Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-18
A CHRISTMAS DIRECTORY.



Where Holiday Gifts May BE Obtained by
Shoppers ut Reasonable Rates.
Christmas in Washington very frequently
comes with a mild temperature and carriage
or buggy Is just the present. Cook d JARBoE,
1895 N street, have any number of carriages,
wagons and buggies from which selections can
be made.
d. BALLAuF, 731 7th street northwest, is the
agent for the otto gas engines, which can be
obtained from him either new or secondhand.
Circulars will be sent on application.
How did you look Christmas ten years ago
and how win you look ten years from this
Christmas? LARDNER, the photographer, at
photographs, which in ten Years from now viii Vii
give you the desired information as to your
looks on Christmas 1880. The cabinets are
only 90 dozen.
A piano is q necessity among the merry fes-
tivities of Christmas time and the Krakauer
pianos have given such universal satisfacti IN rs
to be very greatly in demand. The Krakauer
piano is on sale at The TEMPLE OF Music, 1909
G street.
Good Christmas presents have faculty Of
combining the pleasant with the useful. The
Victor typewriter promises these qualifications
in rare degree. The Victor costs only SIS
and has eighty characters. The Tilton Manu-
featuring Company, IA Central building. 9th
and Pennsylvania avenue, guarantee satisfac-
ton 20 purchasers.
HUGO Women & Co., 925 7th street. are the
Sohmer piano agents and from them can be
obtained pianos and organs for either a time or
cash purchase. just now the firm have Peek
4 Son opera piano for 1896 and a new chapel
organ for S32.
Christmas is time for sweetmeats and gal
Ion Of ice cream would be timely reminder
to some one of the season. You can get reliable
cream at FUesEI's, 1927 New York avenne the
Old-established place. He also las candies and
all sorts Of toothsome delicacies.
You should buy few Christmas presents, at
least, that will be useful to The recipients.
FRANC Il Son, ut the corner of It'll and d streets.
have a fine line of goods that are both useful
and handsome and you are sure to be suited.
The store is near to the scene Of the fire OF not
long ago. but there is no damaged stock on
sale. Everything il fresh and clean and the
prices are low simply because the proprietors
realize that this is the way to make business.
JOHN II. MAGRUDER, who has complete line
Of groceries Of every description and of the best
grades, is now calling especial attention to his
Maryland Club whisky brand so good that it
is being extensively initiated. Don't buy with
out assuring yourself of the genui;ieness of the
goods. Watch for the Knave of Clubs.
There are q great many business houses in
this city that do not possess q cash register.
VIDETTO q RAINIER of GIG + street can con-
vince any of these that business without cash
register is nothing like 80 satisfactory or profit
able it is with one. The gentlemen men,
toned represent the Union Cash Register Com
pany in Maryland, Virginia and tho District of
Columbia. Terms are made to suit almost any
kind of a purchaser, although the price is half
that OF other registers.
Chinese and Japanese wares are always fash
ionable and quite frequently are beautiful. At
this time the stock of HING, CHoNG & Co. is
larger and more varied than it has been in the
history of the firm. Genuine Chinese tea
and equally genuine Chinese incense may be
purchased ut reasonable figures. The store is
at 527 It'll street.
Six thousand bushels Of potatoes Of such
choice varieties as the Beauty of Hebron, Bur-
bank and Early Rose cannot long remain in
stock IN a city like this. These potatoes are
especially fine il quality. and the only thing
that disturbs G. TAYLOR WADE of GIL b street is
the thought that he may not be able to get any
more just as good when these are gone.
The lives Of many ladies are continually made
burdensome by the shortcomings of their dress
makers, and when they do succeed in getting
dress to fit they have often to pay extravagantly
for it, Mrs NJ. BRADLEY OfNew York is located at
street northeast, and she guarantees perfect
fit at moderate prices.
Christmas presents that are at once useful
and decorative are crowding the shelves and
counters at BLUM's, 745 and TAT 9Th street
southeast. Ladies who desire to secure suit
able gifts for sweethearts and husbands will
find all they need ut BLUM's; and the prices
will hardly conduce to bankruptcy.
At THOMsoNs new music store, 81 18th
street, large line of musical instruments is to
be seen, including a make of pianos new in
this city, though they have been tried and
proved popular down east" They are made
by Brown Simpson of Worcester, Mass, and
Mr.. Thomson IL selling them at moderate
DricQa and IN monthly i,,afa 11,pau{o
I II you have your portraits taken now you
may have them finished in time for the Christ
mas holidays, provided you go to GEO. PRINCE,
the photographer. 18th and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. The most satisfactory likeness and finish
are promised.
A. L. SALTzsTEIN, JR. the jeweler at sos 18th
street, says he has got right down to business
and is selling solid 14-karat gold stem-wind-
ing ladies' watch for $40. II cannot be dupli-
Gated elsewhere at anything like the same
price, and he has only few Of them left, so it
is advisable for you to give him an carly call
before it is too late.
Nothing makes a more acceptable holiday
present than really choice painting or etch-
ing, and for the Christmas shopper the store Of
b. j. LAWS, 1927 Pennsylvania avenue, is
place OF the greatest interest A fine line of
art goods specially selected for the season, in
Gliding water colors, etchings, photographs
and picture holdings.
For those who are on the lookout for q good
bottle Of whisky to help on the cheer of the
holiday season the advice is given to visit
CHAs. KRAEMER, 1877 7th street He sells a
quart Of 81 whisky for 75c.: the same for
aamaica rum, and quart Of catawba for 25c.
Some of the leading musicians of the world
have spoken in the highest terms of the. 'n.w
scale kimball pianos W. G.. METzERorT 4
Co lilo F street, have fine line of them i'll
plain and fancy cases, dark and light woods,
for sale on the most favorable terms.
Families desiring to obtain fine turkey for
Christmas should see Messrs NJ. & P MErZ-
GER, the live grocery merchants of At 7th
street northwest. and place their order now
for such fowl as they will need. The turkeys
sent to Messrs. Metzger are raised, fattened
and prepared especially for them and are the
finest fowls that reach this market.
Suits Against the District.
William and Catherine Schultze Matilda
Ehlslager and Ellen H. Hoffmyer, each today,
by Messrs. Campbell Darlington and Irving
Williamson, entered suits against the District
of Columbia, each claiming 5000 damages