Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
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The little mother will be made glad
this year with doll with genuine
human features, modelled from life, and
with artificial vocal cords which cause
the baby" TO say mamma" when
properly squeezed. In the doll family
Baby Bumps is one of the most con-
spicuous figures, and he comes both in
black and white.
For Ny Lady Fair.
The ladies of Marshall county will al
50 fare we'll this year as indicated by
the heavy shopping in the dry goods
store and the adde's and misses ready
to-wear establishments. The ladies'
wearing apparel shown this year in
this city would DO justice to a metro
polls of 100000 souls Gowns. cloaks,
and hats of the latest styles and models
are isp,ayed. and the shopper may
find the most elegant garments and
good heavy warm clothes, from the
most expensive to the most reasonable
IN price. The variety is so great and
the stocks are so large that the ladies'
are as much enthused over the holiday
shopping as the children are mystified
at the wonders OF the toy shops.
Beautiful opera capes, elegant
fur coats and wraps and the newt
able hobble skirt predominant in the
offerings for the feminine sex Velvet
and plush coats, in various lengths.
and made to fit the variations in purse
and figure, lead in the race for popu-
l.arity in winter wear. The showing of
FUR goods this year is unusually fine,
and there is nothing more appropriate.
or more appreciated, than a fur gar
me.lt or one of the later fur novelties.
The fur bearing animals of the world
are all represented in the handsome
ARRAY of new and stylish offerings, and
the husband who is not induced to
make an investment in fur before
Christmas will he one of the excep-
tional few.
Ladies and misses ready to-wear
garments are as varied in style as the
coats, and the suits are of the latest
models ard OF the finest fabrics. The
hohble effect. from the mere sugSes-
ton of the style TO the most pronounc-
ed creations. is much in evidence.
Again the millinery creations are .
the Wondrous sort and fur is being
9reatly used in the winter models.
Many of the hats and turbans nov
shown are elaborate affairs and the
styles more modified than the earlier
fall creations.
Dainty silk kimonoS ana blanket
lounsing robes are shown in all col-
ors and all patterns. LounSing rohes
and kimonos for the little folks are
Gnding ready sale.
Ready-to-we garments for the
children are becoming more popular
than during previous years. Children 5
hornets are more elaborate than last
year and are Shown in many styles.
The articles appropriate for gifts for
ladies are too numerous to enumera;e
ried. and the only difficulty one has in
making gift purchase is in deciding
between the many desirable articles.
There are wonderfully designed hat
pins, clever novelties in leather goods.
including hand bags. pocketbooks.
shopping bags. etc. and then there are
the many Christmas novelties usually
found in the dry goods houses, such as
fancy handkerchiefs, neckwear. lace
collars, jabots, belts, scarfs of silk and
lace. mesh bags, gloves, silk hosiery
and hundreds of other things.
Gifts in Silver and Gold.
The je"elry stores are always filled
with exquisite Christmas gifts, both
for ladies and gentlemen. The silver
smith has done his best this year in
preparing new and desirable articles
and besides the usual sterling silver
articles to be found there are many
0ew articles of a useful nature. There