Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-14

oh, merry, merry, merry Christ
mas! -
To hear some people talk, you'd
think there wasn't going to be any
| Christmas this year,-high cost of
living, strikes, unrest and such get
ting so much free advertising right
| now.
| But. bless you, have you been in
the stores?
Good gracious Agnes! Did you
ever see such crowds? It's all you
can do to struggle in through the
doors and when you're inside
il seems more like a convention
than like a store. People every
where from the bargain basement
to the towering top. Not scattered
individuals, but big, lively, hilar-
ious. happy crowds, crowds with the
real Christmas spirit, 'n'everything
Record Breaking Christmas.
Oh, they're buying this year as
they never bought before, say the
store magnates. The money is
;9st flowing out for Christmas
gifts.
Prices? Sure, they're high.
What do you expect just after the
big war. But folks have plenty of
money to meet the high prices and
they're are not slow about spending
their money.
They're buying everything-pic-
tures, electric luXuries, monographs,
gloves, Japanese art pieces, novelty
gifts, telephone screens, floor lamps,
table lamps, tables, pianos, furs, cut
glass, toilet articles, coats dress
goods. ribbons, bath robes. rugs,
mittens, automobiles, automobile
accessories, and about 10000 other
things.
Gifts For Fair Sex.
The old-fashioned man who
bought his wife a sack of -four or
rocking chair for Christmas is evil
IDENTIFY not among the Christmas
shoppers. The merchants say there
has never before been such an out
pouring of money by men for gifts
for the fair sex. Jewels of great
price, running up into the hundreds,
and in some instances, into thou
sands of dollars have been bought
and put away, my fair lady, to sur
prise you and bring glad smile to
your lips and make you happy and
even more adorable in the eyes of
your lord and master Caughter)
than you were before.
And furs! Have you chanced,
accidently to mention (of course you
wouldn't hint for the world) have
you just happened to mention the
perfectly wonderful furs at that
store. You suppose you can never
have them but, oh, what wouldn't
you give to have them. y
Don't you know,--but, of course,
you do,-that Archibald. poor, weak,
man that he is, will gladly mortgage
his soul to buy those furs for you,
And that's what he is doing,
mortgaging his soul, necessarily
but buying them for you; poor, |
happy, boob! personally, we are
a bachelor. Furthermore, your
remarks about us fall on deaf ears.
we cannot near them.1
Beautiful Mesh Bags.
And gold mesh bags. My. land,
how the adoring Benedicts and
lmost-Benedicts are buying them,
say the store keepers! And plain
silver mesh bags! And plain silk |
stockings! Plain, did we say? Ny
word! 81 a pair! But, still the
fair creatures are worth 'em, so the
men seem to "figger."
And any number of other gifts for
the fair sex are being bought this
year in Omaha emporiums as never
before. ~.
And the ladies are buying too, for
the gents.
Yes, you really must give him
something, Madge. mustn't you?
1t wouldn't look right when he pre-
sents you with the gold mesh bag
or the furs worth an Americans
ransom in Mexico. You must give
him something.
And so the bedroom slippers, bath
robes, cuff links, shirts, sox and slip
pers and cigaret cases and cigar