New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1919, Page 5

Christmas Gifts A. A. MILLS 80 WEST MAIN ST. Tel. 381 Plumbing Tinning Heating = | |y but surely drip from father’s safe Quick Returns Use Classified Column| NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1919, | Sister Susie’s Stopped Sewing Socks For Soldiers, So Papa’s Paying For Popular Paltries | Claus, popularly residence near the North Pole, is going to bring a lot of “knick knacks” in the old red s this vear to place in th estockin his youthful ew Britain protes And as a resull of the peculiar and rather vague relationship tween the old white whiskered fel- low who slides down the chimneys land the fond father of the brood { profiting by his visit, this same parent will have to reach a long, long way down into his brecches pocket to pay the bills presented around thc first day of January 1920 Shopping Early Be The annual Christmas shopping rush has begun. bringing with it the late hours for the store clerks, the { mad hurry and bustle and atmosphere of good fellowship about the sh the secrctive smuggling of mysterious parcels into the houses and up to the i bureau drawer and the tinkling, {winkling little coppers, as they slow- Old Mr. Santa to credited with n ning take w peculiar interest in | seeing what peoplc buy for their) Christmas presents, have noticed that | this year, in marked contrast to what | happened last year, the shoppers are the money for com- usel gifts. In a woid, | arc going back to the old pre- | war methods of huying what they | like and think others will like, in-| stead of debating for hours over the sorious and gloomy problem of get- ting sister Anne or brother .John “somethig really and truly useful” No Time Last Year. Last vear, and in the year pre- ceding it, when the talk and tho thoughts of cverybody centered avound what was heing done over in France on the battlefields, there was very little time spent - in Christnas shopping. Sister Susie was sewing socks for soldiers, and knitting sweat. ers and helmets and making a bit of candy on the old Kkitchen stove {o wrap up in a tiny pareel which would be accepted by the United States nost office for delivery to her khaki claad | , hero doing duty mewhere in | France,” or in America. | Tnstead of spending money ins, bank into the deposit vault at the the baker and coffers of the butche: the candle stick mai And the storekeepers, now begin- on NATIONAL | BANK ~ Supervision Join Our Christmas Club ties and cuff buttous, mother was i religiously putting every coin into | war savings stamps and Liberty bonds and tucking them safely away { to her son’s account in the banlk, and father—well, father was out hustling for the bacon as usual and didn't have much time or moeney (o spend on what “the boy” or any other mem- ber of the family would want for Christmas. | It was a war Christmas, fand Santa Claus was probably very ! much disgruntled over the fact that | few people had either the time or the money.to spend in preparations for his { annual visit. Changed Now. Butl this year—it's all changed. | Sister Susie's. visiting the jewelry store or the haberdashery concern and getting all sorts of pretty things for | “her feller,” back again and very ready to receive any gifis in the way of clothing that might be forthcom- ; ing. Mother's determined to make up for lost time in the Christmas shopping line, and consequently is charging presents and provisions with | astonishing rapidily and unconcern, | while the other members of the fam- {ily are following suit with the same | abandon—excepting father, ~ perhaps. who has his nose fo the grindstone as usual and is trying not to chirp too loudly and spoil the fun Real Christmas Buying. This is a season of real Yuletide buying, and a glance at the crowded | condition of New Britain stores will prove it. In spite of all the angles to the high cost of living, everybody seems to have plenly of money (o spend. and they aren't showing any backwardness about it. Of course there are the usual number of com- | plaints about the high price of things but, and the merchants tell this ! secret with o wink-—if things aren’t high in. price, the buyer doesn't want it. ne No Slump in Jewelry. The jewelry market was expecling a slump this vear. But whoever made ' that prediction was all wrong. Gq in | the jewelry store and see who is by - ing the precious stones, the value of which have nearly doubled since the beginning of the war. The man in overalls pulls out a roll of bills big | enough to bridge the gap between the Republican and Democratic parties and pays for a diamond ring with all the cheerfulness and unconcern usual- pictured in the “movies”. for the action of ‘‘the hero” under the same circumstances. Few German 'Toys. There are few, if any, German made | toys in the shops this vear, although the scarcity is not caused by any pre- dice on the part of the buyers. The average litle boys cares not whether his steam engine comes from Berlin ovr St. Louis, and the trade in Ger- man-made toys probably will have n resumed when that country is on her feet once more and exporting these articles, Although there is a marked antipathy to anything “made in Germany” at present, the custom- | er's attention is usually centered | about the valuc of the article, and | not its manuiacture. Japanese (oys are being sold this year, and there has been some concern over their solidness and aurability. ,American- | made toys, naturally are in greater demand than ever before. | Demand ¥For Greens. ! | There is a demand for greens, holly, | spruce, pine and mistletoe, of course. | showing a tendency on the part of | everyone to dccorate. Although the demand is great, the price 1is not necessarily high. Express charges | have added somewhat to the cost of | the greens, however. The Christmas dinner probably will exceed in cost Thanksgiving meal of a month and the one served last year at time. . Cranberrles are the only articles which have not increased in price, | cording to a local dealer. This is in- directly due to the sugar shortage, | for nobody will buy eranberries, lack- | ing the necessary sweetening, and the | market is flooded. Turkey will sell | at between sixty and sixty-five cents a pound, where last year the fowls brought fifty-five and sixty cents. Then there is the desire on the part of mother to make the dinner this vear especially in good contrast to last year's meal, spent in the period just | after the war, when Johnny was in | France, eating “bully beef”” and bacon, | Little Candy. 1 | year | the ago, this this The guestion of supplving candy is one troubling all dealers in the bon | bons this year. The cost of sugar and | the rarity of thet commodity has com- bined to make the problem of sup- plying Christmas sweets a serious one. . Many local residents have placed ad ! vanced ovders for candy. | delegation, | the Hamburg ship yards; | Bich of the ministry of publc works: | taken [ the supply will not meet the demand Th cost may bz high, it is pointed | out, hut in these days of reckless buy- ing. there ave tew who count the cost, GERMAN ENYVOYS ARRIVE New Delegation in Pa to Discuss Compeneation KFor Sinking of i'leet at Scapa Flow. Paris, Dec. 16.~-A new German which has come to Paris {o discuss compensation for the sink- ing of the German warghips in Scapa Flow, arrived this morning. The delegation, which is presided over by Councillor Sellinger, a her of the commercial department of the German foreign minfstry. con- ists of Rudolph Brohm. representing Councillor Dr. Pelzer, director of the Hamburg- American line: Dr. Petens, director of the Weser ship yards at Bremen; a representative of the Hamburg government and Paul Muller repre- senting three groups of seamen. The delegates arrived in a special car altached to the ordinary express | train. There was no incident at station, but the crowds regarded Germans with interest. The German note in Allied communication demanding signing of the peace protocol was up by the supreme council at this morning’s session. 1f was de cided that a meeting of Allied e verts with the German shipping ex- perts should be held the reply to the sent (o legal experts for examination. The council’s consideration of the German communication was of a general nature. It was stated that a reply would be made after examination of the document ALL VICTIMS OF ECZEMA'S ITCH NEED POSLAM It is Poslam's mission to itching eczema's cruel distress and to restore disérdered skin io sightliness and health. Comfort as it is applied to the sore places. Its concentrated healing power quickly shows. FEach day should mark di tinct improvement. 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Tonight give a little of Dr. Caldwell's Symp Pepsin, which you can buy at any drug store for 50c and $1 a large bottle, and it will act in the morming and the troublesome symptoms promptly disappear. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin s a com- bination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin. Unlike the harsher physics it acts gently and without griping so that while grownups can use it freely it can also be given to a tiny baby with perfect safety. Thousands of American families would XMAS SUGGESTIONS We have a large stock of the following: TRAVELING BAGS DRESS SUIT CASES LADIES’ AND GENT’S POCKETBOOKS MANICURE SETS MUSIC ROLLS PORTFOLIOS, ETC. RYAN’S TRUNK & BAG STORE 43 MAIN STREET. not think of being without a bottle in the house for the emergency arises almost daily when it is needed. I'ns spite of the fact that Dr. Caldwell's % Syrup Pepsin ¢ largest selling liguid laxatice in the world, there being o 6 million_botiles sold each zcho meed its benefits have it. If vouw have not, send your name and address for a free trial bottle to Dr. W B. Caldwell, 511 Washington St., Mouti cello, 1llinois, this afternoon. ! A portion of the German note was | g@@@fimfi@@@m@fifié@@éé%a@@@#@@@@@&mawfiwafim Diamond Rings Brooches Scarf Pins Links Hamilton For Elgin Ladies SRECHGERGGREG B 295 Main St. Ladies and Gents M. C. LEWITT New Britain, Conn. \ Diamonds Watches { Waltham and Watches For and Gents Geneva Watches For Ladies and Gents Fancy 14k Gents’ Chains Shaving Sets, Cigar and Gigarette Cases Solid Silver and Fancy lvory Toilet Sets l Silver Tea Sets | and | Table Ware Pearl and Fance! Stone Ladies’ and | Gens' Rings. de are doing everything in their power to fill them. There seems to be N prevailing impression, however, that i 1S B RO R S S B R GEBBEERVSERBEHE BEP I VEBETB BBV EEGREE G 8 S B B AR S R SR R | | 4 and e ]i