Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-12-24
Season Is Observed In Differ
ent Schools With Appropri-
ate Exercises Presented by
Both Young and Old.
FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED
Churches and Sunday Schools
Celebrate - PostoffiCe is
Handling Rush Of Mail in
Excellent Manner.

I'VE intend to have every package
received up to the O'Clock mail to-
morrow morning In the hands of the
people by 10 O'clock" said Assistant
Postmaster John H. Tyrrell this
morning, in speaking of the enor-
nous volumes of outgoing and in
coming mails which are now hourly
besieging the postofflce. But accord
ing to Mr.. Tyrrell the people have
observed the injunetions of the post
office department and the press and
have done, to great extent, their
Christmas shopping early, which he
believes will obviate any congestion
of the postoffice facilities during the
last hours before Christmas. The
merchants, too, have felt the benefit
of the new era when the public have
shown their sympathy for the tired
clerks and have done most of their
shopping early. Though there will
be a crush of shoppers late this after
noon and evening, the congestion last
year Is not anticipated.
Glad Christmas Spirit.
The spirits of thirty-tive thousand
residents of Perth Amboy were made
glad when the morning dawned clear,
the suns rays ushering in an almost
cloudless day, not too warm and not
too cold. 1t appeared as Yuletide
gift from nature, after the torrents
of rain yesterday. Practically no
shopping was done last night, and
very little yesterday afternoon, be-
cause of the inclement weather, but
the store proprietors expect an abb
normal trade today up until II
o'clock midnight.
Waiting for Santa Claus.
The whole city is waiting for the
coming of Santa Claus, more espec-
tally the several thousand youngsters
who have not yet outgrown their i'm
plicit faith in the benetlcent Christ
mas benefactor coming down the
chimney with his pack of good things.
Special services and exercises have
been arranged by the different
churches for tomorrow, when the en-
tire city will take a holiday from
work. The postofIice will close at 10
o'clock, by which time Assistant
Postmaster Tyrrell hopes to let most
of the clerks and carriers off for the
day, though few clerks will be re-
tanned to handle the mails as they
come in from time to time. All the
factories and most of the stores will
shut their doors. All the banks will
observe the legal holiday, and no
barber shop will be open to accom-
modate he who forgets to get shave
before midnight. The schools closed
at IL o'clock, and will reopen Janu-
airy 5.
Each room of the different institu-
tions of learning had special pro-
gram for the Christmas celebration
this morning. Al many of the pri-
mary and kindergarten grades grab
bags were a feature of the entertain
ment. Christmas trees were reared
In many of the rooms, carols sung,
recitations given and stores told
about old Kris Kringle. At No. Z
school the mothers of the pupils in
the kindergarten classes were Invited
to the exercises arranged, as were
the mothers of pupils in many of the
other rooms. At one of the rooms
in No. l school the pupils bought ten
cent presents which were wrapped
and tied to a long string. A spelling
bee decided which pupils should have
preference in drawing, and much fun
was adduced when some of the boys
drew presents for girls and vice
versa.
Elaborate exercises were held in
the high school when the freshmen
rendered an entertainment for the
juniors and the seniors for the
sophomores.
Entertain Guests.
Bright and early the freshmen
were at the high school, even before
s o'clock, preparing to entertain
their guests, the juniors. The two
class rooms now comprising the audi
torium had been thrown into one,
and green streamers suspended from
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