Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
THE YULE LOG.

| THE YULE LOG.
At this time of the year the stores
present their best appearance. Every
merchant displays his best and most
snowy wares in his windows, and the
art of the window decorator is brought
into use. For months he has been
studying trade journals to get ideas on
window advertising. Some trust to
this method alone, while others resort
to the more judicious plan of telling the
public, through the medium of the
newspapers, what they have got. At
any rate the store windows look hand
some and the interior presents busy
appearance
Wausau Christmas buyers few years
ago tumbled to the fact that the best
plan is to make purchases early, and
get better choice of goods and not the
''leavings." This method has relieved
the clerks and merchants themselves,
who are overworked at this time of the
year. When people begin early to
make purchases, the work of merchants
is more evenly distributed through the
ante Christmas period. Wausau mer-
chants on the whole are doing good
business at present. There are some
complaining, but they are few. A little
snow would greatly help business, for
then the farmer could haul something
into town and turn it into cash. As a
rule farmers, as well as other classes,
don't like to draw savings out of banks
to make such purchases with. The dry
goods merchants, dealers in toys, the
book stores and handlers of toilet and
fancy articles appear to be doing the
largest amount of business these days.
A young lady was detected in the act
of placing a work box beneath her
plush jacket, one day last week in one
of the down town stores--a box which
she had not purchased. The proprietor
smilingly showed her other goods and
when she decided that she did not wish
to make any purchases, he obligingly
opened the door for her. and then, in
his most polite way, quoted to her the
biblical commandment, "Thou shalt
not steal" and informed her that if she
would oblgingly replace the work box
on the counter he would consider it s.
courtesy deeply appreciated from inne.-
most recesses of his heart. Also ths.t if
he is living when she is called from this
vale of tears, he will certainly attend
her funeral. The lady's face turned
crimson, her lips quivered, and slowly
she turned around and replaced the box
on the counter and hastily departed
from the store.
Moral-Some people 60 into stores
during the Christmas rush, not to buy,
but to take.
The parishioners of number of
churches are making an effort to raise
money sufficient to buy good Christ
mas dinner for the city's poor. May
their efforts be attended with success.
If they succeed, baskets will be packed
and perhaps turned over to the poor
commissioner for distribution, as was
done last year.
1t is eight more days to that glad
Christmas morn, when the little folks,
and some adults, will arise from their
beds fall of expectancy to see what old
Sanity has dropped down the chimney
hole. Fourth of July and other holi-
days have their pleasures, but there is
something about Christmas which
makes it distinctly different from every
other time of the year. If an adult
person gets no remembrance himself,
he does get bountiful supply of pleas
ures-if he truly loves things of this
earth-in giving to the little children
and watching their ecstacies of delight.
1t is then that he sees happiness in its
full orb, when the clouds are lined with
silver. and the troubles and tribulations
vanish like mist before a hot sun, and
he bubbles over with happiness all day.
"The child is the father of the man."
We were young once, strange to say,
and therefore realize the delights of
on Christmas morn.
Of course all the churches, as usual,
are making active preparations to enter
tain their children on Christmas eve-
Most of them will have trees, some are
cantatas and musical pro-
grams, and all will distribute sweets
among the children.