The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-24
TAKE YOUR PICK.
Timely Tips for Helpless
Buyers.
IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Prices and Presents From Which the
Undecided Can Easily flake
Their Selections.

"Oh, dear; will some one tell me what to
get for Christmas present p is the cease
less question of the hour. and 1t applies to
father, mother, brother, sister, sweetheart
husband and wife.
1t is particularly at Christmastide that
those two large sections of humanity who
have DO "ideas" at all, or else so many ideas
that they don't know which to select. come
erowding in 10 the prominent foreground.
The lucky few Of quick intelligence and
decisive action have long ago decided upon
and made their purchases before the crowd
fills up the stores.
The nearer the approach of the eventful
day the nearer comes the crush of good
hearted men, women and children still won
dering what they should get, aud becoming
more and more bewidered at the confusing
tumble Of riches which are spread before
their gaze.
To assist these good people TO arrive at
some conclusion before it becomes too late
for the great gift day occasion CALL re-
porter set forth to collect and arrange ideas
of practical people for the benefit of their
less decided brothers and sisters.
Even with the arranged ideas the same
difficulty will present itself as TO selection
and cUst.
A practical piece of advice. emanating
from one of those bright. pretty and intel
iigent young women who stand behind the
counter, was:
at is impossible to partieulariZs where
you are Offering suggestions 10 a mscel-
laneous multitude OF tastes and purses.
Let each giver consider what things are
wanted by the recipient
Every one wants number OF things all
the year round" she explained with the
! smile of one who knows.
Now, let the giver sean your list OF Item
lied suggestions and select an article. The
price? Well, each article will be found TO
cost from SO and so upward, so that makes
! innumera0le prices for each article, accord
| ing to style ana quality.
That. however, is a matter easily ar
ranged, for nowadays every store publishes
Christmas catalogue giving lists of prices
| IN fullest detail IL is simple matter Tor
| the would-b be giveT 10 pick up such cata-
logue aud arrange set of gifts according to
| his purse"
Intelligent toys are all the rage in
these days" said an authority in one OF
the great emporiums of the city.
There is no demand worth speaking OF
| Tor senselesS toys.
Boys want exact limitations in miniature
OF steam engines. locomotives, building
blocks, guns, etc, and girls require,
not so much the lay figure or the doll rs ma
terials and means 10 dress and cloihe it.
The toys that command the greatest So lie
to-day are the progressive building blocks
which can be played with as a game or
! worked up from age To age until the child
| develops into an architect"
Give 'em eyerfng," was the enthusiastic
but impracticable suggestion of blue-eye d
| little Gamsel Of years of age who had been
taking deep interest in a discussion on gifts
| 10 little brothers and sisters.
The only person who could give detaile ed
| list on sudden demand, out Of dozen eX.
| pert sales men AID women consulted, was
| a bright young lady in a MaTket-streei
| shDp WIN yentured The following.