The Washington times., 1905-10-22
MANY DOLLS GET
/ NEW STOCKINGS
Twelve Thousand Children
Besiege Kann's.
PLEASED BY PRESENTS
All Day a Steady Stream of Tots
Flows in and Out of Big
Store.
PLEASED BY PRESENTS

Twelve thousand pairs of dolls stock
ings were yesterday given away by S.
Kann Sons q Co.. and twelve thousand
children Of Washington were made
happy in consequence.
Invitations were issued to the children
Of Washington to bring their dolls to
the store yesterday and have them fitted
with Burson hose 1t is safe to say
that every child who heard of the in
vitationtwas on hand and from 6 o'clock
yesterday morning until O'Clock last
night the stream of children to the fifth
floor of kanns store continued.
One Doll, One Child.
A corner of the art department was
set aside for the reception Of the chill
dren. and although the results showed
that 1900 dolls had been fitted. each
child having but one doll. the order
was perfect. At no time during the
entire day was there a crush or a block
ade.
Ten trained nurses were on hand to
look after the little ones who were not
accompanied by their parents or other
older people and as each child received
her pair of tiny stockings she gave way
! TO another.
Probably the most interested child in
the entire crowd was one little girl who
was at the store promptly at 6 O'Clock
yesterday morning. She was afraid that
she would not be on time and compelled
! her father to take her to the store long
before the time set. The little girl was
awake at O'Clock and SO was the rest
OF the family. for she was determined
not to miss getting her dollie pair of
the newest fashioned stockings.
Came in Crowds.
When the dolls began to come they
came in crowds. There were big dolls
and little dolls. pretty dolls. There were
dolls with broken toes but the way in
which the Burson stocking is made pro-
vided amply for that. and when the lit
tie cripples were dressed up in their new
possessions no one knew the difference.
There were dolls with tousled hair. but
in -'iew OF the fact that it was stock
lass and not hats that were oeing given
away this was of little moment and
when little girl timidly handed up a
half dressed japanese doll with its legs
hanging limp there was a kindly young
lady ready TO slip on the prettiest pair
of stockings in the lot.
The children were a study. They
approached the counter with doubt
"-%NetAA Gal Oftf LtlSlT races natI DeHeY-
Ing they were expected to pay for what
they were getting.
~ All Made Happy.
The young lady in charge of the
counter. with half a dozen assistants,
managed TO keep the children enter
tained while their dollies were being
fitted with stockings There was SYM
pathy for Mary AIMS hrnken arm, ana
q kind word for Priscilla's young
mother. who lovingly tried to hide the
dolls smudgy face. When one little
girl brought along her 'black nanny
there was a welcome for the little old
colored woman. who looked for all the
world as If she never had had such a
fine pair or stockings before in all her
life. Everybody was treated alike, and
every child left the store happy
Everywhere one went yesterday there
was a crowd of children. The cars
brought down dozens of them all day.
and the va-ious departments of Kann's
were crowded throughout the day