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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
COVER AT THE BROWNS"
The Stripping of the Christmas Tree on Neo Years Eoe
Is am Old World Custom to Mark the Close Of
the Holiday Season and Is One of
the JolIiest Gatherings.

Betty will probably be busy all next
week putting these little trifes together,
for each package will contain joke
and a rhyme, both prophetic. They will
be hidden all over the house, and no
one will take any package that does not
bear his number.
Dumb crambo, proverbs, stage coach,
spin -the-platter and other games will
be PLAYED, and then every one will cir
Gle around the tree. Somebody will
play a march which will come to an
abrupt conclusion when each guest will
snatch from the tree what is, just be-
fore him, Many Of the trlnkets, the
fully put away by Mrs. Brown and Bet
ty, 50 that the guests are at liberty
to make merry with the remainder.
Perhaps some one will throw q string
of popcorn around Betty's shoulders
or crown Mrs. Brown with wreath
Of cranberries. There will be a snap
ping bonbon for every one and the
cakewalk, which may be led by staid
Mr.. Gray from across the street, -four
ishing a candy cane, and old Mrs. Ma
son proudly carrying a tarlatan stock
ing. One by one the decorations will
disappear until nothing is left on the
tree but the candles, and then every,
body must blow one out for luck. II
second GIld1 ID AoOSoodAy w oAoAA
guish the flame, the luck will be slow
in coming. At last the tree will stand
shorn of its glory, only an evergreen
again, no longer glittering mystery.
By this time it will be IL o clock,
and just before the hour strikes the
New Years punch will be served, and
as the clocks and whistles. herald the
entrance of "Naqghty Fiye' the guests
will drink good luck to him and them
selves standing with hands braided
after the old Scotch fashion.
"We. usually present an unconven
laughed Betty, "for the evening hat
been such a. romp that ,pompadou will
stray from hairpins and our decorations
and caps give us most hilarious air
But New Years only comes .9 once e+ In n S6s $
We have had this sort of party every
year since lean remember, and it i
quite an important feature Of the holi
days, for the stripping Of the Christ
mas tree is an old-world custom to sig
Nifty that the Christmas fun is ove'
"and the workday life must be re
s,1me6 -
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
VEAL ALZHYWOlNENPZA PZANFOR POOR
The Christmas Celebration of the Nep York ion0ire includes
Dinners and Vaudeville Shoes for the Poor-Mrs El
bridge Gerry Has Hired E0e1y Punch and
Judy Shoe in the City.

to do with the artichokes. This year,
Mrs. Kernochan will content herself
with enough tobacco to last year for
the men and knitted shawls and nit
tens for the women.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt has invited
the children at the Bronx orphanages
to vaudeville show, and the other Van
derbilt women will entertain the people
on their estates. The members Of the
Lodge, Phelps and Stokes families have
charge of the celebration at the Uni
versity settlement and concert pro-
gram by famous musicians is one Of the
features.
the children Of Garrison, N. Y, with
tree and vaudeville show, and Mrs. Ell
bridge T. Gerry: has engaged every
Punch and Judy show in New York for
the amusement Of the thousands Of East
Mrs. Russell Sage will entertain the
working girls and has made personal
visits to ascertain their needs.
The New York hospitals will be
frightened with plants and flowers to-
morrow thru the generosity of Miss
her own right. Miss Leary sends flow
ers to the hospitals every week of the
year, but on Christmas her orders are
trebled. SO that every patient may have
The italian children will be looked af-
ter by the Mckay Twombleys. The ar
rangements are all made by the Twom-
bley agents, but the small mites will
enjoy their dinner and tree just as much
| as tho the family gave them their per-
sonal supervision.
Christmas has it's duties as well as
pleasures and no one feels them more
that the wealthy women Of New York,
who have more Of a reputation for ex-
trava panca than charity
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

T>HE BROWNS always leave their
Christmas tree up until New
II Years eve, and then each mem
Der of the family invites. a
friend ors two to JOIN 5a,nna+;ema in itrlpp'nfgf 4
is Usually Us a neighborhood gathering,
with very much grown, people tor Mr.
and and bows bows 4"H. For Betty, E and Che school
Youngsters for Billie, Sue and Tom, but
the combinatio makes a, group winch
stops at nothing in the way OF 9doarations at?nc
and the tree is, of course, the center OF
ssIn. some ways it 's. the iolliest party
of the year" Betty, declared when she
told me about IT. for th eyeiGGyDoay; N}iGyb ayy;rs +
bubblng over Wlth the no nol1aIY s g spfr1' fnn
than grown person who hasn't for
gotten how to enjoy childish pleasures.
You would think father was younger
than Billie, and he encourages that
small b,9,y in mischief to an alarming
There are never. more than twenty.
five at this stsripping of the Christmas
tree and the guests come early and stay
until after midnight. Betty will make
stars out Of gilt paper and then cut
them 80 that no, two pieces will match
unless they originally were part OF one
whole. Half Of these star selections
will hang by red ribbons from the door
way into the library, and the other hall
BY green ribbons in the diningroom arch
and when the guests have arrived they
will be blindfolded and told to chose
section. The women will have the rec
ribbons and the men the green, anc
those whose halves match will be part
ners for the evenings pleasure.
Twelve lighted candles will be placed
in, a line in the hall and over these
everybody must Jump to see If the new
=. year will bring luck: If the jumpe
vaults the last candle without extin
gushing a fame, he can count on goot
fortune, but if any light goes. out, the1
misfortune is sure to find him in th'
month the taper was named for.
Mr.. Brown has made fortune =
wheel out of wheel from Billie g bicy
Gle by fastening a pointer to the rim an
placing the whole on sheet Of pape
bearing circle whose sections are mum
: bered from one to twenty-five, Fac
guest will spin the wheel and whel
Che pointer shows q number he mus
hunt for the fortune which bears it
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

toilettes that are SO important a part
cent importation was in faint corn
yellow shade with trimmings Of yel-
low valenciennes lace. The skirt had a
curious apron front arrangement. and
full founces at the sides and back set
on in sharp points. The apron was out,
lined End the a9unce % sh55eringn, headed
above which were set tiny lace 70
settles caught in the center with tur-
quoise nailheads. The bodice is draped
over a fitted lining and by a clever
arrangement from the side seams to tho
front simulatesa gird1e. This combina-
tion Of the girdle shaped in one with
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
Princely Dollhouses.

Every dolls house ordered by Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs. George
Gould from Santa Claus for their mill
girl friends is equipped with genuine
brass beds, real Persian rugs, hardwood
floors, porcelain tubs, nickel plumbing,
fine china, cut glass, napery in imported
and truly burn, and d-positively-a tiny
typewriter for the doll chatelaine IS doll
secretary. Every house is wired for in
candescent bulbs Of quarter-candle pow.
er, with ornamental switches, and every
toy mansion has a toy stable, in which
stand practical carriages, prancing cobs
and doll automobiles that puff along as
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

by men are induced to virtue and godly
living, and so may. seem. after, some
sort, to be caught. The covered cups
refer to the chalice used in. the COM
1nunion service. The unicorn is the SYM
bol of virtue, strength and extreme
courage. The Christmas arms repro
duced are gules, on fasse raguly ar
gent, three martlet IS sable, canton er-
mine crest, an arm .emboned, habited or,
covered with leaves vert, supporting q
staff couped and raguly argent. Arms
of the Christie family display holly
branch, withered and sprouting anew.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
Ghrigtiat,

Scott tells a story Of g. woman who in
the bitterness Of her disappointment at
not Ieeeiying ass assistance tSnss Of Of s9me %p sort,
here's" and was answered, 1--WE be a.
Elliots and Armstrongs.' In EPeveril
of the Peak,' Edward Christian plays
an important part.
The name has been common one In
the Isle Of Man for many centuries.
One of the family was member Of the
House of Keys as early as 1422. In the
seventeenth century, EVAN Christian
was deemster or judge Of the isle. His
son William is famous in Manx history
under the name lillian Ohone-'f brown
haired William.' He and his brother
John were designated "the ablest and
honestest gentlemen in the island. -
But William fell on evil times. Left in
charge Of the troops and protector Of
# the celebrated Charlotte de la. Trem-
vile, wife Of Earl Derby, when the
earl went to England to join the royal
ist army, William was accused of trea-
son and beheaded. His memory is kept
1 alive by the ballad entitled "Basse
lillian Ohone''- -"Death Of Brown
haired William The ballad dwells
upon the retribution that befell the
family Of those who were responsible
for his death. ..~
It must not be forgotten that in the
romances of. De Troyes Chrestien, born
Of the alliance Of the Holy Grail and
the Round Table legend, SO popular in
the middle ages, and to these romances
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

the waist portion is, by the way, one
of the latest fashion fa9cies: 4 c9mbi-
der, outlining the V-shaped chemisette,
and is finished with lace frills like the
skirt. Large and fiat rosettes Of the
lace are disposed on the bertha and
chemisette, the sleeves droop in a full
puff to the elbow and from there deep
rutfle 4alls over full lace undersleeves.
There is soft grace about crepe de
chine that admirably suits it to, the
present modes, and since it is made now
in double widths like cloths of the bet
ter grades of silk, womankind is seiz-
ing on it readily as the ideal fabric for
dressY or indoor wear.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

Christian is name which occurs in
Domesday book and other ancient rec
ords:. Its derivation is obvious. Names
ten, Christman, Christmans, Christer,
Christie, Christie, Ohristy, Chrystie,
Christey, Christensen, Christison, Chris:
Christiancy. Chrestien is the form in
Normandy and was borne by many
Huguenots. McChristen is another
form.
Christian is a very common name in
some parts Of Scotland. Sir Walter
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

in the pot, and the worms can shift
about and escape. There need be no
fear Of injury jny to oo1l the plant, as water
active properties Of lime in suspension
never enough to harm any plant, un-
les sit happens to be one which objects
decidedly to lime in any form, like the
azalea. Air-slacked lime-ime which
has been exposed to the action Of the
ar Gnt It is ready TO at
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

Mrs. Durley has been engaged in
newspaper work for number Of years
in Iowa. Her husband was formerly
manager Of the Des Moines Daily News.
AT the time Of his death, ten years ago,
Mrs. Durley succeeded to his share in
the paper and was one Of the heaviest
stockholders when the concern was re-
Gently sold to a syndicate.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

iNXXXXXNIX:ENIXX3XE ss.A'sa':s
india. since 1898. Lord Suffolk owns
about ten thousand acres, his seat be-
ing Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wilt
shire, The earl has strong athletic
tastes, being active in hunting, fishing,
shooting and cricket.
He came over recently in the com.
pany Of his fellow officer, Major Colin
Campbell, and acted as his best man
at his wedding with Miss Nancy Leite1
at Washington q few weeks ago.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
OUEsTION FOB MONDAY

Relief From Insomnia.-I have been
troubled with sleeplessness and am
worried for fear will fall q victim
to insomnia. Can you tell mo Of any
thing that will help mel. 7. IA.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

The California grand Lodge OF Masons. which
includes the subordinate 10 rs Of Hawaii Is
planning to build in San Francesca temple larga
enough to accommodate all grand bodies OF the
craft within its jurisdiction. The present temple
Is about forty years old.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

The common snail has lungs, heart and
general circulation and Is in every respect an
air-breathing creature This notTithstanding. hs
atom Of air, that which is usually considered ths
essential to existence in all creatures supplied
with lungs.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24


laid of
point
the bustln
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

A Finnish housewife buys new broom every
sweeps her whole house every day, and the
broom she uses is just bundle OF fresh. green
the dust
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
WHAT WOMEN
WANT TO KNOW

Worms In Flowerpots.-Is there any
way Of killing the worms which will
get into the soil of potted plants,
without injuring the plants? Mrs. b.
Put piece Of perfectly fresh lime
as large as an ordinary sized cofeecup
in a ten-quart pail Of water. II fresh,
it will soon dissolve and as soon as the
Of water and lime subsidies, pour off the
clear water from the sediment, and ap-
ply this to your plants. Use enough to
thoroly satnrate all the soil in the pot,
for unless this is done, there is nothing
gained by using 1t, as a small quantity
imply uaoiStens q fraction Of the soil
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
CORNER Nv ANCESTORS
CHRISTIAN FAMILY.

Name Occurs v D0mesday BookFansons sn amT History
Ieunysou Indebted for Legend of Ro~nd Table to Chrese,
he Has Its Fair Women and Brace Men
In War, Conspicuous for Gallantry Family
History. p
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-15
NEWS IN BRIEF

At Paris T. E. Boessle, owner of Ar
lilgton hotel, Washington, D. c.. died
suddenly.
King Edward started for Bohemia to
take his annual cure at the baths. He
travels incognito.
At st. Louis the Catholic total alb
stinence national convention met.
Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati cele-
brated pontifical high mass.
OF the 1873 passengers known to have
been on the Inflated Missouri Pacific
flyer. wrecked at Eden Sunday, so
dead had been identified and two un-
identified. Thirty-three are missing.
At ConstantinOple Minister Leish-
man has received a message from the
porte promising favorable communica-
ton in a day or two regarding the
American representation in reference
to the school question and other mat
tiers.
A carry-all containing four persons
was struck by COney Island trolley
car near the Brighton Beach race
track. Thomas Osborne, clerk of the
Coney Island police court, was killed
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-15

and Alderman Frederick Lundy in
jured.
AT 81. Louis consideration of the re-
pjort of the committee on laws was re-
sumed by the international Topographic
cal union. The committees recommen-
dation that no member shall enlist in
any military service under penalty of
expulsion was Overwhelmingly de-
feated.
dispatch from Paraguay, says the
government has discovered a plot to
proclaim a revolution on the arrival of
the steamer Sajonia, which sailed from
Laplata Aug. 4 with $50 men and six
Krupp guns aboard. The government
has made many arrests and proclaimed
martial law.
John Harper, former president OF
the Victor miners union and late man.
ager of the miners union store in
Victor, Colo, one of deported union
lists, returned to camp but was seized
at home by a party of masked men
and driven out of the district Officers
Immediately started in pursuit of the
deporting crowd.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-15
BIGGEST ATTRACTION OF THE
KIND EVER HELD.
GREAT DAY FOR HORSES
Prizes for Fine Horses Alone Amount
to $3.50, o0o-vast Attendance Ex-
pected-Visitors May Live in Tents
With all Home Comforts and at
Very Low Rates.

st. Louis, Aug. 11.-During the last
week in August there will be the great
est live stock exhibit at the st. Louis
worlds fair that the world has seen.
Stock men from all over the country
will be in the city to participate in the
competition for the prizes.
The managers of the exposition, the
national and state commissions, and
the national associations of horse
breeders have provided cash prizes to
the amount of S25O,O0O for horses
alone, a sum largely in excess of all
cash prizes to be offered this year for
exhibits of horses by all the state and
provincial fairs of America combined.
The final edition of the prize list of
the live stock department Of the ex-
position is ready for distribution to
intending exhibitors and can be had
upon application. 1t is the most COM
plete classification ever prepared for
an exhibit of live stock and includes
all breeds of domestic animals that
are of utility to man.
The various live stock associations
of the country have provided many
special prizes for the encouragement of
exhibits of the breeds in which the
respective organizations are especially
interested. The prizes range from
various smaller amounts to more
than $4,000 each.
Arrangements have been made by
the National Horse Breeders asso-
citation for public sales of horses dur
ing the period of the horse show on the
fair grounds. The highest class of
horses has been assured for the sale.
and there will be no lack of spirited
competition from buyers from all the
horse-breeding districts of the world.
The program for the exhibition of
horses, mules and asses will extend
from August "a to September 1.
On account of the fact that as many
as possible of those interested in live
stock are invited to attend everything
possible has been done by the fair
management to make known the places
where rooms can be secured at low
prices. 1t is expected that many visi-
tors VIII take advantage OF the OppOr-
tunities afforded by the various tent
cities in the vicinity of the fair
grounds. The encampments not only
offer close proximity to the fair as an
advantage but fine accommodations at
from fifty cents to a dollar a day
These cosy tents with fine iron beds,
springs, mattresses, electric lights,
comfortable chairs, shower baths,
recreation rooms, hospital departments,
dining rooms, reading rooms, and bar
Der shops are attractive places at
which to stay while in st. Louis. They
combine the summer resort, as it were,
with the advantages of living within a
few feet of the fair and all this at a
most reasonable price.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-15

Paris, Aug. 11.-Ex-Premier Wal
decl-Rousseau died yesterday after
noon as the result of an operation.
DR.. Armour, a Canadian surgeon, and
DR.. Hauskler, a German specialist
were called to perform the operation
He died at Corbeil, Is miles from
Paris, at PAS p. m. He was SIS years
old, and was a son of Rene Waldeck-
Rousseau, a prominent member of the
assembly. Waldeck-Rousseau studied
law at ST. Lazare, where he pract:ced
for some time before settling at Rem
mes. There he made his first entrance
into politics, being elected deputy In
1879.
His best work was for the reform OF
the judiciary. He was reelected Aug.
81, 1881. and on Nov. IA of the same
year, although only S5 years old, was
admitted into Gambetta's cabinet as
minister of the interior.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-15

On June %, 1889, Waldeck-Rousseau
was called upon to form his own min
istry, and after having been success.
fully in office for over three years, he
resigned in June, 1902, his ministry
having the longest duration of any cab
met under the republican regime
Shortly after his resignation as prime
minister, having been repeatedly taken
III with trouble of the stomach, accC I'd
ing to some versions cancer and OtheIs
tumOr, waldeck-R Rousseau retired from
public life. An able statesman and
leader, he distinguished himself as one
of the foremost men of the republic.
He was also a writer of eminence on
judiciary matters.
All morning newspapers print eulog.
istic obituary notices, declaring that
France has lost a great, if not her
greatest statesman. The organ OF
the anti-cler!cal party bewails the fail
ure of the late premier to carry his
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-15
MILWAUKEE DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Mrs. Gorge Van Ellis Cuts Husbands
Throat While n Dinner.


Milwaukee, Aug. 11.-Fearing that
her husband vas about to leave her
and exasperatei by numerous quarrels
with him and by alleged deficiencies
on his part. Mrs. George w. Van ELS
tried 70 murder him yesterday noon by
cutting his throat with a razor while
he was ar dinner.
The woman succeeded in slashing his
throat twice and then ran out into the
hallway and cut her own throat. The
couple have two little boys, aged 3 and
10 years.
The physicians say their patients
will recover. Van ELS is a rougher in
the rolling mills at Bay View and when
he works he earns good wages. He is
said TO have been doing little of late.
After his wife had laid bare his wind
pipe (but without severing iD Van
ELS got up from the table and ran
after her in an attempt to take the
razor from her. She ran into the hall
and laid her own wind pipe bare with
a slash across her throat. She then
ran out doors still pursued by her hus-
band. Mrs. Van Ellis was earnest in her
wish to die for she resisted the efforts
Of the physicians To dress her throat.
She is 81 years old and her husband 80.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-15
SHOOTING SEA MAMMALS.
Only a Matter of Time When the
Whale Will Disappear.

New York Tribune-TwO whaling
stations have been established in the
British isles and three more are to
be. AS a whaling station costs S4O,-
600, there must be some evidence of
a stock of whales still in British
waters. II seems only a question OF
time, however, and no very long time
either, when these mighty and harm
less mammals shall disappear alto
gether. Their path is in the great
Deep" and they managed to hold
their own against the old class or
whaleships and harpOons thrown by
hand. but it must go hard with them
before the modern fast whaling
steamer armed with swivel guns for
the discharge of harpOOns.
II is only since the invention in
1866 of FOyn's destructive bomb har-
poon an explosive projectile which
bursts within the carcass of the ami
NAL that the Norwegian whalers have
dared to attack the formidable blaah-
val, Sibbald's rOfqua, or blue whale.
Even with this armament the pursuit
of the most gigantic animal in the
world is far from being without dan
ger. Talk of big game shoOtingl What
yarn can the most experienced shi-
kari spin equal TO one communicated
by Thomas SOUthwell to the current
quarterly number of the THE Annals
of Scottish Natural History"
ga blua whale harDOOned nv
Newfoundland whaler in Placentia
bay in March, 1903. not being struck
in a vital part, tOwed the steam
whaler Puma a distance of 122 miles,
the screw being reversed at full
speed the whole time, and not until
twenty-six hours had elapsed was it
exhausted and killed"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-15

OsceOla-The Polk County Press
that has been published in Osceola
since 1861, will move back to st. CroiS
Falls. the place of its birth. this week.
The paper was known at its birth as
The St. Croxian and the first issue was
gotten out in 1860. II is understood
that the Polk County Press and the
St. Croix Valley Standard will be con
solIdated and owned by a stock COM
pany with L, NJ. Catlin as business
manager.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-15
Found Dead in Alley.

Green Bay-An unknown man was
found dead in an alley way early yes
terday morning. He was about As
years OF age and there is nothing to In
dictate that death resulted from any
thing but natural causes. BY appear
ance he may have been a sailor. He
vas seen about town the day Before.