Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-12-23

that they were TO remain longer.
AT the Wortley d French drug store
a wealth Of beautiful gifts greeted my
eye. There was something to give JOY
To the young, middle-aged and old, and
the stock consisted of books, perfumes,
albums, toilet articles, manicure sets
and thousand other useful and hand
some gifts.
When l went to Frank III. Hudson's
grocery store, TO tell the honest truth, 1
could hardly get away. That great big
meal cooking over the fire in caldron
kettle made me think of my northern
home so much that for a time thought
l must wait until il was served, as /
was really half starved at the sight of
| it. And then again the fine outlay of
Christmas groceries, candies, nuts,
fruits and so on would make fat man
shudder at the prospects for another
square feed.
| dropped into III. A. Loewe's new
place of business and could hardly get
out without leaving my order for suit
from one of the fine cloths which he is
showing, and his new place of business
is so pleasant that | felt like stopping
and spending the day in this hospitable
place.
When / stopped into Simonian Bros
store, well, i could hardly believe that
! was in the United States. The great
variety of foreign goods displayed led
me to believe that was back on one of
my trips to foreign lands, and there
was delightful stock TO select from
in case find it necessary TO replenish
my stock.
i felt quite at home, however, when
l came to Earl Coles store, for his win
dow reminded me of those fields of per
petual snow in the land where my lot
is mostly cast There was such nice
outlay of fancy candies, nuts, fruits,
cigars, etc., that | just made a quick
entry in my order book and said, "I'll
remember Coles"
! At +. {. Lloyd's big double store
was surprised at the fine window dis
plays and also greatly pleased at the
interior decorations. Among the at
tractive gifts in the window, l saw
toilet articles, fancy cushions, table
linens, combs, manicure sets and hosi-
cry. In the west window stood a
1 uanara hla rlrly chnxx,i,,er rTttrlyi ch
and also surrounded by nice display
of ladies' furs, coats and suits.
AT Nj. +. Peck's store a tear came
TO my eye as l beheld the picture in
the east window which told of that
first Christmas day so many years ago
the star in the east, the Madonna
and child so suggestive of the birth
of Him whom all should love and
praise. In the West window was the
old time belfry, which has often times
pealed the message of Peace on earth,
goodwill to men," Footwear for old
and young filled the missing link, and
i shall not soon forget this store.
| At Patterson's department store,
there was so much TO note and so many
engaged in selecting gifts that / had
hard work TO get full glimpse of the
the lavish stock of Christmas gifts
carried at his place. There was china,
glassware, toys, books, toilet sets, and
many other other things | can not
half enumerate them.
At Connell Bros. the handsome in
terror decorations pleased me very
mech, and as / sized up the window
| saw that these gentlemen had
large display of toys, leather goods,
perfumes, toilet articles, books, ETC.,
as well as wonderful line of Christ
mas postcards.
Jensen d Wheeler had two fine
windows fixed up in excellent shape
for my inspection, and / saw some fine
aprons, belts, handkerchiefs, neckwear,
furs, novelties and the like, that made
me think / must be back again in
my old home work shop.
At Lamb Bros. store l discovered
that the hand of the decorator had
been used in fine shape and the fine
outlay of fruits, candies and whole
some groceries gave me suggestions
that | shall not fail TO remember.
When | came to A. b. Hull's store
upon my word that frost scene in his
west window made me shake myself
to see if was alive. By jimminy, it
was so homelike that l thought for
minute / must have fallen asleep and
awakened in Greenland. / gazed long
and well at the beautiful gifts dis
played in both the windows and then
went inside TO take few cursory OBJ
servations. Well, | can't tell what
great stock of Christmas goods found
there, it would take too long. But
say, there was watches, clocks, jewelry,
umbrellas, silverware, cut glass, hat
pins, leather goods, etc. 1t was
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