Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-17
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
New and Pleasing Ideas for the Most
Fastidious.
One Need Not Search Long to Find Suitable
gifts.
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Now that the Christmas holidays are
approaching a few hints to the readers
of the Journal on the fads and wrink-
les that are considered the proper thing
! in the larger cities of the country, like
Boston, New York and Philadelphia
will not come aniss. In New York
particularly leather goods are all the
rage: stamped. burnt and painted
travelling cases, cigar cases, chatelain
bags in seal. Russia. goat, calf, kid,
alligator, Monkey and host OF other
feathers all go to constitute the leather
fad.
1t is considered the proper thing
now to have ii painting of some dusky
brave in oil, after the style of Reming-
tons famous studies, on an unIrimmed
channels skin, the bust being life size
to occupy the center of the skin. while
the ends are decorated with Indian
pipes. canoes. bows and arrows toIna-
hawks and other implements that our
foretatherS found coming their way in
the long ago. These are stretched up
on the wall of some bachelor den or in
the boudoir of my lady. The cost varies
according to the reputation Of the ar
fist, ranging all The way from sla to
$50. This fad started with us some
time ago and caught the fashionable
craze that took Paris by storm during
the Exposition and now has returned To
its native heath and has spread like a
prairie fire. So the dusky aborigine
With his high<cheek bones and long
hair, is very much in evidence.
Next comes the Japanese fad which
has apparently come 10 stay. These
thrifty people send over to this coun-
try every year. some of the most dainty
novelties made in the world. The
scenes from that little curtain riser
of Frohman's, Madam Butterfly"
dramatized from the clever story in
Harpers Of the same name, only goes
to show to what an extent the Japan
csc novelties can be used as Il home
decorator. odd and quaint designs in
trays, boxes, walters, baskets, PLAQUES.
and even the larger pieces of fur
niture of Japanese make and design.
are eagerly sought for holiday gifts.
In fact anything that comes from
Japan is the proper thing for Christ
mas gifts.
There was a time not long ago when
cut glass was almost as expensive as
diamonds. but now one can get
dainty piece of glass exquisitely cut,
for a very small sum. Set this off with
sterling mountings and you have
a gift to please the most fastid-
Gus. Pictures Oh bits of carving in
wood are always in good taste. One
of the especially bright new ideas. this
season. is the photograph of the Arabs
and their fierce charges. thousand
and one different subjects framed in
dark quartered oak, very plain, yet one
of the prettest things on the market
Dainty bits of china with some clever
designs in oil or water colors are very
much sought for gifts while celluloid
goods are as popular as ever. Some
very pretty vases of unique design from
Vienna are in the market at tritiing
cost. They are n correct reproduction
Of the expensive Haviland ware and
can hardly be told from the more eX-
pensive one.
There are great many new ideas in
toys. the diminutiVc automobile for ex-
ample. Then there is the crawling bug
that is propelled by clock work, and
the furry rabbit that hopes about the
floor as natural as life.
Diamonds still retain their popular
ity IS Il gift. Clocks. especially small
ones in bronze. silver. china, leather
covered of various designs are finding
Il great demand. Ebonized goods. with
and without the silver mountings, are
Very appropriate gifts. There is
greater variety in atomiZers than ever
before. Whisp brooms and umbrellas
IN Dresden handles Of popular design
are sure to find favor, the umbrellas
being of gorgeous colors of silk.
Two much stress should not be laid
upon the intrinsic value OF a gift. 1t
! is token Of remembrance from the
giver and as such should be cherished.
We have enumerated but few of the
many popular gifts for Christmas and
the display of our Water street mer-
chants will compare favor2bly with
any in the State.