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Show JpTAii mm RECORDS Mfe Merchants Report tmLws Volume of 'messin Gift Goods. tjlL BY THOUSANDS Department of One L shows Increase of 'MppOver Last Season. MMnts Sfllt Lak0 ar0 t&K Tin ChriBtmas trado, ac-ti)jBn0it ac-ti)jBn0it merchants, Lag bcon lliK, great surprise party fihiKTjlfad of the holiday trado 5PBu1?o. Tor that matter, gon-HtWE gon-HtWE indicate that tho volumo 4t MEff the ODtlrc year will show j Js!e ovcr tb0 10181 bUBineES Bjjrijcf at tto diffcront ctorc3 K never before has thcro KicJc3ainir u salw in toys, GgK handkerchiefs, bilks, C2lj staple stock in Chrisl- ,'JHaiitr of Tcady-mado wear jatJJjjjinjT according to the ilHfcClovM, drcsa goods, under-;9-"E quills and blankets went ; Btaiitional hot cakos and uov-ujjBjrcj uov-ujjBjrcj kind wore well cleaned "Lrariment 6toro alone an-,. an-,. -jKfetuonly ouo of its depart-aiiout depart-aiiout $10,000 ahead of last RflLud Tuesday, the two big &9mm preceding Christinas, ,Bpat throngs out to all tho Mtftj final mad ruth to pur- jWatktida presents. ICvorybody rMHfehvo money and wa-5 ready t yHii frlj for articles that mot HLs2fnal business activity in b!RteSt stores during tho last ai Bb cij 'justly bo takon as a ikflBition of tho business done in (LBeMJw on a proportionate "ba--flfcBgcliant has yet been found . yBbo-Mto Cbnstmas trade. All 9Bir visited by throngs whose mflW toiuiituonts rarely left kKiijr a purciaso of some WB prcscDt the rnorchanls ary tfc.iH&f out what they baro left CiiHJiit what their' profits are fcwfl trade reports that the fumuW Trill amount to figures iiMU iDtieafo of 20 per cent Itlpfercs of 1011. The lumber ! jBiKlhi? complacent with itself ,'ijBtcrld. The demand for ce-"iier ce-"iier also contincus strong. |