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THE WASEItfGT6ff WASEINGT ASHINGT HERALD SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 23 1906 1 I i you ou want me to tell you of oftbe oftbe 3 tbe happiest Christmas Chrttm I re remember remember rmembor Do member said madame to tbe tbedebutante tbedebutaate thedebutante debutante debutaate who had dropped hi hifor 1ftfor Infor for Intellectual 1nteUeC pabulum INibuluaa bulum and an a cup of ofmadams omadame ofmadame madame famous tea My dear there therewas thereWu therewa was wa no happiest my Christmases have haveall haveall haveall all been so happy that I will not apply applythe applythe applythe the superlative to one of them I would wb1kratbtr wbuldrathr wouldrathe rathe ratbtr say they were all the happiest and andthey andthey andthey they were happy because becau I meant they theyshould theyshoulel theyshould should be No one has a right to be un unhappy unhapp Unhapp happy happ on holidays especially on Christ Christmas ClalWtmall Christinns inns mall the king of holidays Unhappinec UnhappinecIs Is a great privilege a great luxury I may maysay mayYo maYsay say Yo which only the ultra selfish and andmentally andmMltaOy andmentally mentally afflicted can enjoy To be hap happy haPpy happy py was the philosophy of the Epicureans Epicureansit it is tbe philosophy of the Christian Cbrl Sci Scientists SdenUsta Sd Sdenuste entists enUsta and a of all li normal and sensible sensiblepeople utblepeople enalblepeople people Now I am not going 80 to give ve you a alecture alectUPe alecture lecture on how to be happy because that thatIs thatIs Is something that every one must mu learn learnfor leuRfor learnfor for himself but I am going ia tell you yousome yousome yousome some of the interesting intere Christmases I re remember nmember rmember member I have been a sad nomad you youknow youknow uknow know and they have been passed all over overthe overthe overthe the wortd wo lIB fa Germany France Italy ItalySweden ltalrSw Ital ItalSwedenaad Sw Swedenaad Sweden and here in dear old Washington WashingtonA WuhlDctoA A Swedish Swe4i Christmas IWtJDu Ah my dear dearthere cleartbere dearthere there to soort ort and fun for you First Ftntcomes Firetcornea Firstcomes comes Christmas Eve Eve next Christmas ChristmasDay ChrIatmaaDay ChristmasDay Day then the second and the third tIaInIfou tIaInIfouCh thtTd40uChrlntmase four fourChristmases Christmases Ch wtI in all aU allfiled filled with JoOtty fun funand tua tuaand tunand and merrymaking JDer17 and and aJ indeed the tbee tbeetiUe leg festivities legtivittes tivities go on until the old year is rung rungout runeout rungout out and the new year ushered in ha and are arerevived arerevlftd arerevived revived again on what the Swedea can cantretton4ag caDtrettoDda calltrettondag tretton4ag trettoDda Jul the thirteenth day dayYule dayYUle dayYule Yule and not until the twentieth day dayYule cia ciaYule dayYule Yule Yule which comes on the 13th of Jan January Jaauary January uary is Christinas really over overYou everYou overYou You You cannot imagine hew much more moreseriously moreerlouel7 moreseriously seriously those northern nations take takeChristmas takeCbrlaUDu takeChriatmag Christmas than we do Summer la I hardly hardlyover hardlyover hardlyover over before an good Swedish housewives housewivesbegin bouHWlYes bouHWlYesb housewivesbegIn begin preparing tID for it it and for fora a week weekbefore weekbefo weekbefore before befo hthe the eventful nttol day all the cities of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Nbrthlasid brth1ad are turned Into outof outofdoors outofdoon outofdoors doors markets where every conceivable conceivablething coaeeivabletblD conceivablethinr thing under the sun is displayed dtIn yed for sale saleThere aleTheN 1e 1eThere There are acres a of Christmas ChrtIIt trees sc scthat liethat sthat that one suddenly finding ndiag himself in a amarket amarket amarket market place might fancy fane be was in a asprue aspruce aspruce spruce forest foreet for no family is so poor It Itdoes Itdon Itdea does don without a tree and such trees So Sobeautifully SobcauUtuUy 8obeautifully beautifully green so shapely and sym symmetrical qmmetrical symmeUical metrical metricalChristmas meUicalCbrIstma metricalChrIatmaa Christmas begins with matins iliad at ato I Ioclock Ioclock oclock clock in the morning and then follow followdays followdayS followdays days of feasting From tile King to the thelowest the10w theowest lowest 10w owest peasant every one wears a happy happyface happyface PY PYface face and has ha a a pleasant greeting for forwhomever torwhoaever forwhomever whomever be meets at this holiday time timeWhether tbaeWbetJMr timeVbethm Whether tile hsppln hajpineas MM see sese on all allFides aUIdes allRIdes Fides Ides fa affected or real I eftnnot say but butit butit butIt it is i delightful and contagions I have haveno haveo no adjectives with which to describe the thetrees thetrees thetrees trees just fancy your own tree only a athousand athouaDd athound thousand times more gorgeous Its tapers tapersare tapenme tapersare are lighted at nightfall and the children forming a ring dance around ar81IJd singing singingold singingold iqIaaold old Swedish songs Gay parties part of man masqueraders DIUquraden manqueraders queraders go from house ho to house ho tear leaving IvIne tearlag lag gifts cracking jokes and toasting toastingtheir touU touUtbelr toastingtheir their friends frle ds in the wine that is found on onevery 011every onevery every sideboard flanked by big plum plumcakes plumcakes plumcakes cakes This feature recalls carnival canalvalIn times timesin timesIn in the south tb of Europe for at the yule yuletide yuletide yuletide tide the usually stolid Swedes show real realLatin realLatin realLatin Latin gayety gayetyWhat gayetyWhat yety yetyWhat What do they have for dinner Goose Goosealways Goo8ealwa7B Goosealways always goose is the piece de resistance re t8ta of ofall ofaU ofall all formal feasts In the north of Europe Europebut Europebut but supper is the holiday meal at Christ Christmas Christmas tmaJI mas and lux fish with baked potatoes potatoesrice potatoearice potatoesrice rice porridge seasoned with cinnamon clnnamonand clnnamonandit anda and anda a great fat goose are as universally universallyserved uDJveraallyserved universallyserved served for forupper supper on Christmas Eve Evein Evein EveIn in Swedish households as the turkey here hereNo bfteNo hereNo No goose no matter tter bOw fine ever tastes tastesas tastesas tast tastas as good to a loyal American palate as asour uour asour our own turkey which is the national nationalbird nationalbird nationalbird bird after all aD One often sees a touching touchingtiling toucb1Dthins touchingthing tiling fat Germany Qenpanya a sheaf of wheat fast fastened fuLfn foaLfned ened fn to the roof of a house to provide pro the thelittle thelittle little Ii tt Ie birds a Christmas feast feastIt teaathIt feastIt hIt It grieves me that Just llt at this time timethe timethe timethe I the King of Sweden should bpuldbe hputd be tying so solow 80111W soitiw low but I hope he may Jon be spared sparedto red redto to his country for he is not only a wise wiseand willeond wIseftnd and kind ruler but one of the most mostpitted mo moatgifted tgifted gifted and nd delightful men I ever met and andsu AdSlI ands su eonsklcrate of his subjects Every EveryTuesday EveryTueeday EveryTd7 Tuesday he gives a public audience a at the theroyal tMroyal theroyal royal palace abace to which every one and any anyone anyone anyone one is admitted admltt and he listens patiently patientlyand patleatlyand patientlyand and sympathetically to the stories that thatare thatare thatare are told him bim righting a wrong wherever whereverhe wberev wberevhe whereverbacon he bacon baconKing can canKing King 10 Oscar you know is a great greatgrandson 8ft8tg1IlIICbGa greatgrandson grandson of Bernadotte the founder of ofthe of1ho ofiho the present Swedish WedIsh dynasty and of ofJdsepidne ofJ ofJcuepMne Jdsepidne RPIdne Kapoleons divorced wife wit his hismother hismother hismother mother Queen Josephine having been a adaughter adra adnughter daughter dra uclr of Eugene de Beanharnais Beanharnaiswhich Beauharnal8whle Beauharnaiswhich which accounts for his hf wonderful charm charmfor eba ebafor ehainfor for he Is charming this aged monarch monarchthe JDODafChthe monarchthe the life IU and light of society in Stockholm StockholmI Stockho StockhoI I i could tell you so many stories about abouthim abouthim abouthim him him but that would not be telling about aboutmy aboutmy aboutmy my past Chrfcstmases so they must wait waita waitYes waitY waitYes a Yes I passed three Chrlstmases hrlstm in inQennsiay in1ft inGeressayone Qennsiay Geressayone one hi Berlin one ie in kabe Wtes Wtesbadea jeg jegbades be badea and an in Munich but bu the Ger German Qermaa Gorman man Christmas Jo exactly like the theSwedish theSw theSwedish Swedish Sw But Httle 11W work Is done dur during durInc durIng ing Christmas CI week in Kaiser Wil Williams William wullam liams liam empire and young and old rich richand ricbanet richand and poor devote themselves to having havinga a good time time the Kaiser setting them a aworthy awortby aworthy worthy example At every palace he heown heowna heowns own owns a great Christmas tree is set ae up upand upanel upand and every person in Ms employ is ii0S sure sureof eureat of a greeting and a a gift from his majesty majestyIt of 4 It Is the happiest tae of the year for forthe forthe forthe the children ef the royal ropJfalllil7 family for they theysee they8M theysee see much of their father and an he enters entersinto entersInto entersinto into their frolics and sports with the theenthusiasm theenUnlStlsm theenthusiasm enthusiasm of a boy boyTwo boyTwo Two years NU11 ago Just before the holiday holidayseason holidayson holidayseason season son the Empress was on her way to toPotsdam toPot toPotsdam Potsdam Pot ldam when the royal carrhge drove droveover droeOYtr droveover over a little boy some three or four years yearsold yearsold old 01 who ht was Wft playing pL1 ing in the street The TheEmpress TheEfllpress Thepipress Empress pipress was out of her carriage in an in instant Instant inst stant st nt and taking the child in her arms armsexamined armsexamined armsexamined examined him tenderly to find out if he hewas hewas hewa was wa hurt Fortunately ht was only slight slightly slightly slightIT ly injured but nevertheless rthele8S she hc wnt wentto wntto wntto to his home and saw to it that he had a adoctor adoctor adoctor doctor and a nurse and when Christmas Christmascame Chntm ChntmeaD1e Christmascaine came a few days later the childs hnd bed bedwas bedwas bedwas was covered with toys sent to him by byth bythe bythe th the Empress My fy dear she is the best bestof bestot beatof of women the wff wl of the German nnan Em Emperor Emperor Empetor peror not beau beauiful if ul nor witty but wise wiseand wl w1and pand and good and wr on re of a force than she sheis IIheis sheIs is credited cn itcl with being beingIn befnaIn beingS CIr In France FHn and Italy Christmas is very verydifferently vt verydlrutIy ry rydlffprontly differently observed ob than th ln in the th north of ofE ofEtlfOP ofEzrop EtlfOP rop and in ill these th countries ountil is more of ofa ofa ofa a religious festival than a family feast The devout are constantly in the beauti beautifully beautifully beautifully fully decorated churches Christmas Chrt tmns trees treesare trN8are treesare are less frequently seen and the exchang exchanging exchaftCIDe exchaflglug lug of gifts is reserved for New Years Yearsday Yearsday Yearsday day le jour de Van which wblch is a a gay gayboiiday PboUday gayholiday holiday devoted voted to tho paying IJayt of social socialas socialas socialas as well as commercial debt debts ebtB But the theshops Utemope thehop shops hop in Paris at this season are some something something I thing always aiwa to to be remembered They Theyare Theyare Theyare are far and away the most mo beautiful in inthe inthe inthe the world and would tempt money from fromtbe fromthe fromthe the pocket of the hardest old skinflint on onearth onearth onearth earth Only Oaf to see se th the windows at the thePalais thePaIaJll thePablo Pablo Royal on la rue de 4 la 1 Paix PaJx PaJxaYeDue and andavenue apdavenue avenue de 1Opem fe worth taking tbe tbesea tbesea thesea sea voyage vo to and from France I cant cantunderstand cantUbderstaod cantunderstand understand why our American shops nev never never ncrPr er have quite the same sein air but they nev never never soyCr er do do There must be something in the theatmosphere thea theatmosphere atmosphere a of Paris that outs a luster lusterover ltMover lusterover over everything everythingOne everythqOne everythingOn One On of the gayest Christmas Chrl I ever everpent everJIIHIt overspent pent was in this same Paris but it wa waat wan watat wanat at the American Legation LeptioRRO LegtioaRobert Robert ert Xc XcLane lLane bte bteLane Lane was minister JI at the time tilDeand tilDeandquite timeandquite and andquite quite as American as if It had been beenin beenla beenIn in New Ne York orlt We lV Ve had a jOlly Christmas Christmastree Chrt8UDastree Christmastree tree tree with presents for all the guests and andthat aiM aiMthat andthat that dear and a Cl excellent old gentleman gentlemanMr sentlemanMr gentlemani1r Mr i1r McLane MeLaae was full of jokes and quips quipsfor quJ quJfor quipstot for the men and flowery speeches for the thewomen thewomen themen women men The gigantic tIe turkey came from fromthis fromUti fromthis this Uti side and the mines pies I believe believewere believewere believewets were made at the MeLane home 1ft Balti Baltimore Balt1JDOre Baltimore more They were quite worthy I remem reMeJnher rememher remember her to have come from that celebrated celebratedkitchen celeWatedkttcba celebratedkftcb kitchen kitchenNo kttcbaNo kftcb kftcbNo No no Mr Cropper is not a daughter daughterof of the former minister 1 to France but his hisniece h1aIeee hisniece niece Ieee the daughter of his only brotherThe brotherThe brother brotherThe The name is spelled Mc capital Laneand Lane Laeand Laacand and nothing ever irritated Mr McLane McLanemore XcLanemore McLanemore more than to have it misspelled for forWIlT he hewas bewas was very proud of his family famU and never neverwanted ne newaatecl neverwanted wanted to be confounded with other tam families tamllies tamtiles tiles whose names are pronounced thevame thevamebut theMRlebut theumebut but spelled differently Mr McLanes fa father fatber tother ther Louis McLane MeLanc was United States Senator from Delaware DeJa ware in the late lateaad TT TTand lVs lVsand and at different times Minister 8tet to toGreat tftGreat toGreat Great Britain Brttala Brlti Secretary of the Treasury Treasuryand Treuaran4 Treasuryand and Secretary of State I never had the thegood tMpod thegood good fortune to see him because be was wasa waaa wasa a little before my day hot I bare been beentold DeeDtold beentold told that he was very iHstiagwefeed ia iahis Iabis inhis his appearance a very brilliant in conversation COIner COInerUon cosrernation nation Uon and that his It son Robert greatly greatlyresembled pLl7reMlllbIecI greatlyresembled resembled him himSpeaJdn Jdaaof himC CSpeaking Speaking of Robert McLane brings to tomind tomIDd tomind mind Gen Bonlanger the famous Gen GenBoulanger QeDBouIanpr GenBoulanger Boulanger who might lII have been dictator dictatorof dictatorof dictatorof of France but wasnt What an idol of ofhis etbJa ofhis his people that famous fellow was for a awhile awhile awhile while while and what a ladykiller I met himIn him himin hlmin in the sateiftf Countess Count 1 I and I Icoat must mustconfess mustoontss confess coat oontss foil completely under his spelL spelLTo 8P8JlTo spelLp To begin with be was so good to look at attall attaU attall tall ad military Wtary in his carriage with withthe wltbthe withthe the most wonderful eyes and a way of ofspeaking ofspeaking ofspeaking speaking to women that made the one onefavored onefavored onefavored favored at the moment believe ve that she shewas abewas shewas was the only woman in the world for him himOh himOh 0 Oh be was a sad sad flirt that Gen GenBoulanger GenBouJaDaer GenBoulanger Boulanger Just here the pompous Hans entered the thedrawingroom tbedtafiroom thedeawisigroom drawingroom holding aloft leftIarpst madame reslanieslargest a alargest largest and handsomest silver tray on onwhich onwbIeh onwhich which was a huge hu plum cake and a foam foamIng foamlug lug 1 pitcher pltcb of ofNo eggnog eggnogNo encgNo No tea today toda said madame but buteggnog bUtetQPO butnog eggnog nog eggnog of my own making and andplum udplwn andplum plum cake of my own mixing You see I Iknow IkIIow Iknow know all the Christmas tricks Yes Yes it is isgood Japod Isgood good and I verily believe that eggnog eggnogmade eaDOmade eggnogmade made after this recipe saved Yell the life of a adear tdear adear dear old gentleman I met in the Tyrol TyrolThis TyrolOld TyrolThin This old gentleman whose name nameLecky was wasLecky wasLecky Lecky by the way and who was an own owncousin ownco owncousin cousin co of the famous historian of that thatname thatJlame thatname name was staying at the same hotel In InInnsbruck InInnsbruek inInnabruck Innsbruck at which hleh I stopped in the thecompany theoompany thecompany company of two spinster daughters cJaU bten ex extremely extNmel1 cxtremely tremely nice women and perfect English Englishtypes EncUshtypea Englishtypes types He was ill when he arrived and andevery an4every andevery every day seemed meet to grow weaker and andweaker andwealter andweaker weaker The most dangerous daD thing about abouthis aboutbill abouthis his case wa was that he could eat nothingand nothingand nothing nothingand and was kept alive by stimulants which whichwere whlcbwere whichwetn were given to him in small quantities quantitiesevery quantitiesevery quantitiesevery every hour It was sad to see the th old oldgentleman 014plltJemaD oldgentleman gentleman fading away awa and I suggested lsugestedeverythiDC suggestedeverything suggestedeverything everything I could that might tempt his hisappetite hlsapPetlte hisappetite appetite At last it occurred to me that thateggnog thatIe thateggnog eggnog If he could take it It would be the thevery theveI7 thevery very thing So without saying a word to toany toany toany any one I made a glass with the freshest freshesteggs freshestegp freshesteggs eggs the purest cream and the finest old oldbrandy oldbraDCly oldbrandy brandy I could buy buywblaky whisky any but butScotch butScotc butScotch Scotch at least least was out of the question questionin in that little town townthen then hi the thinnest thinnestof tbtnn tof of glasses and on the daintiest of trays I Isuried Ied Irrled suried rrled ed it to him with my own hands handsIt bandahit handsIt hit It was good to see him drink It It Fear Fearful Fearful Fearful ful at first 1trM ne only took the smallest pos possible posible poeathie sible sip but the moment he tasted the theflavor thea theflavor flavor a W01 be eagerly drank the whole glass glasstoo glasstoo 1 1too too eagerly I thought and dreaded lest lestit lestIt lestit it might make him ill 11 but but no it was wasjust wasjust just what he needed and during all the theUOM thetIaN theUrns Urns that he stayed yed there I made him himthree himthree three eggnogs a day eta Egg knocks he healways heal healways always al called them and he insisted on oncalling oncaIUDc oncalling calling me his American doctor Yes Yea he hegot 1MsotweII hegot got sotweII well i perfectly well and he believes believesland Believesand believesand land and I believe it was the egg knocks knocksStrangely knocksStraa8ely knocksStrangely Strangely enough neither he nor his hisdaughters hiahten hisdaughters daughters hten had ever beard of ofwbiclt eggnog eggnogwhich eggnogwhich which is such a common drink both in insickness Insick inslekases sickness sick and in health among us and andwhich antiwhtcla andwhich which must have been brought to toAmerica toAmertca toAmerica America by the English But I gave gavethem gavethem ft ftthem them them a carefully careful1 written recipe For a anumber anamber anumber number of years oars after we separated I Iused ItDe4 Iused used to have grateful letters from my mydistinguished mydlat1 mydistinguished distinguished dlat1 hed patient and nd once be sent a alittle aItttle alittle little poem entitled ejititlod Utled Egg Knock whisk wbiehlauded wtaleltlaudfd whisklauded lauded the beauty and virtue of that thatdrink tlIatdrink thatdrink drink drinkYou drinkTou drinkYou You would like the recipe Mrs 15 Sec Secretary Secretary Seerotary retary Why certainly I will give it to toyou toYOU toyou you with pleasure though thou I am sure your yourown yourown yourown own is quite as good and with her own owndainty ow owdainty owndainty dainty hands madame wrote out the fol following followine following lowing recipe for Mrs Secretary SecretaryOne One quart of ol1l milk lkJPtTe 11k sad cream MtattL MtattLFire bmd bmdFhe Fire of the freshest of ofFifl egaa egaaFire LFire Fire eert spoonfuls of i deied gar gvgarOc garOnhalf nirthaf Oc Onhalf thaf haf pint of whisky whiskyOnehalf 1rIt whhyOnehalf lllQ lllQOmhalf Onehalf gill iII of wise wi sherry err7 tea ieanif Mateafa 11 3lninilaMadrira or orMadeira or3b4Idn Madeira for fBut flaforiaf flaforiafBut flaroc1esBut But it is all said madame as she shehanded shehanded shehanded handed her guest the recipe in the mix raising mixIng mixIng ing The eggs should be beaten separ separately Rparatd separtelv ately atd telv and nd as long and as hard as theyare they theyare theyare are beaten bfat for sponge cake Then they theyxhouid theyQuld theyahould xhouid Quld tw whipped together with a a light lighthand lighthand lIghthand hand and at the same time the sugar sugarmust surmust sugarmust must be padre slowly in When the thesugar tbeUpI thesugar sugar to thoroughly th8ro hty mixed with the eggs eggsthe eg egthe eggsthe the whisky is added little by little JlttJ the themilk themilk themtlk milk and cream ccme me next and the thesherry theshlrry thesherry sherry or whatever is used for flavoring flavoringlast Oavoringlast flavoringlast last Grate a little nutmeg on top and andyou andY01l andyou you have a drink fit for the gods them themselves themIves themselves selves selvesMadame Ives IvesMadame CMadame Madame had barelygnisned these In Instructions Inctructl Inctructlens structions ctructl ns before Mrs Secretary asked askedfor askedI askedfor I for her recipe rf for plum cake then theneverybody thenI theneverybody I everybody wanted it even the diplomat so It ended by nwdamo dlUT1o sanding 50ndingHans Hans to toher tobel toher her secretary MCrelar with orders to make half a adozen aI adozen I dozen copies And here is the recIpe racipeOne recIpeOi One 0 Oi awl MHiaK pounds of flew flewOut eat eatOs 0 Os Out and lid MhRK 1 ytnato of tmUir tmUirOM OM 0 and a kIf elKtf prods at Mg MgTwo IUWIr IUWIrTwo gsrTwo Two pnsa paiindi of Manehail and rimfcled almonds almondsTwo almondsTwo almondsTwo Two pounds rahdna 18 181W MAM MAMTw sael saelTwo Tw pound pne of duoS sHwd sHwdOM slieniOne OM 0 em ll of olllrudJ hraady hraadyQM bosIrOmmte 0 Ommte OmmteThe QM MUMS MUMSThe 0TIte The yjfat and em grated rind ef tw tn lesions tanensOne 1emensOue lesionsOni One taaayraaM tL 1 Jh4 of CSBMBMR CSBMBMROne One 0 teaapooBfal i osM a 11 ef powttorcd irid ofcrwQw slaves slavesOiss Qw 0 teMpoanlat III el elYou MM MMYou mseshses hses CYou You want me to tell you OU something somethingabout somethIngabout somethingabout about the old Christmas in Washington Washingtonasked Washingtonasked ldngton 7 7asked asked madame smiling till into tO Ute face of ofthe ortile ofthe the debutante Ah my child hltl1 that thatwould thatwould thatwould would be a a long story for my momory The Ambassador AmbassadorIt It is amusing to find that lee Jfteoun visits vietlesconn visitseonss conn bave got to dance tIM American Americanminuet JIIertcaItmtauet tnsericaaminuet minuet and that neither ia Berlin nor norany DOlaDJ sosany any other European capital is the per performer performer performer former and the performance pert of half so somuch 0much somuch much consequence The qualifications tor torthe torthe forthe the office and their effects Cects upon public publicmeasures public1e8 publicmeasures measures 1e8 and foreign affairs are gravely gravelyset gravelyset ftly ftlyeet set forth Monsieur lII ur Jusserand as a fas fascinating fascinating as asclnattng cinating critic and historian of English Englishletters En81iahletters Englishletters letters greater in this fleld than any anyother anyother anyother other living writer having tbe profound profoundinsight profOWMlIaldPt profoundInsight insight into tile spirit of English litera literature Ilte IltetUnt literaLure Lure which Voltaire oItan lacked and Paine Paineaffected Paineaffected Paineagected affected is that far a valuable asset for forhis forhis forhis his government emment it is stated Also that thathe thathe he can and does play pta tennis tea with the tbePresident Uaet thePresident President But then the Count von Stem Stemburg SteIDburc Sternburg burg rides with thePresident Uk and aDd shares shareshte shareshis baNehis his tastes and sympathies in other things thingsMr thtnMr thingsr Mr Brrces Brie Holy Roman Empire is goes far beck to the days when thore thorewas thoreWRS therewas was no furnace to ruin ones complexion complexionno no electric lights or cars or automobiles automobilesthreatening automobilesthreatening automobilesthreatening threatening ones life lIr at every turn and andwhen andwhen andwhen when I recall those days I find myself myselfbecoming myselfI myselfbecoming I becoming garrulous sarrulo tor they did have havea 1 a flavor ftavorthat that is lacking In this th progressive progressiveage progres ive iveI I age I fancy you would like to hear hearabout boorI hoarabout I about a strange old custom cu tom peculiar to totho toI tothe the estate on which I lived and whichwa whichwas which whichwas I was I think observed on other estates in inthe InUte Inthe the South This was the lighting of the theYule theYule theYule Yule log The hardest hard toughest biggest biggesttr biggesttTH biggesttrO tr tTH trO in the forest knotted and gnarled gnarledwas gnllrledwas gnarledW8 was selected for this purpose and as asthe ris risthe asthe the negroes felled it months of course coursebefore coursebefore coursebefore before Christmas they would sing of the thegood thepod thegood good times to con Come The log was then thensoaked Utensoake4 thensoaked soaked hv a nearby swamp to make it itslow Itow itslow slow ow in burning bun and on Christmas Eve read French nove novels and jlr pirate iite te Frenchplaya Frenchplays French Frenchplays plays Every President ought by law tobe tobe to tobe be allowed to shoot three diplomats fiveSenatorS fiveSenators five fiveSenators Senators and 5 610 officeseekers In thecourae thecourse the thecourse course of his tenure of oilke butwe butwe but butwe we like our Presidents to do UuUn thesbootlng Ute Uteshooting shooting Un jven en in this Imperfect worlda worldand world worldand a and the coming ambassador must kllOwt knowthe know knowthe the difference between the President IUtda anda and anda a grimly bMr bear and pot the bear 1renehmen Frenchnice French Frenchmen men as a rule are not good snots at all alland oiland all alland and we dont want to be made nerOUIiabout nervousabout nervous nervousabout about our Chief Executive Even Whenwe whenwe when whenwe we are not attached to him it is troUbleI troublesome trouble troublesome I some and expensive to unship the rudderotba redderof rudder rudderoC otba oC the th ship blp of state te and set up a newI newone new newone one oneOr I Or fancy what would happen if the auar stiffnecked stiff stiffnecked necked belted ean or descendant of thei thebarons the tbebarons i barons of Runnymede and reprellt representative representativeof tative tativeI I of Magna Charta and tbe flag on wblellthe whichthe which whichtbe the sun never sets ta should write the Prea1deftt PreaIdent Prea President ident a a personal note and taking his life nreIn fifeIn lifein in his own hands in spite pate of frleDdJyblats friendlyhints friendly friendlyhints hints from the private secretary and tb tbehlef thechief the thechief chief of police refuse to sign hIltCJnaearly himselfVlnsearly himself himselfdnsearly dnsearly yores Ac Ac We are JutatandJnc juststanding just juststanding standing on the brink of a precipice a as anation anation a anation nation Our foreign relations in fact fact areall areall are areall all precipices and the Secretary of State Stateshould Stateabou14 Stateahoul4 abou14 should fly with the Czar of Russia tosome to tosome some secluded spot where governments governmentsand I and treaties and diplomats are unknoWDwhere unknownwhere unknown unknownwhere where the wicked cease from troubling troubUqI troublingand troublingand I and the weary are at rest Nor i is onlythe only onlythe nly nlythe the state involved The church here asin asin as asin in France is also nolens volena a factorIn factorin factor factorIn In these problems Perhaps in order toplease to toplease 0 0pleue please our Chief Executive in future ItWin Itwill it itwill will be necessary ry to please his wifeHave wifeHave wife wifeHave Have we lorp forgotten ttea that history repeatsitae1f repeatsItself repeats repeatsitself itself There was Cardinal XUaJ1ndanc XUaJ1ndancI Mazarlndinelag Maearin danc dancing lag his saraband raband before the Queen WhIlethe whilethe while whilethe the court Jadl ladies Uttered behind a KrMSail screenShall screen screenShall I Shall we have a Methodist bishop burst1DC bursttug burst burstIng tug into coon songs and breakdowns attbe atthe at attbe tbe White House ooA A man may be amaD asuns a aman man for a that but can he be a bishopwithout bishop bishopwithout hop hopwithoat without Well one must at be uenetNor discreetNor discreet discreetNor Nor is this alL There was the little ltttleVNt littlegreat littlegreat great Frederick who was ruled bytutor by hi hitutor his histutor tutor who was ruled by her priest whowas whowas who whowas was ruled by his cook cook who was ruled byher byher by byher her lapdog To what complexion shallwe shall shallwe baU baUwe we come at last Then tlte there is this blueab blueabys blue blueabyss abyss ab above us Will heaven be ktnc1Xen kln4Men kind kindMen Men eba change so 0011 II a Wen dhonneteftW dhonnetegens dhonnete dhonnetegens gens qui sont Isssc de lean Jour mitier LaRoehefoueaukl LaRochefoucauld La LaRochefoucauld Rochefoucauld say says At forty at sixtyat sixty sixtyat xt1 xt1at at eighty are they alwa always the sameAlter sameAfter same sameAfter After fifty years of honesty bank cullten cashlees cash cashiers ten disappear wI with the funds tired oftaIdD oftaking of oftaking taking care of Il millions WODa on SL2N 1211 a year aD4twith andwith and andI I with no 1acreM increase of salary or perquisites perquisitesin in view An accident or a bad fall tall and aMwhat andwhat andwhat what happens After taking an unexpeeted unexpected unex unexpected pected header or cropper in Rockrftk RockCreek Rock RockCreek Creek Park Park just suppose tJa the Prdeatelect Presidentelect President Presidentelect elect and protemporaneoua pro tern poraneous but aUpowerful allpowerful allpow allpowerful erful erful should take to the flute ute to Byronic ByroaIecoUan Byronlecollars Byroniccollars collars to writing sentimental vene verse orthe orthe or orthe the great national tIoaal epic oamouatm on dyspepsia tomounting te temounting mounting and sailing balloons advocatepajamas advocate advocatepajamas ocate ocatefor pajamas for street weu weukIaon weardo heaven heiveaknows heavenknows knows what Truly the sttumdoa deft ap apI nppalling ap appalling palling If tbe European papers are te bee bebelieved be bebelieved I believed ved Agitation AgitationThe A tgItationThe ItRtI nThe The truth is that we are a large quar quarrelsome tI1IUoIIw quarrelaome relsome oIIw kindhearted selfwilled family familywe fIIdITwe familywe we citisens of these thee United States and andthe aadtask andthe the task of governing us is no stoecure stoecureOk IIIBeeunoia slneeureO Ok some Rb subjects it does seem as thooga thoogawe tfi thoqghwkshould fi wkshould we should never agree Wasnt it Charles CharlesDudley Iw1 Iw1Dudley chartsDudley Dudley Warner who saM that tIIaton agftjtffcm agftjtffcmon on the subject of the colored people peoplewould peoplelNald peoplere1d would re1d never cease till we bad a bmck bIaektbe bleckwaman bmckwoman woman ia tbe White House Hf ChrJtlnnlf ChrJtlnnlfThe CJtrlstssasThe The dear season that opens heaven Jaca to tous tothe tous us all filling the little childs eland head with withvisions wltb1G withvisions visions of bulging bu stockings and Jointed jetataddolls JoIaWddol18 Jointeddolls dolls dol18 and taking ta the tangles and ruts rutsand rutsBaa rutsand and lines out of the oldest and saddest saddesthearts a4deItbearta saddesthearts hearts at least for the time is close by bynear bnear bynear near enough for us all to hear the an angels angeis gels stag Glory be to God In the Highest Highestand HiPatand Highestand and on Earth Irth Peace peaee Good Win to Men MenWhen Me MeWhen MenWhen When when win It come to stay loves lovespeace Ioye Ioyepeace lovespeace peace and accord between God and man manand ID IDaod manand and man and his fellowman Think of ofwhat ofwhat ofwhat what wars cost in blood and money JDODe and andhate an anbate andhate hate and desolation and thank God for ferthe forthe 0r 0rthe the king of love love the prince of peaee peaeeSome teeeSo peaseSome Some So of us are tired to death of the tbenobfe tbo1aobIo thenoble noble art of murdering murftria It But God fc IFHIs in inHis InHis His world woricl and we move slowly 17 but sorely sorelytoward wrelytowanl surelytoward toward the only settlement of any sad all allquestions aUquelltloM 11 11questions questions kindness justice pity goner generosity 5eIIV08tt7 gonerosity osity chrIStianIty ChrietlMtityChrlstmxs CbrtaUult7Ohll chrIStianItyChriatnias Chrlstmxs Ohll tl1UtH Slioppiitg SlioppiitgThere SbOIHllIgThere Slioppist1There There is an old tale of a lady wbo wbobegan wIobepa wo wobegan began to do her her er Christmas shopping OH OHDecember 011DecelDber onDecember December 27 of each year But no such suchperson fPICbpeni8R suchperson person can possibly have ever existedBut existed existedBut But it would certainly be not at all a abad abad bad plan for anybody who ho has a large largeconnection largeecaneedon connection eoa family and many friends to toremember toremember toremember remember to begin be a month or six week weekbeforehand we bbeforebaac1 weeksbeforehand beforehand The Tbeps shops are really reaU very veryinteresting erylntere8t1n ery eryiMeresting interesting but the shoppers are more so soThere 10There soThere There are the wildeyed mideyed people who dont dontknow demtknow dontknow know what they want want and cant be hehappy bebappy behappy happy till they get it it Then there are the theorderly theorderly theorderly orderly sensible people who have every everyname 8eryname everyname name the thing thln to be gotten the limit of it was brought in by a half dozen of the theyoung OMyoung theyoung hearth A Aflro AOro Afire young men and placod on the fire was built in front of it and lighted lightedwith lightwith lightedwith with great ceremony and just as long lon as asthat aathat asthat that log lasted the servantsthey were wereslaves wentlaves wereslaves slaves at that time timewere were given holiday holidayand hd1ilJayand hdUdaYand and such dancing and singing and merry merrymaking mrymnklng merrYmaking making as went on In the negro quarters quarterstor quartersfor quartersfor for the next week or two twoWe twoVe twoWe We Ve children were as much excited as astho astho asthe tho negroes themselves and stole out outo outot of a anight anight anight night and peered Into the cabin windows windowsto to watch the fun Sometimes there warn waea waaa warna a wedding sometimes A christening to tofurther tofurther tofurther further enliven the holiday but these thesefunctions thesefunctions efunctions functions were always conducted with withgreat withgrcat withgreat great decorum and the white folks were wereinvariably we weInvariably woreinvariably invariably invited to participate Dear Dearold Dearold Donrold old days dear old days 7S1 And madam madamsighed maanmQslgbed madamesighed sighed SO WAGS THE WORLD I I II One of our English contemporaries is lereeponsiMe isIWponldlllle Isreoponaible reeponsiMe for the thestatement statement that there therehas therebas thereha has ha been a slight sll refrigeration of Anglo AngloAmerican Anc1on AngloAni American Ani lcan friendship owing to some sub subtle subUe subtie tie Ue Imperceptible and unintended pro process procas process cess which has placed the two govern governments governIftenta governmeats meats rather less in touch to than they theywere theyere theywore were ere It is curious to beer that for the thepast thetwo thepast past two years the British ambassador ambassadorhas ambuudorhas ambassadorhas has been out of it It and the place placeformerly pJaoeformerly plaoeformerly formerly occupied by England Jn a seized by bya bya bya a personal friend of the President Pdent Count CountSpeck CountSpeck CountSpeck Speck von Sternburg Sterub who 110 combines every everyadvantage everyadYantae everyadvanta4e advantage was 1 born in Yorkshire speaks apeaksEnglish speaksUSh speaksEnglish English USh as Idiomatically as an English Englishman Englishman Englishman man throws himself into the strenuous strenuouslife strenuoUiltre strenuouslife life cultivates the most expansive style styleof Myl Mylof styleof of afterdinner oratory with an air of ofgoodfellowship otSOOdfeUowsbJp ofgoodfellowship goodfellowship which is the more mor effect effective cfteettve effectIve ive because It is genuine enulne and not mis misleading mIaleadtnc misheading leading and shows extraordinary staying stayingpower stayingpower taylnXpower power In the genial 1 employment of shak shaking sbakIn shaklug lug a countless democracy 11 by uy the hand handThere hanc1There bandThere There was a time when almost any diplo diplomat tltpkJDat diploInst mat in Europe was considered good goodenough svodC goodenough enough to send ad to Washington Wasbln ton But xi xiMolieres nMoliere UMolieres Molieres Medicin Malgre Lul said of ofthe oft ofthe the human heart when In his ignorant ignorantquackery Ignorantquackery Ignorantquackery quackery be insisted on placing it on the theright theriPt theright right aide sN and was told that the heart hearthad hearthacI hearthad had always been on the left Nous ovens avonschanges avODehanpa ovenschanges changes tout cola AH that is altered alteredIt alteredIt alteredIt It had begun to simmer in the European Europeanmind Europeanmind Europeanmind mind and filter hue Int the European brain branteven braineven braineven even before the Cuban and Philippine Philippinecampaigns Philippineeapalp Philippinecampaigns campaigns that these United States of ofours ofoun ofours ours were fine large 1aJ peas But now we weare weare weare are large golden pumpkins and are aregrown arecrown aregrown grown In the garden nlen of Heeperides Be and andare an4are andare are guarded by two dragons dra dragonsthe nathe the people peopleand peopleand peopleand and the administration admhtratlonbang hang temptingly temptinglyever temptinglyover ly lyftr ever ftr tbe wall and are well worth ad admiring adlriDIf admiring miring lriDIf envying en plucking pluckln The same samejournal ameJournal eameJournal journal calls us the diplomatic center of ofthe ofthe ofthe the world which is only not nattering natteringbecause flatteringbecause because 1 it is true The task of repre representing reprentlq repsseating seating any an country here is set down oDa as asa asa a delicate and momentous task Dear DearDear DearDearl learlsr Dear We had ne a idea that things were wereas wu wereas as bad as that and by no means take takei takeoUlflelves takeourselves i ourselves so seriously a notable notabJe event amon among mere me literary literarypeople literalpeople literarypeople people but when it comes COIn to recover recovering reeoverine recovertag tag the blue ribbon of diplomacy pre presumably preaumabl1 pieaumably sumably of the Presidents conferring conferringhe confetTI air airbe he cannot ride or wield a racket with withhis wltbhis withhis his rivals for he is i not athletic and andis aJKIIs adIs is obviously not the man for the tbeplace UaepJaee theplace place in spite of his Academic cademlc per performance perfcwaaRee performasee formance The Holy Roman Empire Empireand Blllplreaad Empireand and his hi other gifts and talents Ienta The Thetemper Thetemper Thetemper temper of the government and the thepeople tbepeoPM thepeople people of the United States Stat Is compara comparatively COIII COIIIthely comparatively tively of small importance What the theambassador theamdor theambeseador ambassador has got to do is to please pleasethe p1euethe pleasethe the President There is but one United UnitedStates Unlte4StatM UnitedStates States and Roosevelt is 1 its prophet prophetbriefly proJbetbrlefty prophetbriefly briefly sums up the political situation situationhere attuaUonhere situationhere here for Europe it seems He because becauseMr becauseMr becauseMr Mr Roosevelts personality is the thedominating thedomlnaUq thedominating dominating influence In uence upon the nation nationand nationand nationand and will remain dominant no matter matterwho MaUrwbo matterwho who is elected for a third term Thi Thiis This Thisis Thisis is serious Nothing can withstand his hteinfluence hisinJIveIMe hisinfluence influence A successful e8tal ambassador ambassadormust ambassadormust ba ador adorat must at be adjusted to his temperament temperamentThe temperamentThe The President is 1 an imperialist in inevery InVery Inevery every fibre of his being betn He is full of ofa ota ofa a Blsmarckian Bl directness and vitality vitalityand vitalityand vitalityand and all purely pedantic or diplomatic diplomaticqualifications diplomaticqualifications diplomaticqualifications qualifications are useless in dealing with withhim witbhim withhim him The Tb navy is expanding Free Freetrade Preetrade Freetrade trade is dead The only dispute dl pute be between between between tween parties is as to whether the thetariff thetartC thetariff tariff should be high or low It will willbe willbe willbe be well for the new British ambassa ambassador un undol aroheqiadci dor to be in the fullest possible sym sympathy 8mpathy sympathy pathy with this temperament He Heought Heongh Heought ought to be young vigorous rich and andhis andhis andhis his wife ought to be a charming hos hostess hostea hostees tea Poor ambassadors We can canonly cad cadonly castonly only hope that the President Pre ldent will be becareful becareful becareful careful in his choice of tunes since sincethese sincetb sincethese these must een dance to it It and not pipe pipemadly piPmadly p1wmadly madly like the Pied Piper of Hame Hamelln HameJin Hamtin tin and that he will be merciful merciful In the thematter tbematter thematter matter of temperament We all like likeand UkeaJut likeand and honor him for one reason or other othermost otherJUoet othermoot most of us for many excellent ones onesand onesand onesand and his friends Just nachelly love lovehim lovebim lovehim him as they say in Georgia But when whenone whenone whenone I one thinks think of the difllculty of pleasing pleasinganybody ploaslnranybody pleasinganybody anybody much or long 10n What a per perspective perspeetlve perspective i spective the whole question opens up upWhat UPWhat upWhat What a vista of terrible possibilities possibilitiesj and absurd impossibilities Think of ofthe ofthe ofthe the henouae nervousness engendered by oy using belnabetween beingbetween usingbetween between the devil and the deep sea seathe sea seathe seathe the government gov rnment a a diplomat represents representsI repreaentaand representsand I and the President In matters of liter literary Ifteraq literary ary taste dress sport character con conduct COnduct conduct duct amusements amu emetal It would make a awreck areek awreck wreck reek of any man less intellectually intellectuallysubtle Intel1ectuallyRbtle Intellectuallysubtle subtle than Maehiavolli aebla oUl a ooward of ofMarshal otManHu ofMarshal Marshal Ney Suppose SupposeJust SUltlOSTust SupioaeJust Just suppose 08e that tho President Presidentshould Presidentshould should 14 develop a a Democratic fancy for fora fora fora a sack coat and a rod tie tb for fora a dinner dinnereoatunte dinnercoatume dinnercostume costume Instead of the dismal toilette toilettenow toilettenow totlettenow now regarded as 8 correct and conse consecrated conseemecl cosineernied crated to butlers undertakers and andswells andswells I Iawelb swells Both are comfortable and andone andone I Ione one fthe the cravat picturesque picturesqueSuppose plctursqueU1tpoae picturesqueSuppose Suppose U1tpoae an absentminded absQzitmlmlod rigid rigideffete rlgtdellete rigideete effete European uropean should get into his hisevening hiscyenlnl hisevening evening clothes carelessly of long longhabit longhabit longhabit habit and arriving at the White WhiteHouse TbU ThttHouse TbUHouse House find himself the only man so sodressed aodrea sodressed dressed ed at the table and the treaty treatywith trflatvwith treatywith with the United States government governmentwhich goornment goornmentwhich governmentwhich which was pending ndlng so much waste wastepaper wutepaper wastepaper paper in consequence the fury of the theCourt theCourt theCourt Court of Pumpernickel looming large largebefore largebefore largebefore before him with A certainty cert8ln of dls dlsgraee dlsAC8 diggraee graee and dismissal as he shook hands handsand haqad handsand and bowed himself out of the terrible terriblepresence terriblepft8eD terriblepresence presence presenceOr pft8eD pft8eDOr presenceOr Or suppose the Court of Provence should shouldsend shouldsend sliouksend send us a man who couldnt shoot any anything anything anything thing or anybody any od except tho imprudent imprudentperson Imprudentperson imprudentperson person who rashly went out with him and andwasnt andwasnt andwasnt wasnt all eyes when getting over the thefence thefence thefence fence Fancy such a diplomat booked bookedfor bookedfor bookedfor for a bear hunt with the President who whocouldnt whocouldnt whocouldnt couldnt kill him though he might ml ht Wish wt Wishto vtehto hto to and whom he might pink at any mo moment moment momeat ment from sheer nervousness ncrvow 1SS Should we wethen wethen wethen then cease to be clad in the silks of ofLyons ofLyons II Lyons YOnS to drink the admirable wines of ofMarseilles oflrIarseUles ofMarseilles Marseilles exported or adulterated adllltemted to tok expenditure for each perse panes Tk TN foolish foolishmothers roealllkmothers fDelIskmothers mothers who drag babies around arouJldc1eneelT the thedensely thedensely densely crowded aisle of a a department departmentstore departmentslOre departmentstore slOre store are not wanting waBtin There was a baby babyactually baIt7actually babyactually actually smothered ht one of them test testweek 1utweek lastweek week And the poorest poo woman can die dispose dl dlpoIIeof diepose pose poIIeof of her little one among friendly friendlyneighbors frlendlTnet friendlyneighbors neighbors net 18 for a few horn kevin when it te tereally fareally isreally really necessary Then the dear gentle gentletranquil entJetraaqult gentletranquil tranquil old people in whose who ripe expert experience expertence expertsacs ence rush and nd crush have been shown to tobe tobe tobe be dangerous 1fO wander carefully from fromplace fromplace fromplace place to place pine not hurried at all nor norworried norwrled sotworried worried wrled nor flurried choosing this or orthat orthat orthat that article quietly and paying for it itquietly Itquietly Itquietly quietly and waiting quietly for the thechange theeynp thechange change These are they who almost almostsave allDOlltve save ve the lives IIv of the people behind behindthe beblD4tAe behindthe the counters and aggravate the red redThere re4There redThere There are only three golden rules na for forXmas forXmu forXmas Xmas shopping lIoppIa Buy bt time time buy what whatyou wbatyou whatyou you can afford and when la doubt bt as to towhat towhat towhat what will please plea get a nice book 1J One Oneheirs Onelad Onehears heirs lad such strange scrap of conversa conversation COD CODtIoIl conrerealion lion on all sides as for instance instanceJenny lD8taDosJeD InstanceJenny Jenny has got one Dont get that She Shenever Shenever Shenever never te pleased or grateful no matter matterwhat matterwhat niatterwhat what yed get her or That pin will willdo wIUdo willdo do for Sarah Its It II cents She te buy buying bu1lna buylag lag something sos me this minute that thatcost tltatcost thatcost cost cents or Five dollars te more morethan aiore aiorethan morethan than I can afford but it te for the altar altarand altarand altarand and nothing te good enough for that or orArent ftrAnmt OrArent Arent inlaws awtnt to shop for TV TVdone rYe rYee rvedone done seven but Ive got to remember rememberabout remeMberabout remsnberabout about seventeen of em emN or Oh Oh if I only onlyknew Oldyknew onlyknew knew what would please my husband husbandIt It is so hard to get anything for a man manWhen mallWhea manWhen When he was a bachelor he got more moreslippers more8Uppen moreslippers slippers than if he was a centipede and andnow an4DOW andnow now he never gets a aJfr pair Well Wen maybe maybeslippers maybeIppen maybeslippers slippers Ippen would do for one present One Onegirl Oneairl Onegirl girl was saying Yi to another Dont you youget youget upt get conceited and send your young man manyour JDDyour manyour your photo If yon want ut to please pies him himSend himhim hissSend Send him a box of Havana cigars You Youwill Youwill I will Well youll just make the mistake mistakeof of your life IIf I know em Another Anotherpulled Anetberpulled Anotherpulled pulled her old father away forcibly in the theact theact theact act of buying a bright green necktie for forhimself forhIlf forhimself himself saying Jiftl You dont want that thatAt tlUttAt thatAt At your age My 1 goodness Besides you youcame 7011came youcaine came to buy things for other oth people peopleAnd peopleAJId peopleAnd And you havent got a thing for Paul Pauland Pauland uI uIand and Letty and Amy and Jean yet I Idont Iout Idont dont believe youve you bought a thing yet yetworth yet1IfOItIa yetworth worth having baYb not a thing To which whichwith wblebwltb whichwith with a wink wlak the cheerful old soul at ex exclaimed exclaimed esclaimed claimed Yes I have Ive got a a six sixteenpound 1IIxteeDpoaad sixteespound teenpound turkey a a pair of ducks ducaa and anda anda a basket of champagne cham If If I dont dontmid dotibid dontand mid something hl for Ted In this store I Ithall Ibll Irhalt thall bll be almost crazy Ive walked the thecity thecity thecIty city of Washington over looking for an anedition antJon anedition edition tJon of Italian songs printed wInted a hun hundred hUD4red bundred dred years ago and couldnt get them and there isnt time enough to order orderanything orckrA7thIDc orderanything anything clamors one woman My ityWhere MyWhere MyWhere Where ta that watch tell I bought usJat for Joe JoeI JoeI JoeI I certainly had It in my muff Jad and now nowIt BOWIt nowIt It te i gene No here it Is Sa between the tbelining theIiDbaa theUniug lining and the mutt Ob what a a sweet sweetthing IlWeetthiq sweotthing thing for mother Dont you think she shewill IIbewil shewill will wil be pleased She loves shawls shaw and andlilac andUlac andiliac lilac Is her favorite color murmurs a alovely alovelr lovely 101 girl tri to a sympathetic clerk Ill Illtake rntake Illtake take that red ball for the babys bys stock stockragoh etockhIaott Mocklugoh ragoh rm sorry but I cant I Ihavent Ibavt Ihavent havent got a a cent left Oh its It only i 6eentr iceAU icents cents and I cant get down town 1m 1mCouldat again againCouldnt againCouldat Couldat I pay you after Christmas I Ijust IJut Ijust just must have that ball for my paper paperstocking peperstocJdnclor paperstockingfor stocking stocJdnclor for my baby says say a beaming beamingfriendly beamtncfr1en41y beamingfriendly friendly mother in dWculties Well WellFve WelLrve Wellrye rye got 9tt 1 left Charley gave Te me meto IS ISto fato to buy presents with this morning momi But ButIm ButIm ButIni Im not going iig to sprad it all that way I tell you rm going going to get myself a set setof setof setof of ermine with It the handsome young youngmatron JOW1Cmatron youngmatron matron at the jewelry counter confided confidedte to her friend Theres There lots of nature naturehuman AatUft AatUftbuman flaturehuman human nature natu natureamong among the Christmas Christmasshoppers Chrt8UDa8sboppena Christmasshoppers shoppers to be sure ure Yet nothing to towhich towldeh towhich which you cannot add and love there therewith therewith therewith with To buy something for and andsend and8eDd andsend send it early expecting ex to get back an another another another other thing worth 5S i te just setting t1al a aprat aapI1I asirst apI1I prat to catch cat a herring To pay te grief griefand gristand and 4 woe woe thanks to ample ccedit and a atweet aweet atweet tweet but unwise awi generosity PD tytbe the bill that thatwill thatwftl thatWill will certainly come in by the lot of Jan January JauUIY Jansiary uary is Just folly And dont be too toonarrowhearted tooDITOWINarted toonarrowhearted narrowhearted There te tile washer washerwoman washeromaa washerwoman woman omaa the organ grinder the bootblack bootblacktbe bootblacktbe bootblackthe tbe newsboy the old negro nagroremember nagrorememberthemdo remember rememberthem ber berthem them themdo do doThe TnbulntlJl Pnbii1atIiig Pr Presents PresentsThe 50nt 50ntthe The householder who tabulated ief his hteChristmas hisChrIaUIIM hischristmas Christmas was very keen It was like likethis JDteth likethis this th December 19 gave my wife check checkfor checktor checkfor for 850 151k Got a pan pair of slippers that didnt didntfit didntIt didntat fit It price I and a a box of cigars UI UIthat U0 U0that Lthat that I gave the porter December Deeemberpve 39 39gave 21gave gave my daughter Else a 21 21 gold piece pieceGot pieceQol pieceGot Got a tissue paper ballet dancer and andshaving andba andshaving shaving ba paper paperbaveDt havent shaved for a ayear ayear ayear year December December1 a 1 gave my wife Hi 11 to tobe 18be tobe be distributed among am the servants Ques Questioned QtJ Questinned tinned tJ them and found she had given giventhem giventhem hn hntlem them 50 cents In cash and a box of cheap cheapcandy cheapcnndy cheapcandy candy that probably poisoned half of ofthem oCthem ofthen them instead December 22 2 gave my myson myson myson son Harold a handsome check Got a agloria aIloria agloria gloria umbrella with a a shaky handle handleRectors handleR handleRectors Rectors tOf son Oft called and asked ecI for sub subscription sub8CrlpUon subscription scription to new organ or Gave him all I Ihad I11M Ihad had left15 cents Wish I had started start in inright IArl Inright right rl bt and given him that JiO JiOKCIS ttO ttOFKANCRS isFLNCllS FKANCRS COURTJ5XAY OOUJtT AY BAYLOR A HISTORIANS OF THE ENGLISH ENGLISHAND ENGLISHAND ENGLISHAND AND AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONS The announcement that the Right Hon HenJames HonJ HonJamal James Bryce is to be the next British BritishAmbassador BrlttshAmba BritishAmbassador Ambassador Amba ltdor at Washington has been beencordially beencordially beencordially cordially received by a nation don whose con constitutional constitutional constitutional stitutional history ry he has done so much muchto muchto muchto to illustrate While professor of Roman Romantew tomanJaw Itomanlaw Jaw at Oxford Mr Bryce gave to the theworld theworW theworld world his Holy Roman Empire whichIaeed whichplaced which whichplaced placed Iaeed him at once among mon the great greatthinkers grttblakera greatthinkers thinkers of modern time tsac Then far years yearshe yearsbe yearshe he devoted himself to the composition compositionof of rbe The American Commonwealth vie visiting vieitIi Ja JaItJnc iting itIi nearly every State in the Union Unionwhite UnionwbU Unionwhile white collecting the materials for the thefirst theAr thefirst first systematic commentary dmeatary ever made madeby madeby madeby by an 11 Englishman En labnNln upon our Federal FederalConstitution FederalCoD8tltuUoa FederalConstItution Constitution The result was what all allthe alltlM allthe the world expected epecttda profound and far farreaching farreacbln farreachIng reaching exposition an opposition at atonce atonce atoem once philosophical and practical such suchan suchan suthan an exposition as could have been pro produced prodUC produced duced only by an experienced statesman statesmanand statesmanand statesmanand and a veteran scholar TIlt success of ofthis oftills ofthig this great work was inevitable fore foreordained foreordained foreordained ordained ordainedStrangely ordainedStrang ordainedStrangrly Strangely Strang ly enough a few weeks after afterits afterits afterits its appearance appaar nce there was published at atBoston atBoston atBoston Boston the first exposition of the Eng English Bugfish fish Constitution COD tJtutlon ever made by an Amer American American Americon ican At that time Hannts Taylor was wasan wasan wasan an unknown man When his now fa famous famous a aIfloug mous work appeared Prof Rufus King Kingof KinSo Kingof of the Cincinnati Law School said 1 I cannot help congnttulatrog coa tulatlDg our country countryupon COUAtryupon countryupon upon the singular cotncMence that ht re return re return return turn for Mr Bryces Dry tribute to the theAmerican UteAmerican theAmerican American Commonwealth you have haveso hayeO haveno so quickly responded with your profound profoundanalysis profoundanalysis profoundanalysis analysis of The Origin and Grewth of ofthe oftJae ofthe the English Constitution I remember remembernothing rememberIIOUdIlC remembernothing nothing like it in the history of letters lettersNothing 1ettersN lettersNothing Nothing thlnr seemed more improbable improba in inview Inview inview view of English conservatism CO HlYatlsm than the thesuccess theu thesuccess success of Mr Taylors work in the Brit British BrltI BittInk Ink Isles But it moved vetl steadily on onMontague onIont onMontague Montague ue Burrows Bur1O professor of modern modernhistory modemhi8tory modernhistory history at Oxford ton1 was prompt to de deI declare dodare I clare dare that No other book exhibits so soclear 10clear soclear clear a view of the Engiteh Constitution Constitutionbroadening ConstitutIonbroadening Constitutionbroadening broadening down from precedent to prec precedent preeedent precideaL edent Soon the University of Dublin Dublinby Dublinby Dublinby by a formal vote of its senate mate adopted it itas Itas as 5 a textbook in preference to the Eng English EngU ag aghalt halt books at the same time conferring conferringupon oonferrl oonferrlupon conferringupon upon Its author Its honorary LLD The Thelong Thelong Thelong long thereafter the University of Edin Edinburgh Edlnbut1h EdInburgh burgh extended the same recognition No NoAmerican NoAmerIcan NoAmerican American law book has ever had more moredistinguished moredUn moredistinguished distinguished dUn 15bed recognition in the British BritishIsles BritishIsles BritishIsles Isles The fact that the eighth edition editionhas editionI editionhas has just been announced annouuce is conclusive conclusiveevidence conoluatveevIc1enee conclusiveevidence evidence of the fact of Its wide recogni recognition reeogtltIOR recoynition I tion throughout the Englishspeaking Englishspeakingworld BalgltehspeakfngWorJd EnglishspeakIngworld world It Is pleasing to know that The TheAmerican TheAmerican American Commormealth nnd uTbe uTbeOrigin The TheOrigin TheOrigin IAmerican Origin and Growth of the English Consti Constitution Con Constitutlon tI tItutton tution have had equal recognition in the theUritish theDritlsh theBritish British Isles and in the United States GENEALOGICAL GENEALOGICALDEPARTMENT GENEALOGICALDEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT SUNDAY DECEMBER a 2 ItM 1f 1 NMM MM asS dates amst Ie eteutr eIIad7I siwtymid wHttcn wHttcnT I 1 IM Th fntt MM sa asiiMi of tie wiJUr BUS BUSto DIIIIt DIIIItlie seNtbe to etna aKlMftth akhes sot tar iMUtatttM iMUtatttMMount i dislrmd 3 3 Ia tis 11 qeul and reilhe bfW bfWwtua si hsimM Mount with wtuaI elesiMat elesiMatt e1NA 4 Is I aanrariBK ds faerie always ah 11M date of ofu I Ipaper lIsa lIsalb paper the lb Boater of th ajsary and s4 the 1ML stsostSM stsostSMS Lilies addromed masd to I eamribataa RI to he far fer1M farwnided ar arwajded wajded mast 1M seat to hta blast uUaiini eBretopes eBretopest mvdpnmosssl mosssl 01 lo tM jashir ot the i and I IL hiI Eadt Mk MtMrato tocry in 1 a uiiaiMnfciihM nra mat to toMRMpttfod beatesuisniM MRMpttfod ra to a twewt wAn limp limpAn atasapMI An coemsehetisus tui MHilM at ai imd to Uitr esM I IWASHIR010K 1OhXEAIAOltL 6 X1ULOGIWlL JlDIlOIt JlDIlOItW IDITOLWASliO1Ot WASHIR010K HBUALl HBUALlGBXBAIOOICAI mmLDGIISKALOGICAI JIULDCICXISALOGICAIa GBXBAIOOICAI DKSCffiXT DIISCR OF EX EXMoses EXPRmSIDEiT BXPRESIDEXF PRmSIDEiT GnOYBIl CLJnELAD CLJnELADJoHN CLlVHLAiDMoses Moses JoHN Cleveland was born about aboutl bout boutlC4 lC4 24 came a youth to America from fromIpswich tromrwJch fromIpowich Ipswich England ED land and died In Woburn WoburnMMS WObUJDTan WoburnMass Mass Jan I 17 11012 l2 He married in inthe Inthe Inthe the same place Sept 2C 2 148 i4 Ann AnnWian ADnWhan AnnWInn Wian daughter of Edward Winn and amihis Adhi andhis his hi wife lfe Joanna who was born bornabout bornaboat bornabout about 126 and died prior rior to Kay I I1I2 112 111 Their son sonAaron 8Onnron sontnron Aaron nron Cleveland a carpenter and andfarmer aMfarmer andfarmer farmer and soldier In King Philips PhIlBwar ThIlipswar Philipswar war was born In Woburn Mass Jan JanIL 19 IL 1C545 and died in the same place placeSept placeSepL pLaceSept Sept 2f 2 1 1 1175 75 He married Dorcas WH WHson Wil80n Witson son daughter of John Wilson and hie hiewife binwife hiewife wife Hannah James who was born bornJan bornJaa bornJan Jan 39 lIST aDd died at Cambridge CambridgeMass CaMbridgeM CambridgeMass Mass Nov 2S I 1714 Their son sonCant 8011Cwt sonCapt Cant Aaron Cleveland a constable constabletavernkeeper coutabletaTerDk constabtetavernkeeper tavernkeeper taTerDk per and nd builder also a acornet aeoraet acornet cornet lieutenant and captain was wasborn wuborn wasborn born in Woburn WoburnMaa Mass July IfM IfMand III IIIaD4I 1110and and died in 176B He married in Wo Woburn Weburn 0 0bur burn bur Jan Ja 1 17112 l71 Abigail AW Jl Waters Watersdaughter Watersdaultter Watersdaughter daughter of Samuel Waters and his hiswife hIwife hiswife wife Mary ry Hudson on who was born in inWoburn InWoburn InWoburn Woburn Nov 21 lOU and died Jan Jan17f 6 17f 1711 1 Their son sonItev son sonU son15ev Itev Aaron Jrln Cleveland was born Oct Oct111i 1715 171 and died in Philadelphia Pa PaAug PAuK PaAug Aug 11 17S7 He was Yo graduated from fromHarvard fromHarvard frontHarvard Harvard in 173 1715 was first a Congrega and was aent1y July 28 Sf 2 1755 17 ordained a priest by byBishop byBihop byBishop I Bishop Sherlock Sh rloek of London He mar married married marned ried in 1728 1TZ Susannah Porter daugh daughter dauChter daughter ter of Rev Aaron Porter and his wife wifeSusanna wifeSusanAa wifeSusanna Susanna Sewell who was born in inMedford InKe inXedford Medford Ke for4 Mass JIaa in 1718 111 and died 1n 1nSalem 1DSalem InSalem Salem Jlu8 Mass in 1788 171 or 1788 178 Their Theirson Theirsoa Theirson son sonItev soane hey ne Anron Cleveland iwas born in in11H 1744 and died in New Haven Conn ConnSept ConnSept ConsSept Sept 21 1815 He married first first April 12 1 1788 1718 171 AbUh bllah Hyde only daughter daughterof of Capt JameK Hyde of Norwich NorwichConn NorwichCoua NorwIchCons Cons and nd his wife wtt Sarah Marshall Marshallwho KaraIlaJlwbo Marshallwho who was born in 1741 and died in Nor Norwich Norwich Norwish wich Aug A 23 17S8 He learned learnedand learnedand learnedand and for a long time pursued the trade tradeof tra4ee tradeof of hatter In I 1784 be served ed for es six sixmonths sixJDontbs sixmonths months in tbe British army arm and in 1779 was a member eJaber of the Connecticutlegislature Connecticut Cosieeticutlq1slature Connecticutlegislature legislature At the age of fiftythree fiftythreehe he was licensed to preach and subse subsequently subHqueatJy subsequently quently became prominent prOIl DeBt in the min ministry situistry In In11It1T istry He wrote poems essays eu lectures lecturesand Jeeturcsa lectureand and a sermons upon all the prominent prominentsubjects ptOmmeatsubject prominentsubjects subjects of the day dayociaJ social political politicali potltlca1n4 politicaland i and n4 religious His son 8010 IJencOu Den cou WHIinm nnnm Cleveland CIc elnncl was born bornin bornIn bornin in Norwkh Costa Coan Dec 26 6 1779 and anddied andcJifd anddied died at Black Rock Rock Aug Aa 18 IItin 1 1IUT tin He was a silversmith watch watelaMak watchmaker watchmaker maker Mak and cloekmaker and resided in inNorwich InMorwtcla inNorwich Norwich Cons CODII and Worthington WorthingtonMasa Worthln1rloaMaaL WorthingtonMass Mass but most of his life at Bean Hill Hillan HUIaD Hiltan an outskirt of the th former place He Hemarried HemarrlecJ Hemarried married Dec 11 173 Margaret arpret Falley Falleyof FaDeyot Fahleyof of Westfield We UIldau Mass daughter of Rich Richard Richard Richard ard Falley and his wife Margaret MargaretHitchcock Xarpretmtcheock MargaretHitchcock Hitchcock who was born Nov IK IKt7 lince Tht7 nce t7 and died at Black Rock Roe Aug An 10 1018v 18 18v 184 Their son sonllev aoa aoalle son1te llev lle Illclinrd Falley Ilalle Cleveland was wasborn waabora wasborn born in Norwich Cons June June 19 1804 1804and 11tHand 1304and and died in Holland Patent Oct OctJ 1 1853 ll He was graduated duated from rro Yale Yalein Yalein in 1824 18 4 studied divinity at Princeton PrincetonTheological PrineetoftTheological a aThM Theological ThM 1 Seminary and became pas pastor pu putor psiins tor of various churches in Virginia VlrctDlaNew VIrginiaNew VirginiaNew New Jersey and New York He mar married married married ried in Baltimore M4 Sept 10 1829 1829Ann 13Ann I IADn Ann Neal daughter du hter of Abner Neal and andhis aa4bl andhis his bl wife Barbara Reel who was born bornFeb boraFb bornFeb Feb 4 106 and nd died at Holland HollandPatent HoUallPateftt HollandPatent Patent July If 1882 188 Their son sonGrovcr sonGrover nGrcncr Grover Cleveland Clc Hlnnll originally named namedStephen aamedSUpbea namedStephen Stephen Grover Cleveland exPresi exPresident exPresident xPrealt dent of the United States States was born at atCaldwell atCaldwell atchaidwefi Caldwell March IS 1537 1St and andmarried an4marrted 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FHzhnidi Flui Fitzingh i hnidi Ann Dnce FiUhBfh aDd Jwct att Ariana AriaulJi AruttiaI 1 FiUhugh Ji ush OLD VASinXGVOy FA3IIMES FA3IIMESIn In Jaiwary 981 i James Hood esq esqsubmitted esqUed esqsubmItted submitted Ued to tile Columbia Historical So Society Socfety Soclety ciety of this dry a preliminary report reportspecial II IIa8JHda1 fapecial special committee on Old District Dt tlit Fami Families FamHen lies 11 It was based be on a sugir su suggostlon sUon sUon made madein madein in 1 1888 that the society should undertake undertaketo untJertaktoeolJectand undertaketocoliectand to toeolJectand collect and collate all tbe material which whicdit whienIt whichIt it could obtain on the subject of old oldfamilies oldfaJDi1les oldfamilies families resident in the District of Colum Columbia ColumJDteDdIn Columbin bin in Intending tendlna thereby to include all who wholived wholived wholived lived within its limits at any time down downto donto downto to the year 1809 1 when the city of Washmaton WashIngton Wash Washington ington became the artual seat of the gov government go goernment government ernment of the Unit Cnlted sd States The fol following to tolo11nl folowing lowing winter a committee composed com of ofMessrs otMeutL ofMesare Messrs Bryan Hugh Taggart Vaggartand Taggartand Taggartand and Lewis Davis was appointed ta tadecide tdecide tdecIde decide upon the best be method of securing securingtbe flecurtngthe securingthe the requisite data and an advertisement adxertisementwas adrti mfr twas was inserted by them in the public prints printscalling printealUnc printscalling calling upon the descendants of our old oldfamilies olrtfamilia cliifamilies families for assistance in the th prosecu prosecution prolltCUI prosecuton I ton of the important work Mr Hood Hoodin HOOlu HooJIn in his hi report just referred to stated Bta ted that thatIn tha thtIn tIn In response to this thl advertisement adverts ment be had hadreceired ha hareceived hadreceIved received more than 206 communication communicationmany ct11munlcatlonmany crnmunlcaUonsmany many of them of great value It seems seemshowever seemboweTer seemshowever however that the information rec received tved in inthis Inthta Inthis this and other ways wax not deemed deemedsufficiently demtflsuOletly deemrlsufficiently sufficiently complete to warrant its publi publication publJeatioD publlcation cation and as yet tt nothing bearing on this thisimportant th thsImportant gImportant important scheme has yet as far as we weknow weknow weknow know appeared in print We beg leave 8V msuggest tWgge tosuggest suggest to the members of the Colonial ColonialHistorical ColonialHIstorical ColonialHistorical Historical Society that no matter mat ter how howmuch howmuch bowmuch much labor may be bestowed upon such suchventure a aventure aventure venture it will will in the nature of thing thingnever thingInever thingenever never reach a stage of more than approxi approximate approximate approximate mate completeness and that therefore It Umight Itmlfbt Itmight might be well to publish the facts al already Already already ready collected by this committee even eventhough enntbeup eventhough though they may be fragmentary In form formSuch form9UeIt formSuch Such a course would tend to elicit much muchadditional muchaclditlonal muchadditional additional data of a valuable character characterand characterD4 characterand and stimulate a healthful and helpful In Interest Interest interesi terest in the labors of the committee committeecordIaJIy Wo Wocordially Wacordially cordially invite any member or members membersof rnembe rnembeof of this committee to express Its views viewson viewson 1ewsou on this suggestion In the columns of thi thiDepartment thiDepa this thisDepartmsstand Department Depa Departmsstand tmeat and we beg that none of them therawill themWill thetawill will charge us with oftdonsness in ex expressing txour cxpressing pressing our own views thus candidly on onthis OIlthis 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went ot from fromVirglaU fromVb1rtaia fromVirginia Virginia to Kentucky about 1798 and andfrom andflOlft andfrom from Kentucky to Pretty Franc Cham Champaign Champalp Champaigit paign County Ohio about 1802 lIO His Hisancestors HI HIaneeston liiancestors ancestors came from Wales where his hisname hige hisname name was variously spelled Ue4 Winn or orWinne orWi orWinue Winne Wi or Wynne RIS IS 1 WJLLKBR WALKER81BVENSSOlomon WALKER81BVENSSOlomonWalker STEVENS Solomon SolomonWalker Walker married Charity Stevens Steve in in1M1 1M1 te Ctermont I desire tknow tknow to toknow know where the former was born and andIfred antilived lived 1 before be was married WH BOTTS DOTTSWbo Who was the father fatherwhat fatherwhat rwhat what was the maiden Idea name of the themother theotber themother mother and who was the grandfather grandfatherof of the Hon Ho John Minor Butts the Vir Virginia Yir1Jda ir irginis ginia statesman Rt 21 HUTCHINSON HVTCHTNSONChIL n1t Ncan Can you give giveme gl giveme 6 6me me any information in regard to toWheeler toWheeler toWheeler Wheeler Ilutchinson great areatndfathtr areatndfathtrof grandfather grandfatherof of Sarah Bromley who came came from Eng England Enland Ensland land about the time that the Pilgrims Pilgrimslanded PilgrImsJaJKle4 Pilgrimslanded landed Be settled tt1ed in Connecticut Also Alsoplease AJsoplea Alsopleas please plea tell me ID if there is I a Colonial ColonialDame ColonialDae ColonialDame Dame Society in I Washington and what whatconstitutes whatutatea whatconstitutes constitutes eligibility to be a member memberM memberJIlL JIlL REPLIES REPLIESi 8 i BELCHER DELCHERIn In addition to in information inrorttoa Information formation already given we add that a apaper apaper apaper paper by It Alfred 1f1oed Baylies Page on onSome on90ll1e ottSome Some Graduates of Harvard College Collegeappears Collgpappears Collegeappears appears In rbe The Dedbam Mass His Historical Historlea1 Historleat torical Register for January 1393 and andcontains ftnleontalD8 anteontala contains valuable data respecting the thegenealogy thegeneale thegenealogy genealogy of the Belcher family lamil It Itwa Itwas Itwas was wa reprinted reprlat in pamphlet form and anilcan anlcan andcan can possibly be supplied WU1 pplled by the Ded Dedham Dedham Dedhans ham Historical Society Soclet7t 2 21 BOTTS BOTTSTbe The Hon John Minor MinorBotts MinorBotts MinorPotts Botts 0f Culpeper County Va was wasborn wasborn wasborn born In Dumfries Dumfrl Prince William WilliamCounty WflliamCounty WilliamCounty County Va Sept 18 II 1 1802 married marriedMary marriEdMary marriedMary Mary Whiting IUna Blair daughter of Archi Archibald Archibald Arehibait bald Blair and died Jan 8 18 1S19 9 He Hewas Hewas Hewas was a son of Benjamin Botts an aneminent anemlnfnt aneminent eminent lawyer of Richmond Va who whowith whowith whowith with his hi wife Jane Tyler of Dumfries Dumfriesperished Dumfegperl lumfslesperished perished perl at the burning bunt of the Rich Richmond Richmood Richinond mood Theater Dee 21 1811 This Ben Benjamin Btnjamln Benjamin jamin was a son of Thomas Botts who whoprobably whoprobably whoprobably probably lived in the vicinity of Rich Richmond Ricbmond RIchmond mond 21 HUTCHINSON IllTTCHINSONWe We fear your yourstatements yourslatement yourstatements statements as well as your our genera generations gtneratlon generatlons tions tlon are somewhat som what confused COntu ed We are areat at atat areat at least tolerably well acquainted with withthose withtho withthose those Pilgrim gentlemen and ladies as nswell aswell aswell well as their contemporaries and ws wshasard Whaard weisasarti hasard the prediction redleUon that no one will willever wlllevtr willever ever be able to prove that any Wheeler uWheeltrHutchinson WheelerHutchinson WheelerHutchinson Hutchinson came to New England Englandabout Eng1 Englandabout nd ndfbout about the time named nor anywhere anywherenear anywh anywherenear rt rtnear near that time We shall han doubtle doubtlesurprise doubt1esurprise doubtIes doubtIessurprise surprise the author of this query by bystating bystating bystating stating that a certain Wheeler Hutch Hutchinson Hutchinson HutchinneR inson was not the greatgrandfather greatgrandfatherbut but only the happy we hope husband husbandof of ud Ids Farah Brumbly Bru ly that they both bothlived bothlived bothlived lived in Preston Pr ton Conn and that they theywere the thewere theywere were married March 8 17 1i86 86 a small smallmatter smallmatter smallmatter matter of Itt 1 years after the Pilgrims Pilgrimsgot PilgrimsKot Pilgrimsgot got their feet wet on Plymouth Ph mouth Rock RockDont RockDont RockDont Dont let the sp spelling llinff of the wifes wifesname wifesname wifesname name annoy you ou They spelled proper propernames propername propernames names in all sorts of ways In those thoseearly tboaeearly thoseearly early times.