The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25
MILLIONS SPENT IN SHOPPING
CyfHTSTMiS UfNDOT tfSiRv AyrRfcTs
CIV IOLk IND S7RING!IS
Even tp 20 Midnight the .Shoppinig District
EnS Eeenssn,rn.np,n nG Multitude. ;tnye
conc Thcrc Iiom AcINne Nnih IsiNrrr

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I'"Nin. W't" s'ha!'r oht"' anu W'ih all no
toys thnt princo OF ths iood royal o. l'n..
land coulI ,xrrct ns chri,.m,s ,,,,.,.,..
lvcn tho great broadway Store, tina. ,s,.nflv
show nothing, at all cSrcpt, porhri,-. It screen
oi carved wool behind thcr great ,I.tc gi.e,
windows nave "iSi""FeA 'ttsIah ~ marked
$500 or S;3.Soo- the pGics marks bela. much
'' ~, w '''o '''". '''' i"E'
themselves. Jhns great district has boon
- "a ,na " 49, -" in ". 'T "ys;
'rwn,,v.,nirt Stree. 9 aYI n,ony "ns
sixth avcnuc.
I,c.e tI,. s,rce,s lovc i,con cro,,f,1 ,,.,.
than lint, thry have nrcn ,ommnJ ,I'o ''.Io
mrnts have swarmel with women and cnil.
drcn. among wnoto t has been dt6l,ult 'omor,
utaIi hours OF tho day. All tho women 'aye
m"ney; collectively they must carry millions
,o .. in i ,ns "nG' !. w ii, ~o
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''"| '''''' w" "a" ~ 1"s' Su'h r..', %AH'
know what to d, with tnosp .o,d stu,l.n.,y
rye 90, ,hrn,. s,v.nno,h,r. "1tninI r,Il.s
the TO-, ryr them +" their rrapafa'n" 'H ..n ''
am dragged TO DEATH" says third. "Iwtsh
We Lad done our sho,pln: month aeo~ths
crowds ar" drel!f"I.' 'tns. and all tho reo-
tie are lays and hay seeds" companion VOL
STORES tho rtnIv i f VIZ ." ,"' W ,'s Ereat
IN :, low !n"sin: Inc thT ii ~" ht ~, , wnlt
b, m,' a. n.'" ya ,, ri'i ", ,""i, "",
nr in i, ara s,,r i l - i'r S"' -; innTo WHO
n mM, ,, lhe women m.Ma-" IT, cary notinE
That on, hand is iyn ~, ' i" H. ~ ~" ii.n
trains. Cniren are !rW aid Nos. ', Wtn ,n mr.,
nIonr even IT, Sy w,, ,.sI .Ir n'" ,b ana mmn"d
ems: A. ,9ai,"r%t tIrt. all r.o:;9tss Is ~ ~
III ~ T par., .", =" ~" 80, u',,'ilHi
was So crEwc =" ON one sut y - re- ~
ga; ,rn.Lor nn xn,n, t I '"n,n'i 10
in AM n.r, OF if "Y III" w,n .tnn ,f %%WTrs
*, s!"r.'r pressed i%niEst No tahlc".
, n,,i ~, hs IN" WIN nlnr"!,y TO
nn;,'t w,,, M ~ NC Vi 'iuSS VINO were
MIN ,n"i Mr. W. m wont
~, WIN ,,ini rnrt % mo cr"Wd mat was in
via, was tho matter. Only ir.m'@n wi;h hooks S
;n ,tn ~, ,' ,um', my, nav, '1Se" way
M"art Of tho "'''" nrowI whrrc I thn tr1 ,'
~ ~ w W., -, Will mot,n H'.'"hiic'! Almost
inn ID. Sr,u ipehf rhnso nS"rd,
zen. -, i" 'n'h ,rleu !" luth AROUND as II t.
noe ,"1k t n so mv mn" hsi, h" FrI "nn
i ", u WISE me Eiris rehind n" roHn'crs crew
What was ma i,tt ~ rhaw NJ lsf"t
Gln xic TX ,neiT own .retnrniHE looks OF
n ,i,sn, ini Thy ne Ghtir" h,uitul" was
wa that some one had fai1trI go ''l''''',V'
than uousm ''i ior rope nIuin h9t turn "S step
SLOW low, ~ ~, IKE cold syrur: the great r@rrent
craW!ed along. AS It moved other women
Sh n , ana M screamed, ana tried to SEQ what
s sIi from his position he could fore" hin:
"neh 81. rrarneua hTihi OPPOSITE wherg ne
scrum al nr, OH" q fe "2llei Whp huI
What ma mace hef cnil out Wy ankle sal;
mc% FIN sMii Sr1 p'.e one hicket
women around her T hsy W w. S ' co,n nt
In pi Eemt"ei persons n"y looked ut
ha o am VI" hsd to
Wal 2ne y, t,H n w ., e,p,S I? her ut
TN" crowd nushed her ai" Ion, hn 10 r n,Hp:
S"e one n, Eitih1nS Us; sara IN" second
insit. All VIII" wero scrutini%ed ' looked IN IN
enta tiSo o. t iMe LAMA AN az re,.,oa +no
WITHIN !o t.o t Innc,cu H." street aoor.
ro',m nj ,Ia cn,,,nc IN -, wv MOI"
tanr mo ,v nrm ~ M rn
aNeJ n I.t n"t ROW ~, u",, .r'I 10 hn
ca fS'. u, 49, v,u .!I ] ~, ~ 'tt"" nt
Fa I'M hor ~ riI IN la ' ir - oU, MS
nan nna th "a,nrns ~ ~ snNnrn ~ MY
hidncm ,bn ''I rest Of him. IL hed beam ,y a
iMwnI M nv, in III, srrenn Of div ,:ons HT i"ss
th"rr nil i,m nj dr"wneI' '''t ~ ''' eo'os' ioSt
Ilat in VIA wi snn,,od IN him ,oro FL.
hor irSi inseIf entir"iy ana i'n stood IN the
"rnr mir y, tne nnvc,ment IJn VA ninn ~, mr
ynas .t az III vi a,trnetiy, ,oc wa, no, or
Ilo and his eyes iasicd lie beloved hin sell
had hinlsnl, 10 thank Tor lis escnre In M nm,
{, Tier momient. ho said 10 himself. Ie Would
huyr sutrnrntrl ' " ~
Mamma said he Ioo;incu at .bo facoo,
a hrnniiiii woman. ",a,;" mo s.rnipht hons
ujrusr 7 am So frr hteu.,l / lon'f Lnoy, what
4, do Iii you b"nr ti,osa wnn,nn .,rn,rmy
maze en- 90 IL ! WAS FlcklnE, th"m.
tthey Would have Killed me. Sometimes / did
= 70 ':"t ny breath iIr i"nG WHILE not IN
Going 70 die in there >"-e' ""' NV
There was man IN one Q: thos" stores lla