Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-04

TIL CAT sHow-wHT rHE LADIES WEREN'T
INVITED TO TIKI wu1TTIEE DINNER THE AT
LANTIC AND THE GALAxY- CHRISTMAS TEsT1-
vAIs- NEW BOOKS.

LANTIc AND THE GALAxY- CHRISTMAS TEsT1-
vA1.s- NEW BOOKS.
BosroN. Dec. -, 1871
What win it DE next l wonder; We've had
a baby show and dog show, and now Mr.
Peck announces cat show as the grand
event Of the opening year. 1t is to COM
menco the 2lst day of january, 10 continue
week, and everybody who owns "a cat that is
at all remarkable either for weight or lack Of
weight for size or for smallness of proper
ton, for color or for intellect. is invited to
soad it along and try for one of the prizes of
which there is to be "a large number The
largest and most comfortable pussy is TO re-
ceiyc one also the smallest and most mis-
chieyous. Angora cats tortoise shell and
tabbies are specially invited and educated
cats are called for with real concern.
What is Mr.. Peck thinking Of Is there
any need of encouraging the culture Of this
particular animal 1t always seems to me as
though there was already superhuous num-
Der in the world, and think what effect it will
have upon their owners to offer prizes for ex-
cellencc III any direction. There is one thing
which has been sadly overlooked in the list of
przes-nu one has been offered for the
finest soprano voice There would be plenty
of contestants for that But after all 1t will
be most unique exhibition. and o very in
terestug one Cat shows are held yearly III
England, and some very beautiful animals are
entered. 1t is at least half probable that some
of the rare English cats will visit Boston dur
my the exhibition, and let MS see how much
ahead they IRE Of their American cousins.
The New York EUeHiHg Post has discover
ed the reason why ladies were not invited to
the Whittier dinner II is all on account of
| clothes and cavaliers. man. 1t argues. can
/ go by himself He hn, only to pack a dress
| coat, clean collar and white necktic and
/ take himself along without further ado Will,
/ "a woman must have her best silk gown with
( its Accompaniment, Of lace. Jewels gloves. fan
and other 'hXIus. which nec,tsitate trunk
/ then she must needs have an escort and alto.
] gether. there's too much involved when Oh
woman is invited Then o.. women ar, .,
! far away Alr,. Davis is in Philadelphia Dir.
Spouor! iu Washington and Nr. tlu Dol
/ Cincinnati All very well bore at Iaf tt.
/ court. sy could hay, h,,. ,,t.ud.. l. t..I
and they could has. LAI o.. LIBRA. .f a.
ting over the diniaglt.- tH.u.-. .,.. Ift.
choose TO travel with trunks tH.f a..tr
/ probably wouldn't h-ius them H
with them: they could iuauaa. tl- l...rt H
they could have the sau, ru,u.e. .f ffar.a.
away that Tia, gentlemen ,zeru.,l Dor oa
casa az least tuat Of Mn Pratt o.. llsl.al..
WAS an invited guest. 80 that would have b .,f
settled Not all tie Lady contributor. Hv
away either Mn Whitney i- her. within
driving distauc, al least so D. Nil, Acott
and Mr-. Stove les passing til, winter unl,
about two blocks from the pincc where tn
dinner was gwen. It's very aniable Of tn
P0st To come to Messrs. Hurd a Houghton
assistance, but It's arguments won't stand
The truth probably j. this II mas been IS,
long the custom 10 make banquets like thes,
/ purely masculine. that II probably never eli
tered the heads Of the hosts TO make an limo
walton The subject mas been pretty thor
oughly brought home 10 them now. and mex
Tim, 81 D. 10 Ice hoped they viii bid to tn
feast the women whose names have becom
household words through the breezy pages o
the atlantic. BY the WAY. speaking of tn
iti1Htic reminds me that IN another mont
the GdllJy Will bc merged into it, Il mus
be "a very sudden and unexpected change. be
cause the very last number contained a mos
brilliant prospectus Tor the coming year.
hope the atlantic will give as some of tn
=
It's own attractions already held out, it viii b
an Incompatible magazine. and the other
will have TO work hard and long to keep "a
with it We small all miss the GaLdJg, 70
although popular magazine II hardly hel
its own with Harper or ScribHcrs. yet il
literary standard was very high. and its ret
excellence unsurpassed.
Although Christmas day Is over. the feastIn
and merry making go on and viii continu
until the New Year All the Sunday school.
mission schools. and charitable institution
are having their trees and their gifts. III
family celebrations being sacred to Christina
day
It has been q Merry Christmas to man
who had no thought or expectation OF remen
brancc Hundreds Of poor children hay
been made happy by the thoughtful kindne'
Of men and women. who have learned that
really Is more blessed 10 give than to r,
ceiye"
There was Christmas festival at tho 'Nort
End Mission" given to the girls Of the SEWN
school over hundred OF them were pre-
emit coming from out the very slums of III
North End To many Of them it was I'll
first time this most blessed festival Of al IL
year had taken on any significance Ihei
Was "a beautiful dinner. Just such an one. Get
comfortable mother as your little ones b,
down to. There was roast turkey with cral
berry sauce and vegetables plum puddin,
pies, and oil delight Of delights unlimite
ice cream, with an apple, an orange and a ba
of candy for each one TO carry home. Ihel
was a Christmas tree hung full OF present
every child receiving one. For each Of IL
older girls who had learned to sew neatl,
there was "a work basket with all the impl
ments and completely stocked with threa,
needles. tape. buttons &c., ana two prett
pocket haudkerchiefs while the little on,
who Were too small to appreciate the baske
were given dolls, pretty dolls too, new al
neatly dressed.
never saw anything so touching IL ny Ii
b as the delight with which these children r
ceiyed their gifts one little thing scarce
5 more than "a baby herself clasped her lit
doll TO her breast, and sitting straight dow
on the floor began grooming 10 1t, "Oh Il
dolly, my dolly, my own, own dolly &C
ma am, said the mother, coming forward /
take her child and lead her back to her sea
speaking 10 the lady who had given the dc
, into the little hands. its the first dolly 81
ever had The tears were running fast oy
her own cheeks, and there Were answerir
ONES III many mothers eyes who watched II
= little scene.
4 The Old English custom of going abo
from house to house and singing Christm
q carols. has been revived by the choir Of Il
church Of the Messiah II is composed
10 twenty boys and men, and the effect Of Il
1 singing at night il the deserted streets VI
4 very fine It is pretty custom and one tn
1 ought 10 b- made as general as the obseryan
of the day. one by one We are taking up Il
# old time observance, which We're frown,
L upon by our Puritan ancestors, and are ma
, ing our modern Christmas more like the gran
- old festival Of years gone by, as it has alwa
Il been kept in England
It The Wids Arake for January comes freigl
u ed with more than its usual amount of got
things believe Miss Farman is an edit
by inspiration she does manage to get Il