St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-25
AN ATLANTIC CHRISTMAS.

Christmas day on the broad Atlantic
is not an everyday experience. Christ
mas being the festival OF love, at least
so It is generally recognized. family ties
are sufficiently binding to. collect the
wanderers all the world over. aud, for
one day at least, drive them within the
fold of the family circle.
l have known eases where Indian tray-
eIers have tempted tho deep and hur-
ried home from sunny skies and
''cOral strand'-in one case relnquish-
ing lucrative app0intment--mereIy to
seek the fog-bound shores of the old
country and to gorge themselves be-
meath the paternal roof with the roast,
beef, turkey and plnm pudding peculiar
to the season.
Gaily Is the house decked with ever
green's, holly and mistletoe, and surely
no prodigal was ever more warmly wei
coined than is the returned wanderer at
Christmas. The fire burns brighter in
the polished crate, as if to defy the
sharp. frosty breath of Father Christ
mas. and the pretty housemaid's rosy
cheek is ruddier and more tempting
than ever. and If, as sometimes hap
pens, she was caught under the mistIe-,
toe, she resigns herself placidly to the
situation as one who knows that there
are times and seasons when maidenly
reserve ceases to he virtue.
Patty" says the demure mistress of
the house and calmly ignoring all rules
of grammer, put OH your cap straight.
aud look how your hair has come
down." Il can't help it, ma'am, says
Patty. "Mr. George has been kissing
me under the misiletoe," which is re-
garded as very proper and sufficient
excuse. and, as old sam Pepys would
say. mo harm thought nor done
neither"
There are no smart little red-eheeked,
uninterrupted hOuSemaIds on an At
lantic liner, and the question arises
whether it is possible to religiously OBJ
serve the customs of The day under such
distressing circumstances.
Putting hOuSenlaidS out of the QueS-
ton. this is how we kept Christmas on
the North German Lloyd steamer Aller
in midocean on the oath of December
asst year.
First of all. bear in mind that we had
head wind and seas all the way across
from Southampton. The stormy winds
did blow.and there was very little going
GU deck for the saloon passengers, aud
none at all for the Others. who we're
battened down with closed matches all
the way. poor wretcheS; and yet me-
thinks they sometimes managed to for
get their misery. ii one might JUDI by
the sounds OF revelry by night that
occasionally came from their quarters.
Did they have Christmas tree? |
know Motive did. There were gorgeous
Christmas trees in the first and seroud-
class saloons, glorious surprise as We
scrambled down t0dinner. say ''scrami-
bled," for one effectually loses ones
dignity at sea in rough weather. saw
only one man who endeavored to pre-
serve it, viz. the late John Jacob Astor.
1t was case of nublesSe oblige, aud
forgave him. He tried to walk This
Is what hAppened-With apologies to the
shade of Byron:
lie gave lurcn To starboard. then to port,
And crashing into stewards-went down, III
short
Germans regard Christmas eve with
greater respect than Christmas day. |
know not why, but it is SO. Hence, on
Christmas eve all those invalIds who
had hitherto remained in the stciusion
OF their stateruom vrntured out for the
first time, by sheer effort OF will. And
this is what brought them out. l copy
from the ''Spelse karte':
Soup La Re1ne.
CrouStadeS aux OeufS.
FIiet de bout a Id ,fardinera.
Roast Boar with Bavarian
Croute.
Turkey i'll Aspic.
Roast buck
Compot and Salad.
Asparagus.
Plum Pudding.
lee Transparent.
Matartu Pyramid