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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-25
CHRISTMAS IN THE
FOREIGN LEGATIONS
AT WASHINGTON
Some Come From the Lands
Where the Christ Child
Is Not Known

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-Santa Claus
triumphant is to be seen at his best at
the embassies and legations in this city.
There, as elsewhere, his toddling subjects
rule. and that their sway is absolute is
proved by the way they force the rich
and great of all nations, regardless of re-
hgion, to honor their patron saint.
There are 80 of these homes of distin-
guished foreigners who are here as the
representatives of their governments.
They represent all of the great countries
of the world and many of the small ones.
They come from all parts of the globe.
They are white, black, brown and yellow.
There are Christians and heather among
them They bring here the customs of all
the great races under the sun
Some come from lands where Christmas
is unheard of; where seasons of good
cheer and of the giving of presents occur,
if at all, at other periods OF the year
than December. In all of these legations,
however, where there are small children,
Christmas is added to the festivals APP
bearing in the native calendars. The lit
tie autocrats soon learn of the great day
and force its observance. And so it comes
that Christmas trees with their twink
ling lights and burdens of gifts, dolls and
toys and all that goes to delight the child
sh heart may be found in the homes OF
all these foreigners.
General WI, the former Chinese minis
ter. made this concession to Christianity
for the happiness of his youngsters. lie
has departed, but there are other chill
dren in the legation and elaborate plans
for the recognition of their rights have
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-25

possible.
Of the presents last year there was no
end. The president has thousands of
friends. So have the other members of
the family. The prevailing spirit OF good
will at this season seems to be emphasized
and increased when ones friends include
the children of the president. The char
acter of the gifts received last year has
been concealed as a family secret. The
number of them was rendered plain
enough by the procession of messengers
that came to the White House during the
two weeks before Christmas. There could
be no doubt as to the contents OF the
mysterious looking packages addressed to
the president, Mrs. Roosevelt and the
children. 1t can be said, however, chat
the most acceptable gift to the boys last
year was a fully equipped electric railway
that was set up in the nursery. There
were dozens of the usual Christmas toys
for the little ones and elaborate presents
for the older members of the family. Miss
Alice is said to have received many valu-
able articles of jewelry. Archie contlib-
uted probably the most interesting feature
of the days celebration. He had secretly
installed a little Christmas tree in a
clothes closet, and the White House cleo
trician had placed in the branches a NUM-
Der of tiny incandescent lamps. Alter the
distribution of presents, Archie led the
family to the hidden tree with ITS Drill
liant lights and gaudy decorations. The
members of the family We're, OF course,
delighted and greatly surprised.
Christmas packages that have arrived
during the past two weeks have been
slowed away in the library. This
morning the family will assemble in
the room, and there will be grand dis
tribution. The morning will be spent N
helping the little ones with their toys.
There will be big Christmas dinner. The
turkey for this feast is sent every year
by Mr. Voss,a resident of Rhode Island.
In the afternoon there may be visit to
the home of Mrs. Cowles, the sister OF
Mrs. Roosevelt. There will certainly be a
drive through the parks The children
viii retire early. while the president and
Mrs. Roosevelt win entertain a party of
friends at dinner
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-25

been made this year.
The lucky children in the French en-
bassy have two days of JOY. In France
st. Nicholas, attended by little saints
dressed in furs and carrying packs, makes
the rounds of all the houses on December
6. He leaves gifts for the good children
of the French embassy are good, of course.
and switches for the bad. The children
so they were favored with presents on
December 6, and will get a whole lot
more this morning French children
range their shoes in the chimney place on
Christmas eve.
Gifts are brought to the Haitian lega-
ton by the infant Jesus. There can be
no doubt of that, for one moment a
youngster of the household, almost burst
ing with excitement, declared that he had
seen the holy child leaving them.
The Russian Christmas comes II days
after December %. In the absence of
children only the Russian day is OBJ
served 1t is time of reunions, festivlty
and the exchange of gifts.
In the South American legations the
day is solemn religious festival. Mass
is celebrated at midnight on Christmas
eve. The place of honor in the house is
given to the manger, or nacimiento, rep
resenting the Dirt hof Christ. There are
figures of the shepherds and wise men
in wax grouped around the infant Jesus.
Christmas trees and gifts also figure in
the celebration.
At the Mexican embassy jar filled
with nuts and bonbons is suspended from
the back porch. Various members of the
family, blindfolded, strike at the jar with
a long stick When one finally breaks it
all engage in scramble in the shower of
sweets Then basket filled with gifts is
passed around.
There is a great tree at the Aus
trian embassy in honor of Miss Mela, al
most years old, who proudly proclaims
herself an American girl. As was the
case last year, all the little ones of the
diplomatic corps, about 80 in number, have
been invited to see the wonderful tree.
Great feasts, in which native delicacies
secured for the occasion form the most
prominent feature, are served at all the
legations on Christmas day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-25

possessions of the Christendom, the birth
place of Jesus Christ, whose being they do
not recognize.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14

The April number of the Paradise
of the Pacific" keeps up the very high
standard set by that excellent publica-
ton. The number is devoted largely
to an exposition of the possibilities of
the coffee industry on the islands, with
proper encouragement, but there is
much besides that to make the number
a valuable one to home people and a
more valuable one to send to people
abroad. A town is judged by the pub
LEGATIONS in it. in these days. and by
that standard a most creditable notion
of Honolulu can be created by those
who win send copies Of the Paradise
of the Pacific" to their friends in the
States. Besides the coffee. specialties,
there is an article in this months Para
disc on "A Hawaiian Bill of Fare" by
Elinor A. Langton. and a timely and
sympathetic sketch of the career of the
late Joseph B. Atherton. The illustra-
lions. as usual. are excellent.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14
A VETERAN JOURNALIST.

The retirement from Journalism whitney Adye
t period of hfyour
years Of
rinqushed of that magazine
earned and
of his fellow citizens nj
| him o enjoy
he
in employ
journalists of that day
Horace Greeley James Gordon Bennett James Watson Webb and Henry
less frequent
poenieal Tribune the
but enerpsing Herald the punacous Courier ana
Commercial Advertiser, the
building the commerce and
trade of the metropolis and of the Union 1t may be that Mr. Whitney
excitement cherished the
the city of San Francisco at any rate
the
limitations of his
small and permit
though not continually Mr. whitney was the
an eo rt ~ d Or Of harm to the community according to his
the old shows
81 70 those benirn enteps which in less than half
a Not that
the was amiabe to the point of forgetting
spoke
citizenship But this after
that between good
without
his secular day the he did,
educating all the
recy an influence which hard and with which no other ndd
his only
be
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policies
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14

consent of the merchants. If the mer-
chants now decide to discontinue the
health tax, by what semblance of au-
thority do the committee arbitrarily
continue to collect it and use the PRO-
ceeds for purposes of their own selec-
ton?
If the committee can collect and dis
hurse the tax without the consent of
the. merchants. why do they give as
an excuse for not doing what the mer-
chants want with the proceeds, that
they must first have the consent of the
payers OF the tax, to divert it from
its original purpose?
If the merchants had the power to
authorize the collection of the tax in
the first instance, and TO name the pur-
pose for which it could be expended,
why have they not the power to change
the purpose now?
Is not this a case of the tail trying
to wag the dog?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14
DENYING TREATY RIGHTS.

The average Hawaiian legislator
agrees with the famous Tim Campbell
that the constitution shouldn't matter
between friends He frames law
which he wants and, thinking it a good
thing. pushes it along, leaving the
Constitution to take the hindmost and
the courts to repair breaks
That is the spirit which actuates the
AyIett bill compelling hackmen, doing
business in this Territory, to know
either the English or Hawaiian Ian
guages. II he happens to be a Por-
tuguese, who only knows his mother
tongue, a German OF the same lingual
Limitations. or an uneniightened China
man or japanese. he can't go into the
hack business lawfully. At least that
is the proposition which Representative
Ayiett wants the Legislature to enact.
Now it happens that the Organic law
OF the United States and the statutes
which inhere to it, are strongly solicit
tous about the rights Of individuals.
All "persons'-not citizens only but
persons residing in the United States,
are guaranteed the equal protection of
the laws CO. s. Constitution. Art.
XIV. Sec. - A treaty with foreign
power when formally ratified by the
Senate becomes the law Of the land
and the rights of aliens under it are
equally sacred with the rights OF citi-
gems under the Constitution itself. No |
foreigner is debarred from doing bust
ness in the United States in his own |
language; and If an attempt is made on
the score OF his ignorance of English |
or any local dialect like Hawaiian to
cut of his means Of livelihood then ne
falls back upon his treaty rights. which
give him equality OF protection under
the law.
This is what the Aylett bill is run
ming counter to. That measure blandly
proposes to deprive the foreigner Of his
treaty rights. Should the bill become a
law the alien viii appeal to Judge Es-
tees court for redress and he viii as
suredIy get 1t. in which case Mr..
Ayiett's scheme will be labor lost and
Hawaiian ideas Of legislation viii raise
another laugh.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14
Honolulu Iron Works Co
STEAM ENGINES

BOILERS. SUGAR MILLS, COOL
ERS, BRASS AND LEAD CASTINGS
and machinery OF every description
made to order. Particular attention
paid to ship's blacksmithing. Job work
executed on shortest notice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14
A TOURIST FUND.
IThe ohiciai aud Commercial Rscord.l

[The Official aud Commercial Rscord.l
A rather curious condition of affairs
has developed in connection with the
attempt to secure funds with which to
attract tourist travel to Hawaii
About year or more ago plague was
rampant in the Orient, and was liable
to be brought to Honolulu.
The Home Rule legislature had re-
fused to provide the necessary funds
to guard the port from infection. or
to properly inspect the slum portions
of the town.
Under these circumstances, the mer-
chants of Honolulu. who knew what
the presence of plague meant, came to
the rescue, and volunteered to assess
themselves at the rate of Is cents a
ton on all freight imported, the pro-
ceeds to go toward protecting the town
from another visitation of plague.
To carry the proposition into effect
committee OF three was appointed
from among the members of the Cham
Der of Commerce. known as the "Ship-
pers Committee" who supervised the
collection and disbursement of the ton
mage tax. The proceeds were devoted
to paying for the quarantine wharf. to
planking up the wharves so that the
spaces underneath were made air tight.
enabling fumigation to kill rats; to flu
migation and to extra inspection in the
town
The voluntary tax has served its
purpose well. The plague was kept out.
The tax has been reduced to 10 cents
ton. The Legislature is in session
and should provide literally for the
purposes to which the tax has here
tofore been appropriated. The tax
should therefore be discontinued.
This is the view which a large ma
jority Of the merchants of Honolulu
take; but the method Of raising fund
for the common good has proved so
easy and satisfactory that they are
willing that i. should be continued and
the collections devoted to promoting
tourist travel.
Committees on tourist travel appoint
ed respectively by the Chamber of
Commerce and the Merchants Associa-
ton have recommended this course,
and resolutions supporting the PROPOSE
ton have been adopted by both organi-
zations.
This would appear to be decisive of
the question; but at this stage the
shippers Committee" which is simply
the executive representative of the
merchants, refuses to comply with the
resolution. on the ground that the orig
inal tax was not authorized for this
purpose; and second that they propose
to continue to collect the tax. whether
the merchants like it or not, for health
purposes alone.
This raises several points for rehec-
ton.
The only authority that the COM
mittee have for levying any tax is the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14

The appearance of Volcano Marshall
as the editor of an American daily
paper in Shanghai will give the English
residents Of that Chinese treaty port
some fresh and novel shocks. Up to
the advent in Yokohama of Mr..
'z,horne's Box of Curios. several years
ago, the Journalism Of the Far East
that is to say the Anglo Saxon kind.
was modelled upon the most severe lines
of British rectitude Solid columns of
grave narrative and serious discussion.
with scant headlines and no signs of
Eprightliness. least of all any signs of
criticism of men and things at home.
narked and characterized the average
daily paper. The Box of Curios, mod
eIed upon the mythical Arizona Kick.
err. woke up the English-speaking colo
niles Of Japan as If it were plague of
bees and has kept those naturally
somnolent bodies in a state of more or
less excitement ever since. They can
vivid and irreverent methods and to
his total disregard for the sanctity of
persons. The Chinese ports, however,
are outside the Thorne baiiiwick and
stfn cling to the old London press tradi-
tions. though notably scandalized at
times by the American journalism at
Manila But their time has finally
come. Now appears Volcano Marshall,
IN their very midst 70 show them
whats what" and that he win do IL
fairly goes without the saying. The
Advertiser does not hesitate to predict
that there VIII be mass meetings in
Shanghai yet to discuss the abatement
of Marshall and 10 formulate letters
to the London Times upon the vandal
American invasion of the somber
dreamIand Of British colonial Journal
ism.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14

Editor Advertiser: Is there any way
TO find out. without paying money for
analysis, whether Honolulu drinking
water is pure2 The lately-printed re-
port on the Nuuanu watershed made
me think that the water supplied the
city from the valley reservoirs might
be full OF germs. If II is want to get
used to rain-water. How can tell?
MRS. II.
A simple test Of drinking water is to
nj a pint bottle three-quarters fun.
Dissolve half a teaspoonful Of pure
granulated sugar in the water and cork
the bottle. Set it in a warm place for
two days. If in this time it becomes
cloudy it is unfit for domestic use Be
careful that the bottle is as absolutely
clean as you can make it. and the sugar
is pure.
A second simple test is the following:
Obtain about I'VE cents worth of sat
urated solution of permanganate of
potassium. Add FIVE drops of this to a
pint bottle of the water. This will turn
the water beautiful rose purple. If
there is any considerable amount of
organic matter in the water, this color
win turn. In the course of a few hours,
to more or less dirty reddish brown.
II the color Of the bottle remains for
twelve hours unchanged from the rose
purple color it had at first. it may be
considered free from dangerous organ
isms.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14

Twenty odd new statutes have been
passed by the Legislature, signed by
the Governor. and are now the law of
the Territory. 1t viii be sixty days
probably. before these laws are avail
able in book form. Meanwhile they
are all being published, Immediately
upon their passage. in the Official and
Commercial Record. Subscribe for a
copy and find out what the law is.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14

A PAIN IN THE CHEST is natures
warning of a threatened attack of
pneumonia. Dampen a piece of flannel
with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bind
over the seat of pain. and another on
the back between the shoulders. One
application gives relief. Try it. Ben
son. Smith & Co.. Ltd. wholesale
agents, sell it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14

1t is hard to tell whether col
Lake is most at home as suffering
Boer" or an insufferable bore.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-14
wa. G. IRWIN & COMPANY. Id
AGENTS FOR

AGENTS FOR
Western Sugar Refining Co, aas
Francisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, PAi1aAss.
Dhia, Pa.
Newell Universal NH Co., Manufae
turers OF National Cane Shredder, New
York, N. z.
Parafine Paint Company. Ban Era.
cisco, Cal
Ohlandt & Co., San Francisco, Cal.
Pacific OIL Transportation Ce., san
Francisco. Cal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-07-03
Old English HaIfpence.

How many collectors of coins know
anything about the curious halfpence
issued centuries ago by English au-
Observation-Disclosures In tho truest sense
Of the word, since they were nothing
more than minted pennies cut directly
In half? Specimens OF these coins have
been discovered frequently among the
buried treasures which from time TO
time have been unenrthed I'm Great
Britain. In Lancashire In 1910 were
found a rare lot OF coins. among which
were several pennies OF the time OF
Alfred and Edward divided I'm this
way.
Similarly divided pence OF the time
Of Edward the Confessor have been
found. and in speaking OF the dlscoy-
cry In 1893 OF number Of these curl.
Gus halfpence OF the time Of William
the COnqueror an unquestiOned au-
thority states that they were probably
issued from the mlnts In that form,
since the whole collection had evident
ly been in circulation.
In the British museum in London are
specimens OF these divided coins issued
under various monarchs from Alfred
to Henry III. An eminent archmlogist
accounts for the divided coins by say
ing that this doubtless arose from the
scarcity OF small change. which was In
part remedied under the reign OF Ed
ward I. by the coinage OF halfpence
and farthings.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-07-03

land, and day by day the fire flashed
In Gabrielles dark eyes and her little
pointed chin tilted higher as she
looked toward Mandego point and
waited.
1t was {. might Of early autumn glory,
Monday. The September moon rose
like great flame colored flower above
the crest OF Mackinac, and by the time
1t had reached midheaven the glamour
Of Its golden witchery spread over the
face OF the waters like magic SPELL
Gabrielle watched 1t from the tall
sand dunes, the ones where Put had
borne her on his shoulder to watch the
boats come up the straits There was
no light on Mandego point, but the
night was clear and bright, and she
caught the sparkle of dripping oars
as boat shot out from the shadows
OF the mainland Into the broad path
Of moonbeams that brldged the way to
the point. There were two figures in
the boat She held her breath, striv-
ing to catch the sound of voices on
the still night mir but instead from out
the darkness toward Macklnnc came
three long deep signals Gabrielle
started TO her feet at the sound. II
was the North Queen bound for Buffa-
10. and In her course lay the boat.
Suddenly she saw that Danny had
shipped his oars and was standing.
She knew his slight form instantly,
but the man at the rudder never
stirred, Danny bent over him a mo-
ment ma n to rensaure hImself then
slipped overheard into the water and
made for the mainland with long. sure
strokes.
An instant and Gabrielle besitated,
Again the North Oueen sirnaled. and
her port lights showed bright and
clear as she swept past the great. shad.
owy Mackinac island and came ON like
n phantom shin of the night
And. for the rest they tell II at Petit
Jeans. and blind Louis made n song of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-07-03
why women Are Afraid of Mice

In all ages women were supposed to
be more prone TO superstition than
men, and who knows but that the
dread Of woman on the appearance
Of a rat or II mouse may not be due. in
part at least, TO an ancient superstition
which has Travelled down the ages
from the time when our remote fore
fathers believed that rats and mice
we're the souls Of the departed7 Nu-
merous are the stories which made the
ancients believe that souls were rats
and mice. and some Of these stories are
very curious.
I'm Tburlngla, at Saalfeld," says
Barring Gould, "a servant girl fell
asleep while her companions were
Smelling nuts. They observed little
red mouse creep from her mouth and
run out Of the window. One Of the fell
lows present shook the sleeper, but
could not wake her, 10 he moved her
10 another place Presently the mouse
ran back 10 the former place and dash
I'd about seeking the girl. Not finding
her, II vanished. At the same moment
the girl died"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-07-03
30 r Rim TIN g
auuHk
LARGE POSTERS, HANDBILLG.
CIRCULARS,
CARDS, BLANKS
BiLL-HEADS,
Together with every other description Of
PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING,
Executed with neatness and dispatch.

Yearly advertisers will be allowed 70
change four times during the year without
charge. Advertisements should be marked
with time and space they are to occupy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-07-03
TroIloDe Disagreed.

Although Anthony Trollope never
smoked, he liked being with those who
did. II soOthed his nerves, he said, and
sent him 10 sleep. ON one occasion,
when he had Just returned to London
from South Africa, he was talking at
the Cosmopolitan club TO Lord Cnrna-
Won, Lord Derby. grOude, the historian,
Lord Wolseley and one or two others
equally famous on the future Of that
country. In the midst Of the discussion
Trollops fell asleep, and after a quar-
tor Of an hours done he awOke, shaking
himself together like the faithful
growing Newfoundland dog he ~
much reSembled. DiSSentient even II
his Inconsistencies, he splutteret
forth: II utterly disagree with ever,
one Of you. What In II you saldr
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1903-07-03

In the Circuit Court for Montgomery county,
No. 420, Miscellaneous Petitions.