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ffpSflpP?? 2"V"'&-ry,?S 53S-- x 20 THE MORNING TIMES, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1896. frJ-WWi WITH PR NJE AND PADPER Cliristmases That Are Strongly in Contrast. BAKKtiY BAKXATO'S PLANS All London Catered to Him "While Another Feasted on Crumbs. Tlie lianil oC fate draw Mil- most grotesque ot Ik-aniblcjs uiwa Uio face ot the earth. She nukes tier combina tions to see lioiv tliey will look, not car Ins for the sliotk of It. In n coolile-lined Slitter Uje wind was swirling a nenMiiuer arouuil, eettlng it In motion to lilt u Iiikii inc.Jgii lor a Bweep ilown the ttreet. In lis circuiu rlexlons it dashej asalut Hie reel of a man who itood upon the natron' sidewalk-, scarce four feet from the suiter. The man was one or those collections ot old shoes and rags that no cull a tramp. The iuiv.t knocking against Iilb Ugs had u picture ot the ricne&i man in the noriil. The tramp's name had been forgolten, to often had ho nbamed it and taken another. SUCCUnUS UAIINATO. The Hlch man was Allien Hell, one ot tlie Kalflr kings, ivho lias snonjied and Lhangeil and liartered his Mocks and gams so often that he is now iiarnato's successor, llamato bows donn to him. lie is ttte riOifft man uiiou ihe lace of me earth. He has begun to count his pounds by the millltui lus.end of h the nuuured. Dollars mean too little for a calcuatlon. "J i mutiiuia l' ut tills r.clteNl IlitAll upon tlie face ot the .earth was spent in LouUimi. London is IfcecliJ tii.it alone can gle a man "erjthing in return for his gold. To this Mecca ot money liell had gone for lu UuitUiMS. lit ntmed there early, long Itelore ChrUtmns, because tht re are Ihlngs lh.it cannot le allcujojul in one iweni-four hours. een though twenty of them are tpunt awake with jour hands full of gold. London was wailing for Beit. Its Christ mas tree was lighted .and hung for him. The prince knew him well by reputation, and liked him and his pounds; and his old fri-Mid. the liirl of Warwick not so ery ild. but very much interested in Kaffirs was expecting him, and all the city knew "Belt's here." In a country where there are many mil lionaires, all conFcrvaUvc, evcry-day peo ple, there can be no cone-option of what the ndvent of .1 millionaire, whoso money Is not too valuable to blm. can do for a lity. Here a millionaire counts his monev. gets value for vnlue, and Is felt in a town only as he sets the industries going. But in London the rich men of Africa do not ha mile llielr money that way; and when they go to London they go to spend gold. Their coming is felt from the Strand to Whltcchapel. AT SHORT RANGE. Albert Beit, Uie man who 6pent Christ baa as the "richest man in the world," is a good-looking fellow of middle-age. He might be called handsome ir his ex pression were a little more cheerful, and be might be called a stjlish man It hevwcrc dressed as other men are. Belt is the most sensible ot all the African kings. He Is a close friend of Uarnato and very near to Rhodes. He goes in higher society than theformerand In more general society than the latter. Barnato still In Clsts upon liking his old chums of early days, the acrobatic performers and the tight-rope gentlemen. He will not turn them from his door. There is a place for them at his table, even at his Christinas spread, for he is to dine 100 ot them on Christmas Day In his great spreading dining-room, one corner eif which is large tnough for his whole family circle. Beit has kept no poor friends from bis liumbla beginning. If he has any, he has either forgotten tbem or, as bis friends declare, has pensioned them oft. And that Is why there is nothing tostandln Belt's way in his march Into London society. Albert Beit lives in very good stMe In London. He generally for lie Is only a visitor to the capital occupies bach lor chambers In Trafalgar Square, the most expense e part of the town, and bis dinners are taken at the tables of lords and dukes, ot counts and carls, yes, and at the board ot princc-s. Belt's friends in London aro the Duke ot rite and the Prince of Wales. An other close olium is Prince Adolphus ot Teck. who has put the Duke of West minister's gift Into the African not-led ot rold pounds. Beit is a companion also of Lord Koscbcrj. who dabbles In Kaffirs, and he knows well eterjbody ot im portance in London except Lord Salisbury and the old commoner. William E. Glad stone. These two old gentlemen, refuse to ltarn about Africa underneath her oil, and resolutely try to forget the rinounotatlon of Knfflr. whose "Kafeer" sow ringing over London as the Kaffir old flies around. Belt received twenty invitations to && u None a jB4 Mr fiw im ftitiLv fill WWmfBm Christinas dinners. It be has received one. He told a friend that he should dlue with the Earl ot Warwick, the man who put him next the Prince ot Wales a week ago. Warwick's Clilst was board had, for a. holiday gift, tin honor of holding the dinner of a man who could buy halt the world, and his chet cooked for one who could pur chase so many Christmas dinners that the whole world would go dlnnerlcss, un less lie chose to release the trust. Tlie way this owner of the earth pasi.es Ills time is simple it you look at it in the light of action unit luxuriousness, if softness is any criterion. KdD OF GOLD. His lost chambers In London were se lected beiause they were lined witli a ruddy material, resembling n Elumberlng fire. At one end is a deep fireplace and upon the floor laj softest rugs. Id a tall ihulr with cushions In it sIih the master of the rooms, lie Is the man who can touch the bell at his elbow and give a command, perfectly sure that some one else will do the rest quickly. No man in London is more temperate than Belt. Ills tipple is ice water and hib hard drink is tea. At dinners he sips claret, but a train falls back upon the water caraffe. He is ashamed of his water drinking, the Kaffir king, and always has a wine glas3 at hls'hond. Upon his little table, loo, there stands a. tall, spiral glass, strangely inconsistent with the sparkling water bottle next. it. Beit's excesses, if he has any, are in the line of smoking. Ills "vnlet, to whom he Is a hero, tills of many boxes of cigAH carried in to him cvery'day; but his door man, to whom he is a fool, relates tales of tilled ones escaping at tlie front door with square packages lucked under their lordly arms and words of thanks still wet upon their lips. He is the prince, only much more so. Upon his feet, when he sits in his room.he lifts to the fire a pair of golden shoes. These lie in the fur of the rug, and when the gold master drops down into the deip chair to look upon n power mightier than his thedantlng flames he a bsintmindedly slips his slippers, lined Willi London fleece, into the hard, bright metal shoes and raises and lowers them upon the point of his Ice. None of the Kaffir kings but hae gold slippers. In the Transvaal .1 golden slipper is a mark of friendship, as a worked one i here, and Ihe roan who doc3 not have jx pair tossed into his fire rug has struck" only the shallow side of the gold eiu. Ill his appetites this rkh man is said to be non-epicurean and 'satisfied with almost aujthlng." The "almost au) thing" accorded him agrees with the feast being spread for him by Warwick the finest in Londdn, cooked by the best chef and served by twenty trembling waiters. He may lie willing'' to' tat "almost any-" thing," lint, as a matter of fait, all that Is p!.ced before him is made a matter ot prajer with his host arid chef before hand, and the only way he can tell what he likes best is by averaging up his feel ings of conleutment afterwards. The rich men of the East amu$e them selves with a mysjery of fimlnlne danc ing andsorg, alwnj s ready to me rge from the nes'lhctlc into the physical. This man from Africa finds cnjojmint watch ing the fire, going to tl.e opera, hiring private orchestras, "going halves" with Earnato in ihe reduction of one or tl.e latter's p!js j,nd jn lliigug 1.0'd p'nea. if not broadcast, at le-ast in ery wide fur rows. His ideal Cl risiiuis gin firliimse'If is a new pieeoof muMi-, ai it a 1 ew musical Instrument and new niusliian", with .1 new company or 1 eorio to enjoy It with him. And his Ideal ChrMinn gift 10 others Is a ehanee to become a Kafrir. Money is to him now, not his Gcd, but his atmosphere-, with suirocallon -where it leaves off. His expenditures each day in London are 1,000. Considerable-, when jou reflect that each pound means $5, and that a elol lar there will buy five times as much as a dollar here. No wonder that tlie news paper, with his face upon it, swirled in a tremendous e-f fort to show itself to the pub lic once more-. Its shame wa that it beat against the man whose Christmas dinner will be- a window pane and whose host will lie the- wind swept street. There is a man In New York who never had a Christmas dinner anil never had a dollar in Lis life. He never owned a new hat or a wholesuitof clothi's.andthesoftest lied he i-ver found was a Ltd of sand in a new excavation. His Christmas dessert this j ear consisted in reading the signs in the windows, and his dinner was served when the cook carried a platter out to scrape it in the ash can. Albert Beit is said to have gone Ear nato's three hundred millions a hundreel better; and If you want to know Just how lie spent his Christmas Day, place yourself in front of a ffrc-place with a gold dollar In your band, and fall asleep with the flames magnifying it to a lapful of gold. For Your KVw Year's Table. The celebrated New York avenue grocer, C. C. Brjan, has this year surpassed all his previous efforts in the Hue of staple and fancy groce-rie-s with a view to enhancing the beauty and nltracllencss of your New Year's table. All good hostesses have a refreshment table and all expert house keepers know that Bryan's Is full to reple tion with all luxuries for this season. Don't worry to have things made at home. Just go down and order from the extensive list at this popular place. The latest and most used tea and reception wafers and biscuits, rich Christmas and New Ye-ar's fruitcake, conserved fruit, a lovely line of glassed dainties, confections and every domestic and Imported delicacy. Candles and shades for your New Year's tables are here also. The first of our fashionable people will not. need to read this, for they have al ready given their patronage to Mr. Bryan. There Is a large contingent who buy at first one place nnd then another, never knowing what they are going to get In quality. To these I would say, go direct to this most estimable dealer and let the glad New Year find your larder filled with the best at prices as. fair as any dealer who gives first-class goods can ever offer you. M. H. B. JNew Velvet, Coat. A npat little black velvet coat. Un seams outlined with fine tubular tnoluir braid, has a pretty collar of ermine and narrow cuffs to match. MODERN BATHS OF APOLLO "Diana's Pool" Costs $20 Every Time It Is Flooded. PLUNGES IN ATTAR OF ROSES Cupid With Marble Umbrella Holds the Shower Over the Head of the Bather. "Bathroom and bathroom fittings, $00,- 000," stands one of the items in an Itemized account of the cost of building a recently erected millionaire's palace. By "bathroom" was meant the water supply, for which an extra tea had to be paid the city, on account of running bath, and the fittings relating to the onyx bathtub, the onyx floor, the Per sian rugs suih as the ladles of the harem trail over 'with wet robes, the carvings and the hanging lamps. To th's great expenditure in the inter ests of that virtue which is next to godliness there Is added In the account book 01 the millionaire's household, $1,0U0 for bath towels and twilling luxuries. The slightest doubt oftheeost of the lat named ciniMset at rest by all who will go to the trouble 01 stopping in u drug store and placing the sum of $10 against a first quality sponge A Clii-ruli Hold the FtincclM of tile AM or Until. of giant me and a few fancy soaps. There will be nothing left for the rubber mittens. therEuglishmassgeglove-s, the brushes $5 eajti with tioue bandies the bnmliags, the "scciited waters, tlie. attar of rosedclle-atie.?. Ihe wnte-r softeners, or the wlilte-iilugatiils-. Ncllhcr n peii'iy left for the complexion beaut lflersthat follow thslKith.nrtlieinyrlad toilet nrtliles that are as expe-nslve to buy .is comfortable to ikj-css. In five minutHs the most economical mind wojld eonc'ude to grasp with nvidit at the $1,000 item for bathroom furnishings entire. LIKE THE ROMAN:!. The millionaire's who live In paliccs revel In the bath u the oM Romans did. It is etiquette In these days to mention the bath loo. in pollle eirc'e-s, and as projier to dis cuss the decor.tli'Mi of the bathroom as the dining-hall. Artisans ot all kinds con tribute to Its bt.iutifieation. The gjrdener of the mansion lias a share In nuking the bathroom beaulirul. Just as he ha in fixing up the dining-roain, for be decorates both with flowers dally, mid the batlers, who polish ihe brasses and silver, find an hojr'e work early In .the lnorninr polishing the fillings In Ihebalhrooin before my lady has wakened to get her first wide awake glimpse of the world in the refle-c-tions uiou the brass through the shaded glass windows alongside her luxurious plunge. The most famous bath in the world, a bath knenvu in Europe as well as In America, In longs to Mrs. C. P. Huntington, and Is located in her New York home-. It is a plunge of running water that costs the millionaire $20 every time it glves"1he mistress an Iteiur's experience eir scented lake. This bath. It is aid, has the ultra refined quality of passing first through an Immense filter. Arter which the water is met by a small spray of cologne, making It limpid sweetness as long drawn-out as the bather cares to have. The name of the bath at home Is "Diana's Pool." Around the eilge of the pool there Is a band of flowers, set like a wreath oer a lady's white brow.and at the steps lead ing downward are palms. The flooring Marble- Hath in Marble House, New port. of tills bathroom is marble, set with strips ot blue tile, but a path entirely around the tub Is laid with Turkish rugs for fear the chill ot the marble should penetrate the white fur slippers of the bather. My lady at her bath is a very famous topic tor song and story. Old fables abound with tales ot the grace and lovll ness ot some stately dame as she took the path leading to the house baths. Even Marie Antoinette, living in her 'ate day, walked around the paths In the garden taking a constitutional, followed by her admiring Indies, beforestepping Into III " Wm Ik I i IpSMi If """J" ' , ' ( f5. Q-tTTTTiitiiun me n imiurnnMimiiiiii II II imnminHII II Hltflrft P SW ""Sifil J J. .ft t A I j: 1 Al.M sMB . NsXmA . ... is-V t -aaf Mil m cyJIl ij-iiii.ii...viM.. ....... nniiniiiini"f'""uijjiuplj1" . Mill ! 5 i V ii. f " - r-- smm 'iHilil-S 1 1 1 M''"""'5'. . jbSptI" m pffs '-f.-cw Tup (ii r Wvw 'i-I - iimsSsik lit I? :03W '-v- ynCr- -' H4BD I AParlor Furnished by the To reduce our enormous stock we are going to make mostirnportant reductions in prices on all Parlor Furniture. The prices we shall cfuote bjCpur regular stock will make buyers open their eyes, for we intend to take off One-third to One-half of the ordinary price. Such an opportunity is not one to be missed by any housekeeper, CASH OR CREDIT. LANSBURGH'S RINK; Ihe baths of Apollo. And in this forest favored visitors would stand afarto admire. And when her calumniators would havede famed her they preferred to cast only tlie merest suspicion or Indiscretion upon her at first. And this mere suspicion they set going by retailing a slory ot having seen her at the Baths of Apollo with a handsome courtier. Only mere tittle-tattle! But bath ing in those dajs was as much as sea bath ing is with us now. A pastime for which appropriate dress and publicity were al ways expected. The bath in the adjoining Astor pal aces, on Fifth avenue, opposite Central Park is a very chaste and beautiful one. The principal bath, for no house of luxury but would have more than one bathtub, is in the apartment of the Junior lady of the name. It is white marble, with a dear little cherubim sitting at the head of the tub. His boat is a shell, and he Is about to embark and sail across the clear water, blue at times rrom the bluish white ness overhead. He holds the faucets in his hands. There are architects who make a specialty of bathrooms. They can do little else, as the number of bathing-rooms to bo designed are as many as there are fine houses built, and in many houses there arc twenty baths, counting the half dozen for the men, maids. lower and upper servants, and on'- for eaclcsuit of visitors' rooms. The general architect cannot properly attend to bathroom needs unless he has a knowledge of the business. He must un derstand that he Is dealing with a sub stance as clear"as glass-anil one which re rlects as though il were n -mirror. An architect or rational. reputation built a house for a rich man and placed In it a beautiful, square, sunken bathtub. At the head he hollowed out a niche Tor a nice little Cupid, over whose head an umbrella was constantly held by Invisible hands, while a showcrof water fell upon the top of the umbrella. Thcownerorttclialliroi.m wasdllghted, and on the elay of movingiln several times mentioned looking forward 'to the felicity of next morning's bath. A BLACK BATH. Next day early he arose, rang for his man to draw the water and a minute later stepped into the ti'ed room, In which the great porcelain tub lay sunken at one end. "Damn it!" he trieel, looking down inti the water. "What the devil's the matter? That confounded water is black as ink, James!" roared he to tl.ev offending valet, "can't you see? Look Into that tub! Let it out! Let it out, I say! And draw morel" The tub was again filled, and the water was blacker than before, because there was more of it. "Bring some, up from the basement and have it clean. Call me when It's full." For one mortal boor the men servants worked to bring, up a bath tub or water. Jn kegs. In pitchers, and in fcottubs it was brought to thes second story from a sparkling source In the basement. "All ready now, sir," announced the valet "James," said the man of the house. I after breakfast, "ou have I-u a good 3SBfeLj s-V-Jc-ca-.-X trz,-N3' ' it,a----i j x-v I Jl 1 mm i y n imbi (m I ' 'i .'tt i ' I I fc. M ,1 7. V,K V WJ-"ff? :l VV SJKKW J .hmw . fii J ' tf Ac' ' z' y lllllllll Jii.D: III man-servant for five jears. But jou arc getting too much used to the place. You are discharge-d. Net time elon't play tricks upon an indulgent master. That black water jou brought up would have poisoned me." Eventually the architect was called in, and finally a bathroom architect. When he saw the tub of blatk water he laughed aloud. "Paint jour celling white instead of terra cotta and you will hare no more black baths," he said. Marble House, Newport, gets Its name "DlanaV Tool" In the C. V. Hunting ton House. not only from external appearanics. but troin the exquisite marble fittings of the bain and bathroom. There is a white marble bath-tub, set In a while marble room. Adjoining Is a white marble rest ing room, provided with an abundance of cushions; and liters is also a white marble sbclf-room like the steam room of a Turkish bath. This can be flooded with moist heat and a very good Turkish or Russian bath luiprovlsi-d.. The house was planned by pRff?STp 1 1 !sji 1 ' il I Wimwm P I llii I'll v w - ise 1 ii sill ' as,-B""",,aS"i!" , V Mrs. Willy K. Vanderbllt for a summer residence, and six connecting robins are given up to bathing. There are three marble bathrooms, all opening into the shelf or steam room. The bath of the mistress ot the house Is sunken In the floor. At the head stands the favoritf bathroom fig ure, a cherubim with umbrella eiver hiR head. In this most perfect bath tbeumbrella furnishes it shower bath. There is a steady drip from its points, anil when the umbrella Is removed, which is done by lifting it from its pedestal, the shower falls In gentle spray. $10 FOR A WASH. The favorite bath for women is the attar of rose bath. The cost of suclr a bath, is $10. But this is not so very excessive when one thinks what it does for complexion and com fort. To scent the hair there Is a bath used by both men aud women. It Is a .flower bath of an almost Indescribable 'sort. Dried rose petals, highly scented from the rose Jar, are sewn into a small cap which is fitted o-.er the head anelle-rt on (luring the bath. The hair gets a, perma nent perfume In this way. Men are more fond of bathing than women. Their systems reait more reaelily. Men take more liaths In winter, three to one, than women, though none but aitual statistics could convince the unbelieving public of this, or a canvass of households. The man of the house enjojs a good bath room as mueli or more than the women, who care less for spljsuiug. In planning a sleeping room for himself Ihe man of means reeiuests a private ad Joining bath. Aud in fitting it up he spends mi-.ua more than the sum placed in his expense book. One corner is a gym nasium. Where a woman orders scents and per fumes a man fits up a. very snug little closet, within hanel's reach of the bath where liquid refreshments can be tasted. And near his hand is a set of bells that bring him hot water, sugar, the newspaper, and all the things which be flatters himself be could enjoy an naturel. Itabbltt and Crown. Ce-lebraltsl nud well known to the bujers ot Washington, are "to the front" with the finest Hue of home-dressed fowls, espe cially for the New Year's supply. Trepare your own boned turkey and select a fine, large fat one from this stock. Make your own chicken salael 'twill be better and be sure your chicken comes from Itabbltt and Crown. Cold roast turkey and chicken are most necessary to jour table pn Jan uary 1st. The next best thiug Is a home made chicken pate. Get your fowls from this firm and you will find that whatever may be the result of your other purthaes, Jim are solid on the fowl question. No firm in the market stands higher In the line or probity and knowledge of what Is right In quality and price. Their stalls are central, Nos. B71 to 004 Ninth street wing, Center Market. Monday and Tuesday they will be pro vided with their New Year's stock, ready and willing to greet you and sell you the best they have, which means as good as the best American can get. Do not pass them by. M.H. B. RinL NUTS FOR NEW YEAR'S Where They Are Grown. The Old World Fruauvc- the Best. The best quality of everything comes to Washington. The finest English walnuts are not grown in England, but In the im mense forests surrounding the Bay ot Naples. To Sicily we are Indebted for the finest filberts and to France for tho paper shell almonds, which may be crushed in the fingers. Many elo not know that this season's cream nuts sometimes called "nigger toes," are not yet ripe, as tn Smith Americans are In the midst ot sum mer. If you wish to se-curc the best quality ot nuts for your New Year's table be sure to make your purshasesot"Johnston!."ths Seventh street grocers. Their stock this season is the finest that has been re ceived for many 5 ears. They have also a superb supply of chocolates and cocoas wafers and fancy biscuit In fact every delicacy for the holiday festive board. On Monday "Johnstons- " will give either four pounds ot granulated sugar or four cakes of-best sweet thocolitte to each pur chaser of one dollar's north or over of groceries, fruits or nuts. MONEY FOlt ins WOUNDS. Man Strlki-e Hoy and Given Him a Hollnr. Charles E. Ferguson was arrested by Policeman Uarry yesterday afternoon for striking Llojd L. Disbovv, a twelve-year-old boy, with a buggy whip. Ferguson drove to the First precinct station with the officer in his own bugg-y and left $5 collateral with the desk ser geant. He then gave the boy a crltp dollar bill. St. Gabrli-1'n Christmas. The Xmas entertainment at St. Gabriel's Church, near the Great Falls, Montgomery county, Md.,last Thursday night drew tot largest gathering that lias been there sines the church was dedicated. After a bountiful oyster supper had been served the members, the cemgregation, and their friends sojourned to the upper part ot the church, when a carefully prepared prograroarrangeeUiytheiiaMor.Rev.Father J. C. Mallon, was enacted. Xcn Year ExunrMim Hates via Penn Kylvunlu Itiillrnml. On December 31, and January, 1, tbs Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets to all points on its lints east ot and including Pittsburg and Eric and west ol Elizalietti and Sea Girt, at reduced rates, tickets valid for return until January 7, ISnfi. Also to Richmond and other point! South on December "'.. 30, and 31, and January 1, good until January 7. JC v at?Us2rwisi S& 5x iafe&es