The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-25

III NJ III from tnouSdnds OF lips
AV IL at IL o'clock last night
ushered in this, the
lyerxary of the birth OF the Christ
d and marked the close OF the
ot6sf and busiest Christmas eve
1 sttis has ever enjoyed. Within n
s IL minutes after the hour had ch.mcd
busy throng OF shoppers had dis
I1sd. the weary clerks and salespeopie
EU n0ne home. and only a few belated
j 1ay makers remained on the brilliant
4 EEhted streets Of the business district
teaF evidence TO the fact that yuletide
81 hand.
TXsterday wan the greatest day the
U6anfs of Seattle have enjoyed In
y months. From early morning until
INTO the night every store, large and
III alike, was crowded with buyers and
utfeets thronged with "a busy crowd
lmlIlne. cheerful, bundle-laden human
ne gay shop windows. the busy hum
&tfces. the merry chink OF coin and the
" sound OF childish laughter were the
liGhts OF the busy scene everywhere
lConted. The holiday spirit was all per-
n INK and when at last the same stars
& n looked down upon the little village OF
tI1(hlehtm twenty centuries ago were left
~ keep their vigil II was over city full
& pesce and happiness.
l1nt night witnessed the formal begin
E1If Of the Christmas celebration In many
III ne churches OF the city. Despite the
~ hat as always happens, thousands
Il oefpIexed and belHted givers completed
~ present buying at the eleventh hour,
|6onouds OF others more methodfcal
E&1kd time TO celebrate in time-honored
11inu the eve of Christmas day with
'I|Yth and merrymaking. Christmas trees
~ entertainments which were concluded
~ ne distribution OF gifts were the rule
Z III Of the Protestant churches. Several
~ halls and many private dances and
111t9 were given,
\ m he happy mortal whom kind fortune
"a Gtded IN getting his Christmas shop
1Bnex before the closing hours OF the
6na5 abuyly -hurly, the stores and mar
4 ~ Of Seattle yesterday afforded ii wide
~ Ter entertainment and amusement
11ny were the little incidents, some hui
<oPjas. some pathetic. that he was privi-
4 I'M to Witness and countless were the
1ne4S Of human nature that came under
~ chN<rvatlon as he moved shout IN the
Z ~. laughing. chatterinR thronk.
Woes Of Pr0crustinators.
rkristrnan eve invariably furnishes n
vi 81 sad examples OF the evils OF pro-
Z 1ontinatioD. careworn and weary men Tor
~ most part xeurryinE around IN an
U91y Of haste. doubt and fear, attempt
~ 10 DO within the space OF an hour
k4hst the average school girl. frivolous
~ unmethOdical as she may sometimes
NlD, has the good sense and forethought
1 y leyate a week to.
IN DEMONSTRATORS are the people who
M the closing hours OF the Christmas
ma the most brisk Of the whole fort
fCtt The procrastinating male shopper
I(he man who signs when he Is reminded
~ Christmas comes but once year.
~ makes the sieyout wish that the time
! 444 be heightened 10 iiVe. HIS inten~
~ ere good and he would willingly buy
~ for everybody OF his acquaintance.
~ Ae hasn't the time to SO at II system
Aily-at least that IL what he will tell
5sefefare when he does nj his purse
s*h coin and start out on buying bent he
aats finds himself a hopeless derelict
the maelstram OF trade Hither and
Eher he drifts. buying at ilrAt carefully,
IN literally. ana finally recklcssiy. As
g Street ufchin would say, he Is an
xay mark for the designing dealer In
ufitsInas goods and when once he is
A9Ilea on the proper read seldom stops
Hfaincd
.ths pretty shop girls who abound In the