The Washington herald., 1910-12-21

Continued from rage One.
are proyerbially slow about the ordl-
nary Christmas shopping. they are some
/ thing good deal worse than that about
buying greens. Little trade is reported
as yet, but to-day Is expected to start
/ the rush.
AT the hotels, too. there is plenty Of
/ evidence of Christmas in the prepara-
tions being made for the holiday week
/ At the New Willard, the first event of the
week is scheduled for Thursday, when
half hundred Princeton undergraduates
arrive for glee club concert. Prince
| ton men of Washington will be out in
force, and in society circles several teas
| and receptions have been planned 10 do
/ honor 10 the college men.
Night TO ''Cut Loose"
New Years Eve will be the big
night" Fully 5000 Washingtonians viii
dine at the hotels to see the old year
90 out and the new year come in. Table
reservations are filling up rapidly, and
the present outlook presages a celebra-
ton surprising anything since New
Years Eve was first seized upon as an
occasion to 'cut loose"
We are not statisticians, but we are
willing TO estimate that close TO $4,000
viii be spent on New Years Eve Cham
payne VIII, Of course. rule, and :his year
the increase in duty makes the bubble
water little more expensive. Most OF
the table reservations are made on a
basis Of table dhote dinner at s.. and
It IS not a reflection on Washington to
estimate at least $40 more for the bubble
stuff and other kindred beverages.
! a . INF, -
! Washington's dining service will aid in
relieving the heretofore usual New
Years Eve crush. The New Willard, the
Shoreham, the Raleigh, the New Eb-
bitt. and the Arlington viii care for a
large number OF the diners. with many
! seeking out the quieter family hotels.
At the Cafe Republiaue many will web
/ come the New Year. The cafe has had
| several months 10 become acquainted
with the Washington dining public, and
extensive preparations are being made
for the evening. The New Ebbit cafe will
aid in caring for those celebrating the
New Year. and Harveys. Fritz Reuters,
and others viii not be without patronage
VIII Remember Employees.
There are also several thousand en-
ployes of Washington firms and corpora
lions who. although they may not cele-
brate with the upper ten." still viii not
be without happiness. A canvass of en-
ployers in the city made yesterday shower
that almost all will remember their en-
ployes with Christmas or New Year
gifts.
| Up at the Chapin-Sacks ice cream
plant the 100 employees viii have am
PIE thanks TO give. Turkeys for the
married men and cigars for the single
ones. with crisp bills for those not old
/ enough 10 smoke-thus runs the pro-
gramme, according TO members Of the
| firm seen yesterday Fifty girls who
make boxes at the Capital Paper Box
Factory viii be able TO MUNICH candy all
Christmas Day. for 100 pounds OF choco-
lates have been purchased
out at the Carter motor car plant the
men will be remembered In the Saturday
night pay envelope with an additional
shining gold piece. While the employees in
turn are planning for gift TO their SUI
! perintendent at the National Biscuit fac
tory, the employees will be remembered
| from the New York Office.
Two OF the largest department stores
I Will make no Christmas gifts. chiefly be-
I cause the employees have a Christmas all
the year round. At the Moses furniture
store 525 employees are carried on a sick
sickness their pay goes on as usual In
addition. the firm has a small pension list
of employees who have spent most of their
life in the store. These men draw a regu-
lar weekly salary and viii until their
death, Much the same plan Is followed
out at the Woodward & LOthrop estab-
lishment.
Sorrow at Department of Justice.
In all Washington there is only one
place where the coming OF Christmas has
a drawback. That is ar the Department
of Justice. where an official order promul-
gated yesterday revokes the usually ac-
corded privilege of drawing the month s
salary the day before Christmas.
In former years il has been customary
10 allow the salary 70 be drawn before
pay day any month on an order, and
especially in the week before Christmas,
hence the sOrrOW AZ Yesterdays order