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Show YULETIDK. HOW THE JOYFUL DAY IS ANTICIPATED IN SALT LAKE. Crowdnof Ciay Shopper Throng the Streets -Tnliiue anil Elegant Shop Window Attraction That Adorn the Principle Prin-ciple Thoroughfares. After today, two more revolution of t tie terrestial sphere around the sun and then the ISfllst iinnivcisary of the'.'.MIi of Deremlwr, on which the Redeemer of the world win iKT'i.wi!'. lie ushered In and lite ureal heart of ( hriniciulom w ill Ihiob with joy and reVcr-i reVcr-i nce. The ancient and truly Christian cua. t mi of p receiitiri!; token of peace, mid Jove, it'id jrood will to friends on Cliri-tnias lsy ban lot nothing hy tlie Uitrlit of time. On the contrary. It has increased in practice with the Increasing years, until now our hearts so out in sympathy to the lonely lie. ini: man, woman and child for an expression expres-sion of who-e love or remembrance no one looks on Christmas morning. The dream of happy childhood are of Kris Kntmle and his wonderful pack, containm-,' all that stops to make child life joyous bright and rfy. Salt Lake's Btreets are crowded every cvuiiitii; with shoppers and aij;ht.eers. At no olher season of the year does euch a suninif, tlironiriu;, intcrmiiiable itcd in front of his market opposite the Walker hom.p. II. K. HloehACn., the liquor dealers at No. 15 and 17 Commercial treet, have on exhibition at their establishment a line collection of choice liquors and wines suitable for the holidays hol-idays and are doinir an extensive business busi-ness among the lending families ut the city who are attracted by the hirh stand of their goods. K. M. Jones, the elO'tfieinn,- has In his show window on First South East street the most beautiful electrie light di-p!y ever e.cn in the west. It is a huge bunch of elee-irical elee-irical globe, of all shades, arranged In the form of a hugu botiuel. When lighted at night it revolves und an Ingenious piece of mechanism alternately shut- and open the circuits connecting 1 lie various rotor, producing pro-ducing a Hashing i ffect that is truly magnili. cent . 1'iirllier up Main street the windows of the Z. (.. M. I. an' tilled with holiday goods and command the attention 01 shoppers. The ili-pliy of Ibis establishment i fully e.iiii! to linit of auy In the city and its Ikihiii, during Hie holidays has been enormous. (ioldMiiitii X Co., the weil-knowu clothier on Main street, present in their window one of the most novel and attractive sights to I c seen along the street. It is a repro. ductiouiif the great charity bail of New York. 1 he urea! show w indow i arranged as a ball room und on it polished floorabout lil'lv couples are engaged in the mazy figures of the. wnllz. The miniature ladies and gentlemen areall dres-ed in f nil evening costume end the arrangement of the ligurcs are mot natural and lite-liko. and generally good nulured stream of humanity hu-manity block the streets and crowd about the elegantly adorned show windows and fill the establishments where attractive wares of every description arrest the eye, as at Yule-tide. Other seasons have their dis. tinetive features, but never lire the people of 1 Palt Lake as happy a , lit Christmas' approach. ap-proach. .Never before in Snlt Lake's have the show windows blazed with more bright, lights of lis many color or presented as varied and rich adornment as those that have sprung into existence the lust few day. It would appear that the coming Christmas would be one of extraordinary happiness to the little people of this city. Santa (': is Is not the only busy personage person-age at this lime. I'nclc Sam is equally oecu- 1 pied and will share the labor of love with 1 the benevolent gift-giver. Lnele Sinn's duties are to distribute 1 he Christmas pres. ents sent to other cilies, and as a rule he is always faithful and accurate in the perform-anee perform-anee of his duties. A visit to the poslollice will convince anyone that he is sparing not a moment to do everything possible to make his nieces and nephews happy. Many packages pack-ages and parcels are daily received marked and consigned to all portions of the country. The. postal authorities are having a busy time in the handling of Christmas presents deposited in the. mail. Postmaster Kenton and his assistants promptly uuswer all questions ques-tions and suiply the demand of the endless stream of patrons that visit the olliee iu In. Teasing numbers w ith the near approach of the joyful day. The merchants vie with each other iu the display of their wares. There are many elegant and novel designs, while the conventional Christmas tree, with Its hundreds of caudles, is by no means a forgotten object iu many of the windows. Among the decorations, that in the window ofJLlpmau, Walleustein & Co., the clothiers, is one of the most original and has attracted at-tracted great attention. It is a reproduction reproduc-tion iu miniature of the Deep Creek mining camp, showing in full operation a railroad Into it. The work is most realistic, showing show-ing on tho various hillsides the different locations of the well known claims, and exhibiting ex-hibiting .1 hoisting works in full operation raisiug ore aad putting it on the dump. It is a typical ruining camp, with saloons "and all the modern etceteras. et-ceteras. Then? is a five stamp mill at work pulverizing ore, and a railroad pas-senger pas-senger train that arrives and stops at an elegant ele-gant brick passenger depot. The mechanism it. propelled by an electric motor. Another unique and novel window piece Is displayed in the window of llirsehman's shoestoic. It is a production of the I te pass in Colorado, as seen in mid winter. The pass i covered with snow, and a returning re-turning freighter is having a hard time of it in descending the diflicult pass. One of the largest and handsomest dis-plays dis-plays of Christmas novelties and holiday pood is to bo seen in the mammoth windows of the new store of Walker Kros. ,t Fyler. The windows have been arranged by an artist iu window decoration, and their beauty has attracted many thousands of visitors and shoppers. The doll show in one of the windows is the most magnificent display that has ever been seen in the west. Tho Freed furniture company, at their commodious stores on South State street near the Knutsford. aro tilled w ith a great stock of handsome furniture and Christmas goods selected especially for the present sesson. The stock of toys displayed at this establishment is one of the lurgeat and handsomest in the territory. Colin liros., the enterprising Main street dry goods dealers are far up at the head of the procession and no handsomer windows are to be seen among the many beautiful beau-tiful ones in the city. Their window dressers have been given carte blanche for the display of their artistic talents, and the results ire sstonlshing. Rich laces and silks are draped and arranged iu shspis most pleasing and fascinating to the eye and at all tiioe attract larce Crowds. In front of the establishment of F. Auer-baeh Auer-baeh & Bro. admiring eiowds are found at any hour of tbe day and evening. The exhibition ex-hibition of rich are? and Christmas novel-lies novel-lies is very fine and there aie do more attractive at-tractive windows on the street. Numerous colored globes, of various shades, artistically arranged, with beautiful flowers, and plants of every kind, In the show windows of Spin, ccr it Lynch, the shoe dealers, produce a most beautiful effect. Crowds are always to be seen in front of this window. L. Hollander makes an interesting display by the tempting array of tine diamonds, watches, jewelry and silverware grouped in hi windows. Lover of tine meats should not fail to see tlie Hue displak made by the popular market man, Martin Lannon. Some of the iim-t beeves ever seen iu the territory are cxliili- |