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HIGH GRADE XMAS PRESENTS
Our line of Christmas Goods consists only of high grade articles. Come and see our line. We can
please you if you want something real nice. We pay express charges on purchases amounting to $5
DON McADAMS & BROTHER
fi DRUGGISTS
0 TELEPHONE NO. 50
UATESVIEEE, ARKANSAS
N an excellent short,
atory published not
long ago, O. Henry
gave to his shop-girl
heroine a colossal char
acter, emphasized that
In her were combined
the notable attributes
of Hercules, Joan of
Arc, 1'na Job and Idt
tle Red Riding Hood
And at this season of
the year—"glad Christ
mas days"—It easily
might seem to a less
s y m p a t h etlc person
than the regretted O. Henry that the
shopgirl most stands In need of the
strength of Hercules, the heroism of
Joan of Arc, the truthfulness and oth
er singular excellencies of 1'na. the
patience of Joh Think what It must
mean, from eight to six, or eight to
ten, as the case may he, to face and
serve the rattled throngs that are now
surging through the shops, think of
the strain on endurance and nerve, «n
temper and manners The wonder Is
not that she often comes up to the de
mands on her, hut that she ever does
Some of the veterans, survivors of j
many hard-fought Christmas battle
fields, are marvels; may be seen at
fag-end of day still alert, though droop
lngly so; still clear-headed, though
with conscious efTort; still with emir
teous attitude in their serving, though
those they serve have lost the last
shred of any politeness with which
they may have started out.
Compare the manners of some
spoiled darling, some Indulged, arro
gant child of wealth, with the dignity '<
ami patience and sweetness often I
shown by the girl behind the counter.
The one self centered, of most restrict
*d vision, captious, petty; the other
soft effacing, far-seeing, charitable,
big Caleb In search of a wife might
well pursue his quest nlong the aisles
of the big stores, find womanly Ideal
standing there behind the counter.
They are not all caricatures of fash
Ion, with hair tortured Into latest ex
asperation, frocks cheap copies of
showy splendors; not all more given
to powder and rouge than to soap and
water And In the attainment of the
so hlghly-deslrable neatness and trim
ness heroism again has to come to the
fore, It Is no easy matter after long
hours of labor to labor more, take
pains for personal cleanliness, sew and
darn when eyes are heavy, hack Is
aching Heroines every one of them
that make a good show.
I know a girl In a fashionable candy
shop that every other night washes
and Irons that she may be presentable
the next day. Her moderate wage Is
the chief part of the family support, :
there Is not enoaffh money for enough
blouses to last the week, and so the
midnight laun.Irving Is done as a mat
ter of course. But how pretty and
sweet and fresh the girl does manage
to look In her snowy white and well
brushed black; much better dressed,
she seems to ine, than the woman of
fuss and feathers
What little mothers they are, a lot
of them, simple affectionate, domestic
creatures though so often character
lzed as vain, shallow, foolishly am
bttloUB, thinking only of dress and
•'dates.” 1 know one girl that worked
In one of the department stores which
keep open evenings at Christmas time,
who the night before Christmas did
not leave (he store until midnight,
then after traveling an hour on the
street cars to her home stayed tip
hours to trim a wonderful Christmas
tree for the children of the family, the
bunch of little ones the poor seem al
ways to have with them. 1 know an
other girl that at this season goe~
down unusually early mornings to ar
“stock, v.ouies home
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LOOK OUT ™ SANTA CLAUS
Charles Mosby, of Batesville, has made
special arrangements with Santa Claus, and
he expeets to be on hand with a full supply
of Watches, Jewelery and all kinds of Xmas
Novelties. All the cheap grades of watches,
as well as the finest. Special prices for the
Holidays. Come see w hat we can do for you
CHARLES MOSBY
Bstesville,
Arkansas
Our Big Holiday Line
Bought from a dozen different
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one place something for
Father, Mother
Sweetheart
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Here’s hoping that you don’t miss the
opportunity of seeing our store
BEVENS’ DRUG STORE
Newport, Arkansas
Headquarters For
Santa Claus
Will be at Askew’s Store,
302 Front Street, New
port, Arkansas, the great
est store for Santa Claus
in Newport. Everything
new and up-to-date. A
big, new, clean stock. Big
line of Dolls, Toys, Fire
works, Pictures, China
ware, etc. Visit our store
Something to Please Everybody
ALEXANDER & DAVIDSON
Jewelers, Watchmakers and Opticians
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
ESTALISHED 1877
Headquarters For All Kinds of
Novelties in Jewelery
Gifts Suitable For Everybody
late evenings; but after dinner oheer
fully dons kitchen apron and helps
with giant plum pudding and other
Christmas preparation that yearly Is
repeated In honor of old England and
the home left behind when there was
made search for fortune In the rich
land of America. These are Just two
. Instances, the on*- quite commonplace,
unhero a-, hut you may pick up a few
for yourself hv eavesdropping a hit In
your shopping, observing among the
buyers the many shopgirls purchasing
toys and sliver “pusher,” children's
gloves And sweater, or gray dress for
mammy, muffler for daddy.
Of course there Is any number of
pert, Incompetent girls that wait on
hapless customers, rather keep hap
less customers watting, hut they have
been pictured with enough frequency,
this sort repeatedly held up as typical,
thereby obscuring the virtues of the
many worthy ones following the pro
fession of waiting on." For some time
past I have been gathering data, nil
king experiment; and have found It
the rule rather than exception that
courtesy me<^H^wlth courtesy. “Soft
and fair go far In a day,” not only on
highway hut In the miles of space In
a huge department store.
A man said to me recently: "How
little of church Is brought Into the
Christmas of today.” And how sadly
! true this Is—"church” In this Conner
j tlcA standing for whatsoever things sre
i lovely, whatsoever things are good, of
J full Import to all religions And bully
; Ing and bullyragging a shop-girl at
this season seems about as far from
"lovely and good” as one may wander.
Put yourself In her place, remember
ing previous failures of your own
when bodily weariness snapped
strained nerves, broke down poise.
Ye gods and little fishes, in what
condition Is the shopgirl to “enjoy”
Christmas! I am sure If I were she
all I would ask of good Saint Nicholas
would he a dark, airy room far, far
away from people (from man, and es
pecially woman); a great, soft bed
where 1 could stretch out long and
wide; silence and sleep forever and
I T xrr—m-t ""t\ -ii-rw-1
Sew end Dern When £y«« Are Heavy
forever. No dreams to disturb that
sleep; no vision of past haggling, no
vision of wearisome “exchanges" to
come
Hut the reality is a long way from
this that I would ask Do vou suppose
such a proud wage earner aR she
would be content to let Christmas da\
' go bv without displaying wealth and
power? No, every dependent In th"
I household must partake of her bounty.
I every pensioner he given good proof
of what It means to have her dress u|
and go down town every dav Noth
Ing of niggard Is the shopgirl at
I Christmas she is as much a Lady
Bountiful as any mllllonai-ess of them
all
What a creature1 A Hercules, a
’ Joan of Arc. a L’na, a Job" and a
Lady Bountiful on eight dollars and
less a week'
(Copyright. 1910 I
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