The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-09

CHRISTMAS ALMOST HERE;
STORES LAYING IN HOLIDAY SUPPLE,


Christmas is coming and II is not Sc
far away There are few pleasant
events that come regularly every year
without failing us and of these Christ.
mas is perhaps the grandest of them
AL. Everybody loves Easter and
Thanksgiving, but somehow they are
not like Christmas. Easter means just
as much as Christmas and, indeed
Christmas would have been q bitter
day were il not for Easter. But some
how when the first breath OF cool air
comes in the fall and the clouds glow
under the setting sun and the air be.
gins TO get hazy in the evening while
the clouds drift into mares tails"
then we all know it is not long till
Christmas.
Kids Talking Christmas
Right here in Ardmore we can see
evidences of the coming Christmas.
The wan, worried expression the
school kids wore on their faces-espe.
cially the younger ones-when school
first opened, has gradually disappeared
and smiles are beginning to grow
where distress once lurked. Just this
week two kids about and years old
were walking home from Fourth Ward
school talking about things in general
near them heard:
old hot summer has gone an | am
glad of it,"
you betcher he's gone and my dad
dy says we amt going 10 have no more
hot weather till next year"
"It was sure enough cold this morn.
ing when | got up and we had fire
IT was almost cold enough to be Christ.
mas"
20 boy. I say It was! Just think, it's
not much more than two months till
Christmas. I'll bet 1 am going to get
a bicycle this year 'cause-" and SO
the conversation drifted to the biggest
subject in the mind of any normal
lIiddy 1t don't take much to start a
Christmas conversation among the
kids. They are already talking Christ
mas all over town.
Not Only Kids
But 1t is not only the kids that are
talking and thinking Christmas. The
grownups, even the big conservative
business men, are talking Christmas
They are talking it more than the kids
are. In fact, they are buying Christ
mas presents right now.
II is fact. Some Of the stores al
ready are getting in their early sup
plies Of Christmas goods. Clothing
stores in some instances are displaying
in their windows the styles that viii
be worn Christmas in women's anc
mems clothing. And that is not all
The toy stores are receiving first ship
unpacking the toys and marking then
up ready TO put on sale in n few weeks
( All the stores have purchased mos
of their Christmas supplies and ever!
train is bringing in box after box o
Christmas goods.
Expect Bigger Sales This Year
Ardmore and most OF the entire coun
try is in better shape this Christmas
than IL was last. SO there is expected
TO be a larger sale OF Christmas goods
Early shopping will be urged as has
been the case In the past and the biz
hesrte people of the city who will re
member to shop early and help the
tired clerks 10y doing so will also re-
member TO buy some things for the poor
lSiddies OF the city who are not for
tunate enough to have mothers or dad
dies. who are able TO do so. The people
who have plenty will call on old Santa
to remember the poor kiddies, too. sc
that everybody can be happy this
Christmas.
No, klddies, It is not long till Christ
mas. In a few weeks the show win
dows will sparkle with artificial snow
scenes: there will be gilded decorations
and all the pretty things that go &c
make the windows look good. The
Christmas tree man will start around
soon taking his orders for Christmas
trees, "a he always does in plenty OF
time to have them set up and all dec
GRATED when old Santa comes along
with his big load OF toys and other
good things.
Hooray. Christmas is coming
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