The sun., 1902-12-21

character Of an accommodating personal
pressed upon all in the service that the Snmsh-
EN- Express Company 10 especiilly so,irtous
ing courtesy, and be made 10 realize that the
Interest OF the occasion Is mutual.
These are the effect Of the gentle Christ :
mas spirit on the express business, III
Johnnys woolly bear comes TO hand minus
an ear or the wine in the christmas hamper
smashed the bottle, remember that the
express company cant help 1t. The oom.
pany has done all II could.
In the stores, every employee, from her
1ighness. the smallest cash girl. to her
Haughtiness, who displays the imported
gowns, hustles from A. NJ. till closing
time. Whether the store closes al the usual
time or keeps open In the evening, there Is
extra work for everybody.
Store folks eat when they can in Christmas
week Yet you'll find a surprising amount
Of christmas good humor behind the store
counters.
You see it's harvest time to some extent
for the store workers too. They are paid
and they earn the money Tor their extra
work In the store. II the store l. open even
ings the firm provides eith her supper or an
allowance In money for the extra meal.
@ fact which counts when there are other
stockings to he filled.
II is in the stores In Christmas week that the
great army Of the unemployed gets chance.
A whole army OF extra saleepeople, pack
err, clerks and porters, Is required in every
big department store, not to speak OF the
drivers and delivery boys needed outside.
One big Broadway store, which normally
employs 1900 persons In its building. adds
anot her thousand at least in Christmas
week. So great is the rush this year that
1t Is engaging more than thousand extra
hands.
With the smaller stores il Is Just the same
The tailors and tie ,lressirakers have fine
clothes TO make for everybody to wear at
Christmas. the florists are overiun. and
you have to wait to get near the counter at
candy store.
The factories work overtime to supply
the stores The banks take in and pay out
more money in day than In dull times they
do In a week
The telegraph companies handle twice
their usual number of messages for people
wiring about goods and visits and sending
Christmas greetings. And Central" at the
telephone switchboard never works 70 hard
j. all the year as she will in the next five
days.
But there's a bonus OF some kind for
everybody so nobody minds Most Of the
big employers of labor give presents 10
some IL not all Of their employees. How
extensive the giving Of money presents Is
may he Judged from The fact that the Unit ed
bills and new coin their nev ness makes
them seem nicer as Christmas presents)
from So 900 .ocO TO NS 600 600 In the last three
weeks of every December. The new notes
called for range from Sfto 81 600 bills. The
coin is of every denomination.
Some of these money presents AZ d ist-
mas are very large. The biggest last year
was one Of $50 600 presented by well-known
trust company to its president.
But Wall Street is notable for its gener-
ositv TO its workers. Some of the private
banking houses, at Christmas time. In a
successful year give 10 their clerks bonuses
ranging from 10 to 100 per cent. OF their
years salary
last year the Stock Exchange stribut ed
siO3 among its employees, and the other
exchanges proportionate sums. This year s
contribution now being collected is likely
TO bc larger still.
The Consolidated Exchange has collected
for it's seventy-five employees fund of
81, $50, which is 81 900 more than was given
las, year. The Cotton Exchange expects to
divide 500 0oO at least among its sixty en-
plovees.
Club attendants are also well provided for
in the dist ribution Of Christmas tips. The
contributions AZ even the minor clubs pro-
duce usually the equivalent OF an extra
months salary for each man In their en-
plov.
Enough umbrellas, gloves. cigars and
drirksble- are given awav in all parts Of
the CITY, il seems, to provide every citizen
for the rest Of the year. So in that way the
Christ mas money circulatcs.
It's noble season Of the year and though
il brings hard work, long hours and plenty
of both. everybody is glad TO see IL come
around, and this "ear is meeting 1t In q
generous spirit which shows plainly how full
TO overfowing with prosperity are the
country's Golfers.