Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-25
ON THE STREETS.
A K6IeidoscOpic View OF Ffnh Avenue-
Fine Menus at the Hotels-The Travel-
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A KaIeidoscopic view OF Ffnh Avenue-
Fine NIenus at the Hotels-The Travel.
ing Public MuItifudInous.
In the various offices whence information of
an industrial nature is usually obtainable,
Christmas Eve made itself very apparent In so
much that business was almost suspended in
favor of preparations for the due celebration,
of what is commonly regarded as the merriest
holiday of the year.
Parcels of all sorts and sizes occupied the
space usually allotted to ledgers and journals,
awaiting the arrival Of the expressman for de-
livery to some expectant friend-of the gentler
sex, mayhap-or which had just been received
as a seasonable souvenir from some well-wisher
at distance. Many of the occupants had al
ready gone out of town to spend the Yule-tide
midst surroundings different to those peculiar
to the routine Of everyday life, and those who
remained were more engaged in considering
how best to meet the wishes of the young peo-
pie at home, in the matter of the annual box,
than in bestowing attention on business details.
The incursion of people from the country
was very great From an early hour the pro-
cession of bun1le- bearing Heterogeneous hui
manity pursued the uneven tenor OF its way
throughout the city, the neighbornood of Fifth
avenue, Market street and Smithheld being
especially given over to the inroad OF holiday
buyers and bargain-seeking excuHslonists Inc
fakirs came out of their obscuritEeAd Piled
lively trade with whistllng toyS-parrotS.
cheap TOYS and dime watches, which on being
pressed discovered the long lost McGinty
The hotels have more guests within their
hospitable doors than is usual on this essent-
TALLY home excepting festival The Anderson
has double the number OF last years guests,
the Seventh Avenue has larger house than
usual, the Duquesne was never so full ar
Christmas as it is this year and the ether hotels
have many guests to cater to.
tThe Seventh Avenue Hotel viii present
particularly inviting menu to the appreciation
of its guests. All the delicacies of the season
fnd place on the card, which is handsomely
embeIlished with satin cover showing
homestead winter scene through frame,
round which is entwined the emblematlc
holly. On the top is the old-time legend OF
merry Christmas
The Anderson Christmas feast is one that
cannot be excelled, and the particulars are
cleverly concealed by an artistic etching of
'maIden faire" returning from some market
errand.
The Duquesne will sustain its reputation for
the excellence of its cuisine and the Hamilton
House will see to the requirements Of its pa
irons after its usual fashion.
The number of passengers who fled through
the barriers of the Union depot yesterday after
liar occasions. To say that every passenger
leaving the depot had parcel, in some cases
two or three, is to refer to a matter of course,
and there were the usual glimpses OF side
lights on humanity which are nowhere to be
met with so frequently and with such variety
as at the railroad terminus here
The way passenger train. No. IL discharged
such load on to the platforms as was never
and reinforcements were added to the throngs
tnat spread themselves along Liberty by the
accommodations as they hauled in. Toward
the late hours the station precincts were packed
with People, and the hard-workcd ticket exam
liners. ushers and specials had their hands full
In Seeing that pnwary passengers did not board
Braddock train for delivery at Columbus, or
In other ways getting mixed up-out Of season.