Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-04
MERCHANTS URGE EARLY BUYING OF
 CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Windows Are Decorated for Eyes of Purchasers; Already Many Early Shoppers Have Been Busy Laying in Supplies.

buSy Laylng ln SuppheS.
 The value of early shopping is be- ing constantly brougn; 70 the atten- ton of the public by the merchants of Bisbee They have arranged their Christmas displays, started their ao- vertising, and commenced their bus mess of preparing for the visits of Kris Kringle with a view to hasten ing the heavy buying, and Tightening the rush which always comes with the end of the purchasing season. They have prepared for the selection of the Bisbee patron and the resident of the Warren District and the near by country a selection more choice ] than on former Christmas occasions. ! and they have laid in stocks of mater ial for gifts and remembrances sell 1 dom equalled in cities the size of Bisbee
 A glance at the windows Of the ! merchants Of the city is satisfaction . to the general observer In the | stores of the merchants there are all l. kinds and descriptions Of articles . suitable for the wife, the husband. . the sweetheart, brother, sister and friend. There is Christmas satsfac- tion in every shop, and variety of selection dazzles the undecided in its immencity and scope.
 And it is here that the merchants fare laying their greatest stress in ! urging early shopping They state that the supplies which the stores of the district have secured for the pur- chaser this year are SO complete and so diverse that it will take the aver age person some time to decide on what he is anxious Of buying They Iurge that the shoppers make their rounds Of the shops and stores, see what they wish to see, and then make the purchases before the tail end of the season. They argue and well, too, that the early bird will get the choice of the selection. and that the early shopper will save the shop tender, the counter girl, and the de- livery department much unnecessary haste and work.
 The windows of the district are al- ready taking on their holiday spirit There is scarcely store in the whole ibf the district which has not placed some of theF many articles where the patrons on the street may have a slight glance at the good things in store They are placing the bait for the purchaser now. They have put some few of the most desirable and least expensive desirables where they may be seen. And they have placed
 signs or suggestions with their dis
 plays which are drawing cards tc
 the eye which generally leave the viewer with an idea that there are
 better things inside which deserve
 close attention before making Of pur- Jchasss.
 The shopper is already taking
 goodly interest in the windows of the 1 merchants, too Yesterday evening . and during the late afternoon there } were crowds before most of the } Christmas displays in the city Peo- . pie coming and going from their l homes. attracted by some article - which more than appealed to them
 stopped and surveyed the showings '- of the windows, and the merchants E last evening stated the shopping for - Christmas had improved in one day
 considerably. and the present indi. cation is that there will be heavy buying before the middle Of the month is reached
 While Bisbee is moi pressed with Christmas shopping al are the large
 and congested cities, there is never the-ess the tail-end rush of shopper.
 here as elsewhere. They are the ' people who leave their buying unu
 the last moment. and then make pan I- demonium where they are attempting
 10 find something which is suitabl, ., for friend and relative And thes, U are the people whom the merchant.
 are now trying to reach. Each maI
 in the city who has for sale some r- thing which is desirable for Christ 'f mas gifts, Is now making every etor -e to bring the shoppers at once to thu r. counter where the added rush of th d late buyer may be lessened, and thu 10 tired feet of the clerk in the loca -n stores may be less tired when th lF end Of the season comes and Christ e mas morning breaks over the hills O
 the Warren District