The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-14
Sights
In the Store
Windows.

i've season. as manifested ON the
Malnland are entirely wanting, there
u left no possible room for doubt tho,
the years period of great good win is
nigh at hand.
me information Is written large i
the store windows OF the city wbic-
are Just now crowded with a dazzlinu
assortment OF articles. useful. orna-
mental and unclassible. one and an
bearing the inscription printed in inLs
OF divers colors. Christmas Present.
what an uncanny medley Of gifts
greets the eye as one wanders along
the business thoroughfares of the
town! Christmas is essentially the
children's celebration. and il is to the
wishes OF the younger generation that
the tradesmen make a special point of
catering.
IL has been said and well said that
there Is not anything new under the
sun. and In the matter Of Christmas
presents there certainly Is not. Some
OF the goods exhibited this year have
been trotted out and displayed on the
same shelf In the same store for the
past five Christmastides.
Two mechanical toys IN particular
are noticeable In this respect. the old
man who aimed with fy-swatter. pa
tiently awaits the coming Of mus MUS
culus and the twin cats with ribbons
round their necks which jig ioyously
90 each others fiddling on a glass en-
cased stage.
The small boys of the town wot well
the locality OF these diverting objects.
and daily throng the window, where.
when wound up, the menagerie is wont
TO perform. As n drawing card they
are immense. and their value as such
probably accounts for their annual
temperance on the Christmas field of
action. Or. maybe. their owner out
OF regard for their services in the
matter of crowd-gathering, feels affec-
tionately toward them. and would not
part with them for gold. silver or
precious stones. having decided 20 pen
sion them as was pensionsd the charg-
er of the great Napoleon.
lie Is an interesting Parsonage. Is the
old man with the iy disturber. and hi
otire as we'll as his attitude il strik-
ing. His dressing gown Is yellow in
color and pientifully. speckled with
lclaret-hued spots: the sleeves OF the
robe are red. The white nightcap with
its tassel of blue. is a chaste coDcep-
ton not likely TO be forgotten when
once seen. Five years ago thi@ same
olm man was just as usefully employed
In waiting for this Identical mouse as
he Is today. lie has never caught the
rodent. however. and its elusive quail
tiles have aged the old man consid-
erably: another seasons monkeying
With that mouse will inevitably land
the aged lump OF senility behind the
bars OF lunatic asylum. A man who
puts in Ave Christmases endeavoring
to administer the quietus to an unof-
Tending mouse. Is a doddering idiot.
anyway.
The mouse. Il will be noticed, ap-
pears to have no kick coming. but
seems TO rather enjoy the fun, and
gives his tormentor the same old ha-
IA as ne did In the year ammo domini
1896.
The musical. beribboned cats. next
l door but one. are second only in juve-
| nile popularity 20 the Aforementioned
bauble Time has dealt kindly with
them. but out of compliment 10 their
up-to-date admirers their legs should
be initiated into the intricacies OF rag
\ time: the pas de deux or the 1895 win
tage Is Just n little obsolete in the
present year Of grace. They are good
hammered cats. however, and play
their parts to the best Of their ability,
So far he " from the writer To dis
eliminate.
And then there are the mutinously
colored plush picture frames and pho
tograph albums. the latter bearing on
their covers a bell with liberty
written above IL. horseshoe SUI
mounted with the words good luck,
and Iooking-glass. The whyness OF
the bell and the wherefore OF the
horseshoe are questions the answers
Of which grow only on the Christmas
tree.
There are thousand and one
Christmas novelties" all worthy OF
extended double-leaded press notices;
rainbow embroidered silk handker-
chiefs Kaleidoscope neckties, pearly
sleeve links bemetalled with grotesque
initials. curious worries. impossible
Autographs. eastern oddities, fantastic
draperies. trumpets that blow. dolls
that squeak woolly ba-sheep, horses
with tails OF real hair, gatly painted
halls for the babies. culpable smoking
Jackets. expurged editions OF Mother
Goose tin rats that wind up and are
IAN made To- run. and green Christmas
trees bravely decorated with sparkling
tinsel.
Christmas II OF verify within hail
ing distance. and the boys and girls
together with the spectacle lovint
Portuguese and the simple. big-heartet
Hawaiians are glad OF u, and stroll
from store window 10 store window
gazing their OBJ at the wonderful
sights that yearly appear and vanish
with the Christmas season.