The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-14

- donor and recipient Of holiday
q S1irfhday gift appreciates the fact
80 vhstever It's nature or value may
III seems all tire more appropri-
~ ~ coming to hand exactly upon the
~ = the observance OF which 1t is a
6ks1afnas. II has often been said, and
49, rndHestioned authority, comes but
S yenr," and. apart from its relig-
iS1 raeulncance, Is generally louked
sz2s. = day Of giving and receiving.
Il ~ The existence Of Santa Claus may
s. 1Gnbted by certain iconociasts. II Is
I. .SiSe ~ less true that the value Of sea-
Ssk. eifts is always somewhat en-
1c6 81 receipt shortly after the hour
\ r - supposed visit.
~ e6orta Of this years Christmas
4 rs 10 convey such touch OF adj
8 f1S1 Snlue along with gifts sent 10
11711 1o,nfs ID the present cause Of
FIcrf among employees OF concerns
S2 ~ recognised as the best available
12S1 for transportation OF such gifts.
Christmas gifts are sent by freight.
p 81 ne means Of conveyance Is prac-
11i1v oonfned 70 the express companies
I N ~ postal service.
- &6rfe1s ofIces of Seattle Just now
1af scenes OF lIveliest activity. The
13lncipai offices, the Northern Pa
e Ia Great Northern. with their con-
T2lioue and ramifications to every part
r ~ world. are handling a business far
636x that Of any other season OF
& Ye6g and also. II Is declared, being
~ fNlce as great as in any previous
~ Gsottle sIvers. planning for the
~ u eifts at destinations on De-
~ II have, according to Indications
"A 1ff4 express Offices, themselves ar
= schedule Of dates for shipment
trts city. Since the first Of the
7iN IN express companies have been
M packages for transmission to
~ distAnces--to South America and
II Nnslern hemisphere. The radius Of
I'm = gradually Gs A. : sn n,,,smsn,:
- ~ started for points on the At
lc amd Gulf coasts that are some
3 f6aAote from the larger cities.
III now on the lines will be drawn
R and closer until. perhaps. the day
II y dispatched for timely arrival at
1& within days Journey
MT OF centrnlixatfOn In the great
M1lpol % giving. now IN progress among
RI 0fyljons 81 people In the United
H. Miaalsnippi valley. The. flow OF
~ T. ACROSS the continent along the
~ " he great railways Gifts from
lncldc coast. accommodating IN great
a they move eastward, meet
L. M from the ATLANTIC coming west
nv onward To their opposite des;i-
460A appropriately enough. through
~ eitjes 81 brother saints OF the gem
NoM Nicholas Paul and Louis.
4 IN u 4 In the passing through the
~ sSi, that ,b ahs shsx n"rs
IoFed 10 a nicely the time of transpor-
<llpo ~ IN danger of going astray.
\ NH ~ Paul and st. Louis there will
y, aecCrding to the destination OF the
~ %sIny occasions asn.. for ss-shipp,ns
GNt mass OF Christmas business con-
roM1N and delay are almost certain. II
e1ght 10 be preferable TINT gifts
oH - At their destination on Christ
~ AZ rather than TO arrive a day or
~ hter.. and local agents give warn
II MT from now on gifts Intended 10
Aey0nd the central line should be al
44to II least two days more than the
- necessary for transportation under
III circumstances.
4N<1oues for New York. Boston, Bal
Philadelphia, Washington. cities
~ Southern Atlantic states. or TO
attributed from any OF these points.
Mould start from Seattle tomorrow.
8n4W no conditions. if II " intended
Aat 1ifts for such localities shall be de-
Nersd before or on Christmas day,
4eAM their dispatch from Seattle be de-
51H4 beyond Monday.
UAn for friends and relatives In
kMoDe have already been forwarded. in
a5ge Quantities. by the express compa-
No. These have In most cases been
uned TO catch transatlantic steamers
gqm New York and Boston, SO as to
nlnk their distribution in Great Britain,
uefmehy. France, Sweden and Norway
~ the west OF the continent generally,
y nearly upon Christmas day as pos
christmas presents In plenty are going
southeastern Alaska. but Ii IL now
20 late to reach the Klondiks or lower