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Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
ON NEW YoRks EAST SIDE.
How New Year. Day |. Celebrated h the Italian Colony.

How New Year. Day |. Celebrated h
 the Italian Colony.
 The little boys and girls of Mulberry street on New York's queer east side. keep their pockets, purses and savings banks ready for New Years. This Is their great day. Whether or not the American Santa Claus put anything In their stockings on Christmas, their own uncles and aunts cannot get or without strenna de capo d'anno tNew Years gift. The strenna Is confined to the children and to cash. It is to be dis tributed by the relatives and friends of the household on New Years day. when calls and congratulations arc in order.
 "Buon capo d'annor' CA good head of the yearrD
 10 stesso vol per cento amir c'The same to you for a hundred yearsrD
 When the greetings are over the guests win be treated to vermicelli served with special sort of sauce and salad and -merluxxo" prepared with oil and lemon juice. The thought of the New Years vlands makes the black eyeu cniiureh smack theu reu ups. ana their time Is taken up with discussing 1t as we'll as with making forecasts as to how much of a strenna Uncle So- and-so and Cousin So-and-so win put in his or her little hand before leaving.
 The old folks in Italy. too. are think ing gratefully of the great land beyond the seas over the wine and vermicelll which they have bought with American money. If strenna Is here only given to children an exception is made for the old people at home. 10 whom New Years gift Is sent three or four weeks In advance so as to reach It's des- tnation in time for the great religious and civil holiday. The Mulberry street bankers do rushing business In capo d'anno remittances.-New York Herald
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
THE NEW YEAR IN JAPAN.
The Day When the MfAxndo Rna t~
 Get up at 6 osCicck.

The Day When the Mfkndo Rna t~
 Get up at 6 esCtcck.
 Quaint and curious. New Year GUS toms exist In Japan. where the list of January commences with religious festival celebrated at in the morn ing. At this time the mikado. dressed in Japanese costume. proceeds from the palace. followed by bis deputies ar rayed in ancient style and the foreign diplomats in rcgalia dress, He enters a small building or temple, prostrates himself to the east west. north and south. and all present pray for the prosperity of the nation.
 Later at ceremonial breakfast the emperor and empress receive their family and court for three hours. the rooms being thronged. At the expira- ton of that time the real year begins. and formal luncheon is served from which each guest fs expected to take a cup and saucer as a souvenir.
 Among the people the earth and heaven are propltiated by offerings of rice and vegetables. and strips Of red paper are pasted on the doors as a sign of good luck. This color is used exclusively save in cases where a death has occurred within a year. when blue paper Is used instead of red. The day ends with people stin saluting each other and attending the plays at the theaters, where gorgeous robes and monotonous voices are the distinguishing features. - New York World
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20

The First January New Years Day.
 Caesar selected the feast of Janus. the two faced god of war. as the years great mile stone. because the statue of this god seemed to look back into the past and forward into the future; hence on New Years day we are still paying tribute to a heatheu god. Prior to the reform of the calendar the Ro- mans observed the 2lst day of Decem- Der. the winter solstlce, as the begin hing of the year. This date and the summer solsticc. the 2ist of June, as well as the vernal and autumnai equi- noctial changes in March and Septem- Der. have come In for first place in tho year at various times in the history of the world.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20

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Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20
Chinese Conservatism

A Chinaman will not try method of doing things He will struggle along under burden suspended the ends of pole when wheel barrow would relieve him from the weight and help him make better progress.
 His philosophy teaches that the of his foefathers the him. and he revereny and regousy walks in the paths they walked does things exactly they did them Most American business unlike the Chnaman and only they willing adopt methods but they constantly seeking to discover them. One of the modern methods of obtaining light and by the of electricity Furnishing that
 Our plant is equipped provide residence light ing, store lighting, electric fans electric motors electric heaters electric cooking utensils; in fact for all in Canaan, Sharon and Norfolk
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-20

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   bedrooms finished Estimated $500,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
MINERS REJEcT ALL PROPOSALS.
Prepare for Strike April Ito Raise
90, SOC, 600 Fund.

Rejection OF the counter proposal of the
coal operators of the central competitive
district by an almost unanimous vote of the
Workers at Indianapolis yesterday and the
adoption Of resolution offered by Secre-
tary Ryan of Illinois. placing the miners
on record a unit in refusing to sign an
agreement for any district until an agree
ment was signed for all districts under the
jurisdiction Of the United Mine Workers,
has created situation which. in the opin-
ion of the officers OF the miners organiza-
ton, will result in disruption of the joint
agreement and possibly in n great strike OF
organized labor throughout the country.
Immediately following the rejection or
the operators proposal the miners conven-
ton set about to provide means for accu-
mulating strike fund of 50, 100000, in ad-
dition to like amount now On deposit IN
international, district sand subdlstrict treas
uries of the miners organization.
This subject was brought UP by Score
tary-Treasurer W. B. Wilson, who said, In
view of the fact, as he believed. that the
rejection of the operators proposal meant
a strike or an industrial war after April l..
he wished to inform the delegates that the
funds of the internati onal treasury couid
not at present be depended on to sustain
the miners in such gigantic struggle.
To provide for an emergency he moved
that a per capita tax of 81 a week be Votea
and that all districts take care of the de-
pendent miners within their jurisdiction for
at least six weeks. He said that after
ward, he believed, the International organ
ization would be in position to take care
of the miners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
CHURCH RIOTS IN FRANCE.
Clashes Over Execution of New Law
on Separation.

Everywhere in France the actual putting
into operation of the clause of the church
and state separation bill, which provides
for the making of inventories of the prop
erty of the churches has aroused storm
of protest. In several provincial parishes
Catholics have gathered in the churches
and made such strong resistance that the
government commissioners were unable to
enter the ediices.
In Paris yesterday violent scenes took
place in several churches, notably those of
st. Roche and St. Clotilde. An inventory
of the property of the church of st. Roche
has not yet been made, owing to the opz
position of the congregation, but the de-
tenders of the church of st. Clothilde sue
cumbed before the energetic assault of
armed force which acted on the avowed
intention of the government to use every
means at it's disposal to compel obedience
to the enactment. In the battle at St Clio
thilde more than 100 persons were injured.
In the chamber of deputies yesterday af-
ternoon Premier Rouvisr's reply to an in
terpella ton on the subject by a socialist
deputy, NJ. Allard, was given amid great
uproar. The government. however, secured
a vote of confidence by 3Si against 1865 after
the premier had assured the chamber that
the government was DESTROYS of using tact
and moderation in carrying out the law,
bit that it was fully determined to perform
its duty no matter what the cost, even en-
ployng armed forces II necessary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
Cremation Gaining Favor.
.ncouver Province.


Advocates of cremation as means or
discussing of the body after death are
GREATLY encouraged by the action of the
ecclesiastical authorities Of Westminster
Abbey in according Christian burial to the
ashes OF Sir Henry Irving. 1t IS regarded
as an admission by the Anglican church
that cremation is not contrary to Christian
doctrine and shows the great cnange that
has taken place since that ancient prac-
tice was revived some thirty years ago
Among Protestants the objections to 1t are
mainly sentimental, for the memory or the
blessed martyrs who departed in winding
sheets of fame forever settled the ques-
tion of the resurrection of the body. Gre
marion reduces the body 20 eehe8 On an
hour earth burial takes fifty years more
or less to accomplish the same results.
THE miracle Of the resurrection OF the
body Is as great in one case as In the
other Tho Roman Catholic church OBJ
iects to cremation mainly for the reason
that Il destroys, or seems to destroy, the
personality which II holds should be but
temporarily committed to the earth. But
It is beginning to be felt TO be mistake
TO emphasize the physical side of the ques-
ton, since scientific and sanitary reasons
especially applicable to the disposal OF the
dead In great modern cities, are all on the
side of cremation, more particularly in
cases OF death by contagious disease. ST.
Paul. in the chapter in Corinthians, so
constantly read at funerals, Is very strong
in repudla ting the idea that the decay OF
the natural body affects the resurrection
He calls him a fool who thinks that the
body buried or burned is that with which
the spirit villa be clothed hereafter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
A Whale Factory.

From the Technical World.
A whale factory" is always located in
some scantily populated seacoast harbor:
for the odors that rise from the chimneys
when whale is being tried out would
speedily arouse an urban population to
mob violence. The steamer is a stout lit
tie craft of 100 tons burden. capable OF
making u knots an hour; and is strongly
built and braced to enable it to withstand
chance blow from the mighty flukes of
maddened leviathan. Usually a single
shot from the harpoon gun results in
speedy death; but occasionally, when the
weapon fails to strike a vital point, thn
frenZied monster will career wildly IboIf
the ocean for hours, dragging the ship,
with engines reversed, over the water like
a cork.
Most desperate and dangerous of ell ma
rine monsters IS the humphrey WiIale.
When wounded the h'ImD-hlck W ii charge
the ship and attempt 20 deS..oy it, there
being a case on record where small
Norwegian whaler was sunk acI al hands
lost in such an encouncer, rnile another
steamer had narrow escape from a Simi
lar fate not many months ago in New
foundland waters
On one occasion an unusually powerful
bull blueback, harpooned in non-vital
spot, towed Is whaler for &c hours arnunl
Placentia bay, doubling back and charging
the ship repeatedly and requiring three
harpoons to dispatch IT. Another time Z
hump back made a 14-hour fight against
a whaler off Cape Race. the ships winch
being demolished by the furious tugs the
creature made as 1t tried to rid itself II
the harpoon third instance was where
a whaler, having shot one fish just be-
fore shutdown, transfiXed another soon
afterward, and spent the whole night " a
most perilous fight with his two victims
whose diverse movements frequently
threatened to Overturn me vessel
When whale is harpooned he usually
Sounds" or dives downward until he
can go no farther. The rope attached to
the harpoon is drawn out through the
ships hawse-pipe fast that the chatting
causes the woodwork TO smoke, and it has
to be sluiced with sea water at intervals
to prevent combustion The wounded
monster next bounds upward and pro-
jects himself clear out of the sea, below
ing madly the while, and falling back into
the brine with a noise resembling thu:-
der Then he races off furiously over the
ocean, towing the ship behind and div
ing or rising at intervals until exhausted
when the whaler can approach and finish
him. A full-grown fish, if not vitality hit
can tow the ship for hours, and may often
require a second shot to give him his qui-
etuS. This, however, is more often done
by launching boat with two or three men,
who row up to the spent victim and pierce
him to the heart with thrust from a
sharp spear, when he sends up a last
spout of spray and blood and expires
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
Local Talent on the Boards.

Two one-act plays were presented by the
Dramatic Club of Carroll Institute last
evening at the institute hall under the d.
rection OF Robert Hickman. They were en-
titled Dream Faces" and "a Cup of Tea"
Dream Faces" the opening bill, play
first produced by Forbes Robertson, was
cleverly done. The role of Margaret as
played by Catherine Loughran was particu-
larly pleasing. Her low~pitched voice was
remarkably effective. A good second to
Miss Loughran's performance was the act
ing of Miss Marie L. LoefIier as Lucy.
Dennis E. Connell's Characterization of the
devil-may -care Robert was excellent and
Thomas j. Howell looked and voiced the
part of the young English artist to perfec-
ton.
"a Cup of Tea" was a rollicking come
delta, the complications OF which were
welt worked out by the cast. which included
George E. Sullivan. an ideally English Sir
Charles; Miss Anna Lepley, as Lady Clara,
Dennis E. Connell. as Joseph, and Joseph
d. Sullivan as Scroggins. Mr.. Sullivan's
makeup and playing were very comical
and the hit of the piece. The servant In
both pieces was played by James s. Nc
Kee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, Auctioneer. .
TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE STORY BRICI
HOUSE. NO. 1908 WHITNEY ANENUl

TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE STORY BRICK
HOUSE, No. 1903 WHITNEY AVENUE
NORTHWEST.
BY virtue OF certain deed OF trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. 26S5, folio ca ct seq of the
land records of the District of Columbia and at
the request In writing of the treasurer OF the ORR
entail Building Association, No O. the party Sc
cured thereby the undersigned surviving trustee
will sell at public auction 80 front OF the premises
On TUEsDAY. TIE THIRTEENTH DAY OF
the following described land aud premises, situate
IN the county Of Washington, in the District of
Columbia. and designated and being lot num-
division IN block numbered thirty seyen 90 go
lumbig. Heights" as per plat recorded In County
Book - At page 6o, in the Office of the surveyor
for said District, together with the improvements
rights. etc
FERNS OF sale: one-third Of the purchase money
to be paid IN cash, and the balance IN two equal
installments payable in one and two years. with
interest at per centum per annum, payable SENT
annually, from day of sale, secured by deed Of
trust upon the property Sold all cash, at the
option of the purchaser. deposit OF $500 will be
required of the purchaser at the time OF sale. All
convey sncing, recording and notarial fees at the
cost OF the purchaser. Terms OF sale TO be com
piled with within fifteen days from day OF sale
otherwise the surviving trustee the right
70 resell the property at the risk and cost of the
defaulting purchaser, after five days advertisement
OF such resale In The Evening Star, newspaper
published in the city OF Washington D. O.
CHAPIN BROWN,
6ldkdAeSs Surviving Trustee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE.
Address by DR.. Frederic D. Sturgis on
Crittenton Mission.

DR.. Frederic d. Sturgis. field secretary
and lecturer for the National Florence Crit
tenden Mission, made an address before
large audience last evening at the Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Church. The speaker
took as his subject THE Third Alternative"
He said In the course Of his remarks:
There are two alternatives at hand when
girl or woman has gone wrong. They
are the brothel and suicide. But there is
third alternative, refuge like the Florence
Crittenden Home; a haven of hope where
without money and without price the
wreckage of human hearts, ruined lives and
blighted dreams may find rest and hope.
lit is exploded fallacy that a woman
who has gone wrong must always remain
in the lowest degradation of vice.
"A Crittenton home is always, IN the
most sacred and intimate sense of the term
a home indeed" said DR.. Sturgis. There Is
nothing of the institutional, nothing of the
reformatory asylum about it. 1t Is, In at
mosphere as in action, CHEEKY, helpful,
hopeful home, the truest and bestowed
home that paany of our dear girls have ever
known After being buffeted by sin and
overwhelmed by shame, they are tenderly
taken up by the strong arms of sympathy
and, perhaps for the first time In their lives
come to know the full meaning and meas
ure of one thing, which amid all the
changes of time and development, remains
the same; untouched, unmoved immovable,
the power of love, that great, glorious
and pervading spiritual out-reach of which
God spoke and taught, and which 2,O00
years ago brought the light of life into
the world"
DR.. Sturgis closed by saying:
LAS against sin today only one mighty,
unconquerable power stands out-sympathy.
Sympathy not with sin, but tender, hover
ing, infieXible. hopeful determination TO lift
the sinner apart and away from sin. and
by the power of that love which has its in
exhaustible fountain and source in the
heart of Christ to build up in the sinner a
new life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
FUTURE DAYS.
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THOS. J. OWEN & son. AUCTIONEERS
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
STORY BRICK DWELLING NO. 1857 IRVING
STREET NV, FORMERLY KENESAW ST
BY virtue Of certain deed OF trust to u.s. and
duly recorded In Liber No. 2625, folio 259 ct seq
of the land records of the District of Columbia we
the undersigned trustees, will sell, at public
ton, In front OF the premises on WEDNESDAY,
THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1906, AT
-FOUR THIRTY O'CLOCK PM part of lot I'VE
90 in block twenty two (22). in John Sherman
trustees subdivision of part of Mount Pleasant and
Pleasant Plains, now known as Columbia Heights -
said subdivision is recorded in the Office Of the
surveyor of the District Of Columbia, in County
hook GOV Shepherd, page 1871, said part of lot
being described as follows: Beginning at north
line OF kenesaw street &c feet west from the
west along said street is feet, thence north 100
feet thence Is feet aud thence south 100 feet
10 the beginning, subject 10 alley way north
four az feet OF said lot together with the i'm
Provements, consisting of above mentioned brick
dwelling
Terms Of sale: One third OF the purchase money
IN cash. and the balance In two equal nstallments
in and two years. with interest at tve 60 per
Ceutum per annum, payable semi annually, from
given, secured by deed OF trust upon the pronerty
told, all cash. at the option of the purchaser.
deposit of $500 will be required OF the purcha
at the time OF sale. All conveyancng at the cost
Uf purchaser Terms of sale TO be complied with
within ten days from day of sale otherwise the
trustees re.rrve the right to resell the property at
the risk and cost Of the defaulting purchaser.
WILLIAM Z. EDMONSToN.
500 9Th street NV;
LOUIS r. PEAK,
604 18th street NV.
trgO-dN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
Suburban Improvement.
From American Homes and Gardens.


Local history is to be recorded, notable
sites are TO be marked, interesting and
beautiful architectural legacies from the
past preserved. The school and its sur
roundings are to be beautified, and the
churches. semi-public structures should
exemplify civic virtue in the outward aspect
of their property. The fixtures of the
streets-their name signs guide posts, the
lighting apparatus, the trolley pole the
town bulletin board-all these may well en-
list the society's enthusiasm, for there are
artistic designs to be secured. Prize COM
petitions may be inaugurated to arouse the
dormant interest and stir the civic spirit
of those who have the ability to design
artstically, and in some cases-as in that
of the trolley and light pole-a design has
now, happily, been already made and there
is need only that the proper apparatus be
secured. Finally, there the private
houses with their gardens these giving to
istic. The society has no right to intrude
upon the home, but many homes will be
comprised within the direct influence of its
membership, and 1t may yet more broadly
exercise some responsiveness.
This Is long list OF undertakings which
It would be entirely desirable for the i'm
provement society to contemplate 1t COM
while, and, offering scope for every con-
ceivable interest in the membership it
ought TO leave no energy for misdirected
zeal in cleaning streets, inviting sky
scrapers, moving the lovely growth on
rural roadsides,> magnfying the railroads
civic prominence. tearing up good board
walks, cutting down trees on the bust
ness" street, and doing various other un-
wise things through loyalty to a city In
stead of to a town ideal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
City Attractions.
From the Boston .Herald.

From the Boston, Herald.
man in New York, who is interested in
getting work for unemployed men, has
tried to figure out what is the particular
thing that attracts men to city lie and
he gives it up. Men prefer to dwell on
the border land of starvation and want in
the cities rather than live in comfort on the
farms They will not give up the crowded,
unhealthy tenement of the slums for pure
air and pleasant homes in the country.
One specific case was investigated. An
Iowa farmer advertised In a daily news
paper for a man TO come and work on MS
farm offering food, lodgings and washing
and S25 a month in cash for competent
man who would sign a years contract.
The New York man put this offer before
several unmarried, able-bodied men on the
Bowery. They were all out of work. Not
one of them would look at the job when
they found IL was 200 miles away from
New York and that they would have to do
some milking. The secretary OF the mis-
sion said the result would be the same II
$50 a month and expenses were offered. He
said IL was a fact that these men are bet
ter satisfied with their present surround
fngs than they would be II given peace and
plenty separated from their own kind.
This does not answer the question, or
course, but 1t suggests that gregariousness
is as powerful sentiment with the poor
as with the rich. Men want the compan-
lonship of their fellows, and that makes
the problem of the crowded cities and the
deserted farms all the more difficult 10
solve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
Calls on Fire Department.

The fire department received call from
box 2II last night about o'clock and
found that a blaze had started in the store
room of the Braddock apartment house, 1929
18th street northwest. There was nothing
found by the firemen to indicate the origin
of the blaze. which was extinguished after
about 800 damage had been caused.
Truck company went to the Plaza
Hotel 242 North Capitol street, last night
about $50 o'clock because of a blaze in
the chimney. The property was not dam
aged.
A loud noise made at the plant of the
Purity'Ice Company, near 9Th and l. streets
northwest caused the belief that a dis
astrous explosion had occurred there. Fear
ing fire would follow or that some of the
workmen would be imprisoned a call was
sent for the fire department. Several COM
panies of the fire department responded, but
remained but a few minutes, 1t having been
ascertained that the noise had been made
by escaping steam from a pipe where
joint had parted. No damage was caused.