Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-12-05
our BUSINESS HOUSES.

Harris x JacOby nave opened per-
feet Bazaar of novelties and Christmas
goods. In pursuance with their invi-
tation reporter visited their estab-
lishment yesterday and spent pleas
ant half-hour in examining their
mammoth stock. They have a fine
assortment of gentlemen's furnishing
goods, white shirts, underclothing, etc.
Hosiery, valises and satchels. In this
department is also an excellent stock
of gloves, collars, gauntlets, handker-
chiefs, socks, cravats, suspenders, and
the usual goods kept by houses in
this business. They have a perfect
maze of children's toys of the most
modern invention, such as mechani-
cal railway trains, wooden toys, baby
wagons, baskets, bird cages, japanese
toys, tool chests, mimic comets, trOm-
bones, children's dinner sets, etc. The
sight of the little cooking stoves, dolPs
washstands, furniture, beds, matras-
ses, chairs and tables, puzzles, block
alphabets and moving pantomimes is
enough to set all the children in town
crazy with delight. Old Santa Claus
in patriarchal robes stands above them
all and is preparing with Christmas
tree to shed lustre over his juvenile
gifts. In addition there are story
books, fairy tales, writing desks, ele-
gantly bound editions of the poets and
New Years gifts generally. The
dressed and undressed (save the mark
dolls are of every style Of beauty and
fashion of attire. Every class is rep
resented from the rosy checked baby
to the lean and slippered pantaloon;
from the modest maiden to the gay
lady of fashion. Some of the puppets
are alMost life size, and amongst doll
curiosities we may mention some with
movable hair which turning round
shows on one side a face Of a sleeping
baby and on the other that of an in
fant during its periods of wakefulness.
One lady who stands up independent of
assistance is habited in white satin and
ostrich feathers her robes being trim
med with maroon silk, and her golden
hair falling over her delicate white
leather arms. The toilettes of all these
young ladies are gorgeous. Among
the Christmas presents for older peo-
pie are morocco leather and gold hand
kerchief cases, work k-boxes, and all
kinds of fancy goods in silver, tortoise
shell, shell work, enamel, and steel.
One ofthe prettiest gifts in this line is
work-bpx in red leather and gold,
fitted with toilet bottles, and at the
back little mechanical model Of a
country mill, with chickens feeding
nearit. On opening the box the mill
goes round, and sweet music is dis
coursed from a musical box inside.
Adjoining it is hexagonal cigar stand
which opens to slow music, gives one
time to take Havana and light it,
and beguiles the time with melody
while the smoker enjoys the fragrant
herb. A model of sewing machine
in gold and Russia leather discloses, on
opening the lid, an array of various
colored silk threads. In addition there
are dressing cases, inkstands, purses,
satchels, gold and papeterie work, gor-
geous albums in gold, silver and Rus
sia leather, satin, velvet and richly in
laid presents of all kinds. They also
exhibit China ware, Japan goods, glass
and crystal ware, opera glasses, spec
tacles, magnifying glasses, fans, call
bells, dominoes, pearl, ivory, horn,
shell, jet, leather and steel goods.
Among the stock of musical instru-
ments are to be found violins, guitars,
flutes, accordeons, tambourines, chill
dren's pianos, harmonicas, etc.
The book department includes STAN
dard editions of the poets, novelists
and historians, Spanish, French, Ger
man and other foreign works, books Of
devotion for all religions, dictionaries
Of modern and ancient languages,
school books for students and text
books of the public schools. They
have also a large line of stationery,
merchants ledgers, blank forms, etc.,
note paper, plain, fancy and initial,
diaries, blank books, ETC., in fine, all
that pertains to a first class stationery
stock. Their line Of Yankee notions
embraces all kinds of tobacco, cigars,
cigarrtos, pipes, stems, hardware,
perfumery, scented oils, braids, laces,
in fact everything from coffin handle
to packet of stove polish. There is a
variety of powder and shot TASKS,
patent gimlets, razor strops, shears,
scissors, knives, combs, bracelets, cot
tons, woods, threads, buttons, tobacco
pouches, soaps, suspenders, fish lines,
and hundred other things. The
meerschaum pipes are from Vienna,
and some are exquisitely carved, and
without particularizing further the
contents Of the store, it is safe to say
that Messrs. Harris 4 Jacoby are SELL
ing the largest variety Of goods in the
city, and that their speciality is Christ
mas presents and cheap prices.
AND now comes along Mr.. Alb. Ellis