The Tramp and the Philanthropists Club Christmas Tale
A Christmas Eve charity plan by the Philanthropists' Club exposes a scheme of staged poverty in New York. Reynolds and Caruthers describe tramps with wife and two children, each giving five dollars, until a revealed artist confesses he joined for funds. The club aghast confronts the artist about deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyrights
Zoe Anderson Norris
Philanthropists’ Club
Reynolds
New York
Caruthers
Union Park
Union
Tramp
A Christmas Dinner in Constantinople
The Levant Times hostess Mrs. Laffan Hanly invited fifty guests from thirteen languages to a festive dinner in Pera. Guests included Fuad Pasha, Hadji Rassim Effendi, ambassadors, consuls, and bankers from Greek Armenian Turkish Persian Russian Japanese and other nations. The meal featured a huge roast beef fish and mince pies while conversations spanned thirteen languages before Hadji Rassim left ill after sampling the pie crust fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Levant Times
Constantinople
Laffan-Hanly
Pera
Fuad Pasha
Konak
Fuad
Pasha
Hadji Rassim Effendi
Hebrew Bank
England
Miss LuTan-llanly
Corstinas
Hadji
Fund Pasha
Babel
Mr. Laffan-Hanly
Bosporus
Hadji Rassim
George James
Evolution of the Christmas Tree Across Cultures and Times
A 1908 article traces the Christmas tree from ancient northern European rites to its adoption in France and England around 1840. It notes Prince Albert's role, Windsor gifts, and early forms like the besant. Modern novelties include dog trees and voice or telephone effects, plus a homemade electric lighting craze.
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C. N. Lurie
Europe
Berchta
Babes
France
England
Prince Albert
Windsor Castle
Yuletide
Santa Claus
Santa
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Man
Billy
Ieee Muui
Atoysius
Billy Blue
Saint
Ation Point St
Jonathan Joyce
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