The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-11
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n.r- uuns-csical ihiuss ~ith a trick
t1 catch Tie fancy ve cou.f include
l our holiday socks The mCre popl
-ar our store eas 90 b. FOR ths "a
cor. DO 10 nor 20 now The Whssiir.E
CHRISTIANS shopper roE demand
soue,k.nE lseful. or ~ east posse
sion n value beyoud thc moment
% the giving
True. Ne have hordes o. triHes
atich are eagerly snapped ID but the
many really impotslbls articles Which
acre snapped ~ Ike boz cakes q few
wears aso. eolld BE- IauEbed ~ b. The
aterage Christmas buyer % the pres
'nf -rason The spirit % pear. GA
earth and the rest % o. dos rot
-erru 10 - typlfed Ia an srorf 90
a.fH1 your eiEh Dor ia expensive
presents. but iust 90 give something
Nalra all be a constant reminder %
OBJ" 'rendshp and Kindly regard o.,
rhe river through period % twelve
mcath- u4tu Oacs more he Yuietide
i. st hand
.Wheeiingites have come 10 realize
hat the kind o. rlft which fIs this
demand IL The on, which is really
useful iu one Nay or another BY
This I don't mean that class % useful
presents which includes bunch ~
k.tenen utensils ior mother. or q rug
f1r tae parlor ss dads gift from the
family Buf something Nhfrh the re-
cgient Will us- individually and
which wi.l De continual lnt.mste re-
hinder % the Elyer"
The merchant Was asked what art.-
cles seemed most 90 have the call
Well b. said. OF course Ne seIl
most everything here. but We md
thar fathers are pretty strong for fur
coats and other FUR pieces for wives
and daughters Those gho cannot az.
ford such expensive gifts are making
their selections from the lnnumeFable
things ranging from books % all
Aluds through pictures az any price
90 suit the purse 10 linens for The
table. cat glass or furniture The 70
mantle swain Vho would win the a.
f"ffon.of fhe dimpled sweetheart and
remind her hourly and daily OF his
love. goes IN largely for toilet artI
more % these several times a day
every day = the year n he Is 70
mantle he turns 20 books. novels OF
Oh" love story kind And these are
sensible Eifts. all right. for there are
many Co be found 10 exquisite bind
ings which would grace The library OF
the finest homes IN the city. and At
reasonable prices. too Gloves and
hundreds ~ dainty little bits 90 fancy
work are also much IN demand. every
one Of them Wearabie and much need
90 by the average dehutants
ON the other hand mother. look
.nE after the comfort Of hubby. turns
her eyes toward those soft woody
bath robes with heavy cords smoking
Jackets. a smoking set. fountain pens.
desk sets or ties and socks And
muthors taste ia cigars j. not really
half 20 bad a. the comic papers pic.
fure them She does not always buy
Thorn on account o. the brilliant
, bands either
For The yorng man there is an
unlimited supply ranging from scarf
pins and other afres-Or .aa. though
ues and socks ~ an colors of tre "a In
. bow. and ~ all grades OF richucss
from The finest OF silken hose f0 the
more uscful cotton ones Pipe racks
! and pcs or ~ he sfudious. a
book or 1uy one OF a hundred other
, things
b And ne k.ddies2' casually queried
A f1a reporter
There is whore Ne shine After
T. al. what would Christmas be without
fHa fourEsterE7 ~ was child which
r.Gr christmas possible. and 'her
tha trst thought must bo OF them. OF
course. f0r children nothing but can
' dies and toys appeal 90 the f.
D. allie thoe~ uf H little more maturs
ID aEe appreciate sleds. skates. mechau
'raI toys which they can take apar'
81 to sec ehat makes them 10. and such
ike our store and dozens OF Others
20 n Wheeling where a foy VIII not b,
D seen f1- con months OF me year ar'
nos giving over whole floors lust I'd
a toys. so clearly DO We recoFuize th'
b. arge share which The youngster'
have 'n bringing The real spirit o
p Chr.s mae home f0 our hcarthsidcs
Bur- 'n despair you have 10 com,
yourself and zee vhat has been pre-
:. pared f7f them. r would take ueel
z f1 feI.'