The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-25

brilliant ooicred paper, arranged In tne form Of great
were various perio'mane tho stage, dancing, sing
ing, ks, and among other things German actor attempt
Cd The eharasser q an American Indian which he pre-
sented with gtstcalaton voIent and absurd his
| cent was pecahar and amusing
The sasa. theatre. just below tho voks Garten, an
nounccd Der WctAaocAtsdtsnd Christmas Evc) on Its
| bills, bat the aadeacs by no means large.
The old bowery theatre was set Oh in the most brilliant
and me huge pss With the n:ervsnIns r space
nsss--
SANTA CLAUS;
On, IsnKz DxxAxs ~ CsxsuxAs {
wih two other pieces, "Ysnkee Tars' and "The Red
Al Ne Atlantic Gsrtsn, ADJOINING, another avors Ger.
mar resort, tnerc Vas performance, ~ usual, and
The old Chatham street, or National theatre also had
programme arranged especially for Christmas Eve, and
ballet Of actcn, entitled sans Claus or tho Night before
me New Bowery theatre was not behind 10 compet
tors in decoration The regular play, po @ hon tas
"Mothcr Goose and the Golden Egg"
All these attractions, however, were a. nothing com.
rosss nesrv opn,. ,hs s,saro sar.a s,rO
the harangue of the orator who stood in the door way
sounding aloud the praises of the said temple above
crediled.
"Here" he asserted, "here Is the greatest and most
wonderful collection OF remarkable curioses the known
world has yet produced curiosues which every man,
woman and child will feel themselves well paid TO see
Here We bave, gentlemen and ladies', the who swal
lows solid steel sword twenty two inches in length,
every the hit and allows you TO pull ont with
your own hand 10 safy you II Is no seght Of hand e
gerdeman, but stern reality.
"But the most wonderful OF ALL the greatest wonder Of
the known world, Is the man who eats paving stones
swallows them bread-n fact, makes paving stones
his sole food and only Of subsistence together with
ager bier spirtuous and malt liquors THIS wonderful
phenomenon has been for years the great problem OF
the greatest medical men Of the world but yet they
haNe h%eU ma bla IN axntss tla atar
"Now s your time Men, women and children, all
who have any curiosity 70 crafty, now the time 20
order 70 bring within the reach Of all have brought
down the price Of admission TO the whole exhibition 70
single dime!n
Further up the Bowery was "MademolseIc Julia, the
snake tanner and the .snake man. who Is advertised
as having snakes head for the terminus Of his righ.
hand and snakes tail on the left hese paces, Ike others
less marvellous, were decorated.
small boy, apparently not over six years old, who
vas vigorously blowing TIN horn upon being asked Why
mas" This notion that Christmas must be celebrated in
some way seemed 70 possess old man from sixty 10
Bowery, dcckcd with evergreens wreaihs about his
shoulders and waist, and huge branch OF Or in each
hand WIN punches various cclored papers suspended
rely with green's for his coat old and thread
bare, and when . gust u wind removed his hat,
found to be nothing but plated cvergrecns his singular
appearance great attraction tho youthful horn
bowers and they danced around him with horrid noise,
and the boldcr opes did not scrupe 70 tear his garments
old man paid attention TO any attack upon his but
an attempt 10 disturb his wrea.hs, 70 take away hts
evident that he crazy and he scanuy clad
many Of the by tried to persuade him 90 home
were cbalerns The police took no nosos e him. although
they We're several times requested 70 take him 70 the
were found ready on the block 70 sung
Ieuion who sang Faderland" in rather louder tone
than was desirable.
There was very little drinking and scarcely any drunk
enness The ordinary lager bier saloons, especially In
the early hours OF the evening, almost deserted
closed One drunken created some excitement and
was picked up by policeman which attracted large
the great business Of the evening" the purchase Of tos
BROADWAY ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Brilliant as Broadway usually is, 1t shone u mos,
resplendent manner last night
Those unaccusomed to the sight would have been dag.
zled with the display OF life and beauty which ihronged
popular and principal thoroughfare last evening.
Persons had attended to the wants OF the inner man
during the day and gave their tme and the prnci
pal thing their money in the evening, the purchase of
large OF toys and good things general for the
young folks at home
No one would have thought that we had Just passed
most severe financial crisis they to have wit
messed the manner money being spent in Broadway
and the neghborng business streets during the Las, few
days.
Every body almost had a bundle or q basket, which,
from their and the in which they were car
ried told Of good things Within and be or she tha, had
parcel looked as
They cared for nobody,
And nobody cared for them.
Or az II they had fallen from the clouds al most !ncp
perfume moment
The stores shone out in q most brilliant manner Asa
general thing those Of heavy character empty,
else closed up, very properly giving way TO the fancy
oic Sow md fccaU rk,-1
business.
trudgiDe along, with bundle under bis arm while at his
side little child oil life and activity, evidently his
granachld, viewing with wistful eyes tho mysterious
bundle, and doubt wishing enlarged from the
tents Of the many and tempting store windows the
way. Again, here is young couple who certainly
their FIRST excursion for toys They w no DOUBT be
more generous in their expenditure now than in ten years
from this. young man enters fashionable jewelry
store and spends some time over the collection placed be-
fore him. He Is what will suit, and he tells the
gcntcmanH clerk that it is not for himself that he ID
buying that beautiful ring, but for friend" " course
in little while more that young man and some
before him were. wRat .hs bssssr, and s il such S
place. and at such time! Yes, tho lic thing has taken
advantage Of the supposed generosity Of al who
Christmas Evc do mot dsappoint her give her tric,
some poor family happy for the time being
Here and there some carriage stops before some well
stocked establishment, and deposits ts freight who
with arms loaded with costly presents for young
sFIth Avenue" while at The window stands .
person gazing at tho beautiful presents exhibited
but whose pockets would not admit Of such OF.
trnvagance with half pcrccptble sigh no turns
away thinking with what an uneven hand the goods
Of this world distributed.
We're TO judge from the rush Al the box Offices the
theatres did good business while the other places
note were not deserted.
At about ten O'Clock the crowd began To subede and
we left with the impression that the excitement Broad
way on q Christmas Eve
CHRISTMAS EVE IN WILLIAM STREET
Christmas time with the German is season Of enjoy.
mept. It's recurrence brings back to his mind the
thoughts the pleasures the associations all the de-
lightfu remniscences Of Faderand To the saloon &C
cordpgly, at such tmo, he repairs, indulge in his
favoritc and cxhiaratng beverage and discuss with his
friends the reconectons Of old days
The lager bier and concert saloons william street last
night throngcd and their the time reapcd
a rich pecuniary harvest The saloons were generally