The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-20
S. 4 [:
THAT I HI ! I i; ]. ALL |,
Livery One is in the Madding
Christmas Crowd
Now.
SOME IMPORTED BEAUTIES
These Are Soft-Colored Pictures
Of Split#Yarr,-Markct
Conditions.

Conditions. VEN a.
3.338
.------------------- {95,
r,,,,,,,,a,,,, /. .,.,n-h t,,a $50.
49,, -. - i'' 1as's ~ ~ So
ahhua shopping period. Months anu
even year ago proprletors of the Rich.
n,ond stores Il hrouuh thar BUYERS. hnve
noa,, /, ,,,,,,, i, $500 49, ,,,,s s.,.o, 20.
49, go 80 ''''s - s'oo" ~ $50. u
markable5 for the enormous amount OF
money put In circulation. The man
WIN Icon lenen h,aS ,,onov nnw would be
NJ II - 4, 'S,a,,,,, ra,.,,,.
a "ol'uet' nose ' rel''a!Aa'o'y otAoo''S'
distributors of the funds. Willingly OF
4unwillngly supplied by the head Of the
hen.o ~ Ia Az. ~ ,bo STRAIT rrorn
i.s.e,t..,, ~. :.
early no'nl's untl' 'ol'e l'"st IL 49,
for dewy eve buying, buying ever ouy-
Ing, and md enough yellow paper VIII nave
been USED N wrapping ounaies curing
the two, weeks preceding Chrlstma Is 10
carpet ttne entire slte VI ne e'.y y. ns
, ,.n!a " supply NJ" ''' YIN uol'' -
s. .n. :, ,,,.uo,,,, 49,,
nn,ilc,,,ar 1vS7, ~ nyoninrs when the
I'LL, ~. e go s,.ea ! :, a,,rin
Nc r,s, ,vaa,, ,.n o seothinr aver.
, ara ng pn nm 20 ,.nieIaosconic il the col.
ore nrnsenteei r. Inc onIonlser Quite
o,,,, i,ar ~ ~ :. st ,ns a.s Using Incan-
u lyt,t alNtt n
t,,is ve,r - q rnc, ottentIonF "a theIr win.
dow disnIa v. rhese are beautiful and
so,,o ,,,,i,a -, t,o.n.n 49, q z
MrIWr.y' ri ,rNrr1rrI1,
mo ranrle nccnrd,no ia ihe merchnnts.
80 &c sr, nrS n,oneu n,entlfmI,v This sea.
Son pnt wlihstand Ia losses experi.
nood ~, =, !, We tha simmer Rich
en..a ~ ..ia 80 :" ,o VIZ hrne,h, IN ~
,'!''. psup ,ta, =, Hhrst n,os and n
,iafe Soou . .s a. 1880, ~ +ha
, - Wy aos. t,rno ,,enna ,hat money
. sat . t Ell ,,rasents mis-, h. bought.
nI ~ ,,n,,sai,eeners make speciai prep.
~" e,,s ,,,,,a,s nn C,hristmas ant,
a.u.on u, -, u ~ ,.s,,, ~ a,aak
:, = ~ ro,1,v ,,on, nrasents WIN be az.
np ,t,,., 0n ~ ~ 49,, -.
aa IN yeaI ;,. 'ne u
ISL s.!s lil.i1 gus - s.uN''e
t,ihn WANING ~ tENchiIlsil's 70 pu'e'S ac'
cloentai ana dGite natural one senos
mementoes 70 MS pest lrlend: Inns IS
oone ttoll, choice.5 MS oest irlenu ss s,,
gifts to those ne estcsms highly' Ihat
includes. doubtless, many who sent to
MN. certainly many gifts ~ articles,
and especially In money. are sent to the
poor by generous people at3tl1ls happy
season with no thought Of return. The
consciousness OF having given and made
some one happier IS quite sufficient
IMPORTED NOVELTIES,
the stores seem to be imported goods.
Yankee ingenuity apparently took a va
cation all last summer. while the Ger
mans. ln4their toy shops. and the Danes,
mt their looms. were busy turning out
articles intended@to bring back American
gold In their EplaceR iH6H E sstsz,A -
One Yankee novelty, however, to be
found In the jewelry stores as well as
in the department stores isSthe silver on
cut glass. The effect Is very pretty. par
ticularly for perfumery bottles. decanters
and pocket TASKS. n e
In some Of the department stores
VIVA tever angle ills seen apparently
soft light Is falling upon It. No wonder!
when yarn, six or seven times split. ls
used in making them. They are yarn
upc cloth, and framed One cannot help
wanting them. They are quite espen-
slve, and many. doubtless. can only at.
ford to see them in the glass cases ID
which they are kept
MARKET. SUPPLY.
Besides being time for buying. CIV
Ing and the gentle art OF receiving,
Christmas is great for the enormous
quantity of indigestible food consumed.
G,rhe holiday season would be very dull.
ACCORDING to the notions of many. II this
were not so, on account Of the ban.
quoting propensfties of the genus homo
at this eason, the market man Will have
to proyitle himself with enormous SUP
niles but only IN certain kinds OF food
The fact is, while the market huckstes
Is the foragcr to whom the housekeeper
looks for supplies, he is not the one who
really does the thinking and scfemng
dry at tic he wrong time. The man who