Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 22, 1889, Page 10

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDA¥, DECEMBER 22; 188)-~TWENTY PAGES. AN EXIT AND AN ENTRANCE. Both Made by Mary Holland on Christmas Night. CONQUEST OF AN ARTISTE. How a Young Woman Swayed the Hearts of Men and Died Al most Unkown Among Strangors, Etc. Almost Unsung. AD was her fate. I saw ber in “Beauty and the Beast.” She was a fairy. In the first act, her an- gelic features shone through the opening in one of the large “got"! roses which occupied the stage. My atten- tion, like that of mine-tenthsof the audience, was at- tracted by her. Hers was o f which required littlo rouge to off- set the effect of Qllm footlights. / Hers were feat- Y ures which might have distinguished a seraph. Wheén the fairies tripped from be- hind the stage flowers and danced with almost airy nimbleness toward the glar- ing lights. she even more strongly ap- pealed 1o the attention of the audience. She had the smile, the bright- ness, the sweetness of counte- nance of Mary Anderson; the sylph-like motion of the same lady in the dance in “The Winter's Tale,” though in other respects, mainly struc- tural, she 1n no wise recalled the quaen of the stage. A few days ago, I met an actor who played with her in the extravaganza L lm\'u named. He knew her well and tears came to his eyeswhen he recalled the old, old days. Of the later ones, he cbuld not speak. They were a turned- down page in his eventful life and none * but the author was permitted to peruse it. There were no combinations then on the road, oxcept inthose districts where stock companies could not be supported. ‘Where the lutier prevailed, young men and maidens by the score aspired to the stage. Many thought they were called, but few were chosen. Mary Holland was one of the latter. She wasa genius. She was artless, graceful, beautiful. She seemed to act by intui- tion. She twined herself about the hearts of her associates. Though a novice, the homage of the public was laid at her feet. It was the achieve- ment of a night. When the curtain dropped upon the extravaganza that Christmas Monday night,so many years ago, another prospective star had shed its light upon the theatrical world. ‘Then came ‘‘David Copperfield.” There wus no part of any importance ! for the leading lady, because she could not essay Little Emily, Mary,asan ex- periment. was cast for the part. For 8ix weeks crowds wept over her inno- cence, her simplich&y and her betrayal, . and Mary Holland, with the leading man as Daniel Peggothy became the talk of the town. ‘When the next season opened, Mary was the leading lady of the company. There was no female character in her line which she could not play. There were few characters in the usual run of a stock season which she did not play and with the greatest success. I saw her as Kathleen 1n “Peep o' Day.” Pauline in “‘Lady of Lyons,” the Count- ess in **Faint Heart Ne’er Won a Fair < Lady,” Eily in the . “Colleen Bawn,” * Parthenia in *Ingomar,” Juliet, Queen + Anne in “Richard IIL,” Julia in *“The < Hunchback,” Evadne, Portia in the ¢ *Merchant of Venice,” Ophelia in ‘‘Hamlet,” Portia in ‘‘Julius Caesar,” * Katherine in *‘Taming of the Shrew,” and a number of other characters and in all of them, her success was most * pronounced. She divided the honors «and the patronage of the visiting stars at the other theatre and her name was « mentioned only to be praised. Her salary was paid without a tear from the manager, and the flower bills of ad- mirers kept the florists in provisions. « The obscure girl of two yeurs befora had become queen of the dramatic realm and diamonds flashed from her fingers, bosom and corouet. Christmas day. introduced the lady to the world of fame. % Christmas day ushered her into the great world beyond. The winter in Omaha opened abeut " the middle of October. Sleet fell for five hours. Suow followed. Daily for nearly fifty days feathery particles fell at intervals; and finally & crust of two feet of ice and snow lay upon the streets. It was a hard winter upon the poor, Money wus: scarce, fuel was dear, pro- visions commanded hlgh prices and . suffering could bo found on all sides. ‘The poor men and women who could -not find employment, resorted to all kinds of expedients and means to obtain money for the necessaries of life, Most -of them resorted to peddling, some sell+ ing matches, others nuts, others still, /small pictures, while nota few vainly - endeavored to dispose of lead penciis. +* At that time the Academy of Music +was still the ‘‘theater” of Omuha, There were few, if any, thoughts about a Boyd or a Grand opera house, A, No- body was pleased witn the old relic of * prehistoric davs, and yet nobody dared uild.a better one. From out the entrance to the old lace poured a flood of light, The last urd had climbed the stairs and the suditorium was filled. It was Christ- mas night. The curtain had fallen the third time and Koland Reed and Alice Hastiogs in the **Arabian Nights” haa been called bofore the curtain. Several rzunn gentlemen stepped down stairs lor a clove. As they reached the sidewalk, there stood in front one of the bill-boards a ragged female shivering in'the blasts, On her arm was » half-s0ld basket of matches, Ier oyes were riveted upon the board. She read the names of the actors over and over. One name seemed to vecall an old acquaintance. She made a feeble effort to climb the stairs, lll&pod and fell. 1 ne of the young men, looking for a clove, was beside her in a moment. . The woman had -been rendered uncon- solous by the fall. An appligation of snow revived her. Her features were turned toward the light just as I reached the scene, They were wan and emaoci- ated, Wrinkles like tucks scamed and sear) both brow and cheek. There 88 NO lxhl in the gwe, no life 1n the ji 4 u old scart .-8s tcigen from co nd her neck, and then ¢ recognized the attenvatoed, , aged, ragged figure Mary Holland, the graceful, beantiful, hewitching queen of the drama of twenty years before ! Selling matches, and at night, in Omaha! How had the great favorite descended to it? She would not tell. She made no attempt to conceal her identity, neither did she make any effort to explain her situation. She was borne to an adjacent hotel. The company was notified of the acci- dept, and nearly all of the members, many of whom had known of her, stood around her bed with eyes suffused with tears, They had learned that the sands of life had al- most run, and before morning, another soul would have passed into the strange world beyond the grave. And so in- deed it did. The hour of midnight had not been sounded, when Mary's spirit passed away. She made her exit from the world just twenty years after she had made her debut on the mimic Her entrance had been made of a fairy oxtravaganza on Christmas night, and on the sume festival her spirit was translated to the fairy realmsin whi as a sprite she had been so beautiful a representative on earth. Nobody knew whence she had Nobody knew where wor Nobody knew even stopped in the ci Through the liberality of her profes- sional brothers and ers, o marble slab in Prospect hill marks the resting place of Mary Holland. Hundreds who knew nher in her great successes ai still in the profession, but none may of the career which began on Chr! mus and ended on the same festival not many years SR come. her friends, where she had 1oRLE, LITTLE ROMANOES. YA strange and peculiarly interost- ing romance from real life came to my notice a few days ago,” remarked a cen- tral division detective to a Detroit Freo Press reporter the other day, *“‘and if you have time I will repeat the tale to You just as it came to me, anda further- more, I will vouch for the truth of the story.” Being assured that the reporter would gladly incline his attention while the details of the romance were un- folded, the detective then proceededs “Thirteen years ago a very attractive young maiden of seventeen was a favor- ite member of a troupe of singers and bell ringers which was composed mostly of members of the family to which the young woman belonged. The troupe traveled the country from ecean to ocean, meeting with the most flattering success wherever they offered an en- tertainment. Our seventeen-year-old heroine by her beauty, her grace of manuner, hor amiability and her accom - plishments as a mu n, won the ad- miratiou of many gallants who over- whelmed her with attenti Among her most devoted and p istent admiv- ers was a flne appearing, cultured man of forty-five, who laid seige to the maiden’s heart with such ardor and unremitting poerseverence that finally she capitulated and bestowed upon her devoted suitor that which he so long- ingly coveted—her hand and heart. He was a man of ample fortune, had one child, a young son, and told his flancee that he had been a widower some five years ormore. At his carnest entreaty the young woman resigned her position in the manicipal organization, prepared a modest trousséau as speedily as possi- ble, and on a bright morning in early May, in the presence of & score of friends and relatives, this specimen of budding womanhood became the wife of the man who had won her first love. “Instead of chafing under the monot- ony of home life, as contrasted with the excitement and change of her traveling career, the young wife enjoyed the new existence and in attending to the duties of her household was as happy and light-hearted as a bird of the air, all the day long. Things moved on thus pleasantly and smoothly for six years, when misfortune and tronble cawe upon her, Her affectionate and always considerate husband . was stricken with pavalysis, his lower limbs were rendered useless to him, he could barely move his arm, and indeed wasa pitiable wreek. But in thishour of dis- ease and suffering the noble qualities of the woman he had taken to be his wife shone sorth with no uncertain light,and to the care and comfort of her stricken spouse this good woman concentrated the rest of her life. She was constantly by the sick man’s side, cared for him as she would a babe, dressing, undressing, even feeding him., Finally word came to her ears of the wonderful healing powers of the Mount Clemens mineral waters, “Straightway she journeyed to that refuge of the lame and halt,taking with her the husband of her girlhood, filled with the hope that the healing powers of the famed waters would relieve if they did not restore him to perfect health,” ‘*Arrived at Mount Clemens she might be seen day after day, week in and week out, month after month, wheeling the paralyzed and emaciated form of her in- valid husband from their boarding house to the bath house and back 2gain. Every one commented on the fidelity of this beautiful woman to her helpless charge, and all marveled at the uncom- planing patience with which she min- istered to his every want. “One afternoon she chanced to be looking over a stack of old.letters, and while thus engaged found one addressed to her stepson and signed **Your affec- tionate mother.” Filled with wonder and amazement she went to the youth and asked him what it meant, He hes- itated, stammered aud blushed, then faltered out the explanation that his mother was alive when his father mar- ried the second time, but died six months later. Not satisfied with this she went to her husband and demandea to know of him whether his first wife was dead or still in the land of the liv- ing, The paralytic was forced, under a rigid questioning, to adwit that wife No. 1 was aiive and residing in Syra- «<use, N. Y, From her he had never been legally separated, never had even quarreled vith her, but being taken captive by the charms of the heroine of "Jl’l tale had forgotten his wife and his allegiance to her, and had wooed and won her who had so tenderly watched over him through years of helpless- ness and n. The deceived and bovror-stricken woman, who found herself be no wife at all, made no scene, did not shriek out aloud, failed to tear her hair or hurl anathemas at the head of the man who had so grossly misbehaved towardhe r, but calmly uwefilad the situation, re- solved to make the best of a bid mat- tar, wrote to Syracuse, where sh) ob- tained the address of the genuine Wife whose place she had innocently usurped, informed her dunt how matters stood, insisted that she come for her long lost husband, and what is more, succeeded in bringing about a reconciliation be- fween the parties. She made it clear to them both that they owed it to their son as well as themselves to spend the remainder of their lives togetber, and 80 not long ago she set out with them for their eastern howe, accompatying them as far as Rochester, where there was & most affecting good-bye scene en-~ acted in the depot, the broken and miserable man sobbing and orying as it his heart would burst as he gazed for the last time on earth into the eyes of the one woman he had loved. Back to Michigan and Detroit came tnis deeply wronged woman, and with a courage that nothing could daunt, she who had alwnys been accustomed to so much began life anew, relying on her own unaided efforts to secure a livelihood. As a dressmaker she has supported herself comfortably, and never at any time is she heard to murmur or cry ot av the cruelty of fate. A week ago sho left this city for Nova Scotia, where I understand she has been assured an excellent position. “If lovely and attractive at sevent cen she now at thirty-four is regally beau ti ful, and perhups the soft rings of melan- choly that cast but the suspicion of a shadow on her fair face help to render more striking a beauty that even age cannot wither.” Quite a romantic story has been dis- closed by* the evidence give here in tho court of review involving the owner- ship ef property valued at over £1,000,000, and including the seigniories ot Temisconata and Madawagka, says a Quebec dispatch to the New York Sun. One Beaulien of River du Loup, who says he is tne greaf-grandson of Colonel Alexander Fraser, claims possession of ashare of the cnormous estate left by that gentleman, and now enjoyed by the defendunt Atexander Fraser. Beau- lieu’s claim - rested on the alleged legitimacy of the marriage of the late Colonel Alexander Fraser. who settled in the northwest in 1788, with an Indian girl named Angolique Mendows, through one of whose chil- dren the claimant contended that he was heir to the dispused estates. After being ‘with Angelique Meadows for some years in the northwest, Colonel Ira in 1801 returned to Canada and acquired the seigniories of Temisconata and Madawaska. Angelique followed him to Quebec in 1803 and with her children ltved with him forsome time avRiver du Loup, first in the manor house which he himself occupied, and later in a small lodge at soms distance therefrom, built specially for her ac- commodation. The claimant produced a number of witnesses who had known the late Colonel Fraser prior to his deceaso in 1836, and who testified that he had fre- quently described in their hearing the ceremonisl which attended his mar- ringe in the northwest with his Indian wife, the first Protestant missionaries to the northwest having only reached these Indians in 1818. Iraser told how he saved his life by his marriage with Angolique, which was celebrated in ac- cordance with the formalities practiced by the northwest Indians, The defendants contested the legality of the marriage, urging that, even if it had been celebrated in the then cus- tomary manner, it was only a forced alliance. They produced "o petition presented to the Canadian parlinment in 1862 by the present claimant,in which it was alleged that Colonel Fruzer was forced to contract an alliance in the Northwest with Angelique Mendows, who saved his lLife on an occasion when he would most certainly have perished without her protection. Two of the three judgos comprising the court gave judgment for the defendsnt on the ground that the marriage had not been shown to have been contracted accord- ing to the usages then pre ng in the Northwest: and thateven if it hadbeen, the consent of Fraser thereto had not been free, since it was shown that he had been forced to it in order to avoid certain death. Judge Palmondon dis- sented from the decision of the court, from which an appeai‘is to be taken to the highest tribunalof the empire. The trial of a rich and racy breach of promise case was commenced beforc Judge Noyes anaa jury in the cireuit court this morning, says a La Porte, Ind., dispatch to the St. Louis Repub- ic. The plaintiff is Miss Lydia Har- ness and the defendant Mr. Thomas Noakes, a prominent young merchant. Mr. Noakes, according to the young lady piaintiff, has betraved his trust in that be failed to have the knot tied after a courtship lasting over four years. Mr. Noakes was particularly marked in his attention, she says, and he vent so far as to make a will, in which he be- queathed one-half of his real estate to the one whom he supposed would be his life companion. He was ulso in the habit of writing very endearing letters, and he kept this up until the week be- fore he cancelled the engagement. Miss Harness’ first knowledge of Mr. Noakes’ unfaithfulness was when he told her he was engaged to a Miss Louder- bach and that they were about to be married. The will and the letters were intro- duced as evidence today. The letters fairly gushed withsentiment. The tes- timony developed today places Mr. Noakes in the rather unenviable light of making love to three young ladies at the same time he was paying the. most devoted attention to Z\Eiss Harness. To two of the young ladies he had become engaged, and had sealed his determin- ation to wed one and all by giving them wedding rings. i s Mr. Noakes, realizing that he was about to be caught in the meshes of his own indiscretion, married Miss Louder- bach, one of the favored three. Miss Harness, whose marital hopes were blasted, now seeks redress in the hands of the law, She wants $10,000 as a balm for her lacerated feelings. Mr. Noakes has tried in vain to effect, a compromise with the fair plaintff, offering her $3,000 to withdraw the case, but Harness is ptucky and determined and wants the entire amount. Hoboken society 1s excited over the discovery that Charles . Mattlage, .!r.. the son of the millionaire provision werchant, of No. 168 Hudson street, in that city had been privately married to Miss ‘Etta Weaver, a charming young actress in the ‘*Shenandoah” compuny now on the road, Although the marriage took place a fortnight ago, the news only leaked out ‘two nights ago in the Mattlage house hold, says the New York Morning Jour nal. There were lively scenes when it became known to the parents that their son had married an actress, although Miss Weaver's character and reputa- tion are above reproach. After a stormy discussion the parents who, like the grim fathers and mothers of yellow- covered romances, did not take a senti- mental view of: the situation, declared that they would not recagunize their daughter-in-law. Miss Weaver is a brunetie and exwg— tionally oretty and as good as she is handsome. Mr, Mattlage’s male friends think him a lucky dog, but the belles of Hoboken, to whom he never paid much attention, profess to be disgusted at what they call his folly. ‘The young man saw his fair Etta once at the theater, and it was a case of love at first sight. To the dismay of moth- ers with marriagable daughters he es- chewed fominine soclecy and deveted his spare time to writing letters to the oung girl who captu his affections. any people believe that if the parents new l.hoxuunz wife their angry feel- ings would evaporate, as she is said to be so gentle and lovable as to be a fa- vorite with everybody. The pair were married I;{ 8 Pnlh{‘ terian clergyman in ew York. Charies, who is & handsome young fel~ low, is.twenty-three years old, and has always been & steady attendant sv the German Lutheran church, Eighth and Hudson streets, Hoboken, : CHRISTMAS [N SCANDINAVIA, How the Holiday is Celebrated in “'the North. A SEASON:@F FEAST AND JEST, Some Strange Customs and Games, and Stranker Christmas Dishes— the Hbbgoblin Benefactor of Northern Children, The Kvent of the Year. T is Christmas eve, and the young Nor- wegian hastening down the mountain side on his tapering snow shoes, hears the pealing of the Christmas bells in the valley below call- ing the people to church. Nobody stays at home; tomight all are believers, all de- vout. Since noon there has been no other work throughout the country than the women’s busy preparation for the Christ- mas supper, to which, when church is over, assemblo the entire household around one table ir the sitting room of the house, the family-father patriarch- ally presiding at the upper end. The national meals on Christmas eve are traditional ana almost without va- riation enjoyed—in the humblest cabin as in the comfortable home of the wealthy burger—hoth in Sweden and Norway con of two dishes, the fivst. of which is the so-called “‘sweet sup’ or a fruit juice, boiled with an addition of prunes, raisins, ete. The second dish is a good deal more peculiar, and at least to a stranger, not quite as delicate looking as the former. It is a sort of fish—*"lye-fish” so called—an unsalted and wind dried haddock. that is cut in- to shreds, and in this primitive condi- tion it is hardlyto be distinguished from picees of common firewood. A week or 80 befors being served as food for hu- man stomachs, this fuel is putin a tub of limewater, hence the nan and when sufficiently sonked, into another vessel of pure water; there it lies until the day it is used, when itis beiled. Then it is ready for seryice. It is eaten with sauce and p#satoes, in almost ineredi- ble quautities,and with an apoetite that has been formed from childhood. In Denmark the regular Christmas meals now are rice, boiled in milk,with butter and cinnamon, and roasted goose. Formerly Scdteh kale and pig-head was the fashion, After supper, the Scandinavians as- semble and. dance around the nicely trimmed Christinas tree, and aftor- wards enjoy Uthemselves with u mercy game of cards until late in the night, the stake being small eakes or nut The custom’ pf giving presen and pr: o s far back as the birth of the Christ-chi is solemnized. Ch mas has beeonie uot only an ece = astical holy day, but esvecially o family fetist. This i8 the case in Scandinavin in a higher d&gfee” probably than‘dny- where else. Therd are many customs and numerous superstitions connected with Christmastide or ** the origin of which in many insta must be sought for as far back as the times of heathenism. And not afow of the fash- 1008 are strictly local and rather differ- ent from those of the nations below the limits of the high north. That the common Scandinavian is an energetic and bighly passionated dancer. is o matter of fact: his devotion to the noble art of Terpsichore he never de- nies, notevenafter he has become a citizen of the busy America. Butat Christmas time, when there is o plenti- tude of cood, home-brewed and well bottled beer in the cellar of every house’ and a profusion of pastry—often us many as one hundred, and even wore, ditfer- ent sorts, on every table that isalways kept covered, and when one’s duty it'is 1o eat, drink and be merry, his offorts in this respect ave simpl mishing. There are also some original games with a few of which 1 shall shortly deal. One of the most general amuscments in former times was the so-called **jules- ture,” a literal translation which is Christmas room, including “julelegen,” the Christmas play,and **juleoptogene,’” or the parades, Inthese ‘‘julebuicken,” the bugbear, played the most important part, He wasin Norway presented only a buck head, furnished with a large blanket, that was carried off 1n a pro- cession, while the Danish “buk” wasa veritable breathing being disguised and wrapped in a black covering, with black- ened face and a long tail, crawling arvound on four feet witha stick in his mouth, upon which little.lights burned The purpose in both lands was the same to scare the childern and frighten them into being quiet during the holy-days, tosay nothing of the merriment that nat- urally followed the sport. This custom however, has now died out, as have so many other of a similar nature, and a poor imitation is kept up in only a few out-lying and old fashioned regions, Blindman's bufY, as belonging especi- ally to Christmas time, 18 knowa every- where, aithough this play also is now growing old and unpopular, As a sup- plement to the common and tiresome round dances there are quite a number of nice games, manyof which are de- rived from the ageé of knighthood, and possess an in%l'%t not exclusively his- toric, by thé"munnerin which all the ticipants fnterpret the musie, sing- ng old songé-'relating to heroes and mythical persdugand events culled from folk lore, sua Thus the Christmas festivities go on, with dance ind gaiety, day after day, for weeks and inonths. A local saying 18, **Christm; ts until Baster,” and there is truth init. Yes, the Christmas feast among Scandinavians, 48, as elsewhere, the children’s feast Nothing is spared when the question arises how to make over) lhinq @8’ ngreeable and pleasast to the little 6pés as possible. Ameri- cans haye so hoighn a peison as*‘Santa Claus,” and, 0 doubt, the praise that yohng Amerigans so abundautly lavish upon him is well deserved. But the children in Scandinavia have tbeir hub{oblln, and, mordlnf to their con- viction, he is not at all surpassed in any respect, He is every. good child’s friend and benefactor; he is their true guardiun, be they sweet and gentle; and their punisher, be they bad and ill-be- hayed. Therefore they all wish to keep on the very best terms with the elf, and on Christnas eve they never forget to place a ou!; of rice, with a large butter-ball in it, on the roof for their favorite. When they awake in the mnrnh:ik. the dish " is amplg; perhaps, and perhaps there may 10 rate whatever in the house. Is the rice untouched, theu the hobgoblin is angry, and the children, that have so offended him, cannot expect to find any- thing on the Chrismas table, unless their forbearing parents way bave taken pity on them and furnished the lacking gifts, The puck is genorally imagined as a beautiful dwarf, with a long, white beard and a huge red nood on his head. He is the common prop- orty of the three people’s. A custom very popular in country homes is the placing of a sheal of corn outside the door, by the children, for the birds on Christmas night. In various portiors of Denmark, es- }wchllly in the citios, it is the custom or poor boys and girls to walk around to the doors of the wealthy and after singing, or playing. upon some instru- ment, to get_their baskots and pockets filled with jule-cakes and pastry. Great charity is always displayed, and many a poor family procure in that way suffi- cient food for the entire w For Secandinavians everywhe especially at home Christmas is the great event of the year: it is the recre- ation time, anxiously looked forward to for months; and for it they save their spirits and their money. Scandinavians in America often and probably in most instances, quickly abandon these homely fashions, and the turkey and “'Sunta Claus” soon succecd the goose and the ell. Launritz WARMING, i - POLL AT THE TELEPHONE. How a Parrot Caused a Frightfal Rail- rond Accident. Out in the far w on one cold might in Januarya horrible accident occurred, Snow several fect in depth covered the ground. The little town of B—— was perfoctly quiet, aud not one of its inbabitants dreamed of the scene of disaster that wonld soon be witnessed. The small station house was for the time deserted, says the Philadelphia Times, the sta- tion-mastér having gone to th not far distant. Poll sat all the cozy little station hous: anon talking to " want a cracker. Prett; . Pre Poll.” Then with a wise shake her liead she flew to a shell that was just above the telephone, rang, and re- ceiving the answering ring shouted, “*Send down 113.” Then flying back to hor perch she was quietly sitting there when her muster returned. There was no telegraph in that part of the coun- try and Poll had often watched her master talk through the telephone to the station master at Jerome, a small town uot many miles distant, In about half an hour the passenger truin was due. When it was n ly time for the tratn to come the station master thought thav he heard the noise of a train in each direction, but conzluding that he mistaken he did not trouble him- self to look out. of In a few minutes the passenger train passed up, but it did notstop, and in another moment a fea ful crash was heard, a piercing shrick rang out upon the night air, and then piteous groans were heard. Snatching up a lantern the station master hurried out. A fearful ne was before him, The freight tr attached to the en- gine 113 into collision with the pa Pilteen passengors ‘and both engi- neecs were killed 'and five passengers were injured seriously. In a short time the whole town was astir. The injured were cared for and an | and pushed the brok track. Much excitement prevailed throughout the town. The people won- dered who it was who had telephoned the station master at Jerome. They did not solve the mystery for many a long day a:d both station masters very nearly lost their situations, but as nothing could be proved against them they were allowed to remain. One evening in June as the station master in his chair he was aroused by hearing the telephoune ring. Looking up he suw Poll sitting on the shelf above' the telephone and heard ber call out in her shrill voice. “‘Send down 113.” Av last the mystery had been solved. CHRISTMAS CHIMES, The Angels' “ong, | Emm1 C.Dwodin Youth's Companion. ' ““Peaco on earth ! Let warfare conso; “Good will to men!” Let Yove increase; Sing the angels’ song again, ““Peace on eurth, good will to men?" Thre> Christmas Chimes. Constanta E. Brooks (n The Century. I Hearken! how the Christmas chime Sings on earth its song sublime ! “*See those twain with weary feet THEY WORK FOR A LIVING, Questions Affecting the Barbers' and Butohers's Unions, CLOSING UP THE SUNDAY SHOPS, Some of the Arrests—How Salesladies are Selected, are Hi and and how Many of Them are Employed. The Tollers, The barbers and butchers are the only trades union men who are having trouble at the present time, The former want to close their shops on Sunday and the butchers are oppos- ing acity ordinanca which is compoll- ing them to pay $100 license, which has been introduced in the common council. Butchers of the fivst class earn $20 per week and are allowed whatever meats their families consume. In Omaha 200 men are employed in the several shops. Of this number not more thun twenty of the men receive a salary of more than 43 per day. Their meat bills, if they were compelled 10 pay for what they eat, would amount to about %5 a weck. This is an estimate of an old-timo butcher who has employed, accord- ing to his own statoment, 400 differont knights of the clearer, Tho married men have this advautage. Single men have the same privilege, but of course have no use for “'steaks on the side.” “What kind of eats do your men Iy take?” asked the roporter. best there is in tho house. Nothing is too good for them. Wo bosses expect it. In fact, we tell tho boys to help themselves, and if thev don’t take the best it is their own Waader through the village street— Doors are closed against the stranger. See the Child, the meek aud lowly, Christ, the mighty, the ali-holy, Sleeping cradled in o manger.! Siag your joy, O Christmns chimo Lot us keep the Christmus-time. Be the loaf of plenty doled, 1e the poor man's heart consoled. Thus we keop the Christmas-time, . Hearken! still the Christmas chime Sinus on earth its song sublime | “Wondering shepherds see the night . Flooded with celestial light— Wondering hear the angel message; Come, and lot us kneel before him, Let us find him and adore him. Peace o carth this Child doth presage,” Sing your joy, O Christmas chime! Let us keop the Christmas time, Let all strife and hatrad cease, Kindness live, good will and peace, Thus we keep the Christmas time. Hearken! still the Christmas chime Sings on earth its song subiime! “lagerly the Magi sped By the wondrous star beam led, Gold and myrrh and incense offer, He brings the most, ho the nighest Draweth unto God the Highest, Who a bearl of love doth proffer.” Sing your joy, O Christmas chime! Lot us keep the Christmas time; Love shall be the law to bind In one band all humankind, Thus we keep the Christmas time, 'I'is Ohris’mas in de Oabin, E. 8. L. Thompson in Frank Leslics, P18 Chris'mas 10 de cabin, Tho' I am fah away; 'Tis Chris'mas in de cabin, 1 kno' do bressed day ! An’ dar de mock-birds singin’ Mak' glad de happy spot, An’ all de flow’rs s bloomin’ Around my little cot. De flow'ra my Liza planted— De golden gelsemine, De pink azalea-blossoms Au’ honeysuckie vine. Her po' ole hau’s am folded, Her weary wo'k all done; But yet the blossoms hifting Smile up w greet the sun, "Tis Chris'mas in de cabin, De chimes sweep thro' de do'— Whar used to be dar footsteps, My chillun cum no more! De fir'-place hol’sno embers, De do’ is openwide ; De winder’s dim an’ dusk; Whar moonlight po’d its tide! "Pis Chris'mas in de cabin, An' de ribber murmurs deep, “De banjo strings am broken, "Tis time to go to sleepl” leasant ribber singin'~ D‘i‘; de B’;nd 80 fab away, ‘Whar I used to fiddle, honey, De livelong Cris'mas Day— ingin’ now —just listen! ' 8l rwi 3 °O“I:nm'el:ecl cmu'mwfiyu fault.” *Do_you have any specialties in your trade, where the workmen get higher pay for a darticular line?” Yes. [n larger cities a first-class sausagemaker can demand mere pay than o counterman or cvtter; althongh od cutter need never be idle. In es of the size of Omaha u butcher must be an all around man. Just now the town is well supplied with men, but none of them are out of work.” The subject of compelling the buteh- ers to pay a license of #100 per year is the principle topic that is now being discussed by the men. The majority of the kunights of the block are against tho proposition. Petitions, however, from both sides will be handed into the coun- nd the matter will be carefully can- ed before any final action is taken. The Burbers. The barbers are wrangling over the Sunday closing law. Oune man has pleaded guilty for work- ing and paid a small fine. Another pleaded mnot guilty, and after being givena jury trial was acquitted, There are sixteen more cases to be tried. None of the accused will plead guilty, but they will be prosecuted in detail. The men who are opposed the Sunday closing law do not deny that they have worked on Sunday, but argue that it was i necessity. i about one-hall of the shops weve closed, giving fifty barbers a chance to recuperate for o day. Next Sunday it will, no doubt, be different. Cigarmakors, The cigarmakers of Omahy ingof organizing a state a The object will be to get togother on each your and discuss the best mode to advance the sale of home-made goods, and to protest against merchants hand- ling cheap cigars, made by cheap labor in the larger eastern cities, in fact, they will fight the sale of all goods that do not bear the union label, and, if it becomes necessary, will boycott firms who handle them. The Printers. The printers, one of the most liberal trades unions in the world, during the present year, has given away in dona- tions about $500. There are only about two hundred and seventy-five members, This speaks well for the boys. They have a neatly furnished room for meet- ing and each rezular meeting is largely At the last annual election 25 were cast, which fact shows that the men all take an interest in their union. Pretiy store Girls. The pretty girle who work in dry goods, candy and toy stores during the holiday season, get as high as 85 per week. This year, fewer than two hun- dred of them have been employed, which number is less than half the number who were given work last yeur, ““How do you employ your girls?” was asked of an employer. *In the first place, we 1nquire how well the applicant is acquainted. Next, we figure or her attractive features, which include beauty, cofiversation, ed- ucation and dress. As a matter of course we considér a girl’s social stand- ing first. She must be in good health, fairly-well educated, willing, talkative and pleasant. This much for the girls we call extras. Those whom we employ solely for the holiday trade. Some- times they get in two, three and four weeks’ work. If they prove to be un- usually good salesladies they are given permanent positions, otherwise they are given a vacation fof several months. Some of our best lady clerks were de- veloped in this way. *A person on the outside would be surprised st the number of appli- cations we have from women who want to work during the holidays. _Not only gls, but married women. Wives of men who would pre- fer that their better halves would stay at home. But they are ambitious and want to earn what they call ‘pin money.’, Still, you,can’t blame them. There is a sort of fascination about sel- ling goods that the purchaser is going to give away to a friend or relative,that ard to resist. They try to pick out what sorpeone else would, and tne clerk endeavors to help them. In the case the elerk convinces them that they want such and such an ariicle, they are both tickled to death, and the boss of the store is tickled still more, But the poor girls who play clerk must be awfully tired when their day’s work is ended, Some men, fellows who imag- ine that they are mashers, visit their counteys and price articles which the never expect to buy. The girls staud and answer every question but sometimes feel like turmung a hose in the face of the alleged dudes who inqui Elslfl'fl.? The women who are ac- quainted snd established with a firm get from 850 to 870 per month. A few of them get as high as $100, butin Omaha I know of ouly two of them who geot that much pay. “What hours do the flrlu work? From 8 iu the morning until 6 ut night. During the holiday season it is a little more severe. The clerks are asked to come back 1n the_evening and work until 10 o'¢lock, No, ‘we do not give any extra pay for that, as all of oue clerks work oither by the week or by the month. On the ‘other hand, how- ever, in case any of our employes lose afow days on account of sickness or & brief vacation, they are never docked.” The carri have not yot organized their union, but exvect to do s0 early in 1890 sStone and brickmasons aro still able to make full time, and thus for this soa= son, the wintey zophyrs have not inter= fered with their work. Plastorors are busy. All the jobs uro being hurriedly completed lost Jack I'rost foreclose his mortgage on the work. The street labor coasod work., Only employed, The men who expect to got a job cut= ting ice are waitimg patiently fov yhe water to get thick on the lakes and the river. When it does® freeze there will be work for hundreds of them. Itis late now to begin putting up the winter pace of frozen agua and when the time does come o0 the men can work, the demand for labovers and teams will be enormous, The paeking will have to be done ina huarr ice doenlers predict that they will have to pay $2 per day for commion labor, RGNy ol in Youth's Companions have practically vory few are now Mavia Upham Dr Ring, merry In the light of ¢! hristmas morn happy ts, sing, he Lord, is born, | ollow the star ‘o the manger far, And look on your swadaled king. Give, worshi With the Wise From tho holds of your goldon gains, Then shall yo soo Tho sweet, my That the Chris Ty, hild Tives and reigns. HONEY FOR THN LADIES, The bustle has at last entirely disappeared. Hip, hip, hurrab! Mark Twain’s wife name written a book, Very large directoire both iu Paris and London. Flounces have appeared upon dressy win- ter totlets, dinner costumes and tea gowns. The reign of black hose is ended and new stockings appear inan endless variety of brilliant effects. A woman is never so badly in love that shie does uot try to find out the cost of ner cugagement ring. “Sho has s0 much magnetism.” sho hns. Why, courting one long electric spark.’ Agent (to femalo applicant)—Are you mar- ried of single? Applicant (blushing)—Nay- ther, mum; Oi'm engaged. Little Freddy (looking at the typewriter in bis father's oftice)—\What makes typewriters go, pava! Papa—Your mother, Asa general thing the fasnion in tailor made et gowns does uot fuctuate much more than the styles in men's conts. The bifurcated or divided skirt is onco again asserting itself as a garment worthy of cousideration and general adoption, Chicago might as well succumb to the in- evitoble. St. Louis girls are the sweetest of all, for there is nothing sweeter than Mo. lasses. Of late years the number of womenen- tering the professions of puinting and seulp- ture has enormously increased in France, Germany and Russin. Heavy red leather gloves with bono bot- tons are tho correct style for waiking or rid- ing or driving. ‘They must be so big that the wearer may double her fist without dis- cpmfort. The largest landow Mrs. Emua Forsythe, the daughter of tho former American consulnt Samoa. She has a plantation of 150,000 acres and em- ploys 500 people. A Chambersburg, Pa., youth thought he ought to try some of his girl's cooking be- fore marriage, He ate a dinner which she prepared with her own hands and has’t been to sce her since, A wicked Frenchman says that women have such an innate vanity for idress thut if you were to teli one that she was to be hanged in the presence of 20,000 persons she would at once exc “Great heavens! Uve got nothing to wear.” A Meadville, Pa., young lady hasa pecu- liar craving for maiches, which she nibbles with as much gusto as some girls display in mast, ¢ caramels, Recently she masti- cated ral red-headed luciters, and, very nnl?rull_\', wus taken violently ill, but recov- ered, He—Where are you going,my pretty maid? She—I am going after 19-cent ribbon,20-cent stockings, 39-cent cashmere, 49-c 50-cent velvet, 69-cent gl c f-cent shawls, 99-cent umbrellus, and all the other bargains in the paper, siv, sho said, A now waist to be worn with various skirts is made of velvet (moss green, red and gray are the colors preferred) and fastens on the sheulder and under the arm. It 1s opened in heart shape, the folds ave arawn together on the shoulders, and the same plaits are gath- ered jus\ below the waist liue with a gold or steel buckle, Seal, beaver and raccoon are very popular furs for trimming jackets, but it i8 noticed that pelerines, fichus, calars and all stole- shaped artictos are mide of long-haired furs, preferably bear, moukey, moufflon and cor- rosponding skins, The very long, wavy. white furs are most delicate and beautiful and also very becoming. Miss Bisland, Nellio 31y's rival globe tour- ist, is » protty, soft-haired, bright-eyed girl, with a tall, slender, distinguished-looking figure, an air of thorough good breeding, and a quiet self confidence that never degener- ates into boldness, She 18 an example of that rare thing—a newspaper woman who suc- ceods without sensationalism, 1t 1s a matter of somo little wouder to note the unusual array in the shops of fur capes, peleriues, fichus, bous, tippots, collars and Vandyke collarettus of all sorts, sizes, and qualities, ‘There are pelerines and capis 1o bo had every winter season, but never has there been such a variety of styles, or kinds of furs, used for their making. Very muny women whoso taste in dress is considered authority still give their profer: ence to a certain plain, elegant style of gowning which has about it some distinct feature of skirt or bodice, and in this prefer- euce, expensivo self-colored tailor-cloth gowns are chosen 1n place of the more elabo- ratoly trimmed dresses made of the pat- terned goods which are in very general use ust now. 131 ck, Russian blue. moss green, eliotrope, and dark Eiffel red und mahoe- any are the handsomest cloth shudes most generally elected for in choosing these cos- tumes. ' *A gray cloth gown with princess back has a pointed corsage frout opening over a Suede cloth vest of slender shape, braided with gray soutache atthe top to simulate a pointed yoke, and at the waist Lo simulate a girdle, Small silver buttous are set beside the vest in Brewn clustors, each of three buttons, A squace corner of braiding is on the right hip atthe top of the frout breadth of the skirt, & uarrow vine iy braided down each side und across the foot, and a larger corner of braiding is ou the left side at the foot of this breadth, Some of the Washington debutantes of the present season will bo Miss Hattie Blaine, the youncest daughter of the secretary, an: the beauty of the family; Miss Florence Window, the second daughter of the secre- tary of wo treasury; Miss Wanamaker, the eldest daughter of the ponmuur-qunaul: Miss Almy, the dauglter of Admiral Almy; Mis Slinbrl:!a Hoff, the daughter of Com- modore and Mvs, Hoff, in honor of whoso debut several teas are announced: Miss Mil- dred Fuller, the fourth duughter of the chief justice, an exceedingly pretty girl of tho blonde vype, and Miss Harlan, the youngest daughter of Justice Harlan, o The Woman' istian temperance union publishing bouse in Chicago, which started eight years ngo with #5,000, now pays b per cent on #50,000, and the receipts of the house tius year reached $150,000. has vnder a fictitious muffs are carried “You bet with that girl is in the world is