The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-04
AND CHRIST
MAS CARDS..

Whether It be DUE to the war. which
has shut off German photographic and
color supplies, or to changes IN the
fashion Of celebrating the Christmas
season, the specimens Of calendars and
of Christmas cards sent to us this
year show no marks Of novelty and are.
IL anything, simpler than In past years.
most calendars being restricted to a
single picture. with a pad to be torn
off as occasion demands. OF the Few
with several pictures there is a choice
between Country Scenes" large folio
size, with four beautiful colored pic
lures OF horses at work ernest MIS-
ter; f.. =. Dutton and Company,
Long, Long Ago with three colored
costume pictures and in Olden Days
with four colored sketches by Cecil
Alder. from the same publishers. THE
Marionettes' Calendar" John Lane
Company with rhymes by stephen
Leacock and pictures in red n lack
by A. II. Fish, appears in two forms,
the larger with a picture for every
month. the smaller with fewer pictures
and blanks for engagements.
The familiar, we'll established form,
made Of a picture with a pad OF leaf
let's with quotations for every day. Is
represented by the "Shakespearian
Year" with G. L. Brooks Falstaff
picture, and the phillips Brook
! calendar, with its tasteful background
CE. L. Dutton and Company. Weekly
quotations are provided in the sports
calendar with a handsome picture
,Raphael Tuck and Sons), the Dinner
| Calendar" by Fannie Merritt Farmer
/ (Sully and kleinteich). with daily reel
pes: the Football Calendar OF oval
shape, by Walter Camp: the "Pope's
Peace Offering" with quotations from
| recent pontifCal u~tterances from Plus
TX. TO Benedict Nv: the Dickens"
! with quotations only, and the Just for
| To-day calendar OF New Thought"
by Helen NJ. Winslow, all published
by Sully and kleinteich. a sheet for
zach month suffices for the Keep on
Smilin'" calendar. with It's clever and
artistic picture tRaphael Tuck and
| Sons): for the same publishers
Charles Dickens" list OF engagements
and for the pretty sheets with ethical
sentiments. Fellowship" Friend to
Friend" and Pearls OF Wisdom cal
endars ernest Mister: F.. T.. Dutton
and Company.
From T.. L. Dutton and Company we
have received a varied assortment OF
specimens Of Christmas cards, most OF
them with the imprint Of Ernest
Mister. London. and some OF these
with the Acknowledgement that they
were printed in Bavaria. They are all
pretty and appropriate 10 me season:
some have thoughts by DR.. j. II.
Jowett or by T.. s. Martin. or verses
by Mary Cromwell Low; some are cut
INTO fanciful shapes; a few are humor-
Gus. Nearly all the patterns are also
reproduced on postal cards and nearly
all are identical with those shown last
year. \ similar selection OF handsome
cards IS sent by Raphael Tuck and
Sons: these are quite ambitious ar
t!st!cally. and many are very attrac-
tive. The use OF perfume in some il
an eccentriCity which FASHION per-
haps calls for. The dozen or SO OF
samples show the advance In color re-
production. The same firm issues also
some beautiful Christmas stationery,
colored pictures and engraved greet
ings.
With these Christmas products may
he Joined the toy books published by
Raphael Tuck and q An "Alice in
Wonderland" Don contains sheets Of
colorcd figures that are to be nj out
and arranged according to the pattern.
and n similar box, AT the Circus" be-
sides pictures and pasteboard stencils
OF animals, has the paints needed to
color the models. one ingenious ar
ranCement joins colors M brush to
Father TuCk's Garden Painting
Book and cardboard models are pro-
vid-d in The Railway" Of a kinder
Carten series. I'm Fairylond" is a
medley of nursery stories arranged on
a folding screen. while Little Lambs"
a dog story and AT the Too are plain
picture books of the old Cushioned
kind.