Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-19

Christmas has brought Christmas wealth
er in its grip-sack and last weeks col,
snap froze trade into wonderful activity
The stores are fairy palaces of light anC
beauty, and the merchants are wrought VI
to a pitch of highest activity in trying Il
garner the golden Christmas harvest which
| promises this year to be larger than evel
before. Our merchants have purchased
immense stocks this year. and toul
around the stores resembles trip through
the galleries Of an
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
The goods are all of the newest and
freshest description, and are identical with
those found on the counters of the metro
politan stores in the large cities. For a
directory of the principal stores and great
est attractions in this splendid free show,
no shopper can do better when making the
rounds than to take a copy OF the GLOBE
REPUBLIC with him as a guide-book.
Many persons do this already and find il TO
be great help to them, since when they
have visited the stores and holiday stocks
advertised in this paper they have seen all
the principal stores who deal in holiday
goods in the city. The advertisements in
a live daily paper such as the GLOBE
REPUBLIC during the holiday season, are
always of great interest and will repay
careful reading. If you have not as yet
picked out your holiday gifts get your
specs and run over the lads" in COPY
of the GLOBE-REPUBLIc. Read them
carefully one after another. and ten to
one you will rise from your reading with
dozen suitable objects suggested. Then
take your paper and visit the stores where
these suitable objects are to be found, and
you will ind that the terrors Of holiday
gift-buying will flee like-well, they will
flee anyway; We have no similie exactly
appropriate to the occasion. Another
thing: don't buy one article today, another
tomorrow and the next day after tomorrow,
thereby necessitating a half dozen Jour
neys down town, which if you are wo-
man will take you long months of prepara-
ton. Do all your Christmas shopping in
one day. Put everything through at once.
and leave plenty of time TO spice those
mince meats and baste that turkey. which
after all is the principal attraction of the
Christmas holidays for nine-tenths of the
misunderstanding nations.
The writer spent a pleasant afternoon
last week visiting the various departments
of the big exposition formed by the splen-
did holiday stocks of the various merchants
of this city. About 5000 people were en-
gagged on the same errand. The displays
this year are really magnificent, and the
glOrieS OF the county fair are eclipsed
hundred-fold by the magnificent Christmas
fair which our merchants prepare annually.
One Of the most interesting departments
of this great Christmas exhibition is in the
Arcade. Its line of show windows are
fairly ablaze with light and beauty.
Crowds stand in front of
LIMBOCKER's sHOw-wINDow
From morning till might. admiring his
splendid display. Fine bronzes, artistic
brass work of all kinds, Christmas cards in
boundless profusion, autograph albums,
leather goods, stamped with an endless
profusion of beautiful designs, and thous-
and artistic knick-knackS, which it would
take column even TO mention. make this
one of the displays of the city. Among
other things is fac-simile of the famous
pelch-blow vase, (which sold for 81, 500.
LimbOcker sells an exact copy OF it, beau
tiful in shape and Of delicate rose color,
like the flash of a summer morn, for only
S2.75. The sending of Christmas
cards as remembrance is grow
ing in favor every year. 4 won
derful assortment can be found here
Some of the plush goods are exquisite One
toilet set jewel case and manicure, lined
with palehlue silk. would delight the heart
of an empress. There are ink-stands in
profusion and of novel design. The lid of
one ink-stand consists of a life-like cats
head. The daintiest gift books in the city
are the Homes of American Poets" and
English Poets" The pictures of these
historic homes are in cOlors on satin. Then
there are massive sconces, bronze card re-
ceivers, eNQuisitely dainty plush goods,
sealing sets, Burmantoft's faience ware.
boxes of letter paper in every possible vari-
ETY.. beautiful brass and bronze art works,
bronze lamps, and ink-stand bearing a min
ature clock, paper weights. pocket knives
and thousands of other beautiful articles
Hours might be pleasantly spent in looking
at these beautiful articles, each one a tri-
umph of human ingenuity and artistic
taste.
The remarkable success Of the boot and
shoe house of
sTARKEY 4 SCOwDES
in the Arcade is one of the wonders of the
business world of Springfield. The business
done by this firm has been gradually in
creasing, and the sales for this year will
reach the enormous sum of SIS. 900. The
business done this year will be 25 per cent
greater than last. On one Saturday during
October this firm took in $3.50 in cash, and
the sales for the day were over $1,000.
The reason of this phenOminal
success is not hard to find. The
firm adhered rigidly to the one price and
cash system. and if any customer is not
satisfied with goods purchased, if they re-
turn them in good condition the money is
refunded. The firm is doing an enormous
Christmas trade. They make point of
selling at the lowest possible prices. They
sold 600 pairs of holiday slippers last year
and will sell many more this year. Parties
who have priced shoes at the great Cincin
natl houses state that Starkey Il ScOwden's
prices are lower on everything. They make
a speciality of every class of goods. Their
Christmas slippers, from good. durable
article at 60 cents to the elegant Old-gOld