The Washington times., 1909-12-17
Carnival Gayety Reigns
Over Those Who Are
Buying Early.
CLOTHE YOUR GIFTS
IN DAINTY WRAPPING
Attractive Novelties for Tying and
Labelling Packages Make Brown
Paper a Dissertation.

That the Christmas shopping is go
ing forward right merrily was proven
by the crowds which on Thursday
thronged the shops.
In the big stores on G street the car
nival spirit reigned, where people eX-
changed laughing greetings as they
passed one another in the aisleways or
bent over the counters. With their
thousands Of holiday gifts on display,
these counters transformed the stores
into mammoth bazaars, and solved any
perplexity with which Christmas shop
ping might have been regarded by the
shopper.
For every need and every desire
known TO the mind OF man, or woman,
can be filed In one of these great de-
.partment stores, and the Wise shopper,
looking on. could but marvel at that
twentieth century inventiveness and in
genulty which offers for a mere baga-
telle holiday gifts of real dignity and
beauty.
A Dissertation.
An essential feature these days Of
Christmas shopping is the providing of
appropriate wrappinEs. labels. and rib
bons for tying, and these are both so
attractive and so cheap that to tie
gift with brown paper and Irvine would
be nothing less than Dissertation.
There Is crepe paper Ornamented with
Santa Claus heads. holly. and mistle-
toe. and other holiday designs. which
may be purchased at . and 10 cents the
yard. Narrow ribbon figured in holly.
or other Christmas symbol. is from
TO Is cents per yard.
A pretty novelty for the Christmas
&
only 10 cents. and consists Of bit Of
good sachet wrapped in Santa Claus
paper and tied with holiday ribbon.
Labels are as varied as Christmas
cards. and may be found to please any
taste. Then the Red Cross Christmas
Etamp. and the tiny stamp containing
a Santa Claus head. complete the pack
age.
Not only have the candy store and
The florists shop taken on a festive
appearance, but so also have many Of
the fruit stands one Of the most at
tractive of these is on G. street, and
hesides the conventional display there
are beautiful baskets filled with perfect
apples, grapes. oranges, or pears, or
with all these fruits combined. Sprays
of laurel and holly add the holiday
suggestion. and the baskets sell at
from 500 to 500. For an invalid
friend. these baskets Of fruit make an
ideal gift.
Candy Displays.
The candy shops show charming win
dow displays OF boxes prepared espe-
cIaIIy for Christmas gifts Some OF
these are made Of pale pink or blue
ceIluloid. haudpainted i'm roses or for
getmenots, and surmoUnted with bows
of satin ribbon.
There are also pretty baskets tied
with ribbon. their handles decorated
with bouquets Of roses and ribbon ro-
settles These fancy boxes and baskets
range I'm price from $1.00 20 5000.
Most attractive is the fine arts needle
work display seen in some Of the large
department stores. Here is TO he found
exquisite hand made and embroidered
lingerie selling at from SL75 per piece
up.
For the new baby there are the dain-
tiest sachets, contained within fine
linen cases, beautifully embroidered.
Crocheted bedroom slippers are found
.n this department and sell at from
s1oO I'D. Also there are the finest of
jabots which have the look Of having
issued from the workbasket OF some
gentlewoman of the old school. who
made a fine art of sewing
Hand made handkerchiefs sell here
at from 50 cents up. and such gifts as
these have the value Of being as per
bonal and intimate nearly as If you
lad made them particularly
for the friend whom they are TO reach.
A WISE SHOPPER.