The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-22
SANTA CLAUS
|. COMES TO TOWN +!
Makes His Headquarters
With Local Merchants.
WALK UP THE STREETS OF IRV-
ING TOWN!-GAZE INTO THE
WINDOWS OF HER SHOPS!!-
PLUCK UP YOUR COURAGE;
OPEN WIDE YOUR PURSE;
INNnIlIl INNiN

PLUCk UP YOUR IfAGE,
OPEN WIDE YOUR PURSE;
AND ENTER IN!N
Santa Claus is making his North
eastern Pennsylvania headquarters in
Honesdale this year. If you don't
believe it just walk along the Main
street, and look into the beautifully
decorated shop windows.
Walking down town from the
State Bridge, Peips Quality Drug
Store is the first place to strike the
holiday shoppers eve. Post cards,
attractively grouped, fill up one win
dow, and. of course the staple drug
lines are on exhibition in the other.
S. T. Hams harness shop appeals
to the "horsy' man, and to every
man and woman who owns a horse.
Sleigh bells are invitingly arranged
in one window. Suit cases and
leather goods are just the thing for
Xmas presents, too
Rowland's Jewelry shop makes an
irresistible appeal to the husband
who is looking for an Xmas present
for his wife. In his window are
bells and clocks of hammered brass
and copper and Assyrian Gold. Yes,
they'll fit in milady's stocking.
Just across the road is Jenkins
Music store. Music hath charms to
melt the feminine heart. How about
musical Xmas" this year? There's
that new waltz just out. Your best
girl will be tickled to death to get 1t.
The advancement in musical inStru-
ments is cupitally shown in Jenkins
display windows by representations
of a room in the olden times and of
room at the present day. In the
olden-time room may be seen fire
place, spinning wheel, spinnet, old
pitchers. In the up-to-the-minute
room a Mehlin piano invitingly
} stands; so does also a phonograph,
guitar, mandolin and other musical
instruments.
Just to look into the windows of
J Brooks store, full of the things that
help make up an Xmas dinner, is to
make you hungry
Coles Pharmacy is the mecca for
holiday shoppers in quest of the bet
ter class of Toilet Articles, Per-
fumes, Toilet Waters. There's moth
} ing like a useful Xmas present. 1t
, makes you think of the giver every
J time you use it. Yes, Cole has candy,
too.
7 Henry Freund's window, at the
corner of Main and Eleventh streets,
is hard one to pass without going
into the store and buying some of
, the holly so invitingly displayed on
the front steps.
C. w. Smith & Co., 1.-THE Novelty
Store" has the largest family OF
Dolls to be seen in Honesdale. So
the school children say. And, my,
you ought to have seen the little tots
hug close those dainty little calen-
dars they got at Smiths last Satur-
dav ThaV were ,beautieS.
The Ready Pay Store handles
everything needed for a complete
r Xmas dinner, with one possible ex-
: ception, which modesty forbids us
mentioning here.
k Miss Mae Igo's Little Shop Around
d The Corner" is just the place to &C
T if you haven't quite made up youi
t mind just what you are going to gel
1 HER for Xmas Miss Igo know:
: what the girls like, and for tha
y matter, what the boys like too!
It Greene's?-but then If you reat
I, the papers and maga's you know al
C about Greene's. Nothing like year,
n subscription to a magazine for
# Xmas present. G. Greene (Se'
h Greene) about it. OF course Greenei
have dolls and everything Xmasy il
k the novelty line, you can think Of.
II Schuerholzs Cigar Store is tn
Y. proper place to get that Xmas Bo'
l. of Cigars for Hubby. If you can
d remember the name of his favorit
a brand, ASK Sherry. He'll know"
Swingles Furniture Hospital ha
h some dandy dolls on exhibition. Ais
q. some Household Reminders" tha
IS your wife would like to have-an
many other things, too.
d, C. l.. Dunning's stock OF genera
N merchandise is quie complete. Eth
)e er he or his genial wife will be to
es glad to help solve your Xmas prot
e, lens for you. Fancy work of a
sorts and descriptions-an Do1le
too.
Rickert's Haberdashery is up-t6
NJ the-scratch with the seasonabl
at STYLES as usual. He'll pick you OF
n tie for Hubby or Son that will n
ne the recipient with delight. Fc
ce classy ties and nobby suits and socR
,r. that are socks, Rickert's has the cal
n Sommer, the Corner Jewelry StoI
II. Man, has anything and everything !
nv the Jewelry line imaginable. An
IS the prices are right, too.
q. Roadknight has an artistic calel
IS. dar display. The reporter tried
r. get one but he was told mot till Sa
r1 urday." So there you are for Il
D. as to the time and place to get
n swell day-reckoner.
o. T. Chambers presents Bel
Meade Sweets displayed amid poll
1s settia leaves.
40 The H-K-B store has two artist
= windows containing many article
~ suitable to please young and old.
ey o. M. Spettigue's windows are a
m tractive, pen knives being displays
T. in the north, while cooking utensi
ei- occupy the south window.
81 w. ]. Reif displays all kind
"a footwear in an artistic manner.
III A. Eberhardt has Christmas ciga
displayed in his windows.
les G. II. Rettew offers suggestit
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