upon Its statute book the law so interpreted bas recson for pride in its possession. Promulgated in an age when social moral- ity was at a low ebb, affd in a country whose political dogmas we have long since repudiated, it strikes a nineteenth centu woman as peculiar, to say the least, that such a law conceived and executed under such vastly different social conditions should be viewed as in any sense appli- of today. If children tar: as property, to be so sed or disp “lof, the laws ap- to the latt should at least in ‘asure hold good for the former. 1 and wife, joint owners of a 1 estate, may not ind ithe consent of the of without * of a man dying in- putable third. testate her ind Are children the exchisive property of the father, or the joint possessions of both nts? gn this question appears to hinge the applicability of the law, and if decided in of the former, would it not be wise woman, before entering into the te of matrimony, to protect her- al measure: the possibil- ity of future Injust! matter which so nearly affects her happiness—as it Is new deemed pe Not sentimental concessions, but justice, is what women have a right to ciaim in this connection, and if it is withheld from them, who couid blame them for refus to place themselves in a position where their dearest earthly possessions might be wrested from them at the caprice of a liv- Ing, or in accordance with the will of a ased, husband? But the children, are they not to be pro- tected? By ah means; and as {t would be foolish to maintain that the parent is always their best guardian, since the contrary has so often been proved, let the court, on proper evidence, decide this question. But not the father, nor even the mother, if it is a sup- posable case that a woman should ever be allowed to wili her children away from her husband, since it fs reasonably conceivable that in both cases personal rancor, family complications or financial considerations might exercise an undue influence, Shall we continue blindly to follow the lead cf a country which while It was the first to manumit {ts slaves, promises to be the last to emancipate its married women from legal serfdom; where a few years since a man could kidnap his wife if she refused to live with him and hold her a prisoner at will in his—in her—own hou It is but just to add that such laws, relics of the middle ages, can remain un- repealed in England and America onl: uch time as their enforcement > attention to the! rageous injustice and total inapplicability conditions and demands ot modern There would be less talk about woman's rights if the “silent minority mandcd the instant repeal of a few s obsoltste enactments as the one under con- sideration, and if the law of nature and morality, which has heen written by the finger of God upon the hearts and con- sciences of His children, found a more faithful echo in the laws inscribed by man upon the statute books of the dand. M. D.C. —— POLICY CASE, Graves Declared Guilty of Running the Game. Prosecuting Attorney Pugh severely ar- raigned the policy people over the river at Jackson City, as well as those who are en- gaged in the business on this side, when Jeseph, alias “Buck,” Graves was on trial in court this morning on a charge of vagrancy and suspicion. Precinct Detective Hartigan arrested him on suspicion that he was engaged in the policy business, but not having any proof to sustain this charge, one of vagrancy was preferred. Policeman Newkirk was a witness in the case. ‘The evidence showed that the defendant had been in the habit of loitering about saloons on Pennsylvania avenue, and was suspected of collecting policy pla one occasion he had a policy book in his possession, and when arrested he had in his pockets about $35, a large amount of which was in small change. He was known to go acress the river at regular intervals, and the officers were fully satisfied that he was in the policy busine: Mr. Pugh, in his argument, referred to the policy business as a thieving game, and said that the runners here collected small amounts of money from hard-working peo- ple an@ took it over the river, and then the runners return and tell the result of the drawing. The winners, however, are all on the other side of the river, and he was only sorry that the District law could not be stretched across the bridge to cover them. Judge Kimball held the prisoner guilty of the churge, and sentenced him to sive bond in the sum of $100 or go down for sixty days. —_~—__ The Evening Star Almanac for 1896. The Evening Star Almanac for '96 is larger and more complete than that of '95. Four hundred and sixteen solidly printed pages of national, international and local Statistics, Records and General Informa- tion. Telis all about the relationship exist- ing between the District of Columbia and the National Government. Contains much not to be feund in any encyclopedia. A val- uable, yet inexpensive addition to any li- brary. Price, 25e. ‘No be had at The Rven- ing Star office, at all news stands, or’ will be mailed upon receipt of price. For Divorce. Edith M. Wright today petitioned for a divorce from Wm. H. Wright. At the re- quest of her counsel, Mr. H. Hawkshurst, the papers were withheld from publication. ‘ THE WORLD OF SOCIETY The Coming Marriage of a Former Cabinet Lady The Cotillion Last Night Started the Holiday Days — Personal Movements, The marriage of Mr. Maurice Agnus Qudin of New York, but formerly of Baltimore, to Miss Susan Worth Folger of Geneva, N. Y., will take place at Trinity Church, Geneva, on Tuesday evening, December 31. The bride is a daughter of the late Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger. Mr. Oudin is a stepson of Collector James T. Kilbreth of New York. After the marriage cere- mony, Mr. and Mrs Samuel Hopkins Ver Planck, Miss Folger’s guardian, will give a reception from 6 to 8 o’ciock. The Cotillion Club gave a bal! last night at the Riftes’ Hall, and their initial hosp!- tality was a great success. The hall was ndsomeiy decorated with Christmas Breens, and the stage was attrac’ set ‘The patronesses are Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Hoke Smith, Mrs. Uhl, Mrs. Blanchard, Mrs. Ramsay, Mrs. Joseph KE. Washington and s. Claude A. Swanson. Mrs. Carlisle and Uhl received. Mrs. Carlisle swn- in pale blue brocaded satin. e full train skirt was edged with sable, and there was a narrow trimming of the same fur about the bodice. She was presented with a large bouquet of la France roses by the committee. When the cotillion was danced, it was led by Mr. Martin. Those tak- ing part in the cotillion were Misses Evans, Ube, Rasin, McGoodwin, War- ner, Griflith, Morgan, Mrs. Capers, Miss- ‘s Rarclay, Neale, Minetree, Mrs. Wi} lard, Mrs. Swanson, the Misses Stew. art, Miss Reeve, Mrs. Miller, Misses Darneille, Sigsbee, Trenholm, Jones, Taylox, Smith, Sickles, Baggett, Edwina Uhl, Rob- inson, Douglas, Jouy, Neiter, and Messrs. Sprigg, Brantley, Martin, Hooe, Wagga- man, McLeod, Reeve, Lewis, Watson, Ca- bers, Barclay, Hill, Studds, Derrick, Willard, Magruder, Gorman, Brown, Finney, Pol- lock, Rawles, Carlisle, Gwynn, Morgan, Bush, Albert Claggctt, James Clarke, Hel- rer, Brooks and Purington. Among those rresent were Dr. and Mrs. D. S. ans, Miss Margarite ars, Maj. and Mrs, Chas. Parker, Assistant Secretary of State E. F. Uhl, Mr. D. N. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Warner, Capt. Sigsbee. Mrs. William A. Stone, 1721 Q street, will give a tea Saturday, January 4, 4 to 7. Miss Ida Riley will give a dance New Year night. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Leighton will give a reception Monday evening, January 6. Miss Morgan, 1341 Q street, will give a tea Saturday, January 4, 4 to 7. Mr. Henry A. Willard gave a handsome dinner last night In honor of ex-Governor a R. Shepherd. The other guests were onel James G. Berret, Colonel J. M. Ww ison, Mr, Crosby S. Noyes, Mr. B. H. Warner, Mr. S. H. Kauffmann, Mr. Justice Harlan, Dr. Z. T. Sowers, Mr. Beriah WIil- kins, Mr. Henry F, Blount and Mr. H. K. Willard. Mrs. John Boyd of 1417 Rhode Island avenue left the city yesterday, to he gone during the holidays. Part of the time will be spent with her son, Mr. Fanchot H. Boyd, at Montclair, N. and the bal- ance with her daughter, Mrs. Wm. G. Mor- jouthport, Conn. W. Willson Offutt of Bethesda, Md., left Saturday for Lexington, Mo., to spend the Christmas holidays with her mother. The sccond Hyattsville assembly will take place at Hyattsville New Year eve, and a number of invitations have been sent to Washington people to participate in the event. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Willard of Phil- adelphia are visiting Mrs. Willard’s father, Mr. Louis D, Wine, at 1717 Q street north- west. The Misses Frances and Alice Clapp have returned to their home, 1024 Vermont ave- nue, after a protracted stay in the north. Miss Oates of Charlotte, N. C., is visiting Miss Alice Clapp of 1024 Vermont avenue. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Welis of 2012 R street have gore to Philadelphia to spend the Christmas holidays. Mr. William Gaddis and family of Fort Logan, Montana, are at the National Hotel, where they will be glad to meet their friends Monday afternoons, Mrs. William Henry Welsh, jr., will not receive on Tuesdays, the 24th and 3ist of December, but will be at home on January 7. Miss Helen Dittleback of Baltimore, Md. is visiting Miss Estelle Peyser, 1244 7th street. At home Christmas night. Mrs. J. Wesley Bovee has returned to the city from a visit to friends in Indianapolis and Richmond, Ind. Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle have Mr. and Mrs. Wiilizm Carlisle and family with them for the holidays. Miss Licy Bryan of Galveston, Tex., Is a guest at the Lome of Postmaster General Wilsen. Attcrney General Harmon's family circle has been completed by the presence of Mr. and Mis. Edmund Wright of Philadelphia and their young son. Mrs. Wright will re- main with her parents during the season. Mrs. David Loaog of Baltimore, Md., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. Rosenthal, 222 llth street southwest, and will be pleased to see her friends. Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Bastlanelli and daughter of New York are spending the holidays with Mrs. A. E. Johnston on Q street. Mrs. Geo. A. Shekell will leave tomorrow for Baltimore, to be present at the mar- rlages of her niece, Miss Nellie Jenkins, and Mr. Charles Muller, Miss Josephine Aurmann and Mr. Perry ‘Snead. Mr, and Mrs. William Blasland announce the marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Mr. Leon M, Wallace, on Friday, No- vember 29, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace will be at home Thursdays, January 23 and 30, from S$ until 10 o'clock, $7 West Rutland square, Boston. Miss Francis Saunders Billups of Colum- bus, Miss. is the guest of Mrs, Gov. Sims at 1119 K street. MUSICAL NOTES. There has been no determination as to Mrs. Berry’s successor at St. Andrew's Church, but it fs understood that there will be a complete reorganization of the choir after Christmas. The soloists at the next Saengerbund con- cert will be Miss Mary Helen Howe, so- prano, and Mr. Frank Rebstock, baritone. The selections for the band and orchestra will be such as will show both to the best advantage. Mr. Wm. Waldecker, the direc- tor, has brought his force up to a high standard, as was particularly evidenced in its excellent rendition of Mohr's cantata “Columbus” at the last concert, and he pro- poses to keep it to that point. Mrs. Thomas C. Noyes has been engaged to sing a solo at the services at the Calvary Baptist Church during the months of Janu- ary and February. Prof. Maina had intended to sing Le Prevyost’s Mass on Christmas day at St. Pat- rick’s Church, and had ordered the copies, but at the last moment was disappointed in not being able to secure them. "Phe Georgetown Orchestra is getting along finely under the direction of Prof. Anton Gloetzner. Owing to the enormous success obtained by Rivarde at all his appearances, Messrs. Jownson and Arthur have engaged the vio- linist for fifty additional concerts. Rivarde is booked for at least fifteen more prominent appearances in New York alone, &nd will play with every leading organization of the country, besides. . —_———__ ‘The Mails on Christmas. The following order regarding the opera- tions of the city post office on Christmas day has been issued by Postmaster Willett: ‘The following divisions of the main office will be closed to the public on Wednesday, December 25, 1895: Money order division and registry division. A delivery by carriers at main office will be made at 7345 a.m. and 12 m. Carriers’ window will be open for delivery of mail to clerks in the departments from 9 a.m. to 12 m. Collections will be made at 12:30 and 9:30 a.m., and 5 p.m. Deliveries at stations at 7:30 a.m. Collections at 12 and 8 a.m., and p.m. County collections at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The foliowing stations will be open to Pine public for the transaction of busi- ness: Station B, 6 to 12 m., 5 to 7 p.m.; sta- tion A, 6 to 12 m., 5 to 7 p.m; station D, 6 to 11 a.m., 5 to 7 p.m.; station C, 7 to 11 a.m. HE WANTED TO DIE. No Reason Apparent Why He Should, but He Did. A deep-seated and apparently philosoph!- cal desire to die seems to have actuated Clarence Palmer, manager of the Rambler bicycle shop at the corner of 10th and E streets. A week aro he tried unsuccessfully to cut his throat with a knife. Last nig! after fatling to buy laudanum without a prescription, he turned on the gas in room in the Greason House and lay down to his chosen fa iuck ran against him, and he still lives. His aunt, smelling the gas, summoned he!p, and, breaking in the door, dragged the young man back to this pretty world of ours. Although Palmer what, he was sec by it. His motive is re He is not in love, it | Stated, handsome amount of this world has also bee ssful in seltl: More than this, he has won riding a wheel with a saddle up twelve from the pavement. When the police and the doctor shi as out of him and forced the spar to bern, Palmer begged them to go let him die, and threatened to throw himself at of the window and kill himself that way. ‘oday he is resting quietly and seems more cheerful. is. He z bicycles. some fame by feet >-— MARRIAGES IN THE DISTRICT. Proposed Bill Adopted by the Local Mint At a meeting of local ministers yesterday afternoon at Foundry Church the form of a bill was adopted to be presented to Congress amending the law relating to marriages in the District. The principal objection to the rresent marriage law is that it makes the minister responsible for any marriage he perform Illegally, even if unknowingly, while the license as at present issued by the clerk of the District court gives them no Suarantee that a couple may lawfully mar- ry. The ministers’ bill proposes to remedy this by making applicants for a license Swear to thelr eligibility. This will entail some extra work on the part of the clerk's office, where licenses a: dealt out at a dollar aplece, without ai embarrassing questions, but such a license would relieve the ministers of great re- sponsibility. Upon motion the following committee was appointed to prosecute the bill before Con- gress: Rev. Mr. Rice, chairman, Methodist, Rev. Mackay-Smith, D.D., St. John’s Epis. copal; Rev. Adolos’ Allen, co-pastor Firat Presbyterian; Rev. J. G. Butler, Luther Memorial; Rev. Dr. Power, Vermont Ave- nue Christian Church; Rev. Dr. C. C. Mea- dor, Baptist; Rev. I. W. Cantor, Southern Methodist Episcopal; Rev. Dr. Newman, Virst Congregational; Re: Southern Presbyteria Patrick's Church; Rabb! Stern, Jewish Syn- agogue; Rey. Mr. Apple, Reformed; Rey. Mr. Brooks, Colored Baptist; Rev, Mr. Fout, United Brethren; Rev. Mr. Sewell, Sweden- borgian; Rey. Dr. Rogers, Universalist. ees QUIET DAY. Dr. A, W. Pitzer, ‘ather Stafford, Sr. Spending Christman Eve at the City Hall. Christmas eve at the city hall was an un- usually dul! day, Chief Justice Bingham in Equity Court No. 1 and Judge Cole in Crim- inal Court No. 1 being the only members of the District Supreme Court who held ce today. Few suits were fled today, one of them being that of a wife who made h. husband a Christmas remembrance in the shape of a divorce suit. While the vartous offices In the building were held open until 4 o'clock this afternoon, little, if any, bus!- ness was transac after 12 o'clock. Reg- ister of Wills M ll and Re: der of Deels Most of their empioyes a 1 that rule was followed cable by all the other city lie greatest activity was in the clerk's offi preme Court, are issued. noticeable today of the District Su- marriages | y of those who aj plied for them were strangers, most of them coming from t Wacent counties of Virginia. Few local people aj plied for li- censes today, and those strangers who got them, seemingly, had a double object in view—to get married, and, incilentally, of course, tu do thelr Christmas shopping in town, ee Dr. Okie’s Estate. In a sult instituted by Mrs. Hattle L. Woodworth against Walter C. Clephane, administrator of the estate of the late Dr. W. T. Okie, Justice of the Peace Church yesterday decided that Mrs. Woodworth is not entitled to certain personalty. Mrs. Woodworth, who claims that her daughter Gertrude 1s the natural child of Dr, Ukia, claimed that the property, worth about $220, was given to her by the doctor sey- eral years ago when she acted as his house- keeper. The justice held that Mrs. Wood- worth had not shown a legal transfer of the property to her. MARRIED. On Tuesday, December m., by toe itey at 17 Foundry court, betw 14th, “G aod New York avenue, Mr. RIDDLES and Miss JENNIE ANDERSO: ss DIED. On Tnesday, 1 ber 24, 1895, at ck a.m., FORKEST Ki MAN, only son r 8.” and irom the resi pnnsylvania avenue vate. ie Altemus. race OF Lis suutheast. BAILEY. Sudden! er 23, 1805, HENRI- BITa L. BAILEY, beloved wife of Joba Balley, At rest. Funeral from her late reside east, Thursday, December CROSSLAND. On Monday, December 23, 1805, at S o'clock pam. BRUDGEL, beloved wile of’ the late Heary © do and mother of Aunle Shea and Kate MeGlue, and paia- ful illness. ‘The burden of my days ts hard to beat od knows yet vain has been my prayer - li—twill soon be o'er; And I am rest Far down the w and I sce the shore 1 Seaton streat th und i Funeral trom her late residence, 1 northwest, between U and ou Thursday, at 3:30 o'clock DOLAN. ea De De At bis residence, 23 K street northeast, 1s, at 6:30 am., THOMAS ather of De PB, V. and Joba J. Dolan. Notice of funeral hereafter. 8° Departed this life Tuesiay, Decem? CORDELIA CG. be- loved wife of Cyrus M. Mercer. y be viewed at 1016. 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