The evening world. Newspaper, December 25, 1888, Page 1

A Merrie Christmas OO DO DOO: To Wig {3} 643,544 o's Every RESULT Has a 5 O'CLOCK. NEWSBOYS FEASTED, “The Evening World's” Ohristmas Dinner to Its Little Friends, More than a Thousand Paper Sellers Sit Down Together. A Ton and a Half of Turkey and Mince Pies Galore. The Little Army Marches Bravely to the Repast. “Hi, Patsey! ” rang out the shrill voice of ‘an Eventno Wortp newsboy on Park Row this morning, as he yelled to one of his busi- yess confreres who was eking out a pccarions existence on the other side of the street jPitching pennies. “Wot yer want ?” replied the precocious gambler without looking up from his inter- ‘esting occupation. ** Come 'ere,” said the owner of the shrill voice, ‘* Now, you come 'ere,” answered the other. “All right, yer needn’tif yer don’t wanter,” said the other mysteriously as he sauntered off, hands in pockets, merrily whistling ‘' If I were a millionaire.” Patsey looked after him, undecided whether to find out what was wanted or not, Finally he came across and ran after ‘thy gamin. Y R jow, whatcher want ?” he asked imperi- ously. **Oh, I only wanted to know where yer was goin’ to dine to-day, dats all,” said Mickey. “*Down in der beanery, me guesses.” *\,‘* What,” cried the other, incredulously, ; Maim’'t yer going to take in der Evenm’ ‘Worxp's Mg pate ip psa dey '™ Didn't yy was goin’ to give any,” | xeturned Pat ye "Didn't, eh? What papers do you take out 7” inquiringly looking into his face. “Well.” replied Patsey, rather shame- I sells de —.” ‘* Dat accounts fer it.” said Mickey, dis Keep poied onthe datmes of the day" if ye on the doings of the day if yer don't sellde Evenrn’ Worips. Why, dere's millions in it!” said the diminutive ickey, unconsciously fasttating Col. Sellers, . “Now, me noble fren, thou shalt dine wid me ferday” grandiloquently annonnced Mickey, and then assuming a confidential jair he continued: ‘I’m solid wid der ‘editer and I kin pit yer another ticket, soe? * Follow on Macduff.” sy followed the comical gamin around the corner of Ann street and into Theatro alley. There a wonderful scene was pre- sented to the astonished Patsey’s eyes. There were hundreds of good-natured little youngsters pushing and struggling in good part to be at the head of what seemed to be procession. ‘They mauled and pulled and kicked and squirmed, but never a harsh word or a bad act did this wriggling little ‘mass of humanity commit. ‘What an opportunity was there for | the student of human nature. There was ) every conceivable kind of character and | nationality represented, strongly showing the | Cosmopolitan character of this great city. Patsey said never a word, but inwardly he yowed a solemn yow that henceforth he would ides the ranks of Tnx Evenina Worip pews- ’ 8. Micke: by some unknown influence secured his friend a ticket, and they were soon in the midst of the * gang.” THE BAND ARRIVES, The great bellin the belfry of St. Paul’s Church slowly tolled out the hour of 12, and simultaneously with the last stroke a _ Rorgeously uniformed band made its appear. fnce in, Theatre alley, | ‘Thetr advent was the signal for the boys to guy them, and gu: they’ dud unmercifully, but” witha in fn gvod nat way. The band took up a stand at the Ann street entrance to the alley and the boys swarmed into line behind them. Every one, of course, wanted to be first, but the strongest boys soon proved that might was right. At the year of the boys Tux Evenina Wonup's handsome delivery carts, loaded with little newsgirls and those of the boys who pre- ferred to go to their dinner in style, brought a P. The handsome and spruce drum major waved his baton and the queer procession started off. What a conglomerated mass it was, Bors of every kind, ragged aud well dressed, dirty and clean, were in line, and as they marched out into Aun street they pre- sented a queer sight, Through Ann street they marched to Broadway and then down to Fulton street. Nassau was reached next and the march con- tinned right through to Centre street, to al, 10 the Bowery to Everett's Hotel. Many banners were carried by the boys. one was inscribed EVERYBODY READS THE EVENING WORLD. On enother ‘ue Evenrxa Wor.n's Cantatas Di To 1,000 Newnuova ar RETT'S Ho’ Fifteen payly capariconed , lelivery wagons brought up the re: . id GETTING THE DINNER READY, tafennwhile the, most extensive prepara- re going on in e large dining halls of Raibuel H. Everett, | ‘the Barbie floors had been scrubbed and polished oY were ike Tooking-glasses, and the a a solar of gy Ha} phan eliers reflected all the re of carpenters were busy erecting fables, and th h g " pees indescribable din. (ustelin! ables, ench sixty-five fet long, wero erected in the main dining hall, and in the yf Annex, four more more, each twenty- feet long, were in process of construc- * While this . Re ce mee ay FAG WANTS” Printed This Yeary h In About an Many a Other Now York Pap s if Combined Contained, * e 2 CAU E. = Hi score of white-aproned cooks were hustling about, sticking afork into this pan, tasting the contents of another, while the chef stood guiding their movements with the discipline and steadiness of « great general. TONS OF TURKEY. That ton and a half of turkey was roasting to a beautiful brown in ahalf sbundred pans, the potatoes were fast boiling into that state where they can bo easily mashed, and a dozen stew-pans filled with cranberries were emit- ting a tart and deliciously appetizing odor. A dozen women were stripping and clean- ing crisp snow white galery, and a huge caldrou near by emitted clouds of steam Inden with the fragrant odor of the best mocha, SEVEN HUNDRED MINCE PIES. In one corner there were piled seven hun- dred mince pies, three hundred and fifty deli- cious custard pies and one hundred and fifty juicy apple pies. : It was a sight that would make any one’s stomach yearn fora sample of them. * Genial Mr. Everett was here, there and everywhere, first giving orders to ono, then to another, and in fact any man's head but his experienced one would have been turned topsy-turvy by the excitement. But the clock hands are nearing the hour 1, ** Hurry” is now the order given to every one. The dinner is promised for 1 o'clock, and it must be ready. There was no confu- sion of orders, however, and everything went along as regular ag clockwork. Chief Robert Campbell and his waiters were like a swarm of bees, The im- mense tables were covered with snow white linen. Knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups and saucers were ranged regularly and for 700 boys along the table. NOW THE EXCITEMENT INCREASES. The pies are gotten ont and scattered startling profusion upon the tables. ‘T excitement increases and every one’s nerves are strained to the highest pitch, Finally the turkeys are brought on. How appetizing they looked as the fragrant steam curled from them towards the ceiling, The dinner, nowever, was a litile late, and the boys surrounded the hotel howling, yelling mass of gamins, Thi Hed and sang Ang thing that came into their heads. It whs 205 o'clock before Manager James B, McGuffin admitted a boy. Hi aides were Charles Monahan, Frank P. Naglo, J. J.. Irving, William MeGrail, John ‘win and Samuel Wolf. The youngsters had to pass through these gentlemen in single file, and many were the attempts to get by without a ticke' NO CEREMONY. Once inside the door there was no cere- mony. No one stopped to offer up than but simply dived right into the midst ot daivties and ate all they could. When the boys finished what was lying be. fore them they gathered in somebody else's barker but every one got plenty notwith- standing. They either ate the pie or pelted it at one another, and the walnuts became common weapons of attack and defense. The noise and cha'ter was something tre- mendous, but the sight of these poor little half-starved gamins feasting on turkey and other toothsome things was touching and at the same time cheerful. THERE WAS MUSIC, TOO, The strains of sweet music issued con. stantly from the instruments of the Kossuth Hungarian Gypsy Students, who were court m ns of Her Majesty the Empress of Austria, and who, ‘4 their manager, Dr. Leo Sommer, kins ly volunteered to give the boys a nfusical treat also. It was @ treat, for tho airs played were in he the weird and. yet sweet, This 1s the programme di: Tak Dumb Be March ‘The waltz, ‘* Dumb Queen,” was especially fine, and it was played by this band for the first time in America. RECITATIONS ALSO. Miss Laura Paige, a niece of Laura Jean Libbey, came over from Brooklyn and chained the boys’ attention for awhile by reciting “* How a Young Dude Showed Off.” Then she tickled them with another piece, entitled ** Quit Your Fooling.” Miss Paige 1s un elocutionist of no mean ability, and bids fair tomake her mark, She in protty and only sbont seventeen years old, The boys quietly gnyed her, but did not attempt to be rude, very funny, Mr. Marshall P, Wilder also appeared, but did not speak, saying that he could not claim the aitention of the boys, SEVEN HUNDRED AT THE FIRST TABLES Abont seven hundred boys were admitted to the first tables, Six litle newsirls sat in one corner and’ apparently enjoyed it as much as the boys, As soon as the youngsters announced that they were stnffed they were bundled out and room made for others. Cheers for Tue Eventxa Wortn were of frequent occurrence, and every one was happy and satisfied. It was late inthe afternoon when all bad heen fed, and there were none that said that they did not have enoug! 'Tnz Evenrxa Wontn's annual effort to give the poor newsboys amerry Christmas was & grand success, and 1,300 litile souls are correspondingly grateful, — TOM GRADY'S WALK OVER. The Count! Their comments were Finally Decide Not to Nomin- ate in the Bixth, The County Democracy Convention at the Jefferson Club room, avenue C and Sixth street, last night, decided not to make any nomiuation for Senator to fill out the nnex- pired term of Senator Edward F. Reilly, recently elected County Clerk. The Convention was about equally divided, however, and the minority dissatisfied, There was an agreement iu 1887 between the Counties and Tammany Hall by which the latter was to haye the Senator from the Sixth for two years, — ‘Thix leaves ‘Thomas F. Grady without opposition, for the Republicans have named no one. a ie ¢ und Drank « Pint of Whiskey. Mary Seully, aged nine, of 567 West Thirty. second street, drank a pint of whiskey at 11 k this morning. ‘The pe think «he will Bhe was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, Ix mirthful measures, warm and free, Tsing, dear maid, and sing for thee! But 1 think I would be performing a greater rervice to you and your sex by singing not in measured rhythm, but by setting out some strong truths in simple prose, If you or any of your female friends are suffering from icerations, displacements, bearing-down sensation natural dis cs, use Da Ace's FAVORITR Phescaert which in sure to eradicate thexe complaints in & It is the only yeti ine for woman's pé sold by draggists, under a pos! from the manufacturers, that it tion in every or money will be refunded, is gu antec has been printed on, the bottle-wrappe aud fail earsied . out for many youry PHILADELPHIANS PLAY BALI INDOORS, “Uptowners” and ‘ Downtowners’? Crone Batw—Not a Glittering Success. NG WOMLD.} Gnounns, Parra. peruta, Dt —The first attempt at indoor ball playing in Philadelphia wax made here this afternoon, and it cannot be said to have Leen a glittering snecens, It may have been that the great army of cranks preferred to stay at home to discuss the good things incident to the season, but ain it is that a very amall proportion of them sacri« fieed a quarter to watch the struggle between » ** Uptowners” and the ** Dowstowners,” Tho who stayed away didn’t miss mn ly the arrangements were as plete ax possibl nd only, perhaps, to that jen, and Ample provi ccommovation aid const pm- ‘Che floor was Inid ont i twoestich kite, the distanee from the p rst andl from third to the plate being hal butters experic itout. | Many of th vers who promised to take part in the game fi dl to show np, aud ax ® conse- ¢ was limited to seven men, wo; Clements, or; Smith, Of the Aihleti pitcher: Welch, of the Athletics, left tleld direws, of the Phillies, first base; Burne, of KI hortato “Y Ku rling, ‘anothe " » Shortstop; Fields, of er. pire—Charles Dubois. Uptowners were elected te Kilroy opened with a whieh hix auburn-haired highn food style. nvder followed with « base hit, mt took entirely too mnch room off first and canght vapping, Smith to Andrews. to vida, Cont np @ little fy whieh 0 THK. ners scored in their half of the ack was thrown out at first by Nyco and Fields struck out, Clement: to first on Connell's fiimble, went ta second on & pas ball, stole third and counted on a wild piteh. Smith fouled ont. One run. An American Engineer Called In, IA, 10 THE WORLD.) A + Dee. Supt. he Western North Carolina Division Richmond and Danville read, has re- turned froma month's absence, during which he has been to Canada, having beon invited there by the Government, to inspect, as a civil 3 y ian Pacitic poad. 1 by Major J. W. ciginoer of the Western North road, he examined the 3,000 miles of road between ‘Vancouver's and Montreal. His testimony was heard by a {nudes and two civil engineers asa arbitrators. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company seeks to recover from the q Ament abot 000,000 on the gronn 1 dogs not come up to th testimony Was necessary to bat first. to Burns, got to first in Small Fire in the Clar mw Hotel. From some unknown cause fire broke out on pre top floor of the Clarendon Hotel at 219 fourth avenue, at) o'clock this morning. The damage was very slight, THE GUTTENBURG RACES, Krishna Wins the First Race, 858.90 in the Mutuels. [SPECIAL TO THE EVENING WORLD.) Noni Hupeox Duryixg ParK, N. J., Dec. —The good card presented at Guttenburg to-day attractod a large holiday gathering. The weather was superb, not cold enongh to chill, and not 1 for comfort, reminding one of a day ‘early Spring. ‘The track was In tho pink of condition, and Pays PINST NACE. fen horses; selling allow- mile. 4 eee (Chnrehy epee (MALM Purse $200, for Warren Lewis, 10,00. Time 1.304. Havana, Tention, Harry Brown, Pat ot off in the lead. He i son the lower turn and led to the atand, wh: i arren is took thi and held it to the homestreteh, Here Krishna shot by and got in firat, half a le nett Ue tore Velvet, who was two lengths better fe lead 7 Velvet, for traight, & to D0; place, ¢—Krishina etod tiels paid # ‘ 1! 1, Frank. Wheeler, Tiburon, Skip, Speedwest and Louise alvo i t ‘ot the xt. Crackeman went heli the lead throngh- nibs before Dr, Jekyll, y axcant length, wckaman, straight, 3 to fs okyll for the plac . Mut 4.25; Dy, Jekyll paid $4. best of the who beat ham Betting —C: no place; paid $3, THIRD RACK. i selling allowances; seven-cighths . (Poster) SUG Barrett vere (Miller! Purre, $8 .Glendon, Nimrod, Battledore, King and Btantéy nlxo ran, ~ Hailstoue ot off in front and ted upper tar, Where Frank Mullins passed ding the lead to the end, winning by four lengths, Hailstone the same distance in Mullins straight, 6 to 1; place, r the pla 10 1. utuels 0, 87 Hailstone paid —— Clifton Eutries for To-Morrow. [APRCIAL TO THE EVENING WORLD. 1 Cripton Race Track, N. J..Ds the entries for Wednesday Y, one mi Hallsion Dec Brynwood, 115, 109; Bella, 100 Waikor, 11! ‘Amos, 100; Adoni, | Firat, Atom ps JO: Fourth’ Ttnen. dahon “I = Ha: 1 te; h Courter, "100; Binhop, fh); Golden Reel, ‘96, Ooean, 00; llehead, $0 Ib. Yourastowy, 0., Dec —The correspond- ent of the Cleveland Sun yesterday flashod up in soare headlines in the Youngstown edition a White Cap notice sent tohim = This afternoon he learned that two court-house employees, whe figr ctical jokers, pnt np the scheme to sel ‘hey Were sucovesful, TRAPPED BY FLAME, Another Fire Horror in a Tottering Bowery Tenement. The Sleeping Wolfert Family in Deadly Peril. Bartender Steckmann Fatally Burned and an Old Man Badly Hurt. Another death-trap fire was added to the long list at an early hour this morning, the soeno of the blaze this time being the double three-story frame house, 79} and #1 Bowory. The two buildings are old ramshackle af- fairs that have stood on the spot over thirty years, and which, if the Building Inspectors had performed their duties properly, would have long since gone ont of existence. The building at 81 was unoccupied. The adjoining house, No. 7944, was occupied by Fanny Wolfert as a etationery and newspaper store, and there was a large stock of com- bustibles on hand. Tho Wolfert family, consisting of the mother Fanny, Siegfried, the father and Philip, their son and a boarder named Charles Steckmann used the upper floors as living apartments. Acommon board partition separated the houses on the top floor. On each floor there were two rooms, front and rear, which were separated by a little staircase ianding scarcely three feet wide. A narrow ladder-lke stairway, about 20 inches wide, led from the third to the second floor, and 4 stairense of the same description led to the store below. In each stairway there was one turn,so that there was a regular flume in the middle of the house. % ‘Tho rear yard was hemmed in on all sides by tall brick walls, and was formerly used as a lager-beer garden. A narrow stairway also ran down to the yard. ‘The rear room on the second floor was usedasa sleeping room by Mrs, Wolffert, her neice Lena Flagenheimer, who was stop- ping with her, and the servant girl, Annie Aulufus. ‘The top floor was divided up among the men. About 2.300’clock this morning Rounds- man Henry Hurlbert and Officer James I. Ryan, of the Eldridge street station, were waiking along the Bowery, when their atten. tion was attracted by a crackling round, and on looking arouna they were horrified by seeing the little stationery shop in a blaze, ‘Vhey knew that it would only be a minute before the whole place would be gutted, and they set to work to save the inmates, ‘They tried tho door, but it. was locked. ‘They then rushed to the unoccupied store adjclning, and, bursting open the door, rushed up the stairway. ‘They pounded on the walls, arousing the women, and then continued on upstairs, They demolished the partition and called out until they got an answer from inside. Then they ran out, and were about to send an alarm, when the fire-engines dashed up. ‘An alarm had been sent in by Policeman Nevins, of the Elizabeth street station, whose pant was on the other side of the street, near ester. ‘The women succeeded in getting ont safely by walking down the rear stairway into the yard, and then going through the unoccupied store, ‘The men on the top floor, however, were having greater difficulty in esca ing. Siegfried, the old man, groped about amid the smoke, and as he reached the flume-like stairway a burst of flame surrounded him, and his head and hands were seriously burned, He rushed back, and together with his son Philip he climbed through the aperture in the wall, which bad been cut by the two brave police officers, and escaped, An ambu- lance surgeon from Governeur Hospital at- tended him. . The last and remaining inmate, and the one who received injuries from which he will probably die, was Charles Steckmann, a twenty-six-yeur-oldl bartender, Jn the hurry and bustlo nobody thought of him until he came out of the blazing store and fell unconscious upon the sidewalk, a bleeding and smoke-begrimed mass. He had come down two pairs of stairs through the seething flames, aud it is a miracle that he was not overcome, His face and hands were and his hair and eyebrows the only one who escaped with his clothes, all of the others being i their night-clothes. Ashe Iny upon the sidewalk his cries were viteous. He was taken tu Chambers Street tospital. Jn less than three-quarters of an Lour the flames were subdued, The cause of the fire is a mystery. Mrs. Wodfert says that she closed the door about midnight and retired. Everything was all right at that time. {t in impossible to say whether the fire started from the store, or whether the young bar- tender’s lighted cigar was the cause of it, ‘The building was owned by the Jones es- tate, and the loss is covered by insurance. HIS FIRST SPREE RESULTED IN DEATH. Frederick Smith and the Watch and Chain Given Him by His Pare [SPECIAL TO THE EVENING WOR! Beiorront, Conn., Dec, 25.—Frederick Smith was presented by his mother on her deathbed six months ago with a gold watch and chain and yesterday his father presented him with another gold watch. Last evening young Smith went out with a party of young men on his first spree, He was robbed of his watch and chain and all Dis money i When he awoke this morning his father asked him, ** Where is your watch, Fred?” Upon discovering his loss the young man drew a revolver and shot himself through the head, . The father, Edward Smith, was so over- cow ae grief that he also attempted suicide. Young Smith wns taken to the Emergency Hospital, but died before arriving there, He was twenty-one years of age, aud was usually of exemplary habits. dball Experts to Meet, 10 THE KVENING WORLD.) —John Lawlor and William Courtne eat handball players, mect at New York to-day to make a match fora purse of $100, best eight out of fifteen gamed Beven of the fifteen games will be played at Casey's handb urt to-day, and the other eight will it the fame. place on New Yoar' y. mt will be played under the rales of the Handball Club, and Frank Reynolds d stakeholder, i play’ « net Coy tf | Honor think PRICE ONE CE EXTRA 5 _O’CLOCK. RACING AT CLIFTON. Tho Spring-Like Day Attracts an Enormous Gathering, . Coldier Got a Bad Fall, but Soon Recovered. Mutuels Pay $123.50 for Slash- er’s Victory. [SPECIAL TO THE EVENING WORLD.] Rack Track, Curtox, N. J.. Deo. 25,—A more lovely day for racing could not have been had, even in mid-June, than that of to-day, The crowd is an enormous one, that fairly put the Erie Railroad to a test in the matter of trans portation. The air was clear, with a light breeze from the st that brings with it @ slight odor of trees i lent condition, with an utter absence of mud. ‘The betting was very heavy, keeping the ** bookies ” and their clerks busy taking cash in exchange for tickets, Backers har a good beginning, landing their money on the first race with King Arthur. Those on First Attempt for a place, however, did nab do so well, for Silver Star, under Camp's whip, got there, ‘They did not do so well in the second race, for which Full Sail was the favorite. Hilda got the best ot the start and keeping it, won in a romp, Stripling fell, and Coldier gota bad fall. He w ked up senseless and carried from the track. He soon rallied, and in fifteen minutes was wishing some of the boys a merry Christ mas. VIRST RACE. 0; enirance, $5 ench, to go to id 1 Ht ling allowances; three-quarters of & mile. King Arthur, 101 Rilver Star, 1 Ali : Prac $2 King Arthur, 3 to1 First Ate ewood, 8 to 1 Jen He Mel lex l., 15 to 1 Mollie Thomas 0 to 1 Alice. King Arthur got somewhat the best of the start, but was in turn id by Je nie McFarland and First Attempt. When down the backstretch King Arthur again the lead, and, keeping it, won very easily by three lengths. Silver Star, under tl iD. beat Alive for the place by a. Place Betting — to 1 on Kini there 4 tol uutnels paid je 255 place, Silver Star paid §9, RECOND RACE. Purse $250; entrance, $5 each, to go to second horse; selling allowances; three-quarters of # (Delong) 1 tae jonndsman, 100 7’ (Mosher): ‘Turpin, 101 (Deane), and Strip idier), wlso ran. against Silver Star, $3.30. C ling, LOM (C ‘Time—1 _ Betting ling, 7 to Roundsman ster. - The Ri ing, fol! 5 to 2 against Full Sail, 3 to 1 Stri Hilda, 6 tol Graci ‘acie, 15 to and Dick Turpin and 20 to 1 Song ilda lead~ Roun . As they ound the first turn Strip- ung atumbled and Coldier got a very bad! fall, Hilda kept the lead to the end. ene neths, Gracie second, three in front Even. money Hilda, 8 to 5 Daid $105 place, $9.05; Gracie THIRD RA 0; entra —It was a bad start, with vd by Gracie, Bongster an eight Be iven money Clatter, 3 to 1 against to 1 Parkville, 10 to 1 Granite, 12 to to 1 Harrodsburg, 25 to 1 Amber, 3 and Seylla. olutile was first to show, bat ier a to the backstretch, where it, won bya length half, Clatter wecond, three lengths im Parkville, Letting —3 to 4 on Volatile and 2 tot om aistiley $8.35; for a tile again le nd keep and front of. Plac Clatter, place, $ ‘3. 50; for place $9. 5¢ YIFTH RACE. Christmas Carol Handicap, at 4 mile and » 1 1,000, of which $200 itrance money to go to the Brian Boru second and Drum~ me—2, 05, js paid Daly’s stable $3.55; for place, Brian Boru paid #4. a utuels pai Van paid $3. He Knew Elijah, itor of the Bedalia (Mo,) city Sunday. He went to Brooklyn to hear and xee Mr. Talmage preach. Mr. Goodwin's real name is John Wesley. He is N.Y. in said: ** [twas in , in April on May, that Twas in Hamilton, F ron the Hamilton Telegraph. a le. ilicay newspayer. | Eljah W. Halford was then & boy pome sixteen or reventeen years old an apprentice in the office, bright eyed am sharp, y ent Sountenance. befor ad been & split im nocratic party of Butler County on local issue, and the Mosaback Demoorats started a paper called the True 7 ‘oyns Halford stayed with the old gregh ond was very outspoken, for s boy in his wentiments. He was & thoroug! he-wool Republican, and spoke out pion all oveasjons, After working nnd lost sight of Halford mh as 8 ter in Indlanspes lis, afterwards reporter, subsequently m a editor, and now private secretary to th oak dent-eleot, He was always boy Lae morals, and one. caloulated While In opposition to him in politic I got to acinire the boy for his ent hin fidelity to the canse wi he would undoul eerily, be wuccessful, one ih closest r Pee RR