The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-21
CINDERELLA'S CHRISTMAS
The Shops, Toys and Delightful Delu-
SiOns for the Children.
JEWELRY AND BRIC-A-BRAC.
A Holiday Season In q Great
Central City.

town centres o: CHRISTMAS shopping each street aud
avenue has almost distinctive feature OF Its own.
Taking Broadway arst, ~ IL naturally affords the
creates, opportunities for the purchase Of the more
costly description OF Christmas presents, many lash.
onAbls uptown people think that there little 70 buy
on Broadway below Ninth or Eighth street. This Is
great mistake. Some OF the largest and finest toy
establishments begin far down, near the City Hall
The ladies VINO patrOn,xe these are not the regular
daily snoppers, who mako up The vast throng IN the
upper part Of Broadway, but travellers passing
through the city. Other patrons Of these shops are
business men, whose wives, for some reason, are pre-
yontcd from pursuing The delightful occupation
OF shopping, and who, on their way 10 and
from their Offices find convenient stop in al these
downtown places. Farther above begin the great
wholesale 10Y and fancy houses, some OF which Oc-
cupy entire buildings During The present week
nearly all these VIII consent TO sell at retail, and
purchaser may here really succeed in efecting quite
q saving A toy sold al most retail places for SIS will
here probably cost only 81
CHRISTMAS SIGHTS BROADWAY
Passing the splendid bronze ana china bazaars, the
Christmas purchaser comes TO the vast dry goods and
jewery shops, 10Y, fancy, glove, book, picture and
bric-a-brac magazines which line Broadway all the
way from Eighth Twenty-thrd street. Persons
may almost any OF these monster places and got
rid easily OF ali their spare cash.
"Wnat is the costiest present In this shops" the
manager OF q stupendous Jeweiry establishment was
asked.
II think that diamond necklace, for $4,000. is
about costly gill as you can buy here" was the
sAnd the cheapeslS"
swell, you may purchase . pin a. low as 81 and
ChrsImas greeting card Tor hve csutA"
One fancy shop created considerable attention by
reason OF IFS displaying at the door enormous lie
ike figure or santa Claus waving sprig OF evergreen
IN his hand toy snop next door hAd hoary, pa
BOY kept pulling spring which mace the venerable
head wrigKe TO and frO IN q most comical manner.
Some Of che book shops, when wear most brilliant
One mas framed IN immorteles every album aud book
the show winaow, which has most rich, wlntery
effect. Marvellous ingenuity has been employed
decking out the stationery shops. Take such small
article pen wiper. II has been wrought into everv
imaginable device OF an amusing and quaint character
The pen wiper recommended Tor little holiday trinket
may represent mo0nstruck lover, or Russian with
TURK Tor prisoner, old lady peering through
her spectacles at the family Bible. The display OF
Chrstmas and their ornaments Is not nearly SO
great ON Broadway is that Ut toys and fancy
For two or three dollars, however, large, splendid
Christmas tree may be bought; while Ia the Bowery
or Eghth avenue the same article will considerably
cheaper. One the amusing and original toys
Broadway was the hgure Of lemale colorcd
preacher ut her pulpit, moved " mechanism and
bring lng down her hand with great emphasis at
lar intervals, while IN tue otuer she hold Bible, ~
which she Kept rolling hor frenzied eye
THE BowERY AND THIRD AVENUE
For the vast German population on the east side
Grand street, the Bowery ana Third avenue are the
Keepers, who have been houuded down ana arrested
by tho police, IKE SO many criminals worthy o. q
ton. And yet many oil lager beer saloons in
Bowery displayed yesterday festoons Of IVY and
s,se. Nearly every ope or the 10000 German iam,-
lies In New York Will ENJOY their Christmas tree on
Monday evening aud on Tuesday next apa no wonder
horse car line swore Ut the heavy wagons and trucks
ladon with Christmas trees which kept getting into
their way. The sidewalks Of the Bowery are In
many places strewn with heaps OF the cheaper
son Of toys, children's selgns, BABY chairs.
dolls' carriages hobby horses, boys veloci-
pedes, NC A nice, good, strong horse
not DC obtained much less than - Except al the
viii cost a. least So or 81. The butcher shops and
groceries the Bowery and Third avenue all begin
look IKE 50 many d WIN eversres asp o.
wrealhs and crowns But 70 what base uses Christ
mas may not return Even surgical Instrument
delicate nature as ''hoday gifts" Riding along
the visitor will observe an absence OF the
vast shops OF Broadway Sixth avenue, but steady
succession every block oil small confectionery and
candy stores decxed out in the gayest fashion with
christmas candles ana other ornsmSntss cornucopa
boabonnleres, &c.
ON THR EAST SIDE
All over the east sidc-wsy down t. avenue C-these
tiny shops are blaze OF tinsei beauty aud sixth
avenue, which abounds IN tho medium and cheaper
GLASS OF fancy shops. presents IN rivalry most gay
spectacle up nearly O'Clock a. nsyht There
awcll known monster bazaar IN the iatser quarter,
where every article under the sun that Is avail
able Tor q Christmas gilt may be seen exhibition.
hut already last evening great gaps and yawnng volds
could be observed Ia the endless rows Of Toys, tor
Il is well 70 remind tho reader hore that Monday
next the crush will be so immense, while so much u
the holiday DISPLAY VIII already have been sol that
and certainly not later than Tomorrow. Al thus par
ticular bazaar the show windows have been
Win the most gorgeous toy palaces, mime
four -in-hands and ballroom scenes that were
magnificent toys ,s the .Babys Christening" the babe
in the cradle, the mother, the pastor, &o all being
three ana Jour feet hgn and considering their beauty
aud dainty Parsian ATTIRE they are really not dear
Even IN Paris small weIi.dressed do a. me raradis
dolls have all tho appurtensnces Of LADY OF FASHION
necklace, bracelets, vinagrette, fan, &C -and In
certain shops making cutting or oastng OF dolls
CLONES is sdvertssd Even the druggists
avenue are trying 10 take advantage OF me holiday
season. They EXHIBIT those magnificent French cut
glasses for cologne other periunery, some OF which
cost as much $50 so. One OF the best features
Of the great popular shops IN sixth avenue 10 that all
articles are distinctly marked with their prices.
OTHER CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES.
mncs ice ,hose Of sixth. except snat the shops arc
quite large and gay and that the articles dis
played generally Of somewhat cheaper descrip
ton, There Ii not nearly so much preparation tor
Christmas Third avenue, Tor instance; aud
yet the crowns a. the most popular dry goods aud
difficult 10 walk along IN the evening The Christmas
lever than on the east side They are very
| cheap. to be sure On Eighth avenue quite a nice
Christmas tree may be bought Tor thirty or forty
cents. Oi course, there Is vast range oil expendl.
on the orpaments Of the trees as iI Is sxpsnd 81
| ono branch OF business which Is evidently greatly
ucuhlcd tho present holiday season " Ihat o. con-
fsctionery. Madison square presents, In one shop
| display OF boubonniercs which, IN briancy ana In
gcnuity, has probably never had IT'S equal IN New
| York. They IN every conceivable shape,
I In that OF gayly coorsd slippers, turoaus
| &C., and thousands OF candy boxes ars evidently
waiting Tor their sweet toothed owners Then there
Is magnificent display OF these bottles Jdntdtsie IN
which the Parsans have exercised 20 much Ingenuity.
The florists too rcapng benefits from the present
holiday season, and, indeed, there Is scarcely class
oil shops which has not felt lis enlIvening chccis
| when people have money enough 20 purchase dia-
monds ana costly jewery thoy wlil certainly spend u
also upon less expensive gifts and ornaments ana inc
| manager OF well known jcwclry house stated yes
terday there never had been season IN MS re-
| mombrance when thoy mad doue better business
than IN this IL true, said he that the class OF
goods which found the greatest sale was not OF the
| most expensive description, but there were more
buyers than before, aud, a. the same time me
! sale OF costly diamonds was consideraoe, Tor the
reason tina, had probably nevor been so low
as they we're now.
Homx PREPARATIONS,