The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-22

To people eo1ouTn1SE In Sea1t4e whose
sAsas OF Christmas are associated with
fsfsux cold and desp snoH. the weather
Of vss.araay was 8 revelation II has besa
snnrosasf,le for Eastsrnrrs 10 believe that
shs teEnpsratnrs es quoted for the North
pacific coast Is as eqsabse a. Il really
A. and II Is difficult 20 induce those living
IA me game ATTITUDES TO believe ia the
MARKED differences as they really exist
Yesterday was an Ideal shopping day.
end In anticipation OF the season % aie-
zee Eaa the population OF the city wa
r,ut In the sfFesta. cvowding the stOres
ard making tho ss1opkeeperEf hearts glad.
sae showing OF bright faces ard smart
ere~ses waa not alone confined 10 Seattle
nsopIe. but outsiders from all tho neign-
horhooA came In on train and boat 20 take
advantage OF tho prices Offered to them
hy the advertisers ia the Post-in1eili-
~encer The Seattle & International rail-
road alone brought in ON excursion rates
ernysn along the line more than 900 shop
cers and from every steamer landing an
niuaost esztgeIeza fsow OF strangers found
- wav no 10 the retail districts. wbcre
sfsahf Window lured . ci0ser inspection
~ the glories within, and the accompany
tng extraction Of Tia nlmble dollar from
pockets depths
IRE street cars brought crowds from all
sYse suburbs. and a man from Tacoma re-
snarkse that II was the most exhiiaraung
ssgnt he had witnessed IN years. Standing
An Pioneer place looking up First avenue.
auo could see stream o; people that
crowded the sidewalks 20 the curbs. Up
ard down IL passed. changing ~ course
Prom First 70 Second avenue without APP
narent dirngHutlon. being reinforced again
fy another crowd that floate.1 down from
gaeond avenue, that found fts source all
oyer the city; that lined the streets from
pike 10 YsssIer way that came 90 spend
sfa money and watch others spend theirs.
There were probably envy. hatred and
malice and oil uncharitabienesS, despite
ahe season az Christmas. but where they
IA exist they were not shown. and the
crowd kept on It's unceasing procession OF
color and gaiety up and down and around
under the Starting rays of the bright SUM-
Ssarrtaszeg and bicycles were freely used.
and II was an altogether happy ushering
IN OF Christmas week that made people
feel like giving presents. and In order TO
eiye Them away they must be bought
While the shop girls and clerks locked
Hired and the thin legs of the cash boys
were almost worn or, they furnished a
considerable part OF the human panorama,
and the sunlight Of the outside simmer
ed into the dark places and chcered lhiags
~ after all. Nobody's pay was raised.
and the dealers In furs and heavy things
were more or less downcast. Mackgn-
foshes fintfered Ia the thin air. with prices
usually attractive pinned 60 them, with
hardly an inquiry. Instead. people almost
Forgot that there - more winter yet to
come ard the forty days of fasting ana
repentance. and inquired about new hats
and sarirg wraps
The toy shops and the eonfectloners did
. famous business yesterday.
White tho streets were most crowded.
a. : o'clock or thereabouts Kind-eyea.
snotherly old COW took possession OF the
triangular piece OF green that has baea
rlumpsd down IN the middle Of Pioneer
nlaee. Nobody knew whether she had
BROKEN away from anybody or not, but az
a dog or two undertook 80 annoy tho COW
and we're noisy about 70. there was soon
attracted A crowd OF ldlcrR. A. the crowd
arusind the margin OF the green patch
grew larger. the motheriy old COW ton1S
NJ her position In the middle OF thc flow er
garden ard looked denantly around. There
we're probably 2.so0 people Looking az the
green patch. IN tho middle OF which was
q COW that shock her head.
Then the head went down.a rush IN the
direction OF yesier way By a flying wedge
o. cav. scattered tho crowd, ard the now
wiii-eyed and alarmed animal returned
20 her flower garden IN the middle Of the
green triangle. Noble walingford came
along aud asked FOR rope Some truck
man 4asfAtaa 3ftfu "A hEnf ianH. ana tNe man
make a noose 81 st. He then took a couple
OF steps forward. swung fhc rope. and h
settief down over the cows horns. Then
fhe uwner came un and led her away Ev.
cry window about the square was pack "A
with slghSEeers. every doorway was
crowded, ana az least 1000 people stood
m the street. held AZ hay hy a simple old
row that was afraid OF them
When the SOW was iei away the crowd
disappeared As though swallowed un. THE
streets simply looked a little more ans.
mated and the Christmas shopping was
taken NJ again IS though the
most sertefs thing m life. Children look.
81 into windows and screamed with DC.
Fight Young men wondered what they
could buy for "her." ana What % vouis
cest Husbands ard fathers ngure.i or
bow ilsht they could get ofY. and The resi
OF the rffse~sicn wondered AMI thought
something about Christmas and the ok,
fanse ami tay attached to n; trp 70 sht
time Of closing the stores a hlg pact OF IN,
rresentsbnying crowd kept moving. Tn
der The s'are - tho electric i3Fh.s n az
reared 80 even better advantage Dinner,
had been swallowed ard che cra.aa.
aEainst faH pocsethooks VAS taken uy
With greater vRef
II was an auspleggz opening of a Christ
mss shopping week
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