The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-17
The Holiday Display.

Nv pA0PiNts
There might have been seen dashng
through the up-towu streets yesterday
an imposing cqupagc. As 1t whirlod by
in all the bravery of Gilded harness aud
spauglcd liverios. with bells jnngling and
banners dying. the first thought Of tho
startled observer was Of JIM BENNETT
aud h four-in-haud English coach. But
he looked in vain FOR the great patron of
African exploration on the drivers scat,
handling the ribbons with the grace of an
artist AID the zeal Of an elder WELLER,
lie missed tho bucksllin great coat, in
which the illustiious coachman is wont 10
enduc himself, and the rumble did not
, contain those representatives. of our gilded
youth whose function it is to blow the
horn for JIM BENNETT when he drives his
four-in-haud coach.
The servant girls along the streets and
nv, MUGS rushed into the area ways to eaten
glimpse of their special admiration, hut
soon returned To the spit ana the dust
broom when they found that this noise
and buster did not after all herald the
approach of the hero OF their dreams In
/ fact, though II was four-in-hand coach,
and ratified and rumbltd by in desperate
state, ii was not JIM BENNETT, but some
| toy vonder's singular method OF adver-
| Using bis wares. Instead of JIM's lackeNs,
! liv,ried ia elegant but severe taste, riding
/ inside the box, pert cash boys with cifcu-
/ lars lollcd upon the cushions In high de.
! light and in the coachman's seat was u
/ driver in cooked hat and harlequin scarlet
! livery, while similarly habited position
guided the leaders, and Il boy held nloft in
the rumble banner with a strange device
Informing people where TO buy their TOYS.
II WIGS, Indeed, rather running the fouu-iu-
hand coach business into the ground, but
we suppose man has right to advertise
his wares in that way If he thinks ii will
pay him.
Tho streets have put on their holiday
look and the shops display tempting win
GOws for the youngsters and their fond
mothers in quest Of wonderful things with
which to stun the little stockings. Though
dollars are not so plenty ms they were ten
.ars ago, except in banks, where they
| rust and crease to no purpose, or in trust
nEauies, where they earn bare three
per cent, yet the holiday season
y, hiing into circulation large
them rs are LEFT in purses
s'''' "a Nor was there ever
''''' ,,'' ..,.,,,,,. ZION TO exchange
them fer pretty and ingcnio ""''S was
SO strong.
The manufacture Of childrcn's 10. { nus
risen into an art They have in tn VI
grown TO be too ingenious, too comp.i-
Gated, and too costly in many instances.
II the old tin soldier did not march and
blow his trumpet and fire OF his musket'
vet il was all the same TO the hoy. The
Imagination Of childhood needs no such
aid. II can cndow Il RAG rabv - wocd@".
! horse with all the att.iout,.- Of infancy or
I In" accom- 'isrMonis OF the most spirited
: stood, Il really matters little to it that
tho Ingenious mechanic has constructed
J within the toy machinery whereby ii IL
made to move and cry, 10 rear and snort
and plunge. The noise IT is rendered
capable Of making is Of cou' Sc Il
DELIGHT; but Il greater din can be
made with penny trumpet or quarter
ofa-dollar drum. We saw the other day
transporting from n toy shop full set Of
dolls chnmher furniture Of black walnut
bed, bureau, table, chairs, looking glass
and all, big enough for living child, and
which could not have cost less than SOW
cntv hvo or hundred dollars, The foud
parent who BOUGHT that expensive and
realistic dolls outfit for his little girl vast
cd his money and showed that he did not
una rs,and child nature. The same fertile
fancy which enables the little girl to en-
dow with the feelings of humanity and
the 70 ssihlitiCs Of life the rubber or por
- NJ ..
for her nanimatc charge household furn
turc and appointments out Of the cheapest
materials and much less realistic conaimc
tions OF the cabinet maker. What people
can do nowadays better than of Old is to
buy for their children tnings which il
form and color cultivate their sense OF th'
beautiful and help to refine their taste
. II is in this direction MAT the best advance
in toy making have been made, moi IN in
tricatc machinery, soon got out OF order
p ana nee snrily costly.
r For older people the recent improve
meuts IN the modern manufacture OF pot
terry wares maiolicas and others, prosen
OPPORTUNITIES 10 buy really beautiful thing
, in the way OF both use ana ornament, NJ
q comparatively cheap price, These cerami
y works are singulIrly attractive in color
4 and often ms lovely in form ana dccorato
Y ~ the most extensively painted china!
= They make n visit to the establishment
T. whore they arc sold nloat treat to an
10 one who is fond Of looking at works G
y art THOUGH the large ana more eahornt
4 are Of course of Great cost, vet ire small,
2. and simpler are very beautiful and snti
4 factory, and within The means of pcopI