Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-24
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Sew Nurf Dee "a During Toe ssl
ten days Ur tWu weeks hundreds I'd
thousands of duiiars have boon spent
dhly for Christmas present 10y NoU
tork millionaire. and tueir families.
Here 10 an illustration Ol Che quiut
way Boa which these costly purchases
are made
a br0ugham stopped before tho duuy
cot "a fashionable itWglrI store ant az
elderly woman. wrapped closely In
sable coat entered che store. ahs va
o. severe looking woman. Her face
Was toy white. anu sho laid aside her
wraps and SANK lu e. bored sort ul q
wal into tht chair thai wac uruugrt
iuf hos 1y an attendant
She wanted peari necklace evil
iUulJ tor u,r daughter ono alter 80
other "a ugu dozen magnificent strinEs
uf tht us,Iuus egmH Wtro hold up Tor
inspection. uul nome seemed 600 please
.Ur She hucW something auuut pearls
because snp CrItCito1 the matching 90
several uI tHt strings the salesman
Nhu wac trying iu please utr spoke
Boa au uuIrrtuue tu another clerk. ana
present. au cider man appeared. llu
knew boz "a moment the sort uf n string
which WAS desired Those aIruadf
shown were Iuid away. aud "a moment
later several n,N necklaces wore
brought forth instantly The woman
seemed suited
Yes. .his is the one / want shs
said This ia perfect the COlora are
perfect 900 take % with me-
She asked the price 10 DAD not
startlC her, A check iur lho amount
was oiled out for her and she affixed
uor signature Sha went away carry.
iuE with hCr in "a loatAercoyorod case
thu rope oi pearls that had cost ger
$4,000.
Bul Boo tbo.r own way. the poor a.
WtII a8 the rich Will have thor
Christmas tomorrow Turkey. cigars.
hosiery auu nice warm gloves viii be
dispensed ifyc u che huWcry uudJ.
the auspices oi Timothy Id sullivan.
Slows ol the Toast has been bruitD1
about Tor days aud 10 is likely that
whom the genial Tim opens his doors
tomorrow morning bee Will Doe greeted
hy "a line off men and women several
blocks in length. But the size of the
crowd Will not daunt the generous po
itIclau Tor the supplies provided uy
/ ihu caterer include 10000 pounds Of
turkey. $500 pounds of chicken, f.u0s
. iuayt of bread 5000 mince pies 100
| gallons of coffee and two score kegs
| of beer Every man will bee proseutgi
| WITH pipe and tobacco. a pair oi
hosg and a pair of gloves.
/ The salvation Army in keeping
with is annual custom will dlaty.
/ butte Christmas dinners to 2j,00O OF
/ New Yorks poor az the Grand Central
Palace tomorrow. Beginning a. "a
/ Iu tno morning 5000 baskets. each
I cJntaininE "a satisfying dinner Tor Z
family of ave persons. wiil be- dlStrl
| uutod. Countless others viii be led NJ,
long tables filling the great hall Com
maulOr Eva Booth VIII have personal
charge. assisted by the entire STAG VI
the army ot the city
Ola SANTA Claus visited Wall STREE
today and called nc Uncle Same sub
treasury. where he filled hts sack H'
took out nearly S2O0OO0O in bright
shining silver coins ut the latest vim
tago and in the brightest OF yeliov
eagles and dougle eagles. only tn'
newest and crlspest dollar bills and
certificates would suit him. Then b.,
/ went around to many brokerage an,
banking houses whore bee distributed
his packages the recipients ranglu.
from little messengers Co managiul
clerks ard future partners 10 10 oa
tImated that over $1,000 900 will ID
distributed by the rich bankers an
brokers Ia Wall street 90 their bus
ness associates and clerks during th
Christmas holiday week Last yea
when the stockings were omptied
was found that the total amount o
Christmas boxes aggregated near
So goo 600. but last year az THE tim
the brokers we're better on and wa
Street was rccking with money. Thi
year santa Claus examined the merit
90 the case before he gave. 81 b
. gave generously.