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_’ " - | The Young Women’s Mission of the ‘ Lutheran Church will hold a Christmas Bazaar TUESDAY afternoon and Eve- | ning, December 13, in the * c.‘ Parsonage King ©*. Christmas Cards, gif*,, candies, | cakes and ice erzam W{llbe on sale. Your patronage is Msired. EDLY/ORIAL. | In anothe# place in this issue will be found a raprinted clipping relative to the gppointmemt of l.ieut-Colonel Sir Eust Edward Twisleton Wykecham lierf¥s (pronounced Fynes) who is a pas- senglr t®PAntigu by the S S. "'Fort St. George.”” We welcome this distinguish- ed officer to St. Croix and trust that time will he afforded him to visit around the island including our town. L.OCAL. l The 8. S. ‘“Marina’’of the Bull Insular Line will leave San Juan P. R., tonight for St. Thomas and St. Croix, accepting | passencers for San Juan, P. R. l ‘Fhe s. s. "‘Fort St. George’’ was due . at Frederiksted at daylighc this morn- ing, having 1,505 packages for Frederik- vd, and 238 packages for Christiansted. CORRECTION. In School attendanee report published in Wednesday’s issue, under heading “‘Percentage’” feor Christiansted Public | School, please read ‘‘98.32’" instead of +88.32"°, ' St. Thomas News WELDING BELLS. On Wednesday evening, All Saiets : Church was the scene of all attraefton, | as two most promising young people, | represening highly esteemed and re- | spected Creole families were to make | béfore the altar thew pledges of eternal love. " The Church was decorated with flowers | and two lovely aiches of palm leaves | added grandeur to the scenery. | At 8 @’elock sharp, the sweet strains | S L SR uilx xVvls of the organ announced the arrival of the bride, Miss Gladys Daniel, who was escorted by her brother, Mr. Albert E. Daniel, and accompanied by her gousin, Miss Gerda Dantler, as Maid of Honor. The bride was #ttired in white crepe de chine silk elaborately embridered with silver and satin beads;_the Maid of honounr wore pink georgette crepe trim- med with silver. Then the bridegroom, Mr. David Vie- tor 3ornn, who with his brother Hugo O. Bornn as best man, had been waiting e vestry, came out following the 0..<8t and acoltyes to meet the bride at the altar. T'he marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Wr. Griffith. and the choir under the able direction of the or- ganist Mr. Arthur Stephens render u two selected hymns and a chorus. The witnesses were Messrs. =~ :nce Daniel, M. Lindquist and H len- borough. The religious ceremony was folls wed by a raception at tha home of the grooms parents, Consul and Mrs. ). O. Boran, at which the toast was proposaed by Rev. B. J. Folensbee. Our sincerest congratulations.—St TF . wmas Bulletin, Nov. 26th. ARBOR DAY. The Schools Celebrate The first Arbor Day in response fe the Gov:rnor’s prociamation, in which he so touchingiy and elogquently wrote about trees, was celebrated with spirit and earnestness in the public schools yester- day. At the High School the exercises were of a very elevated character, and they planted three palm trees named respec- tively, ‘‘Governor Oman,’”’” ‘‘Governor " "+elle,”” and ‘‘Secretary linamons’’. +he Abraham Lineoln School, afterdip- propriate exercises repaired to the Par- ade ground, where they planted many little trees, which will some day grow into towering form and afford rest and shelter to man and beas:. The principal and the teachers and scholars of the (zeorge Washington Pub- lic School entered with great enthusiasm into the celebration of Arbor Day. From every direction the pupils were seen car- rying trees in tin cams, or in small boxes, or wrapped in paper, by one o'clock scores of tree plants were assembled in the respective school rooms. Soon after ont o’@ock, a general, but orderly move- ment of tthe classes began towards the principal’y room, which by the use of the hall-way and two anneked back- rooms was ‘turned into an impromptu Assembly Ro m. The scene was an in- teresting one. W¥rom tha walls, the pic- tures of Wasning va, Lincoln and Roose- velt looked down agon the large gather- ing of children with happy smiling faces. The American flag was tastefully draped on the wall, which th= childr~~ faced, and a boquet of flowers here ai ) added to the Jeneral effeet. On the black-bnards uas tastefuily written in large letters, ‘JArbor Day”’. The progr of exercises contained over 30 nu 'rg; but each part was an enjoyable st. The songs were sung with spirit sand the recitations were ap- propriate gb the day—'"Woodman spare that treeff which was both sung and recited, £ ¢ the voungsters clapping with all theif night; but at no time did the scholars ge¢i beyond the influence of the princiff ’s bell. There was a pupil chaipf n, &ho announced the paris after ma' 2z an inwroductory aldress, and at t# ose of the literary exercises, he ex- pressed thanks to the friends, who had shown their interest by their attendance. Miss Vessup, the principal, then dis- missc the elasses to the school grounds, each class passing out as she gave the . quiet command and tree planting was them engaged in for over an hour. At the request of the principal, Judge Me Cants Stewart assisted her in planting t»?® first tree. After pulting it in the, and, enquiry was made as to what we Nritten on a siip of paper which wag tied N the tree, It turned out to contain the name of ‘°NASE’’. Thus the first tree planted bore the name of the School Inspector. —ibid. The Sritish schooner ‘‘Eagle’’ from St. Martins, F. W. 1. arriveé here on Saturday afternoon with laborers bound to Macoris, on arrival the Captain report- ed that during the night of Nov, 28th at 8 o’cliock while he was down below he hecrd the cry of ‘‘Man overboard,’ and found that the mate George Musson had been swept over board by the swinging of the mainboom. A boat was immedi- ately lowered to rescue the mate, but he was not found. the search was kept up until the m< ot finding him it was supposed that the blow from tne boom knodked him uuaconscious and was im- mediately drowned.--St. Thomas Bulletin, Nov. 28th. _ TELEGK 1 Ms. ST. CROIX STATION. New York, Nov. 28th.— 'he raw sugar market was steady early today at 3. 87 to4. 11 for centrifugal, with no sales reported. Raw sugar futures were quiet and prices at noon were one to two points lower, under scattered liqui- ¢ dation. The «refined market was un- changed at 5. 20 to 5. 30 for fine granu- lated. Refined futures were without transactions London, Nov. 28th.—A tog that is now, covering Londoam is the worst that th city ha, experienced in the past twent years andl for the past 4 days has affec eda wide provinc'\l arvea. Public aj private transportau.n systems have by . come disorganized, with the consequer . rush of traffic on the underground re" . way. Busses and tramecars are rem’’ .