Evening journal., 1892-12-17
MONEY CHANGING HANDS
Hundreds of Dollars Being
Spent in Wilmington To-Day
A THRIVING CHRISTMAS BUSINESS

Auicihtsefh Ahiohk the streets ana Stores
notwithstanding the Rain, Collecting
Luxurios for the Christmas Dinner
Table. Tree and Stocking Some of the
New Novelties ON Market street.
To-day. had Il not been damp and dis.
NAL, would have been one Of the busiest
that Wilmington merchants ever knew.
AS IL was, crowds Of purchasers, some
with servants, many with baskets,
thronged the business streets, and poul-
try, cranberries and Christmas presents
of every kind and size were purchased
and carried away or "sent around" The
big stores could not accommodate all the
people, they came i'm such a rush, and
King street and Madison street were so
crowded all day that IL was with difficulty
that purchasers jostled along The
Market street candy stores did thriving
business while the King street poultry
sellers handed dressed fouls over the
benches TO customers so rapidly that it
almost made their heads swim.
Busy Christmas-tide Nights.
During the week preceding Christmas
a portion of the night Is as nearly turned
into day as human agency can perform
the transformation. Young and old.
busy and idle persons leave their homes
and wend their way at night to that part
Of the city which might aptly be termed
"store.land, TO see the tempting dis
play in the show-windows, crowding the
street until late hour.
The number of pedestrians on the
streets during the past few nights has
scarcely been less than in the daytime,
aud Il is noticeable that about the only
cool aud collected individuals In the
crowd either at night or in the daytime,
are the little people, who, II they spy
something particularly pleasing TO the
eye, will linger before the window con-
tanning the object Of their adming gaze
for the longest while. Their active
minds find particular delight in anything
that is In motion, and there is sure to be
a large Juvenile crowd before every
window containing an automatic toy.
New toys make their appearance every
Christmas, and this season there are an
uuu sually large number in the stores.
beautiful Artificial Tree.
An artificial Christmas tree is Of Par
isian origin. Il is of unknown compost
tion and can be folded up and slowed
away in an ordinary gripsack small
gas tube runs through each branch and
fibre and tiny glass lamps are cleverly
concealed behind the leaves. When
lighted up the tree is much prettier than
the genuine article.
A strange contrivance Is an "ice bicy-
Gle, which is fashioned after ordinary
bicycles, except that It has a pair of iron
) runners, and the rear wheel is indented
so that It can grip the ice.
A model trolley system railway, which
i.
which is concealed an electric battery,
and an ~" road with cars stations,
chopping boxes and conductors are
triumphs Of inventive genius Some
! thing new In the line Of dolls houses is
: one fitted with electric lights, electric
: BELLS and an elevator worked by cleo
tricity.
Washington Crossing the Delaware"
is the subject Of toy tableax. All the
necessary scenery and figures for the
: reproduction in miniature OF that famou.
historical scene are supplied. Tn,
fguSes, particularly that of Washington
!, are cleverly modelled, and are grouped
after the manner In the welllSnown pic
y ture. Other tahleaux are "The Signing
y of the Magma Charta, etc.
u The jewelry store windows present al
tANtNAlNAAl ANhihitlNt MHDtAIAHNts 4 ni
jewellers are evidently anticipating
! great demand for rings, for considerably
10 space in their windows is devoted to
display of these ornamental and desir
able articles. They have also laid In
goodly supply of banquet lamps ans
le onyx tables of handsome designs.
IS A well-knOwn drug store has an al
le tractive display Of cologne atomizers o
e various patterns, one of which filed wit
10 cologne would be an acceptable presen
10 TO one Of the fair sex.
y Splendid Ornaments Received.
q In connection with this Christina
,e article it is not out of place TO relate
,u story, with q good moral, of a youn
nv woman who rented wo.dollar a wee
Of room and boarded herself part Of th
ii. time in order that she might pursue he
is musical studies. Now this girl, who
M we'll connected and decidedly ATTRACTIVE
n was badly handicapped and crippled i
ef her efforts to respond to Invitations
m teas, parties, ETC., because Of a dearth
is. the little ornamental accessions well mig
indispensable in preparing a toilet for
social character. Money was the OF
commodity Of all others Thu
o. she lacked, therefore she he
sv TO deny herself the bits of jewelry
~ dear to the heart Of woman. kind. Whei
In therefore, on last Christmas eve a sma
a5 package arrived directed to her in Il
be handwriting of rich friend, who lne
~ all about these difficulties, her hea
ho beat high with anticipation. Her inge
"a trembled as she ripped the twine. to-
Me open the wrapping paper, lifted the b'
cover, and drew out half a dozen pal
of stockings.
The Christmas tide offers to every OF
with a surplus Of money and the disp
sition to spend it an unequalled oppo
ing tunity to become a veritable angel
Tod light to some one. The pity Of it is tn
i'm for lack Of interest, intelligent though
TO such piles Of money should be spent ea
year so unfortunately and with
eks little care as TO results.
Interesting Services in st. AIMS.
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