Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-19
PINE BLUFF FOLK
 LAY DOWN WORK :: TO HELP SANITY
 +- .. ,@NF .. Christmas Shopping Now at Flood, With Crest Yet | to Come. ". ~. 7.
GREAT DISPLAYS ~4
 HOLIDAY GOODS
Unusually Attractive Windows and Decorations Lure Thousands to Shopping D:strict-Gift Goods of
 Useful Nature in Big Demand.

There are just five more shopping days to Christmas. t.,. -.e.. @e} ..e ..zs
 Count. them-Monday;, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, five of them. , s4js.-s.i -..s.l.. Christmas shopping. has been heavy the past week-but what it has been is not a marker to what it is going to be these next five days.
 The Do Your Christmas Shopping Early" slogan has been working hard and overtime, and it has had some beneficial results, but there are still plenty of folks who will do their Christmas shopping late, who will have to take what other peopla would not have, who will have the clerks and salespeople to serve them just when the clerks and salespeople are all run down. tired, fatigued' almost to the point of exhaustion. {. | There will De several hundred paw first day or two of the week, railroad and factory and mill employees, and city employees as we'll, for these lat ter will be authorized by the council at it's meeting Monday tc' draw one half their December pay. It is safe to say the very great majority of these pay checks will go direct into the hands of the business houses. partly to pay bills due and the rest for holiday purchases. ''-. H~
 Its going 10 be big Christmas week, with city people and country folk all wanting to get things right away and at once, all dickering and bargaining and trying to- remember what to get for who, and such other things. Thc business men look for ward to the week with pleasure-and the clerks and sales people and de- livery folk lcok forward to it with dread. because they know thei back breaking, nerve-wracking work 1;t | will mean to them. 7, .- Decorations Plentiful. | Holly, tpistletoe, silver and gold testooning. red and green ornaments all sorts of Christmas decorations. ara plentiful in Pine Bluff stores. Not cnly are they on sale. but they have been used in lavish profusion in dec crating the show windows and the interior of the stcrss.s 'f." ;H' f@' g. l Santa Claus is omnipresent, almost. Wherever one turns, there stands the
 good patron saint of the season and
 Of little childr:n-either in 'life,i in
 printed representation or in mask. However he comes, he attracts the attention of .be little folk, who crowd around to watch. with wide open eyes that indicate their intefest. Big Stocks of Toys. ."t l Half dozen of the larger stores. and many of the smaller shops, have good stocks of toys. of which there Is a great variety this year, much greater than usual. The good times'
 existing in this section is responsible for this condition of affairs. The peo- pie have money, and the toys are in demand. ".. .a.
 As the year passes, there is a con stant increase in the number of use full and semi-useful toys manufactur- ed for the children. Instead of being confined almost exclusively to the
 things strictly ornamental or for play
 purposes cnly, the lines now include furniture almost large enough to hold
 the wardrobe of a well-equipped
 child; littls' kitchen cabinets. little
 stoves. small trunks. suit-cases and
 chifforobes: wagons. automobiles,
 trains. tool chets. sets of steel con-
 struction material, steam, oil and
 electric driven machinery: stuff that
 entertains and amus7s, and at the
 same time is expected ,so lay the
 foundation of practical knowledge in
 household economies, domestic sci
 ence, trades and sciences. Thus the
 materialistic age is evidently having
 it's effect. even upon the toys used by the children. <. '~''
 The 'S. P U. G.. Movement. A,~ The IS. P. U. G." movement is to
 be found in 'his condition. The So-
 ci ty for the Prevention of Useless Giving was organized particularly to
 tanish the exchange of useless, un- necessary gifts between adults, but it's effect has extended to the. things
 fer children-and there is little doubt
 the children will be benefited. 1 It must not be understood that be- cause there are so many useful things
 for children. the old, reliable. ever popular things have been totally dis carded. In all. probability, there were
 more dolls purchased in Pine Bluff lthis year than for, several ysars past
 ard with the dolls there were also the sets of doll furniture. doll dishes, coll clothes, and such stuff. There
 were also worlds and worlds ot jumping jacks. jacksin-the-box,
 building blocks. picture books, ordi- nary little tin trains, and wagons. and trains and the mass of other little destroy 'em quick" paraphsrnalia.
 The old friends are still here. and | are still sold in vast quantities.
 Some Handsome Displays.s
 The central window of the Eagle store is ons otsthe most attractive, in the city. depicting @s 1t doss ;astxpi- cal Christmas season scene, With Santa Claus. in the midst of 3, display ef ssaaonahle arficief all in snow SsS9s ylsats4t 3+ksS