The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-23
The QUEENS CHRISTIANS
The Country Depressed By
the News Of the Killed
and Missing.


beef for the Queens Christmas is roasted
today, at the Great Kitchen fire, Windsor
in readiness orthe royal dinner party on
Monday. The great joint, when cold, will
be garmished with the Royal and Inn
perial monogram in SHREDDED horse-radish,
and, with boar's head and game pie,
viii assist in adornIng Her Majesty's
sideboard on Christmas Day" This
quaint announcement in the Court Circu-
lar, with the spirit of royal plenty
breathed in every line, sounds almost like
a hollow mockery of the sorrow and
shadow Of death which has turned the
season OF rejoicing into one of mourn
ing.
Bad news from the Cape writes one
society authority, "has made London the
dreariest city in the world at the season
when it ought to be the most gay
Though s-lis may be exaggerated, there
is certainly much truth In 1t.
The Queen will spend Christmas at
Windsor, instead Of, as for years, at
Osborne, owing to her wish to be nearer
the Cabinet, thereby sacrificing habit
very dear to her for years past. With
her will be the Duchess of Albany and
her children.
mas at Sandringham and the Duke and
Duchess OF York will also be there. But,
neither at Windsor, at Sandringham. nor
in the noblest or lowest homes in Great
Britain will there be much merrymak-
ing, for with 1000 men killed, wounded
or missing in South Africa there are few
families which have not been touched
with this depression, which only serves
to make the nation more determined
than ever, and which is a silent accom-
paniment to one of the most spontaneous
outbursts of patriotism and universal de-
sire to risk life and give up property that
ever marked the history OF any country
Cooks sons are no less anxious to serve
their country on the battlefield than
Dukes sons or than the Dukes them
selves.
The Duke of Marlborough's offer to
equip $50 men of his Yeomanry Regiment
for service In South Africa is merely one
among hundreds of such offers from his
class. Peers with vast business, properly
| and political interests are exhibiting the
utmost eagerness in their desire to have
| their names enrolled among the Yolun-
fteers who are going to endeavor to re-
t1feye the reyerses to the British arms.
The day of Wild, war enthusiasm and
| over confidence has passed and there
reigns in its stead grim determination
| to atone for the mistakes of the past by
Individual effort, regardless of consequence
| An instance of the spirit which per-
| vades the country is that in the Cumber-
/ land and Westmoreland Yeomanry, Of
which the Earl of Lonsdale is Colonel,
| every officer and nearly every man in the
/ regiment has volunteered and IS using ev-
/ cry influence to get accepted. Among the
/ officers is Captain Hugh Jefferson, well
| known In America formerly Manager OF
! the Sand Creek Cattle Company. Of Wy
| osning. The Duke Of Marlborough will
! probably receive an appointment on Lord
! Cheshams staff.
| In the northern countries there is keen
| rivalry as to who shall do the most for
his country in the hour of need.
Northumbrians, headed by Earl Grey,
have subscribed large sums to equip one
hundred men, and the Earl of Durham
calls on the men Of his county not to be
outdone by the Northumbrians and heads
the list with substantial subscription.
| Lord Stanley and Wolverton go as Yeo-
manry troopers, and the latter IS az
Lord Roberts, both ex-Majors OF the
/ Regular Army have volunteered to go
| in any capacity in the Yeomanry. The
| Earl of Essex, who is a Major OF the
I Hertfordshire Yeomanry, accompanies
/ the contingent OF his county.
| In short the 5000 mounted men who
/ have responded TO the call flor yoenen
/ will have the brains, muscle and dare
| deviltry of the famous American Rough
/ Riders.
| By the death this week Of the Earl Of
/ Tankerville Lord BeTnet, who married
/ Miss Leonard Van MarJer OF Tacoma,
| succeeds 10 the title the new Earl IS a
/ we'll known Evang gelIst. He met his wife
| at a revival meeting at Tacoma, IN 1898.
| The late earl was the oldest member OF
/ the House OF Lords. His career was
/ marked by many eccentricitieS
/ The theatres are feeling the effect OF
| the gloomy phase Of the war. The most
| popular attractions are suffering. Even
| at the Shaftesbury, where The Belle OF
New York had come to be regarded as
a permanent institution, notices are up
/ that the company returns to New York
| forthwith The sudden withdrawal of this
| production, however, is due. partly, to
| a row between the company and the
| managers over play which was ult1-
mately to succeed .sThe Belle of New
| York.
aThe Black Tulip has failed at the
! Haymarket, and Barrie's new comedy not
being ready. as a stopgap for the season,
an old comedy will be substituted
/ Ada Rehan returns to the stage IN the
| spring. opening at Manchester. After a
| long provincial tour she will appear in
London.