Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
BoNBONNIEREs FOR CHILDREN.
Fancy Candy Boxes and Ice Cream
MOlds Especially for Little Folks.


Mammal 'Pa-par came in plaintive
wall from behind the counter and small
girl. in a very large picture hat, standing
near by, clapped her hands In perfect
ecstacy of delight. The cries came from a
new French bonbonniere. Two little doll
heads, exactly alike except in expression.
one smiling and the other pickering up his
face for a good cry, were peeping out of a
basket of bonbons, and 1t was from them
that the appeals proceeded.
These talking dolls in the basket seem
to be the most popular of all my new
Christmas bonbonnieres with the chill
dren," remarked the fashionable caterer,
as he put the cunning little device back
into the case. Every year more things in
our line are made to please the little folks.
Here is another and much more elaborate
bonbonniere, you see. 1t represents an up
to-date young lady doll, in neat bicycling
suit, just about to mount her bicycle. her
hand resting on the steering bar. Near by
is a milestone, telling how many leagues
1t Is to Paris. The top of the stone lifts
off, disclosing a box filed with candies.
This little sailor maiden is a bonbon-
Mere, too. She wears the dress of the
French sailors, and is seated in a boat fly
ing French and American colors. Coils Of
rope anu IL pair Oh oars are III llle DOdt All
ready for use, and her hand is on the rud-
der.
The fin de steele Santa Claus would be
utterly out of place in an old-fashioned
sleigh drawn by reindeer, and so he APP
pears this year riding a bicycle. His
frosty beard, so dear to the hearts of chill
dren, has been spared. and his garments
are all sprinkled with snow. He holds in
his hand an deliberately decorated Christ
mas tree, while on his back the Old ia
milar mack filed with TOYS is HI.
brings candies this time, however, the pack
being filled with them.
Here Is another bonbonniere, designed
especially for children. 1t is simply very
pretty French doll that opens at the waist
and holds quite a lot of candy. L'homme
Sandwiche' is as his name engraved in
large gilt letters on his board announces.
a sandwich man. He wears two large
boards, which advertise a dog show, and
is altogether very cunning little person.
"A little box of chocolates comes in the
form of 'bouSie elegante. The little can
die 10 in a pretty CandleSIick, and looks as
IL 1T were just ready to be touched with a
match. Instead of this, however, the
candle opens, and is filled with chocolate
pastiles which just fit into the receptacle.
Doll furniture in the style of Louis Nv is
really meant for borbons. 1t is very
pretty, indeed. Another bonbonniere is a
little piano of Dresden china, which opens
and is filled with candies. a very cunning
little box for candy is in the form of
large gilt whistle that really WORKS.
II have just returned from Paris, and
have brought over with me some very
clever ice cream molds for children's par
ties. Perhaps the cunningest thing in this
line that / haze is the little brownie They
are individual ices, and we make each one
in different colors. The children who have
had them have been simply delighted. and
one little tot cried because her brother,
who sat next to her, knocked the head off
her little dude brownie. Another very eff
fective mold is a clown in motley garb.
with a fools cap on one side of his head"