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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

The cradle of the Pitt River Indians is a tran
siton type. A pole of wood. with the bark re-
moved. is bent in the middle, the two ends
crossed and dashed together. Across this frame
are laid broad laths perforated at the corners
and dashed to the poles with buckskin strings.
The foot rest is a block of wood. perforated. and
through it are passed the two ends of the pole.
This cradle passes from the stage of a mere
nest in which the child is tied, to primitive
cradle, as we know the article. The Mohave
cradle is also of this class, being prettiy made
ladder trellis. A dainty quilt or counter
pane of braided bass is used with this
The Yaqui cradle belongs to the open I'M
hooded type. 1t is made Of reeds, held in the
same place by dowelpin. bed of shredded
willow is laid on this.
The children of the California peninsula
don't have as good a time as they might for
the first year Of their existence. When they
are born they are Graded in the shell of a
turtle. As soon as the child is few months
old the mother places it, perfectly naked.
astraddle on her shoulder, its legs hanging
down ON both sides in front. In this guise the
mother wanders around all day, exposing her
helpless charge to the hot rays of the sun or
the chilly winds that delight in sweeping that
inhospitable country.
The Montana infant has any amount Of pains
spent on both himself and his cradle boaid
The board is covered with tanned elkskin or
deerskin and beads worked ON it. The place
where the child reposes is loose and is laced
and tied up when the child is placed in it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

The Ute Indians of Nevada use fat wicker
cradle frame. kite-shaped or roughly triangu-
lar. Over this is stretched GOV ering of buck
skin and the young Ute is also provided with
a sometimes deliberately decorated awning.
The elements of the Moki cradle frame are
the floor and the awning As foundation a
stout stick is bent in shape of the OK yoke bow
Rods of the size Of lead pencil are attached
to the curve of this bow and stretched parallel
to the limbs. Twigs are closely woven on this
warp by regular basketry weaving. An awning
is also provided.
The Comanehe cradle is the most primitive
cradle in the national museum. 1t is a strip
of black bearskin 30 inches long and 20 wide,
doubled together in the form of a cradle
frame. Along the side edges loops of buck
skin are made to receive the lacing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
Faith Cures at Lourdes.


More miraculous cures are reported from
Lourdes. Two of these in particular have
lately attracted attention; in one case NAVY
paralytic in consequence of an accident, in the
other girl blind for two years. having, il is
stated, recovered the use of their suspended
functions. We are not disposed 10 deny the
possibility OF miracles" On the contrary, we
will venture to assert that, in some sort or
other, they happen every day, and almost
everywhere; for, while the world endures, We
certain to hear the true saying that ''won-
ders will never cease" and a miracle Processes
to be nothing more than a wonder among the
processes of nature. The wonders OF the grotto
at Lourdes similar 10 those with which
faith healers in this country have made
familiar. Ii will be noticed that they have
arisen out of the same fertile soil-the mu:a-
bility of a diseased nervous system. IL must
not be forgotten that nerve pathology includes
many cases in which the distinction between
functional and organic disease is by no means
well marked. Yet the difference is an import
ant one. Under the former title are included
o variety of unstable morbid changes capable
of rapid and even total Transformation; under
the latter a group in which the possibilities Of
improvement are inversely proportional to the
cleaned from the practice Of the faith cure,
equally with the clear testimony OF scientific
fact forbids us to doubt that the wonders
wrought at Lourdes owe their occurrence mainly
to the influence of the sufferers will, refreshed
by hope and acting on the sources of non-or-
ganic paresis. Such an explanation is accept
able both by faith aud science. 1t does not
mains, but its mechanism is seen to be natural
and thus, in the words Of the apostle, 1.-The
things which are invisible are understood by
the things which are made"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14


rs and cradle Of some sort has from time i'm
memorial been considered a necessary adjunct
to a child II may be soap box. or 1t may be
a gaudily decorated bag or wooden frame car
ned by some Indian mother or it may rise to
the height of patent springs and dainty lace.
but all nations and all tribes have been obliged
To recognize the cradle.
The national museum has large and grow
ing exhibit of the cradles used by the people Of
this continent. and il is interesting to note in
this collection which has been closely studied
by Prof Otis L. Mason, the points of similarity
between the widely separated nations.
Many questions of scientific and general in
terest, said one of the scientists at the museum
to STAR reporter. depend upon the knowl-
edge of the manner i'll which child passes the
first year of its life, and the museum has gone
extensively into the subject for this reason.
Defamation of the heads, in some of our mod
ern tribes and In nearly all of the aboriginal
tribes. was brought about purposely or acct
dentally by means of the cradle board or frame
In which the children were confined almost en-
tirely for the first period of their existence.
Cradles in this case serve many purposes. They
are nests for the helpless infants, serving as
beds, In which the child sleeps IN either vertical
or horizontal position, and as a vehicle in which
the child can be easily carried from place to
place. 1t Is in every sense a cradle to be hung
on a limb of tree and be rocked Ly the breeze.
And still again 1t forms play house for the
young Indian, many dangling objects being
hung upon 1t to amuse the youth or maid not
yet graduated to shooting blunt arrows or talk
ing scandal
The study Of cradles also answers another
purpose in marking the climate of different
countries The Eskimo mother carries her
child in a hood on her back, as the method
practiced by the southern women of strapplng
the youngster to board frame would in that
severe climate insure a very sad Christmas for
the youthful Eskimo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

trough-shaped cradle Of birch bark, made
from three pieces, forming the bottom, the top
and hood, and the awning. Rows of beads or
nament the awning. which, in a country the
main inhabitants OF which are mOusquitoes Is
found a very useful portion of the outfit. Play
things Of various kinds are also hung to this
awning and the infant is at liberty to enjoy
himself as much as be sees fit.
On the eastern coast of Labrador the infant,
Immediately after birth, is laid naked on u
layer of moss in bag made of leather and
lined with hare skins. This bag is securely
laced, leaving the child freedom to move the
head only. The youngster closely resembles
an Egyptian mummy and Is kept in this state
until about one year old. At Cape Breton the
children are tied up much after this manner
and then hammOcks are used, partaking con-
siderably of southern methods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

In South America the same custom seems to
prevail which we have found in the far north
namely, carrying the babe in the shawl or sash
and bedding 1t in the hammock. In some cases,
as in Peru, cradle frame is used.
The museum does not show many specimens
Of cradles from the east, but from the cuts the
manner Of the African and gypsy mothers may
be readily seen,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
School Girls Dresses. :
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

fhllhuelpnla Le0ser.
When see, on this rainiest OF Tuesdays
young girls ON their way TO school, in my
coupe looking out. quite dry and comfortable,
on the poor dragging things; when see tie
long silken water proofs wet and muddy nearly
up to their knees, and the clinging drip Of their
cloth skirts about their ankles. will say that
if had a daughter, instead of only boys
would put her into clothes on rainy day that
would be two inches above her ankles wouldn't
send that girl to school to sit in damp skirts
and absolutely filthy stockings, wet above her
boot-top. carrying quantities of the city mud
over the school house. Why should the school
boy have such immense advantage over the
school girl in his clothes for rainy weather?
Fancy ''our boys" indeed, in wet, dragging
skirts and tightly-laced waists. doing their les
sons for professor. When will women learn
for themselves and their daughters some COM
mon sense? 1 suppose when the doctors get
sufficient courage to advise or TO order, that
for the usual 'walks in life." to say nothing Of
Its races and struggles for livelihood. women
ought to be dressed for comfort and strength
and preservation from common ills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
ROCK-A-BYE BABY.
How Little Tots of Savage People
Are Graded.
Primitive Modes of Caring for Infants
indians Who Flatten Their Babies
Heads-Queer Contrivances for Car
Pying the Little Folks.

RADLES and chill
dren! The two ideas
are inseparable, and
Christmas completes
the alliterative trio.
The correlatives also
show a similarity, and
sleep, saints and
Santa Claus all begin
with s. Christmas is
near at hand and old
Santa will soon be
here, providing the
railroads let up a lit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
How the Other Half Lives.

Jacob A. Riis, in Scribner for December tell
Of the ''white slaves Of New York" He says:
There are houses, dozens Of them in Mott and
Pell streets, that are literally damned, from the
'.joint' in the cellar to the attic, with hapless
victims Of the passion which, once acquired,
demands the sacrifice Of every instinct Of de-
cency TO its insatiate desire. They are women.
all white, girls, nearly always Of tender age
and worship nothing save the pipe that has en-
shaved them body and soul. Easily tempted
from homes that have no claim 10 the name,
they rarely or never return OF the depth Of
their fall no one 10 more thoroughly aware than
these girls themselves; no one less concerned
about It, i came across o company of them
'.hitting the pipe" together, on q tour through
their dens one night with the police captain of
the precint The girls knew him, called him
BY name, offered him, q pipe and cbatted with
him about the incidents Of their acquaintance,
how many times he had ..sent them up, and
their chances Of Casting much longer
Attorney-"And now. Mr.. McCarty, We viii
hear your opinion, - an expert OF the build
ing"
cor. II couldn't have been worse job, your
amer, IL il had been paid for in advance."~
T17v Hasss E<prss&
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
CHRISTMAS IN MANY LANDS.
Various Ways OF Cele brating the Great
Christmas Festival.

MERRIMESr AND GOOD CHEER THAT CHARACTER
AEs THE DAY IN OLD ENGLAND-oUTDooR
cARNIvALs IN SPAIN AND ITALY-THE LAND OF
SANTA CLAUs-A MEXICAN CHRISTMAS EVE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

Why any human being should live in as cold
places as Greenland and Labrador is yet to be
satisfactorily explained but the baby Eskimo
Is hardly responsible for this vagary during
his first year or so of existence. and we can
examine into the means provided for his COM
fort with some degree of patience. The
mother In this paradise for ice men has the
hood Of her skin robe made very large so as to
carry therein the babe, which nestles around
the mothers neck secure from the cold Some
writers have also spoken of Eskimo mothers
carrying their children in their wide boots
These, for northern people. are not very mi
gratory. In their benighted way they know
good thing when they see it and are well con-
tent to stick pretty close to their homes The
hood therefore answers their purpose, besides
being warmer than any carrying frame
Coming further south we find the natives on
the Upper Yukon using a very ingenious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND.

The English Christmas is perhaps, the rich
est OF all in that hearty hospitality and merri-
ment and that profusion of substantial good
cheer which our people, like their British
cousins, SO closely associate with the occa-
sion. The old English Christmas as it was
celebrated centuries ago in the great halls Of
the feudal barons may be best known from the
pages OF Sir Walter Scott who frequently
describes it and who in his poem of 'Marmion
admirably sums it up in few words when he
says:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO.

There 10 no country in the world where
Christmas is better observed than in Mexico.
as l found during my long residence in the
Mexican capital There, as in Spain, the Noche
Buena or Christmas eve is an occasion scarcely
secondary to the Nos Navidad (Christmas) it.
self. The streets and plazas are thronged. OF
ali the shop windows 80 gay and brilliant in
their holiday attire none Is so bright az the
confectioner's. Nowhere is the CONFECTIONERY
art carried to greater perfection. The window
OF every large confectionery in Mexico il q
revelation, crowded as it is with cakes Of such
an elaborate character as are never seen in our
own country, many OF them consisting of
numerous alternate layers of the richest creams
Of various colors and favors, sugared and
glazed fruits, &c. If we look beyond the rich
display such a window contains, this Christmas
eve, We shall see within troops Of bewitchine
OF their debonnaire escorts and reveling in
deliberately constructed cakes, caramelos
chocolates and custards.
At midnight Of the Noche Buens all Mexico
forsakes its pleasures and repairs to the Misa
del Gallo or mass of the cock, a hiph maas Of
the most imposing character which, in eyery
one of the magnificent temples reared by the
Catholic church in the City of Mexico, il cele-
brated exactly at midnight ON Christmas eve
or morning to commemorate the Saviors birth.
All the churches have an.Augmented choir and
large orchestra specially engaged for the oc-
casion. The mass is celebrated with every con-
comitant that can heighten its effect and
grandeur. The magnificent old cathedral on
the plaza Mayor displays q complete repre-
sentation Of the nativity in wax figures of life
size, con mucha propied&d Every like the
Originally, and at midnight the signal for the
mass to begin is given BY the GROWING Of real
cock, hence its name Of Misa del Gallo or mass
Of the cock.
Christmas in the West Indies is perhaps the
most novel experience that citizen OF the
United States can enjoy in connection with
Christmas. To wander about among palm
trees or orange groves and fields of sugar cane
on Christmas day with the thermomettr st 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

actor came off, that you are not perfect in tina,
part by this time. You have been playing i,
for two hundred nights Well said the actor
do you expect me to remember it forever?
l think one part cannot be played too often i,
the actor does not lose his interest in it. II II
just as it is with our age. We are old accord.
ing to our feelings not our years. You know
Sam Weller says of Mr.. Pickwick, 'Blest if his
heart weren't born five and twenty years srte,
his body Thus it is with many men who are
younger at sevehty-fve than many others al
sixty.
OVER FIVE THOUSAND TINES
'It was in 1865 that first appeared as Rir
Van Winkle, and I have played that part over
5000 times in the quarter Of century that has
passed since then. I cannot claim to be the
original Of the part. My kinsman, the late
Charles Burke, was the first to dramatize
Washington Irvings famous legend of the
Catskill mountains and was the first to per-
senate its hero, RIP Van Winhle. When, at his
death, the piece came into my hands, 1t was re-
adapted by Dion Boucicault and myself The
same leggings which Burke wore when playing
RIP have always worn in the part ever since
/ first presented it to the public. The late j.
H. Hackett, famous for his impersonation of
Fdlstdf, also had a version Of Rip Van Wrinkle
in which he appeared with some success.
"Of late years there has been considerable
rivalry between English and American actors,
and critics have exhausted themselves and their
readers in an elaborate discussion Of their
relative merits. One great advantage that
English actors have over those Of America is
that they mingle with much better society.
There is an upper middle class in England
which in this country We do not have. In
England the society Of actors ID much sought,
and their presence Is welcomed warmly at
some of the best London dinner parties. What
splendid affairs those London dinners are, by
the way. You meet there nearly everybody
worth meeting, and hear more brilliant con-
versation and bright witty things than you
ever heard before in the same space Of time.
In this country women learn the customs of
society and adapt themselves to them much
case in England. English women do no. dress
Us well as those Of America, but English men
dress better than Americans" CIVIC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14
Written for TIE EVENING STAR:
A TALK WITH JOE JEFFERSON.
The Veteran Comedian Discourses of
Plays and Players.

HIS IDEAS ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE STAGE
THE DIsAPPEARANCE OF THE BRITISH BLONDE
BURLEsQUE-THE AMERICAN STAGE IN NEED
OF TALENTED AND ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-14

Wherever the Christian religion is known, no
matter what the country the race, the people
or their creed, Christmas-the birthday of the
great founder Of that faiths the most uni
versally and joyously celebrated festival, both
religious and social of the entire year. But
though Christians of every shade of belief unite
In honorihg the occasion, yet every country
and every people impart to their observance
Oft certain distinguishing features, which har-
monte with and are the outgrowth Of the
national characteristics. To the traveller in
foreign lands nothing presents itself Of greater
interest than the different methods Of celebrat-
ing Christmas in different countries.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-28

wyznaje publlcznie, 10 zal roda-
kow, ze krzywda, speczywa mic ma
ks. kuczyckim, lscz ma mnie sta
rym, wytrawnym juz kap}anis.)
Zs tie 80 akr6w wyloso-
wans mic d 2, spo-
dziewai sis nalezy, IL
Wv. k 9. L uczycki n ty e
b edzis uczciwym m, -
zwr6ci kazde m pie
niadze "a k ions ty-
kiety loteryjne al b o
tez u pi Cd P. Hofa M 2
o S m d iatks. (zbyteezns
upomnienia i radyD
KS. HORBACZEVVSKI. Pol
ski kaplan, ktdremu ks. huczyo-
XII W niczem ME ubllzy}, ktorego
ozeil, szanowaf, ola kt6rege ks.
kuczycki by} prawdziwle dobrym
synem W ~starosci i niedo1eztwie
mojem.
Vale Pater! mementO mort!
Ks. 2. fuczycki.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-28
ZAPISUJCIE SOBIE WIARUsA!
Encyklika Papieska.

Nowy York, II lutvgo. W
wszystklch tutejszych kesciofach
katoliokich czytano ercyklike
papieza ktsra wydnf w so rocsni-
CO swego wyswieceniu ma
kapiana, W Jedenastym roku ,jego
ponty til6atu. Bncykllka m6wi o
%zaufuniu jakiego stolica Apostolsku
doz"aje, Q szacunku, jukiego doznaje
wyznanie katolickie W kraiach i,
gdzle sic pomyslnie rozwjnefo i o
w%iernesel i jednosci jego zwelen-
ko". Czesto, opiewa eneyklika,
wedfug naszego obowiazku prewa-
dzilismy chrome prawdy, n zwia-
SEGA przedstaw;alismy nauki, kto-
re fa najzbawianniejaze, ably kazdy
przez Mo zostaf wstrzymany cd
niebezpiecznych bfed6w. Kapfani
SO ~wykluczeni 10 szk6t pubtioznych,
dziecko, W wieku gdzle najbar-
pziej potrzebuje starannej nauki
religil, ME sfyszy o niej MIC; ME
kt6rzy ME chea mic wiedzied O
prawdzie Bozkiej; niektorzy watpia
o istnieniu Boga. Prxez to traoi
praWdzlwa cnota, sprawiediwosG i
powinnosG.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-28
q CHICAGO.

w 9 n G:
Stasio trzymqjqc do CORY petny kieli-
seek b%urbona, deklomwe jednym tchem
Oto cudny, przedni sok,
Kogo boil gfowa box,
Czy kto zpity,
Csy podbity,
Frosty, krzywy,
Zmarfy, kywy;
Kogo kolki W boku kols,
Kto W &otadku cierpi boIe,
Kego clagfa ASTHMA dust
Lub kto kuszll albo krztusi,
Niemoc mccoy,
Wiatry drecza,
Mizsrere
Rtcetera,-niech zaSyje kropel
kilka, raz,-dwa-trzy, zdrow jak
rybka,
Glossy: A MECH 60 ges ko-
pnie, jaki nauczafy.
Jeien g $: Ady nasypta
mu j~eszcze sego noku, moze via
try przestnna meezyc.
w pare godzin potem Stas'"
stoi na arodku ulioy z wyoiagnie
ia reka. K'lku przoohodni6w "a
trzymaje sic patrzau ma nlego.
Jeden z nj c h.: A 90 to.
kumotrze, tax kiwasz sic ma .jednem
miejsou, jsk by CT S z kity przyl'pl'1
Btas: Bbbo widHisz - tttsk
mi sic wwwszvstkie ddomy kreoa,
ze LINK %nndddejdzie moi, tito a
pukam, 70 bymi mmmoja otttworzy-
Ia.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-28
PEACCIE IA
w ESQ
Z Polskiej UJczyzny.
Xienmie FOlskie pod ga
boron nmoskiewskinm.

Z Warszapy. Przemyst W
Hr6lestwie Polskiem sic wzmaga.
W hodsi n. p. zastoj W handful j
przemyslu, ktory byf M p~oczatku
roku zeszfego, us'af, q fabryki,
nietylko Re pozbyfy sic dawnycb
zppas6w, ale nawet zmuszone byfy
~rozszerzyc wyreb i co "a tom idzie,
powiekszyc liczbe robotnik6w.
Wpfynefo to bardzo ma podniesie-
ME sic dobrobytu W miesoie i O.
kolicy. = Miasta prowincyalue ME
chca posostaG W lyle Ia Warsza
wa. Piotrkow posiada obocnie juS
takze szkofe rxemi6st dla ksbiet.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-28
Dozor p%olicyjny ma
z%ebraniach towarzy-
skich polskich ma
Slazku.
Ze Zaberza nd Slazku odbie

Ze Zaborza ma Slazku odbie
ra Wstkopolanin::
>, Kochanl bracia Rodaoy!
Sp'ssze wan, choc tylko pare slow
doniesd o nas.spnem posiedzeniu
Towarzystwa naszego, ktore sic
odbyfo W niedziola, dn'a 20 b. M.
Prezcs pan Blskupek zagaif posie-
dzcnie jak zwyczajnie. Frzeczyta-
wszy statuty rozwodzit sic Q ina
cseniu K6ika naszego, a ma kohou
wznl6st trzykrotny okrzyk ma
Geese OLGA sw., a potem ma czeac
OesEarza. Nastepnie zabraf CLOS
pan Rozahski W niomseckim jezy-
ku, pon'ewa4 roniedsy statutami
.naszeml, W paragra1e trzeclm sic
znajduje, IL ma zadunie przema-
WAC mona | 20 piemiecku. WON,
izesmy wolali: ,,lsbe hoch" i ma
tom sic owa nova s%kohczy}a. Me
movie tutaj bynaJmnjeL aSeby
sf"wa pana Rozahskiege nudns
byty, owszem dziwle sie. il TAXI
prosty robotulk, ktory ME pre-
szodt krom eiementarnoj zadnej
iansj szAoty, potraf talk doskona
IL W obcym jezyku movie. Ale
poniewak wszvscy tylko .-Polacy
sic tam znaidowali, wyjawszy je-
dnego u%rzednika policyJnego, kte
regosmy mieii "a gobcia, oczywi-
Sole mas oboa nova nudziia. Po-
tenn Eabrat gios p. Plech, a W
kohcu p. Morciszek, opowiadajac
nam piekna historya, ktora mas
wszystktch bardzo rozwesclifa.
A W kohcu ~jeszcze wan / to do
nosAe, drodzy bracia, u sic %jeszcze
pom'edzy mani bnrdzo wiele fairy
zsuszy znai!uje Widac to Il togo, IL
ktos przyszsdf do nasze] sail, j"ko-
BY brat adziaf W naszej niewinnej
zabawie pc . No policy z
tssoto rpwodu mielismy owego
policyjnego goscia na zebraniu,
iecz nnwet pslicyi sic podobato
nasze zebranie."
Tnkieto zebranla ludowe IA
Slazku oskarzaja pisma niemieckis.
Jest W tenn znana daznosd i tvle
Ju& d%ekazano, re podobne zabrania
odbywaja sic pod dozorem policyi,
a nawet, jak W Raciborzu, utru.
dnlnny i'm bywa wybor lokalu.