New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-15
CIT Y ITEM s.


CITY ITEMS.
PAIR % sHOEs-0nly one pair. that's, from you.
II you have not q new pair pick up all the csst-of
enes that are good for ar ything and ell the boys
boots that hsve become TOO email for growing feet
and they will be thankfully accepted BY some poor
bsIett oteo boy. How 81 that poor woman would
be TO get your last years rubbers to cover her old
ihoes How many Cd shop.keepers" there are in
oil the .hoe stores tsst might be applied to charity
We don't want you 10 give them to the bsggars who
are used 10 going barefoot in ell sesther. We want
you to give them 10 some good honest ncust ious
won ar WHO makes shirts ST sxpence ape,e, and
csnrot bug shes because she barely get bread for
her chi dren. Sweet little boys and girls hundreds OF
them, cannot go to school oeay because they have
no shoes They cannot 60 TO church or Sunday.
school, unless they go barefoot. Shall they stay at
home By the by, they want clothes, too. You can
give pair OF shoes coat. cso, or P Nr OF pants
or girls dress, psir of stockings OF shsg, or
gown for the mother. Ho~ would you like 10 sleep
Under oEe thin bed.quili this night Think o tbs.
hen YOU creep into your VAIN blankets Think Of
it vhen you get up to your bounifd breakfast Take
the thought slorg with You TO Sabbath school and
chuicb-h he thought, the truth that any very many
ps good persons as you are slep' last night under
one quilt and o.day are very thinly clothed and
barefoot. II you don't know where to find these SUI
fe irg families go 10 the office OF the Amerlca An
Widows Relief Association. at No ia Greece street
snd the Secretary will tell you where TO find two
Thousand American women and children, ooe half OF
whom are in such sofferiDg cdsti'ution thst they
would heartily thank you for the fod you waste upon
street beggsls, but they won't come TO beg for it, nor
for your old coies but If properly offered would be
gladly accepted. What have you to give
COURSE OF LECTURES on CFLTGCIsM.-We under
stand that course OF lectures will be delivered in the
Brost way Tabernsc during the present Winter on
the Celtic Race its Character aud achievements.
John Mitchell the Irish refugee, sho is now quietly
cultivstrg his farm in Tenr essee, will visit New York
to deliver the opening lecture the h of January,
BIS subject beiig The Foots cps Of the Celt-
Thomas Francis Mesgher will lecture on the 10th Of
January on The Get In the Senate ard the Field"
Other lectures will follow on Tuesday evening of each
week.
On Sunday evening next Mr.. Bard, late of Europe,
will give sn address on the corner of Twenty-nnth
street ard Eighth avenue the subject Of Temper
srce preseIi ii under OF the following heads:
TIE Primitive Cause OF Irem 9ersYce; Iu.emp ersnce
in the Crmes; in France; in England; 10 Spain; IN
the &c man States; in the United S.a es jnz the
Indians The power Of the Legislature to prevent the
sse of Liquor the duty of the Legislature 10 regard
thereto &c.
NrBIos The revival Of the fairy spectacle called
"Medusa or the Magic Bell likewise a ballet by
Mile Rot ert end the troupe, and R.vel panto-
mime viii take plsce on Monday. The popularity
of the Raves ana the ba let Is extraordinary egen at
NibIos so blessed with good houses under average
attractions.
WALLACk's THEArIR,-Miss 4. Raymond, formerly
come cted with Mr.. Butons company, has been en-.
gagged by NJ allack and will shortly appear at his
establishment.
A meeting Of citizens in fayo. Of compelling the
Third avenue Railroad Company to comply with the
terms of their chsIter and for reform in the manage
men. Of the Second and Fourth sveJue Railroads,
will be held at the Hazard House corner of Eighty.
fourth street al Third avenue, on Saturday evening
Tie Veterans etthe War of 1912 met last eveningst
Riers Star House in Lspenard street, but owing TO
the iroemen state of the weather the attend snoe was
but smsil. No business Of public importance was
/ rsrsscted The Veterans adjourned TIL next Friday
evening. II probsbe that he Veterans will tut
out reIt wee and give tbs Amoskesg Veterans pa
rsde through ie CRY the return Of that corps from
their v.it to sshiogton.
! SAINT NJ oLAs AssoCI,TIos.-Ihis A. sociatlon,
composed OF ne officers aud employees of the Saint
Nicholas Ho'el, and organized for benevolent pur-
poses gave 4 cir Second Annual Bal last night at
| the Chi1ese Assembly Rooms, Broadway. NosSth-
standing the Indictment state OF the weather there was
goody attendance of the lovers Of the Tarpschoresn
art ard under the direc ion of Flor Managers w. T.
Cosle, J. d. Marin, f. Rafferty, Fred. w. Parsons,
and G. F. Mslloy The affair passed of Pleasantly
ard to II satisfaction Of all concerned. Among the
ds,ine uisbed persons present were Ex-Governor Sey
! mour Gen. Hsgsdorn, Gen. Green, Judge lngerso !,
/ Daniel UllmsDn Dean Richmond, DR.. d. Hamill LIS
G. and Smith, S. 6. Store, Dr. Randolph, c. 5. Doug
las. J. V. Pune. Many Of the ladies stopping at the
| St Nicholas we're present. Messrs Treadwell, Acker
and Whcomb the prop ietos of the house, were also
present, and Joined in the festivities OF the OCCASION
At p o'ecck the company sat doSn to an excellent
supper prepared by Thos. H. Bell a. which speeches
were made and toss1 drunk
! SOCIETY OF EIKosI-Tbis Society, composed Of
Young zen, and only numbering many as the word
Eikos signifies, gave their Annual Soiee aa. evening
At Nib % Saloon. The saloon was comfortably filed,
and present ep Dyed themselves to the greatest de-
O,ee. A fne band wss in attendance, and to the
Iively music they dscoursed the company kept up the
| festivities until late hour Of the night
SoIRzE AT 1HE IRVING HorsE.-The propne'ors
of the Irving House gave sphyae soiee, last even
ing to the guess of the hOuse and their own personal
friends a, which about fifty couples enjoyed pless-
an, evening under the music = supervision OF Dod-