The San Francisco call., 1910-12-18

increase last week The weather IA
vored the stores greatly, many of the
larger houses reporting better morning
trade than in any other week so far
this season. The night throngs were
large every evening and all important
retail stores did good business.
This week promises to be greater,
as the next six days will be the last
shopping days before Christmas. Many
of the larger stores announce extra
special inducements in The Call today,
with the object of closing out all
Christmas goods this week
As will be seen by The Calls adver-
tising columns today, many of the
progressive merchants in general and
special lines have prepared surprises
fore the public in the way of special
sales on articles appropriate for Christ
mas gifts, providing very low range
Of prices not usual at other seasons
of the year.
A brief glance at the offerings for
the benefit of Call readers follows:
HALE'S Market at Sixth streets.
postoffice is located at this house in
the rear of the store, with money
order and registered package de-
partment. live Santa Claus greets
the children with pleasing remem-
brances every day and evening. At
tention is called to special sales OF
leather goods holiday gloves, art
goods and a veritable toy city com
prising nearly every wanted play
thing big and little. A great holi-
day sale of boxed handkerchiefs at
tracts attention The prices are very
low. ranging from Swiss or linen en-
broidered handkerchiefs at 25 cents
to fine hand made princess lace
handkerchiefs at $3.50 each.
d. n. d e, WALTER & CO., furniture,
carpets, rugs and draperies, Stockton
and O'Farren streets. A large an
nouncement in The Call today di
reefs attention to the numerous little
gifts for the home designed to in
spire the sentiment that lives after
Christmas The articles represented
comprise sewing tables, telephone
stands. pedestals, tea and rest tables,
children's high chairs and rockers,
Cadillac desk tables, easy and leather
chairs, to say nothing of the Caloric
fireless cooker, which has become
very popular recently as Christmas
gift. Attention is also directed to
special assortment of oriental rugs,
imported direct and offered at little
prices from $3.50 up. Draperies,
cushions and fancy cushion tops are
also suggested as gifts, a great va
riety having been provided at small
prices and of high quality On the
main floor and displayed in the Stock
ton street windows is an attractive
line of leather, china. glass. silver
and fancy goods scheduled to be sac
rificed this week at prices reduced
from a third to half. These consti-
tute hundreds of little things of use
ornament and decoration and present
prices ranging so low as to make
them not only acceptable presents
but especially desirable for gift or
any other purposes.
PHILADELPHIA SHOE COMPANY. S25
Market street. A great assortment
of holiday shoes for men, women and
chiIdEen greets the Christmas shop
per at the house of B. Katschinski.
Very attractive special prices are ad-
vertised for this week. Womens
patent colt button shoes with the
new shield" tips are on sale at $3.50.
Girls shoes in patent colt button
and Blucher are announced at $1.25
Boys shoes, fine satin calf Bluchers
$125 up Holiday slippers for men,
75c and up; for women, ST and up;
for girls, 55c and up; for boys, soc
fants. 75c and up. Store is open even
ings
ROOS BROS, Market and Stockton
streets. very "suggestful" list of
appropriate holiday gift things is
printed by this house today. The list
comprises articles suitable for your
man, your lady father. mother, big
and little brother and sister. The
articles run the gamut from smoking
jackets to pure linen handkerchiefs
from work baskets to bridge sets
from silk tie to a shaving stand and
from pair of gloves to a beautiful
fur lined coat. Roos Bros is in the
very heart of the trading center.
MARKS BROS. S31 Market street This
store comes out in The Call today
with a hundred gift suggestions of
more than ordinary merit. The list
comprises cuff links, earrings, hat
pins rings, jewel boxes and other
articles of jewelry; leather. velvet
and Persian hand bags, S1.25 and up;
neckwear at 35 and so cents each.
bath robes, wrappers, coats and other
articles for children; blanket robes.
silk kimonos and negligees S2.95 and
up: line of holiday handkerchiefs
and line of special offering in va
rious departments throughout the
house at prices ranging from 25
cents up.
souNER & KAUFMAN. s36 to $40
Market street and 119 to 125 Grant
avenue; two stores. special talk
is made to the public this week on
velvet and corduroy boots and pumps
at s4 and up. Attention is also di-
+ rected to fine. high class holiday foot
wear at reasonable prices. The store
will be open every night this week.
Gift certificates are issued in any
amount, selection to be made at any
time before or after Christmas by the
recipient.
THE OWL DRUG CO., five stores-77S
Market 10 Market Post and Grant.
sixteenth and Mission, Fillmore and
Geary. The Owl is out with more
special inducements this, the last
week for Christmas shopping Cut
glass, leather goods. toilet sets and
manicure sets are listed. in the adj
yertisement in The Call today, at
very low Snd attractive prices. In
addition to these and the added at
traction of a big free touring car.
the stores bristle with cut price arti-
cles suitable for Christmas at little
prices from 19c to 1915.
EIY,ERs MUSIC HOUSE, 975 Market
street. This house appears today in
the advertising columns of The Call
| with a direct talk to all who purpose
b,lyfng pianos for Christmas gifts.
They present to the possible 500 piano
buyers this week the claims of the
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