The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-14
THE CRY HooK sronE
Displays Hts Holiday Goods ard open
Hts Doors TO Christmas Isuxers

This Is the season Of tie year when
ell, both young and old, look about for
suitable presents that gladden. the heart |
aud bless both those WHO give and those
who receive. One OF tie most prolni- |
nent and attractive places To which ones |
attention is naturally turned is the book /
store. And by book Store Is generally |
meant not only stand where printed |
volumes are kept aud sold, but a bazaar
| filed with pictures, paintings. engrav-
ings, brackets, toys, vases, toilet articles, |
useful and ornamental bric-s-brac, has
kets, games, fancy notions, and innum- |
cradle things of beauty and utility. as
well rs the popular. standard and rare
books and papers OF the day. Such
place is the City Book Store of Ellen
Plumb To enumcfatc The varied and
extensive assortment Of the things OF
beauty and joy forever aud those OF
the more practical side of life, found in
this establishment would be to fols, up.
on our readers a document that, in re-
spect to its length NJ least, would be
likened u2to the annual messages of
our chief executives. We will content
ourselves, and the good people who see
fit to read this advertisement, with
passing mention Of various subjects that
concern the matter in hand.
In pictures are 10 be noied the old ana
the new styles aud designs. There are
the ever present and always standard
steel eDgravings and oil paintings, that
are always acceptable 10 the homes
where art is appreciated. Il colored en-
craving is special attraction. Frames
of oak and plush, and ebony and velvet,
and gold add to the charms of the art
lists work
Brackets. wall pockets ami paper
holders in dark and light woods, of all
conceivable shapes and sizes, sometimes
beautifully painted in designs from ma
ture, make this department complete.
Ladies' hand bags in push, plush and
leather, morocco and alligator are Just
"too nice for anything" and The air of
real solid richness about them is suffi-
cient 10 endangpr the condition of any
one who might be pIedisposed 10 asth-
ma. The prices range FROM 20 cents to
So. Catching ones breath, however, be-
tween times, the beholder notices a fine
variety "f-small frames IN gold, pearl
plush and contribution.
In another department are vases, cups,
saueers, tete-a- tetes. card-receivers &c,
in barbotine, Vienna and plain and fam
cY wares.
Oiive-wood is largely brought into
requisition in the manufacture of writ
ing desks, toilet cases, ink-stands and
album bindings. This wood is very
heavy and in many respects resembles
marble and Is certainly used in good
taste in the composition of the articles
, named.
Something new in work-haskets Is
noted in the gildcG basket, either plain
or lined with satin.
Odor cases of all imaginable shapes,
some to hang up in the corner, are al
ways staple.
Music holders, gentlemen's dressing
: cases, photographs of prominent per
sonages, gold pens, ink wells, waste
baskets for paTloT and Office, all help 10
: swell the list from which is TO be chosen
the holiday gifts of the year.
Dolls in wax and china, FROM Is cents
TO SIS, furnishing something that nothing
else can fill in the wants of all Little
girls and not few boys. While of the
making of books there is no end, the
same seems TO apply to toys, which are
utterly too numerous to mention, and
must be seen, to bc appreciated
Crandall is out with new blocks
the old story of who killed
) Cock Robin is now fixed up in The lit
: tie picture books in such a way that we
wonder if it IS the same old bird, aud
the variations in it are such that we al
: most forgive the writers who are pro-
longing this question of the cause of the
decease of red breast. There are old
Mother Goose and Mo ther Hubbard,
the good old ladies now parading
around in dozen different ways and
costumes. 1t is enough to make the
old dog himself smile 10 see his anti
quated mistress IN a poke bonnet EN-
bellished with a sunfiower.
Games are innumerable.
: You must not forget to see The wood
basket, whose use beats. by large ma
jority. the old way of carrying in fuel
in ones arms. In this notice we have so
! far lodged the book question. Il is a
hard thing TO get at. Books are compre-
! hensiYe. This item is inclined that way.
We beg the readers TO go and see for
, themselves. There are the works of
Dickens, Irving, Thackery, Shakespeare
and ali the standard authors in all bind
ings and styles. There are Longfellow
in holiday editions, SCOTS Lady of the
Lake" in a beautifully illustrated vol
ume; ditto, paradise Lost" "Curfew
Must Not Ring" Cradle Songs" &c,
: &c. Also the latest works that are now
commanding the attention of the literary
, world.
For further particulars cali on OF ad-
dress Ellen PIumb's city book store,
Emporia, Kansas.