Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
MANY THINGS for Smokers.

Many things for the smoker are &c
be found in the cigar and tobacco
stores. First Of all are the fine grades
OF cigars, always staple for Christi
gifts for ones men friends who use
the weed Cigars are put up in holi-
day packages and there is a wide va
riety of brands in both domestic and
the imported lines. A large stock OF
pipes. especially fine meerschaums and
French briars, affords a gift assortment
of wide range More imported wares for
smokers and men are shown this year
in the cigar stores than ever before.
They comprise smokers sets in silver,
brass, and gum metal, cigar and to-
bacco jars in glass and hand painted
china, and collar and cuff sets. card
and cigar cases, purses and cigaret
cases, all in leather. A new thing this
years is cigar magazine, of leather.
made to hold twentyfour cigars to be
placed in a grip or suit case, to pre-
vent breaking by rough handling. Some
of the cigar stores also handle fine lines
of candies
Cut Glass and China.
Cut glass and fine china, of which
there are vast quantities bought for
gifts each year, were never shown in
larger quantities than from the shelves
of the china stores. Never were there
more fine cut glass pieces sold as this
year, evidencing that the people have
the money to spend. If they hadn't
they could get along without cut glass.
Cut glass candlesticlls, vases. orange
bowls, salads, bon hons. puff boxes.
water sets, individual butter and salt
sets-in fact everything imaginable al
most that can be made of cut glass
are to be found. Japanese novelties Of
all kinds are selling well. The fine
pieces in hand-painted wares are in
demand. including fish and chop sets,
etc. The china stores are selling sew
eral novelties Of high class this year.
Electric domes running from SIT to
SIS are shown in quantities, for use in
the fastidious dining room. Beautiful
electroliers for the library table. from
$3.50 to SO, are extremely popular
Ladies' Ready Wear Goods.
In the line of ladies' ready-to wear
goods there is fine trade this season,
and the biggest sale ever made on fine
goods is reported by every dealer. New
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suits and furs, and for this reason, in
all probability. the cloak business has
fallen under that of previous years.
While there has been a fairly good de-
mand for cloaks. the big trade is no.
expected until January This same
condition holds good thruout the coun-
try. One dealer in ladies' suits says
that never since he has been in BUSH
ness has he sold so many out of town,
customers having come to the city from
as far away as Hampton. sixty miles
distant, to say nothing of the smaller
points like Geneva, Tama, Toledo. Chel-
sea, Grundy Center, and the different
towns In this county. Suits for little
folks have also had a good sale. Among
the novelties in this line might be
mentioned ladies' sweater vests. which
are popular this year Comfy" slip
pers in all colors are nice for gifts, es-
pecially for old people. One Of the
incest gifts in this line, and there have
been many Of them sold. is an opera
coat. One dealer alone has sold seven
teen of these fine garments ranging in
price from $40 to s45.
Hardware Line Well Represented.
The hardware line is a representative
headquarters for the useful in Christ
mas buying. People buying the sensi
BILE gifts naturally look to this staple
stock for some thing to invest in. Among
the nice gifts to be seen are bread