Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 26, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 December 1897 — Page 6

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THE SHORT VACATION

WASHINGTON ATTRACTIONS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

At the Market—In the BUck Belt—Her Point of View—Christmas Menu Fit For Congressman or Anybody Else—American Products.

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WASHIXOTOS, Dec. 20.—Congress adjourns, of coarse, over the holidays, and that leaves ns mourning one of the chief est of onr attractions. Individually congress is pretty much all here. But collectively as a legislative body it if not visible to the naked eye.

But it doesn't matter much, for the first weeks of the session are usually devoid of earnest attention to business. The air is murky with smoke from the skirmish line, the speakers of both houses are bombarded with bills innumerable. But it usually takes all the first month for our legislators to get down to the work in hand. I o#en wonder why they meet at all before the holidays anyway, for they liardly get hot before steam is abut off and congress adjourns for a short vacation. Their action reminds one of the epitaph on the little infant's tombstone:

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The congressional calendar ought to begin on the 1st of January, and the president should be inaugurated a month later than lie is in order to give the sen ators and congressmen the benefit of the holidays at home and the incoming executive better weather than the 4th ol March usually displays.

Christmas Hucksters.

Thinking it might be well to ascertain if there would be an ample supply of Christmas provend, I wended my way down to the great Center market, south of Pennsylvania avenue, between Seventh and Ninth streets. This market reminds one of the man whose front door was on the back side of his house, for in gotting to it you approach it

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from tho rear, then flank it and make yonr way through one of the numerous doors that aro Happing together with a force fit to tako your head off. And it is a busy scono presented any morning thiswock between tho hours of 5 o'clock and 10, for all tho immense space between tho market and the Smithsonian fenco is occupied by the wagons, carts and wheel barrows of regiments of hucksters. All night long, perchance, the heavy market wagons have boen rolling in from tho country parts of Maryland and Virginia, starting early and driving late, in order to got hero before tho mar ket opens. They aro oncamped, now, along tho half mile of fence against tho park and their blanketed horses hitched to tbo hind wheels and chewing their fodder. Threading your way through tho wilderness of wagons you at last reach tho south sido of tho market building, and were it not that the capitol domo peeps reassuringly at yon and the great white shaft of tho Washington monument rises skyward close at hand you might fancy yourself in tho heart of Africa or in semibarbarous Haiti, for you liuvo to pass through a double row of hucksters whose ancestors, most of then), oneo trod the light fantastic toe to tho music of Afric's sunny fountains. Exteriorly tho building is given up to black and colored people, mostly from tho country, mostly aged, and ail picturesque and dirty. At tho corner nearest to tho capitol and the Pennsylvania station sits an old black "auntie" smoking a black clay pipe and presiding over a collection of roots and "yarbs" that would prove a valuable stock in trade to an Indian doctor. In fact, it looks as though the forest and tho kitchen garden had been raked and scratched with a fine tooth comb. "Do Lo'd brcss yo\ chile," said the old woman, taking her pipe from her mouth, "dom t'ings dou't all b'long ter rue. No, indeed. Dey's wha' yo' might call a nnbberhood c'llection. We all jines togever, doa' yo' see, an I jess has cha'ge obdo lot. Wbar I come from? Ober dar, 'cross de riber. Use ter lib on

«f jo1 wan* see what de quality folks as a means of warning to sailors in a fog.

done buy fer de Chris'mus dinner. Dey'i tuhkeys an duck what done beat all ere* ashnn, an dey's tarr'pins too. I can 'member de time when dey useter feed de niggers on tarr'pin, befo' de white folks done fine out how good dey wua. Bat nigger don' git tarr'pin no mo now, when tarr'pin fetch hunderd dol lars er dozen!" sWashington is well supplied with markets, there being a fine large building to every few squares throughout the city, where the stalls and counters are laden with every necessity in the way of food supply. This Center market is the largest, though there are others equally well appointed in the northeast, northwest and southwest sections. The great market at Fifth and & streets has over it the largest public hall in the city, capable of seating 5,000 people and with standing room for 10,000 or 12,000. The entire space beneath is occupied as a market, but the Center is yet larger than this. It is built upon a space which reeks, so to speak, with memories of the past, and it is said that such great men as Webster and Clay, Benton, Lincoln, Marshall and Grant used to do their marketing here.

There are customs here which do not prevail in other parta For instance, it has long been permissible for, if not obligatory upon, the lady manager of a household to do her marketing in person. It is not considered a disgrace, at any rate, to be seen with a market basket on your arm or to be caught dismount ing from your carriage in front of the market and a footman following to take up your purchases. I have seen several of tho ladies of former cabinets engaged in marketing. It was an accepted and understood tiding, and none of them lost in position by thus proclaiming that she aimed to be a perfect housekeeper.

For High Livers.

I know a celebrated restaurateur here, himself an embodiment of good living and who owns acres of oyster flats and miles of fishing grounds, who could give those ancient worthies "points"*on a menu that would cause them to die bf envy. Nightingales' brains and peacocks' tongues aren't to be mentioned the same night with one of his "rough and ready roasts," fortified with a mug or two of real old "musty." I asked him what he thought could be put forth as a cypical and impregnable Christmas layout, such a one as a senator or congressman might enjoy, likewise their constituents, and after consulting with his chef he gave me the following:

Menu For a Christmas Dinner.

OYSTERS.

Cherry stones. Lynn Havens. Gelery, radishes, olives, mangoes, salted almonds.

Consomme renaissance. Salanganes swallow nest soap. Malvoisie royale.

FISH.

Pompano, red snapper or sole. Pornme benodictine. GAME. Canvasback duck, stuffed with chestnuts.

Snddlo of Virginia doer.

Filet mignon dragomlroff. Breast of grouse. Sweet bread fantasios. Wild turkey, truffled, cranberry sauce.

Saddle of yearling lamb. VEOETABLES.

Hashed potatooa, brussels sprouts, celery braise au jus, asparagus hollandaise, peas, artichauts.

Punch a l'Americaine.

droutardo of diamondback terrapin, Baltimore style. Lettuce and water cress salad.

Plum pudding, hard and brandy sauce. Timbales de pommes, Martha. Hot mince pio. Pumpkin pie

Pott is fours assortis, bonbons.

Pain fraise, Washington. Glaceb moulees. Fruits. Crackers. Cheese.

Coffee. Liqueurs. With tho fish some good dry sherry, with tho canvasback fine old port or burgundy and with the tei-rapin a light madeira. Some prefer sherry with their terrapin in Baltimore, I believe, it is a heresy to think of any other wine in this connection, particularly to stew it in.

Now, this menu will grace the table of one of our millionaire legislators at his coming Christmas dinner. 1 am not at liberty to say which one, but as thero are not many such in this congress it will not bo hard to guess. It is an American menu in tho main, though like every other production of cuisine literature it is given in a bastard French.

AT THE MARKET.

I have anglicised it so far as possible, but will confess that there are some words which the Old Nick himself can-

de ol© plantaslmn, 'fo' de wah. Me mas- not render in anything else than what sa a good man? Ki, useter hab good they are given in. When a chef wants times den, letunie tell yo'. Chris'mus time done change SMJOO freedom. Had ter wo'k, ob co'sc, but when Chris'mus time come, ki. ebery nigger on de place done hab a hull week ter hisse't Fac,

to put in something to fill up the bill, he simply fixes up an old dish with'a fancy French name and lets it go at that It will be seen that the important constituents of this menu, such as the

an dor© wan' one er dem niggers, big er oysters, fish, canvasback, venison, wild turkey and terrapin, are all American products and peculiarly permissible on the tables of a patriotic people. I do

little, but gib olomassa presen' ob some sort. The Good Old Day*. "Did mass* gib us somet'ing? Ob,] not say that this is the bill of tare we oo'iw, dat's what we uns gib him de preaeu's to* I He jess go ober ter Wasnmtxui er AVsandry an cum back wir hull waginload er gif'a. Oh, dem was lubly times, chile! Ob a nighttime we dance an sing, an de white folks done come down ter watch us. an we buil' great fin* er light wood an dance roun" *«tn, all de darkles a-tootln er ho'ns an oarr'in on fit ter split. We uos don* hab none dem good timet no mo\ Dey ain' no possum no mo', dey ain* no coon no mo* 'pears like dey ain' nsffia like what dey uaoter waa. Go right in, chile.

are all discussing in Washington this week. A menu, you know, is a mere matter of taste. Some do not prefer this sort for instance, when I submitted the above to the presiding genius of my boarding house she simply glared and tartly asked me what I expected to get for dollars per week in advance. I'm afraid she isn't patriotic.

F, A. OBBR.

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Shining in the Christmas sky. Sometimes meets the human eye, jp- White the church bells, sweet and slow.""' r'? Peal their Joy out down below.

On the far horizon's hem A hint of faroff Bethlehem. Tis one softly luminous star, Tr|' Like that the mag? saw afar.

Bright holly and the mistletoe Join as in the fireside glow. And presents by the chimney side Make lovely all the Christmastide. Today the hurrying world must pause The children look for Santa Clans.. While in the air the silver chimes Recall the old Judtean times ViT

The ringing bells and tokens say That in a stable, dim and gray,

A CHRISTMAS HOMILY.

The Social and Secular Significance oi the Day. The establishment of the Christmas fes tival, now tho most joyous of the yearly holidays throughout the civilized world is the most recent in date of the great church days Its social and secular gig niflcance, of course, followed its religions adoption Yet, curiously enough, it derived its rites of merry making not from Christianity so much as from the customs of the heathen world. The rulers of the early church, from Constantine down were shrewd politicians. They knew how important it was to include as many as possible of tho old pagan usages and beliefs to which the people of the Roman empire had been attached in the observ anccs of the new faith.

Just why Dec 25 was selected as the natal day of the Saviour of the world nobody has ever been able to tell Certainly there is no historic reason nor the slightest authentic clew, and it is well known that December is tho rainy season in .fuda?a, when neither shepherds nor (locks brave the open sky It more than probable that the celebration of Christ's birth, which up to tho fifth century had not been observed at all, got them to be recognized as not less worthy of holiday consecration than Raster and Whitsunday It was a happy thought to make this as nearly identical as might be with the old Roman saturnalia, which still survived in some of its forms, and with the annual feast of Thor, observed among all the Teutonic races, even those which had accepted the white Christ It was the more apposite too, as the Roman festival and the Teu tonic alike had symbolic rcfcrenco to the great natural fact that the sun at or about that date rises out of the decadence of his power to augmenting heat and splendor This was easily applicable to the first appearance of the Son of God and the Sun of. the World among men.

So we see imported into the observance of the Christian holiday from tho first oh its social side the time honored heathen usages and ceremonies The universal present giving of the saturnalia, especially to children, and the democratic equality which abolished distinction of rank at that period were at once followed by the Christian merrymakers From the old Norse usages the dav borrowed the customs of the huge bonfires, the Yule log of holy ash or oak to be burned indoors, tin symbolism of the holly and mistletoe boughs, alike sacred to the deities, the great boar's head served as the piece de resistance of the Christmas feast and the general bacchanalianism of the occasion Tlio latter, however, was also typical of the old Roman festival Santa Claus (St Nicholas) carao by and by into the rich symbolism of the Christmas show as the succcssor of Odin, the all father and all siver The Scandinavian cod on the oo casion of the festivities of his eldest son, Thor, distributed universal gifts, the father of each family being his special agent in the matter As Odin, or Woden, became in later myths the mighty huntsman who ranged the forests, wo see how the Christ mas tree and evergreens found their places Why, however, the functions of Odin should have specially been finally transfer red to St. Nicholas out of all tho Christian canon roll, unless from the fact that this fine old saint was the special patron of children and schoolboys, it is not eaay to divine These things go to show what a curiously tangled composite our Christmas is and how lustily it has grown out of diverse elements till it has become (he most significant and hallowed of holiday seasons, marking really an epoch of the year.

Among the causes which have enshrined this day so deeply In the heart of the world the fact that it is peculiarly children's day is probably the most fetching in its magic. The young people everywhere among Christian peoples constitute the factor which dominates the social observance of the season Rich waspail at the dinner board, seraphic music and pomp of church service, even the giving of rich gifts among the elders, were these all, would leave Christmas but little different from other holidays, notably so in the case of Easter, when present giving among the rich has become so common. The Bambino, or infant Christ, as the idol of the occasion, would then have but little significance, but when the juvenile world declares that it rules the jubilee the keynote is struck which sends its thrilling music ringing throughout humanity. How Charles Dickens, the prose poet of Yuictide In fiction, has spun this pregnant fact into exquisite episodes is probably the highest measure of his success in imaginative work. The images he has created will live forever in the Christmas procession far more than puppets to the warm" hearts of countless readers And it is not among the children of the rich that Christmas most diffuses its felicity In real life any more than among the offspring of the gnat Christmas romancer

It is among the poor and the lower middle classes that Christmas joy reigns with most potency The trifle spent to secure a Christmas tree with its burden of cheap toys and sweets in the tenement house represents vastly mote than the corresponding splendid show among the affluent The story at the little crippH "Tiny Tim," sets its cuticle to mora resounding strains of harp and cymbal than can attend the festival musk: of a

TEBRE HAUTE SATUBDAY EVENING MAIL, DECEMBER 25, 1897.

T&E CHRISTMAS MORN.

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The Light of All the World was born. His bed a manger, rough, forlorn, Where meek eyed oxen, with their hay. Stood in a trance almost of grace Before the sweet Madonna face, And. half in awe and half in prayer, Seemed to suspect some god was there

This world will never cease to know. Though centuries come and centuries gox The story of those ancient times. •The meaning of these Christmas chimes'"

Which come with their perennial grace With blessing for the human race So what to us are ice and snow And all the wintry blasts that blow' If on the sky's horizon hem We see the star of Bethlehem

The true "Chrlssom child was'iound in the humble manger. The feeling that Christmas day is peculiarly consecrated to the poor as well as to the children has always been quite char acteristic of the usages of the day The lowest classes in mediaeval times were made to share fully with their superiors in feasting and merrymaking At the present period we see an ever increasing benefaction in the way of helping the poor to enjoy Christmas more generously—the turkey or goose for the home table, toys and clothing for the youngsters, and public dinners, often supplemented by substantial presents for the homeless waifs. On this special occasion such philanthropy shows its most sweeping and liberal form, and the human heart is softened to the thought that in spite of earthly distinctions all men are equal before him whose natal day as man is thus observed. The democratic influence of Christmas thus stands out a great social factor

When classes are driven by so many other influences to become hostile, it is a pregnant thought that more and more should be done to intensify the spirit and tendencies of the Christmas season as an object lesson in kindly sympathy between rich and poor What wealth does for poverty is sometimes turned from blessing to bane by a haughty and patronizing air in the giver The Christmas spirit is that of the fortunate man. who cordially helps his unlucky brother, the spirit of the good Samaritan The habitual exercise of this feeling on one day when all tradition and religious sentiment turn toward it helps to extend it to other days, and that is the true function of Christ's natal festivity.

RF„~P

GEOKGE T. FERRIS.

The Date of Christmas.

Christmas gets its name from the mass celebrated in the early days of the Christian ohurch in honor of the birth of Christ, its first solemnization being ordered by Pope Telesphorus. This must have been some time prior to the year 188, for in that year Pope Telesphorus died.—Philadelphia Times.

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