The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24

ADssy by Among the Holiday Stores h
Houston
Tine EXERCISES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The streets were Crowded Yesterday
Win Chrtstmns shoppers MAKING
Holiday Purchases.

This will be tho merchants busiest day
az the year. The Christmas shoppers VIII
make their final ROUNDS today and those
who deal in holiday goods will reap a har-
vest.
Holiday trade among the retail iner-
chapts has been unusually brisk all the
week, and merchants are consequently IN
happy mood.
Business, in fact. has been generally
good since tho Fruit, Flower and Vegetable
Festival
Yesterday the streets were tnronged
with the Christmas present buyers ana
during the entire day 1t was almost I'M
poss bic to make progress through SOM oi
rho moro popular STORES which make
specially OF harding holiday goods with
out coming in contact with packages ana
bundles and people with arms fuii Of
goods of all description. 1T was typscai
ante isImaa scers upon the streets ana
the merchants say the traders spent thesr
money unstintingly.
Early in the morning the maIons and
misses, old men, young men ami boys
before night thousands of handsome thinss
had been purchased and put away in the
homes OF the city ready to be the MEAS
of making happy this friends oil the pur-
chasers. Others bought everything m
ag.nabie to send away to friends in other
cities. and the express companies and
postoffice people did lively business.
The impression one gated by observing
the moving crowds on Main street was that
tho people were happy in the thought that
they would make the friends happy on
Christmas. and tho pushing. showing an1
crowdlng MASSES Iosled each o.heI IN tue
best OF humor, seeming TO take 1t AS mat
ter Of course that they had TO b. incon-
venieneed aad pushed about
But today viii be even better day
among the merchanta than was yesterday.
Christmas eve is always the bes- day OF the
year with the retail men, ana tha sh9pper'
Will be o.. the go from morn.ns untIl mid
night tonight A great many peope wait
TIL the last moment 10 decide what they
will buy for Christmas present, hence
the stores viii likely be rushel and crowd
ed all Gay,
IL was "a striking and interesting sight tc
watch the purchasers in the holiday stores
yesterday. Pretty young women and giri;
pusneu their way through lhe JUsu.4uz
crowds uiIindtGl Of the unavoidable con-
tact with other persons and each one seem
ed 10 have on.y oGa purpose y. view tnfa
OF pui chasing a present for friend, rciativ,
sweetheart-aud they all manased t,
accomplish that purpose, a. was eyi .encel
by their coming out OF the stores witt
huge bundles and well filled bags 1t Wa
u happy, careless crowd and the scene WA
al inspiring one.
I he crown was made Mp of people of al
walks OF life The young man looking 70
present for his best & ri made up con
siderable part Of the throng. They wou
move from store to store with trouble
minds, unable to decide on what to select
Thee latter day girls are too hard L
please anyhow said troubled youth Il
he came out of n leailtrg jewelry store an
Started for aaother.
by MIDI. CHI tonight thousands OF stock
ings viii have been titled, MS the resul
oil yesterdays shopping, ana the l.ttl
folks VIII be dreaming of the good thing
they VIII find in the mornipg
The thoroughfares presented nvel
scene after dark last night and the merr
pop of the sporadic fire cracker gave warn
ing 10 all that Christmas the merrics
holiday Of the years. nearly here.