El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-21
NEW YORK HAS
AN ORGY Of
BUYING
More Than $2O,OGO,OOO Spent
For Christmas Gifts This
Year.
RETAIL DISTRICTS
FILLED WITH BUYERS

New York, n. Y. Dec. 21-Santa
Claus this year has filled mis- pack
from the New York stores to a surpris-
ing extent. S2O.O0OOO0 worth, it is said.
on good authority. That Is the sum
which it is estimated has been spent
on Christmas shopping here. and the
figures are believed 20 be less than the
/ facts warrant
| Not only will practically every one
I of the city's 100000 residents get on
J Christmas eve or Christmas day some
| thing bought here, but probably every
! family which has a 'cOmmuter among
/ its members will also come in for a
/ share. More than 100000 persons from
| out of town arrive IN the city every
! day. month in and month out, IL IS estl-
mated, and Few OF them VIII go DSch
home without something from the Ia
nous New York shops. Fifth avenue
during the afternoon shopping hoErs
shows clearly where the bulk OF the
( outlay comes from. For blocks above
/ the crossing streets where traffic
| policeman is stationed, the aTenUS -
filled sOlidly with automobiles with
hardly a single horse drawn vehicle IN
sight, and not many taXicabs. 1t IS a
! parade of people who shop IN their
A single ieweiry firm, it is said. sold
$4,000 worth Of pearls to one man
for a single present to his wife, and
on the same day sold $4,000 worth OF
Greatest Port of Missing Men.
second
appearance of Miss Dorothy Arnold,
which at the time of its occurrence
/ aroused worldwide discussion and nov
promises to go down in history as a
mystery as great as the famous one
involving Charley Ross, has served 20
( bring to light the little known fact
that New York is the country's great
est port of missing men.
In the first nine months OF this year
1856 men and women reported TO the
police as believed to be missing in New
York, have not been found. OF these
542 were reported by friends from out
of town Probably a still larger pro-
portion were not residents of the city.
How many more cases there were OF
which the police never heard cannot
be estimated, but the number must De
BreaIIing Away From Paris.
4 movement to break away from
French fashions and originate Amerl-
can styles in WOman's dress IS gaining
Roadway here. Anyone who has seen
the hammer skirt at its highest pitch,
or the Mobile in any one of its eX-
IRENE manifestations. will not need
TO be told why a change is desirable.
MANY mae Wonen AND the e2 oaf mobile has
created a real feminine rebellion be
cause Of its unattractive lines 50, at
least, the leaders of. the new move
about the new movement IS tnat II IS
not, like earlier attempts at dress re-
form, being fostered by faddists.
The movement started innocently
enough when newspaper offered
prizes for the best original designs .
hats, evening gowns, AFTERNOON gowns
and the like, never dreaming that II
was starting a rebellion, perhaps
revolution, against the sadly obvious
tyranny of Partisan designers. 1t de-
YelOped at once. however. that there
was great body Of resentment en-
the different ways they had to bow
to the mandates Of Paris to be FASH
iOnable. Within few weeks the new
styles will be ready and then there
will be a chance to look at them and
New York Fights Firebugs.
The biggest and most extensive cam
paign that has ever been undortakca
for such a purpose in this country is to
be launched by the New York fire de-
partment and others who are interested
to stop the ravages of the 'firebug,"
which, it is now brought to light, nave
reached enormous dimensions in the
metropolis.
Fire commissioner Johnson esti-
mates that one fire in every four, or
out in Greater New York are OF lncen-
diary origin. Other officials who are
in a position to know say that his esti-
city there have been IS fires in the
last two years and a half; In another
block not far away there have been p
which adjOins the last mentioned there
have been s. These are part of the
well defined "firebug zone" which
crosses the upper East side
In most cases the motive for fire
setting is the collecting of insurance,
though pyromaniacs. or mental per-
yerts who set fires for the fun of the
thing are not unknown. A vigorous
crusade has already resulted in an in
creased number of convictions for ar
son, and the sentences imposed have
been made more severe.
Making Sugar Mt Home.
That New York is entirely capable
of establishing what may be called in
her own doOryard an industry which
until recent years has been regarded
as belonging to tropical or sub rop-
ical countries is one of the most sur
prising results demonstrated at the
land show here. AS a result of this
exhibition. however. the fact has been
brought to light that if the city de-
sireS to do so it can now grow and
manufacture its own sugar at home,
no further away than Long Island.
This, Of course, does not mean that
sugar cane may yet be included among
New YOrks varied products, but in
stead sugar beets, which now con-
tribute practically one-haf of the
worlds supply of sugar. Those eX-
hibited from Long Island not only eX-
ceeded in size the beets from western
states where the beet sugar industry is
already established, but were at the
same time high in their sugar content
As there are thousands of acres now
lying idle on Long Island similar in
character to those on which the sugar
beets exhibited were produced. ground
would not be lacking should New York
decide to raise her own sugar at home.