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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1894)
-B < THE VALUE OF CREDIT Is clearly defined to every housekeeper at the GREA.T CREDIT HOUSE , THE PEOPLE'S FURNITURE & CARPET CO. It is the Establishment in the land , and the only house that is not tarnished by the dM objections to instalment concerns. We have the only Cosmopolitan confidence of the nnd intend to maintain it by adhering to the old people principles which we built business upon up our Goods at lowest prices Fair , Dealing and Most Liberal Terms One Price and that the Lowest. ' . Every nook and oi'this corner vast establishment is packed full of New Goods for the Fall and Winter Season. Never before have we had such a grand assortment of _ Never before have such low prices been asked by us , and at the same time we gladly and cheerfully extend credit tu all. A call is do not buy. OUR FURNITURE will surely interest you. We the LARGEST invited , even if you carry , FINEST AND MOST VARIED STOCK IN OMAHA. For instance : Parlor Sef. Wo have n superb parlor sot consisting1 of 5 Elcces. The wood Is line onk and tlio upholster- Wo have a dlninpr room sot. consisting of nn Tnsto nnd elegance horo. It is of antique if * id in tapestry. olpgant . sideboard , large , well-made and nicely oak , nnd the bet contains one full-slznd bed , flntahcd. and holding a splendid bevel mirror PRICE. 818.00. nn extension table , of onk , and elc'lit foot in ; largo dresjor , with 18x20 bevel mirror , combl- brocnteUes. 0 ptccos , solid onk frames , upholstered in length. Than there uro six oak chaira , high nition wash-stand , two cano scut chairs , ono bucks , with cnno seats' . rccklne chair , or small tufile if pofurrcd. PRICE , 824.50. " \Vo have other ntylcs at that price and up PRICE. 824.5O. PRICE 819.75. ward. \Vo have other stylus at that prices and upward. Have another style at that price and upward. In Carpets we lead the city our stock is finer , better and , larger more varied than ever. In our Carpet Department you will find an assortment that will astonish , Our Fall and Winter you offerings are marked by the choicest colors , most artistic designs and of the exclusive many patterns are they cannot be ; duplicated elsewhere. We have the costliest Velvets , the cheapest We Ingrains , are prepared to meet every taste or purse. Now a few prices : Seventy-five cents a yard and up iii uf g urTi 7"o a yard and upward. All the choice FINEST ward. Lower grades at correspondingly , Standard makes. Fall designs. Strong HELVE ! color liriost in ! ? designs , with many of the spondingly lower prices. patterns exclusively ours. : ST mm , and and upward. durable. Twenty-11 vo cents a yuul TJPHOLSTRRRRS ALWAYS REXADY.TO SElW AND F > UT DOWN OARPEXTS. This Department is well worth an inspection. We can anounce a fresh arrival of Lovely Lace Curtains at One Dollar per pair and upward. A superb assortment of beautiful Chenille Curtains and Table Covers , Come and see them. NO OTHER HOUSE can in any way approach us.in this line. We have baen always leaders and never followers. Our line of Coo'c Stoves nama f and Oak Heaters is unsurpassed in variety , and all that , Ranges quality to make goes up a first-class article in this line. Stoves are just what you want right now and \veare glad that we can make such prices on stoves just when you need them. EASY TERMS , Presents Given Away This Week. $10.00 worth of Goods. $1 week or Stmoirth. . With $ 10.00 worth of goods , set silver plated tea S25.00 wortli of Goods , spoons. $1.50 week or $0 month With & 26. < ,0 worth of goods , beautiful bisque figure. $50.00 worth of Goods , With $50.00 worth of goods , a handsome picture. $2 week or $8 month. With 375.00 worth of goods , a genuine oak ecnlro $75,00 worth of Goods , table. $2.50 week orSlO month. With $100 worth of goods , an elegant oak rcckor. $100 worth of Goods , rcckor.FORMERLY PEOPLE'S $3 week or $12 month. MAMMOTH IHSTAlilJHEKrT HOUSE. . $200 worth of Goods , HornJOOonts lo Cover Ciittilofftio $1 week or $15 month. THE HIGHBINDERS AT HOME Secret Societies of China Oontrol the Empire end Incite Revolution. THE ARMY IS HONEYC-MO WTH THEM Koloii Mnl SuclctjWlilch Cnu e < l the Alls- flouary Idols of 1801 Trlail Society unit Its Millions The Juy Uould of tlio Empire. ( Copyrighted , 1KH , by Frank C3. Carpenter. ) The Chinese government Is greatly alarmed over the rebellion that Is being fomented In nearly every Elate of the empire. The Peking Gazette Is full of the reports of the arrest of members of the Koloa Hul society , and executions are taking place In many of the cities. It Is. now death to belong to this society , and the heads of the members are hung up outslda of the cities as a warn ing to others. Notwithstanding this , the or ganlzatlon steadily Increases , and It Is being recruited from the dlssafTected soldiers and others of the empire. It Is said to have had Us origin among the soldiers of the Hunan province , which is one of the most rebellious of the Chinese states. The Hunan men are noted for their bravery , and htm drc-ds of thousands of them were employed In putting down the Kalplng rebellion. After Iho war waa over numbers of them were kept on In the retinues of the different vice roys , and notably so by the viceroy of Nan king , A few years ago an attempt was made to dispense with their services , and Eoiiie of the soldiers got together and or ganlzcd this society. Dy others It la said to have been founded about sixty years ago , but It undoubtedly had Its. great Impetus through thesa'mcn at Nanking , and today Ita membership runs well up Into the millions and It has Its secret meetings In every city of China. It Is. avowedly against the Manchu government , and Its motto Is "China for the Chinese. " Its members swear to bo falChfu la the society under penalty of death , am each society has Its executioner , and anj member Is supposed lo commit murder a ( ho commands of the order. Members are Inlllatctl by the drinking of hot wine mlxec with the smoking blood of a cock which ii killed at the time , and the ticket of member ship Is a small card of linen , or calico stamped with a few characters , two of whlcl arc "China , " These cards are diligent ! ) looked for by the ofHclnls , and the man wh1 has ono upon him Is immediately arrested the society numbers among Us members a large number of army officials , and the grea Viceroy of NunVlng. who died not long ago was , for a tlmo , an actlvo member. U may nave been tlila that made his capital the con ler of their operations , but toward the Inttc part of hU lifehe became lax In his supper oC the society , and , It Is said , finally obeyed Its order v Within a weak of till tlmo ho died very suddenly , and It Is cur rently believed that he wa poisoned. Th next viceroy played fast and loose with th society , and It la said that his action w&s , t a certain , extent , tha cauie of tlio riots ugalna the mlislonarlcs In 1691. A LlTTI.fi HBHELLTON. I HAS told it Nanking that this fc cret so ctety hail threatened the viceroy that If mor motley was not paid to that toldlerl the would cause him trouble by mobbing th foreigners. Shortly ifter this the "Devil' Picture Gallery" wws Issued. ThU was. mad up nf vile cartoons charging the mlsilon nrlei and foreigners with killing Chinese bit bits , with Inveigling girl * into their hotire ami cutting off their breasts for medicine it 4llng tiif / cl 4tid and lly hlnameti and using them as photographic mUterlal. Millions olt these cartoons were Irculatfd , and the people \vere urged to rlvo the foreigners from the country. This ausod the viceroy of Nanking and the censu ral government a great deal of trouble , and hey had to pay a heavy indemnity. This pring an organized rebellion broke out near anton , and the soldiers were fighting there t the time that the Japanese came Into ! orea. The- recent troubles In the Shantung rovlnce , where the people refused to reor pond to the call for troops , was backed up y the Koloa Hul , and there Is a large branch f the organization in Manchuria , and It exw st In great strength in north China. H Is o organized that In case of the fall of Peking simultaneous rebellion would be brought to lie front In nearly every state In China , and he government might fall at one blow. It Is hard to understand much about the resent trouble without knowing something f the different Chinese states. The country divided up Into eighteen provinces , and hero may be eald to be almost eighteen Ifferent peoples under eighteen different liters , more or less firmly bound together indor ' the ono Peking government. The om'mon people of many of these states do not understand each other. The coolie of lunan could hardly make his way In 'eking , and the Cantonese provinces have a [ Iff ere nt dialect from those In the western ) arts of the empire. The province of Yun- lan U said to have twenty different dialects , and tha pooplp , while they care a great dealer or their own homes'nnd ' 'for their , families , mvo no Interest In the government and sup- lort It only as a necessary evil. The family nnd the clan form the basla of Chinese so ciety. A great number of the punishments o ( the empire are inflicted by the- family , and most disputes are settled without re course ' to the courts. Family ties are closer 'n China than anywhere else in tha world , If a man makes a fortune his forty-second cousins from all parts of the empire swoop town upon him , and he has to support and tolp them. If a man gets a position ha is supposed to take his own family In first In he choosing oC the subordinates , and nepo- tsm reigns supreme. THE JAY GOULD OF CHINA. I mot , while I was In Canton , the Jay Gould of China. His name Is How Qua , and he Is worth $30,000,000. He was keeplngUOO rcla- Ives , and his sisters and his cousins and his aunts to the third and fourth generation were sucking Iho life blood out of his big income. Ho was , I Judge , about 40 years old , and as an Instance of how strong family authority In , he obeys his mother today In all matters of society obligations , nnd upon oelng asked by Consul Seymour to dinner not long ago he replied : "I don't know whether I can go or not. I must first go and ask my mamma. " I afterward met his mamma. She was a.n old lady , whoso eyes shone as brightly as the diamonds which decorated her cap and whoso feet were no bigger than the fists oi A baby. She ruled the whole 400 of How Qua's relatives , orjd she was probably the head of the How Qua clan. These clans of China are very much like those of Scotland. Every family keeps Its pedigree , and the reason why the Chinese want lo be carried to their own country Is that they will bo burled with their families. The clan * have their feuds. Just like some of the mountain families of Kentucky , and they lay for i-ach other with bows and guns. Kvory family has Its ancestral hall In the town or village near where It lives , where all fie different members of the family meet and worship their.ancestors. The members of a clan combine together to punish those who hnvo Injured the family , anil there are said to be families who make , a business of blackmailing and stealing. There are in al China about 400 clans , and the 400,000,000 or 600,000,000 which make up the Chinese pee ple belong to these. THE KOLOA HUL The becret societies are run , however , In dependent of the clans , and the Koloa Hul li only one of a large- number of them. Thi oldest toclety In China Is the Triad society known as the Sam Hop Wul. This Is aji ro have been the cause of the Talplug re bellton , Which lasted for years , and cos China 10.000,000 lives. It cprang up In th south and spread all over the empire , and had It not been for Chtneie Gordon and Li Hung Chang the Tartar dynasty would certain ) : hive been overthrown. The head of thlc re belllon was a. Chinaman who gave- out tha ho wa the younger brother of J u ChrUt and had been sent to this world to reforn Ctilca , The Triad coclety ha * It lodges nd there are flags , banners and umbrellas onnected with It. It holds Its regular in'eet- ngs , and it forces members to join Its or ganization If they are net amenable to per- uaslon. It has the power of life and death ver Its members , and the members mix heir own blood with \vlno and swear to up- he old the order to the death. Among the lunlshmcnts for treason to the order Is the laving the ears chopped oft or the head cut of , and the dlvulgence ol the secrets of the rder Is death. The. members have their own Igns and passwords. You can tell. It Is said , vhether a man belongs to the order by the way , he enters the house , and \ am told that hey stop a moment nt the door and put the eft foot first. In sitting down they point heir toes together and keep the heels apart , nd they have a way of raising their trousers' egs which is known , only to the brethren. They are bound to help any of the order vho get Into trouble , nnd they have secret tl Igns by which they can mark their houses so that their families will escape In case of evolution. At dinner the arrangement ofc ho cups on the table allows their callers who belong to the order to know that they are members , and there are a. thousand little .hlngs which no one clso would notice which liable them to recognize each other. The Triad society and Koloa Hul are very much like the highbinders of San Francisco. They swear to defend each other against the police , to lildo each others crimes , and they are ready to kill for the sake of the order at the command of its leaders. Their main grievance Is against the government , and they tavo published manifestos against It , and are doing so now , Some of the chiefs of the ordr are said to be traveling around the country as doctors , and they are carrying the news of the Chinese defeats , and are gathering In members wherever they go. Their motto Is "Drive out the Tartar , " and It Is said that one branch of the Triad society dates back to 1664 A. D. , or twenty years after the con quest. They have been working to overthrow the government ever since , and they have a jreat hatred of anything which Is not purely Chinese. H Is safe to say of the hundreds of millions In China that otilslde of the govern ment officials there are not 100,000 Chinese who would fight for the emperor. They keep tilm because they must have a. ruler of some kind , but they know he Is a Tartar , and they hate him. In every Chinese state capi tal there Is a Manchu army as well as a Chinese army , and the Tartars are neither ad mired nor IpvoJ. The emperor. In fact , IB like Humpty Dumpty. lie sits on the wall , and if he should fall , all of his horses and all of his men could never put Humpty Uumpty up again. A LOW TAX RATE. It will be surprising to many Americans to know how cheaply the government of Clflna Is run. Taxes are lowej perhaps than In any other Beml-clvlllzed cduntry1 on the globe. Tha principal source of revenue Is the land tax , anil this varies from 10 to 66 cents on acre , The emperor nominally owns all the land , but In reality the people have as much of a right to their farms as wo have , and they buy and Bell their real estate , giving ? deeds for the same. I took a photograph of e Chinese deed , by which a missionary had bought bomo land at Nanking , and which hp wan carrying to Shanghai to be recorded at the American consulate , during my trip with him down the Yangtse-Klang. It vrai as big as four pages of this newspaper , and was covered with stamps. China pays no tax on liquors , and it Is said that the taxes do nbt amount to 7B cent * per head of the popula. tlon. A largo part of the revenue Is col lected from the taxingof salt , and there are Import and export taxes collected on goods passing up and down the river * . 1 saw cus toms boats everywhere , and the river police Is quite extensive. The people understand very well Juat how much taxes they oughi to pay. They are thoroughly organized , ant any radical Increase , such aa must come- from the present war with Japan , which Is probably costing them 11,000,000 , a day. Is al most certain to create a revolution. I have seen different estimate * of the revenues got ten by the empire of China , pud. In no cao have the amounts turned Into the genera government been greater than $150,000,000 a year. ThU would baa small amount in com parlson with the- Indemnity that Japan wll - probably demand If she Is victorious In thli war , and the Chlneie emperor has , Indeed , a thorny road before him. The greatest danger arises In the character of the Chinese u regards coclal and labor tfK combinations. The Rovirnmcnt Is perhaps the only disorganized part oC the country , very city , every state and almost every province Is packed full of different unions , and all branches of Industry are banded to gether. Our labor unions are nothing In comparison with those of China , and the government has to bow down to them. The larbers united some years ago and made the emperor come to terms In regard to the lubllc examinations for their children. They lad before this belonged to a rather despised class. They stand now as high as any other people in the empire. One of the features if barbering In China Is ear-cleaning. Bach barber has tweezers with which he pulls Ittle hairs out of your ears , or trims Hum to suit. The Chinese like to have the backs of their shoulders and necks kneaded after .hey are shaved. This takes a good deal of : lme , nnd the barbers concluded that it kept them too busy during the holidays. The union called Its members together all over .ho empire. They passed a law which makes t Impossible for you to get your cars cleaned during six certain days of the year. LI Hung Chang Is great enough to slap the cheeks of the Chinese cfllclala who call upon liim. Ho makes his generals-get down on their knees , and If the emperor does not take away hid big cloth boots he will con tinue to kick them out of the room. He would not dare , however , to do anything against the union of the wheelbarrow coolies , and he has stopped some of his greatest Im provement ) : after they have cost him hun dreds of thousands of dollars because certain of the trades unions objected. These wheel barrow men arc. In fact , one of the strong organizations of China and they are ono of the great obstacles In the way of railroad building. BANKERS GUILD. The bankers of China have a guild , nnd It depends very much upon them whether the government is supplied with money for the war. There are nearly 1,000 hanks In the Uvo cities of Shanghai and Tlen-Tsln , and their members all work together. They have their connections with other banks of the empire , and they fix the rates of Interest and regulate exchange. The tea merchants have a guild , and there are silk gul.ds and all corti of manufacturers unions. These unions are very rigid as to their own men and they have waged war against modern machinery. In some Instances they have killed employers who have acted con trary to their wishes , and a horrible case occurred at Shanghai B few years ago , where an employer tried to1 < lefy the' union. He yi warned , but ho-relused to accede to tha clerrnmla of the m n. and they concluded to make an example ofjJilm. Ho had mote tlian 100 men In thlfeishop. These were pment when he enlordd one morning , and at a concerted signal Itley sprang upon him and commenced bUlnjr him. They had a leader and this lodtrfnvould not let one of the men go away cfrtan the place without showing his tee.th. lllflhla teeth and gums were bloody he wasjipormltted to go out , otherwise he was seiltiiack nod told to take a blto. The plot nisiBOtten up on the basis that there Is no capltalipunlshment In China for biting. The employer was bitten to death , and the in it tor1 finally came to the ears of the government. It made a great fuss on paper and fiibiltheil memorials con cerning It , but onhXHhe man who took the first bite was punlsb4iuind the union gained Its end. Wlmlnw Clr mil HIT. The butlnesH of window cleaning in Mew York has Increased no much that there are now employed in the work men who do noth ing else , making of window cleaning a regular trade. The concerns engaged in this business make- contracts for a year or for longer periods , The windows cleaned are mostly those of banks , stores and offices , but there are some householders \\lio have tlielr house window i cleaned by regular cleaners. One window cleaning establish ment ban upon 111 lists eleven private houses ; It takes none for less than H& a month , and the prices range from that up ( o J26 a month -Prices , of course , depend upon the number ol windows and the amount of woik to bo done. For example , for onu bank with a considerablenumbJr at window * the charge U 535 a month ; for one Broadway corner ttore } 25 a month. TYPICAL GERMAN HOME LIFE Beautifully Described by Count A. Born- stoff of the Eoyal Household. THE FAMItY IN TriE FATHERLAND The German Ix > vo nf I ID me Sphere ami Work uf Women MicruJiiess of tlio rnuilly Tie boclul Clieer nucl Mcr- rluirnt u Characteristic. Tha love of home la found In almost every nation , but perhaps It Is nowhere so strong as wltli the Germans. The longing for the old home follows them everywhere , While the Englishman taken hla home with him Into the most distant lands his house being everywhere an English home the German easily loses hla national customs. He la more Inclined to adapt himself to the new surroundings , but the love for the old home remains , the recollection of the father- house , be It ever so small , keeps alive In his heart. Foreign nations have recognized this In using the ivord "fatherland" especially for the German's country. Truly the Swiss will not miss his glaciers , more than the native of the March of Brandenburg his sandy heath with the dark lining of flnvood In the horizon. Already the old Germans iiung with tenacity to the Inherited piece of land which they defended to the utmost against their enemies. In this homo the woman , even before she was raised and ennobled by Christianity , held a prominent place. We now read with pride the testimony given by the Iloman historian Tacitus to the strict morality of the old Germans. Also today the happiness of the home is chiefly depend ent , upon the woman. The letters recently published of Moltke and Bismarck show how much the development of these two great Germans Is due to the Influence of their mothers , Whoever Is acquainted with the life of the great poet , Goethe , knows how Important was the influence exorcised by "Frau Huth. " Queen Lou I BO of Prussia , the mother ' of our great Emperor William I , still 'lives In the hearts of the people as a model wife- and mother , helping her husband to bear In submission to Ooil and In un daunted fortitude , his great trials when Na poleon I. tried to eras ? Prussia from the map I of Europe , and training- her children In ' great simplicity for their future high calling , And It at present we throw a glance Into the Imperial castle , we nnd the first ' woman of Germany surrounded by a happy group of children , who move about In the- most simple and childlike manner , the joy of the nation ; and their educatlor rests , though not entirely , yet to a great extent , In the hands of their mother , Em press Augusta Victoria , It Is. knoun that every nlglit before retiring to red she passes through the nurseries , and to far as her other duties allow her to be present at a. fixed hour , leads herself the evening prayers of her children , Hut also In humbler spheres the woman reigns as queen In her little kingdom. When the vile of a landed proprietor , her Interesl in the welfare of the workingmen and of the servants , to whom she proves a faithful friend In good and bail days. When the ulfe cf A professor or an official with a largo number of children , she must often use much diligence and inventive genius to maVe the moderate Income of the father suffice. We find her therefore In the kitchen , or occupied vsllh needle and thimble dedicating her best strength to the material wants of her family , ami therefore some times without sympathy for the higher In terests of her husband , quiet and modest In society. THE HOME AND FAMILY. Work U the leading element In the Hie of the man In Germany. Men without profe * tlon are a rare exception. Their vocation a > officials , offlcen , protestors , etc. , natur ally takes up the greater part of the r life. The firtt question one pu's about a man In Germany Is "What U he ? " Even men ol means , who would perhaps in other coun rles bo satisfied with the position their wealth " grants them and consider the spend- "ng of their money as a sufficient occupa- Ion , seek an employment of some kind In he service of the country In order to secure a position , because a man who U "nothing" s not sufficiently honored. Therefore not only the management of the household , but also the education of the children faJIs to lie lot of the woman. It has been said 'While the English woman Is above "all .hlngs wife and helpmate of her husband. , he i German woman Is the first of ul'l mother. " Nevertheless unhappy marriages are fortunately rare- , and divorce , though rendered very easy by our laws , which bear the . lax character of the last century , Is not particularly frequent. Hits Is. due to the circumstance that marriages are chiefly con- itn racted by mutual affection. Of course a number of marriages are settled In Ger- nany as elsewhere for the sake of money , jut It would then not be openly avowed. While , for Instance , In France It la more generally , recognized that parents choose suitable husbands and wives for their chil dren , the principle In Germany Is that the young people eeok each other after the In- illnatlon of thiir hearts. Already the en gagement Is considered serious and binding The relations between unmarried young men and women are somewhat restricted ' In liberty and bound to certain forms. The young woman Is considered to find her chief duties In the house as help to her mother , as sympathizing friend to her brothers home for the holidays , and ao her father's bright and Intelligent companion , sweetening hla leisure hours. But wo now live In a time of transition , and now Ideas are. making way which open a larger activity to tlio fair sex. Deaconesses Institutions , which exercise their beneficial Influences all over Germany and be yond her frontiers for now fifty years , give unmarried women a noble calling to nurse the slcl < , to visit the poor and to bring to both the glad tidings of the gospel. Wo find all classes of society represented In these Institutions. Higher schools for girls and seminaries for female- teachers also pre pare women for a larger activity , and quite recently a number or Influential men have started a "gymnasium , " us no here term the upper schools , where Latin and Greek Is taught preparatory to the unlvers ty for young women The admlsdon of the latter to our universities Is only a question of time. Yet according to German ideas all these things are only meant for the number or unmarred women who have no home and are obliged to earn their bread. The home is always considered the woman's chief place. Wa have now , thank God , a number of ladles who da voluntary mission work , but this should never Interfere with the home duties. The Influence which the woman ex * erodes on the nation by the training of Its future members as mother Is considered to be not only her chief duty , but one so grand and Important that It la well worth dedicating a life to it. One of our great German writers says"I am glad that I had a mother who was not one of the modern ladles who srck their activity In a number of associations out of the house , but who belonged to me and watched anxiously over my childhood. " There may be just n little narrowness in this view of a woman's duty , but It would be shortsighted not to recog nize Its lofty side , and we hope that the progress of time will not quite do away with the good old tradition , MUSIC IN THE : HOME. Music has a great place In the German home. There U hardly a home where not one member at least Ii endowed with this gift. The grtateit musters of music were Germans. How attractive l tlio simple German song , how deeply moving the Ger man hymn ( "choral" ) . The gift of singing Is widely spread In our noUon , and excel lent conservatories , which are alio an at traction for foreigners , cultivate this art for church nnd home , A favorite recreation of the German la lo ill with his family In the open air at teen at the summer weather permits It. In the large towns every email bit of garden IK carefully cultivated one often sees families lifting together on the balcony ; and when lime allows the father likes to take hli whole family with him on U an excursion , ami to ill with them In publ.'a gardim Ililenlng to music. On the whole , society Is tlmple. In old times a very good example was given In Uili of respect by our lorrrolgii * . How simple were the parties given by the Klngi Frederick William III. and IV , of Prussia ; hardly a c much WAS given si would now be placed on the table ol a nobleman , not to sptalt of a rich man of business. Our klnga liked to- draw eminent men , poets , writers , artists , to ihelr table , and the Intellectual part cf society MOB the prominent ono. This Is also. hanging now under the Influence of tho- : lrnc. < . We tee In many houses a society uhich Is more an unpleasunt duty than a , recreation. Large dinners nnd suppers. often exceed the means of thosa who giv * hem , but nobody likes to remain behind frla friends and colleagues , and so many people rather renounce part of the domestic comfort than forego these Invltntlo-is , which they consider as a social duty springing- Irom their position In life. Hut even If jnaterlallsm has Increased In tills respect , literature and science and Intellectual con versation still hold a large pait of German. society. Many wish to shine by knowledge ) and wit , and the tendency to defend one's own opinion Is perhaps one of the aides of the * German character which docs not always make It popular to strangers. THE FAMILY TIB 13 SACRGD. The family tie Is sacred In Germany , on * extends also to the larger family. Members. of the same name , especially among tho- nobility , meet from tlmo to times for confer ences ( Famllcntag ) , and have generally friends to assist the poorer members of tlio- family. The German Is sure to find an open hand and hoiiso wherever he meets even a. dlstnnt relative. The re'atlon of children to their parents though It has lost much of the old rigidity. . la still one of respect , and this la certalnfw a good foundation for ' the state , as I-iith'cfi In hla admirable Bnmll cateclilam explain * the flflh commandment to refer also lo teach ers , employes , and all In authority. AlsX > grown up children respect parental authority ! . As long as father or mother HVM the lioulft remains the center of the family , also for the married children. 13 ut the household docs not only comprise * the family , the servants arc- part of the Gcr * man home. Though also In this respect much of the good old habit Is done away with. In the present rfge , especially In thelarger - towns , where the family does not occupy , like In the United States and England , a house of Its own , but only ti flat , with som t times \ery Insufficient accommodation for th servants , yet wo find many who look ba.cU on a servlco of forty or fifty > cnrs In the. same family. The great day for the German homo 1& Christmas eve , when all the liDiiKclioliI gath > era round the fir tree with Its shining light ? . . The German Christmas tree , nhlch linn nocy * found Its way Into many other countries , lit a very old Institution with us , and dceplji rooted In the hearts of thepeople. . Eyeti the poor man would spare Ills last cent tobuli a tree , Whorsvor Germans are together 6 i Christmas the tree muni not bo wanting The writer of these Hues remembcru a Christ mas Kpent on the Atlantic on ono of th North German Lloyd steamers. The wenth4tt was very rough , tut tlio Christinas tree wa nevertheless lighted , People wl I remembe ? to their old st ages the Joyful cxrlternjinl of their childhood , nhea the bell of til father called them Inlo the room wliero th presents wcro laid out for thnin under til lighted tree. Also the servant * nru called I and receive their gifts. R\en In home where there arc no chllttrcn thn Chrislmaai ? tree la lit , and wealthy people often InvltS the children of one or more poor fainlllefev lo give them presents on tlio ilay which com memorates that God ro lovnl the world that he gave hi * only begotten Son , everybody ; wishes to show love to hla nclghbsr. What a beautiful type that only the religion of Chrlit brings true light Into Dm homo ! flu ! a truly Christian home nnly ejclitb whcro the household gathers for family wor- ifilp and dons not elt down to table- without asking for God's blcsFlng. This In Germany like elKowhero , U only to be found amonir * pcoplo who truly seek the Lord , Dili wo are happy that we have an Incrraneil number of such Christian homes In Germany. _ Derlln , Germany. llcunty More Tlinu Miln Uetip. Bclence sayi now that beauty ( not * kln deep. Klie can tell you that half the charm of n pretty tacs at lean the expression a matter of lltllo mutclea and a complex labyrinth of ntrvet , and that iho curves of the llp > , the glance of the oyex , Iho droop ol tholr lids , are a mutter of tlio prevalent u u certain imall mufclei In obedience to a prevalent ipect of the mini ) . Moreover that the UJB of thoio crgnns of .t | > rei lon haa , me down along ancestral llnoi , and that the mold of the feature ! themselves li * question of beredll/ ,
