St. Paul daily globe., 1889-12-26
A GREEN CHRISTMAS.
A Glorious Day Of Bright
Sunshine and Generous
Enjoyment.
The Celebration Is General
From the Highest to the
Lowest.
A Damage Suit Growing Out
Of a Mistaken Ar
rest.
The Libel Suit Brought by
Chief Bracket Comes
Up To-Day.

in the fullest sense of the word. 1t
seems that the desire to keep Christmas
as it should be kept is growing upon
the people all over the country, and in
no place is it manifesting itself
more than in Minneapolis. Never was
the one great holiday of the year more
| generally observed than in this city.
Young and old seemed to devote all
their energies to making merry. Amer
| leans have not yet attempted TO keep
Christmas right royalty, as it is done in
| the old countries, but, as Americans
| grow older and learn to devote more OF
their time TO enjoying the good things
of life, they give more attention to the
proper reception of Kris kriDgle and
his assistants.
Some places of business were open
early yesterday morning, but when the
sun had reached his meridian every
buiineSS man, except those who had i'll
charge the providing of refreshments,
both solid and liquid, and amusement
| resorts, turned the key in his
door and and betook himself
to carving a plump turkey.
The good people turned out en- maSse to
the religious services at the various
churches during the morning, and
listened to grand music and sermons
appropriate to the day, but not until
| afternoon did every one let himself
Loose to enjoy the day.
The theaters, at both the matinee and
evening performances, were packed,
and there were enough of them open
with good attractions on the boards to
accommodate everybody. The lovers
of genuine comedy without suspicion
of horse play crowded to the
comedian, Sol Smith Russell,
in "A Poor Relation" They came in
such thrOngs as to cause 7x9 smile to
spread itself over the calm, unruffled
cOuntenance of Manager Conklin and
to even add a little more curl to the
mustache of his assistant, c. A. Parker.
Jim the Penman" exhibited his won
derful skill with the ordinary steel pen
of commerce to admiring throngs
who gathered at the Harris.
Little Nugget at the BijOu influenced
such numbers to brave the powerful
| light from TheO Hays shirt front that
eyelids were called into requiSitiOn by
late comers wherewith to hang onto the
cornices. Music lovers went to Har-
mOnia hall to listen to Jules Levy'S
Those who desired to skate were not
without their share of the fun. The
| Palace ice rink was crowded, and the
river was black with gay gliderS over
| its solid surface. Skating was not
permitted at Central park OH account
of the thinness of the ice, but those
who insisted upon skating found ac-
| commOdation elsewhere. Many a
| fair, blooming young girl yesterday
| took her first lesson in this delightful
Dastime, and who knows but that the
seeds were planted in several breasts
! which Will bear good fruit in the shape
of numberless weddings? King BOreas
failed in his duty. otherwise Sleighing
would have gone far to fill out a day
which. as it was, furnished fair
amount of happiness.
The liquid dispenSaries were not
empty. In conspicuous place on al.
most every bar in the city was dis
! played a large bowl containing a
creamy-lo0king liquid, and white
aproned attendants emptied it every
| few minutes, but il was always refilled.
Gentlemen who were members of the
| inner circle asserted, with good deal
of confidence, that the bowl held
egg-nogg. Some readers of the GLOBE
know if they spoke the truth. 1t was
astonishing, too, the number OF men,
young and old, who were all the day IN
During for Tom and Jerry. Those in
| dividuals seemed to enjoy an extensive
acquaintance in the city. frequently
some one, or several together, would
stroll into a saloon and nod to the
gentleman behind the bar, and senten-
tiously remark "Sherrv flip" Whether
| that was the bartender'S name, or
whether it was some cabalistic signal,
| the GLOBE man could not discover, but
there was always drink Immediately
after it had been uttered. The liquid
| refectOries did good business.
Around the hotels all was quiet until
well towards evening. About o'clock,
however, things began to liven
I'D somewhat. All the leading hotels
served sumptuOuS dinners, and many
were they who took advantage of the
same in the absence of home OF their
own and wife or mother to prepare
the regulation layout.
The suay-at-homes were many. To
good-siZed share of the people of Mime
apolis an elegant dinner, comfort
| able home, an easy chair in a
corner by the fire and music and
| stories held out more inducements than
all the outside attractions put together.
| At home is whele the little people got
| in their work. and they doubtless en-
| loved the day not whit less than their
| older brothers and sisters who were not
| content to remain within doors all day
| long.
On the streets during the day there
were but comparatively few people.
| Those who did come out found bright,
sunshiny day, with just enough keen
ness in the air to add Zest to
| the enjoyment of the glorious
| day. A little more snow would
| have been an improvement, but the Gel
| ebratOrs seemed to get along it as it
was. After night had cast her mantle
! over the dying, more pedestrians ap-
peared on their way to the theaterS or
| to the house of friend to appropriately
| finish the festivities. The merry round
| er then made his appearance
and put the finishing touches
| to an artistically arranged lag"
| He stayed out quite late, and perhaps
! required little assistance to reach his
domicile when his labOrs were over, but
it was Christmas, and his little over
| indulgence will undoubtedly be over
| looked for that reason.
Was yesterday Christmas? Ask the
wandering spirits of thousands of turk
| keys who were remOrselessly sac
rificed to appease the appetltes
of hungry humanity; ask the little
children and the big children, who were
all night long beset and prosecuted by
those same spirits; ask the hackmen,
who piloted many booZy citizen to his
own door stone and helped him find
the keyhole; ask the fathers of
families. whose depleted pocket
books tell sad tales; ask police officers
who were Juggling in the drunks all
night long; ask any number of gay
young fellows and gay old fellows.
whose every particular hair is this
| morning trying to cut the acquaintance
| of his fellows; ask anybody; they will
| all tell you that yesterday was Christ
] nnas daV And manV will add that they