The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-12-15
DECEMBER WINDOWS

All the windows of the merchant,
show the signs of approaching
Yule-tide. They abound in gifts, ricl
gifts, poor gifts and every other sort
With prices up in the realms of fancy
even useful gifts this year ought tC
carry the Christmas thrill. Their
price makes them equal to the run
of useless gifts common to holiday
giving. And these windows are MAX
ing point of attractive household
goods.
Brown-Hart and Rowles- Mack are
showing full force of wearables,
one for women mostly, the other for
men altogether. Brown-Hart's gown
window is especially neat and we'll
made up.
This being also the season Of eats,
| the groceries shine in all the splendor
of commissaries. The Consu mers'
Wholesale grocery has solid display
of nuts, nigger-toes, almonds, pecans,
filberts, and the rest, all thrown
against the pane of the window in
three sided bins, SO that their very
bulk invites hungry attention. Just
behind the window stands an array
Of canned goods, neat and fresh.
Pearson's grocery gives space to
candy, just big full boxes of Christ
mas candy, and hardly anything else
seems quite so appropriate to the
day of days as bulk candy. Every
one always has too much, and fond
parents enjoy, strange to say seeing
the Riddles gorge themselves for
once. into painful consequences, too.
The Blackfoot Mercantile company
has nicely patterned window show,
made of packages, raisins, currants
and nuts, arranged like an oriental
garden.
The Racket store has such a vari-
ely of simple, inexpensive gifty
things that one is put in mind Of
dozens of worthy uncles and nieces,
nephews and aunts, who might be
remembered.
The Golden Rule store has we'll
made displays, the useful things ar
ranged as attractively as the toy
things.
Bybee grocery has fresh appetiz-
ing apple and orange display.
Boyle hardware windows are wear
ing charge of shiny percola tiers.
Many Christmas coffee pot will per-
colate. It makes mothers work a
little easier, and therefore the dis
play is attractive. The Black foot |
Electric Supply company, next to The
Idaho Republican, also has percola-
tors in the window of their new
shop, and other pretty electric things.
Some folks always give things for
Christmas that remain with the re-
,eiver as a life long care, brick-a-
)rac, unusable glassware and so on,
out these labor saving devices have
more of the real Christmas spirit
han anything that passes on its
OOks.
Speaking of glass ware one thinks
# china ware. Hayes Gift shop
GEMS to have no end of pretty table
fishes. casseroles, Japan sets, trays,
owls and all the like beautiful and
erviceable furniture. The north
yindow now shows toys in grotesque
righteousness, which makes the kid
les think old Santa dumped them
here for samples.
The Bon Ton has an interesting,
mountaineering window picture
herein little Santa Clauses are car
wing down loads of chocolate crea ms
ut of a chocolate barrel. They
limb up on ladders, and one huge
locolate is quite task for them to
andle. One of the smaller Santas
ppears to be tightening his load on
lie way down the ladder. He is
king a big bite of his chocolate
ut of course he is not really MAX
e his load lighter. Some little
ommie or Margie will wonder who
'ok that bite out of the hocolate
cam.