The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-25
BROKE THE RECORD
Wichita'8 Splendid Holiday
Trade a Marvel.
MERCHANTS ARE HAPPY
Shoppers Wanted the Best
Articles on the Market.
MERCHANTS ARE HAPPY

started early and lasted until Z O'Clock
last night has been a splendid ore as e
record breaker and without any doubt &
was the busiest time in the history Of
Wichita at Christmas time.
Yesterday was great day with the
merchants. It did not make any differ.
ence who the merchant was. he and his
clerks had all that they could attend tc
from g o'clock in the morning until late
last night People were out to buy and
they did buy as IS evlnced by the look OF
satisfaction on every wichita merchants
face today.
In number Of respects the Christmas
trade has been a record breaker. It com
/ menced early. People went out to DO
! their shopping before people 10 general
! were aware that Christmas was near.
/ There were many who had determined to
/ do their buying before the rush. They
! did not succeed in avoiding a crowd for
! there were hundreds of others who had
/ exactly the same idea about the matter.
Last week was a splendid one for shop
pers with the exception of Saturday.
Many people were out that day but not
/ ing the numbers as expected. Yester-
day was the big day of the entire time.
/ Clerks could not handle the crowds. 1t
was entirely impossible. The rush was
great and sometimes it seemed Impossible
to enter the stores. As was predicted in
the Eagle it was the banner day of the
/ Christmas trade and never before in the
history Of Wichita has one day in Wich-
ita eQualled it. People bought all kinds
Of presents and one thing noticeable Is
the buying was ell of the high class
of goods. They had money to spend and
usually wanted the best that could be
found. Christmas today viii be a happy
one in Wichita homes. for presents galore
have been received and given in a true
Christmas spirit
Regarding the trade in Wichita, there Is
only one answer. It was the greatest
trade that Wichita has even seen. Every
merchant had nothing but words Of salts
faction as to the week past
Following are a number Of the express
sions from a few Of Wichita's merchants
regarding the trade during the Christmas
season:
trade that we have ever had. We had
all that we could do to handle it and
without any doubt it has been the great
est Christmas shopping that Wichita has
ever seen. We are satisfied and people
over southern Kansas win have a merry
Christmas"
l. r. Varney-"We could hardly handle
our trade. 1t has been so heavy. It has
been the best trade since we started up
here and we have had the greatest
amount of business at any time in our
history"
Edward Vail-"It has been the greatest
trade in the history Of our business. We
could not have handled more people in
our store and it seemed that It was
crowded from morning until late at night
1t has been a great time In Wichita"
A NJ. Weinschenk-"W have had the
heaviest trade in our history. 1t seemed
that we would have to lock the doors at
times IN order to wait on the people. We
could not ask for anything better"
Morsman, lines & Co.-"Our trade has
been splendid. we have had all that our
force of clerks could attend to. We are
pleased and believe that it was the
Chas. Mosbacher-"Our trade has been
heavy Could not ask for more It was
all that we could take care Of and that
is a record breaker IN Wichita"
Cash Henderson-"Our trade has been
heavy. Our clerks have been busy. One
nice thing is that the trade was even and
we could handle it better that way than
any other. 1t was a splendid time IN
Wichita and we are glad to have parti-
ciDated IN it."
George lines & Co-"Our trade has
been phenomenal Our clerks have been
rushed all of the time. This is probably
the greatest trade that we have had and
people bought heavily Of the better class
Of goods. We are well pleased with our
trade and could not ask for better"
Stevens Clothing Cove have had a
fine trade. and it commenced early OF
course we had one quiet day and that
was Saturday. Our trade today has
been more than we could handle People
began coming early and this afternoon
and night it was a crush. One noticeable
thing is that people are buying good ar
ticles"
c. r. Fulton's Christmas trade this year
has by far exceeded that of any previous
year. The rush began earlier and con-
dnued later than ever before. II am more
than pleased. During the rush / have
had - men employed and this fact alone
viii give you an idea Of the amount OF
business transacted" Mr. Fulton re-
membered each one Of his regular en-
ployes. twenty-seven in all with a 500
gold piece.