New-York tribune., 1866-12-26
THE DAY AMONG T8E GERMANS.


No day is celebrated by the GermansiG every clime
with more sincerity Christmas From fac cradle to old
age tenaciousy Ghere the concerning
Christmas whc been handed down Fcom generation to
generation Egrn IN this busy city, where time emEhat
day order prepare ChisasTec and adorn II wth the
best tis meaEs allow On Christmas d9y itself no osevas
poar 20 the Gemta people took pbce but all the taoqs
add Ohm aces Of amusement bore eyence by their
satc that mis- festive day TIE ssd Iheatel "a ae
bowery asd the bhalia In broadway asa an extra po &
for the eSfcaror Of the Juvenile Ieuons which S wen
ATTENDED In te Atlantic Garden brass band pHder tng
leadership Of NJ Weiehman gave concert Ia H aeoua
Garden mnitture niue with mG7eable figures er scon.
amused sover'l thousands OF ln,tnies during ~. 2 bsre
in the Bowery Garden similar entertainments ser huu
had its socissle and Christmas festival
CHRISTMAS IN A GERMAN SCHOOL
An illustration Of the felicity with which our eTIaan porn
citizens manage Christmas fest vites had m sho Reception
given by Seinheimers Select School at eros ga1@e 80
iian st. the evening of the 24th i.hN lhe m.A
sentatons With couple OF exceptions nl lhe oonos &
tons produced original These performances NIei
"9 Nv be German ee club Feuenlob and With the dsr
button Of nice things from the Christmas uettlo ie 9s
folks Gu which ceremony Mr. daughter attended b n
of quasi angels persOnaed the beautiful German myth oil he
Chrstknd AT the close each of the children presented
parents accompanying the token of affection by little spoken
Pure love seemed to be the ana
scpning principle the school as well as Oi the occao
MIR Steinhcmcr was led by his native inclination toward
children TO abandon other pursuits ana taAe " ns &
personal and pecuniary sacrifice lis name hses m o ~, %
CHRISTMAS IN A TENEMENT HOUSE.
The greatest and most popuouthe model tenement house Of
the o is in the Fourteenth Ward and extends from No -
I1bcst through No ~ Mottst IL was erected bya com
pany of traesmeu who sought to solve the problem o no"
same time 10 secure from their investment o
capital And they have succeeded An exterior view oi us
edice from tho south shows only uitiy v us VI
lofty and extensive prisonyard but tne interior s3"e J % y"
arcade tencmcns rising above the other o the hlght
six stories On the right as yQg enter @ 4 anu lIss %
up broad staircase which the tre department eoulu
draw hoecart with ease yon observe what mfh
well be termed street. whose uoOIs uh oIo, vi ~, ~
tho sidewalk-the iron and brckarehed corridor s inc sue
walk On your left is massive dead wall which was seem
indy bultt pport the proof aroases and c0rid0rs
Int therein vou observe door the Mot end aud another
Won not series Of closets built outside wall and
rising from the basement to the roof These are so arranged
they dwell Like distinct apartments are provided l0 every
famis coal The dwelling part Of This Immense ms, 9adag
have attached 10 the corridors or the corridors To the
that of the anor the third story Entering you ss one
room which dimly lighted from the corridor then dark
hoo and then Won reach an apartment which lighted br
parlO and is quite cheerful Notwithstanding lts
snace The other Is toncmens precisely like
ne suitor and SO are those stories above and
below This part O the building not hTcooL Inc cost
and the consequent price of rentals would have been too great
10 be borne by the of tenants which tue projectors
expected ill their apartments and therefore the olet9s
contented themselves with erecting structure which AOuId
be consumed would afford the surest means OF escape
81 tencmcnts and now shelters y ami'
lies nearly oil of foreign birth They hire from month to MONTH
and while in tenement be full the next
may he empy aud 70 let None but families o average
responsibility admitted within the walls under any ensd,
Grafton and all abide by the rules of the place Gas Is
shut of In the corridors o'clock every evening aud at that
hour the outer doors closed The families the rs floor
pay S2 month those the second Sl3 the third s2 ~
on the fourth Sl2 the fb eli So and the sixth ell
aud when the building is full it yields the proprcors L d2
month The number Of 0ccupan! az TINS time may saty DC
estimated 400 BIZ basiBg estimate upon tie troops 81
children who rcmpcd in the corridors and climbed the star
yesterday easna observer might have been md lto
guess population OF the place thousand lhe
older people kept within doors away from the cmdrons Bed
lam but the latter rendered day deous WITH tber
trumpets and hobby horses and al the alter
in high reye Of aud the only scene to which
could kcn the resOundng corridors the
grand opera rehearsal raising the ancient Nicholas ON The
stage IN empty theater.