The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
ST. NICK PRANKY
AMONG The RICH
Oil King and Other Millionaires
Male and Female, Gave of
Their Savings.

New York, Dec. 26.-John D. Rookie
telegraph and telephone operators at
Tarrytown SIS each as Christmas gifts.
His brother, William Rockefeller, gave
them $40 each.
Mrs. Hetty Green, America s richest
woman, gave two candy canes, 'wooliy
toy COW and a penny bank to boy in
Hoboken, N. J.
President Roosevelt gave toys and
sweets to the school children Of Oyster
Bay: mn ~:
ners to the hungry Bowery dodgers.
G. Oliver Iselin, millionaire yachts
man, gave a gold piece to each of his
employees at New Rochelle.
Jacob schiR and the Cook.
Jacob H. Schiff, the banker, gave his
cook, Lena, $4,000 for Christmas pres
ent. Everyone in the schiff family has
the highest regard for Lena; there is
not a dyspeptic atom In hundred din
ners she prepares. Indeed, it is said,
that the only reason Mr. Schiff wanted
to fight Cornelius N. Bliss at that IA
nous meeting Of the Equitable direct
ors, was because Mr.. Schiff was late for
| a dinner Lena had cooked.
NIS. QUILL SdV6 ACud d CluSLOI O1e1-
mond ring. Mrs. Felix Wernburg, Mr..
Schiff Is daughter, presented the cook
with a gold watch and neckchain and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer Schiff sent Lena
a handsome check. Lena came to this
country to teach German, but found it
more profitable to cook in the German
fashion. Twenty-Five years ago today
she fell off a Christmas tree, 50 to speak,
into the Schiff household. Now she is
| Independent financially. She cooks for
| love Of the Schiffs and Of her art. "
Santa Was Burglar. e.
While lying awake early yesterday
morning listening for Santa Claus to
Alfred Bauer Of Kingsbridge Heights,
! heard a window raised. She was sure it
was st. Nicholas and she lay perfectly
STILL But the intense stiffness that fol-
lowed the raising of the window was too
much of a strain on the child 8 nerves.
She crept into her fathers room and
whispered, "Papa, Santa Claus is down
stairs. [ heard him raise the window. -
Mr.. Bauer was out of bed in an in
slant. He guessed it was not Santa
Claus. He telephoned to the police, who
arrived about three minutes after Mr..
Bauer saw two men rush from the
house and disappear. Nothing was stol-
en- by the intruders, who were evident
ly frightened by the telephone bell. Lit
tie May has not been told who her Santa
Claus was.
Christmas for Cats and Dogs
The vagrant cats and dogs that live
at the Bide-a-wee home for stray ami
mails, on West Thirty-eighth street, had
a glorious Christmas celebration. 1t
started very early in the morning, when
the fifty animal waits found that Santa
Claus had been busy. Each of the dogs
had been left q shining new collar, while
the cats were delighted to find brilliant
ribbons in their stockings. There were
explosions Of ecstacy all over the home
and it was agreed that there were to be
no fights during the holiday. In the af.
ternoon a number of society women
dropped in to extend greetings.
.- 100000 Toilers Happy. @@
No workers were happier as Christ
mas came than the 100000 skilled men
in the building trades when it was Of
ficially announced that every union
with the exception Of the housesmiths
and bridgemans, had signed trade
agreement Of from one to three years
to go into effect on Jan. 1.
By this action the unions have offici
ally repudiated the strike of the struc
tural iron workers. This means that the
strikers will receive no aid and that the
strike will soon go to pieces. It is ex
pected that in a few weeks sufficient
men will have been hired to replace the
striking iron workers on the buildingt
on which operations have been sus
pended.