The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16
CROWDSOF
SHOPPERS
IN STORES
WhatMen and Women
Are Buying This
Christmas.

Inc usual CHRISTMAS thrill Is IN the
air, and both Broad and Main Streets
are being thronged with the annual re-
currence Of their Christmas shoppers
presence.
There is class Of shoppers known as
standard buyers, whose tastes vary very
little. who have made up their minds as
they have made up their lists. who are
easy to wait on, who 90 through their
Christmas duties deliberateJr and meth
odically and are a delight TO the clerks
who supply their wants.
Two of Them.
woman OF this class, dignihed and
imposing in her handsome tailored gown
and furs. said yesterday to a friend
You know 1 never buy any trumpery
for Christmas presents. I think It is a
sin to waste money on anything except
something substantial. The consequence
is that 1 make up my mind early and
get Christmas responsibility out OF the
way"
But" said the young woman to
whom she was talking. that's just what
don't want to do. / just love to walk
| around in this bracing and snappy air
and look at all the toys in the different
stores. and watch the mechanical dogs
| bark. and the little. woolly lambs say
'baa" just dote on going 10 the jew
elry stores and sec all the pretty new
l 'tNH ''t-+NA1 anu AsA4lAlt'os and 10 the QEy
goods stores for tho silks and laces. As
/ for the book stores-well. they just
/ drive me crazy-crazier than anything
/ else except the candy stores. 1 believe"
And she paused to take breath.
We'll" said lady number one. II am
not in the least wild about new things
l have been buying pretty much the
| same sort Of Christmas goods for twenty
/ years. and I expect I shall go on buying
| them until the end Of the chapter" and
/ she pursed her lips in sort of superior
] see-how- much better-I ann than-you-ar
/ sort OF a way.
Her listener broke into a light laugh.
! Now see how people differ" she ex-
claimed. Il value everything that Is
/ strictly up-to-date. See here"-and she
/ drew dainty crimson case from her
/ nun and. springing * open. displayed
/ bottle of white rose extract. the genuins
| article. with "a beautiful. fresh rose
| floating inside Of the bottle. which OF
! Itself was a work Of art. This" she
| said, lis the very newest craze IN the
way Of dressing table fads. and it is
/ one OF the prettiost OF the Christmas
/ devices. just how the rose gets into
| the bottle I don't know. but 1 enjoy il
/ all the same. and 1 am going to get
! my dearest friend a bottle with the
white jasmine in it. because she always
reminds me OF jasmine These tribes
/ are quite dear, you know paid five
/ dollars for this-but Z have the pleasure
/ OF knowing thai II is the .-er,, newest
| thing out"
The two women belong 70 types that
| one may nov, meet arv forenoon or az
| ternoon ON BROAD street nurs,ifne tbei,
| individual ana vi5eiv iye~snt fancies
Ia ievelrv shown. there is a vogue TO,
/ mink topazes nendants Of these nrertv
| stones. strung on slender gold necklace
| ctai,- befre~ .oreff.rss n, s,r-e-,,cl,,
pretty and appropriate gift for debut
! antes ana young girls generally. Among
! inc newest thinss displayed az the jew
| eieiS are tne ornaments Tor the hair,
aisrettes' crescents ana sprays set with
! nIhiants OF ditHi'nus. Pretty concerts
IN noe t"uiinAllhes ana green stones
1 ol All xmas aye very popular.
! among ''e 'Ni'sl 'ii4s ie'ley afuciea
are SOFT leather collar ana ca" boxes
lor men ana pretty ieAiner cases en-