The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-16
CHRISTMAS CARDS.
BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY sRIcA-sRAc
New Designs in stationery-Natare in all
Its Diversity Copied-rhs Coming
Christmas TO be the Grand
ost of sll-Harmony.

"rhey are giving us heaps OF new
things this year, in the shape of pretty
nothings. The Christmas cards will be
on sale soon and these are more besuti-
full than ever" said book man yoster-
day to Globe representative.
"There are many new things in
bronaes. The newest of these is ali
unique cigar-basket, and is intended to
be filed with cigars and passed around
the table with coffee at the close of "a din
ner, The basket is a curious affair of
polished bronze open work of cherubp
and grotesque heads, and has six COM
partinents, the partitions Of which are
odd designs of scroll work, gently slop.
ing upw ard and terminating in cherubs'
heads at a common center. An antique
spirit-lamp of polished bronze ac-
companies the basket. Ancient sconces,
too, are made much more elaborate this
year.
"By the way, noticed in the Globe,
Saturday, description of He, She, ~
the new and fine imitation OF an old
Egyptian work. TRAYS fine and slab
crate imitation, but the copies, / under
stand, cost half 50 note. We have an
idea that we furnish somthing almost as
ancient for less money"
inst here the gentlemen dived into
the showcase ana brought out bundle
of nsper that oae's hand at first sought
one's nose. 1t looked as though some
body had been cruising around away
an the "River Time," and i'll the course
OF his rambling had landed on the Isle
of the Long Ago." underneath and ritled
tho writing-desk OfCieopatra or Helen
of Troy. The peculiar musty color
which is generally given paper
only by the ''years in the
shsaf az they come and gon
WAS on this bundle. This effect was
heightened by the ragged edges seem
ing to have been eaten away by the raw
ages OF time. So true to nature is the
ancient look and time-e2ten edges that
it requires no great stretch OF the credu-
lily 10 imagine this the very paper on
which the fair belle OF Pompeii lined
notes to her lovers. The paper is called
Pompeiian, and comes III octave and
commercial sizes.
In Christmas cards the manufacturer
and designers have outdone themselves
this year. In these tavors banners and
bannerets occupy prominent places
There is star card in two designs
One oj these represents the child Christ
playing with lambs surrounded by cher
ubs; the othes shows church interior
with rosy-cheeked children singing car
OILS within the star, while the star itse
is surrounded with holly and merry
Christmas bells. Tho backs of these
cards are ornamented with a conven
tional design of drapery with pictu
rescue winter scene in the background
These designs are bright and pretty
They are made either with plain edge
or bOrdered with rich silken string.
There's another pretty set in three
floral designs. one is u bunch of tn
thistles of old Scotland, another is tn
sweet-scented clover, while third is
bunch of the beautiful golden rod ant
asters. These, like the cards men
toned above, are shown either wit
plain edges or bordered with silkel
fringe. Another very pretty design /
made out of the cards in this set b.
combining two of them in a book forr
and ornsmenting tho combination thu
formed with richly colored satin firing
and silken tassels. No adequate ide
of the richness and beauty, or the ar
stic manner in which the dtierer
colors and materials harmonic an
blend together can be obtained froI
any illustration in prosaic black an
white.
In addition to these there are man
other beautiful cards WEIGH includ
some very unique and pretty design.
Among these are four oil chrome d.
signs, representing different members
the animal kingdom as rejoicing ovC
tho good will and cheer OF ChristmS
day. Ono has an old bear with its froI
paws, which serve as its arms, loade
with holly, dancing before two cute Ii
tie cubs in clumsy glee; another beal
three sedate owls perched before boo
of music, from which the
are chanting with solemn gladne
hymns OF praise; third has timi
hare and ungainly turf wishing eac
other a merry Christmas, while Il
fourth represents two playful kitten
gravely seated before book, from whiC
they are singing tender "mew-"sic
honor of the day. The back OF each
these cards is beautifully illuminate
with design representing most sc
emn looking owl perched upon one
the horns of a crescent, which is moviI
through light heecy clouds. The 9th
specimens are equally as fine and bea
tiful, and together form as pretty a lii
of these cards rs has yet been broug
out Milwaukee Globe.
Ladies approve ofy our smoking al