The morning news., 1894-01-02
1994'S GALA DAY.
Savannahians Give the New Year
Welcome Reception.

Welcome Reception.
New Years day was celebrated with
great eclat in Savannah. 1t was almost
as general holiday as Christmas
There was little business done and
great deal of sport for those so inclined.
The colored population was out in full
force to celebrate emancipation day, and
did so to their great satisfaction. The
military parade of the colored troops
with their thousands of admirers made
things lively during the morning.
The day was half holiday with the
business people. Nearly every place of
business was closed at 2 O'Clock and mer-
chants and employees were hurrying to get
out to the races and the foot
ball game. Large crowds at
tended both affairs, there being about
1000 people at each place. The streets
were thronged later in the afternoon with
the crowds returning from the game and
the races and the winners and the back
ers of the successful team were quite
loud in their demonstrations. The shout
ers for the football teams filled the air
with their ''sis-rah- boom de-ay' and the
rest of their war cries. Savannah's sue
cess in the football game quite set the
backward in expressing their jubilation.
The clubs and hotels were crowded I'M
til late hour and everybody seemed in a
holiday humor. The streets were quite
lively until a late hour. The boys took
possession of the streets and squares
again and repeated their Christmas bon
fires and fireworks. Madison square and
number of other squares in the southern
part of the city were illuminated with
bonfres and there were several in the
park extension. Quite lot of fireworks
were let off, too
Last night about ends the holiday cele-
brations. The boys have four more days
yet in which to ravage the squares, by
permission of the city ordinances, but the
supply of barrels is about exhausted.
Their pocket money, too, has all gone for
fireworks, and their parents will take ad-
vantage of the opening of the new year to
close their pocketbooks, and refuse to be
cajoled out of further change, to be sent
up in smoke.
Altogether, the boys, and the girls, too, b
have had a pretty jolly Christmas, and
have had less reason to complain of hard
times than the rest of the community.
They have had their fun in their way,
and ought to be willing to go back to
their books, but with the contrariness of
young human nature everywhere it is two
to one they are not.
Yesterday was not a very good day for
New Year resolutions, and it may be put
down, as fact, that most of those who
were so unwise as to make their resolu-
tions in the morning made some relapses
before the day was over.
To-day is a better day for resolving.
The holidays are over, and resolutions
mot to do so any more will not be sub
jected to such a strain as they were yes
terday. 1t would be a good idea, the busi-
ness men think, for everybody to resolve to
pay tneir bills promptly, especially
those contracted during the holidays, and
not to go in debt any deeper this year
than they can afford to pay out on the
first of every month. This will be good
year to practice economy, anyway, with
the lessons of the previous year still fresh
in mind
Let everybody resolve not to write
''1S93" when they mean 1884" and paste
the resolution in his hat. This will save
time and profanity, if adhered to-