The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-15
BOXES
ARE PILED UP HIGH
EVIDENCES on EVERY HAND THAT
CHRISTMAS - NEARLY HERE
AGAIN.
ALL CARRY ARMS FULL
MEN A. WE'LL t> WOMEN LADEN
WITH PACKAGES FOH
IOtED
oNGs.

Bundles and boxes with their a1ilr-
Ing delights and tautaiizine mysteries
are in the iimelight these days, when
December Is is creeping upon us with
tardy footsteps. II we Judge It's pace
from the Kids viewpoint. and with
GREATNESS speed ~ NC list to the cries
~ Departing parents who have but
nine more days In which 10 become
good old Santa Clauses.
~ The wagons arc rolling around town
laden with sugar and spice and every
thint nice" while the express Offices
and post office stations are ar full as
pruserptna's horn OF plenty with the
bulky boxes Of fresh meats sent by the
country cousins - the little velvet
eases containing those sparkling little
solitaires thar are SRI often explained
as mothers gift" and. trans Ia say,
often pass muster anon
friends AZ such,
Friendly and cordial handgrasps have
gone out of fashion these days. The
world and his wife nave their arms
too fun OF bundles 10 risk the hand
shaking process. for did but one ~
those grotesque little packages but
take II tumble from IT'S lofty perch,
resting on Tier after tier of similar
little packages. all supported by mi
lady's graceful. slender little arms. the
fail ~ RahYlorf and the tumble of
Humpty Dumpty would fade into moth
tngness before THE immensely ~ such
IA calamity.
Are the gentler sex alone bearing
burdens and bundles these busy days
Not 10y u long sight overcoat pock-
cts Of R~ichtnond's lords Of creation. as
they strut up aud down Broad and
Main streets. bulge with something,
and this time IT is not PAPER and doc
umenrs Of business from the office. but.
iniratetle dictu. these same little bun
dies that we are seeing everywhere,
The pockets are TANNED and cranimed
to bursting. but what's the difference
Even if WHY does have TO mend and
darn and sew Zip these same pockets
after Christmas hasn't Santa been to
SEE not only the kids but the kids
mother, o
As the legend goes. on Christmas
Eve. the cattle and horses talk in their
stalls and Wonderful things happen
among the beasts. Well, this sa me
faculty seems to have been granted the
motor ears Ii wagons. even before
Christmas Eve. for the honks OF their
horns and rattle of their wheels seen,
to nave CAuEnt tDe FHNInH1iS WHIT Oh
christmas bundles" Nor does this
universal cry Of the carry-alls belle
their song. for the vehicles of various
and sundry kinds are lou of sight
because of Christmas packages.
Mysteries of former fame and depth
pale before the bundled-up stacks OF
mysteries now lurking IN express and
post offices. "Oh." sigh. the curious,
could | but peep in" OF course, this
wish Is confined to the fair SEX. for
'twould be arrant treachery to even
suggest such a thing as curiosity on
the part of the masculine mind. Big
and little, quaint and queer. herfhbon-
ell and sealed. with various and sun
dry stickers, are the packages flying
hither and thither in Uncle Sans
mails.
Why asked somebody. what does
all this chatter about packages mean? p
Now there can be but one solution of
such II question as this. II that Is,
that the man that asked ii must have
dropped from Mars. right into the
midst of all this hubbub and infectious
furry here in old Richmond town. so.
to allay his uneasiness and assure him
we are sane, we'll have To tell him:
1T means that Christmas viii soon
be here"