Evening journal., 1905-12-20
HOLIDAY CHEER
IS EVERYWHERE
shopping District Presents
.lNany Shoppers Bubbline
0verWith ChTiStmaSSpiTit
E0OR TO BE REMEMBERED

.JOR TO BE REMEMBERED
"or
siie was a mean, crusty old fellow.
aseed. who defined Christmas as the
iaAe when we give things we cannot
fford for things we do not want He
must have been an old bachelor.
For weeks the Christmas spirit has
permeaied the air, and as the joyous
yu ecde season draws nearer and near
err the heart of almost everyone fairy
l bV3bles over with peace and good will
howard his fellow men and women.
" The man or woman in whose breast
the sweet odor of the pine and holly,
uAe glitter and tinsel of the windows
laNen with tree ornaments and the
very bright and very stcky-looking
TOYS displayed to delight the juvenile
heart does not rekindle and fan into
warming, kindly glow the smolderng
fire Of affection for somebody. even
though there be little else but cold,
dead ashes there and the somebody be
one long gone, is to be pitied-much
p,tied
ADay by day since Thanksgiving the
ttrongs of shoppers on the streets
have increased. until now Market
from early morning until long after the
early morning until long after the
lights are lit with eyer.moving streams
Of humanity that seem 10. run on for
ever, ike TennysOn's brook. And such
a merry, cheering. heart-cnuancing
stream it is.
Mother and Her Tots.
So many different human craft are
borne along on the crest of the tide
that the scene is as changeable as the
colors of a kaleidoscope, but here and
there are commoner types. with which
the onlooker soon becomes familiar,
and it is the kind of familiarity that
does not breed contempt
There is the mother with her young
cles in tow. She is not so old in years,
Int toll and worry and sorrow. per
laps, have left the imprint of their
koW-like feet upon her gentle face,
nd her back stopped by many tire
shih2 hours of foil, but the past is for
i4otlen in the happiness Of the present
gRd hope for the future. AS for the
children-the number does not matter
They are all eyes and ears and
Ohs," and "Ahsl" She cannot afford
% iry them one-hundredth part of the
hings they wish, and The youngsters
probably know it, but their faith IN
Santa Claus is firmly rooted, modern
eachngs to the contrary notwth
.andipg, and it is safe to assume that
they mill be happy Christmas morning.
'siThinking Of Her.
Another familiar type is the young
4 j. an-the age is Of no Importance. He
4 carries one hand deep in his pocket
Il 9nl he stops and looks long and
4 iioaghtfully into every jewelry store
.w ndow His mission is a difficult one
kSnl he is deserving of sympathy. He
#t3ys with the little roll of bills in his
4 0cketLhe has gone without many lit
q lie pleasures to accumulate that roll
md he wonders if "she" would rather
raye a gold comb for her pretty, glossy
Hra'- or a chain to encircle her snowy
Throat And then the price has TO be
considered, too, because the roll is not
a large one. After spending 10 min
utes in front of one window he moves
lon N search Of another, and the puck.
or in his brow deepens, but it's all
right He will find what he wants
sooner or later, and "she" Will be
happy Christmas morning-perhaps
The Poor Remembered.
It has become the fashion Of latter
DAY cynics to sneer at Christmas and
All that accompanies it, but that there
Iare hundreds and thousands who lay
aside their own worries and heartaches
and strive to make others happy, and,
incidentally, derive much happiness
4 themselves from SO doing, one has
on.y to read the daily papers. Whining
toms charity is no less famed than its
&hospitallty. and this Yuletide many of
#her citizens will work to give the vic
inns of misfortune a taste of Christ
mas
Hundreds of poor, hungry men, wo-
men and children will get their first
square meal in weeks, or maybe
Smonths. when the Salvation Army
gives hundreds of baskets flied with
good things to brighten dingy, cheer
(. ess homes"
Santa Claus TO Come.
The man who said that Santa Claus
never visited poor, dirtyfaeed children
was a wicked storyteller, as will be
proven. when that patron saint of
christmas will stop at the police sta
Hton by special invitation. and distrib-
ute toys cakes. candy and lots of
{. other good things to little boys and
girls whose chimneys are too small
for him 20 climb down.
oAnd then IN Christmas Day Santa
VIII visit the orphans and childrens'
&h6nies-lt's wonderful how he does
get around the children at those
Ihomes viii have the pleasure Of seeing
him and receiving candy and toys.
The schools viii close Friday and re.
main closed until January 8. so that
tohnny and Mary will have plenty of
#lme TO forget the spelling book and
81 iIatasn thejoys of fruit cake and plum
II budding. and who wouldn't forget the
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