The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-09

slippery pavement; TO him they are
tokens Of Joy as they certainly are to
the big, staring eyes of the irrepressI-
Bile small boy. The hurrying crowds Of
shoppers, their arms burstlns with the
gifts that feel too light burden, their
voices waiting tones of happiness on
the frosty air-all speak in pleasing In
timatlon Of the hearts to be made light,
Of the cares to be smoothed away, Of
the forgetfulnes5 to follow, even though
sadly brief, of the stlngs and arrows
OF busy, rushing world, in which men
are graphing with the sternest of real
tiles and phantoms that torture and
Cypress. All, sweet the respite Of the
Christmas tidel Beautiful the custom
Of gifts at this time. Beautiful and
strangely sweet in all Its compliments.
And how strange and striking that it
all reverts to a lowly crib in a Bethle-
hem manger!
Viewed through the lens Of levlty
there are other pre- Christmas refiec-
tons, It is about this time of year
when certain young SWANS of the mas
culine gender begin to ponder on the
absence Of bank account and tho
presence Of attractive girls, The solil-
ooules determine the extent Of some
jewelers. sales. II sufficiently magnet
ic, to the feminine heart the, Christmas
bells will ring out one extra peal of
Joy. But sad to relate. this inteFyen-
ing period is characteristic Of that pro-
cess known to the Initiated as trying
to shake her" That fellow must be
cruel that will rush" a girl all SUM
mer and then find causes for a quarrel
abouv the time Santa Claus is harness
ing up his reindeer; but there be OPP
timlsts and other mental dyspeptics
who tell US that this is a cruel world.
In paIllatIon for the offence, or rather
in justice to some offenders. 1t might
be stated that their unpleasant course
is thrust on them by a treasury de-
pleted through inroads OF Ice cream
stands and other institutions patron
lied by pleasure-loving youth. AS
Mayor sweeney said to the ministerial
delegation. there are two sides to every
question.
The church bazaar is on now In all
the fullness of It's pristine glory, and
from the candidates and other APP
proachaDle individuals there cometh
woeful lamentations. II the susceptl-
bic exercised foresight they would Sc
lect this season for their annual vaca-
lions.
It was crowd in which Christmas
sales and bargain day" were combined
with the inducement of remnants" on
the side. 1t was crowd to try mems
souls. Massed and packed In front OF
the long counters in the big depart
ment store were women buyers, with
flushed faces and Illustrated" nerves,
tired almost to the point of exhaustion.
yet happy. Scores of clerks. cool and
with some traces of fatigue, were hur-
rylng to satisfy the eager, excited de-
mands for their services In several
places at one and the same time. Over
head the tiny cash" trolleys whizzed
and whirled on double turn. Confusion
and deafenins noise reigned supreme.
In the midst of It all trio of young
men stood back Of the mob in the rear
Of the store, wondering how they could
reach the street. Twice they had at
tempted to proceed in single file, only
to run against a Chinese wall in the
struggling. closely jammcd expanse OF
fair shoppers. The young fellows were
getting desperate. i've got to make
the motor" said the taller Of the
group. whats the matter with try
ing the center?" was n solution offered
Good" he smiled: Zine up" There
was a hurried run over the signals. "a
B.xY- &c. 2O-SO-62." Then the trio OF
foot ball stars, closely punched, dlved
into the crowd, heading for the door
There was shrek from the women,
and many Of them tainted, but the
guards back ploughed through, and
this famous play was successful In
landing the laughing youths at the
store entrance. The proprietor tele-
phoned for the police for the sake Of
effect, and he was glad the police
failed to land them. For he once played
on his college eleven.
Down in Clay county everything
seems up to the standard. Says the
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