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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15
MINISTER.

Married-OD the 10th of Septem-
ber at the church of St Mary Of the
Rosary. Nenagh. by Very Rev Canon
Mcmahon. Michael Fahy. joiner, to
Maryanne. daughter Of Thomas
O'Brien, builder, Old Turnpike, Mem
agh
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

The estate of l. r. Fi1herbert,
known as the Eight Tales is still in
the land market The landlord wants
% years purchase and the tenants
refuse to make an offer until the
owner agrees to ask a reasonable
price. The Fitzherbert property is the
most rack-rented i'm County Mona
CHAN
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

Under the viii Of the late. Mr.. Ed
mund Malcomson of Malone Park. the
Royal Victoria hospital and the Incor-
porated Cripples' institute at the Peo-
pies Palace viii benefit to the extent
of 900 each
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

James McElennon, residing AZ Cor
tahmk, near Descrimartin. recently,
sustained a number Of broken ribs
through a cart capsizing on him as he
was returning home from Maghera-
felt market with building material
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

The students of the Good Counsel
college. New Ross, made presenta-
tion to the Rev p. A. Doyle O. $. A,
on the occasion Of his departure for
the novitiate house of the Order at
Orlagh. Dublin.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

Mr.. Z. Barton, agent at Arklow. has
been appointed agent OF the Bank of
Ireland at Navan.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

Died-On September 10. as the re-
suit 'of a football accident, James
Sweeney, Clonmel aged 10 years. Sep
TENDER IA, by drowning, John .Anglim.
Ballinahala September l 6. Mrs. Mary
Murphy, Summer-hill, Nenagh. Sep
TENDER IA, Patrick, son of Joseph
Leahy, Baker, Nenagh Union, aged 20
years.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

a local government inquiry was
held at Waterford on September 13,
in connection with an application Of
the corporation for a loan of E5,6O7
for local improvements.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

The impressive ceremony of bless
ing Galway bay was performed by the
Rev Father O'Sulliyan. O. P. on Sep
TENDER T. The beautiful and simple
ceremony was attended by large num-
bers Of the Claddagh fishermen The
weather on the occasion was very ia
Vorable. and the scene was very touch
ing
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

The Most Rev. DR.. Fogarty has sent
q contribution of $50 to the Sisters of
Mercy. Kilkee, in aid of the free
breakfasts and clothing fund for the
poor children attending the convent
schools.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

Baileboro Rural council has called
on Rate Collector Flanagan to resign
his position at once.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

A verdict of accidental death was
returned at Banteer in the case of
James McCabe. who was killed by fall
ing over a railway bridge He over
balanced. and, in falling. his neck was
dislocated. When picked up he was
dead
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-10-15

The Dungarvan board of guardians
decided not to present an address to
Mr.. VIM. O'Brien, NJ. P, on the occa-
sion of his visit to Dungarvan on Sep
TENDER 10. The hungarian urban
council also refused to present an ad-
dress
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soEs who have extended hospitality in the past. It may be any or all of these, but in officialdom It is in many instances something more. It Is an obligation-con- formity to q me-honored custom that has become almost m unwritten law.
 Perhaps the best Illustration of how tradition dictates the character of for nal entertaining at Miss Columbia's court Is found in the manner in which our Presidents and their wives, in each sue cessive administration, carry out the an nual social program handed down through long line of predecessors Long -estab- lished usage has prescribed that certain dinners and receptions shall be given at the White House each winter, and no presidential household allows personal considerations to interfere with the carry example of the .cut-and-dried character of Il considerable portion of the annual so- cial program at the seat of government Is found in the universally accepted ob- ligation that each member of the cabinet must, once each winter, entertain the President and his wife at his home or, at hotel, if the member of the cabinet happen to be bachelor and have no home suitable fer entertaining. Almost eoually inflexible is the expectation that each uewiy-elected United States Senator will be welcomed to the capital at din ner given by his colleague In the upper house of Congress. And so the list might be continued through n long list of so- cIal tasks that present themselves each winter to cabinet. congressional, judicial, diplomatic, Army and Navy ana other celebrities.
 The ''ofiiciul social season. so-called, occupies the interval between New Years Day and the first day of Lent This makes the seasons of somewhat uneven length
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pants of the White House have shown n preference for Tuesdays and Thursdays in January and February for their state din ners and receptions and these dates have usually been left otherwise vacant in the social calendar. To be exact, 1t may be explained that the Cabinet dinner Is not infrequently held in December, as was the case this year, but everything else oil the official program comes within the first two months of the year. The events comprise dinners in honor of the Diplo- matic Corps and the United States Su- preme Court and four card or invitation receptions in honor of the Diplomatic Corps, the Judiciary, Congress and the Army and Navy.
 These formal entertainments constitute more or less of strain on presidential energy and upon the presidential pocket hook, but 1t Is to be observed that twenti- eth-century occupants of the White House get off much easier in this respect than did many of their predecessors. Time was when at least one public evening recep- tion--open to everybody who cared to come--was held by the President each season, and one of the prime factors in mnking Mrs. Cleveland the most popular of all the mistresses of the White House was found in her matinee receptions for ladies, where no invitations or cards of reception were required. Since the Me Kiniey administration, however, the whole tendency at the White House hns been to curtuil social responsibilities in so fur as the general public Is concerned, ana to nilow proportionately greater latitude for tho private Inequalities of the White House tenants.
 Under present conditions. the sovereign American citizen and bis wife, who desire to attend 2 White House social event.
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from year to year. Indeed, some years, like the present, when Easter comes early, the social arbiters are really put to 1t to crowd all the necessary Inequalities into the limited interval. These lean years, taken in conjunction with the expanding social responsibilities that have followed in the wake of Uncle Sam's advent as world power, have resulted In the develop ment of what is known as the little sea son. In years gone by the entertaining was pretty rigldly restricted to the inter- val between January 1 and the arrival of Lent, but latterly a growing propor- ton of the social activity has been d. vcrted to the period before Christmas. This span between Christmas and New Years has come to be known as the little season. However, the traditionally i'm portapt social fetes are held, as of yore, in January and February.
 The White House sets the pace in this formal entertaining and all the hostesses in oficiahom wait until the First Lady of the Land has announced her plans for the season before mixing up the programs of their own Inequalities. One reason for this difference to the White House mis- tress Is to avoid conflict of dates. With Il deal of entertaining to be crowded into q few weeks 1t is but to be expected that two or more hostesses will often select the same date. Yet 1t Is essential that no social or official lender who values her prestige shall essay competition with the White House. Presumably she would in- yite many people in officiaidom nnd see ing as how m invitation from the White House is command 1t is easy to figure what would happen to Il rival party scheduled TOT the same night us White House furction.
 During recent administtntions th9 eccu-
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lshpeming, Mich. The former place has fine bluffs for this sport Many disun- guished ski runners have taken part in
 the sport nt these places, and the lshpem- ing Club has held a record of a long distance race of 12 miles over rough country It's annual jumping contest Is
 wonderfully exciting. Many contestants take flying leaps from a hill 300 feet high, on which are mounds of earth to give the runner momentum as he hits them The ski is usually feet long and one inch thick under foot Norwegian skis, which are the best, taper from inches In the back to 3 at the toe, which Is pointed and often curved.
 In Norway horses are used with skis and ski-kjoring Is great sport. Besides the ski tournament at Holmenkillen, Nor
 way has coaster meeting at the same place, where sleds like our toboggans are used, with poles to push. It is as much fun as our tobogganipg, which is being
 revived in places where as sport it has almost died out. Montreal and Quebec are again taking up tobogganing, for the climate is so favorable. Of course, this
 means of locomotion. which was first
 used by Indians to carry dead game to
 camp, has never died out near the Arctic.
 where toboggans are drawn by dogs oyer
 wide stretches of snow. The best tobog-
 gans are made of tough. elastic wood from one-eighth to one-qunrter of an inch thick, to 8 feet long and 16 to 24 inches wide. The front rolls like n dashboard, and one sled will often hold four peo- pie, the hind person using his foot ns rudder. Many persons prefer artificial slides to natural hills, for these last
 sometimes have mounds, which are dan gerous, though they possess the advan- tage of n wide meadow at tue bottom.
 oyer which the toboggan can slide. The best toboggan slide is near Montreal,
 built in the shape of horseshoe. so that one trip brings the sled almost back to
 the starting point, Most artificial slides are 40 feet high at the upper end and mixture of snow and sawdust frozen with water has been found to make the smootbest surface The artificial slide does away with the humps or cahots, as the Canadians call them. Often three miles
 Il minute can be made on good tobog-
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but are without position or influence, have but one chance in the year. They may go to the public reception on New Years Day without so much as saying by your leave to anybody, but if they are ambitious to participate in any of the four dressy evening receptions, they must induce Senator or Representative or some other influential person to ask for m invitation for them It seems odd this system of asking for invitations to mans house, even if that man does happen to be the President, but it is a universal practice. Only a small propor- tion of the people invited to White House receptionx-m merely the special guests in whose honor it Is given-receive invitations on the Presidents initiative. Almost everybody else on the big invi- tatiOn list is there because some infuen- tial friend asked that they be remembered or because. lacking such sponsor they wrote in person to the secretary to the President and requested one of the cove ted cards.
 About 2,O0O invitations are sent out for each eception-sometime as many as 2,5OO have been distributed-but the aggregate of more than 10000 invitations for the four receptions Is totally inade- quate to supply the demand, and invari- ably announcement Is made from the White House weeks in advance of each reception, to the effect that the invitation liets for that particular event have been closed and that no further requests can be considered. As has been said, the chosen guests at one of these big recep- tions are numerically In the minority. For instance, III the case of the recep- tion to the judiciary, the guests of honor in the persons of the members of the U. $. Supreme Court Circle and the Federal jurists aud their wives probably do not total two hundred persons. In tho case of the Diplomatic Corps. the proportion is about the same. Yet 1t Is the pres ence of these celebrities that make these receptions such magnets for the great body of free-born Americans. Particular ly Is this the case with the receptions for the army and navy officers and for the foreign ambassadors and ministers. Each of these leyees hiring out q brave show of brass buttons and gold lace and produce quite the mobt gorgeous spec tacles known to our democratic Yankee court.
 Now that Congress pays the travelling expenses of the President when he jour
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armed with a broom to sweep with. The stones are selected with care and are often imported from Scotland where q peculiar granite is used that does not chip readily. The rink Is measured into tees several yards apart, over which the stone IS thrown. A cool head, and quiekness to grasp the situation is ab- .solutely essential especially in the skip or captain. The true science of the game consists in not allowing the stone to go too far Many medals are played for yearly and are of elegant ap- pearance. Bonspiels are attended by clubs from Canada as well as America. and the rinks in this country are excellent. The game only needs to be known to be appreciated. N
 Another exciting sport is ice-boating, and he who has not sat in the little box of a flying lee boat or, better still, steered that boat in q driving wind. has lost one of the pleasures of life, for the flying sen sation is pleasanter than the thrilling ex- periences of tobogganing. Long ago, the frozen Hudson River became noted for its Ice boats and Oliver Booth built Il crude affair which is supposed to have been the first In this country That was hun dred years ago. and it was not until about 20 years ago that this box with four run ners attached to the sides began to take its present form. Today ice-boating has assumed large proportions and many new and novel yachts are turned out from the best shops to appear later on some ice bound lake or river.
 Several clubs have made fine records in their day, among them the New Ham, burg and Carthage clubs possess boats which fly four aud five hundred square sail and yearly prizes are hotly contested for. Lake Minnetonka, White Bear and Lake Pepin boats, all in Minnesota run close races, their courses are excellent and the extreme cold renders the ice in prime condition. The owners of these boats are fearless nayigators and show some of the fastest yachts in the coun- try. As far back as 1860 Ice boats were used on Lake Pepin, which is widening of the Mississippi and well adapted to the sport. Some of the largest yachts go over snow hummocks, pieces of ice and other obstacles, water is thrown high in the air, and records are made that make
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our Canadian cousins look up their laq' rels. The helmsman Is continually on ths alert, the boat goes at tremendous speed, and the widest excitement coli= sumes the nayigators. Lightness, strong running blanks and canvas that Is not heavy are the requisites for wel-con- structed lee boat, which should be built so 1t can be handled in any breeze, For general use the small crafts are favor ties, as they skim over thin ice and make better time than the heavier and more elaborate boats.
 Those who enjoy iee-boating often be- come so infa tuated with outdoor sports that they frequently adopt hockey as an- other means of pleasure. It Is close second to skiing and Is becoming more and more popular in the Northwest. It's devotees never seem to lose interest, poets have sung It's praises and painters have imEortalized this game, which seems as popular as when first invented. Scotland, Canada, Minneapolis, St. Paul and all places where King Winter reigns supreme during four or more months of the year furnish enthusiastic citizens who play with unabated zeal. Often 1t is played in rinks and It's deyotees not only skim over the ice, but society sits in a gallery and looks down and applauds. The game is much like the oldfashioned shinny of boyhood days and the hockey sticks look much like tine shinny stick. There the similarity to great extent ends, for the game is played on ice and the contestants wear skates, which enable them to dex- trously slide over the surface and to un- expectedly hit ball, much to the chagrin of an opponent. The game is so popular of late that its devotees predict 1t will put to shame all other winter sports. Pittsburg has a large club and 1t Is pop ular fin colleges.
 The members of the hockey teams pride themselves on their clever passing and dodging and in carrying the puck down the ice. Many times the players become experts at hurdling, stick jumping and all round playing and on gala occasions the rinks are beautifully decorated with hun dreds of yari-colored lights, and innumer- able pennants and banners. 1nelosed and heated stands are provided for spectators and the widest excitement prevails.
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neys up and down the land, Uncle Sans highest salaried employe finds that none of what might be termed his personal ex- penses as President make such hole in his $75, ,OOO annual salary as do the din ners and receptions of the official season, A state dinner for eighty or ninety guests will cost close to $1 1000. The Chief Magis- trate when playing host does not have to pay for the music or the floral and cleo tric light decorations. The government also furnishes him with china, cut glass and siverware and even supplies the table linen md pays for laundering it. However, the President must pay out of his own pocket for the food that IS served and must hire extra walters and helpers in the kitchen. A reception is not so expensive, but a small army of subordinates must me recruited to assist the regular White House servants, ushers and Secret Service guards. For instance, more than a score of colored men and women are required to care for the hats and wraps of the guests in the eastern wing of the White House, which is, for the time being, converted into a gigantic check room.
 The White House contributions to the social merry-go-round during the opening part of the year are, of course, the most spectacular of the entertainments. but they by no means constitute the sum total of such activities. Indeed, in her social responsibilities the mistress of the. White House has 1t easy compared to the wives of the cabinet members. Each of these cabinet women must not only assist in receiving the guests at each Of the big White House receptions, but she must also hold each week what IS Tn effect public reception In her own home. The wives of many senators and repre- sentatiyes follow this same plan of keep ing open house one day week during the season.
 What whirlwind of calling this stampede of teas and receptions begets- not real visiting, mind you, but simply the how-do- you-do sort of thing-is evidenced by the fact thnt the wife of any prominent official in Washington who meets her social obl- gations conscientiously will use not less than 5000 calling cards in single sea son. In order to prevent hopeless con- fusion. there is an apportionment or dis tributiou of the entertainment along the lines by whicn rne official world Is di-
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vided. For instance, all the ladies of the cabinet receive on one stated afternoon each week: the wives Of senators and representatives are allowed to monopoize another day; third is set aside for the wives of Army and Navy officers, and so on through the list of branches In the official community. Of course. there are all sorts of extra events each winter, as for instance, the musicals and dances at the White House. but the time-honored and traditional events above mentioned are fixtures on the social calendar and are planned for months in advance, just as the ordinary citizen plans for his summer vacation or to pay his taxes independent upon whether or not the annual chore is looked upon with any degree of enjoy ment.,
 A feature which always impresses the stranger is the great preponderanee of women at all official social functions The fair sex has captured-nay. all but mo- nopolizes Washington socially, even If po- lltca suffrage is yet unattainable. The thousands of women who have come tq Washington to accept clerical positions lu the government departments is m influ- ence which in itself makes the popula- ton of the capital topheavy on the femi- nine side. Then, too, the attractions of the city make 1t an Fl Dorado for wealthy widows and finally the city ou the Potomac has in recent years proven hotbed for an industry that promises to vie with any governmental activity In scope-namey, the conduct of finishing schools for young ladies. These private schools charge all the way from $400 to 5000 per year per pupil for board and tuition, and 1t is suspected that In good many cases the book learning Is subordi- mated to social object-lessons. The prin- cipal who cannot get her girls invitations to the White House receptions might as well go out of business, and usually she does At the same time the market for eligible young men and acceptable dane ing partners Is always overtaxed in this well-nigh Adamless Eden. Most of the widc-awake young Americans who spend their boyhood in Washington depart at as early an age as possible for some live city where the commercial possibilities are better than in the political capital. Thus the social buds at the capital are largely dependent for escorts upon the young diplomats-the perfumed and immaculate transplanted dandies of the boulevards, who devote as much as two hours a day to the practice of political diplomacy and the rest of the time to social diplomacy.
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gan, and 1t Is so close to the ground 1t seldom upsets. A clear, starry night and n bevy of merry boys and girls makes one an advocate of the toboggan for ever. ,
 Our Canadian cousins can also excel, because of their climate. in snow shoeing, and wonderful records have been made at Montreal and Halifax, N. S. Snow shoes can be used in the Yellowstone Park and Northwestern states but have never at tained much popularity. Usually hickory or ash is used in making the best snow shoes, the ends being bent until they meet, and the thongs being ipterwoven into a sort of network. A good shoe is often three to six feet in length, nbout ten inches wide and fastened to the toe and instep by means Of leather thongs. To enjoy snow shoes, the wearer should use moccnsins as foot covering and many pairs of stockings, as the leather straps are apt to cut the flesh.
 It looks easy to get oyer the ground on a snow shoe, but this is far from the