The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17
STARTED WITH A RUSH
Holiday Trade Is Now in Full
Blast.
HENNESSYS is CROWDED
With Thousands: OF Things for Christ
mas-Ftne Goods Find Ready
Sale - A Vast Variety
to Select From.

From the present outlook this COM
ing week, the week before Christmas,
will be. the busiest one in the history
of Butte, and it's many merchants are
correspondingly happy
Perhaps in no previous years have
there been such extensive preparations
made to meet the demands of seekers
after holiday gifts. Yesterday was a
particularly busy day and the business
started early.
If buyers would only appreciate how
much better attention they can receive
from the leading stores in the morn
ing. few would leave their shopping
until the afternoon or evening, when
the rush for goods is so great.
The holiday trade has started well at
Hennessys and the $4,000 square feet
of floor space is crowded to it's utmost
capacity with good things for Christ
mas.
Did you visit this grand store during
last week? There was a special exhibit
end opening of the finest chinas, por-
celains, cut glass. statuary and bric-a-
brac generally. 1t was a surprise to
many that such fine goods could find
such a ready sale. 1t was still great
er surprise that so many choice speci-
mems and such a vast variety of things
new and beautiful should find a short
| resting place in this one store. In Hen
nessy's art room in the basement are
lovely pieces from the worlds most cell
ebrated potteries in the highest style of
artistic decoration You will see here
RoyalV Jenna, Royal Teplitz, Royal Dres-
den and the delicately pretty Belleek, the
| genuine English Doulton, Cauldon and
| the new Intarsio ware, some 300 stun
ming stems from Mettlach's famous
| German pottery and a pretty assort-
ment of Cloisonne. Satsuma and Lou
welsa pieces, with hundreds of others
equally noticeable. Adjoining the art
room, in the large basement bazaar.
are toys, dolls and a million other
things to please the children. Surely
Santa Claus has his home here, for no.
where else can be found such a goc-
geous display of things bright and
| beautiful.
After examining all these pretty
things, wander to the silk department
and feast your eyes upon rich text
ures, viewing supply presumably suf-
| f1cient to supply every woman in Butte.
| The notion department has a showing
| that's very captivating to women. Fine
kid gloves. silk stockings, real lace
| handkerchiefs, pretty articles for the
toilet. and myriads of little things made
for the holiday season. See In the
shoe department the ever favorite Slip
| pers for men and women, the finest
| shoes for men, Banster's and the IA
nous EEEE shoes of every de-
| scription for women. You can't buy
| any better.
Walk over to the mems side Of the
| house and observe the piles of smok-
| ing jackets, dressing gowns, suits and
| overcoats, neckwear, jewelry and hol-
iday goods of the choicest kind. Sure
| ly this is a favorite spot for women,
| for nowhere else in the West can be
etr
| everything pertaining to mans wear
| ing apparel or for his luxurious COM
| fort. ),
Take the elevator to the second floor
and everything for women and child
rem is seen in the grandest variety,
| Fashionable fur garments and collar
| cites, stylish wraps and dainty petit
coats, jaunty jackets and winning
| waists. Everything for boys. girls and
| the wee little babies Do you fancy
the best suit of clothes or overcoat
that can be made for man? Our tail
| oring department can make it. Is any
thing in the stationery line needed?
| Here are pens, ink and paper, type
writer's and calendars, books, from the
| Bible down to a popular novel or a
| book of poems. the picture of pretti-
ness in its dainty cover. Go to the next
floor and you can pick from the finest
assortment in Montana exactly what
Is needed 10 complete the furnishing
Of your home or gladden. the heart Of a
| loved one.
Christmas presents can be useful as
we'll as beautiful and a soft down
comfort fine blanket pair curtains
or draperies will prove to some more de-
sirable than anything else that can be
mentioned. When it comes to making
gifts, each one has to use his or her
individual taste. One thing is certSip,
| Hennessy's store contains more to
crafty that taste, and that, too. at a
moderate price, than any house in the
West. Above all things, begin your
shopping as early in the week as posi-
BILE, and as early in the day as you
can, then you can feel satisfied with
your purchases. and with yourself, re-
Numbering Hennessy's holiday goods
are the best.