The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24

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r. Il. Hoke. Miss Frances Hoke will
receive New Years and will be assisted
by number of her friends, among
them Miss Adelaide Snow
At the Marlborough House the parlors
will be thrown open to guests and the
ladies of the hotel will receive their
friends on Monday evening.
Miss Mary Turner and Miss Gertrude
Bush will also receive New Years.
During the past week the father of a
very bright six year old youngster has
been quite attentive to his namesake and
has done everything in his power to
obtain the good favor OF his boy. The
cause for this is found in a story told
by the proud mother. One evening early
in the week the mother and father were
seated in a coy room telling the little
fellow stories of Old Kris as an induce
ment to sleep.
"What sort of a man is Santa Claus,
MAMA" asked the tot.
Hes just like papa, DEAR" she an
swered The little fellow shook his head,
and, looking frankly into his mothers
face. said:
''No. no, mama. he's not like paDa,
for papa told me that Santa Claus was
fine, thoughtful gentleman.
One OF the oddest-perhaps / should
say most unique or daintiest-Christmas
gifts. of which have heard. is to be sent
to a young woman from Raleigh who
is spending the winter in a fiat in New
York. This young woman and friend
are doing light housekeeping and they
find many scraps and much else that is
wasted which could do such good work
in raising pork. Consequently this IN
formation was given to a few friends here
and it is their intention to see that their
friend in New York receives during the
coming week 4 small pig which it is
hoped, will be given a home on the roof
of the aforesaid fiat. Whatever the
hopes may be, it is not unlikely that the
pigs career in the liglft house keeping
world will extend over a space of time
necessary for two people to devour It's
four quarters.
In this city is a young man who for
some time has been practically in a state
of innocuous desultude. Possibly it is
through no fault of his own as he is
said to profess to be ambitious III di-
rection dependent upon the obliteration
of his present state. Someone has sug-
gested to me a way by which this young
man may yet become famous as the
real inventor of perpetual notion
1t is suggested that 100000 be raised
and invested at the legal rate of inter
est. On the income OF the amount the
young man is to begin moving, and he
is to be promised the annual dividends
from principal provided he will keep NOV
ing However, objection has been raised
by one Of his rivals, who says that on
such a small amount the slothful youth
will not be able to keep up the desired
standard rate of speed.
There is a knight of the quill who
thrice answered the Ginning bells OF
Normandy. but who heard the bells of
a Seaboard train ring his knell one night
this past week. One of his friends has
been making desperate efforts to con
sole the lonesome penciller, but the
latter has become reckless and begun
his career as poet. His first attempt,
found on his desk in the wee small
hours of the morning, is as follows:
With roses eight dollars dozen
And railroad tickets cheap,
1t seems that I've been frozen
And little harvest will reap.
A new book club, composed of mar
ried women, was organized on Wednes-
day. This club has undertaken work
distinctiyely its own in Raleigh. The
organization is to be known as the Cir
culating Book Club and is to meet Oh
the Wednesday of every other week as
the guests of some member. The name
fully explains the chief feature of the
clubs work, though, of course, the
usual papers and criticisms of selected
books will be gone through with There
are twenty members among whom are:
Mesdames w. s. Primrose, Chamber
lain, Alex Fields, 4. T. Gray, Hubert
Haywood Capehart, J. II. Shepherd
and II. S. Kenan. The first meeting of
the club will be held on Wednesday of
next week, the club to be entertained by
Mrs Alex Fields.
Miss Minnie Fitch Tucker, who has
recently returned from Germany, is at
her home in Raleigh for the winter.
Miss May Jenkins, Of Wake Forest,
was III Raleigh during the past week as
the guest of Miss Lucie West.
Miss Mary Moore, of Newbern, who
has been in Raleigh as the guest of the
Misses Purnell on Fayetteville street,
| returned home Friday.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mn.
III. III. Bradshaw and Miss Flora Belle
| Blue ON Jan. 3rd. at the Presbyterian
| church at Aberdeen.
| Cards are out announcing the mar
riage, at Bynum, n. c., ON Dec. 9th,
of Miss Nellie Bynum to Rev. G. o.
Green.
Mr.. Joseph Huske Pearce, OF Fayette-
/ vilIa of SterIinr charac tar was married