The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 7

You Have Our Sympathy OMOmI UM We know how hard it is to squeeze a whole season’s Christmas shopping into one We can see you shudder at the thought of plunging into a last minute shopping melee. But here’s good news for you! You Can Shop in Comfort To-Morrow Experience has shown that the annual holiday rush of customers is greatly abated day, or, perhaps, even a single afternoon. the last day before Christmas. It is a peculiar phenomenon—confirmed by years of observation—that the telated shoppers get the benefit of a lull after the shopping storm. YOU DON’T NEED TO GO ABOVE THE MAIN FLOOR TO FIND: FOR A MAN Striped Ties Put a couple of red and blue stripes with a little green and yellow thrown in for good measure around his neck, and a man feels well dressed thesedays. Wehave’em in all colors for $1.44 Dressing Cases It doesn’t take a million- aire to own a fitted dress- ing case. We have got ‘em right downstairs on our Main Floor, from $9.94 to $11.89 Safety Razors Alexander the Great be- gan the style of shaving because he couldn’t bear to hide his youthful beauty behind a beard. Apropos of which, o u r safety razors range in price from 69c to $9.34, (tax 45c) Gold Knives Here’s a handy little com- bination of usefulness for the end of a watch chain. 14-karat solid golti knife, pencil and file combined. Plain or engine tured de- signs. 5.94 to $39.50 Cuff Links Gold ones, these are, in all the shapes and pat- terns a man could want, and smart at that. There’s a monogram space on most,of them, $8.24 to $49.50 Small Lamps Collar Boxes . How about a collar box for his Arrows and Ides? It’s a good way to keep them—in a round leather box’ with either a strap or drawstring. $4.96 to $7.94 Gloves : He runs a flivver, does he? How'd he like a pair of fleece or fur-lined gloves to keep his hands from freezing to the wheel these | chilly winter days? $1.44 to $7.94 Little intimate shaded affairs, or the more stolid and dignified reading variety—all small enough to be tucked under one’s arm and taken home at the last minute. Small Clocks $3.74 to $11.89 Mahogany and otherwise—plain, serviceable, and albeit artistic. timepieces for the family mantel or the office desk—or, in fact the chiffonier. Chimes $1.88 to $13.89 As a happy medium between the English butler’s “Dinner is served,” and the Swedish cook’s loud call, “Come to Dinner,” may we present these three and four tone chimes? Candlesticks $5.94 to $33.50 FOR A WOMAN Gold Watches Wrist watches, of course, for the day of chunky . gold timepieces pinned up under one’s chin has slong passed. 14 karat green solid gold in the shapes most pleasing to feminine tastes. $18.89 Decorative Combs That gorgeous, sparkling _ comb in the faultless coif- fure of the lady who sat in front of you at the theatre last night would look awfully well in the dark hair of some one you know. We have a daz- zling assortment— $6.24 to $41.25 Manicure Sets All the complicated shiny little things needed for @ manicure according to Hoyle, neatly packed in a leather case. $8.94 to $32.50 ' Boudoir Clocks No excuse for her to be late if you put a clock on her dressing table. No restrictions as to size and shape in this assortment. Prices range up to $14.89 to $349.00 Perfumes Women always have liked and probably always will like perfumes—especially if they come in odd shaped bottles. Imported these are—from 98c to $14.81, tax additional. Electric Grills Silk Scarfs Not only the flapper—no indeed — the debutante, the matron and even the dowager all show a de- cided leaning toward soft silk scarfs’ with a silky fringe. $3.49 to $14.89 Wool Lined Gloves Whether her hands clutch a steering wheel or wield a hockey stick, there are great possibilities for a pair of wool or fur lined gicves. $2.19 to $6.94 Cooking in th two by six kitchenette really isn’t such a problem after all. A compact electric grill, with a toaster and broiler, takes care of the difficulty beauti- fully. $10.74 to $13.89 Electric Chafing Dishes There’s nothing in the world better than an oyster stew made in the chafing dish—provided of course, that you have a chafing dish. Because if you haven't we'd like you to see our collection, priced from Electric Toasters $11.74 to $16.89 Dez HAST OSTA O SOOO LLO NOLO OOS Tf Pike Most Men —you are probably wild with despair—or resigned to the thought—that Christmas Eve is to-morrow, and at the eleventh hour you still have a long list of gifts unbought. just what gifts to buy, and your brain is whirling in a hopeless circle from. silk stockings to cigars—to mechanical engines—to dolls—and back again. If this is your predicament— TOO MOP LOMO COO LOO e ee Chances are you don’t know even yet We Have Come to Your Rescue —with a whole page of gifts selected especially for the procrastinating male. In the nick of time we are presenting a list of things that you will like to give, and that your farnily and friends will like to receive. Another Stroke of Good Luck! Saturday for most men, and presumably for you, too, is the most convenient day for shopping. Step into the store on your way up or downtown. Many of the gift suggestions mentioned here are on the main floor. A few are on the fifth floor, while the basement offers a selection of gifts for the home. FOR A BOY Books Robinson Crusoe—Robin Hood—all the old favor- ites in simple or elaborate editions as you please. And you surely won't forget to buy Alice in Wonderland! Prices? Various. Boy Scout Knives “A good deed every day”’— A Scout knife will total up a year of good deeds to your credit in that young nephew's eyes. $1.24 Boxing Gloves Make a young Jack Dempsey out of that youngster of ' yours— You'll enjoy his putting on the gloves as much as ie does. Prices are moderate. Skates Gee whiz, what skates! Johnson hockeys and rac- ers, and saw-toed skates for cutting figures. Make you went to get out and do a grapevine yourself Variously priced. Toy Boats » Everything from a canoe which can float placidly in the bath tub to full rigged schooners and great gray battle ships, to be launched in the nearest pond. In a range of prices. IN THE BASEMENT THERE ARE MANY GIFTS FOR Electric Percolators Fleece Lined Gloves Snow men and snow fights and rough, red, chapped harids. What's the matter with a pair of fleece lined gloves for Christ- mas? 79c to $2.39 Box Cameras Who knows what talents an amateur photographer may develop? Box came- tas are easy to take pic- tures with—and don't cost much to keep sup- plied with films. $1.88 to $2.97 It really has come to the stage where one can push a button and have a delicious coffee—provided the household is equipped with an electric percolator. Easy to keep clean—pleasant to have on the table. Electric Irons $9.34 to $24.48 The old days of snatching irons off the fire and shoving them on again have gone for good. The quickly heated, portable and highly useful electric iron is to be thanked for the change. $3.49 to $7.94 Wicker Trimmed Bowls and Plates FOR A GIRL Small Fans Young ladies begin coquetting in extreme youth—and a feather fan at dancing school may lay foundations for a dashing future. Lace or spangled. Tax additional. $1.39 to $2.49 Umbrellas The small niece and the young cousin—think how proudly they'll walk to school on rainy days under silk umbrellas! $1.98 to $4.69 7c tax Dolls ° Of course—cases of them —fat and thin, young and old, white and black,, Every kind from the so- phisticated young lady doll from Paris, to the papier mache baby, with eyes that really shut. All kinds of prices. Dolls’ Trunks For the cosmopolitan doll who winters in the sun parlor, and summers in the sand pile, there are trunks galore—steamer, and otherwise. Many prices. Laundry Sets Nothing like a little prac- tice in the gentle art of keeping clean. These small pieces function per- fectly to the great delight of future housewives. Moderate prices. Casseroles ) il! 4 Baby Pins Her ladyship the Baby deserves the best —no safety pins to fasten her embroidered bib, but tiny pins of gold or is $1.74 to $42.48 Animals Woolly dogs with an as- tonished look in their bead eyes—elephants— sheep—an entire menag- erie, in fact, all of a com- forting consistency and softness. THE HOUSEHOLD: | Cheese Souffles that melt in your mouth—candied sweets—they all come out of casseroles, we may state for the edification of the masculine ignorants. How about getting one set in nickel or copper? Czecho-Slovakian Glassware Brightly painted plates and vases, calculated to lend atmosphere to the most conservative tea table. You'd better get one for that artistic wife of yours. Nut Pick Sets $2.94 to $9.24 And now for the nuts and raisins! The most reticent of nuts will yield to an insistent pick. Sets of six picks and an effective cracker in a cloth lined box. 1.39 Bellows Small bellows that will emit a dainty puff of wind for Not merely plates and bowls, with soft warm Oriental colorings—nothing so commonplace, but plates and bow!s transformed into baskets, with twinings of dark wicker. $1.84 to $3.34 Brass or Mahogany candlesticks to flank the clock on the mantel—to fill the vacant place on the bookcase— to lend the correct ecclesiastical atmosphere to the table in the library. $3.24 to $13.89 Pair a drawing-room fire—and great deep chested bellows for the fire in the huge stone fireplace. A present, we dare say, us original as anything you could give. $6.14 to $28.75 institution known as the electric toaster which permits you to make hot toast at your elbow every morning of your life. $3.19 to$7.94 KAMacy & Ce Herald Square Macy, Derchandise Bonds, which come in denominations ‘of 1, 2 and 5 dollars. If yours is the kind of family which prefers to buy its own gifts—which counts the pleasure of selection part of the fun, then by all means, slip a Merchandise Bond into each stocking. On Sale at the Main Floor Desk. Special Luncheon Saturday And then, of course, there aré-J 98c per cover Served from 11 to 2.30 A regular Christmas luncheon, with the food and fixin’s of a real Christmas feast. One of the benefits of modern civilization is that