The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-12-29

happen TO glance at IL, he remarks in a,
innocent tone that he left tie opening
large enough for the admission Of silver
dollars, for says he, good many tenant
carry coin. instead Of paper money, ant
no one would think of putting in les,
than a dollar. Then your Office boy
looks eypectant. The letter carrier stops
to chat for moment, The news-dealeI
wishes you Merry Christmas. The o'd
woman who washes your windows 10, ks
in on you. When you 60 TO lunch, the
waiter at the restaurant makes such fu, Q
over You as to destroy your appetite :
most Then some Of your lady friendt
who are interested In some mission OF
other charity affair look You up, apc
thus by the time the day is over You GO
home out Of pocket and out of temper,
and wish yourself somewhere about the
North Pole where you will not be pes.
tered.
The churches this year spent less
money for decorations than in former
years. There we're OF course the con.
ventio nal wreaths aud garlands, etc, but
the immense floral display which greet
ed the eye in many fashionable sacred
edifices were missing, and one can hard
ly regret this return to common sense.
Two years ago one church in Fifth Ave-
nue. spent nearly two thousand dollars
for floral decorations for Christmas.
This year but little over two hundred
dollars was laid ont, and the balance OF
the money went for charitable purposes.
A new feature this year was the fashion
introduced by the leading hotels and
bar-rooms Of giving elaborate Christmas
dinners TO their regular customers at
their bars. The MENUS in many in.
stances were extremely elaborate, offer
ing dinners for which Delmonico would
charge from five to seven dollars cover.
One might judge from this what an
enormous profit there must be in the
liquor business, and what an enormous
amount of drink is consumed in bar
rooms.
The opening Of the bali season is a,
hand, and hard times are at hand for the
man and woman to whom social pleas
ures are a duty. Not to mention th,
number of private or semi-pnblic affairs
let me mention to you the leading ball,
to which everybody, with any preten.
sions to being anybody, must go. They
are the Charity Ball and Martha Wash.
ineton reception. the ultra fashionable
affairs; the Old Guard aud Twenty-se.
cond Regiment Balls, essentially military
affairs; the reception CT the Palestine
Commandery, which affords rendezvous
for members of Knights Templar and
other secret orders: the French ball and
TIA fetes of the Arion and Liederkrauz
Societies, where revelry EN- MAsoUE al.
ways runs high; the Sparkling Coterie,
where you have to prove that you are
Catholic, and the Purim Ball where you
can scarcely feel at ease unless you can
prove that at one time or another you
had Hebrew relative, even If it were
only an "uncle." There has been and
is an intense rivalry betw, en- y manage
ments OF the Metropolitan Opera House
aud the Academy of Music to get the
managers of the different balls to come
to their respective houses. The Acaden y
of Music, however is winning, for the
fact t hat the supper rooms and kitchen
of the other establishment are not yet
quiet complete has kept many off.
Fanny Davenport, last Saturday night
eaded her season at the Fourteenth Sire I
Theatre, and took FEDORA on the road.
This play has been a marvellous success,
and Miss Davenport in it has shown al
emotional power simply marvellous to
those who remember her when she was
at Days Theatre. But, oh! Venus, how
old the fair Fanny is getting to look
since she commenced to reduce her at
one time more ttan ample proportions