The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-26
CANDY AND TOYS FOR $1,000,
A BUsY HOUR ron OLLIE T1ALL AMI
ms LIEU1KNANTS

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A BUSY HOUR ron OLLIE 1FALL AM
ms LIEUzKNANTS
The Maaisoa Square Garden Fs,leA with
Happy Chtldrea Who HaA Come In Re.
eeive the Christmas society's Hospitality
and Were Not disappointed.
At $3.50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon BY Ollie
Tealfs own watch no forgave DR.. Rainsford
for all the things that clergyman has said and
done against the Christmas Society. The last
danger which Dr. Rainsford has 90 gloomily
forecast had passed. and the success of the
enterprise was certainty. Fifteen thousand
children had been sent away with presents in
thoir arms and candy staining their mouths.
There had been no panic. no disorder. Capt.
Reilly. in charge OF the police had congratu-
lated Ollie and had expressed his surprise and
qualification. 30 Ollie forgavo DR.. Rainsford
,and fell to plying him.
1t was 10 o'clock In the morning before the
one hundred men and women under Ollie's
superintendence had done tho last thing nec-
essary to the proper reception Of the 10000
and moro guests 30 soon to I'LL the big Garden.
At IL O'Clock the 200 police under Capt Reilly
and several Sergeants marched up to the
front OF the Garden and were assigned to their
positions. Already the children had begun to
arrive. The police sent them all over toward
the Madison Square Park to await the hour Of
opening. BY o'clock fully 10000 mon, wo-
mon. and children. especially children. and
they OF oil sizes aud ages up to o years, were
around the outside OF the Madison avenue en-
trance. It was plain then that the Christmas
Society had reached the children It wanted.
1t was happy crowd too. with look Of ex-
pectation and Of hope in all eyes. Thousands
OF them had never been out Of the narrow.
crooked streets. Many no doubt had never
before ventured down the dark. crooked stair.
ways. and had viewed tho world only from
those fire. escapes stuffed with the flotsam and
ictsam that is pushed outdoors to give room
for human beings. In each hand. thin or fat,
grimy. or purity, cleaned In honor Of the occa-
s Sp of msaS soors bsS one hosS
sent out from tho office where he has been
sitting with his pretty typewriters for the last
were fresh and clean and altogether lovely.
As they wore seen In the hands OF the children
YESTERDAY they we're soiiSd and cru%psd
them to get out OF clutch for several days. "'N
manase%ont Of the affair 10 The openss 81 tie
doors. The whole mass Of children pushed into
ss apG q ddsa
from the goats who had not The pressure
was and no nT%bss Of ticket
stumbled over them. The policemen were
Ing the downtroddon. Those who had no
tickets We're nut to 9ne side. where they stood
voices raised, in, grief and despair, filled the
lobby and melted The e the ticket men
eaoxGns As hes shsn
last entrance doors o package q candy and an
great bal had been bare. With rows and tiars
OF Ct s ssalst
glowing With Bright colers and Brighter faces.
and with the music Of the band came the
thse happy
For where ypI ia are In the habit q seeing clear
ans each s
suspended BY theft waists. ing dolls with
most hopeless way imaginable There wsrs
also books and games and fire engines and
%d snss oss
mns ss ssss shs ss aa ns
oueerly clad feet beat time to It. They were
this 81 s Ssa
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psans M hesht G as ss
filled her heart with longing, another and ap:
withimy yellow hair i And blue eyes" .,.., t. :.
either s Side Of the arena al" and across. When
sSss sss
e st1ea@s .%s through
the gates. each child giving up Its ticket for
SusrdeS that there could S be no great pushing
Boon the great floor On either side Of The
side holding gifts in their hands and shouting
each other and trying t. escs nf re
thoss on ths Sehss sds Rodas aot
baskets and Watching the rapidly emptying
ropes with anxious eyes; - ,oo,;,,
on. ef There vas as Vide STRETCH Of empty boxes
at which pile Rointed EesrSsttf h end sa ,s
two children The seats were yell filled d. end
cUet ns ns q clean
dren: VIII and yithSat tickets; snd NV went
the faces Of the children as they passed out:
tRsso
We're crying or stretching omnty hands In
ts S children Sa sa ia not than ssy
Once tho crowd that was passing out stopped
around u rope that had got foose and there was
some lively scramblins. which the police soon
Ollie Teall stood on the platform viewing the
scene with q face that boamed as does Diana
And. his smile. grew brighter as the thou
sands Of faces looked up at him In passing
from those tired-looking mothers with the
familiar gray shawls about their shoulders
At $40 o'clock the whole thing was over
and the ropes hung bare from the glrders.
Soon afterward Ollie put his beaver hat on
at q disgraceful angle and congratulated his
fellow workers. Iispenard Stewart was there
also and o good many women OF fashion. who
had done good service at the gates and on the
platform.
At THE LITTLE SISTERS HOME