The Washington times., 1905-12-28

much the other way and everybody ap-
peared to have money to spend"
At the William Hahn shoe stores the
same conditions were advanced when
inquiry was made as TO how the Christ
mas trade suited them.
Our three stores never had such a
holiday trade SC far back as L can re-
member" said William Hahn. the Junior
member OF the firm 1T is true the
weather favored us 10 some extent, but
nevertheless in the general run of trade
we had an enormous one Our stock
was much run down, bur we have sup
planted that with a new stock now, and
are again ready for just such another
r1sh. Summing II up on the whole, re
had an exceptional December trade in
each of our stores, but on account of
our resources experienced no difficulty
in handling ft-"
Hecht & Co.
For general retail store, such as
ours is, Z can be truthfully said that
this years holiday trade was far in
excess of our brightest hopes" said Mr..
Klein. saIesmanager of Hecht & Co.
There was no one article in our vast
assortment of goods that showed better
sales than other articles. This, you
might say, gigantic Christmas business
for us was partly attributed 10 our pop
ular and liberal ideas of credit, and the
of the store should also be taken into
consideration, as in ten years we have
increased our floor space from 5000 feet
TO 10000 feet"
Palais Royal.
A Lisner. of the Palais Royal. stated
that the season had passed even the
most sanguine expectations of the
firm. Mr.. Lisner said: Those who have
been employed to compile the report of
the sales made during the Christmas
shopping season are hardly able to be
lieve the story that the figures tell The
rush began early in the season and con-
tinued at a brisk rate until the Monday
preceding Christmas.
From that cay until Christmas eve
the sales increased until they reached
a figure that IL is hard to realize. We
like 10 take some of the credit for the
unprecedented sales to ourselves. for il
WAS due TO The anticipation of the rush
that we were able TO give our customers
a fresh stock to select from until Sat
urday night We laid in stock that
some of our brother merchants thought
was the height OF folly, but We won on
the chance that we took.
There Is another condition that the
shopping for this year brought out and
that IS the change for the better in the
tastes OF the people"
Lansburgh & Bro.
Without a doubt the season that we
have just passed has been the greatest
in the history of the firm" said Man
ager Hart, of Lansburgh & Bros. Some
OF the big days almost staggered us with
the proceeds. Especially was that true
of the white goods department. where
the sales were larger than on the hot
test days in summer. The sale of silk
was not far behind in the race for first
honors. for believe that every woman in
J the city of Washington received a silk
waist Tor a Christmas gift.
S. Kann, Sons g. Co.
or all those who shared in the busi-
ness Of the season S. Kann. Sons & Co
were in the van and Mr.. Kann stated thai
/ he had no fault To find with the extent
! of his earnings during the season. He
| said: Unlike the other stores our rush
| did not begin early in the season but
! came in :he last two weeks. The largest
| crowds that were ever in the store were
| there during that time. One of the de
! partments that Jared best was that de
/ voted To toys. The crowds assembled
/ there from morning until night and tn,
little folks who came to look on were IL
a fairyland. But there We're a grea
they helped to make it the largest sea
son in that branch of the business that
We have experienced"
Moses & Sons.
"Our business said C. l. Peckham.
manager for W. B. Moses K Sons. be
gan during the last of October and con
tinued until after Christmas. There
/ was not only an increase in the trade
f! but the selling itself was better. There
1 was no demand for the cheaper articles
that have been the bulk of the trade
| heretofore. There was a noticeable in
! crease for stun that would I'm days gone
/ by have been considered expensive. We
| had a room set aside for the reception
Of advance presents on the Ist of No
vember, and before the middle OF that
month another room had to be appro-
| fCpuffD1rad On Eaonvl
| SI.zs to Baltimore and Return, S1.as
Pennsylvania Railroad. Saturday. and