Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
family shopping.


family shopping. Among the thou
sand and one commissions handed
over in immediate response to the
thoughtless good-nature was the or
der for purchase of "The Fools
Calendar" We set forth, list
three-times-forty long in our groan-
ing, much-abused handbag, and
entered the first shop come upon,
in our sub-consciousness feeling that
we, like the rest OF the 1ostlers,
fitted in pretty we'll with the title of
that calendar. Down the aisle came
a rattled-looking, hair-disturbed. gen
orally disturbed gentleman whose
province seemed the directing of fren-
zied fanciers to the respective de-
partments of their fancy, but the
Christmas spirit so possessed him he
was not quite himself, not able to
place his "Madames" and "Sirs." AS
short-skirted rose-wreathed hated, We
steered his way, he glanced with
wrinkled brow and questioning worry
to what might be our demand. DO
you sell calendars here?" We asked
in heat of hurry, to which he replied
glibly, Yes, Sir" and never knew
he was not using the usual form of
address to woman. He led us then
with rapid step to the calendar
square. where spread out and uprose
floor. roof and pillars of calendars,
Il would seem every time-chronicler
for every taste. And then feeling very
like a fool ourselves. we asked in
low voice. Have you The Fools Cal
endar?'" No" says he. But" and
CLEAN of keen intellect lights his
eye. 1--WE have Saints and Sinners. !"
We wanted to shrek with laughter.
we forgot all the hurry and not-money-
enough or time-enough. 1t paid for
all the crowdng and mobbing and
back-ache and heart-ache of the day.
Funny enough was the woman en-
countered in mid-afternoon entering
the much-advertised. much-crowded
book-room OF a department store In
haste to get at the forty-eight centers
and thirty-niners she was high and
broad and muscular. an Amazon that
need not have put on extra effort to
make her way-but the spirit OF
Christmas--the modern-was strong
upon her,-and as we passed her on
the way out into blessed out-of-doors,
even in our hurry we could not but
notice her Wild look. her painting
breath. her elbows out on defensive
and offensive the way I'm which she
marched on. unswervingly. unrelent
ingly. like an avalanche, toward the
bargain books.
Overheard at the book counter:
Don't you think a nice little book
like this Is a good present 10 give?"
"A little book? What is the name?''
"Why | don't know. but it's a nice
little book in clean white binding.
believe I'll get a dozen. a dozen
please, and see that they're all fresh.
The calendar square again. Wom
en- madly struggling; another Amazon
this one brow.beating pale faced
girl afflicted with cold and. wearing
n too-much Christmas air; Cant you
get me envelopes to put those calen
dars n?"-d!mensions of calendars Is
BY "a inches-"lt's so hard when you
get home 70 hunt around and pack
things | wouldn't have bought the
calendars n / hadn't thought you
would pack EN-. Say. take that new
one out OF that nice box. hang Il uI
and give me the box Not allowed to-
What's the dif they'll never know
And the pale.foeeI clerk bends "a th'
Amazon's VIII
A large. cauny. prosp porous gentle
man at "a candy store. carefully select
ing and considering purchase of 2.
cents worth of kindefgarfon mixed.
Brave. foolish h.gheartcd shor
rirls many spending thoir present
all and drawing ON the future. .,
make a Christmas for the army nj
home
We DO generous deed. one that
calls for large urE1~e We hay.
gone down toNu all saddied. al
brIdled '1r the days wurk. three neal
Ions pencils urft.E sharueutd fo Ions
points when ve become one ~ n mot
usaal.ns tne enclosure where hank
books. t'sue.uH holly afirsert aut
an that arr confirmed rw fbe gresd.
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their share for fhe Hr. nt ucre saIf1
of doing up slHs uffh approved Uruaf,
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