The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-12-16
ALL ABOARD FOR TRIP
TO FA|RYLAND PEEKS!
Bewildering Array Of Yuletide Decora-
ton Makes Journey Through Busi-
ness District Interesting
RICH DISPLAYS ARE NUMEROUS
Jewellery, New Toys. Silk and Satius
Mingle in Maise of Tempting
Beauty-Nice Things to Eat.

Christmas comes but once a year,
and with it the hurry and scurry of
belated Christmas shopping, the
preparing of goodies for the Christ
mas table and the air of secrecy
which prevades every home.
The Bemidji stores are crowded
with Christmas shoppers, who are
taken care of with accuracy and dis
patch by the efficient corps of
helpers which have been added to
the regular force in every store.
The stores have taken on the Yule-
tide garb and the windows have been
elaborately decorated.
Let US take our readers on a shop
ping tour to the different stores in
Bemidji. We begin on Third Street
and Minnesota avenue and as we
proceed we halt before Gill Brothers
display windows, where a Christmas
tree has been decorated with a
tempting array of suitable gifts for
the men and boys of the family. In
the other window a display of uers'
suits, sweaters, mufflers, ETC., help us
solve the serious problem of buying
a gift for father, brother or husband.
We next come to Berman's EN-.
porium, where the windows have
been nicely decorated and where
many pretty ready-to.wear garments
for women are displayed. We find
here, also, jabots, fancy collars and
ties and neat shoes.
At Barker's we see pieces of hand
some Karnak brass in vases, clocks
and candle sticks and an array of
cut glass, hand painted china, and
jeweIry, and looming in the back.
ground Christmas tree brilliant
with many tiny colored electric
lights. At the other window we
elbow our way through the large
crowd gathered there and see an
electric train running full speed on
a steel track.
At Cranes we stop and gaze with
admiration at the beautiful gowns of
chiffon, silk and net which are dis.
played in the large window. Here
are other dainty accessories to a
woman's toilet such as chiffon auto
scarfs, silk petticoats in two shade
effects; silk hose, kimonas and auto
scarf pins.
We next stop at Bakers Jewelry
store, where we see handsome silver
mounted toilet sets, some for men
and some for women; hand painted
china, beautiful rings and other jew.
elry; useful as we'll as ornamental
chatting dishes and a bewildering
displayof cut glass.
At the display window of the
O'Leary- Bowser company one is
struck with the rich effect produced
by a back ground of silk drapery
and the simple arrangement of
toilet articles upon a richly colored
Navajo blanket.
A glance into Schneiders' sho "
windows gives one an idea of the
up.to.date line of mems furnishings
carried by that store. Here we fin d
such articles as mems hats, gloves,
mufHers, sweaters, bath robes, silk
hankerchiefs and other things.
Our next stop is Gould's curio
store, where we see many pretty In
dian articles among which are pill
low tops in leather, tobacco pouches,
smoking sets, pipes of all kinds, bed
room slippers in bead work and
Christmas boxes of cigars.
The City Drug Store next claims
our attention with its display Of
pretty Christmas boxes of Hudson's
chocolate candy and rare perfumes,
in cut glass and other bottles.
At the Model Clothing Store we
find the display window we'll filled
with up.to.date furnishings for men
and boys, leather suit cases, etc.
The Bemidji Candy Kitchen has a
tempting display of home made can
dies of all kinds in their two large
display windows, which never fai