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New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
WILBUR WRIGHT HERE
Says Coming Has Nothing to Do with
Aeroplane Factory.

Wilbur Wright the aviator, arrived m
this city yesterday morning from Collegs
Park. Nd. and registered at the Park Ave
nue. Hotel
He said he would return 70 Washington
to-day to settle few details. and expect
ed TO come here again to meet his brother
Orville. and his sister, Miss katherine
Wright when they arrive from Europe IN
a few days.
Mr. Wright denied that his trip to New
York City at this time had any signifcancs
so far as factory plans for the building Of
Wright aeroplanes in this country were con
Cerned- He saw Charles r. Flint. the baak-
er, but not on any such matter he said.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
Will of DR.. Levi I. Shoemaker Filed
in Wilkes-Barre.

Wilkes Barre, Penn. Oct. 2S.-By the
terms of the viii of the late DR.. Levi L
Shoemaker. of this city, which was filed
for probate to-day, Yale University will get
moro than 100000. to be used in the med
ical department This sum will revert to
the university on the death of Mrs. Shoe
maker, who is to enjoy the proceeds of the
estate during her lifetime.
In addition to this. several bequests are
made Of sums ranging from So. 600 10 $500
among those remembered being the Home
for FriendIess Children, in this city and
James s. Allen, a college chum, living in
Meriden, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
AMERICAN HOSPITAL OPENS.
Institution at Neuilly. Paris, Formally
Dedicated.

Paris, Oct. 2s.-The American hospital.
built and equipped through the generosity
of the American colony IN Paris was for
maIly opened to-day in the presence OF
American Ambassador White, NJ. Dou-
mergue, Minister of Education. who repre-
scented the French government, members
of the board OF governors and the medical
stan.
The hospital is beautifully situated al
Neuilly. where 1t is surrounded by spacious
grounds 1t contains twenty-five beds. many
OF which have already been endowed
Among those who have thus contributed to
the permanency Of the institution are J. P.
Morgan. ". K. Vanderbilt and Miss Helen
Gould.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
ONE Thing CERTAIN
From The Buffalo Commercial

From The BuHaio COMMERCIAL
one thing is certain-if the so-caIled
best citizens without regard to party i"
do not rally and elect a Republican Mayor
OF New York, with as worthy a candidate
as they have this year there is not much
use In trying 10 get rid Of the Tammany
yoke, There will be Justice in the repeatet
assertion that New York gets as sood
a government as Il deserves
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
SCHOOL FUNDS AND PLEDGES.

SCHOOL FUNDS AND PLEDGES.
The question of the integrity of the
state school fund, which was much dis
cussed last winter. has again arisen in
New Jersey politics, and some jealous
friends of the public schools appear to
think that every candidate for the Legis-
lature should specially commit himself
upon it, in general and in detail The
Hon. Carlton B. Pierce, who is one of
the most influential leaders on the Re-
publican side Of the Assembly. has been
particularly selected as the target for
such demands and for expressions of dis
satisfaction at what is enormously sup
posed to be his uncertain attitude
The fact is, as all who take the
trouble TO inform themselves may know.
that the Republican platforms of recent
years have been perfectly explicit on
this important subject, and the attitude
Of those who, like MIR. Pierce. are Ioyal
TO their party pledges is not and never
has been in doubt In 1885 the Repub-
lican platform pledged the party ito op-
pose any attempt to impair or divert
from its proper use the fund for the
support of the free public schools. -
That pledge has been faithfully kept, and
1t stands today in full force and in
tegrity. The recent legislation adding
largely To the income of the schools has
all been Republican legislation, and the
party and its candidates stand fully
committed TO its maintenance.
There could be desired no more ex-
plicit assurances than those which Mr..
Pierce and his colleagues on the Repub-
lican ticket have already and repeatedly
gwen of their determination to stand
iDfexibly for the protection of the school
fund and for the promotion of the vel
fare of the schools.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
aetr,-1lprIi Gribm1re.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER %, 1909.

This newspaper is OlCHed and pub
Hshed by The Tribune Association. a
AefC York corporation; office and prin-
cipGl place of business. Tribune Build
ing, No. 154 Nassau street, Noio York i;
ogden Hills. president; Henry W.
SGcketf. secretary; James II. Barrett,
treasurer. The address Of the officers is
the Office of this newspaper
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
The kAIsgR,s COUSIN ARRIVES

San Francisco, Oct. 2S.-Prince Won Hes
san, of the German army, a cousin of En-
peror William, arrived here on the steam
ship Siberia to-day. He had been in China
looking after German interests and is now
on his way home Baron LANG Knei
connection of the Chinese royal family, ac-
companied by retinue. arrived for a brics
visit TO this country
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
MRS. H. D. TAFT IMPROVING.

Baltimore. Oct. 2S-Mrs. Horace D. Taft,
of Waterbury. Conn. a sister-in-law OF
President Taft and William Vaughn
Moody. the author, OF Chicago. were both
said To be doing very nicely to-day at
Johns Hopkins Hospital. where they are
patients
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
MARQUIS De cHARErrE HERE.

'a' Marquis de Charette. who is 70
t''FT Miss Susanne Henning. daughter OF
~-..aes Williamson Henning. the broker. ar
rived here yesterday on the White star
inner Teutonic The marquis. who Was ae-
companied BY the Marquis de Bouthilher.
said that the wedding would be on Noveu-
Ger To- In St PatriCks Cathedral. and that
most likely Archbishop Farley would OF
ticiate
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
THANKS FROM PRINCE KUN

Washington. oct. 2S.-Prince and l-.n-
cess Kunl of Japan. have communicated
through Mr. Matsui, the Japanese Charge
d d'Anaires, their thanks to the American
people for the hospitality they received
while in this country TO attend the Hudson
Fulton celebration in New York
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29

Eere's Christie's Jurist declaring that
for years the police and fire departments
have been fun of graft, so that commits
sioners have gone out of office worth
$3OO0.OO0 after single term. But lust
suppose somebody else one Of his politi
cal opponents, should say such a thing
How furiously Christie's Jurist would
illuminate against him with 'liar,"
"slanderer!" "muckraker!" and what
not and how Ioftily he would Iaud the
spotless purity Of the departments. with
an assortment of BY Gods" thrown in
for emphasis
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29

the park. have arrived in town from, ~.
country place at Ardsley. and ara a, - =.
St. Regis for a few days e
Mrs. George 7. Bliss and her son-s.,
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs William, vr--,'
Reese. have returned 20 town FOR The -
ter and are at the Plaza
Miss Corinne Douglas Robinson ~.
to be married TO State Senator Jo,a,s "a
Alsop. Of Connecticut. on Novena5er 4 y. ~.
have no attendants. John Alsop will \. III.
brothers best man. Owing 20 the b-,s-.'
family being In mourning. the weddins -
be small and quiet. and win take plaeo !.
the home Of Miss RObinsOn's brother IT,
dore Douglas Robinson. No. 80 PARK -
nue.. Miss RobInson's parents. Mr. -
Mrs. Douglas Robinson. and their -
Monroe d. Robinson. viii sail Tor Euro,s
on December /.
Mrs. Albert Fl. Gallatin will return =.
town from Tuxedo next month and o,ss
her house. IN East sfth street, for "a
winter.
Mrs. John Clinton Gray will arrive IN New
York from Germany next week
Mr.. and Mrs. J. searle Barclay have -
turned from Europe and are at the Hotel
WoIcott. where they have as their gl,sv..
Mr.. and Mrs. J. searIe Barclay. r.
Mrs William Archer Thomson viii give a
dance at Sherry's IN December TO iutroducs
her daughter. Miss Edith Moore Thomson.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert c. Prlyn have ar.
rived in town from Albany and are a. IN.
st. Regis
Mrs F. Egerton Webb and her daughter.
Edmund d Randolph. are booked TO ssn
from Europe for New York on board tha
Minneapolis on THURSDAY
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
NEW FRENCH SECRETARY.

Paris. Oct 2S--Count Peretti de la Rocca
has been appointed secretary OF the French
legation at Washington. 20 replace Wis
count de Martel
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
NO END OF 1T.
. Evening Post

From The Chicago Evening Post
What would the world say IL DR.. Cook
and a party OF eminent theorists climbed
Mount Mckinley and found no records at
the top, ana then DR.. Cook claimed thar
barrin climbed up and stole the records
tefore making the affidavit?
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
SURE THING.

From The Syracuse Post Standard
Some bright business men who l-,,,.
sure thing when they see one are nianntpa
L. build an electric road from "d,,.SS
town IN INDIANA To wet town which -
twenty miles away, ''e" 10
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29

Another Tammany election district
captain has had to run away rather
than face charges of completely in false
registration. In many election districts
furnishing names to stuff the registra
ton list is one Of the Tammanv can
tain's most urgent duties.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29

Cnristie's Jurist is reported, with char
acteristic profanity. to be feeling awful
raw" He has only few more days for
such a sensation, for after next Tuesday
he will be done uncommonIy brown
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29

The live coal in his head" at the latest
accounts was still burning brightly.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
People and Social Incfdentc

building a house in Fifth avenue ,u
the park. have arrived in town from, s.'-.s 49,.
country place at Ard5iey. and ara =. q
ST. Regis for a few days e
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29

Pay or fight" used to be the formula
for collecting international debts. pay
or arbitrate" is the new formula. as nov,
employed between this country and
Chill, and it is an Improvement on the
other.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29

The Hon. William S. Deverv avido,,t,,.
wants to enter the lists with the Hon.
William J. Gaynor as a Statue of Purity
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29

Mrs. George T. Bliss and her son-,,
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. William, v,-..,'
Reese. have returned 20 town FOR tbs - -
ter and are at the Plaza.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29

Mrs F. Egerton Webb and her daught.r.
Edmund d Randolph, are booked to san
from Europe for New York on board ths
Minneapolis on Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
LEAVES s5OO,OOO TO YALE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould, who ar,
The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19

century. AS the years came and went,
Christ Mass" gradually came to be
called Christmas"
How Christmas Has Been Observed.
In the beginning Of Christmas OBJ
servance, it was celebrated with
solemn religious services. Then 1t
came to be regarded more as a holiday
with dramatic representations, and so
great was the desire to make it a joy
Gus occasion and to win the favor and
support Of those who had not been
brought under the influence of Christi
anity that many ceremonies and Gus
toms held by the pagans were adopted
and made to form a part in the Christ
mas celebration.
It is said that during the Middle
Ages it was not unusual to witness in
the celebration of Christmas the gay,
fantastic spectacle of dramatic mys-
teTies and mOralities performed by
persons in grotesque masks and sin
guIar costumes. The scenery usually
represented an infant in a cradle, sur
rounded by the Virgin Mary and
Joseph, by bulls heads, cherubS, East
eFn Hagi and manifold ornaments"
In England in the Middle Ages an
abbot of AIisrule" was chosen in
every large household, and in Scotland
an abbot of UnTeasOn." This custom
was forbidden by an act of parliament
in 1855. IN later years there was
brought about a refinement in the OBJ
servance of Christmas by emphasizing
its Christian clements.
But what is the meaning Of Christ
mas to US, and how should it be OBJ
served?
It is a Joyous occasion, for it brings
to our minds the Bethlehem scene. and
emphasizes afresh the message of the
angel: Behold l bring you good It'd
ings of great joy, which shall be for
all the people, for there is born to you
this day in the City of David, Savior,
which is Christ, the Lord"
1t IS the old, old story, which is ever.
new
What if Christ had not been born?
What if the Word had not become
flesh and dwelt among men? What if
Jesus had not come
A Day Dream.
One of cur modern ministers gives
The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19
THE TERRoR'S CHRISTMAS.
Turkeys Were S17 Each During the
Siege of Paris.


Siege of Paris.
When the Christmas day Of 1870
dawned upon Paris the city had been
in the iron grip of the German invest
ment for about three months. The
winter was a bitterly cold one, the
thermometer registering 10 degrees be-
low freezing point on Christmas morn
ing The Seine was frozen over
The poor's daily rations were a few
ounces of hOrsehesh and a piece OF re-
puIsiYe looking black bread.
By Dec % food prices had reached
their highest point since the begin
ming Of the siege. On Nov. Is pound
of butter fetched S14 and a rabbit
$3.50. By Dec. 19 rabbits had risen to
50. a box of sardines brought $3.50 and
eggs % cents apiece. For ones Christ
mas dinner one could buy a goose for
SO or a turkey for SIT. Pigeons were
$3 each, and small fowl could be OBJ
tanned for 50. Ham was $1.5O q pound.
As for vegetables, carrots and turnips
were 4 cents each, and busheI OF po-
tatoes cost S6.25. There was hardly
any milk in Paris, and the little there
was had to be preserved for the sick
and wounded. However, there were
oceans Of wine, and the Wineshops did
a roaring trade.
For some time before Christmas the
starving people had been feeding on
cats, rats and dogs until by Dec -
a dish of cats flesh was hardly obtain
able Dog was 60 cents q pound, and
fine rats fetched ii cents each. Many
domestic pets were killed for food.
Poor AzOrT' said a humorous citizen
as he finished a stew made from his
favOrite dog. How he would have
enjoyed these bOneSr'
With true Partisan light heartedness
the citizens tried TO make the best Of
things, and the cafes and restaurants
wore almost their normal aspect AT
half past 10, however, an order of
Trochu closed every shop and cafe.
and by II o'clock Paris had gone to
bed.
The midnight mass Of Christmas eve
was celebrated as usual in the church
es, which were crowded with pray
ing, weeping women Newspapers ap-
peared as usual, some Of them contain
ing glowing accounts Of perfectly i'm
aginaTy French successes. The sa-
tirical sheets were even more bitter
and venOmous than at other times
and published scathing caricatures.
Some showed the fallen emperor, Ma
pOleOn III, as a shoebIack at King
Williams boots, or as a beggar with
his pockets turned inside out, or as a
traitor handing over France to nur-
derers. or as q thief making of with
millions Of the nations money, 9th
The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19

us one of his day dreams. He finds
himself IN Jerusalem before the Chris
tian era, but retaining his intelligence
Of the twentieth century. He Is puZ-
lied as he fails to find a New Tesla
ment or a Christian institution. He is
not aware in his dream that he has
thus been transported back through
the centuries. He asks his family to
Join. him IN the Lords prayer, after
he has read the Shepherd psalm. They
express great establishment, saying
they never heard of such a prayer.
He asks for the New Testament with
a like result. He then asks that all
join him in singing the hymn:
My faith lOks up to thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
but those about him again express
their ignorance. He finds a man out
of employment, but there is no en-
pIoyment bureau; he sees a stronger
wounded, but no hospital can be found.
He discovers blind people, some being
children, but there is no school any
where for the blind; he comes across
number of insane people, but in
qUiry failed to show any asylum for
the insane; he behOIds a man beating
another, and he asks, Why beatest
thou thy brOther? In establishment,
the man answers: Brother? He is
my slave" And so on in his investi-
cation he found no churches, or Sun
day schools or W. c. T. U, or Anti
Saloon Leagues, etc, etc.
His Dream Ended.
His vision was dissipated and in a
moment he came back into the waking
land of everyday reality. Then he
said within himself: Verify it is
good to live after Christ came instead
of before"
Was it all a dream? Are not some
people living today in this year of our
Lord 1909 as though Christ had not
Gomez And do not some celebrate
Christmas as though it were a heather
institution, instead Of a Christian one?
There is the revelry and the dance;
there are the bacchanaIian feasts ana
debaucheries; there are the riots,
rOwdyism and recklessness, causing
misery and wTetchedness and woe.
But the world is not altogether bad.
There is a bright side, for thousands
there are who enter into the true
spirit Of the Christmastide whose
hearts readily respond to the divine in
fuence.
Jesus Christ has come and brought
life and immortality to light in the
gospel. and since he came there is
more Of human kindness, more ten
derness, more Of heaven on earth
more love in human hearts.
Many use Christmas, under His in
fiuence, as an occasion for seeking to
make others happy, rather than in
seeking their own happiness, but in
this quest a bIessedness enters their
own souls.
II is a season for the bestowment
of gifts-"God SO loved that He gave"
Love always gives. Without it, all is
but sounding brass and tinkling Gym
bal.
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one,
Yet the light Of a whole world dies
With the setting sun"
The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one,
But The light Of a whole life dies
The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19
SANTA CLAUS A STRANGER
He Is Officially Unknown TO Uncle
Sans Mail Agents.

Sans Mail Agents.
The pOstofflce department does not
know Santa Claus The old saint has
no official existence so far as Uncle
Sans mail agents are concerned. This
IS due entirely TO the fact that Santa
Claus lives everywhere at the same
time instead Of having a single local
habitation like other people. 1t is very
sad, but it cannot be helped. Letters
which children address to Santa Claus
or Kris Rringle must go straight to the
dead letter Office.
Some time ago an effort on behalf Of
the children was made to induce the
postofice department to permit post
masters to open all letters addressed
TO Santa Claus and turn them over to
the parents Of the child correspondent
or to some local organization having a
Christmas fund to spend. but the at
torney general for the department rem
dered an adverse decision, holding as
follows:
If postrasters were granted authority
to open all such letters and select those
which they thought proper to deliver 10
n
be temptation and opportunity for post
masters and other employees to open let
ters iadiscTiminutely, some Of which con-
tain enclosures Of value. and give Us an
excuse for such action the authority
granted by the department
The departments legal adviser also was
OF the opinion that, # permission were
granted TO deliver such letters to tor~,-o-
lent societies and Individuals It would be
oiE7cUlt Tor the department 70 draw the
line where benevolence ends and CONNER
cialisTn begins Many persons desire such
letters for use in newspaoars and r7az-7-
zine stories, the name OF the child of
some prominent public man attached to
such letter making II especially vaIUa-
bic for that purpose and often CORE
sponotngly embarrassing to the parent
OF the child Furthermore. the opinion
states, such practice would violate rhe
principle Of the sanctity Of the sesI
which IS one Of the best features OF our
postal system, and the department would
continually be open 10 serious suspicion.
The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19

ers depictsa julius FayTe in tears and
pOcketing BiSzRaTCk's gold and Trochu
handing over the keys Of Paris 70 q
Prussian ia eKcb6Age fOl a bag of
coin. In all the itea Of PaEistans that
France had been betrayed BY those
who ought to have protected her was
prevalent.
So at this season Of peace ana good
VIII suffering Paris was nearly at her
last gasp. Owing TO the tenacity Of
her rulers and citfsens, however, her
agony was TO be prolonged for some
weeks longer, as - was not until
FebruaFy that the negotiations for e
cspiealatiea BEGAN
The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19

Christmases have been called the
milestones along the pathway Of the
centuries.
It is evident that Jesus was born
about five years before the beginning
Ct the commonly accepted Christmas
chronology.
The Gospels state that Herod, the
Great, was living and slaughtered the
children after Jesus was born Csee
Mat. 2:16), and history reveals that
he died in $50 Z. G. which corresponds
to b. c. 4. On the other hand, Jesus
was born after the decree for the CEN
sus (Lu. 2:D was issued. Tertullian
tells that the decree was issued in 748
and the enrolment began in 749 U. C.,
which corresponds to B. c. 5. So the
birth is fixed by these -wo occurrences
in B. c. 5.
It is difficult to decide what founda-
ton originally. there was for the Ro-
man date of Dec. 25th. Johannes All
bert Fabricius, a German, who was
made professor of rhetoric and moral
philosophy at Hamburg in 1893, and
who was a prolific writer on literary
history and BibliOgTaphy, says: There
were extant the learned opinions of
hundred and thirty-six different writer's
which gave weighty arguments for
advocating a date in every month in
the year as on which Christ was
born"
When the Roman organization was
divided, and was known as the West
ern Church with its seat at Rome, and
the Eastern Church, with its seat at
COnstantinOple. Christmas was cele-
brated by the Eastern Church on JAN
9Th under the name of "Epiphania,"
and by the Western Church on Dec.
25th under the name of "Natalis.'
The date of the "Epiphania" was
based upon an Inference of allegori-
caI import-the first Adam was born
On the sixth day; therefore, the sec
ond Adam ought also to be born on
sixth day. It was celebrated not so
much III memory of the actual birth
Of the Christ, as in memory of the first
manifestation of the divinity OF the
Christ, the name "Epiphania" being
the word commonly used in the Greek
language to denote the manifestation
Of a god in human shape. During the
fourth century the ''Natalis" of the
western Church was gradually adopt
ed throughout the East. The fact that
Dec. 25th was SO universally accepted
Rt this early date goes far to show
that it cannot well have been a mere
Rssum Dtion, but must have had some
kind of tradition to support it.
Christmas, as we know it today, is
a development. 1t had a commence
ment, and little by little, under vary
Ing circumstances and Influences, it has
grown and taken hold upon the Chris
tian world. 1t is said that Pope Tele5-
rborus. who died in 13S A. D., insti-
tuted the mass for Christ, but it was
not to any great extent observed until
the fourth century under the influence
CT Pope julius /.
AThe mass is a sacrament of the Ro-
nan CSthOlic church in which Christ |
is not only held IN remembrance, but
through the doctrine of tTanssubstan- |
tiation is regarded as being offered up |
again for sin. In the observance OF
Christ Mass" one mass was celebTat- |
ed at midnight, one at early dawn and
another later in the morning. This
custom dates from about the sixth |
The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19
Acquiring Wisdom.

What kind Of a plant is this?"
queTied the fair summer boarder.
It's a tobacco plant Just beginning
to blossom" explained the old farmer.
Indeed" exclaimed the f. 5. b..
And how long VIII it - before the
cigars are upe2''
The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19
When love is done"

May every reader of The Journal en-
ter heartily into the spirit of Christ
mas, and so make other lives happier
and full of good cheer.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-05-03

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