Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-24
CHRISTMAS ON MONDAY
WELCOMED IN ENGLAND
Nearly All Will Be Given
Three Successive Days
Holiday.
Many GET LONGER PERIOD
Number OF Embellishments Closed he
fore Lunch Yesterday. Not to Re
open Until Wednesday Afternoon.
No Papers Monday or Tuesday.
tBy Associated Prcss.1

(By Associated Prcss1
MOON, Dec. %. -England's
Christmas will be ideal this year. for
It falls on Monday. thus giving ncar-
~ every ono three successive holt
days
Tho day after Christmas-Boxlng
Days observed as holiday as
strictly an Christmas Itself. Tho day
gets It's name from the custom
whereby landowners were expected
to hand out boxes of Christmas gifts
10 their tenants. rctaincrs and ser
wants Postman and milkmen. as
well as newspaper carriers. cam
vass"d their routes rcligIously for
annual tips. while even the patrol
men an tho beat seldom refused n
larEess. The postmen now have a
union. which this year opposes tips
For many or the ,Ity workers In
factories. shops ami Offices there will
really he four days of rest. because
large proportion OF thcse establish
men,s closed before lunch today ana
Will not reopen until Wednesday af-
tern"on. No newspapers appear Mon
day and Tuesday.
Most ProsprrEus since War
Trad"smcn r"rof. that tho Yulctide
has been the most prosperous since
long before the war. They give the
timely ris" In sterling and the gen
cral feeling that England Is on the
verge o! better times as tho reasons
Tor the large volume OF trade
The Christmas spirit has also been
reflected In The large number OF Lon
don"r" who have left for the country
and 10 Continent. and the railway
co'npal.", have carried more passen-
gers than IN several years. Almost
as astonishing has been the innu1 OF
country folk. who always take the
Christmas season a, tho occasion for
srelnK thu sights Of the city Thrse
visitors. dressed In their best. nay
their rcsrcct. 20 all the hotels. res
taur1nts and thcatcrs
. Tho thratcrs are hooked 10 ca
pacity. Particularly popular are
tuch pcr'nrlnls as Peter Pan" The
Private Secretary" and "Charlcys
Aunt"
Many Arc Unemployed.
Contrasting with the holiday gayctv
Is the great number OF unemployed
the Ercntcst. in fact. that the city
has seen In many years These un-
lnrtunKics attempt 20 make "A few
p"nc. by singing and playing In the
streets. while the curbs OF the down
t"wL shopping centers, arc almost
lined with men--the majority OF
whon' wear war medals YEARLY
holding out n handful o. matches or
bhoestr!ngs TO the passer-by.
The expedition organized by two
: Establishment. which will collect nam
mails, reptiles and birds IN india as
gift To tho American Museum OF
Natural History in New York city In
recognition OF tho hospitality shown
by Americans TO British officers dur
n.
wilderness In January. Tho party 4.
being organized by Colonel Faun-
thorpe. British commissioner at
lucknow. who was in the United
States on British war mission and
Arthur 6. Verncy, an ar, connolsseur
who lived In America for years. Mr..
Nerney sailed FOR India this week,
wh"r" h" Will be Joined by Colonel
Faunthorpe. acknowledgements and
taNidcrmis,. Tho latter has been
sent by tho museum
Tho expedition will nrst 20 to
N"ral 10 hunt n horned rhlnoccros
and "a tiger. It will then travel 10 the
United Provinces in search of swamp
deer. and later 10 Bhopal FOR black
buck and 10 Mysorc and Samhur for
Eaur. The specimens Will be placed
In Roosevelt Memorial Hall of the
museum.
Mir Vernoy said that an result Of
the expedition Americans would sec
that this country appreciates the al
most Incredible things America did
during the war FOR every EnElishman
whose duty took him TO that coun-
try!
with Christmas at hand Americans
living abroad are faced with the an
nual problem OF obtaining Christmas
dinners which, AT least In gustatory
comfort. viii carry them back to the
distant homeland. for one OF the few
issues upon which there is no inter
national dispute is that the national
dishes Of one country rarely can be
prepared satisfactorily by for
eigner.
It secms safe 10 say that few Of the
eager anticipators OF the Yulctidc
feast. as IL is prepared in any coun-
try or crossroad town from New
YORK TO ASH Francisco will be real
lied by Americans whom Christmas
hnds abroad, They only are for,u-
nate who have permanent homes in
strange lands. where wives and
mothers can prepare the traditional
delicacies
Americans resident in London have
not forgotten that at the recent
Thanksgiving dinner given here nv
tho American Society. the pumpkin
PIE appeared as tastclcss and spice
!css concoction with superimposed
latticcwork OF pastry.
Miss Gladys Cooper one ~ Eng
lands leading actresses and reunited
10 he the country's most beautiful
woman, will sail for the limited
states on January 10 aboard the
Olympic. Miss Cooper. upon The in
ritation OF the King and Queen re-
Gently visited buckingham Palace
Who're she received tho royal con-
=. CALCULATIONS for her performances in
Pincro's THE Second Mistress" and
The Second Mrs. Tanuucroy," which
the royal family attended several
times.
The sale Of postcard portraits OF
MISS Cooper run into the hundred
thousands. and many thousands OF
girls throughout the United King