Show I HARD HARDTIMES TIMES NO NOA I IA A Great Shopping Crowd at Keith K ith At Night the thc Lights Went Out for a Few Minutes Hard H Ud times Not a suggestion of It judging b by bythe the crowded condition of or the store at yesterday Following three days of sloppy weather Saturday opened chilly and bright an Ideal day da for shoppers who were anxious to avoid the mighty rush of or the last week wOk They started in early In the th forenoon By 10 tho the big store was as crow crowded rowde ded I there w was as no abatement during the tho th noon hour All An afternoon a steady stream of ot humanity poured Into the store growing larger as the th hours wore on At t times the aisles were impassable Yet the baby habiting buggy ting bug y was in evidence The lost hus husband husband band was there too and a lost hus husband husband husband band In a Christmas crowd in a big store Id fe I as utterly lost as was the babe In the woods The woebegone man man al always always always ways kicks and vows he never will again The Tho respectable looking wo inen tilen with nimble fingers were spotted as a quickly as they entered ent red the store and word was passed along the line The night crowd cro ll was a wonder Mu Music Music sic enlivened the buying About 9 all the electric lights In the store suddenly flickered and went out With one accord thousands of voices ejaculated Absolute silence followed By B the time the re reserved reserved served lights did duty the regular ser service service service vice oame came slinking on a little abashed then that strutting triumphant |