CHRISTMAS-TIDE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 78, 26 December 1907, Page 7

CHRISTMAS-TIDE.

Wji\ SCENE IN THE CITY. : v ■-'fiH;:...-; ■■■ . ■.-■;'. ; ■ • ;. ;^'HAPPY HOLIDAY "CROWDS. .- is, in softie.respects, merrier '.; ;.'. in. .Christmas' Day., itself '.'. In combines tho '■■'• jpiness,.of.anticipated,joys with the pre'*T '• .it 'joy of spending. Anticipation, it is ..'•'■■■{tj, is• always hotter than reality, and the ,Id rerlastiiig joy'. of ..spending is enhanced. on the .us-occasion by the knowledge of its unmea''Jfishness -and .a', which cannot : a 'rre jidpiprofusicni. C ( are was fliing.to the .winds, Coui ?;reins w.erp ;giybn to every, pleasant mood, .d it. w.as- a' crowd frankly, ' innoceutly ... that surged through .tho, city streets •Jori; Tuesday-night.-^; : -- ; ,' ■' -..' ■ :': ; ;; The .elements'were' favourable.' After the clay a cooling, breezo, sot' in at oven- ' Ltidfi/fand. through - a few;.. drops of : rain camo • Vjth'it , ,:"theynvere. not onough to/spoil-any--I'Jdy's hat,' or evon damp anybody's pleasure ii'tn; serious fears of such [disaster. Every ftjeajjj'Mvas, present in tho , crowd; :but, it was a h - -■ ■. jjdren's, - outing ■'mainly. ;•: The ■ children J [Onged:' through; narrow, .streets, with * n unpe't;-; whistlo,.■- month-organ, ,and; every tbo - !f er i" musical" dovico that fills tho.youth-thby;-;?oul-with glee.;. The seven-foldjblast from t ■• 3- Isra'elitish. trumpets- at. which; the: walk .y: Jericho fell.-down .-flat was faint, besidq B u »Vat. tumult;: and-tho ttuimlt ; w.as liofemerely cap-iydh-foldiv.but'unceasing. »..-Yet,-itho.-walls of .- ] follington- withstood-,it,-.:staid, elderly..folk, _ -tfbuld' have ;clapped hands to.their , cars »nd- looked,<-as-though,;:they- had'.been asV "naulted- any other tiino'ionly,..smileUj-indul- ' "; '|*ently.' in .their /Christmas■.•'humour, , ..and ...wheeled_-nmong.;a.; w.hirl : -.of--., kncea, V.;slept;tranqiiilly .wjien,they, could; contain'no c ; .v'. ■.. - . /.' \-V .- * r .'vNo>'one' h'asi.an..enemy, on. Christmas Eve. f, o 'The4streets rang .with : (pleasant greetings, ■■'?."\opesifor. ; .a happy day and prosperous year; j wr iops'..rwor«;like,,.crowded.ovens,, the .heat efji.'juroa:.ibtth: from t.hein■.open., doors,...while deJ'f-Wng,'' tired-;assistahts rushecl. hither t - and to'.j'Mi? jvithin '.among a press.'o( ipiirchasers; ■'I'lipps' that''sell 'Christmas" faro had lain in fVextraordinary provision,, but many of them ' had sold right, out in many lines before tho I welcome hour"of-fixing shutters,' Arms ached-, •I withv-.cutting ham. 'in' slices that iveref.'evo'r as the evening advanced. f - In the ?;brush of customers it -was'positivq relief when Jj-" saveloys are off." ''Telephone complaints j) and queries-, were 'answered. in a , voico -of tj'weary-, resignation.;.,.." returns. , .'- . over • the o fcounter ;v.'ere accepted argument; oi;tin'd another client's orddr given in exchange, for sake ■■•' present peace. ■ aa --.Progifcoa wasslpw; andrho.t, and difficult', at iii' the icrowded footpaths, and the-roads Oi rere; hardly' less crowded.'': .Yet in tho' streets ot'ione, except small- babies, seemed' to get Ct lired. Children powers wl if endurance. 'And everyone was generous h> |p'd .contented. It must have been a most b . Exceptional .disposition oil her gallant's part ■-gg.bh.at..led-...an extraordinary lady to complain, cu .i 3 she.did, loudly, "Well, if you're too jjo laming mean to shout— '-"- : . . . " tiK-v , ;- ■ ■''■-:.-■■:-'/:■■ =; - : :.„•<•,.'.::■.'•;'•. -.." ■