Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-17
IN GAY ATTIRE.
The Stores All Ready for
Christmas
And the Holiday Purchasing Begun-The
Daily Exhibitions Made in Shop
Windows, Free of Cost.

The holiday season is here, in good
faith, and the present snowy, b!ustery
weather was all that was lacking to COM
lete the cture
The shop windows on the principal streets
of the city have already donned their holi-
day attire. Those dressed up to take the
children's eyes, or the eyes OF the fond pa
rents for their children, surpass in many
ways the attractiveness OF those windows
where the sober seal skin is exhibited. The
present season bids fair to surpass all Others
il he production OF new toys for chiidrea.
~ EVERY STORE
can be seen an array of the rediest Of v,s-
ons, with nothing old-iashioned ABOUT them
except the wheels, which, OF course. are
round, as usual. Neither they nor their
neighbors the rocSing-horses, are calcu
lated 10 grow old-fashioned. They break.
The dealers in candy have replaced their
everyday exhibits with the more gsudy
brands of manufacture. Their greatest
efforts have been expended in the way OIL
surprise candy" Tney cannot be called
surprise boxes, since they take different
forms entirely. In one, window, among
hundred handsome packages, may be seen
q buse turkey side by side with goose,
bc.n done to q turn. They are surrounded
hy large heads of csbbages and other edi'
bles. any one OF which, when broken, re,
yeas costly stptting OF fine candies and
Dol hons. They form q Christmas supper
which crowd OF boys and girls wouid en-
low Even the sober trunk stores nave re-
moved II cir big leather 'drummers TO put
out the neat little trunk for doliles
clothes.
"Oh the dolIles." Look here! look
here" could be heard in front OF those
blocks where the handsome little fellows
are sold. The children outside were as
msny as the dolls inside, and as varied.
There were the simple china dolls, selling
for a few cents, contrsStei with their more
aristocratic neighbors, with real hair ana
costly wardrobe. The little girls, and Dig
ones, too, pushed one smother in their
anxiety 10 get close up TO the big windows
for closer inspection. In the emma
stores and in some Of the glass stores oig
bright beads and marbles alongside OF little
articles for presents have taken the space,
and the chandeliers aud CHINA sets nave
been retired.
Just while the crowd was the thickest
along the thoroughfares on Saturday reg.
ular nor easter blew up and
snow so THICK
that il was binding began 10 TALL. The
dolls, the wagons and every thing else were
forgotten. The children ran for home
with their heads down. Their elder sisters
who had been looking AT Il e silks aud Jew
els did likewise and the pedestrian coming
up The avenue had no trouble in falling
Owe them except IN getting up or apollo
giZDg.
Pressing window is an ART, or perhaps
better a trade. which, however, Wheeling
docs not know. The larger stores in the
cities have each their own window dresser
ghu Gets from S2U 10 SO per week, while
the ordinary hOar. va ker only gets from -
10 Sl3. TIE Bohemian window dresser goes
from che store % another and doee some nt
the finest work 10 be seen in the city. lie
vii taae anything from hoes to handker'
chi,s and make prettier display than
could be imagined bv the uninitiated.
There are men, too, who dress windows as
ell architect would house-by plan. They
make a sketch OF a window which is fol-
lowed BY an amateur in the merchants
employ. 1t is as good as matinee to take
a walk any OF these line afternoons TO see
the shop windows.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
is one OF the most tircsome things in the
void. 1t is delightful TO make presents.
bat il is q very difficult matter TO select APP
propriate gifts that will be tasteful and yet
not TOO expensive. only one week remains
in " HIGH TO make selections and ii is not
wise TO pOstpone the matter. All the
Christmas goods have been unpsCked, and
the windows are beautifully dressed. Al
ready tire streets are crowded, and a little
Later the stores will be 50 full Of people that
opportunities for careful selection will be
almost impossible. The great difficulty in