Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23
Christmas Season Only Emphasizes
the General Depression.
GREAT OUTBURST OF PATRIOTISM
Men of All Classes Offering Their
Services to Fight
AN EA RI IVAN ELS


Copyright 1899. the Associated Press)
LONDON, December 23.-''A baron of
beef for the queens Christmas will be
roasted next Saturday, December 23. at
the great kitchen fire. Windsor in readi-
ness for the royal dinner party on Monday
The great joint, when cold. will be gar
nished with the royal and imperial mono
gram in shredded horse raddish and with
boars head and game pie will assist in
adjoining her majestys sideboard on Christ
mas day." This quaint announcement in
the Court Circular, with the spirit of royal
plenty breathed in every line sounds al
most like hollow mockery of the sorrow
and shadow of death which have turned
the season of rejoicing into one of mourn
ing.
Bad news from the Cape" writes one
ciety authority, has made London the
dreariest city in the world at the season
when 1t ought to be the most gay
Though this may be exaggerated, there
is certainly much truth in it,
The queen will spend Christmas at Wind
sor, 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 Ouch
ess of Albany and her children.
Prince of Wales at Sandringham.
The Prince of Wales will spend Christmas
at Sandringham and the Duke and Duchess
of York will also be there, But, neither at
Windsor, at Sandringham nor in the no
blest or lowest homes in Great Britain, will
there be much merrymaking, 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
accompaniment to one of the most Spon-
taneous outbursts of patriotism and univer-
sal desire to risk life and give up property
that ever marked the history of any coun-
try Cooks sons are no less anxious to
serve their country on the battle field than
dukes sons or than the dukes themselves.
The Duke of Marlboroughs offer to equip
$50 men of his Yeomarry Regiment for
vice in South Africa is merely one among
hundreds of such offers from his class.
Peers with vast business, property and p0-
Etical interests are exhibiting the utmost
eagerness in their desire to have their
names enrolled among the volunteers who
are going to endeavor to retrieve the re-
verses to the British arms. The day of
wild, war enthusiasm and over-confidence
has passed and there reigns in its stead a
grim determination to atone for the mis-
takes of the past by individual effort, re-
CARELESS of consequences.
An instance of the spirit which pervades
the country is that in the Cumberland and
" estmoreland yeomanry. of which the Earl
of Lonsdale is colonel. every officer and
nearly every man in the regiment has vol
and is using every influence TO
get accepted. Among the officers is Captain
Hugh jefferson, we'll known in America,
formerly manager of the Sand Creek Cattle
Company, of Wyoming The Duke of MARI
borough will probably receive an appoint
ment on Lord CheSham's staff.
Enthusiasm in North Counties.
In the northern counties there is keen
rivalry as to VINO shall do the most for his
In the hour of need. Northum-
brians headed by Earl Grey have sub
scribed 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
and heads the list with a
subscription. Lords Stanley
and Wolverton go as yeomanry troopers,
though the former at one time was Off
GER in the Guards. and the latter is an adj
mirals son. Two nephews of Gen. Lord
Roberts both ex-majors of the regular
army, have volunteered to go in any capac
ity in the yeomanry. The Earl of Essex
who is a major of the Hertfordshire yeo-
many, accompanies the contingent of his
In short. the 5000 mounted men who
have responded to the call for yeomen will
have the brains, blood. muscle and dare
deviltry of the famous American Rough
Riders.
BY the death this week Of the Earl of
Lord Bennett. who married
Miss Leonora Van Marter of Tacoma, sue
ceedS to the title. The earl is a we'll
known evangelist. He met his wife at a
revival meeting at Tacoma in 1895 The
late earl was the oldest member of the
house of lords. His career was marked by
many eCCentricities.
The theaterS are feeling the effect of the
gloomy phase of the war. The most pop
ular attractions are suffering.