The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-14
IN WONDERLAND.
The Flash Of Diamonds and the Blaze Of
Brilliant PreelOus Metals CuFios Of In
genIous Workmanship,

The Flash Of Diamonds and the Blaze Of
Brilliant Precious Metals Cufios Of In
genIous Workmanship,
The old.time iewsler or sllyersmith
would look with amusement on a mod
ern ~irst-Class iewelry store. Such an
establishment must baye all that Its
ancestor had and more. 1t
must draw on nearly all the artistic
crafts and resolve itself into a museum
OF the ornamental useful and purely or
namental. It must pay. special atten'
ton 10 each specially and TO everything
in the ropnd OF wares.
The tendency Of the time Is best illus
trated by q pen sketch OF such an esta6'
lishment made by the lNTRLIIGENcER's
Especial artist m the spot" Naturally
the most attractive department ID the
diamond display, Here are large, pure
stones "wortha kings ransom" and as
kings go they would be q high price Tor
almost any one Of them, These gems
are for connoisseurs who want something
OF the very choicest kind and are will
ingto pay what 1t is worth. Besides them
are other diamonds for persons lust as
discriminating who do not desire to In
vest so largely, Then there Is a new
class OF goods In which the diamond
plays a subordinate and still very attrac'
tive part, These are the gold pins
bracelets and necklaces, skilltully en-
amelled and set with diamond dew
drops. The designs are the tour-leaI
clover, forget-me-not, autumn leaves, anl
other tasteful reproductions from nature
The prices OF these bits OF the jewelers.
art are not high, and they are in greai
favor.
True-lovers' knots in gold and silyel
finger rings are another humor OF TIL
tune. Watches, OF course, small watches
large watches, silver, gold and niCke
watches OF every variety OF movement
Some OF the cases show elaborate alt
carefully wrought designs at prlces thai
would have been thought ruinous a few
years ago, Many Of the cases show, tn
drift OF the popular taste in the direC
ton OF diamonds wherever Q Diamond
can be placed TO advantage.
+ Silver ware, solid and In the heavIes
plate, lines the wall cases. The choices
designs are one, two or three centuries
old, according to fancy. The oxydizst
ware has a look OF highly respect
able solidity, as though II might hay
come down through a long line OF well
to-do ancestors. Probably nobody's re
mote ancestors carried umbrellas will
oxydized silver heads or used canes o
the same striking ornamentatiop. Blu
the descendants OF the ancestors U.s.
them, and here they are. In the SAINT
company are the gold beads, q littl'
higher up in the world, bIt no more ar
tistic and no more fashionable.
Table lamps and piano lamps seem u
have taxed the skill Of the manufacturer
this year, for they are more beautitu
than ever, and they happily combine
beauty with usefulness. Neither gas no,
electric light can crowd them to the rear
for there Is no romance IN these.
Mr.. j. W. Grubb was Just opening
new invoice OF oxydized iamps Ra thI
reporter entered, every One Q beauty Sut
a decided novelty in the lamp line. D
course there are music boxes here, To-
this house has built up a large trade Il
these choice companions OF the ireside
The makers are Offering them in superl
cases with every attachment that car
give variety To their performance. A
very large music box In an oak case ant
provided with double cylinders Is a rea
musical progidy, a whole OPeFa troup'
in itself. i.
Bronzes, always priced by art ad
mirers, are in the highest favor this sea
son, and here Is a wonderful assortmen
OF them. Nothing In all the establish
ment Ia more attractive than the terra
Gotta figures, and nothing shows NOR
for the money. They are not expensive
andthey are litelikeenough to speak righ
ont In meeting. Mr.. Grub has had
large sale for thePe terra Gotta figure
and has had 10 renew bis Gtock severa
times on short notice.
Onyx add etched tables, fi%re-screens
silver-back BRUSHES, oxydized toilet set
challenge the attention OK those Who llk'
useful and elegant things, Clocks QItAI
best makes and most artistic designs &C
they are going out BY messenger auc
III. Grubb,s establishment, on the cor
per OF Twelfth and Market, has nevel
had 80 large q stock and has meyer dopt
80 driving Q holiday trade. He urgel
his friends to call at once while he can
give them the best attention.