Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-11-22

Do your Christmas shopping early
and have the laugh on the other fel.
low
DO it now?
Why?
Because everybody ISN'T doing it.
How absurd" you may be heard
to exclaims who ever heard of any,
one doing her Christmas shopping in
October? The very idea! The shops
aren't prepared yet and the buyers
haven't even thought of laying in their
holiday supplies. What could one
4 buy?"
Fresh Fall Stock On Had.
Things a-plenty. And even il the
shops haven't stocked up with their
Christmas goods as yet, there is
fresh fall stock ON hand that would
tempt the most fastidious purchaser.
This is but one reason for shopping
early-there are dozens of others, not
the least among them being that in
| November one can shop with a serene
mind and calm demeanor, like peace
loving and law-abiding citizen, where
as in December it is necessary to be.
come a whirling dervish in order to
/ aconm n1iesl, apvtl,ipo
After All, Now Isn't This True?
| The holiday crowds have been i'm.
mortahzed in song and story, but. like
may other things which have been
immortalized in song and story fancy
! is far astray from fact. A certain lit.
/ tie aphorism-~come early and avoid
1 the rush." to be exact-4has particular
pith when applied to Christmas shop
4 ping f" A"
No one may approach counter.
| find stol, sit down liesurely and re-
ceive the courteous attention of the
/ saleswoman. Your right eye is not
/ imperiled by the murderous hatpin
/ protruding from the chapeau of a lady
who is TANNED upon you on one side,
nor is your left rib in danger of frac.
ture from the determined female who
| threatens you ON the other.
November Christmas shopping is at
once a joy and delight You have
tame to give some thought to the Sc
! lection of your gifts. You have time
1 to decide whether a tan bag will
match up with Sadie's plum-colored
suit better than a black one and,
whether Uncle Harry would like
walking stick better than a new shay.
ing mirror.
Moreover, if you started out to get
Aunt Fanny a warm chest protector,
you do not wish to come home with
a shadow lace veil for her In short,
you shop like sane woman in sane
/ land
| Later on its different for shopping
/ is done in sort of catchas-catch-ca
! fashion, with the strongest nerves and
clothes winning out in the long run.
And the nearer and nearer Christmas
approaches the wilder and wilder the
melee becomes. eliminating on Christ
mas Eve in confusion-a scene which
would make the mad militants of En-
gland or the mob scene din Julius
Caesei9' look tame by comparison.
OF Course, There's The Sport.
OF course, the crowds are wonderful
II you ARE free to enjoy them, and in
order to get the real Christmas spirit
it is necessary to mlngle with them
But the wise woman win mlngle with
a ceae-free mind and a happy heart
She VIII have bought everything ex
cept. perhaps, her Christmas cards,
holly ribbon and wrapping paper. She
will reserve the last few days, when
other poor, beuighted souls are doing
the bulk Of their purchasing to fix up
her gifts daintily and send them off |
Parcel Post This Time.
This Chr stmas, by the way, will be
the first time to see the wonderful
parcel post in operation, and ii one
follows directions, sending away gifts
loses all of its former terrors,
First of all wrap and tie your pack