Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-12
CHRISTMAS HAS
VERY NEARLY
ARRIVED
Array of Beautiful
Things for the Santa Claus
Shopper But You'll Have to
Hurry or They'll Beat You TO It

Two weeks I'm Christmas, only
fancyi
Time 20 get busy. Two weeks is a
mighty short time To lay by MI those
pretty things that We intend 20 give
our friends at Yuletidc and 1t is posi-
lively foolish to wait any longer.
\ good many OF A%lbuquerque's
metropolitan stores have laid in elab-
crate supplies Of Christmas goods but
there IL really nowhere in the city
except Matson's where YOU viii find
real Christmas sifts To- sui, an TASTES
and nockethooks
Matson hasn't merely Christmas
goods they're gifts. every one OF
them. and gifts selected with a pretty
clever discrimination as to VIVA the
people wan with which To make their
friends happy at holiday time. IL j.
about tho dainticst, prctticst and most
ahuring display of Christmas gifts
ever seen Ia Albuquerque. and II rs a
iellght ius, to go In arfd look AZ them.
The variety is h~owilder{nc The as
soFtmcnt or artistic calendars is "a SPEC
cial feature az Matson's this year, amy
ont of them e. beautiful aud dainty
Christmas remembrance.
There ts AN attractive display of tho
popular brass craft work with metal
ography outfits whore with you can
io your own brass Grating and re-
member yout friends with "a snmplc
OF your own handiwork Art leather
goods abound. very catchy novelties.
some ~ them There i~ cut glass in
endless variety '%cotfec percoiators
hating dishes 90 atl sizes and prices.
and some ~ the ptettlest ehina ana
pottery to be found h here The
blue "a sspia ware quaint nut,h
pieces are especially fntcrestins
There are Christmas cards ia pro-
FUSION and pretty little Christmas
pat Sagt novelties HUNTERS and Low
nef candies BOB Christmas packaEes-
tnd what makes % more a|cceptshI,
sutf Toilet articles and a Whole
chow ,asv CON of box writing parcrs
With HltI~t. boxes snd the necessary
utth christmas touch added io tbo
FINEST quality and OBJ Wide chance for
srlcetion.
The ane by Eastman kodaks isl
better than ever "a visitors &c Al
huuuergur most popular store have
b,an ustic.ug q rarrIs aue exhibit of
Waterman Anal Conklin fountain pens
Iu long GLASS es~ SOME 81 these in-
i~ispensahie articles heirg handsome
"a mounted in silver work
Books
Wsil one should ath,r ais, to rc-
mara There are books b, the car-
ioad frrm French novels Geo bibles
vim b very handsome assortment %
the attcr some cot them most hvau-
tluil5 bound. rir books that arr iusi
ihc thiuE Nou have been booking Tor. 1
trt books fiction. history. Biography.
sterythinc eonceitabie iu books And
lass hut not least. therc Is a. whole
.tore fulI ef toys Tor the KIDS
Ar Matsnu has q fellow frclinE Tor
th, kidldr- at Christmas ums and
kunNs exactly wha they want Thos,
Marathon racers are a case in point
Have ynu seen thc Marathon racrr
% b. O. thrrc-uhreicd affair with Il
steering lever You sivc Yourself a
push cr tno with loot and coasf
ID hsi mile turnin< corners with o.
and grace which d. remark
able every boy in town VIII havc
one ln "a fcW aays. and mort than cnt
middle aged eitiaen has
loen sen taking e JOY ride on the
Marathon ln has back yard already.
"a Christmas only two weeks
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