The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-21
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stay. The florists handle this part Of the
mid-winter carnival mostly and are very
busy at present.
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
The book stalls and the news stands are
places Of interest. The Christmas maya
zines. always pretty, excel all former ef-
| forts this year. The old gentleman OF the
household having issued an edict that no
more house slippers 20 in his case, and
! the rest of the family being unable 30
! discover anything appropriate. bow TO his
viii that his Christmas shall consist Of
/ several good magazines wherein be will
! ind much quiet delight. The immense
! piles Of periodicals. plies stupendous in
fact. and the wonder and amazement Of
people who visit Wichita from the east.
have been reduced 10 bedrock. There are
besides many beautiful publications, not
magazines-the London Christmas num-
\ bers; the Paris Figaro. the most beautiful,
I Christmas number in the world. and the
| Horse Review and Dramatic Mirror, both
+ very fine, and the usual Christmas Puck
and Judge, both inferior this year.
! There is no gift greater in It's worth than
1 a popular book. one Of the great fictlons
I Of the day or notable historical work.
/ There are, too. the great handsome pro-
/ auctions Of the artists, beautiful water
/ eolors 10y TIE late ". /. johnson. a Kan
/ sas boy by the way, and by Gibson. II IS
/ astonishing and gratifying to see how
/ much the intellectual. as evidenced in the
/ sale OF books, figures in the holidays.
GLITTER or DIAMONDS
! The jswelry stores, the cap-sheaf OF
/ Christmas dazzle and splendor, are brist-
/ ling with brilIancy in Wichita The trays
| of rings. the CLINT OF cut glass and the
diamonds, solitary and clustered, make
the. Wichita jeweIry store a fairy palace.
The young woman who wants the ring
and has been in 70 look the trays over.
and the young man VINO wants 10 buy x
and is trying TO sign a protocol with his
own pocket book, who creeps in as soon
as she is around the corner. are in evil
dence. There are many beautiful novelties
in the jswelry stores-things az fresh and
new and Fascinating as could be found
in New York or Paris. g-otesque designs,
wrought in silver and gold. The jeweler
IS most often given the honor Of the eli
max in the toe OF the stocking And
Judging from tn. crowds that surge in and
out Of the stores in Wichita yesterday
the number OF .'Ohs" that will accom-
pany the greedy reach into the long limp
garment Of the limb win be unusually
numerous and extraordinarily justified
Christmas morning. not only in Wichita.
but in many Of the towns surrounding
Wichita, from which so many are coming
to buy.
WORLD OF CANDY.
OF course the dry goods stores are
realms Of wonderland. but of them later.
The candy stores are sirens which no pc
destrian can pass Such immense canes
OF candy were never seen before. In fact.
nothing outside Gulliver's travels could
carry one. There is candy, and this IS
true Of the grocery stores as we'll. IN
buckets, tubs, boxes. hogsheads and corn
ucopias. A. no period OF the city's his
tory. and the lamented boom epoch IS not
excepted. mas there been such a display OF
the saccharine goods Of this world. There
is enough candy on exhibition IN Wichita
to give stomach ache 70 three or four
generations. 1t is banked Up in windows.
not the lowly gum drop, but bon hons
and the high grade delicacies THAI must
be called confectionery. There is peanut
candy in immense slabs. big enough to
pave the center of Market street And
the fruit stores. and the grocery stores
with them. are dreams of beauty. Pyra- |
mids of oranges. raisins. doubiy beautiful |
in bows Of blue ribbon. all things tina. |
grow from a benefcent soil in every eli |
mate. is exhibited, enhanced and made /
irresistible to human eyes and tooth by
tasteful arrangement. The grocery stores !
700. are labelling out Christmas dinners. |
weighing this and that. diving into thai
box and onto this shelf. busy at their !
great work Of making every stomach fun (
Christmas day with a slesp-lndueing re- /
pletion.
And, without gSng authority. the shoe /
dealers. with their beautiful Christmas
slippers for my lsdy-s ping toes and high I
aristocratic instep. graceful boots for
cycling. dancing pumps, and what not
are having a lively trade
The drug stores, too. branching into nov 1
elites. have their share Of the good things /
that come with the holiday loosening Of /
purse strings And the hardware stores. |
where so much can be found OF real use, /
are having a boom.
AMONG THE TOYS.
But the dry goods and toy stores-what I
a scene OF life they are in Wichita. What I
a jostiing and eIbowing. Surely the Ike +
was never seen before. Pre-eninently /
places where no one can be in hurry.
they are spectacularly places where every 4
one is in hurry and 10 no purpose. TAere /
Is an upper stratum made UP Of women's 4
heads faces. showing all grades OF anN- 1
iety and care delight, ecstacy and pUz- 4
Element Then beneath i a stream Of
little heads. children's heads. bObbing .
every which way. peering under counters, /
rut3ber-necllng almost 20 fatality for the .
shelves on high. surrepttously blowiDs .
horns. investigating the latest real steam .
locomotive. manipulating the latest war
sbfp. whirling the wheels OF a stationary .
engine. "ahiug' and signing a every new .
doll. the last always more beautiful than
The rest. Watching the cash carriers slcot +
along overhead and imagining them as
much a tov as a railroad train. which !
really runs BY itsalf with real smoke ar1
steam.
How The children enjoy the -oys. wat I
4 word il : 70 the h-cle S-ri. WAT @
fascination the miniature .-3ve has fcr
her and how her heart leaps when the /
counterfeit extends 20 a real skillet on It's
lid. Witn what a minute adectstion s'se
examines the real hair % a oiue-eyed dol.
or the structure Of don carriage
The boys arc plainly taken With The
wsersflips. some cf them realty shooting
with mock peril 20 al Hfe and limb. Tine
TOW gun. some Of .slem shooting 4 r1hoev
ball. are also great favorites and snow
effect tremendous 10 behold. Toydozn has