St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-27
4 Unique and Interesting Celebration Of
Christmas by Two Hundred
Socialist Families.
An Initial Performance at the Theatre
OOmique Out of the Ordinary
Run.
A Father Tries to Kill His Daughter
Because She Refuses to Re-
form.
The Real Estate NJ ark ct for the Week
"A Batch of Fresh Sporting
News.
THE SOCIALISTS, CHRISTMAS.
The Singular and interesting Occa-
sion at Martins Hail.

Tie sing ukaT z uO lhleTPSltuS OCCa-
sion at Martins Hall.
More than two hundred families, all of
the working class people Of Minneapolis,
Joined hand and soul in the Christmas
jubilee held by the socialists at Martins
hall Saturday night. The local branches
of the Socalistic Labor party had united
in the effort of making the first annual
occurrence Of the Christmas festivity OF
socialists in this city a success. And, in
deed, it turned out brilliant one. The
large Martins hall and the small one, the
rear room and the entrance room, were all
crowded with people curious to see how
socialists memoriZe the time-hOnored 4ule
festival observed all over the civilized
world. and the evidence Of must hearty
enjoyment together with satisfaction, was
manifest in every word and look Of the
visitors. The dancing hall, large enough
for three or four hundred people,
was decorated with pictures and emblemS,
to suit the occasion. and on the stage in
the front of the hall was a tall Christmas
tree Illuminated with tapers and decked
with toys, pictures and candies, stan ding
there true and significant symbol Of a
merry Christmas. Happy and bright-look-
ing children were seen flocking round the
stage from time to time, eager to get hold
of the promised presents. when the distri-
button should take place. On the tOpmoSt
branch Of the large Christmas tree were
seen two small sized red flags, which at
once told the visitors and strangers of the
sort of gathering present in the hall that
night. At o'clock sharp the celebration
commenced. First there was literary en-
tertainment with muse, piano and violin
solos. Evert Nyman over, the manager of
the festival, opened the entertainment by
introducing A. l.. Gardner, Grand Army
man, and the organizer in the American
branch of the Socialist Labor party, to the
audience present. That gentleman gave a
brief but cordial address Of welcome. He then
acted as chairman of the meeting, and i'm
mediately after his remarks introduced
Prof NJ. 4. MOrey, the geologist and lee
turer on SpiritualiSm, who is a recent con-
vert to the sOciallstic party, and seems, by
his speeches. not quite 10 correspond with
the more developed socialists in regard to
certain points of religious interpretations
and doctrines. Nevertheless, his Christmas
talk in Martin hall was on the whole very
well received. He laid much stress on the
Christian doctrine of resurrection, as he
apparently believed in 1t, although the
socialists, after what the reporter had the
pleasure to find cut at the meeting, do not
believe in resurrection" and the use of
that word otherwise than as a synonymous
expression for revival" Mr.. NymanOver
privately said: I'VE believe in Christianity
as great cause, in all features correspond
ing to the cause we. as socialists. represent.
That cause was crucified, not man. 1t is
the ignorant view of the Bible narrative
that has made it so. You see, it is meta
phorical language, used all through Holy
Writ. To-day the cause of labor, which
1880 years ago, in the Roman civilization.
was ON about the same footing intellect
ually as it is now in the civilization of
Europe and America, is on the very verge
of being crucified between the two NAL
efactOrS, so conspicuous and well known
to us here under the names of Republi
cans and Democrats. In the modern labor
movement, the Old one Coming down in
history under the name of Christianity is
splendidly revived. See here the philoso-
ply of the Bible narrative, Herein the
Resurrection After Mr.. Morey had fin
ished his speech, ending as he did with the
recital of a splendid poem, said to be his
own production. a musical selection fol-
lowed, played on the piano by Evert Ny
hanover. Then came recital of a Ger
man poem by Mr.. Blumenberg; then
Il NlOlll SOlO. Will pldIlO 1SSOIipdhl-
ment. Lastly a defamation in Swedish
by gentleman who offered this as an extra
number. and. as the closing up of the pro-
gramme, a grand march was played by the
three musicians engaged Tor the occasion.
At 1920 the distribution to the children
took place. Abont hundred little ones
were present, in company with their par
ents, enjoying the feast with all their
nerves. A social hop, in which all present
took part, and which lasted till about
O'Clock in the morning, wound up the
Christmas festivities of the night. 1t was
said that the unfurling of large red flag
should have been one of the features Of the
evenings entertainment, but the lady COM
mittee appointed to look after the matter
and furnish the flag had not been able to
finish the work in time for the festival.
That part of the programme had cOnse-
Quently to be postponed. In the small hall
refreshments were served, and the whole
affair was a social and pecuniarY success.
The people present were of different nation
alites: Germans. ScandinavlanS and Amer
leans. La Marseillaise' was sung at mid.
night in chorus by the whole house, and
the feelings of joy, good will and peace
were everywhere manifested in the counte
nances Of those present at this merry festi-
val