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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
BRINGING IN THE BOAR'S HEAD.

each with mess of mustard. So I'm
portant was the office of bOar's head
bearer considered to be that Henry IL.
of England is credited with bringing to
the table of his son. the young prince. a
bOar'S head, with trumpeters going be-
fore him.
THE MISTLETOE.
Aside from feaSting, the mlStletOe
still fingers with English-speaking peO-
pie as a popular custom. Among the
Celtic nations the mistletoe was an OBJ
ject of great veneratiOn, and the cere-
mony of collecting it by the Druids
against the festival of the winter soils
tice was one of high solemnity. 1t was
cut by the prince of the Druids himself,
and with a golden sickle. 1t was said
that those only of the oaks were sacred
to the Druids which had the miStletOe
upon them, and that the reverence of
the people towards the priests, as we'll
as their estimation of the miStletOe,
proceeded in great measure from the
cures which the former expected by
means of that plant. To-day, as every
body knows, it chief interest consists in
the osculatory privilege it cOnferS upon
r.ng young men when some beauti-
full, but unWary. young woman has
paused beneath it where it hangs suS-
pended in the Christmas season. The
tradition was that the maid who was
not kissed under it at Christmas would
/ not be married for year.
One custom that might bear rejuven-
ating in this country Is the Christmas
pantOmime and the Christmas play.
Harlequin is an occasional visitor here,
| and the antics of the clown are some
| times made to keep pace with the sea-
| sen, but there is no SpOntaneity in the
! matter, and the rising generation of
children have ceased to expect the pan
tomime as part of Christmas. In Eng
| land. however, the play of ''St- George
| and the Dragon" is among the popular
| amusements of the holidays, while other
| celebrations of the same kind are not
wanting.
In Ben JonsOn's day Old Father
Christmas had a numerous family.
| There were Misrnle, Carroll, Minced
! Pie. GambOll, POst-and-Pair, New
Years Gift, Mumming, Wassail, Offer
| ing and Baby Cake; and how many of
these are dead or grown past remem-
| brance may be easily seen. 1t is singu-
lar, indeed, that so many of them sur
vlved the onslaughts of the Puritans,
! who cOmbated to the best of their abil-
ity the joyous celebrations of the sea-
son, but that the gay page Laughter is
not dead will presently be borne out by
such Of the survivors as may meet you
with merry Christmas"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
SANTA SEES ST. PAUL
After Visiting the Chimneys
He Will Take a Turn at
the Lamp Posts.
What the Old Saint Will Do
To-Day After His Tasks
Are Done,
An Imaginary Sketch of the
Childpen'S Patron Paint
ing the Town Red.
A Police Court Scene Adapted
From the Herald, of
Chicago.

This will be an unlucky day for Santa
Claus, after his stocklng-filling work is
done. He will feel like resting after
his happy labors are over, and he will
not feel it in his heart to go home and
quietly stay there. This is what will
take place, in all probability:
..Dear me, dear me-" he will exclaim.
talking to himself and pretending to
brush tear out of his eye, though it
was nothing but flake of coal SCOT,
''this doesn't appear bit like Christ
mas. don't believe I'll go home; I'll
look about town awhile"
So Santa Claus started out to see the
town on the day after Christmas. There
were good many things that made
Santa Claus open his brilliant little
eyes. He hadn't been around town for
several years, Santa Claus hadn't, and
he was therefore in good condition to
be surprised.
''The funniest thing about it ALL"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

ton of their adversaries; and the latter,
having pronounced the mince pie TO be
an abOmination, the eating Their eof was
Immediately established as test of or
thodoxy by the former. 1t is mentioned
that even when distressed for a COM
Portable meal, the Puritans would
refuse to paTtake of this very
tempting dish when set before them,
and John Bunyan. when in con-
finement is given as an example. He
recommends that nder such extreme
circumstances they should be eaten
with protest. as might be done by
lawyer in a similar case. 1T may be
observed" says Hervey, "that relics of
the more reconcile virtues aScribed to
this dish by the Catholics, in the days
of its sectarian persecution, still exist
in the supeIstitions which attach GER
tain privileges and promises to its con-
sumption. In some places the form of
this superstition. we believe. is that for
every house in which mince pie shall be
eaten at the Christmas season, the eater
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
FEW WOMEN DRESS WE'LL.
The Overdressed Women Are
More Plenty, We Regret to Say.

Well-dressed women wear appropriate
clothing. Well-dressed people are few;
the overdressed are more numerous.
Some women robe themselves in such
marvellous gowns that they overshadow
their natural charms. Dress should
supplement or bring out woman's
good points, not cast them into the
shade.
A few carefully-selected, well-made,
appropriate garments are more salts
factory than great number of incon-
gruOus and more pretentious but lnap-
prOpriate clothes.
Women of refinement never wear
startling or conspicuous clothes.
Above all, a woman should be neat,
keep buttons seWed on and rents sewed
up.
/ passed woman on Fifth avenue last
week, says the New York Press, whose
gowns had no less than five or six ragged
bits of f1ounce and facing dragging after
her through the mud. Her sealskin
coat was ripped in the back, her three
carat diamond earrings hung from a pair
of dirty ears. and one glove was minus
a button. This woman is worth mill
ions, but she is seldom well dressed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
LISTEN.

Whoever you nre as you read this,
Whatever your trouble or grief,
want YOU to know and to heed this:
The day draweth near with relief.
No sorrow. no woe is unending,
Though heaven seems voiceless ana dumnS
So sure as your cry is ascending,
So surely an snswer will come.
Whatever temptation is near you,
Whose eyes on this simple verse fall;
Remember good angels will hear you
And help you to stand, if you call.
Though stunned with despair beseech you,
whatever your losses, your need,
Believe, when these printed words reach
you,
Believe You were born to succeed.
You are stronger. / tell you, this minute,
Than any unfortunate fate!
And the coveted prize-you can win 1t;
While life lasts tits never too late!
Ella Wheeler WILCOX
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

offering made by the wise men OF the
East: and it was anciently the custom
to make these pies of an oblong form.
thereby representing the manger in
which, on that occasion. these sageS
found the infant Jesus. Against this
practiee-which was of the same char
acter with that of the little image called
the Yule Dough, or Yule Cakeaformer-
" presented by bakers TO their custom
ers at the anniversary of the nativity
the Puritans made vehement cutlery
as idoiatrous.
oUARRELING ABOUT PIE.
Of course, says Hervey, it was sup
ported by the Catholics with zeal the
larger part of which (as in most cases
OF controversy where the passions are
en~ ~ "
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
THE SHORT-HAIRED GIRL.
She Lives in Siam, and Is a Dear
Little Buttercup. 4

Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
Siam is the land of the short-haired
girl. All of the women of this country
wear their hair from one to two inches
long, and their locks stand up like black
or gray bristles out from their cream
colored faces. A Siamese buttercup of
sixteen. with her plump, yellow cheeks,
her bright, black eyes, and her 1.-THE.
symmetrically-formed frame, loosely
clad in the Siamese sarong, is beauty,
Notwithstanding that her black hair is
short, and that her teeth are Redeemed
with betel-nut chewing. She is, as
straight as an arrow and as graceful as
a gazelle. and her hair makes you think
of the saucy boy page of the stage.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

last night. Miss Green has been upon
the road for eight years, travelling for s
st. Louis paint house, and her familiar
figure is known to every travel
ing man of the West. The house en-
ploys eighteen drummers, but Miss
Green receives the highest salary paid
to any of its agents. In fact, it is
claimed that she receives the highest
salary paid any drummer in a similar
line of business west of Philadelphia.
She owns hotel in Topeka and has be-
come financially independent through
her remarkable ability in making sales.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

\ Y man or
woman tn a [
can give any
knowledge or
tell any tidings
of an old, old,
very old gray
bearded gen
tlemen, called
Christmas, who
was want to be
a verie familiar
guest and viSlte
all sorts of peo-
pie, both pore
and rich. and
used to APP
peare III gilt
tering gold, silk
and silver in
the court, and
IN oil chances in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
vIoLETs FOR TIE MoRNIN g
They Will Be- Pinned to the Cape
or on the Muff.

World.
Violets are the favorites for NOR ming
wear on the streets, and will be pinned
to the cape front or on the muff. AT
this season, when banks of golden
or snowy chrysanthemums are piled
high in the flower vender's tray,
it is a pretty custom to stop and buy a
cluster, which is earelessly pinned I'M
der the chin, or lower down on the dark
walking dress. The artificial flower
wreaths have quite usurped the place of
natural flowers for evening wear. Yet
it promises to be fancy to wear at the
corsage two or three perfect roses.
pinned so that the heavy blooms will
nod gracefully. or carry loose cut flow.
ers caught 10y long ribbons.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
MELEAGER FOR HELIoDORA
Tears for my lady dead

Tears for my lady dead
HeliodOrei
Salt tears, and strange TO shed,
Over and DER;
Tears to my lady dead.
Love do we send,
Longed for, remembered,
Lover and friend!
Sad are the songs we sing,
Tears that we shed,
Empty the gifts we bring,
Gifts to the dead!
Go, tears, and lament
Far from her tomb,
Wend where my lady went
Down through the gloomI
All, for my flower, my love,
Hades hath taken,
All, for the dust above
Scattered and shaken!
Mother of blade and grass,
Earth, in thy breast
Lull her that gentlest was
Gently to TesN..1- ~3lrrt
y 80 S1l
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shall enjoy a happy month IN the com
ing year. As. however. this version
would limit the consumption. as far as
any future benefit is attached to it, to
the insufficient number of twelve, we
greatly prefer an edition of the same
belief which we have met with else
where, and which promises a happy
day for every individual pie-eater dur
ing the same period, thereby giving a
man direct and prospective interest in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

ago. Seated in an arm chair, to reach
the seat of which the need of a
cricket was absolutely necessary, the
diminutive lady extended the hand of
welcome, and with smile, shook her
head as her visitor gave greeting to
Mrs. Charles Stratton." mo longer
Mrs. Stratton." she said. ~ am now
the Countess Magri. and this is my hus-
band. the count" The gentleman thus
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

introduced was a handsome little fell
low, whose years and inches are almost
the same, for the crown of his head
reaches only the level of an upright yard
stick and his age is but thirty-nine.
Mrs. StrattOn-Magri. if the double ap-
pellation may be used, is fOrty-seven
years old now. and she stands head
that is to say, a lflliputian head-shorter
than her husband.
1--WE were married only four years
ago." she said, "and notice that many
people still find it hard to separate my
name from the generals. He, poor
man, passed away six years ago."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

in his stocking, and in his children's
stockings. I never failed him once. At
times there wasn't much, grant you.
but there was always something. Save
me- said l to this man.
land who are you?' says he.
"'Santa Claus-you know me- l re-
piled.
"'But don't know you,' says he.
and he passed on, leaving me to my
fate. l asked several citizens whom we
met to go down to the police station and
say a good word or sign bond for me,
but they all refused, contemptuously
Not one of them knew me.
AGO along, you old tramp they said
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
EVENsONG.
nush thee. nav bapy, to rest!

hush thee, my baby, to rest!
Fear not the night shadows, dear,
Angels fond vigils are keeping,
While little starlets are peeping,
And my sweet baby is sleeping,
Safe in her warm little nest.
Baby is tired with play;
Mother is weary. love. too,
After the days labor endeth.
God from His throne OF love bendeths
And, in His mercy, might sendeth,
Giving new strength for the day.
Sleep, little darling so mild
Fainter the tender voice falls: /.
Lullabies blend with her dreaming,
Sweeter and holier seeming,
While soft moonlight is streaming
Over the mother and child,
Katharine Hamilton in Good HousekeeI
L.
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girls and boys have heard that Santa
Claus is in trouble. We want to deposit
this property as security for Mr.. Santa
Claus appearance when wanted. He is
friend of ours, and every one of rs
wants to go on his bond.
"'Then you know Santa CLAUSE the
Justice inquired. And for answer he
looked at me, whom all the little boys
and girls were kissing as hard as they
could.
"'Let the case be continued ordered
the court, and the defendant be re-
CURED to appear in 3G4 days. Adjourn
the court, Mr.. Clerk.
land I'll be on hand Santa con-
cludei. with smile, and with bigger
load than ever. What's yOurs?"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
TOM THUMBS WIDOW.

She Is FOrty-Seven, and a Head
Shorter Than Her Second
Match.
Boston journal.
Tom Thumbs widow. who will not
consent to exhibit herself at museums
now, passed through the city few days
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
THE NASSAU BOWL.

THE WASSA1I BOWL,
So much for mince pie, which has lost
no favor because of the English plum
pudding, which as national dish has
fiourished from remote times, and i'll the
boiling of which, say the authorities.
some twelve hours are necessary. And
while touching upon this material
groundwork for peace and good Will
among men, mention must not he neg
lected of the wassail-bowl, of which
HeTrick sings:
Honor to you who sit
Near TO the well of wit;
And drink your fill Of it.
1t should be composed. by those who
can afford it, of some rich wine highly
spiced and Sweetened, with roasted ap-
pies floating on the surface, though ale
must be substituted for the wine,
mingled with nutmeg, ginger, sugar,
toast and roasted crabs. Rightly pre-
pared its grateful, steaming presence is
in keeping with any of the long nights
from Christmas eve to the close Of New
Years day. Leigh Hunt calls it good
natured bowl. and says that it accom-
modateS itself to the means of all classes,
rich and poor: that it may be Of the
costliest wine or the humblest malt
liquor, but that in no case must the
roasted apples be forgotten.
With wassall, plum pudding and
mince pie TO grace. the board, the cult
nary art of the good old times will be by
no means sighted. In the days of
barOnial halls the Christmas banquet
would have been incomplete without
the boar's head, but even the most en-
thusiastic must now forego this particu-
lar dish and the ceremonies attendant
upon it. 1t was with much state in
baronial days that the boar's head,
sOused, was carried into the great hall,
preceded by the master of the revels,
and followed by choiristers and min
strels. singing and playing compositions
in its honor. The bearer of the head
was selected for his height and luSti-
ness, ard wore green silk scarf, with
an empty sword scabbard dangling al
his side. Before the bearer, early in
the seventeenth century, went run
ner. dressed in hOrseman's coat, having
boar's spear in his hand, huntsman
in green carrying the naked and bloody
sword belonging 10 Ire hrad-bcarer'
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enough for four-year-olds to move about
comfortably. =.
"The only thing / have to live for"
said Mr.. Lynch, ''is the happiness of my
wife and children. That is why built
this house."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
THEY WERE GIANTS

IHE1 W fhE NiaNlS
in those days, and how may even the
holiday digestion of the most reckless
who read this hope to emulate the ca
Dacities of those catered to after the fol-
lowing fashion:
They served up salmon. ven1son and Wild
bears.
By hundreds. and by dozens and by scores.
HogSheads OF honey. kilderkins OF mustard,
Mtutons and fatted beeves and bacon
Herons and bitterns, peacoeks, swan and
bustaTd:
Teal, mallard. pigeons, widgeons, and, in
fine.
Plum buildings, pancakes, apple pies and
custard,
And there wiihal they drunk good gascon
wine.
With mead and ale and cider of our town;
For porter, punch and negus were not
known.
There were Knights of the Round
Table. and very big around it must have
been to accommodate such bill OF fare
and such guests. But then, poor knights,
it was demanded of them that for livli-
hood they must go about in seach of adj
ventures, and doubtless the exercise
made them prodigiOusly hungry. Much
of this purely material good cheer, to-
gether with the precise manner of its
preparation, remains with the celebrat-
erS of Christmas to-day. Even that
doughty dish of the season known
as Drawn still f1ourishes at festivi-
ties on the other side of the water,
where it is sold by the poulterers, fish
mOngers and pastry cooks. 1t is manu-
featured from the flesh of large bOars,
which are supposed to live in a half
wild state. and, when put up to fatten.
are strapped and belted tight around
the principal parts of the carcass, in or
der to make the flesh become dense and
brawny. The dish is of great antiquity
and graced the breakfast table along
with mustard and maimsey during the
Christmas season when Queen Eliza
beth reigned.
1t is strange that the American should
prefer mince pie, and that in certain
sections of his country lying not far dis
tant from the Atlantic seabOard, where
brains rather than Drawn are presumed
TO be uppermost, pie is eaten for break
fast! The origin of mince pie, without
which Christmas would for many peO-
pie be a Door affair, has faded away in
fable, and Thomas L. Hervey, from
whose recent Book of Christmas
is here offered sundry suggestions
says that mince pie has by some
been supposed, from the Oriental
ingredients which enter into It's
pomDnSitiOU tO have 4 reference to the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
BANKS AND BANKING.

BANKS AND BANKING.
The banking business of st. Paul dur
ing the year 1889 has been of the most
satisfactory character. The volume OF
business has been largely increased
over last year, and, in fact. over that or
that of any previous year Ill our history:
New institutions have been opened, and
the old ones have added largely to their
capital. so as to keep step with the de-
velOpment of trade, while there has
been constant supply of all the money
demanded in the channels of Legitimate
trade. The clearing house reports tor
the We ar could not be obtained. as they
will not be made up complete until
early next month. They will be given
in the GLOBE at the earliest possible
date, and will show flattering increase
over any previous year in our history.
THE SUMMING UP.
The period of careful, systematic.
painstaking methods in the jobbing
trade has arrived, and while there is no
doubt of steady increase in the vol
ume of trade, it is also certain that that
class of merchants will succeed best
who combine close care and attention
with push and enterprise. The pressure
of competition becomes greater with
each recurring year. Our own trade
growth has been phenomenal, but other
communities on every side of us have
not been idle. In many branches of
wholesale traffic st. Paul yet fingers
behind many of her sister cities. What
is chiefly wanted is unity of action and
hearty cooperation between jobbers in
different branches of commerce. The
marked tendency in all branches of
trade and manufacturing in the two
cities of st. Paul and Minneapolis to
unite their efforts for the common ben
eft is one of the encouraging signs of
the times. For too many years have
MANY branches of commerce been suf-
fered to languish because of local bick-
erings and childish jealousies. Let the
tendency toward closer business ALI
ance, offensive and defensive, be culti-
waited and encouraged.
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the theater in Whitehall, and had rim
ging. feasts and jOlitie in all places, both
in the elite and cOuntrie, for his COM
ing: Whosoever can tel what is become
of him, or where he may be found. let
them bring him back again into Eng
land"
In this quaint manner, many genera
tons back, did the reminiscent Briton
evoke the Still-lingering recOllections OF
what had been: when the Lord OF Mis-
rules capriciOuS costume was in keep
ing with The high reYelrY held at the
court of English kings and queens,
when all the nation made merry at
Christmas time in most bOisterous fash
iOn-in short, the ''Once-upon-a-time"
DAYS of the children. when roast pigs
ran through the streets with knives and
forks stuck in their sides, crying:
who'll have slice? ''Who'l have a
slice?'
So it is by no means unnatural that
modern man should sigh for the flesh
pots of his ancestors, cherish their car
OILS that, but for musty books and tire
less students. would have long ago been
forgotten. and try, after his feeble way.
to resurrect and make animate some
of the customs that are most worthy to
live
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CHRISTMAS IS HERE.
And Here Are Some Pleasing
Suggestions for the Merry
Makers.
How the Advent Of st. Nieho-
las Was Celebrated in the
Good Old Times.
The WasSail Bowl, the Bears
Head and the Big Plum
Pudding.
Ethics of the Mince Pie--TaleS
of Under the Mistletoe
Bough.

Let's dance and sing, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once year
Old
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A Pretty Young Drummer.

KANSAS CITY 0IODe.
Miss Ella Green, one of the most sue
neSsful drummers 10 The United States,
~. II - - Y -,