Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-21
Christmas Novelties
SANTA FE MERCHANTS.
AMONG OUR

son is luminous with its blessings and its
cheers. Our merchants would not be APP
preciative of their usual patrons if they
did not seek to meet their special wants
on Christmas week. Their stores are al
ways supplied with novelties at this sea-
son, and the New MEXICAN has sought
them out for the special aid of its readers
in spending their Christmas money at the
right places and at the most advantage
from well selected stocks.
The school children all remember the
friend who sends them Christmas can
dies. G. M. Dreamer has the handsom-
est array of toilet and manicure cases for
ladies' and dressing cases for gentlemen
that has ever been seen in town. With
these are choice sachet powders and i'm.
ported perfumes and imported and do
nestle toilet soaps and odor cases in plush
and glass. Such gifts are in daily use and
remembrance and have become indis-
pensable to those who usually purchase
them. But hundred other articles are
in Creamer's show cases which attract
the customer whose Grand to obtain
prescription leads to some more accept
able offering to cheer the invalid.
Sol. Spiege lberg, who always has an eye
for public improvement. and is the proper
treasurer for every public organization or
celebration, gives one of his cheerful
greetings to inquirers and shows them d
display OF rich imported silk muttiers for
gentleman, and Persian neckwear which,
in elegance and tmeliness for our crisp
winter evenings, can hardly be excel ed
as presents to husband or brother. The
perplexing question for gentlemen now,
as to the proper style of headwear, is set
tied by buying one of Spiegelberg's fine
silk hats, while, with half dozen of his
Monarch white shirts, the anxious wife
can insure her husbands equainimity at
his morning toilet
If anv young man has the misfortune
of being obliged to look out for himself
he will find no better friend and helper
than J. H. Gerdes. In this large cloth
ing establishment everything pertaining
to the "wherewithal shall we be clothed"
is found. The richest fur overcoat that has
ever entered this town lies on the coun-
ter, splendid sample of the exquisite
shading and rich quality of the northern
New Mexican beaver. With more tenn
perate ideas of overcoats we can find spe-
ciaIly good beaver cloth, Elysium broad
cloth and Melton coats. Gerdes' Dun
laps and Stephens silk hats can not be
excelled. while an array of soft hats, stiff
Derbys and easy crush felts will leave one
unsatisied till his headpiece has been re-
newed One of those finely assorted
neckties and fourth hands, of attractive
color and pattern, and fine silk hand
kerchief will make one completely salts.
fled with Christmas present to him
self.
Wedeles & Eldodt have full stock of
the things which make the housekeeper
happy. Out of their abundance of staple
and imported groceries and Colorado
brands of -four. the finest condiments
and the fanciest candies for Christmas
stockings and dinners, one can make a
household happy at the table, while their
toys and substantial goods will keep one
This large establishment does profitable
wholesale and retail business on one
price system at lowest figures. Out Of
their wholesale stocks of dry good, some
pretty patterns lie on their counters for re-
tail, and hats, boots and shoes crowd
upon their large piles of canned goods
and groceries.
Without doubt w. N. Emmert has
brought his fine family grocery store, in
the few months since it was opened, clear
to the front. Its mahogany colored
shelves and trimmings neatly display the
endless variety of packages of edible
goods which lie upon them. The coun-
tiers have domestic poultry in good con.
dition, from turkeys and geese and ducks
to the humblest scratcher in the barnyard.
The game supply from our plains consists
of quail and prairie chickens, with cur
rant jelly and Cape Cod cranberries for
relish. Emmert has made extra provi-
sion for the desert table courses. He has
pineapples from Mexico, oranges and
lemons from California, fresh nuts and
raisins from the east. Mince meat and
Ioothsome candies in the most modern
varieties fresh and sweet for the evenings
and fancy lunch goods for the little holi-
day gatherings.
If two firms are in friendly competition
in family groceries in Santa Fe, they are
Emmert and Cartwright & Griswold.
These latter merchants have never taken
a second place with any other supply
store, and never mean to come behind
the most enterprising grocers of New
Mexico. Their spacious store is filled
with choicest fruits, sugars, teas, coffees,
pickles and those innumerable spices,
condiments and preserved fruits and
meats which tempt the palate and give
hearty pleasure to the weak and strong.
Their specially for Christmas is in poultry
and game, fish aud oysters, while their
bakery viii supply breads and rich cake
II every variety or recipe required. -
Blain Bros. have an eye to the children's
needs for the holidays. They have spread
tempting display of nicknacks and
toys. The numberless fruits of Christ
mas trees, which are gay and gaudy, as
we'll as rich and useful, will here be found,
and they will drop into eager hands OF the
little ones, as acceptable as costlier
trinkets. There the young sportsman
should first seek the stock of guns and
pistols which Blain Brothers keep on
hand, at prices within moderately filled
purses. There is also here great amount
of crockery and glassware to repair the
terrible waste Of the dish washer, and