Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-10
where ART DISPLAYS
ITS CHOICEST GINS
Wonderful Display Of iaFicd
Rich Articles

fleet the skill of the most ac-
complished workmen of the land, dis
played in a home that itself is the
creation of culture, a spectacle that
delights the eye and charms the aes-
thet instincts. Such are the jewelry
emporiums of the great centres OF
wealth and of fashion, and such S
the emporium of James Fricker &
Bro. in Americus.
Travelled men and women, aCquaint-
ed with the best that the largest cit
les of the land have to offer, acknowl-
edge that seldom in their wanderings
have they found a store that is its eq-
ual in the rich tastefulness Of its fur
nishings, in the entire impression 1t
conveys on entering, on the picture i
stamps on the mind. And behind this
vivid realization of what art in its
practical application can do toward
making a mercantile establishment n
SuttI ueISutI luelS lS otOSh III V'T
cry department that for variety, keen
appreciation of the truly fine work
manship as distinguished from the
merely shoddy or ostentatious and
harmony of arrangement for purposes
of display, can hardly be equalled in
any city of it's size in the land.
The jewelry trade has always been
one in which the artistic impulse had
large scope But never before in the
history of the industry has real gen
ius given itself so freely to this de-
partment of art Delicate refinement
marks it's output to-day as never be-
fore. Look at the brooches, for in
stance, that Mr.. Fricker takes keen
delight in showing. Chaste speci-
mems Of the gold workers skill, set
with precious stones, so acceptable
as gifts, ranging in value from $40
or $15 into the hundreds, beautiful
adornments to beautiful women. Or
turn TO the popular la valiere's, and
where could more ornate designs be
found than those here shown, running
In value from So to $l25, gift that
never fails to awaken admiration in
the young lady receiving 1t. Or study
the wonderful assortment of rings
that sparkle under every ray of light
and bring new sparkle into the fair
observers eyes. Every pattern and
every stone can here be found. One
could linger ever the cases contain
ing them for hours. And not far
awey tho silver and gold bracelets,
the dress pins, single and in sets, the
gold belt pins, fad that will be en-
during-no wonder II is difficult to
leave.
But a jewelry store to-day is like
wise the bazar where much more
than tewelry holds sway The earth
lis ransacked for objects of virtue to
add to their stock. Silverware galore
How far away from some old ideas of
beauty the modern worker In this
metal has gone How truly they
have seized on the truth that "A thing
of beauty is a 10y forever" Take the
five or six patterns Of flat ware Mr.
Fr'cker has selected. How graceful
their lines, how simple, yet how ex-
ceedingly attractive, their adorn-
ments. How rich, how appealing to
every nature that Is sensitive TO
beauty. How acceptable they must be
as Christmas offerings to loved ones.
And so I is with the larger, single
nieces and the sets. Take a peep at
the tea sets. sterling, $50 to $3.50. and
, revel in them. Lock at butter dish
es the ice tubs, the toilet sets, the
nortrait frames, the cheese sets, the
lemon sets, the mayonnaise or whip
ped cream setas the bread and butter
mates and sprea ders, the bread trays,
the salad bowls, the meat sets, the
, eanawich nlatns. the almond sets, the
but how can one enumerate all
} that are found in such store? And
why enurparate when everyone is 50
welcome to see and enjoy?
, But even silverware Is but por-
ton OF such a stock An art gallery
revels in no richer colorings, in more
: beautiful effects of the painters skill,
than do the great cabinets that hold
the wealth of china from the famous
Pickard studios. Never before has
Americus seen so rich a
collection as this. 1t is
doubtful if its superior is to be
! found in Georgia to-day. They can
not be described. 1t would take col
! umns to tell of their glories. One gem
/ of the collection is a punch set, 500
| the richest ever produced in these
studios. From this one can descend
} along the scale of prices to bowls
: that are equally as artistic and the
Z. price of which is but 81. PickarC
: china is never cheap in the sense oi
= the workmanship upon it Look a
d the assortment of plates, cake dishes
s chop dishes, toasting goblets, vases o
e lall Sizos almond sets berry sets ici