The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1911-12-19

dolls are trotted out into show places.
and the toy stores do land office busi-
ness. Even the east side, where con-
gregate all the nationalities of the
earth, is not without splotches Of color.
The Chinese quarter, it is true, does
not show much more than the usual
animation. About the only time the
Celestials break out into holiday attire
is at the time of the Chinese New
Year, but then they so riot in color
and sound that they make up for the
rest of the year.
trip through the east side few
days before Christmas furnishes an
interesting side light on the universal
ity of the holiday. Here peoples of all
lands Will be found preparing for the
| celebration of common festival Rus
slams at home because of the difference
in the calendar, do not hold their
Christmas until some time after ours,
but Russians In New York are coming
more and more into American customs
and are adopting our time in place Of
their own. The same is true of those
from other Slavic countries. AS for
the Germanic and Latin nations OF
northern and southern Europe, Dec %
Is their day for celebrating the Ma
tivity, so that no change is necessary
with immigrants from those lands. The
vast numbers of these peoples in our
chief city may be realized when 1t Is
reflected that last year over a million
foreigners came to our shores and
vast portion of these stopped on the
east side in New York. Because of
poverty Christmas with the tenement
jewellers is not what it is with the
middle classes and those better stu
ated, yet the day passes in few even
or the poorest quarters without some
token Of remembrance.
The omnipresent street vender Ia
present in the east side as elsewhere.
For the most part he has laces, rugs
and wondrous fabrics for sale, but on
Christmas week toys are also in evil
hence. Mechanical dancing bears.
lighting cocks and prize sparrers are
made to do their evolutions on the
pavements and are offered for a nickel
to whomsoever will buy. Dolls or the
poorer quality are placed in tempting
array. Christmas tree ornaments are
arranged in glittering profusion. These
dazzle the eyes Of the bareheaded and
dirty urchins that are as thick as flies
on the streets. Here a son of southern
Europe, master of soft and sibilant
broken English, squeezes anon a
ryI hl,o, hon
out, calculating with each squeeze.
"Senta Clawss-fer Christmas tree"
Two organizations in evidence at
all times. but more so than ever at
the Christmas season, are the Sal
walton Army and the Volunteers Of
America. These are rivals, In good
works and otherwise. SO wherever one
has out an aims pot the other is gen.
orally found but few feet away.
The representatives of the Salvation
Army have on the regulation caps and
stand beside kettle, invitingly open
for small contributions, under which
is the invariable legend, Keep the Pot
Boiling" The Volunteer representa-
tives each have a chimney with
small hole in the top for receiving the
coins Of the passersby. Christmas
week these Volunteers are dressed to
represent Santa Claus. The omnipres-
ent small boy. dirty and bareheaded,
as usual, pauses beside one Of these.
II know a better Sanity Claws as
YOU he says. my pops got you
skinned fer Sanity Claws
he Gel
teers feed thousands each year ut
substantial Christmas dinners. Other
charitable organizations innumerable
also spread elaborate feeds for the
poor and homeless. thus making the
day one of good cheer "even TO the
least Of these" The newsboys have
veritable feast on Christmas day.
The holiday gives most everybody In
New York tn chance for at least one
square meal, even IL he does not have
another during the entire year
Emerging from the swarming tene-
ment district by. the crosstown route.
the festooning increases as one ap-
proaches the shopping area until at
Sixth avenue it grows a perfect riot
Of green and red Here are the great
department stores. lining both sides
of the thoroughfare from Fourteenth
street to above Twenty-third. II one
would see Christmas activity at its
best--or its worst-he can see II here.
Fashionable danes In their turnouts
from uptown. women carrying babies
from the lower downtown sections.
wives of commuters from up the Hud-
son. from Connecticut. from Long
Island. from Staten Island ana from
Jersey. here charge and countercharge.
swarm through the aisles. crowd the
elevators. scramble to get TO the
counters. overflow into the street and
sweep In eddies and currents. here.
there and everywhere. never ending
human stream.
Christmas Holiday Rates win OrAean