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Wednesday; 21st November, 1888.

dCCOuuU VI lu0 ICJOlOtIISS III WI" - CiIC
Jubilee of Their MajeSties the King and
Queen. The present sketch will, however,
be in time for the Mail, should any of our
readers wish to give their friends abroad
some particulars of our doings on the
occasion.
The celebration Of the Royal Jubilee has
been one of the principal topics IN the
Danish Islands fnr som time past; but
Santa Cruz, being an easy going place
chiefly agricultural, and very little com
mercial, has shewn much less enthusiasm
over the matter than the sister island of st.
Thomas, where, as is we'll known, an elabO-
rate programme of professions and amuse-
ments was arranged, to occupy not only
the Jubilee day, but the day following. In
Santa Cruz, the only thing entered into in
advance with much spirit was the prOvid.
ing of d dinner for the poor on the happy
occasion, and this was taken in hand first
by the clergy of ChristianSted some weeks
ago, those of all denominations uniting for
the purpose. The applications Of these
gentlemen for help were cordially met OH all
sides, and when sufficient money and other
gifts were secured, the matter was intro
duced i'll the Poor Commission by the
clergy and was warmly taken up by several
other members DR.. Neumann. in particu.
lulI OIIeICu W give HIS S0INICeS lOE organizing
the scheme, and the POlicemaSter also
offered his assistance. In consultation
with the clergy and numerous ladies' Of the
several congregations, DR.. Neumann then
matured a plan by which about 1000
persons were to be provided with a sub
%stantial meal, to be shared at three points
OF distribution, namely at the Customs
Weigh House, Government House Yard,
and Lawyer ~Stakemann's residence.
Tickets were next printed in three different
colours for the separate places of diStribu.
ton, and, after being furnished with the
Police Office stamp, were distributed, part
ly from the Police Office, and partly 10y
the several clergy. All the details az to
the cooking and sharing were settled
before hand, and the whole worked excel
lently. The ladies who had the supprin-
tendence Of the cooking were hard
at work from 8 o'clock in the morning,
and those who were to share the dim
ner were at their posts by ~ O'clock
the distribution commenced at l O'clock,
and was over at all the places before 3
o'clock. AT Government House 400 were
served, at Lawyer Stakemann'S 300, and
at the Customs Weigh House 300. Each per-
son presenting a ticket received a plate of
soup, some boiled and roasted meat, some
huLn vi SdIU UC6I, lOuE C6nIS worth Oh OEHdU
and five cents in money. The police assist
ell iii seeing that the people entered in an
orderly way and not too many at a time.
The whole affair was a success, and great
praise is due to DR.. Neumann for the skill
full organization of the plan and the pains
taking which secured that everything was
done at the right time and no necessary
step omitted, and also to the Clergy and
the numerous ladies of all denominations,
who worked together most tremendously
aud untiringly to carry out the details. We
are glad to know that something similar was
done in West End by Judge Petersen and
the Clergy, aud we hope, through the
kindness of d West End correspondent to
be able to give some particulars III this
issue of the Bulletin.
Most appropriate was the abovedescribed
method of marking the day but it must not
be supposed that it was the only one. The
pOpulace, i'll the towns at least, had be-
come familiar with the notion that the 10Th
anniversary of Their MaieSties' reign was
to be celebrated on the 18th, Il holiday had
been announced for the public schools, and
most of the merchants had agreed to close
their stores on the 10th and 10th. Thurs
day morning, long before dawn, it was evil
dent i'll ChristianSted that something un-
suaI was on foot. Groups of people parad-
ed the streets, following musicians of va.
rlOuS grades, from tOIerable performers
on flute, fiddle or cOnceTtina down to tom