The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-23
City Presents On All Sides
a Holiday Appearance and
Happy Faces Prevail
LOOKS LIKE QUIET DAY.
BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF TOYS
AND GIFTS IN THE LOCAL
SHOPS. AND PLENTY OF BUY
ERS FOR THEM.

All indications point to an unusually
quiet Christmas, except that made by
boys with their tin horns and whistles
and drums, and these toys have not been
in such great demand by the local Christ
mas shoppers. Good old Santa Claus
has kept pace with our advancing civil.
lization, and the toys displayed ins his
myriads of marts are practical toys tend,
ing to lead benefciaries into practical
channels. For the boys he has turned
out innumerable toy railway trains. fer
ry boats, trolley cars, automobiles, fire
engines, police patrol wagons, and these
are not hauled as the toys he produced
years ago, but are either run by clock
work. but even some of them by cleo
tricity.
Some of these electrical toys represent
railroad yards, with depot and round
houses, and cars running in and out in
charge of miniature railway employees.
Among other sets of toys are fleets of
battle ships, cruisers and torpedo boats,
manned by officers and crews and so CON
structed that when placed in big YES
sci of water the boys who have just be-
gun to be interested in naval affairs. can
extract any amount of profitable pleas
ure therefrom.
As for the girls. old Santa has inn
proved on their dolls until some almost
appear to be breathing with life. Dolly's
complete home has also kept pace with
the advance in architecture.
The toy dealers report that the orders
for toys have been very great. For the
past week the leading shopping thorough
fares of the city have been crowded with
shoppers and the trolley cars in addi-
ton to being oyercrowded with human
traffic, suggested the idea of the neces-
sity on such occasions of attaching
baggage car behind. This means that
there is scarcely home in the city
where children will not be made happy
next Monday. Old Kriss. it would seem.
keeping pace with civilization. had in
this part of the world abandoned the ira
ditional and picturesque sleigh drawn by
reindeers. having found that there were
so many Of his beneiciaries to look after
that he had to stable his feet footed
reindeers and carry his toys on the much
faster modern vehicles of traffic.
But Old Kriss seems to be every
where at the same time. The wee tot
aspies him at fairs. walking along the
streets. supervising displays of his pres
ents in the great show windows of his
marts. One, sweet-faced little one, led
by her fathers hand along Newark ave-
nue. last night. suddenly espied the grand
old fellow sitting astride a big wooden
horse in front Of harness store.
"Oh, papa, mamma! There's old Kriss
on horse coming out of that store!"
she exclaimed.
The father lifted the child in his arms
and told her to tell him what she want
ed. Mamma stood by with beaming
face. and drifted on with the surging
throng.
Among the attractive displays are the
meat, poultry, vegetables. confectionery
and fruit displays, and the rushing bus
mess, judging from appearances, the pro-
prietors are doing to-day there will be
plenty of good cheer in almost every
home in the city.
The orphans in Homes and patients
in the various hospitals are looked after
by various guilds and societies.