CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 153, 26 December 1918, Page 7

CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

"BUSINESS AS USUAL."

Though » southerly on Tuesday morn- | ing threatened to spoil the merrymaking j and shopping of Christmas Eve, the i weather happily did not go further than a frown. People came out as in old times. With the war and the epidemic well over, young and old had "the right li^htnees of heart. The streets were pleasantly lively all day, to the joy of shopkeepers, and business was also brisk in the evening. Musicians did some carolling in the late night. Altogether, Wellington had cause to feel that the meaning and message of Chri6tmas had not passed .away. Yesterday a "coid wikl wind from the sot'th caused a- hugging of firesides, but in the afternoon the sky lost some of its dourness, and many people had a run in the open. GOOD CHEER AT HOSPITALS. Santa' Claus came again to little patients of the Children's Hospital. They had their Christmcs tree, with its ma<ric fruit of toys and other delights. The mirses worked viifch a will to give the young folk happy hours. Adults in the. Public Hospital had also a Yuletide uplift, with a, special dinner and decorations. Patients of the Victoria 'Military Hoa-. pital had a worthy Christmas dinner and award brightened by flowers and verdure. The New Year display of choice millinery made by Miss Abi'ahams, cannot fail to please ladies. The styles are the meet recent, and the effective colour combinations leave nothing to be desired. Miss Abrahams. 236, Lambtonquny, Wellington.—Advt. • The manufacturers of "No ..Rubbing Tj.vjnd.ry Help desire to 'specially thank Wellington housewives for their consistj ent loyalty and appreciation of No Rubbint; Laundry Help, at the same time calling public attention to the fact that the- price is now ]s per carton, containing sufficient for seven weeks' washing. All grocers. —Advfc. Holiday days are here. Hats for the kiddies' beach trips?" See our ' drill, pique, popliu, or silk, Is to 4s lid. George Fowlds, Ltd., Manners-street.— Advt. There is a coupon in every tin of Hudson's Balloon Brand Baking Powder that entitles you to receive a free copy oF the famous Balloon Baking ; Book. Buy a tin to-da.y at H. D. Bennett, | Ltd., Latr.bton-qu'ay and Willis-street.— Advt. } For dainty remembrances at Christmas Tide, give ono of our exquisitelyperJVined Eschets, or k fancy basket of flov.-crr. Arranged by our floral arli.-t.p.w.' Mhs Murray, Vice-Regal Florist. Willis-street.—Advt. War ivyainst dirt! Every clay tho neoessilv of kwiing- the home free from dirt ii 'broii/'il Jiomn to us with tragic force. Iniluenin' "iiist be checked, and the most important ihinj is to procure a Daisy Vnciuia Cleaner. By usinsr *ho Daisy in the iioino y<"i are free from dirt and-dust (tho greatest known germ-carriors). Cn.ll in and let us prove that tho Daisy is the deadly enemy of dust and dirt. Oscar Hewett n-nd Co., 56, Cuba-street (just bslow Bank of N.Z.).-Advt.