The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-21

Some Places in Which Goods Are
Shown.
STOREKEEPERS GETTING READY.
Now Is the Time TO Select Goods.
Handsome Warches--Dry Goods and
Hats--Lamps and Bicycles--Pictures
and Frames--Everything That suits

The last steamer to leave Homo
lulu prior to Christmas will be on
December 9Th, so that whatever
gifts are bought here to be sent
away must be selected before that
time. Nearly all of the merchants
here are making extensive prepara-
tions for large holiday trade, and
those who did not go to the States
or to Europe to select the goods in
their various lines placed their
orders with their foreign agents
with instructions to buy largely, as
they could buy advantageously.
The result of their efforts will be
seen in every store in Honolulu
during the next two weeks.
In the toy stores Kriss Kringle
will hold carnival, but not to any
greater extent than at some of the
other stores. The improvement in
toys during the past two or three
years has been SO great and the
cost of manufacture so much re-
duced that the boy of five or more
years ago who was satisfied with a
drum, if he were tot today could
have a whole band of music, and
not have it cost his father any more
money.
But toys are not the only thing
prepared for the holiday season;
more substantial articles have been
purchased by the dealers SO that
the husband who wants to make
his wife happy during Christmas
and for years to follow will have
no difficulty in doing so without
sending to the Coast for the arti--
cles.
b. F. EhIers & Co.
VIII have a large assortment of
the latest style jackets and dress
goods besides some carefully select
ed chenille and silk portierres.
There is always to be found in this
old established house such goods
for ladies and children as can be
selected in any of the large stores
in New York or San Francisco.
Honolulu is unquestionably the
place for shoes of every description
from the matted sandal of the Jap
anese to the elegant kid slipper for
the highest lady in the land.
The Manufacturers Shoe Co.
on Fort street near Hotel of which
d. B. Smith is manager has a
stock of foot gear replete with
everything from the coarse brogan
to the best thing made in
France. The store is conveniently
located and is furnished with
everything necessary to make the
fitting of new shoes a pleasure.
Mr.. Smith had in stock prior to
the rise in leather enough shoes
to fit the feet of every one
in the islands. Recently he
visited the principal shoe man
ufacturers in the United States and
personally selected $4,000 stock
for a wholesale department which
he has inaugurated. The fact that
the Manufacturers Shoe Company
has been for some time past in
position to purchase largely for
cash enables them to offer the
patrons of the store an excellent
article at low price, considering
the advance in leather. An inno-
walton here, introduced by Mr..
Smith, is a person who thoroughly
shoe fitting, trade in
itself. One of the best in the United
States was engaged by Mr.. Smith
when he was abroad, and he may
be found at the store at all times to
fit shoes to big and little feet.
A recent number of Shoe and
Leather Facts, paper published
in the interests of shoe and leather
dealers, contained a half-tone pic
ture of the interior of the Manu-
facturers Shoe Company here with
a very complimentary mention.
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