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a half of logs heaped UP before the open
CRATE, and kitchen almost equally spa
cious, just far enough away, so that one
can trace the stately progress of the roast
goose thence by the slow deepening of the
delicious smell. / hesitate no longer. If
had the magic carpet and the gift of in
visibility TO boot, would spend my Christ
mas in Warwick castle
Yet IL was not walkover for Warwick
by any means. These is the Blount fam
ily's Elizabethan home at Maple Durham
in Oxfordsbire, where the Joints are still
roasted before a big open blaze, Us in the
days of Pope's Martha Blount. and no
other meat is so mt for the good holiday
coming as the savory joint that the IRE
has. In many such old houses a tiny
treadmill, turned by patient dog. trained
to the work, is used TO keep the spits
Affirming. and to give the roast that perfect
flavor, whose acquaintance is never made
by ranged-baked meats In Hampton
Court palace are housed and fed at the pub
lie expense lot of poor relations of the
royal family, and of reduced gentle peo-
pie generally. Hampton Court partly
dates from Wolsey's time and partly from
Christopher Wren's, and one notes the
growing scarcity of fuel in the fact that the
later chimneys are only seven or eight feet
across, but the cooking arrangements are
In nearly every case quite as antiquated.
The kitchen of the Harcourt family at
Nuneham Courtenay is old enough to have
a curious bit of family superstition con-
nected with it. Lady Nuneham, the
daughter of Simon, Earl of Harcourt-this
was in the time of George iI.--dreamed
one night that she saw her father lying
dead in the kitchen at O'Clock. OF course
the dream came true; else it would never
have been remembered. The earl went
out in the morning to mark trees, his little
dog fell in we'll while he was at work, he
tried to pull the dog out, and at 4 o'clock
his dripping body was laid In the kitchen
in front of the yawning hearth. which ex-
lists this day-to prove the story.
The hole in the roof of Wolsey's kitchen
at Christ Church college is sort of con-
Meeting link. Not SO many years before
the time of that shrewd prelatical archi-
tect chimneys were a comparatively new
invention. Not more than half a dozen
authentic cases exist where freplaces have
been found in Norman residences. There
is little doubt that William the Conqueror
ate yenison cooked by an open ire in the
middle of the room, as his subjects did for
some centuries later. Another seat of the
Harcourt family, Bablockhythe, built in
the latter part of the fifteenth century,
only hfty years before Wolseys time, has
a big kitchen absolutely without a CHM
ney: or rather the whole room is one, a
hole in the roof serving as the smoke nue.
Naturally the primitive cooking is not
now in daily use, but it is astonishing To
what an extent one can still find almost
equally primitive methods surviving even
in the humble homes of Britain. | have
seen a Maux cottage, where the chimney
was an entire end of the one room. In the
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serious menace to her choicest bits of brio
a-brac.
This season the difficulty was finally
overcome by the invention of a game of
table tennis.
The inspiration for this game came
through the revival few months ago of
an ancient English game known as It'd
dledy winks," which has created almost as
great furore as the pigs-in-clover or 1914
Is puzzles did in their day 'Tiddledy
winks" is simplicity itself. In fact it is
so very easy that one of the greatest houses
in the trade, to whom the idea was first
submitted year ago by clever employee,
declined to handle it because they did not
believe the public would take to such an
absurdly simple thing. The parapher-
malta consists of two dozen or more differ
ent colored bone chips, of the size and
shape of an ordinary copper cent; half
dozen larger chips, like those used in
poker: "a cup OF bone, wood or glass, as
large as a medium-sized whisky tumbler,
and heavy wooden mat or, better still, a
heavy table cover The little chips are
divided among any number of players up
to six, and the scheme is to jump them
into the cup or twink pot" as it is known,
by LAYING them fiat on the mat or table
cover, and then pressing their edges with
the larger disk
In the tennis game that has grown out
of .stiddledy winks," and which is known
by the rather trying name of ''tiddledy
wink tennis" a green felt mat about
eighteen inches long and nine inches wide
is ruled off exactly like a lawn tennis
court. In the center is stretched the met"
made of pasteboard, about two inches
high, and the little .'tiddledy wink" count
ers are served over this net, the poker
chips doing duty as racquets The game
is scored as in ordinary tennis, and can
be PLAYED in singles" or doubles"
Another summer pastime that has been
arranged to do winter service in the parlor
is angling. A false bottom painted to imi-
tate fish pond is arranged in the box in
which the game comes, and through holes
in this false bottom fish are sunk into tho
pond until nothing but their heads stick
np above the .'water." These fish are sub
stantialiy made of pasteboard, and are coli
ored in the most artistic manner to repre-
sent about every species generally known
10 the ordinary fisherman. Through their
noses they have metal eyelets and on their
submerged tails are printed numbers sup
posed to represent their weight. After the
fsh have all been properly arranged so
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traetable hoops of brass sufficiently large
TO go entirely around an ordinary card or
parlor table Within this ''pond" the nsh,
after being thoroughly mixed up, are laid
numbered side down, and then the fisher
men and tisherwomen cast their lines.
The progressive feature is the same as
in euchre.
A more robust, If not more interesting
sport for the house is furnished by the
''parlor ball game" cross between bowl
ing, shuftieboard and bagatelle. An ele-
waited platform, generally about four feet
square and eight or ten inches high, con-
Dected with the door at the front by means
of an inclined plane is placed at one end of
the room. The platform contains either
nine or twelve wooden pockets with differ
ent numbers, and the idea is to roll ball
along the carpet into one of the pockets,
the person making the biggest score VIM
ming the game. IL requires quite a line
touch to land the ball in one of the upper
pockets. A somewhat similar game is an i'm
proved from of'parlor" or "table billiards"
In this the platform. which is considerably
smaller and lined with green cloth, is put
on the table in place of the door. Three
balls are used as in billiards, and they are
played with cue instead of by hand.
Like many another good thing, the pref
tiest of all the parlor sports this season has
been taken by the manufacturers from the
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NEW YORK CHIT-CHAT
How the Four Hundred Are
Spending the Holidays.
THE EsTHETIc PORTRAIT TEA.
evolution OF the Divided Skirt-An
Erotic Novel by Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Electrifies People.

New YORK, Dec. f5.-fCopyrighted, 1890.
Several portrait teas are planned for the
first week of the new year. And. lest the
vagaries of portrait tea should not have
penetrated the home circle of each reader,
Inst TO description of one. But two
things are necessary, nay, three things,
namely, a portrait, tea and an audience.
The tlrst must be executed by an artist of
weii-known name and brightest lustre of
fame. The tea must be English breakfast,
though served in the afternoon, and the
audience must be of the appreciatiye. soul
fui, artistic kind that will go in rapture
upon slight provocation. The portrait is
OF the hostess, and all through the ..tea"
she takes up her position near it, in order
that ali may exclaim: what charm
ing likenessl" Chow artisticl" Look
how the emotive nature is revealed in
those lipsm What soulful eyes" etc, etc
The walters of Delmonico's, so the funny
papers have it, are looking solemn because
Mrs. Paran Stevens is back to town. That
lady, though ''estimable.'' is said to be
difficult 10 manage, hard to suit and i'm
possible to please. Yet she entertains
beautifully. The Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough were sumptuously dined and
wined there last week. Perhaps Mrs,
Stevens does not mean to be exacting.
She may be neuralgia. At all events, let
US hope so.
District Attorney De Lancey Nicoll's
wedding was the SWEETEST affair New York
has seen for months. Grace church held
not one-half of the invited guests.
The woman's rights women are again on
the war path, seeking whom they can per-
suade to take up the cudgel for them They
are nightly abused set, TO Judge from
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ine raulted roof of the middle English
Ipshic period, dating from the days of
Eyelife and the Black Prince. During a
hsslt TO the cathedral some weeks ago it
ecnred TO me that such an old room
sould be an interesting sight.
Gan see the kitchen 2" [ said TO the
Isuger, or whoever he was, who opened the
toor TO the choir.
aHo, no, sirl" was tho smiling reply.
Hits private"
How so?n
Hits the kitchen of the deanery, and
10 use hevery day."
Great Scott! Do you mean to tell me
Ilhat they are still cooking nineteenth GEN.
Imry dinners in fourteenth century
Ihtchen?" demanded.
"Ho, yes, sir" he replied with his this
Illnd-ior-a-thrippence smile. Hand hits a
I'ery good kitchen, too"
England is country of surprises, but.
Ialler this expression at Durham, was not
\ all surprised during Tying trip TO Ok
hrd some days later to discover that Car
I0nai Woisey's kitchen at Christ Church
Iohege, the oldest part of the existing
I'niidlng, is still in daily use. The cook
|sas glad, IN prospect of fee, TO show me
|apout the old hall, where so many diges-
|uye props TO learning have been prepared.
"oisey may not have known how to
Iseep ms peace with Henry VIII, but he
NEW how TO build kitchen in a country
snere wood was plenty. The room is some
Imlly ieet square, and has high ceiling,
alfiea oy great oaken beams, black with
a. Larders, Storerooms and closets open
Ixxua ~ ana high windows let in abundant
Iasht me door Is of stone, and there are
Iaaaees OF the old opening in the middle of
/ 'ae roof which used to let the smoke out
sneh a IRE was kindled in the middle of
s.e aoor Tor any purpose. The three beams
y sun framed around the opening, but it
vac oeth rooted over since floor nres be-
saIe questionable. Three enormous
auuhey openings, each eighteen feet
Nus, MI the center of three sides of the
IsSns' Two of these have been par
10y hlled up with comparatively
1vuerh ranges, but the third vet
MAINS open, and through it's cavernous
svaail one can look up at the blue sky
alvugh nue dark with the SCOT of CEN
Issllfs' and three feet in diameter. To
AxsSap. the great hearth to the use of coal a
Is ase eaek OF brick has been put in, and a
4, ~ !. crate III front extends the whole width
i sle opening. Before this lordlv blaze
aaihlng sheet of red coal eighteen feet
IS ana four feet high-the Joints are
$3.50 upon splits. These are kept turn
Is, not by hand. bat BY device which
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kitchens It is this afrectienate e,;nn;
- olu way which makes Oxford So ;r s.a's
Scattered through England are MANY
civic buildings which have as intere s'',,s
euiinsry arrangements as the serni-n, ,,,.a,s
uc quadrangles at Oxford. Tho to,r,, baII
o. coventry, where king once sat l'' -
state, has one. where again IS seem ,' ,b ,n
nlackened smoke-hole in the roof covered ,,,J
over py more recent timbering and sheath.
ing. The twelve pensioners Of I,eicaster's
nnospital, in Warwick, toast their shins he,
lore a matchless open blaze fer
,eet across, in a kitchen whose osl
beams are black with age vbat
. magnificent place TO sit upon one offhose
Ola settees, just in sight of Amy Rohsartss
pathetic bit of embroidery and watch =
CHRISTMAS goose browning on the turn-
ing spit am afraid, though. that the
pensioners don't appreciate Christmas a.
they ought, for in the winter there are no
tourists ana no sixpences for the Widows,
fund, and pot of ale.
External conditions for Christmas cheer
are apt enough in all these places hut
reach their perfection in the stately homes
OF England: What place for the reyels il
the hall of Warwick castle. sixty feet he
forty, and as high as wide. with a cord AMI
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him quiz me for a few minutes"
One immense rose is the fashion now
adays, and it must be carried like an alpen-
stock with yard or two of stem dangling.
or ii may be worn high in the belt so that
the rose comes out just under the chin. A
bunch Is not permissible. 1t must be just
one rose or none at all.
There are many Snowbirds abroad in the
land, or young women who dress so much
like them that they may be called by the
title White stuff froeks, white fur capes,
tan gloves and tan and white hats are the
fashionable equipment for ladies who go
out TO make New Year calls.
Busties are again fashionable for house
dresses, though they are very small,
scarcely more than the suggestion of a pro-
tuberance. Net sleeves are worn in the
house all winter, taking the place of pushes
and brocades for sleeve materials. A large,
loose surah sash is knotted about the waist
and hangs down in big fluffy loops.
The Ada Rehan dog collar is a thing of
beauty for canine lovers and owners. Three
little leathern straps so around the body,
one around the neck ard two more IT suit
ahe intervals OF doGgy's anatomy. TO the
top at each of these straps a small harness
ike arrangement Is fastened 50 that dog
gy pmlstreSS can lift him, little paws and
all, over muddy crossings. She can also
elevate him above the attentions both
friendly ana WariIke. of other puppies. 1t
aoggy's mistress has more gold spoons
than sac can count. she sells a few OF them
and gets jcw hriihants set in the leather
harness and has a gold handle made for IT,
The ~ol35r s set with Jewels, and is itself
uf soiia silver or gold.
AH tine reading world has been eIectri-
led by the announcement that Elizabeth
stuart Phelps Ward has written an erotic
novel. People could not at first believe it,
They must buy the afflicted book. and Pc
Tuse rs pulsing pages for themselves.
e hsre IS the same oid-tiue kisSful olinginr
teat we learned 10 know ard love III Anne
ia Blyes pages, the same yesrning sinu-
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MT OLD KITCHENS.
|rdoric Fireplaces Where John
Bull Roasts Beef.
.,ulrlvE COOKERY SURVIVES.
..4.n.s Cheer Means Blazing, Open
....ths with yawning Mouths, Up
whtch the Flames Go Roaring.

,.wrox. Dec. 7.-ICopyrighted, 1890. T.
!. sorry England is not the home of
|<.:s.r,as. it is only because she has
.s.ht the rest of the world the act of
~T.tuss keeping, so that its home is
.s,rwbere. And yet, even in these days,
~ the jingle of Santa Claus's bells is
80 N every land, it is not hard to be-
q. that there is a special flavor in an
s.s;xb Christmas to be found nowhere
There. but in England, will one find
-,b treat kitchens, 500 years old, and still
> uss such yawning chasms of hreplaees.
strs which half-a-dozen mighty barons
! Asef can be roasted all in row, keen
IN dayor which no cast iron bars can
.,.rs. such famous old Christmas bowls,
sA.re gallon of burning brandy and any
.rnher Of quarts of raisins make the game
[tsospdragon such an uproarious delight?
WIEN the great boar's head, garnished Oh
Z nlatter, comes from one of these old
ta,hens there is a fitness in it precious to
49, senses. A boar's head in the spick
a spa., new hall of Tuxedo cottage"
r d sHectation.
The old kitchens of England! If I were
kpxs would sing great song in their
usie; and if had magic carpet to
sunsport me wherever l might wish, it
|vouId puzzle me to know from which of
|tbe great ones have known ] would wish
|nyChristmas roast to come. There is the
IA monks kitchen at the southwest cor
hi ofthe cloister yard of Dunham cathe-
|ds. 1t is splendid octagonal room
|airy-hve feet in interior diameter, with
/ aIls from three to eight feet thick and
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girl from whom one expects TO hear nothing
but light-minded phrases concerning art
or literature And what comes instead?
Something like this: Come to my mil
liners with me and have glass of some
thing hot" or, Have you been to the
massage on Broadway? 1t is perfectly
intoxicating, and the punch-whewm
Only few wealthy women, like Harriet
Hubbard Aver, Mrs. Astor and Nine. Rup-
pert can afford to drink champagne. The
price has advanced 81 per bottle, and will
probably continue to go up until 1t IS 50
per bottle. The additional dollar has
made difference of more than 80 per cent.
in the sales. New vineyards have been
planted TO take the place of the old ones
destroyed by the champagne vine pest,
and the California manufacturers are rails
ing heaven and earth to ind the exact
secret of the foreign champagne flavor; so
that, with all these things combined, our
children may be able to go upon cham
payne jag, even if we cannot.
There is no longer q dude king. Berry
Wall used to be one. Now he is just an
insurance agent. He still dresses beauti-
fully, but since he was dethroned, his gar
ments do not bear the sign mark of royalty
and this robs them of the great interest
that they formerly possessed. When the
ex-king goes around soliciting clients, he
wears big necktie as large as the breast
Mines This is outside the vest. A large
overcoat and pair of big-checked trousers,
drab and green in hue, and stovepipe,
complete the equipment.
Mrs. Marquita Hewitt, New York
lady, is doing remarkable thing in
theatrical circles. She has written three
plays of widely varying character, a So
ciety play, u comedy and tragedy. These
were produced at a single matinee about
Christmas time at the Star theater by
actors prominent in theatrical life All
three plays were great success, and will
be heard from later.
The Fellowcraft Club had most delight
full series of art receptions at which they
were so fortunate as TO secure the attend
ance of Mrs Grover Cleveland and Mrs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Richard Watson
Glider is president of the club. Is it gem
orally known that Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs.
Glider are cousins?
L. De Witt Talmage is about to take a
trip through the West. If ever preacher
was adored by the newspaper fraternity, it
is Dr. Talmage. He seldom takes pay for
small literary services, and never refuses
himself to reporters, male or female. Poor
fellow" he will say when one of the former
is nagging him for an interview. Poor
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Tsy Puget sound ,,,t...,.
stand two great cities With old idd!ah nalot>'
A,,9l : bus,,7 mountain rgSrs its head eetSeeh'
grapi Ra.nicri ,t.
with faith unto thy lofty sneT-csl,i'ea tio"
"a calm and stately. sailors i4t iEeif tyts
Ana st4ifis their vessels thF9 "a t1"nS'4aa Na9s
tr,f.si ~ last INV cities twain sp1e@f
II, ain, relief AGAINST tlie misty ekN.
And tfr.,l. great hoaTy sentinel "i ''',H,
Nt'f,at fsl4,i-gS hast thea sssli aFf4ied sN pSee
...f.},s,. fb-. 57..r,fsf-jess NOt intE aEn
" fer,s nov Tacoma aud seattle STAND
1,i,-re r,,s,atei The r man "a h3s iiat5Nr NsHN'
ord ~ his manor. kinS ~ SAG az NitN 50
n, a few names of pretty rl9dlDs sognG
a,,5 es,,,.t thou tell inc Prophet - the Isles,
Whist changes later days shah hFi4'- y ls.NA-
" III 81 oar luight aud powe- alone fNieal.
Se,y,e fsuaes whose real significance J. 4oSt
WI some strange yellow nStlon hUls0 - Wv
" here ia their gQFn the red and waite III" t's'' =
A4d Sagae s,4an W0lgsist; - I woliisek h.N
n lsat changes ftsas haSs NftBfNe q. q h.lhist
''' -65r.is Vera
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whether they viii suddenly increase in
value. and give Yea several thousand oi
the hard dollar slap Henry Jews bought
q seat Iast week tor his nephew John
lgca-c, paying uuly SI-G~ for Il. And with
this vent d Ssi.u11 life Insurance policy also.
While Steve Brc,tIe i abroad jumping
from 81 pa,rick's bridge. end lowering
himself down so KISS tbc true Biaeney
Stone View Iog6 girls ara at home doing
great deal 81 jumping and skipping cf q
different sind Taoy are skipping along
sidewalks and User CUTTERS with absolute
lv alarming e.tsc anal aslhty 80 pplng
the cutter j. 81 them nat "a slang phrase.
but au artualty And ala on account Of
Their trousers. There i new ladies cut
rtging establishment shat makes divided
skirts oss Dcw ai,f3 comprehensive plan.
Tie esiWb. e divided skirt becomes longer
ana Is tisllsatting. reaching nearly 70 the
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that no one knows where the ''big fellows"
are. a narty il formed and the fishing be-
gins. tie perch, haddock, etc, being hauled
out of their native element by means of a
short pole and line, on the end of which IS
a hook that, after you become an expert ~
..anylins y You can hook through the eye
lei, i'm The protruding nose. After all tho
fsb have been landed except one for each
member nf the party, the anglers count ip
their catch and the one who aas Inaae BE
largest haul IN point II weight wins the
TOT. The seductiveuess of this sport, which
can be made toeombine the JOYS Of angling
with the fascination OF jackpot for ash
ernlan. can be letter Imagined THAN DC
scribed
4 variation Of the game known 81 pro
eressive angling has become quite so
ciefv TAD. These progressive sets have
metal irs cad Of pastehoara isSh ond the
ponds are constructed by means OF con-