Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

mental can readily be found, and they
make the best and most acceptable OF
all gifts.
The girls still give the young men q
cigar-case or cigarette-case or holder, a
bookknife or a cigar-cutter. She may
not give him q scarf or smoking-jacket;
it is ''bad form" to give articles Of wear
ing apparel. And this leads to the re-
mark that a young man need not pre-
ssnt his best girl with a comb and hair
brush or a manicure set, even OF silver.
1t might be taken as a hint that he
thought she needed them. In the fam
ily, Of course, there is no limiting the
taste. And, indeed, the u~seful-needful
is without doubt the best and most APP
propriate.
Girls are buying gloves and scarfs,
silk and linen handkerchiefs and
mufiers, presumably for relatives. In
neckWear the "Princess" or "Cuiress,"
and in various colors, are favorites.
Then there are, Of course, smoking
Jackets and dre%ssing-gown, and even
bathrobes, as elaborate as you wish,
and making useful gifts. Smoking
iacR cts are in velvet, silk and cloth,
embroidered or plain. Fora lady's hand
kercbief. a young man has a wide range,
from within q dollar note a-doZen up TO
twenty-five dollars; or a fan, up TO a
hundred dollars.
All iewelry this year inclines to dia-
mnnd o-rnamentation, tiny and %ineXpen-
sive diamonds being set in the gold, to
make the article, as an entirety, show
up we'll. There is plenty Of leeway In
the iewelry line for presents, and when
iewelry is mentioned, the term includes
even china clocks. which are a favorite
gift this year. Some of these, Of Hun
garian and Bohemian, or Dresden
ware, are exquisite. Fine lamps and
shades are expensive, but handsome
| enough to warrant the outlay, il one
| can afford it. Then there are silver
bon-bon, face powder, vaseline aud
paste boxes; cigarette boxes, tot
lette boxes, shell combs, ETC., etc. The
| sword pin. both In silver and gold, is
one of the most popular pieces this
year. They are to be had from so cents
up to the most expensive diamond
studded ones, and as high as you choose
to 20. Studs and cuff buttons Ego" as
usual. Santa Claus souvenir spoons are
something new this season. and will no
doubt have a run. Cut glass ware makes
q very beautiful and acceptable pres
ent TO the housewife, and peculiarly 80
to the young married couple who have
recently set up an establishment Of their
own. 1t is quite expensive, to be sure,
| but is supposed, if properly cared for, to
last a lifetime. 1t certainly takes rank
next to old family silver, and a little OF
ii goes a good way in table decoration.
There are very pretty Venetian flower
| bowls-real beautles-and all kinds OF
table ware.
In the furniture line there aru pretty
work tables and cabinets, both in
| choice woods and onyx or brass, rich
and handsome. A choice onyx and
/ brass cabinet and a tasty lamp and
| shade makes a very pretty combination
Christmas gift.
There are many nice things 10 the
wav of pictures and books, from an oil
painting to a photograph, and from the
most costly illustrated works down to
the Father Christmas A b c" for a
quarter. For young people. the Gen
tury Worlds Fair Books" "Josiah 10
New York" (Which Winnie in Paris"
"Comic TRAGEDIES" by $40" and
Meg" "Topsys and Turvys," etc, etc.
are new and all good. For the older
people the book publishers have sur
! prised themselves this year In the pro-
duction Of fine editions, in grave and
substantial morocco, in luxurious le-
a in servicable calf, whilet he fancy
bindings are tasteful and beautiful to a
degree never before offered. Such
titles as Lorna DooDe," "PtRe and l."
1.-THE Cloister and Hearth, ''Ben HUr,'
seThe Prince of India" 1.-THE Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table" and many 9TH
ers are presented in what seems TO be
the most attractive form possible. while
there is a long line Of the best things In
literature. at prices most modest, from
which to choose.
What has been said OF toys and books
and jeweIrY applies With equal force tc
musical goods. fancy articles. smokers
goods, coufeetiols, and ali the tnnnmer.
able array OF s~easonable gifts. displayed
in such tempting p~rofusseA 1BsR overy