The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-23

Christmas Hits the Pocket.
The only melancholy thing about
Christmas Is the usual deficiency In the
average pocket book: for the rest 60 is
r. glorious fun-maklng season Of ioy and
happiness. Perhaps Il IS a wise provision
that people are so constituted that they
want TO do for others on that occasion
just "a liitlo more than they feel they
ure able 10 do. doubtless u adds 10 the
weight and degree OF the happiness OF
the Eiver and OF the recipient. After all.
&c Is "a matter OF memory Of friends ana
mot he dollars and cents involved thai
creates the true JOY and happiness that
comes with the holiday season.
Christmas day this year viii bring hap
puoss into many Savannah homes. indeed
SO ls probable that no one viii be- forgot
ten. and the Kid OF Yamaeraw and Gas
house ilill viii be- as juhilant over his
trn-ceut tin horn. as che child Of fortune
with his costly mechanical toys. Savan.
nah seems alive with Christmas pur-
chascrs. toys and fireworks arc already
plentiful and seldom has more elegant
display OF useful and ornamental Christ
mas articles been seen.
with the stroke Of midnight tomorrow
usht childhood will begin 20 dream ~
ssufl claus and firecrackers. all will be
.rjoying sweet rcpose that prcccdes the
dtwrlng OF the sweetest duy iu an thu
year And with the morning happy youth
vtI Gather about wcl-hlled stockings or
around the Merry Christmas tree, taper
c1 with candles Ca The darkened room.
Tho Christmas tree Is a time-honored
Institution While II was never 50 much
iH favor among the Puritaus OF New Eng
land curing the early days. 10 was diner
ems with the Dutch settlers OF New YORK.
They loved the old customs and they fol-
lowed them here as they did in che old
country So the custom was kept up as
thf country grew: each colony knew the
Christ mas tree and loved % until to-day
throughout the length and breadth Of our
country IL S. most important holiday
institution Christmas trees seem more
plentiful ln Savannah this year than has
been tac case for several years pas.
Quantities oi them may be- seen on many
corners and already the demand Tor them
is something unusual one dealer said nc
expected 10 ssll twice as many Christmas
trees this year as he disposed OF last.
And every tree will bring g.adness 10
many hearts. Larger than those which
the dealers handle viii be the trees used
hy the Sunday schools aud some Of the
charitable institutions. and for these
man with a wagon and an az viii DC sent
into the w0ods
In the Market.
The appearance Of the market and 9th
81 places with dcilcacies and dainiies are
handled gives evidence of "a prosperous
Christmas season when the people are
IN good spirits and supplied with the cash
90 make their holidays pleaFant, the cash
Of course. being a prerequisite to good
Spirits. the markets OF the caterers are
AWAY well supplied. The man who ca
ters 90 the palate Of the Christmas cpl
cure seems to know lntultively just what
tho people are going To do. He can snir
good Christmas a month or two on
With river or so between and he comes
pretty near having on hand Just exactly
what is wanted ard plenty OF g. \ good
many thousand turkeys viii probably cross
the tables OF Savannahians on their way
to somewhere else. within the brief space
% the festal week. how many there will
D. 10 way OF telling exactly unless some
ono goes TO work and counts the bones
Fortunately the Christmas holidays come
just at the time when game is Ia sea-
con. ana along with the turkey. quail.
doves woOdcock. ducks. or the fcathered
tribe ana often venlson occupy places %
prominence in the butchers stalls.
Tho Christmas dinner IS IN many house
holds feature - important as the
Christmas tree IN many others tho Christ
mas tree is q side issue as compared with
the dig spread. No Savannahian need be
mas table. II he can only think of what
he wants he viii md q ia the home mar
ket almost as soon as II Is asked for
christmas marketing Is an easy thing
nowadays II a man knows what his stom-
ach Graves
An interesting feature Of the Christ
mas dinner Is that Il s. one OF the few
meals OF the year at which the average
man takes his time; he Is not IN a hurry
TO get TO business and he spends the at
tsrnoon with his family. u IS a lone
and interesting cut. and there are few
II any, who do not enjoy a.
4 delightful feature OF the Christmas
season ana one which Is IN great accord
With SIS sentiments. Is the memory Of the
charitable institutions and their inmates
None OF those in Savannah are ever for
gotten. and this Christmas Il a. promised
they Will be well remembered. Baskets Of
food ana bundles OF clothing VIII b. coll
lected IN many household aud sent TO
the widows and the orphans. Many OF
those within the walls Of these insttu-
lions viii be remembered Ia other ways
by friends or others who are charitably
inclined.
Christmas with the small hoy.
The small boy with his tin horn, his
hrecracker. his sky rocket. and perhaps
a barrel bonfire, a. not to be overlooked
among the important holiday institutions
lie Is a. Indispensable to the Christmas
season as s. the turkey on the Christmas
table. Fireworks in abundance have be-
gun 70 appear on the many stands AROUND
he streets aud by tomorrow afternoon
he dealers will be doing a rushing busi-
less. The fireworks men anticipate .
'ushing trade this season. Nobody -
complaining about hard times. and al0nk
With others the small boy will have more
honey 70 invest in fireworks and Toy
pnuor
According 10 the testimony OF The old
timers. however. the Christmas eeienrs-
tim OF the small boy IL not what II nreo
q be back in the hfties and sixties ane
even a decade or two ago. a couple -