Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-23

discontinued. although III some
places afficlous persons with subscrip-
ton lists gather up the surplus small
change III .'tae force ana present 20
tia boss a gift he doesn't welcome
and feels mean about, Choosing the
present Is usually a mo-
mentaus problem. The feminine en-
rloyus t.midly suggest Q diamond
scarf MIN, hammered brass smoking
set, or il pair of aeweled house SLIP
pers, White the masculine fcaitno d's-
plaV Il tendency toward gold heaucu
canes, field gltsses or cameras. Alter.
much discussion 4 final decision Is
reached ard a committee rs appoint
cd Ia select the aft. this feat being
performed the saturday afternoon
preceding Christmas, when some use-
less and e~xtravagant article Is chosen.
Tables for New Years u in Chi
|cago cafes, including the l.a00 ia the
new College Inn which Will reopen
Christmas week IN the new Hotel
Sherman, already arc taken, when
presages a celebration surprising any
Witnessed since New Years eve, WAS
seized upon ~ many thousands o.
.people as an occasion to "cut loose.
IThe estimate Is that no less than $lbNi-
600 will be spent that night, the ssti-
mate being based on the fact that the
classy cafes and hotel dining roons
will scat 1000 persons and the cX-
penditnres OF SIS per ~person--and
then some. Last year the average WAS
$40 per person, but champagne y
| higher and bubble water Is opened
rnat night rs on no other night OF the
year. The new duty makes the price
$3.50 instead OF 50. C~hicago's thirst
is growing; $4,000 cases Is the press
Ont record Of consumption per year,
land d great part OF this disappears be-
Tween 10 D.. IN, December ~, ana .
| O'Clock the next morning. The osti-
mated SIS per person IS made mp o.
$40 for wines and other liquid re-
lfreshments - including water sou
Tor dinner and $3.50 for ~incidentals.
IN some cases the $3.50 VIII not cover
the incidentals. In fact, II may take
the entire SIS for that purpose. but
there will be some economical splrlts
who viii keep the average down 90
SIS per. The addition Of the College
Inn "a the possible scenes OF celebfa-
ltion III the big nevs OF the event, TOR
II viii be the largest grill room IN the
country and the original Oh the many
college inns IN the country Al the
| Hotel LaSalle there VIII be less re-
l"straint felt than last year., when the
hotet was new, and those who watched
The derarture OF the old and the COM
| ina III the new years In its dinins
| rooms. felt n trifle strange. The same
may be said Of the Blackstone, u
has had q year in which TO get bettef
acquainted with its patrons, u y
viii shelter ut least 1880 in It's watch
party. Then there arc the spacious
| dining rooms OF the congress ana
annex. the Auditorium. the Strattord,
| Inc wellington, DoJonghe's, the Bis
| march. the Union. the Bfsvoort, be~
sides such popular cafes as Nogol-
souk's. the Edelweiss, the Hofbrlu,
Stillson's. the States and Rector s.
The maritime cloth OF Uncle sam
again was complained Of by chicago
shippers to Alaska, who made odtous
comparison between the perils OF the
AlasLa coast and the safeguards
which the Dominion government VIII
add TO the finside route" The work
lof the Olympia Off valdez was used
las n case in point, In the Odioua COM
tarisons made. on the authority OF
premier Laurier ii Is said that 10 new
tights and other necessary equipment
viii he established along the inside
route from Vancouver to Prince ku-
merit the terminus of the Grand Trunk
lPacific railway, Sir Wlifril is amonE
The many notables who in recent
months have vcnturtd north from
] Va npntlNef 10 the NEW ! Atflit HRAN
which because of the reduced ircum-
ference of the globe neNr the poles
rs said TO be several hundred miles
nearer to the Atlantic and to the orr
ent than any other port ON the fa-
cific. President Hays of the national
ltranscontinental In recent months al
60 has gone to northern British Co
iumbla where the railaay ana mine
activities have created a stir quite
n.tg Ia the vast solitudes which were
lundisturbed by man up to a Few years
ago. on Sir Wiifrid's return II was
made known that he would have mn
mediate action on the matter 81 lhe
necessary protection TO Vessels on
those northern waters II was quite
n season of excitement when the mo-
tables inspected Prince Rupert one
marty passing So close to the other one
lnear Queen Charlotte sound h a
President Hays and Sir Winfrid way
La 10 one another. II Is said that
prince Rupert harbor naturally is the
brst one on the Pacific coast being
large. iand-iocked. with deep water
and no shoals or distractions 10 haVi-
eaticn and no strong tidal current a
great grain elevator which IS 10 pe
hum there by the government Is sig
~niflcant of the changes which are u
take place in the interior back 81
prince Rupert which only "A few years
laeo was unmapped ana practically
unknown except by trappers ana mine
Erospectors.