, 1877-12-16

The Christmas Attractions in tha Mos+
Interesting Building in
Chicago.
4 Throng Of Interested Visitors Yestar.
day Afternoon and Evening.

The superb brown-stone building at the nor,h-
east corner of State and Madison streets o..
| remarkably animated all daY Yesterday. n,y,,er
| iafiy IN the afternoon and evening. i holidav
| reception was held, and the various aoar.tran,.
were thronged with delighted visitors. 4 TR1s.
usE representative vas, OF course, among ths
number, and he has chronicled below the most
| important Of his observations:
Mr. MosHER'5 HOLIDAY RECEPTION
! was an admirable success. His elegant stua;os
| were thronged With an unusually brilliant 40
sembaase- Ouf critic noticed particularv
| among the many beautiful portraits, one ~
! Cen Sheridan. This is full size, and thee.n-a.-
sion depicted in the face, with the attitufe q,
the body, is remarkably life-like. The General
grasps bis tielu-g|ass aud map with one hand
| and sword-hit with the other. The fenra
BACKGROUND is seen hattle III progress.
Another superb picture is that OF Father
Corby, OF Sotre Dame University. Hci, n;rt'
u7ed with breviary tn hand, and SO natural i.
the face that 1t seems as though he was inst
ready to speak. Both OF the aboye:pctjeedI
Rome, Italy, who, after the 18th proI.. xi3
have his studio With Mr.. Moshcr wa
Mrs. Sidney Smiths full figure il. crayon
shows her with genial. pleasing expression. "a
though entertaining her friends. 49,
The charming Miss Beyan is a]so pirnn T.,
crayon. She is elegantly dressed, lust rea,lr ~ ~
go out. and has taken moment to read her
last letter. ~
The critic also noted many other choice wor,a
Of art, and can sincerely commend al lovers of
fine portraitu1e to visit to this most interest
ing studio.
s. HTMAS 4 CO.
This firm Is SO well known that it IS han11v
necessary to say that thry occupy the irst-Aoor
corner store OF the building. The place is fitted
up in the most elegant manner for the receoton
OF their immense stock Of novel and styli3h
jeweiry, watches, silver and plated ware, and IN
fact everything pertaining to their line at bust
ness. The display of diamonds and other
precious stones, all OF their Own importation. il
one OF the finest in the West. The firm Is one
Of the oldest in the city, aud By their integrity
utation.
Room No. 2 on the second floor, is elegantly
fitted up as a jewelry paror by Mr.. ". E. Hig-
ley, formerly Of the firm OF n. Matson l. Co.
His long experience in the iewciry business has
enabled him to select very choice stock Of ele-
CANT jewe1ry, which be displays to his customers
in his cosY little parlor. Mr. Higjey makes
sptcia1ty OF the purchase and sale OF diamonds,
and Keeps fne assortment Of Tiffany watches.
he gives his personal atteUtioh TO repairing,
rescttlng, and manufacturing for his patrons,
business is prosperous.
t. Il. KNIGHTS i co.
IN the adjoining room, No. I, NC lind the firm
Of c. Fl. knights & Co., wholesale dealers in
American watches and all kinds OF jewel1y.
Mr.. Knights was formerly connected with ihe
firm Of Cogswell, Weber & Co., but having
q host Of friends IN the trade be concluded to
70 it alone. The tirm make d speeia}ir ot
American watches. but handle all other de-
scriptfons of jewelrv aud plated ware.
DR. ]. A. KESSICoTT,
one OF the oldest dental surgeons in the city,
has at No. % the finest suite of rooms 10 the
building. He is surrounded By profusion
Of beautiful plants and flowers. arranged
with exquisite taste; but the chief attraction Is a
rare collection OF bEic-a-brac and works of art,
among which We notice portfolio of very beau
tsfui water~eo!o7s and several lifc-sized figures
in crayon OF great merit from the brusn and
pencil of two Of his gifted relatives. The Doc
tor is enlncntsy progressive in Ills ideas, and all
the latest and most approved machinery and ap..
p!ianceS, both for the preservation OF natural
teeth and the manufacture Of new ones, are TO
be fouud IN his otflve.
--DR. L. P. HASKELL.
Opening fnto the art gallery OF Mr.. Mosher is
the dental Office Of Ur. L. +. Haskell, who has
cago, aud ranks among the first in his profes-
Sion He has made the subject Of Artificial :
teeth study and a speciality for more than
thirty years, deEo,ing his entire time to it. His
W0Fk Is noted f0f its artistic Character Ill Fc5toI
Ing the features. He has secured 4 wide sepu-
tation BY the successful use OF the Continuous
the only perfect method for insAt-
ing teeth ever devised.
E. NAsUKIER.
In Room No. 5 is Mr. E. Masu1ier, wholesale
and retail dealer in fine imported laces. He has
been in the lace business for the last ten years,
and has recently established himself in Chicago.
This is the on'T house iu the city dealing exclu-
sWely in hne Iaces.
P. CESrEMER1.
Room No. !, on the second floor, is occupied
y Mr.. P. Gentlemen. manufacturer Of
he celebrated Gentlemen Kid Glore,"
md sole agent for the Smyrna
.arpets. as we'll as the finest grades OF Italian
lks. The general office is located at No. 696
Broadway, New York: but for the accon,moda-
ion OF the 1apdly-iucreasing Western trade, it
sas found necessary to establish house in
chicago. The line OF kid gloves displayed is
ne OF the finest and most complete in the city.
STEIN i ELLBoGES.
This firm occupy Room No. II, and deal in
II kinds OF Anerican and Swiss watches. IS
rcl' as gold and plated jewetry for the jewel
rs trade only They give special attention to
II kinds OF repairing for the trade.