Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-12

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Nov THE CHRISTMAS OF 1891 Is AT
A>hand the town is full Of 1t, and one has no
thought for anything else. stroll through
the shops. all decked in their Christmas flnery,
would make any one forget that he was old or
lame, sick or sad; lost in admiration of the
beautiful things he would unconsciously hum
Christmas carols and enter into the spirit Of
the time cheerily, merrily.
1t does seem a. il every child. however poor
or lonely, could have something, for even
cent will buy some tiny scrap of beauty. There
10 qualification for the most fastidious taste al
we'll as the poorest purse.
THE FINEST DISPLAY.
Never before has the display Of toys
been so rich and varied and never before
so cheap. survey of the doll depart
ment in the large shops makes one sigh,
Oh to be girl again! There were no
| such dolls in our day; we were UNNECESSARILY
ahead of the quaint, wooden jointed dolls of
| our grandmothers; but these dear, beautiful.
childlike dollies are far beyond our widest
| dreams
! I can remember feeling keenly the stiffness
and angularty, the total lack of lfelikeness in my
cotton-bodied, characterized dolls figure. I
| compared her most uufavorably with my baby
| sister and longed for a real true doll baby with
| the sweet. round, dimpled body possessed by
| real babies.
DOLLS By THE MILLION.
Now Is cents will purchase all "those endear-
ing young charms that we sighed for in
vain. Even Is cents will buy pretty, rosy,
faxen-haired, blue (glass) eyed, jointed dolly
that it took q small fortune to buy twenty years
ago.
There are dolls Of all sizes and all prices
colors and qualities; dolls dressed and un-
dressed, and dolls with complete wardrobes in
trunks: dole 80 tiny that they are put into wee
bottles OF dolls perfumery, and dolls as large
| a. real infant OF six months They range in
price from l cent to S25. They are dumb OF
| can talk, they have teeth, and can open and
| shut their eyes and turn their heads, and
possess other accomplishments such as crying
| and walking.
But you can get an altogether satisfactory
doll for the average child, about eighteen
inches long and really pretty, between rs cents
| and 81.
TOILET ACCESSORIES.
There are no accessories to her toilet that
you cannot have-clothes, hats, the prettiest
shapes in straw and felt, untrimmed, to fit any
head, from 10 to so cents each; gloves, dainty
| sets Of furs, lovely little shoes and stockings
for a mere nothing; hand glasses, combs,
brushes, and even flesh brushes, tooth brushes
| and nail brushes parasols. fans, jewelry and
all the rest Of the feminine "dxings" for a
| small outlay of money.
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rubber waterproofs, in dark plaids, having cape
| and hood and real buttons and buttonhoies
measuring about twelve to fifteen inches, for
only rs cents
| There are bags and boxes of beautiful beads
| OF all sizes, colors and kinds, ready for some
little child mother to string, at 5 and 10 cents
| each.
| THERE ARE DOLL HOUSES,
convenient and very stylish, that are enough
to make any woman feel like putting away
adult things and being q girl again. Two
dollars will buy charming house, two-story
and attic, containing three rooms; the front is
hinged, and each story swings open separately
A larger house can be bought for $3.50; these
are only two OF many styles and prices.
| In the way of furniture there are the most
delightful things to make glad the heart of the
little housekeeper. There are sets for parlor,
bed room and dining room. from six to twelve
pieces, ranging in price from rs cents to "a.
MINIATURE FURNITURE.
I saw the dearestlittle chintz set for parlor
sofa, side chairs, arm chairs table and cabi-
net, with brass-bound mirror-all in the
| daintiest style possible, for As cents in q neat
box. Some are elegantly made of mahogany and
plush or velvet, some are in imitation rattan
| and the rendering is very good indeed. The
dining room furniture is very complete, having
the most beautiful sideboards and tables. Bed
| e,
| and OF course as usual, one can buy any of the
pieces OF a size to suit the dollies needs sepa-
rately. There are single sideboards that are very
tasteful and fine, single chairs, tables and beds.
Trunks for dollies' clothes are in all sizes and
degrees OF perfection and range in price from
70 cents to $500.
HEB DoLLrE's BATH.
Then Of course, even if dollie is made of wax
and cotton, she mus: have a bath room and a
| kitchen, as well as a parlor and dining room,
| SO, looking about, We discover the cutest metal
bath tubs suitable for a five-inch china dollie
for five cents. We find them of all sizes
singly and set in portable tin bath rooms
These are most interesting to the children. for,
besides the tubs, the room contains a station
| airy washstand with bowl, &C., and over each
| tub Is small reservoir with a tiny spigot
through which to turn the water into the tubs
What charming baths dollie can have, and how
the children will revel in playing nurse to dol
81 for the double tub rooms. There
| are individual wristbands of tin (enameled)
having mirror, bowl, pitcher, soap dish and
mug, for rs cents. Single bowls and pitchers
gold-and lovely decorated toilet sets in boxes
| from so cents to 81.
KITCHEN UTENSILS.
| There is everything the most accomplished
maid could demand in the way OF kitchen fur
niture and utensils. There is wooden furni-
ture mado in Germany, packed in neat wooden
| boxes, tables. stools, dresses tubs puils
churns, &C., from 20 cents to 50 cents per box.
| Complete sets OF kitchen utensils in tin can be
| bought for triae There has been q wonder
| full improvement in the stove line since last
ysar-one can buy not only the old tin toy
| stove and sham tin kitchen, but the most per-
feet tin kitchens with real metal stoves and lust
the most perfect little iron stoves-from 50
| cents to $1.9S-in which you can actually build
a fire, and with q CRATE and stove litter, lids
and potts. frypans and kettles, all so complete
| as to fill even q womans heart with yearning
They are brought out this year in all sizes and
| kinds, some iron and some enameled metal with
copper tops, all intended for actual USE Those
having the copper tops range from SO cents to
$40, the larger ones having beautiful array Of
genuine copper cooking vessels OF all kinds.
| And now that We have furnished the doll
house complete dollie must have carriage in
which to take her outings. They are here in
dazzling array simple wicker affair." small
but neat, for IS cents, and then ranging up
| through the larger, more deliberately appointed
| affairs TO those Of Wakefield rattan, with plush
| upholstery and nickel plate, 1t $3.50 The
high-pricsd carriages are equal to tho finest
baby carriages In quality aud finish and are
large enough to hold . very young baby. We
must not forget the paper dolls. They are
lovelier than ever, and now have houses and
furniture all ready for mounting with the aid
Of a little mucilage or water.
| For the boys and the little children what q
bewilderment OF wonderful and delightful
things greet the eye! II il hard to tell what TO