Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Special Correspondence Independent.
New YORK, Dec q, 1882

0uTlSt HAS ~ tt}SA . tiatf"' "'t@
even the unPeeiieal sceptie who
parades the 4aei thai lie does 90
believe 10 Christ, cannot bat get
intoa sort Ut holiday mood as he
walks through the streets filed
with holiday shoppers ofall kinds.
The displays in he stores are not
as OVERLOADED ~ they were IN
former years but hey ere much
more artistic and tasteful. Per-
haps the most original exhibition
of any kind is Mays 10 Sixth
Avenue. This establishment
makes a specially every Yuletide
ola doll exhibition, but this year
the house has fairly outdone itself
The store has four immense show
windows reaching down 70 the
ground and in each o.e is differ
ent exhibition The leading one
represents the coming in Of q Gu
naga steamer Her decks are
thronged with passengers, q tug
steams up along side Of her, and
the mail bags are ready for deliv-
cry. The dock is alive with trucks
and carts, labOrer and officials and
well dressed people who come to
welcome their friends. The in
geEuity with which all those doll
people are dressed and costumed
is something marvellous.
Shop-keeper. say that the trade
in dolls this year il really enor-
nous. Mind you we have evoIu-
ted out of the rag baby period.
The modern doll il WORK OF srt,
perfect in face and figure, and she
is as we'll dressed as any well-bred
lady should be. No respect :
able doll would think OF Ieav-
ing one of the closely packed Sixth
Avenue, Grand Street or Broad
way stores without rousseau.
In addition to the raiment she
wears, her trunk Is provided with
a full lire Of underwear, one or
two extra dresses, made of any
kind of material from cashmere to
n brocaded velvet, and complete
\ set of toilet articles. These fash
n ionable young ladies are worth all
the Way from $3.50 to $3.50, trOuS-
seam of course included. Should
she be DESTROYS of devoting herself
Il to hou .ekeeping instead of fitting
avav her time in a giddy round
of Measure, she can be started in
NJ housekeeping. A plain set OF
kitchen utensils can be had fof
from fifty cents to ten dollars
4 But. ifshe proposes to pose as q
society leader, her house can be
furnished from garrett to parlor
and from kitchen TO cellar ~llh
furniture of the most elaborate
kind. including a bed room suit
elaborate plush covered parlol
furniture a charming side boarC
and a good supply Of dishes, al
sorts of wine etc., for sums rang
ing from twenty 10 five hundred
dollars.
The ingenuity ofadVertisers Il
u also well shown during the pres
emf holiday tide. One large wine
dealer sends out charming little
nocket knives, nickel plated, nice
~ engraved and further adorned
with the legend MERRY Christ
mas. IA rival house gives min
iature 0: King Witlafs Drinkin!
Horn. You know LongtelloW'
charming little ballad.
Witlaf. a King of the SaXons,
Ere vet his last he breathed,
TO the merry Monks of Croyland
His drinking horn bequeathed.
That whenever they sat at their reyel'
And drank from the golden bowl,
They might rememqer the donor,
And breathe prayer for his soul.
One Christmas eve the monk
were engaged ia the praiseworth.
occupation of drinking to tn
health OF the saints, among other
King Witlaf, when just as tn
clock struck twelve the AbbO
died suddenly with the bowl i
his hand.
But not for this their revels,
The iovial monks forbore,
For thev cried, 'sFill high the goblet
We drink to one saint more.'
An oil manufacturer issues
#charYning collection of poetry un
Nder the title of IA Paradise [
#Daintie Devices . TIE books
beautifully printed and provide
with beautiful, antique imits
lion pig-skin cover AS regard
cards, plaques, easels aud othe
Cardboard devices to catch trade
heir name is simply legion.
Genr; @ the English Amateu
Runner, went home on the Servi