Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 25, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 December 1897 — Page 11
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Fancy Goods!8!!
The dressing tabic is always open for gifts. You will find some happy thoughts in the way of toilet articles among our fancy goods.
Decorated porcelain seta-comb, brush and mirror, $2.25, and S'J.39 a set. Decorated Bohemian glass and china powder boxes from 50c to 82.98 each.
Special values in atomizers, beautifully decorated 50c, 75c and 81.00. Glove, Handkerchief, necktie and collar and cuff boxes in great variety.
Sterling silver nail files and button hooks beautiful designs 25c, 50c, 59c and 75c each. Sterling silver knives 35c, 50c and 75c.
Fine glass powder boxes with sterling silver tops $1.10 and $1.25 each. Sterling silver brushes, combs, scissors, vinagrettes, nail DolJshers, match boxes, and other useful articles.
French plate triplicate mirrors $2.98 and $4.50.
Dolly and Toys.
This will be the merriest Christmas the little folks of Terre Haute have ever enjoyed unless all our preparations have been for naught. It has been a pleasure for us to provide for the entertainment of the little folks.
A choice assortment of cut glass, new designs, Olive and salad dishes, tumblers, salt and peppers, vinegar bottles, water bottles, vases, etc.
Perfumery.
Our holiday stock of perfumery and toilet articles represents the best productions of the best inakdr8. The choicest flower distilled extracts, the finest toilet preparations.
Choice extracts for the handkerchiefs in dainty decorated boxes from 15c to $1.25 each. Triple extracts, all the best odors in bulk, 25c an ounce
Lautier's imported extracts, May Bells, etc., 37c an ounce. Roger and Gallet's fine perfumes, the true flower odors, 65c an ounce.
Crown. Crabe Apple Blossom, Peau Eapagne, True Violet, Orchida, and other flue odors, 48c and 65c an ounce Brushes, combs aud all the accessories of my ladys* toilet priced right.
Dress Goods
you think of anything more useful than a nice silk
wool dress pattern? Such a gift is sure to be appreciated. We have a very choice selection of stylish dress patterns that we offer at greatly reduced prices.
We start them at $3 and up to $35. Exclusive novelties in fancy silks for waists at 75c, LOO and $1.25 a yd.
Black dress silks, sublime qualities, extra values at 65c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and up.
Books
A choice selection of books In special holiday bindings. One of the most suitable and sensible Christmas gifts, The laurel series, classics of fiction, travel, biography, etc,, handsomely bound, the best works of the world, best authors. 13* titles. 45c each.
The vademeeum series, a collection of the masterpieces of England and American literature, handy volume sixe, Ivory finish binding, beautifully illustrated, 19c each.
Young peoples library, choice books for children, nicely bound and illustrated, 25c each. Robinson Crusoe, a big book with many Illustrations $1, worth for 59c.
Oxford teachers bibles special 98c each. Oxford teachers bibles flexible binding, $1.10Beautiful calendars, booklets and Christmas cards. Full tine of Episoopal prayer books.
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When will they forget our good old Santa Claus. We trust that all their little wants so confidently entrusted to him may be realized. We have not time nor space to go into details regarding our stock of gifts for small people. It is sufficient to say that we have a most complete assortment of
DOLLS, TOYS, GAMES, CHILDREN'S BOOKS, ETC., priced lower than you havo ever known them.
Men's Furnishings
Isn't it hard to buy something for a man? We will try to help you at our furnishing department, it is full of happy suggestions in the way of men's fixings.
The newest silks, the newest styles in mens neckwear, teck scarfs, four-in-hands, puffs, club ties, and bows 26o and 50c.
Silk suspenders, holiday styles from 50c to $1.75. Men's shirts, the perfect fitting kind, plain and fancy bosoms $1.00 each.
Men's night shirts, well made and liberal in cut. 50c, 75c and $1.00 each. Bath robes from $2.75 to $5.25.
Kid gloves for men in every quality, the very beat for the price, 59c, 75c, 1.00, 1.50 and $2.25.
Fancy (Shina.
Anew departure with us which is causing *ovorable comment on account of the tasty selection of goods, and the lowness of the prices.
French china decorated plates new decorations, 31c, 39c and 45c each. Haviland china salad and olive .dishes, new shapes and decorations,
Haviland and other French china sugars and creamers, chocolate pots, cups and saucers, etc., beautifully decor-, a ted and priced right.
Xmas Gloves
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TERBE HAUTE SATUBDAY .EVENING MALL, DECEMBER 18, 1897.
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a WEEK ONLY TO ©HRISTMZIS. Now come the hurry days.: More and more do you appreciate this great store as you beeome better acquainted with it, This applies to old friends as well as new ones and we are making many new ones. All have had to get acquainted with us this Christmas season. This store was never able to serve you so well as now. It has never stood so completely in a class by itself. You will find it very useful to you this last week before Christmas. You will find gift things here priced so low that you can bring X-mas joy to all your frinds at small expense. 4X
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An unusually good stock selected with the greaiest care. Gloves that made from right skins that fit right and wear right. Buy 1 your Christmas Gloves here and satisfaction will go with every
pair. You'll find all the newest shades, all the latest shades.
mpBgjafl A Pretty Gloyc Box Free with Every Purchase. Ill ygfal 2 clasp gloves with embroidered backs all good shades 75c apr. II MivWJ Two clasp, four button and lacing gloves, not the usual $1 glove ^ut
be8t gi0ye that can be made for $1.00 a pair. Our P. & L. four button gloves, the most perfect fitting and best wearing glove that we know at $1.25 a pair.
Reynier Montespan real kid gloves, the perfection of glove I making, all new shades $1.50 a pair.
The ceteorated Reynier real kid Gloves for which we are sole agents $2,00 a pair. Fine French novelties in real kid gloves fancy shades, $2.25 a pair. Men's gloves from the best mikers 69c, 75c and $1.00. Perrins gloves for men $1.00. $1.75 and $2.25. .... Full lines of warm gloves and mittens for men, Wom©n and children.
^IXmas Umbrellas.
The rainy days we have had ought to forcibly remind you that an umbrella will make an excellent Christmas gift Our umbrella stock offers you every quality of cover, every style of handle from the simple crook to the finest Pearl, Dresden or Ivory, from which to choose, and the prices you have only to consult your purse. We have umbt ellas for any price yon, desire to give.
Fine gloria umbrellas, with steel rod, natural and congo handles, $1 each. Taffeta covered umbrellas, choice natural wood handles, $1.25 each.
Self closing umbrellas, you'll like them, they are practical, $1.50 and $2.19. Taffeta umbrellas, with dainty Dresden handles, special offering, $1.98 each.
Attractive values in umbrellas with dainty Dresden, pearl and Arabian wood hat 'es, some trimmed with sterling silver $2.25, $2.50, $2.75 and up to $5.
Colored silk umbrellas, with dainty pearl bandies* only here, $3.75, $5,25 and $6.50. The nobbiest styles of the season in Dresden, pearl and horn handles, sterling silver trimmed from $3.75 to $12 each.
•Exclusive lesih um1rellas /or meii from the plain crook to the finest silver trimmed ivory and* pearl priced from $1.15 to $11.50.
Leather Goods.
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An almost endless assortment of pocket books, purses card cases, chatelaine bags, music rolls, shopping bags etc., in all kinds of leather and all shapes and sizes.
Purses easy to get into and handy to carry 5c to 50c each All leather pocket books the best to be had for the price, 25c and 50c.
Fine seal and morrocco pocket books extra values 50c, 69c 75c and $1.00. Sterling silver trimmed pocket books in the finest leathers, from $1.00 up.
Special values in seal, alligator, and Morocco pocket books from $1.00 up to $3.50 each plfjChatelaine bags—new styles, 25c, 50c, 75c and $1 each. ^English leather music rolls 48c and 59c each. leather and Metal belts in a great variety of handsome styles from 25c to $3.98 each. v.
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A.<p></p>Handkerchiefs. Christmas time—Handkerchief time. One can't have too many handkerchiefs. As a gift they are always ri.Tllfa acceptable. You'll find them here in immense variety. Linen ones from Ireland and dainty embroidered ones from France and Switzerland, priced right of course.
Womens hemstitched handkerchiefs all pure linen 5c each. A better one, all linen 8)f»c.
Fine all pure linen hemstitched handkerchiefs special value 10c each Womens Swiss embroidered handkerchiefs hundreds of beautiful designs. 10c each.
All linen initial handkerchiefs 15c each.
^-Unusual values in all linen and Swiss embroidered handkerchiefs, 15c, 20c and 25c each Handsome French embroidered Handkerohiefs from 35c to $3.00 each.
Men's handkerchiefs hemmed ready for use 5c, 7c ana 10c. Men's all linen handkerchiefs 15c to 75c each,
Stationery For Xmas.
'You will find many attractive things here in fine box writing papers and choice little fixings for the writing desk, such as paper weights, ink stands, paper cutters, blotters, pen holders, etc.
Our showing of Christmas boxes of fine stationery is exceedingly attractive and nothing makes a prettier gift. Our special one pound box coataining 60 sheets of paper and 50 envelopes for 15c.
Good writing paper in fancy boxes extra quality 10c, 15c, 20c and 25c. Very handsome boxes containing from one to two quires of the finest paper with envelopes to match 35c, 39c 50c and up to $3 39 each.
Initial writing paper, a new fancy and very pretty 350
Order your visiting cards now, we cannot promise
delivery if you delay. 100 cards and plate for $1,00. -Vv
Holiday Hosiery.
department contributes some very choice things in fancy hosiery to the many other store attractions. You will find unusual values in serviceable hosiery for Ladies Misses and Children,
Woman's fast black hose, high spliced heel and double
|igg||isole, extra quality 25c a pr. Woman's fancy hose, Richi^ffi&iSlieu ribbed and boot tops t5c a pair.
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A beautiful line of fancy lisle and cotton hose 35c a pr. French novelties in hosiery, handsome designs and colorings from 60c to $2.00 a pair.
Open work fast black lisle hose from 35c to $2.00 a pair Novelties in fancy silk hose exquisite styles $1.10 to to $5.50 a pair.
hosiery for children, all qualities and prices.
Goods.
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Cannot begin to tell you of all the pretty and useful things in this department of decorated art. We have all ^sorts of dainty things to make the home attractive.
You'll enjoy a visit here. Embroidered doylies for the table, all sizes from 25c up.
Irish point doylies, pillow shams, table covers, sideboard ond*dresser scarfs. fS Beautiful renaissance dolyiesall sizes.
Hemstitched and drawn llwork tray cloth, lunch cloths, doylies and scarfs.
Japanese silk table covers, ^embroidered in gold to close out at reduced prices.
Hand painted novelties In
glove, handkerchief and trinket boxes. Dainty pin cushions for the dressing table 25c. and 45e each.
Sofa pillows and floor cushions, special valnes 48c, 69c, 85c and up to $3.00.
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