The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-25
USHERED IN WITH A RACKET.
Usual GREAT CLAMoR MARKED
THE ADVENT on CHRISTMAS.


street Was Packed by Dense
Mass for several Hours-observa-
lions and Incidents of the Great
Crowd--How Christmas Day Mny
BE spent-Bu-ine-s Houses and
Public Institutions VIII BE Closed.
The usual blatant hllre Of tin horns.
eoar az Giant cracker. and d.sconcerting
din of cow bells ushcr,d iu Christmas
day The city was almost oonvuls,d win
energy last night. exubcrauco and enthu-
slasm being abroad 900 abundance and
marking Christmas eve as the noislcst
time Savannah has known for year.
BrouEhtou street was par excellence tho
scene Of action. II fact there was o.
much o. action that thc crowds almost
went beyond the bounds and became In
active through thelr immensely There
was jam and crush FOR hours ana tread
ing ones way through tho dense masses
Of humanity was a= much 90 Job as
one cared TO undertake
Harmlessly riotous In the enjoyment
Of the season that ouistrips all others iu
the race for tho first place in
fhs hearts OF Southern people. the crowds
were bubbnnE over with goOd spirits
principally OF the mental sort. though
thefe was about the usual assortment ~
Christmas trunks 90 bee found. The po-
lice were dillgcnt and ran in" those that
were considerably ITO the bad" but ths
records az the station did not shoW that
there will b. an excessive array Of sober
"a ard sorry individuals 20 face the Re
cordor when ne holds court this morning
a. 5 O'Clock r. y. Morse viii not De-
out Of business. however, for there were
enough devotccs stacking up against the
rye 20 insure him a busy day.
Christmas crowds were Of the usual
character. Heterogeneous masses furged
up ana down tho streets. while curious
spectaiors. sympathetic aud responsive Co
.he enthusiasm they saw on every Side,
or hypochondriacal and depressed by evil
denccs OF the enjoyment ~ others that
they we're unah3c FOR some reason. them
selves Go share. iouuged against waits OF
ia dooIways and watched the passing
THRONES Here passed a merry comp'uF'
hair "A dozen boys and girls OF inc
r1srt,iue. roricklug aEe Of sixteen or
tns.rest souts. making their Joyous laughter
carry as far az il might iu so raucol%
babel and punctuating is with blasts from
ho~ns. the deionaflous Of chshing ga pnuf
marbles or the Tau-cs necessary 70 DON
4 r,iied-np ps,gier snake his fun length
into the face 81 some startled passer-hy.
Then came the wofkiugmsn ana his vile
merriam. with tao or three OF the children
alonu. an laden with the gifts that were
10 make little ones happy upon thelf
waking this morudng. Next might De seen
the business man. the lawyer. the doctor,
the banker bclated. perhaps, In their
shouping aud only awake to the thought
that Christmas was at hand and that
those d.ar 20 them ~ouh D. sorely disap-
pointed Il something very pretty were not
forthcoming Next might b. seen the
drunk either % the gregarious or 81 tho
solitary type. They were usually ~
nocks. for a Christmas Jazz Is not what e
Is cracked up TO be unless IL can be shared
by responsive boon companions.
This was bit Of the merry side 81 Il
oil. but there was another. as but a mo
menrs ear TO the almost drowned. yet
piaintive appeal Of the small hand organ
- -. -aa-.ad n1andieant or an
eye for the sign scquainting one 81 the
infrmiiy OF mother bcggnr would demon
strate Christmas Is the time Of al
others when liberal responses are made
20 demands for charity. and the annivcr-
sary OF che birth OF Him who said The
POOR ye have with ye always Is obscrv-
"a by contributions TO the cause 10 which
He was devoted.
Between 5 and 2 o'clock perhaps. the
crowds were dcnsest. II was then that
passage through shem could be- won only
bv dint OF much struggling. patience and
defermination IN this was measure
81 interest for those who were bound
upon no especial bushes. but who had
the evening 20 themselves with noshing
20 do Of greater Importance than having
"a good time
MANY incidents % tho evening would be
fnteresting. bur all who were on the
streets had numerous ones within their
ken Practically fne entire population
was on the streets and there was enough
20 interest all ono occurrence that was
81 particular interest 10 one man vas the
tai Of a pistol bullet The face OF such
signal moment to him IN this connection
was that Il was by but an inch that the
leaden missile missed his head. He picked
up the bullet. which had been fred into
the AIR from a pistol by some enthusiast,
and was exhibiting Il 90 show nov care
less and foolish persons are VINO insist
upon turning their guns loose In the AIR
and how lucky he was IN being JUST oul
Of the way Of the descending pellet OF
lead.
To those who nave followed with no
great pleasure the course OF the Christ
mas season u would seem. reasoning
from the amount OF Nose tnnt mas been
made and not chronolog lcaliy. that
Christmas had about passed but there Is
shat IN store for them that viii cause
the complete abandonment OF such an un-
wire thought To-day is 10 hc not n whit
less noisy than was last night Scarce
viii the revcrhera lions OF the last cannon
cracker OF the night have ceased TO din
che ears OF the tossing and disguised oc-
cupants OF the slccplcss beds before the
echoes viii be- set flying hy the first Of
Christmas day, and fuel VIII thus be adj
sed 70 the wrath Of the awakened sleep
ers. Siumbcr win be- something OF which
she light sleeper viii stand Lea need be-
fore the agony OF the Christmas holidays
has passed.
Small boys rampant win indulge an day
long IN every excess OF noise that their
own ingenuity and that Of fireworks man
ufacfurers can produce. while tonight
the monotony win be broken by tho loss
Objectionable feature OF tho Christmas eel
obration. pyrotechnic displays. For
weeks select coteries Of youthful cele-
hrants have been employed IN the highly
delightful occupation OF begging or nlca-
ing bikes or barrels for Christmas bon
fires. and tonight Ia the Park Extension
they will indulge In the intense rivalry
of seeing which bands have been most
successful in gathering the largest guam
tity OF hfammabie material. The boys