El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-16
WHAT SHALL
/ BUY FOR
CHRISTMAS?
The Question Is Now All
Important Some Season
able Hints.
STOCKS ARE IN;
GO AND BUY EARLY

] give nlLur ner or LueA- viii SuQA LAJ
arrive for its annual visit. and until
the belated shopper makes the last hur-
! ried purchase the night before Christ
mas, it will be more or less Of a daily
/ problem. The personality Of a gift
/ must of necessity enter largely into
I the recipients appreciation, and that
! which has been made with loving hands
! carries a holier message. one more in
! spiritual accord with the festival sacred
to the Savior, than does the gift bought
! in the shops.
Still. the majority must look to the
/ shops for tokens Of remembrance and
[ Of affection. And designers and manu-
/ facturers do their honest best to pro
] duce that which is worthy of the oc-
| casion. Before journeying the rounds
/ to see what FL Paso merchants have to
/ offer, let place be made for the yearly
injunction: "Shop early The advan-
/ tages are obvious and need no recital
First, for the kiddies with their beau
tiful belief in good old Kris Kringle
! and his reindeer. who slips down the
chimney when amiable little folk are
asleep and Grams the stockings fun,
letting the overflow scatter near the
fireplace. incidentally, here's a secret
Makers Of toys have been searching far
for something to take the place OF the
Teddy bear Like the biIlfken for
older people, the woody bear was a ire
mendOus hit. Millions were sold but
children tire quickly Of the new play
thing and the demand now is practic-
ally gone.
No Chance For Bull Moose.
Had Roosevelt been elected, the Bull
Moose would have been the successor.
A manufacturer with a plant adequate
to handle big propositions stood ready
to begin production when the returns
were in. but the Wilson landslide re-
tired the Bull Moose to oblivion, and
another business gamble went down TO
the debit side Of the profit and loss
page.
The newest thing Tor children is the
doll wardrobe No longer is the gown
which covers the bisQue limbed play
thing put there for keeps. 1t buttons
or hooks. or pins just as do clothes
for humans. There are frOCks and
COATES, flannel and siIken petticoats.
stockings, shoes, hats and the rest of
the feminine adOrnment list all 10 be
put on and taken off by the play mother.
Students of child life declare that the
practical knowledge gained by the lit
tie tot from the dressing and undress-
Ing operations is of much value. and ;
really IS advanced kindergartening
Mechanical Toys.
For the boys. the mechanical models Z
they can hardly be called toys-are /
first There are electric railway sys-
tens with trackage for the floor or Z
table saWm1llss cement mixers and D
other apparatus in miniature of the
bigger machines which are doing real E
Work IN a real world. Here again 4
science and pleasure are bracketed- The !
musical toys snow cOrnetSs from bones.
Vlollns, flutes and ether Instruments
Most OF the toys stul come from Ger
many, where entire villages are given
over TO their production and they are
ordered IN January for the following
holiday. American tOymakrrS are turn
ing out little that IS original, except in
the most expensive creations, the cost
OF which IS possible only. TO the very
rich Books, of course, for the little
ones who are older, air guns for the I
lads roller skates for both girls and
boys are the usual standbys that never
lose presuge although parents are be-
ing discourage buying airguns and other
because Of the danger
GrOWnups' Presents.
After all, providing for the children
IS not the big problem. Content
comes easily to the child; it is in the
Of the present for the grOWnup {
that begets perpleXity. More and more
is the tendency towards the useful in .
gift buying. For HER, silk stockings (
gloves, handkerchiefs, handbags aRd Ule
IKE are eternally welcome. One OF the
features in the shop displays this sea-
son is the use Of French ivory on toilet
A LA-AEo mALGLE II mas Q4SD4e-EEQ SLeE4ln2 I
silver and ebony to a considerable eX-
tent The material, which, frankly, is [ ]
not elephant ivory, but a composition ( [
with durable qualities. is a beautiful I s
soft white and makes a fitting addition
10 the bOudOir. The Limousine set in I
me new ivory makes an attractive dis &
play, cOmpaCtly arranged so that the I
;lOsed package resembles a leather {
,ased book to which is attached a strap
handle for convenience in carrying.
In the JeWelry shops. q
In the .JeWelry shops. the newest V
-oSue is for bracelet watches, the [
bracelets being Of gold, plated or solid, c
n of platinum with jewels inset priced 7
III the way from SIS 10 $4,000, the latter q
having, besides many valuable stones, C
B watch about the size OF a dime, made I
n Geneva Switzerland. The uimepiece
lone is marked at $1,000. From salad f
orks to lOrgnettes, the range is wide Z y
nd the prices begin at reasonable and
oar to prOhibitiyely expensive. The {
.onbOn boxes for the Christmas gift are c
more than usually ornate. Silks and C
atlns are generously employed in de- [ T
iSning attractive packages, and ex- C
'enstye boxes, inlaid with mOtherOf- C
earl, have been brought from Nippon a
o add to the gatety of the season From
he modest 81 box TO the elaborate SIS
ackage the buyer may choose and D
now that the contents are Of the y
est il
Presents For the Men. IL
Just as the wise man cOnSults with a y
roman before selecting her present. so IL
rIl the maid or matron or widow, if 81
he be wise. talk with a man friend be- Il
pre- she decides On HIS gift. More than q
ne budding romance has been crumpled ( Ii
ecause of an impossible tie or vile ci- II
ars in an Ornately decorated box She Il
lay buy him sleeve links, shirt studs ! u
es, gloves. silk sOX, waistcoats even, I dl
her judgment be sane. Collar boxes y
leather are always acceptable and if I Y
he entertains no superstition regard ~
ig the outcome following an edged II
lift safety razor is not amiss, provid- %
g she first gently worms from him m
lat he is not already equipped. Um- I'd
-ellas are bromide. but mighty useful 81
n a rainy day and a good nine viii sa
ring solace to the man in otherwise
neSOme hours. of
Really. there isn't much that is new w
gift suggestions for the man. Hist oA
ants are so primitively few and his ne
ok of it that he is easily contented. Dt
lst being remembered gives him joy aI
nifty so conspicuous because Of the l IT
and he likes to buy his own cigars.