The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-23
SHOPPERS HAPPY
! IN SPITE OF MIST
Fsristmas Spirit Doesn't
depend on Whether
Sun Is Shining
INKS PACKAGE LADEN
M with the Gladness Is
often Mingled a Note
of Sadness

-,s yaqarles OF Oklahoma climate
Il ~ nresortcd to Tulsa yesterday a
s's swathed In mist and snod in
"a But Tulsa's downtown district
,pst as crowded with happy
/ @Jdmas choppers az though the
bad been shining. The holly
h,,sthed shop windows were just
sl,urinr the mistletoe heapcd on
s,sons sanding at every corner
..,g Main street was lovelier be-
'.o.s tht pcarly berries were wet
/ "a .hinlng and the purposeful way
I, me holiday crowd was leavened
rsb Christmas goodwill.
iostllre and hurrying the package
,,i,n pcople that throng the aisles
the stores are all goodnatUred.
:, s az though the eyes OF every
one are opened TO the fact that
i ',s,ybody L. lust folks" tho toy
vpdow's the thing. DO the children
ulster around IL, to be pulled. pro-
sist.ng away by busy parents who
vould fall to go into aisles OF the
,sy maris ot the city? Not a bit
ITii Tho children are lucky II they
N a lookin. The toy windows draw
1 fer scores Of adults just the same
4 \. the children. The youngsters
I'd lucky again II they hold their
4 1oints Of vantage long. Grown-up
dies cxclaim over life size baby
Io.s and pull out the tiny drawers
n facinatlng wardrobe trunks while
nan size gentlemen pore earnestly
her electric train outfits and Tuinia-
Hre artillery.
SaIcsfoIk Courteous.
The difficulty OF solving certain
|3flcult problems that belong to
lbrNmas is reflected In the faces
3,f many shoppers. But Tulsa sales
Iolk are known TO be courteous and
'helpful and they enter whole-heart-
edH into discussions of what would
be suitable with men and women,
rrR and boys. The anxious boy in
lnckers with so much to spend for
|rother SIS and dad gets just as
iruch consideration as the furred
f Ind vellcd customer with the gold
! gesh bag. And very likely the furred
. nd yeiled one smiles in n comradely
:,ay al the youthful shopper who
. .tdtates long and painfully between
n handkerchief and a thimble for
Nom
A Thero never has been such load
a pearly-flecked m!stletoe and red
FLASHED holly as there are on the
reeis NJ Tulsa this year. Christ
4ras color is rampant. 1t overriows
8tom those shops that are ordinarily
{ native heath into the staid and
lab windows OF supply and office
cncerns that do not usually friyol
Ntr anything--certainly over moth.
{ag short of Christmas. There never
( As been n time when folks who
be late can get such good looking
christmas cards. And there are al
bays folks who are late. Even a
hat the. sale of the cards has beer
Unusually large this year in Tulsa
And there never has been a yea
i 3Nhen there has been more of tn,
8ne Christmas spirit evidenced II
ae crowds that surge In and out q
ae stores and through the business
neets.
Not All JOY.
But rs not all JOY. Christina
has It's pathos. too. in Tulsa. Yes
S lerday a small boy stood lookin'
Nlstully at the relocated ant
Whitley hlrsute Santa Claus tina
i stood on the street corner. The lat
arried basket OF mlstletoe. !
= laSerey stopped to buyVa sprig.
Going to have a merry Christ
n masl"
The lads blue eyes were sombe