St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25
SANTACLAUS'L0AD
THE OLD MAN MAKES A ROUND
OF THE NUMEROUS
STORES
TO PURCHASE PRESENTS
FOR THE LITTLE ONES, THE
AGED. THE SICK AND THE
STRONG,
swEErHEARTs AND OTHERS.
All Receive His FaVOr-A Glance
Through the StOres-TOdny's
Weather.

Old Santa Claus was the busiest per-
son in the city last night. He took
on all sorts of shapes, entered all kindS
of places and bought all kinds OIL
things. His especial object seemed TO
be to secure presents for the utlle
folks, for the bulk of his trading was
done in the notion stores. and he car
ried away from these places loads OIL
TOYS that appeared to be sufficient TO
supply every little boy and girl i'll the
city, and if any of them fail to find
something on their Christmas tree or
in their stockings this morning it Will
be surprising.
But in his efforts to bring JOY TO the
hearts of the little, ones, the old man
did not forget the older folks. For the
aged and sick he provided gifts OF
various kinds to please their fancies
and inspire feelings of love for man
kind. He desired that when the sun
shine of today breaks over them, to
their hearts shall be brought the sun
shine of gladness and the reflection
that this is not such a cruel, thought
less. unsympathetic world after all;
that it contains a great deal more al
fection, and tenderness, and spirit of
given it credit for possessing.
But old Santa did not confine his
spirit of generosity to the young, the
aged and the sick. He was almost
as liberal in providing for the strong.
The young husband and wife, and es-
| pecially the doting lover and sweet
| heart all came in for q shara OF his
attention, and the home in which this
mornings dawn brings no evidence of
his presence during the night is to be
pitied indeed.
While old Santa was the busiest of
all he was not the only one abroad
| last night, for, despite the falling
| snow, the streets were we'll crowded
| with men and women passing to and
! fro, viewing the elegantly decorated
| show windows of the equally elegant
stores. Nearly all the good retail
stores did a rushing business, the jew
elry and notion stores apparently COM
ing in for much of the patronage. Con-
fectioneries and cigar stands were also
well patronized.
The light snow that was falling dur
| ing the early part of the evening gave
rise to the impression that a cold wave
was approaching, and that today might
bring all kinds of icicles to lend zeal
to the Christmas festivities. But the
| weather prophet gave it out cold that
this was a cold delusion. That settled
it. Today cannot possibly be cold.
True" said the prophet, ''a cold
wave is predicted for North Dakota
and the western part of Minnesota,
but the fall in temperature will not
be such as to warrant the belief that
it will be very cold here. The temper
ature will probably go down few
degrees, but it will not be cold. AL
ready there has been a slight fall,
and this is what has caused the sprink-
ling of snow, the moisture in the at
mosphere being precipitated by the
change. But there are no indications
of a snow storm"
Therefore if the good people of the
city should wake up this morning and
find a foot of snow on the ground,
lley must disabuse their minds of the
thought that it has been showing. The
weather prophet said it was not going
to snow, and that settles it.