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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
2
The article celebrates the Christmas shopping season with crowds bent on giving. It notes a shared purpose among shoppers to find gifts for loved ones, from small cards to expensive toys. The spirit creates a visible human touch and a grand feeling that unites people during the holiday rush.
Linen white handkerchiefs with dainty hand embroidery and scalloped edges. Corner designs offered. Displayed in small glove size.
Old Santa will greet children at 10 o clock Saturday at Ts Headquarters. Parents are urged to bring orders early as Christmas nears and Santa will be disappointed if you miss the visit.
An extra special two day offer features heavy quality silk Canton Crepe in navy midnight seal African and black shades. Full 40 inches wide suited for street and afternoon frocks. Prices 3.50 and 2.25 with Friday and Saturday only. Second Floor.
Featured are Jacquard black and broken plaid blankets in double thickness with 72x90 bedsizes and soft wooly finish. Also available are pink and blue crib blankets 36x40 inches with assorted patterns. Sold on the Fifth Floor.
Plain and fancy woolens including ail wool French serge Panama cloth self stripe serge and check suiting in brown white blue black, 40 to 54 inch widths. Regular values up to 2.58, all grouped on second floor Tarr May Way Parts.
Beautiful messaline breakfast coats in two tone effects with picot ruffles pockets and sash in wide color range and all sizes. Padded robes of satin hand quilted finished with frogs silk cords in blue grey purple pink and all sizes available on third floor.
Women's two clasp French kid gloves offered in black white and street shades with self and contrasting embroidery. Some with overseams or pique. Regularly $5.50 now $2.79. Complete size range available on street floor.
Toytown presents a marvel of bright wooden figures and playthings. Noah's Ark, castles, dolls, Erectors, circus acts, and naval sets fill a sixth floor showroom. Families explore trains, kitchen sets, music toys, and crafts as they imagine a fairyland come to life.
Corduroy robes in full length and breakfast coat styles shown in popular shades including purple coven and rose. Includes pockets and sashes, with gift appeal for Christmas. Also lists cosmetics and toiletries with assorted prices on street floor display.
A list of holiday decorations and trims with moderate prices for parties. Items include decorated crepe paper, streamers, Christmas seals, labels, luncheon sets, napkins, enclosure cards, mica snow, chimney brick paper, red and green mat board, tinsel cards, ribbons, holly sprays, and poinsettias with price ranges.
A choice lot of beacon bathrobe blankets woven in double thickness shown in many colors and designs including floral conventional and Indian effects. Finished with soft fleecy nap and cord, size 72 by 90 inches, priced at five dollars and twenty five cents.
120 genuine Madeira hand made pillow cases with hand embroidery and scalloped edges. Shown in many designs and offered at 1.95 down from 3.60. A dainty gift for the baby, displayed on the Fourth Floor.
A 50 cent special group features dainty shaped collars with lace embroidery organdy and lace collars plus lace and net vests with straight collars. Crisp and dainty designs make attractive gifts for business men and women. Street Floor.
Genuine cowhide cases offered in two and three pocket styles and open folding models. Shown in brown and black with lock and key, available in 14 15 and 16 inch sizes.
Lovely Turkish Bath Sets including large bath towel, guest towel and wash cloth with pink blue or gold embroidered borders. Also hemstitched Linen Towels in snow white, 18x36 inch size, and extra large 19x36 inches linen towels with buck weave borders offered at special prices.
Four dollar luncheon cloths and two forty nine cent extra fine imported cotton damask lunch cloths measure 45 by 45 inches with satin borders and decorative centers. Also available are 86 by 86 inch linen damask squares with handsome designs and borders, all described as splendid values.
Advertises paltaaie pongee at 25c per 2000 yards in soft finish and several colors for dresses and blouses. Good Serge described as b4 inches wide at 75c, double warp, suitable for school dresses and skirts. Table Damask mercerized 72 inches wide at 95c with assorted patterns. Cotton batts available in large and small sheets and rolls priced from 29c to $1.25.
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