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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-22
aRAINa.
WHOLESALE PRopvoE.

Eggs-Eresh, loss OF. SIC.
Poultry Fowls, 17Q22c; broilers, III
to lbs. 30c. broilers, Leghorn, &c !:
cocks, ice. ola tom turkeys, 35c; young
tom turkeys. IL lbs and up. 4Oc: youns
hen turkeys, S lbs and up, zoe; cuff thin
turkeys not wanted; ducks. lbs aud
ap 25c; ducks. under lbs, 2oc: geese
10 lbs ayd up, zoe; young geese. 22c ,
squads, 81 lbs TO dozen. Sc; guiAaas. z
lbs per doz. 80.
Buter-Buyers are paying 5605Tc for
creamery butter delivered at Indlanapo-
lis.
Butterfat-Buyers are paying 52G53c
for cream delivered 1T indiana polls
Cheese Uobbers' selling pricesy Brick
3O031e; New York cream, 32e; Wiscon-
sin full cream, 3iG33e longhOrus, slQ
53c; llmburger, S2M33c: Swiss. domestic,
e0e: imported, $i61o5.
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CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, Oct. -Butter-Creamery
extras, 54e; creamery frsts, 46c; irsts,
naries, 49Q55c frsts, 571a @5S12e. Cheese
Twins, 22Ac; young Americas. 23c.
Live poultry-Fowls, 22M28c; ducks. 2lc ;
geese. zoe; spring chickens, 27e; turkeys
S6c; ROSTERS, zoe. Potatoes Receipts.
IS cars; Wisconsin and Minnesota, ST .65
also.
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TOLEDO CASH GRAIN.

TOLEDO. Oct -wheat-Cssh, 50 - :
December Sc. 20. Corn-No. ., 95c. oats
No. . white, J6ls@5Tihc. Rye-No. >.
$i.72. Barley -Ne ., 92c. Cloverseed- 49,
Cash (1921l, $3.50. tl920t Sl2.90 October.
Si2.S5; Decepber. $l3.00; March, Sl8i5:
January, si320. Timothy-Cash (i01al,
Sa.22h October. $3.50; December. $3.50 ;
March. $3.50. Alslke-Cash. SIT %; Octo.
her slT.75; December. si7.2o; March,
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INpIANApoLIs ISL GRAIN.
Oct. %


Bids for car lots of grain and hay Of
the call of the indianapolis Board OF
Trade were: Wheat Easy; through
| billed, No . red, $2.1Sd221.
Corn-Easy; No. > white, S6MS1 hc
No yellow, S5@S7c; No. mixed, si@
S5hc.
6ats-Easy; No. . white. 52059c; No
8 white, 51la0521Ac; No. . mixed, 500
52c.
Hay-steady: No. 1 timothy. SGT 1000
| IS; No. 2 timothy, S2650G2T; No. light
clover mixed. S26@2650; No. 1 clover
hay, s24.50@25.60
inspections
wheat-No. 2 red, car; No. 3 red,
car; No red, / car; No / mixed,
car sample, 1 car; total, cars.
Corn-No white, . cars; No. white
26 cars; No. 8 white, l car; No. 2 vel
low, 90 cars; No. 3 yellow, cars; No. :
mixed. car; No 8 mixed, l ear; total
GO cars.
oats-No. white, 80 cars No. white
2 cars; No 4 white, 1 car; sample white
cars; No. mixed car; total, 50 cars
Ry6-No. l, car; No. 2, 1 car; total
. ears.
IIay-No. 1 timothy. cars No. clio.
YER mixed. 1 car; total 8 cars.
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CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN.

CHICAGO. Oct 20 Wheat-~No. / hard
winter. s20tG2e4bs No. hard winter.
s2021204; No. 1 northern spring, St.99 (;
No. mixed. So Uats-No. / white S3la
GfSGe: No white, S1MS8h4c; No, . vel
THE Oats-No. !. 5Sa 053Mc; No. Z
white. 53M53%c; No. 3 white. j0iaM32c;
No. i white, 4Sm5lc; standard. 52c.
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DpnfhS

Infant Rousch. hours, 21o3 Ringgold,
premature birth.
Charles ID. Joslin, 80, 1903 East Wash
ington, cerebral hemorrhage.
James A. Riley, 81, 522 South West,
sarcoma.
Caroline Allan. n, S04 Bosart, arterio
sclerosis.
Margaretha r. Geiger, rs, 1928 East
Andrew Jackson Henninger Sc, Metho-
dist Hospital. uremia.
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cLryrLANn pRnnrcr-

CLEVELAND, Oct 22-Butter-Extra
tub lots. 6iQ61iac; prints. 62Gi62l sc; ex-
ira hrsts, 5gl1Me0c; nrsts, 5sls@59c; sec
onds, 55m5ec. Eggs--ohio flrsts. new
cases, 62c; old. Gle; fresh gathered
Northern extras, GGc; extra frsts. 62c
Western cases, frsts, zoe "a case con
tains so dozen). Poultry-Good heavy
fowls. 25Q30c; light stock, 25m3Oc
broileFs, 25m30c: old ROSTERS, 2fM23c
spring ducks. 35m31c.
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LIVERPOOL Oct. 22-Spot cotton
opene.7 In a fair demand. Prices were
steady. Sales totaled 5000 bales.
American mids, 2154d; good mids,
1S.4Sd fully mids, 1921; middlings,
1573d; low middlings, 1880; good ordl-
nary, S9Sd; ordinary, 799d.
Futures opened steady.
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Marriane Licenses

Edwin Britt 1900 NJ Dearborn St.. %
Lorena Kiser 025 n. Tacoma ST.. 10
Chester Wright, 1929 Highland ave. %
Velma McConaha, 1140 w. McCarty st. 10
Caesar Nicely, s27 Darnell st......... 70
Effie Street, ST DarnelI st........... 81
William Sanders. 212e Miller St nam. o.
Maude Bentz, 500 Fletcher ave. ..... IS
Preston Lashbrooks, 32i N West ST. 81
celia HafTer, 81 N. West st....-.... u
Grover Wagle, New Augusta ....... 2s
Bessie Pierce. New Augusta ....... ~
Clifford Rink. Cincinnati. "a
Ollie Lithall. 1888 Garfield place .... 10
Robert Murphy. $40 Lincoln st. ...... %
Helen 0'Connell, ~ Hendricks place. rs
Norvel Trotter, r, R.................. 20
Ruth Barlow r. R......-............ II
Arthur Merritt, 536 s. Drover stu. %
Margaret Jones, $40 S. Drover stu. II
Jasper Campbell, 1437 Hiatt st ..... Al
Emma Jenkins, Roache st.-.......... IS
Walter Haas, 751 w. Michigan st..... "a
Gertrude Chopper, 14l0 n. Illinois St. "a
Curtis Edwards, 1928 South st....... %
Eta Helms. 1881 Nordyke ave. 20
Frank Morrison, 500 N. New Jersey st, *
Louise Jones. 500 N. New Jersey st., %
Charles Mareum, New Augusta. ....... 2s
Rena Hessong. New Augusta. .s..... 20
Frank FERGUSON, o16 Broadway ...... %
Opal Jones, So Hamilton ave......... 10
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w atchdogs of Cellar
Stolen by Burglars

ST LOUIS, Oct. 22.-Because Of the
numerous burglaries George Wood bought
two big. wicked looking hound watch
dogs and Installed them In the cellar Of
his home in Race Course avenue Now,
the police are looking for the robbers
who stole the dogs.
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NEW YORK METALS

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-Copper weak !;
spot. October, November and December
offered at Ice. Lead weak; spot, Octo-
Der. November and December offered at
&c. Spelter weak; spot and October Of
fered AT 7.15c; November offered at I. zoe ::
December and January offered at Use.
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HAY MARKEr.

The following are the Indianapolis
prices for hay by the wagon load
Hay-Loose timothy, new, $2662S
mixed hay, new, $22Q25; baled, $28@2S.
Corn-Bushel, 75c@$110.
NOatp-Bushel, new, 55M57c.
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WHOLESALE REEF PRIcEs.

The following are today's wholesale
market prices for beef cuts sold by the
indianapolis markets:
Ribs--No., 2, aoc No 3. N24c. Lions
No 2, 26c; No 3, pc. Rounds No. 2,
25c; No. 3, 22c Chucks-No. 2, ice
No. 3. 15c. Plates-No. 2, 12c; No. 3, lie.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Fair weather has continued over East
ern sections, while showers have fallen
in a belt from the western asulf region
northward. and rain or snow in parts of
the middle amt northern Rocky Noun
tain states. Temperatures are, above nor
mai for the season In practically all sec
tions east Of the Rocky Mountains.
j. III. ARLINGTON.
Meteorological, Weather Bureau.
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NEW YORK CALL MONEY.
(By Thomson & McKinnon.)
no4 ~

NEW YORK, Oct. 22-Money-Call
money ruled per cent; high, 10 per cent !;
low, per cent; time rates. firm, per
ness in bankers bills at S3.44M for, de-
mand.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 22.-Cotton fu-
lures opened firm today, 60 to rs points
higher on bullish cables, better spot
demand and a better Industrial outlook
and advanced 81 to IA points further.
The close was strong, net 50 10 119
points higher.
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WAGON WHEAT.

indianapolis -four mills today are pay
ing So for No. red wheat $1.97 for No
2 red wheat, and $1.94 for No. 8 red
Other grades according to their quality.
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NEW YORK. Oct 22.-Twenty indus
trial stocks averaged S4.6J. a decrease of
81 per cent. Twenty active rails aver
aged S4.27, a decrease of SO per cent,
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Weathe.

The following table shows the state of
the weather at Z a. m, Oct. q, as OBJ
served by y. S. weather bureaus:
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vERA cRuz pooKs rIEp up.

VERA CRUZ, Oct. 22.-Maritime trafuc
was tied up at this port today by a
strike of stevedores.
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WV YORK STOCK SALES

NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-sales on the
stock exchange today totaled $4,000
shafAs, and SIS, 452, 900 In bonds.
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ago.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22-Foreigu ex-
change opened higher; sterling, S343H
up z francs, .0648. up O002; lire, o3TI,
up 0oo1; marks, DIAL, unchanged; Cana
dian dollars, 900.
The market closed higher. Sterling,
s3.441s. up &c; francs. .064e. unchanged;
lire, 03T4, of 0O02: lire cables, 0375;
marks, .0141. up .0OO113 Canadian dol
lars. .0e3S. of .0o12.
NEW York, Oct 22.-CommereiaI bar
silver was quoted today as follows: Do
nestle, unchanged at 9915c; foreign, lac
lower at S0l5c.
LONDON, Oct. 22.-Bar silver was Esd
lower today at 52%d.
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rrRaRINo HOUSE sTArE.IENr

NEW YORK, Oct. 22-Suh- treasury
debit, $500. 677; exchanges, SSS1, lis. 60T !;
balances, $So, 500, 656
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/ MOTOR SECURITIES.

(By Thomson & McKinnon)
Oct. %
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Money and Exchange

Indianapolis bank clearings today
were s., 506. 600 against s., 26S,000 a week
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
4 TROPICAL wedding, with all
. its color and greenness, is
described by Jamaica co..

~ lts color and greenness, i:
described by a Jamaica coz
respondent of The Mancheste,
Guardian. He writes:
A playful breeze futtered the
curtains and bore in through the
window the fragrance of coffee
blossoms and the myriad sweet
nesses Of a tropic morning. The
sun slanted golden beam across
my pillow and | remembered that
it was the wedding morning of
Estellc. Estellc, servant "gal' at
the Great House, was this day to be
led to the altar by Zebediah Brown,
Of the village Of Content.
About 10 o'clock we walked down
to the Dallas road and sat on the
bank waiting for the bridal process
sion to pass along on it's way to the
church, some five miles down the
valley. The sun was strong now
and we nestled deep into the brack-
en- under the shade of cedars over
grown with old mans beard. A
hush hung over the world, and
even the wild beauty Of these noun
tains seemed subdued in the calm OF
this Sabbath day. The silence vas
soon broken by the quick boating
Of hoofs In the far distance. It was
old Notias, the carpenter, -csp]en-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
A Problem for Santa Claus

ing IT over and over. And over and
overt"
That was the way got Robinson
Crusoe and he got rvanhoe.
There is no pleasure like getting
something you want from somebody
in exchange for something they
don't know how much they might
want II they knew about it,
In those days we went out In
the New England woods and cut
down our own Christmas trees.
dragging them on sleds to our
homes. We popped corn and nut
it on strings and had candles and
everything. Now the children lis.
ten to the crackle OF radiators and
nonchalantly wonder whether the
shops will yield up anything worth
while.
got a large potato once In the
toe Of my stocking. What a prize
that would be to-day!
New York has grown to big
city, and Santa Claus is at his Wits
end to know what to do about it,
Santa Needs Backcrs
The real trouble with Santa
Claus, SO far as New York is con-
cerned, is that he isn't underwrit-
ten enough. He needs hackers. All
the comfortably OFF fathers and
mothers are backing him, it is
true, if it's only for place in the
nome, but the fathers and mothers
OF the Sums are still having q hard
time Of it. They have to depend
Hoou zeal upon outsiders, and out
siders are notoriously Indifferent.
The biggest outsider our slums
has is Uncle Sam. He might back
up Santa Claus a little more than
he does, IL you should ask me.
lf Uncle Sam backed up Santa
Claus every Christmas he might get
into tho habit Of backing up tho
slums all the year around.
Would that hslp any7 Ask ths
sne who knows.
lis = great thing a. havs children
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

afternoon that we saw him at the
marriage feast, which was held al
the village of Content, long. strag-
Cling little collection of waffle huts
set IN scenery that seemed to pluck
at ones heart. The sounds of rev.
clry guided US 10 the bower of barn-
boo and banana leaves which had
been erected for the occasion. With.
IN this, round table covered with
q dazzling white cloth, sat about
thirty coiored folk of all ages and
sizes from the twins upward. MANY
more were standing round, waiting
tor their chance for q seat. At the
head, lntrenched behind q massive
cake, sat Zebediah and his bride.
Poor Zebediah we could sAe at a
glance was unnamed. He Cat star
ing sheepishly at the great slice Of
cake on the tablecloth before him.
Even Estelle, her hands folded in her
lap, had lost that fine composure
which so we'll became her when she
rode by i'll the morning. They
smiled at us III watery fashion, and
places were made for us round the
groaning board. which was covered
with fruit and cake and loaves Of
bread shaped like birds and fishes
and oil manner Of flesh and fowl.
Great wineglasues filed with syrup
were before the guests. though I am
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

afraid that Zebediah's father had
found other and stronger means OF
refreshing himself. He seemed very
anxious to kiss the girls and to sing
and pull the string Of q large
jumping jack which hung from q
bamboo pole. This tickled the twins
considerably.
Later speeches were made, and
then the whole party adjourned 20
the Great House, where the big din-
ing room, lent for the occasion, had
been cleared for dancing. The cora
certina came to- the fore again, and
a flute, and the dancing began.
Round they went, these black, per'
spring folk, to the weird music proc
duced by the union, though one can
hardly call it that, of these two ina
struments. They waltzed, then they
did the lancers and some othef
dances of their own compositic.A
And the merry making and dancing
went on until long after midnights
when one by one the revelers went
to their huts scattered about tha
moonlit hills. Many miles lay boz
tween some Of them and home, ana
/ have no doubt that there WAS many
. sinking heart as they went sway
For who does not know that ghosts
and other strange creatures lurk II
che shadow Of the whispering treesJ
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
"A Wedding Morn in the Tropics

dent as We had never seen him be-
fore. Then there was glimmer of
white, and we got our cameras
ready. No society bride ever ran
the gantlet Of photographers more
gracefully than Estellc did, though
doubt not that had her skin been
white instead Of a chocolate brown
she would have blushed. Along
with her rode her mother and
father. After them came a medley
OF colored men and women. Strange
ly enough, with the exception Of
Estelle's mother and Estclle her
SELF, who were mounted on stceds
lent tor the occasion, what riders
there were were men. The women
followed on foot, their heads tied
with bright bandanna handkerchiefs.
Most OF the men and youths, al
though they wore as far as the eve
could see most O. the garments that
convention and climate demanded,
were barefooted They were not
used to walking in boots, and they
had longish way to go. But they
most of them had boots. These were
carried in the hand, and would in
due course be put on at the church
door after . great deal Of polish
ing and pain.
Tho bridegroom went by aneehey
way, and 10 was roA until late that
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

time from half q dozen states.
Stern's deserted her for Forty
second Street. McCreery's and Nc
Cutcheon's left her for Thirty-third.
Best, Lebolt and others fed away
from her to tho Avenue. LIE. Bou-
tillier died with the passing of the
streets glory.
Along Sixty-Avenue from Twenty
third to Eighteenth Street there ran
solid rampant Of great stores fif-
teen years ago. Only one still lives,
and this now stands at Fifth Avenue
and Thirty-third. The others
Ehrich's, O'Neill's, Adams's, Simp-
son, Crawford & Simpson's-all have
gone, and the wholesaler and the
loft operator are the lions and the
lizards who keep their courts.
So Very Long Ago
Not so many years ago in time,
but mighty age when measured
by changes: when our war with
Spain was still q dire and bloody
conflict in mems minds, when the
automobile was greeted with the
chorus, Cit .horse!"; when women
boasted wasp waistlines and high
piled pon1padours, when men were
independently wealthy on a hundred
thousand--say, twenty years ago
Twenty-third Street was to those Of
us who remember her in her Yule-
tide glory at least a byroad 20
paradise.
Christmas time and Christmas
shopping on that street Of thou
sand wonders, buffeted by the crowds
and hauled from glory unto glorv
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
And This in Scotland

The scene Of these horrid doinvs
Is laid In Scotland, land where
naked and hairy men drink buckets
OF warm gore and cut off each others
heads just for that Every castle in
tho whole horrid place has deem
dungeon, where mighty knights
from other lands snatch fair-haired
girls from death. As for drapons
you can't count 'em. They 20 abour
snortfng fire, and a great, tall, lovely
queen named Elizabeth, who haa
flashing eyes, sits ON their backs Yor
pleasure and has a lot OF young
kings who wait on her when thew
ssn's kiln an rsseuing sonsbodv.
Ton souldn+ look as this book. I'm
ssfzg - sDsnA ths usxt month r~sA.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
By Thomas L. Mason

HVERY CHRISTMAS has it's
r. memories. I remember when
I was a little boy I had a
post Christmas diplomatic encounter
with another boy.
He had been presented with a
copy Of Robinson Crusoe and I
sported copy Of Ivanhoe. say
"sported" advisedly. Having re-
tired back Of the ice-incrusted wood
shed for due meditation, conceived
a plan Of attack which, over the long
lapse Of ages, I still regard with
becoming pride. / sported Ivanhoe
before that boy and laid on It's
glamour with a trowel.
Kings and queens" said
mounted on Arabian steeds caper
through these pages and stab each
other to death ever and anon.
Beautiful maidens are rescued bv
the hair Of their heads from mosgv
castles all stuck over with costly
jewels. l wouldn't let you look in
This book Of mine for all the dia-
monds in the world. There's hideous
death In every chapter and rivers
Of blood flow to the sea.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Just a Dream

had dream. The war was owe,
and Uncle Sam, Santa Claus and the
Slums sat down for a conferences.
"My good friend Santa Claus. ,
says the Sluns, offhand-like but stil
looking sad, ''has kept me alive ever,
Christmas now for many years. It,,
true that he hasn't brought me &c
much as others, but after all IT,,
the visit that counts. and / have
never known him not TO come
around, even If he has passed by or
the other side Of the street and iust
given me cheerio."
What are you driving at?" savs
Uncle Sam, uneasily, flecking the
ashes from his flivver. "Ain't
doin' things FOR you2" he goes on
in his lordly way.
"Look at these charitable ,n.tjtn.
tions OF mine," says Uncle Sam
why, when you're staryin' and
highly recommended, don't thew do
something for yer?"
"They amt bad folks" said Santa
Claus, shifting his pack and tann;ng
his stomach thoughtfully. "Mavbe
they don't know everything. but
then-we're all mortal beinps-ex.
cept myself" he chuckled.
"You can't fool me-" said the
Sums, disrespectfully. awe been
reading"
A Discovery
"Whatcher been reading, eh?" said
Uncle Sam, changing his gum "some
Of them highfalutin' social books T
betcher! All about capitalists and
things yer don't know about and I
don't know about and nobody know.
about.~
mo such ding" said tho slums
Il boon rsadin' in book called thu
6iblas and IL says. Suffer Ittls ehfl-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Memories of the Past


There were shiny carriages packed
along the curb, on the front seat of
which q uniformed deity sat behind
sleek horses, while another stood at
attention beside the door. There
were thrilling red cable cars that
slid up and down Broadway in
obedience, when everything worked
properly, to the wheel that tho mo-
torman turned. There we're stall
wart policemen, fatter than those of
to-day and at least foot higher
by reason Of their helmets, who di-
rected the streams of traffic that
have of late years grown into such
unwieldy surgcs.
Along the pavement, calmly OH
structing the passage Of the shon-
pers, were vendcrs of mechanical
toys-models Of those newfareled
automobiles that ran round IN
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
By F. F. Van de Water
"Hrs is in memory Of tb

"HIS Is in memory Of the
Street of Bygone Yuletides.
Where the gray prov OF
the Flatiron divides the tide
Of traffic that washes the flank of
Madison Square, West Twenty-third
Street touches the hurry and color
Of the throng bent on Christmas
shopping and then stretches away
toward Sixth Avenue, desolate and
forgotten.
Northward that tide runs through
she canyon Of Fifth Avenue, strait
fed with the holiday riches Of all the
world, clamorous with the move
ment and speech and laughter Of
million shoppers, brilliant with store
lights cleaning upon holly and
mistletoe and Christmas trees, upon
jewelry and shimmering fabrics and
toys and all the gifts for which the
city seeks.
Alphabetically, Twenty-third Street
watches that splendid flow that used
to sweep across its pavements,
down-at-the-heels, who
MISUNDERSTANDING thoroughfare.
Memory Of Christmas Past
On the eve Of the Day Of Days the
sound Of trumpets softly blown
comes through the frosty air from
the heart Of the square. A fir tree
slowly kindles into light, picked out
against the dark bulk of buildings
in red and blue and orange and green
electric bulbs. The crowd that has
gathered about its base chants the
triumphant "Adeste Fideles."
The echoes run through the Street
Of the Christmases Of Yesteryear
and rouse the ghosts that must
linger along its barren reaches. |
That is as close as the thoroughfare
that was once the chief shrine of the
city's Yuletide preparations ever
gets to the Christmas Of to-day. It |
lies, dark backwater, left stagnant |
and untraveled by the shift in New |
York's human tides that took away
its pomp and pride half generation
ago.
Tenacious Fourteenth Street
Fifth Avenue from Thirtieth to
fiftieth Street is the altar on which !
Manhattan to-day kindles it's holi-
day fires. Before that for many
wears Twenty-third Street from
Broadway and Fifth Avenue to
Sixth was the focal point of all /
Christmas shopping. Earlier still
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

circles, tin men who walked under
foot when they were wound up and
a dozen other marvellous things that
made you desirous Of making radi-
cal alterations in your letter to
Santa Claus.
There were toy windows affording
views of wonders quite as awe
inspiring as can be any vistas cor.
cealed by the pearly gates. With
your nose tight against the plate