, 1881-10-30
Changes in Candies and children's
Books and Toys.
Success Of Steele Matkaye's Dramatizatiou Of
. ''The Fools Erralld."
Wal1aclz's Company-Mrs. Booth-An-
other Dramatic Aspirant.

trlctive that it consumes tho best purt of a1
hour to get from Eighth street to 'Twcnty-thfrd.
| There Is print dealer near Ninth street before
| whose wudows crowd Is always gathered to
| yaze a.lmfrin.y ut tho lovely French colorcd
plates and the beautiful novelties in framing.
Inside there is a collection of 100 raro and de-
| licions etohings, water colors, and lithos.
very hlrgo colorcd plate Is fruncd in IL broad
band Of rrostc,l gold, inside which is an equally
[ broad mating Of maroon velvet. The picture
| represents Uhtl0. a very dusky negro, relating:
his adventures lovely blonde, Desdcmoha,
| uud her father. Tho group urc OH ii Stiff n-ligh.cd
| portico, and the figure OF the lfoor, rich and
! dark, full OF color and spirit, stands
| ont against the sky as he hnlf leans on the
| broad bMustrudc. Its Il beautiful picture. and
one of which tho eye would not easily weary,
| i'll buying pictures and st:tuary it is SO ncces-
! sary to keep i'll mind their pernancncy and their
| probable effect us resident objects. ="
| Now George Fox. the great low comedian, aud
! tho funniest clown the world ever produced.
| was. like the famous Grinaldi, most melan-
| choly mAll. lie might have gone to II physician
any day and been told tu sec lively things Go
| and see Fox"-t,,d replied, rs poer Grimnldl
did, Why, Im tho very n1an you advise me to
20 Sec" But he went to picture-tlealer and
selected casrrload for new suite Of rooms he
took him. l was invited in to pass judment TN
the collection, un;: what narrowing lot 1t wus!
lie had Il fine COPY Of painting thy Jerome,
| bclicve), Of a dimlv-ljghted, gloomy chamber,
where suspended lamp shed sickty, yellow
| light on Il nude, dead figure lying feet toward
| you. at the bead stood II velvet-capped surgeon
with Il sepcl in his dreadful claw. This pleasant
price of paint WIS offset BY another tine copy OF
| the Wcli-known painting Of Nero und nasty
| old witch OF n woman watching: the effect OF
sOul. llEW Wly-dpristd poison Til the frame Vt u
gigantic slave, ~hH is dying vigorously OF it in
the foreground phen hc had introduced an
animal picture representing Kennel, III which
III Overfcd ugly bull-dog had III surfeittd cou-
uitiun fallen asleep with All unpickea bone utl-
der his wackati upper lip; around tho corner.
| tail between legs, with hungry look in his mis-
erubic eyes. there lurkcu au unhappy mnnt,rel
cur; but i'll tel: minutes you would give nny
triile like your bonnet or Your boots to see thai
pa1npered nristocrat: OF course the companion
picture to this was the Highlander gazing ut his
dying horse, which was IL tavorit some years
| aEu. Iii stutuary and brunze, he still Kept up
his delightful predictions, and the laoeoon
and Il bounded den. and uu elEle with TIN THROW
i0 its breast completed the mortuary surround
luss:
rye got a fiue picture Tor over the fire
placo," said he. hut the man hasn't hung it
J yet, and ne produced from bchiAd an ebony
bed, that looked more like Il catutaique thnn any
arrangement cvc1 got UP fer Gartield or Lin
pox. cho!cru. consumption, Drghts dIscase,
whisky, aud the toothnche are represented large
Us life and twice It's natural: Poor George, he
ligbtcneA tho sor:ows OF l00N audiences whio
his own sad heart was heavy with imAginury
woes. lic put The bismuth OH his wonderful
face, while the br,.in beneath it WIS aching with
unreal ;go.lics. lie would leave a crowded
house rocking with laughter, and stand Ia tho
wings the image of despair. asking foolish cues
of death. disease. debt or destruction, an nllit-
| crntive uuartet be believed always at his heels
ju those ia.&c days
think pleasant pictures arc the only ones we
should nang up and make our constant co'npan-~
Ions. At this prini-shnp OF which was speak,
inS M REPRESENTING a sort ot 5oudoir all ferns in
the back and 1rc- place in tie front> before
wnisn sfaccfn aiTma 1are e, and rndiant
handsome llall-lrc standing 1t IS evidently
the first hour alone after marriage. The dress
0f bnth is that uf the bridal ceremony, and the
EXPRESSION ot both tnces is that only to be found
OIL to humnn cuuntenance during that brief
nnd beatinc period between the nenedcton ,si nnd
print was my admiration: 1t WIS !. ilat, thin,
brona belt of -oak, almost level with tho glass
covering the picture. On this. with tine dashing
ha1ld, was Hung in oil color graceful sprays of
wild roses Tue vivid greens and,warm cartnino
consrnsted well with the yellow, wood, aud the
branches splshcd across unto the ulxs over tho
margin uf tho picture, and burst into blossoms
1T the feet of he bridal pair. ot such u picture
oy Gt i"fevcr. S It It Would haug upon oncs bcdroom
wall year il and ycnr out
4 few stops further, md the three huge
windows OF McCrcary arrest ones progress.
The nrst is piled high with all the lovely WOODEN
fabrics fashionable this season. The second is
II wildcrsiess Of brocadc, satius, vclvets, and
silks. The third is devoted to fitmy, snowy
taccs. Accrtss the way tremendous furniture
warehouse displays some very fine furniture,
and gazing i'll ut bedroom suit Of mingled
mahogany and fire gilt brass ttle most desir-
able lnutcrlals just now, happened to nuticc Il
funny effect of the windows oppostt. In the rcd
mahogany hedstcad-backed plate-gluss Of
tho furniturc-shop window the three
across Tthe way reflected, and they
had tho appearance Of three startling
pictures. The first window, with the wool
eli goods, might pass us nm American
autumn wool sceuc sll which the gorgeous
autuu,nal foliage was faithfully depicted. The
lace window was lkv an Apue landscape,
with Jungfran made Of point lace and
Muttcrlorn Of Fncucteuncs. All! but tho
middle fellow-thAt could fbe but one OF
Two things, that wns either faithful reprcsen-
tation OF the burning OF Moscow OF feeble ut
tempt ut an irruption OF Mount Fesuvius. II
those displays mud such M effect Ill my optics
across the street, culellate the destruction they
would hp 10 4 minis p0cketb00k ut short range.
It's too dreadful to contemplate!
rush off uptown, stop till an stopped
by tho inc!fnblc sweetness OF some candy Stores
How did tho children get OH in those dull days
when their saccharinc ratiOns cQmo in round,
striped sticks Or little balls? Now the devices Of
candy ure bcwilderfng, and tho manner in which
IT is put up enough to coax the money to dlnce
i'll your pocket it used to under dear uellcrs
magic wufld.
Little chlmpngne baskets, beautiful pals,
handso1ne bottles. old Shoes eggs, Holsters,
chickens, books, cigar-boxcs, anu Il hundred
conccits are hiding pluces for delicious confcc
tioucry- And then the flower stores-thcy
ila1ne just now with glndioas and other autumn
plants. und, sufocatetl With their own sweetness,
lie big far buds OF rare roses which destined
to ornament the button-holes OF some dress
coat at tho moderate rate OF 81 and even s.
apiece. No Que ever dreamed ten years ago of
the lengths to which the sales Of cut flowers /
would 20. l
There have been such wonderful changes III
the production Of childreu's. books, toys, nnd
candles that osle cannot he surprised at che aA-
vance in prices; but the flowers are tho same
old flowers. and only the great demand gives
tho1n fictitious value |
At the corner Of Twcnty-Grst street, after
looking ut Park s. Tford's biz jars of pickles |
made into sylvan scenery and wondering II tho /
stacks OF preserves and other edlb!c5 will ever !
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