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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
6
A vivid East Side night scene describes crowded streets jammed with shoppers and onlookers. It portrays the bustle, fashion, and rough character of Christmas shopping amid dense crowds, focusing on a tough girl and her escort slipping through the throng toward gifts and spectacle.
Bernard Thomas recounts a bustling East Side Christmas Eve with bells, vendor cries, and crowded shops. He contrasts poverty and yearning with holiday bustle, noting peddlers, coin bargains, and a throng of shoppers seeking gifts as midnight tolls echo.
The article recalls old English Christmas customs with mumming or masquerading as a survival of pantomime. It highlights the Lord of Misrule as master of ceremonies during twelve days, with authority to command and amuse, noting lavish costs and ceremonial roles. It also mentions the Prince of Wales’s Christmas tree celebrations and the traditional burial of the Magi’s bodies in Cologne Cathedral.
In a festive holiday panorama, upper Broadway and surrounding streets glow with lights and crowds. Wealthy shoppers admire jewelry and silverware while delivery wagons overflow with parcels. windows showcase moving scenes of Santa Claus and historic figures as fashionable crowds press along Sixth Avenue and Fourteenth Street in a bustling holiday rush.
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