Evening star., 1923-11-25

"Indeedly it do" stabber No. Fat.
so I hurry here to day to purchase
dustproof potato smasher for my
SON Rupert who have just got mar
ried to very Dear iGrl."
WHILE saying this they get jumbled
" into tense nobb OF ladies. all en-
rushing forward with expression pc
culiar to mad hippopotamusses- On
right, on left I could hear squeezed
lungs saying sweetishly. 81 believe in
doing Xmas shopping early, not SO,
Mabu?"
At lastly l got inside. In Needle.
Cnderware & Eggbeater Dept could
see 1o0000000 ladies clabber around
with expression peculiar to Irish
wanting to meet lloyd-Geo. In amidst
of 1t all I could tell Il Shopgirl by the
frightened arrangement OF her hairs.
With one hand she were selling Ex-
celsior Woolen Onion Suits while with
another she make change, endorse a
check, demonstrate a Fireless Gas
Stove and tell Lady from FerncliR
! that her child (rnale) must keep his
iccl ouL Oh the QISSSSnlSlQS.
Good time enjoyed by all. maybe.
Thank you, Mudam, II you will
stop pushing me down with your
chest" annoy another Shopgirl who
were selling soc kneckties.
How horrud of you," snarrel this
Mudar1. When ! have came here
carly, purposeiy to save your
strength
On 3rd, 18th & 44th floor it were all
equally the same. In Birdcage Dept
13 ladies was having a battle around
| a Siamese Crow what they all bought
| simultaneously tlz ssc. In the Pun
peian Music Saloon too many persons
| were tempting to hear free concert
| on the italian Peccadillo by Prof.
! Kelli.
Deaths was instantaneous while can
siderable people were being carried
off to Red Cross Dept. where they
were denatured and sent home.
In meantime, what should / buy:
Ny cousin Nogi have so frequently
asked me for suit of clothes & a
motor boat that I almost thought OF
| that. But IS cannot go SO long. even
in these days of intense bargains. For
| 2S 6: ssc ! could get one "a Austria
i lian parasol for Uncle Nichi. But
could not ind the change. What then?
I should love very dearly to buy a
bottel of poisoned perfume for Miss
kikusan who got married without my
consent, but Drug Store Dept. were
SO filled with people that I could not
get one of my edges In.
I stood befront OF one enormaious
plaster Sandy klauz statue, holding
a Xmas Tree marked Give Her
Pair of Our Moth Proof Hosiery
They Will Last Longer Than She
Does"
not stay there because a mobb of
swift ladies knock me down Gee and
1 was too moved to stop. With all the
skin off my nervus system at lastly
| took elevator down to 11th floor where
Hon. Operatta holla, Groceries, Art,
Shoes, Piannas and Garden Seeds"
BY getting off I knew I could sec
something there for Xmas present.
Who could miss 1t from so many7 But
, before I stood up I was pouncsd
| thither G. back by another poGrom
Of Early Shoppers.
| Around Fly Swatter Counter a pair
| of Swedish ladies was fighting a duel.
Beside Temperance Cocktail Shaker
Counter a purple Venus (colored)
could not move until her hat-pin camo
| loose from my car. II cannot axcuso
you for thati" She belIus s walk
| away with hustle.
GO what could I? cane there. had
- not, to do my Xmas shopping
prematurely? Yet everywhere go
get knocked somewhere else. Too
much persons around, by goily!
Howeverly, the unfortunate ara
born lucky. Somebody ramm me so
hard that I went right UP against the
Butter & Egg Dept. How fortunate!
, 2N inches from my chin observe the
shopworn face of Hon. Shopgirl. look
! ing calm but nervus.
What wished, If anythingT she
narrate while 18 ladies pull off her
hair in hopes she would listen better.
Il wish puchase 1 doz. eggs. slight
Xmas present for S. Wanda, Japanese
Socialist, who are In hospital enjoy
ing bilious" This for me.
"Are 1t not a wee early to buy
Eggs for Xmas7" she broncho.
Eggs are fresher when they are
earlier. are not?" snuggest.
"ssc per doz." she commence, but
could not get past those words be-
cause too tired. OF suddenly she
wrapped herself up and fell over.
pick her up with intense chivslry
In my elbow.
20. Mr.. SIR. she 81 g. grone. could
you not be more pittifull to working
gel & do Xmas Shopping at a less
crushy timer
when would that be. If conven.
ient?" ask to know.
about 3 weeks after Xmas" she
| vale, and when nextly seen she car
ried away. entirely useless.
Hoping You are the same.
Yours truly