The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-25


that there were many houses without
musical instruments and a number OF
them, too, that | know are fully abie
to have a good piano or a good organ.
There is nothing that pleases your ola
friend Santa Claus more than to hear
the echoes of Il sweet toned piano as
| go about the house filing up the chll-
drens stockings. l know men who
spend enough money in year Tor
cigars and other non-essentials to buy
their good wives or daughters nice
piano. and what a pleasure it would he.
And pianos and organs are SO much
cheaper than they use to be. | was
surprised to find how cheap real first
class Instruments could be bought from
my friends. Darnell x Thomas. This
is not the first Christmas l have visited
this popular music house, but every
time | come ! find prettier, sweeter in
struments and at cheaper prices. My
advice to You children is that YOU in
sist on your Papa going to see Oar
nell a Thomas and buying IL piano or
an organ unless you have one already.
Now | am going to quarrel with
mamma and papa just a little bit more
| saw Il number of houses with the
walls dingy and real unsightly. You
just tell papa that Santa Claus don't
want to see these dingy walls next
Christmas. Why, if ! had not been III
such Il hurry | should have gone TO
see Mr. l.. G.. Weathers of the Raleigh
Wall Paper Company. bought some
of his pretty paper and papered some of
these dingy walls myself 1t does make
home look SO much more cheerful
tn ho, nil al
Mr.. Weathers sells paper and puts it
on the walls mt such reasonable prices
that anybody who has home can afford
to have the walls papered and thereby
make it more attractive and cheerful
Watch the walls, children, and if they
become dingy and dirty make papa see
Mr.. Weathers and have him fix them
up.
And now lets talk Il moment about
| those hobby horses, velocipedes, wagons.
those pretty picture books and inter-
esting games. Where did | get them
did you ask? Why, at j. ID. Riggan's,
| of course. | just want to tell you
something about that Riggan store. 1t
is a perfect holiday hippOdrome of every
thing calculated to please the children
every day in the year. Mr.. Riggan
keeps such an immense stock of toys,
games. picture books. china, silver and
other novelties that / find it to my in
terest to get them from him not only
for my little Raleigh friends. but for
my little friends all over the State. My
friend Riggan sells Christmas goods AL
the year round and | think we might
call him the Toy Man of the times.
He. like your Uncle Santa Claus. is in
the children pleasing business, except
that | come around only once Il year
and Riggan is with you every day in
the year. and what you buy from him
is cheap enough. for he is an honest,
conscientious business man.
Now word about fruits. | used TO
know our friend Dughi over in Italy
and he was there just what he is here
godd. clever, whole-soul fellow. and
he knew how 10 select the best fruit
almost as we'll as he does now. You
children I'll know Dughi. and You know
how hard he works to please his patrons.
not only in Raleigh, but all over the
State. | have heard of his fine spreads
on wedding and other elite occasions in
our different towns and cities and am
prepared TO believe all the good things
fruitier and caterer. | bought basEetful
after basketball of Dughi's fruits and
confections for my friends young and
old You children are enjoying these
fruits this morning and you owe thanks
to Mr. Dughi as well as to your old
friend Santa.
Your people will feast ON chocolate
and cocoanut cakes, fruit cakes, mince
pies and other good things for dinner
today. While you eat and enjoy your
Christmas repast remember that Il large
portion of the ingredients with which
| the cook and your mammals made these
goodies came from the popular grocery
store of j. II. Ferrall d Co. There are
few good things in the way of family
and fancy groceries that these gentle
men do not keep. / have watched them
| for 10 these many years, and / know that
| they are first-class grocers and what
ever either Mr.. Ferrall or Major Hill
| tells you, you can rely on.
Let me tell you little folks about my
| friends, the Royal & Borden Furniture
| Company. ! don't see how | could get
along without an establishment of this
| kind. There are SO many mamas and
grand-mamas who really need good easy
rocking chairs and articles of home com
| fort. ! would have a harder time pro
| yiding for all of them, but for such es-
| Establishments as the Royal * Borden
| Company, their mammoth concern, at
| the corner of Hargett and Wilmington
streets | make one of my headquarters.
| When | am weary / can just 90 into this
store, take n seat in one of those easy
| cushion chairs and rest while | select
| all kinds of first-cass chairs, lounges,
| wardrobes and other kinds of furniture,
and | find here my young friends, Miles
Goodwin and Palmer .Derman. both
clever and genial fellows who know just
/ what they are doing when they are buy
| ing and selling furniture.
/ There is still another Raleigh estab-
,lishment, my dear little friends, in which
| old Santa Claus always feels ut home
/ like good big store houses and good
big stocks Of pretty things to select
from. and then / like TO see fifteen OF
twenty handsome young men and beau
| tiful young ladies all busy waiting or
customers. All these things | find i'll Tho
ladies dry goods store of which my
loyal and patriotic friend, A. Il
| Stronach is the owner, and my clever