The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-29
TURKEY DAY WAS
WHITE WITH SNOW
Winter Gods Debut Added
New England Touch to
Big Holiday.
EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY
Thousands Thronged downtown
Streets and Theatres. Eedecked
NTH Flowers and pei,lants.

,puw--in the morning. soft. hoES
And snnwbally.- in tn. afternoon sick'E
I'D sIf.. hv-udded 4 New ,:MG!%:.i noi"
:. tho FIRST whit" Thaasss wing re-
,,,S.S Nv The local United states
~, ath,l bureau. II hesah
.,rriy ate midnight and never
|. ,iypn.l ANITA O'Clock III the mor.i'ns'
80 m. kmai made his rounds ln 1t
..,.ir!H!.. uE..crse, and patroin'"n on
Viz n.Aht Sat- t.U:nped their ~"t'S
a; .rcatcoats and he.mets whit" w'th
ih.. years hrst snowfall.
only these and De4ated morning.
,2D.r reporters home ward bound IN
= h. small hours OF the morning W.
witnesses to winters official debut. In"
+ uoming theatre crowds misS"u ms
.omire by more than three hours in'
. CITY siryt while tho ice god spilled Ms
..ynblenI over roof and pavement. AM
awake. 20 find a Turkey Day FURRY
.h;.o with the infant snow OF tn
- ason. -,
IN ,h.. early forenoon hours IN" SIX!
i r,rsiur.i east wn!i. the lake con-
. Iinu.d TO descend. II began To looA
. like a December blizzard. and ''V'?
o Visitors from up and down STAT ""'
\orth ,aroliua looked out OF ho'el
WINDOWS ana g.oaned al the prospect
Of "A great football Same showed CUT
Ihe!r fears wer. ili-fUundea' io' tt.>
sun got back on the jo1 AT ocioeA
and sent the snowilakes back TO La BRA
dor The game came Oh OH TINE. NM
ms. Down .tomerS Were showed uHuei =
Everybody Was Happy.
! Srch was the Stage setting OF Fich-
! ,nor6's first white Thanksgiving. AL
| MAYS a oa.a day. Yesterday Set new
! Standard During the daylight hours.
! and far into the night Broad street
/ presented an everchanS!nS vista o.
| brilliant color. TO begin with. thefe
! we're a.00o school teachers of both
; se>es-al. Of them in attendance upon
! the big state convention at the Johh
. Marshall High school Most OF them
! we've under thirty. and entered into the
Mardi Gras spirit with schoiaris a'ah
! q. H. whatever that is.
! An advance army of automobile en-
! thusiastis,s had descended upon the
! CITY for the races at the State Fair
; Grounds to-day ard tomorrow. ana
contributed its share to yesterday
! e.,.ty. To these Were added the
! thousands of grads and underSrads OF
the Universities of Virginia and Nortn
Carolina, who. with their fair partners
; brilliant in fall finery and huge chrys-
! anthemums. paraded the big show
| thoroughfare all day long.
These were the visitors Ihey
formed a gal,y- bedight and amusement:
/ seeking minority. The majority OF yes
rerday's big holiday crowd was native
Richmond. free from the bondage OF
shop. office and factory-free as the
! whim of spook on a spree. The
. wheels of industry were at a standstll!
! nobody worked excepting small mi
lority engaged in catering to the
. pleasure and convenience Of the crowds
! Theatres Were Crowded.
: In the theatre district the mob was
! densest. ALI the vaudeville houses ran
double headers in the afternoon. and
! the humble novices raked In nickels
| BY the bushel from 10 o'clock in the
morning until midnight. At the Bijou.