The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-02
FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Good and Useful Things to Make 1t So
at r dley g. Co IS.
The holiday season is upon us, and
thoughtful heads of families are already
considering where they shall buy the
necessary Christmas gifts. The firm of
E. Ridley & Sons, Grand, Allen and Or
chard streets, New York city, is ready for
them with u complete stock of holiday
goods of every description. Perhaps
there are commodities not to be found in
Ridley's. but it is doubtful.
The 10Y department occupies the entire
basement and realizes the widest dreams
OF young America. Here are 'cullud
gemmen" who play the banjo, a saw
mill that rivals the one in "Blue Jeans"
dancing bears, magic LAME ms from
fifty cents 10 SIC, forts garrisoned aud
armed with cannon, cameras from 81 up,
miniature pool tables and farms stocked
with every beast that Barnum ever
dreamed Of and Il few more. Tine prac-
tical side is represented by miniature
cook st, yes, with every detail complete
and in perfect working order. a sewing
machine that really stitches. tiny
wringers and patent fiat irons for the
girls, while the boys will be interested in
tool chests in great variety and printing
presses.
A pleasant feature In the games is the
circular race track where, on winding,
various metal manikius chase one an
other violently until the winner stops
under the flag. 10 the usual figures have
been added bicycle riders, jockeys. and
ever II merry go round, where the figures
snatch rings from an upright bar. Then
there is Ammon, a variation of the popu-
lar Ouije, aud the ludicrous game OF
Broncho, in which a wooden pony stands
in the centre OLA numbered board, n
-. A-..Is..~ n ~ 10 { "a, Aki,t, nh CIT hfp rilar
into the air, the number which he touches
on his descent scoring for the player. An
Improvement on the ODD time nine pins is
Il set where the Plus are represented by
papier mache frogs playing various in
struments.
Skin animals are made a speciality and
include COWS that moo most naturally
and give real milk, cats that NEW. don
Keys that bray, and horses that dra v
large drays and city delivery ago and
inhabit a palatial stable, Among mex
pensive mechanical toys may be men
toned a market woman who drives u
fractions horse, while a sinai boy steals
a hitcn behind; locomotives or new de-
sign, and revolving park swings. Music
boxes may be had at moderate prices, the
latter with bass Ii snare drum, either
and bell attachments. and'a full line of
childreh's furniture is carried, including
| marble top bureaus ana roll front desks.
One of the most clever of the seasons
novelties is a holder for Christmas trees,
which plays carols as 1t revoives with its
giittering freight.
Little maids VINO enter the doll depart
ment can say only one word and that is.
"O-h-hl' There sits Il lady in red satin
who, when wound. lifts her eyes aud
lorgnette to view her visitors n whose
chest heaves with the consciousness that
she is straight from Paris. Next her is a
balier-girl and a violinist; there Carmen
cita twirls and gyrntes. and there, | re-
greet to say, is a reflection on a certain
profession in a mechanical toy called
1.-THE Reporter" When wound up. his
mouth goes like a coffee-mill-only that
and nothing more. Perhaps the most
ladicrous Is the Paris Dude" whose
rolling eyes are truly realistic and
the most wonderful, the linnet, which,
when wound. initiates precisely the ac-
tions ana notes Of the real songster. Here