THE SCRANTON TJUBCNK- SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1899. .WCTcnggnaESgBBffl imxauam rrTlf'n"iTiifWTiiiiiiHini -V:: 77;as Store Will J ni wTiriiii - r-n - n in i i i i wTTrii ni'-i i n ni" r nrrri nrr - '-r"t m f iti n T-wniTf ii' n --r -r if ti iiir im-r"- rcr-iT iti i i m . t h j-iitw ih di --v .! - m . . s i i ar . iii'i ia vhi i i im -. k".F .. d Mini - -.w m . - -.. . Erti;rtTS.S2StW .. V ' Tiss??fhSSsS e Open Every Evening Until Christmas. irJAr..w" MEwq ocNibwvs yuv p iui rsA'.' n TiY f rfi." . .' ,j - . a,w -jimhim rvv j . wvy . . . -. TUT-rtTr.svc-rir rvcs r?' '-r-r-r2fc r-K vv---- -s" -zWjC-o --x,rfc i wjllKssKf. WmWih iW nI&-.:lUW .wjm IU2.Wm'.-m'..'--' .-. AB -TIM TT W..B"W"I !? 'wnh. JHWfi9-. . . ...fr7'", . . .alfZf- : .. . mm I :'ftV'K:'M .,,)J.il.IM.Vlto'rfllamgm MM I II ' IIHIIPII Mill :....;. ivaB-.-HUPGn yri .' ';... v.-.v "..:: .':v'...A:,.irw Spyiffeiw lUUGy GliU Jill II Wm flTMTAT P-S& '? Wf riifnichi '. sSXMtJ.-:. ? r,.t ;.., :..':.'w'swn.:;fi&. &-i ent ' fefffife -a. -. -.m 7 ' .i K"i'iL.' -. s .-.--.Lr- n im:.oo.m - This store expects to do the biggest holiday business in its history. We know that no finer selection in our special line can be shown in this citv. What Qhnll I hnw him? .. v..v . w j , ( i a w W ' A Wt 1 A A lf V 1 111114 We suggest the following: An Umbrella, Cane, Silk Handkerchiefs, Fancy Shirts, Dress Shirts, Silk Suspenders, Silk Hose, Gloves, Silk Neckwear, Dressing gown, Smoking Jacket, Bath Robe, or Fancy Night Robe. NECKWEAR Beautiful silk color ings, puff, teck or the new Imper ial, put up one in a box NECKWEAR Fine imported "Ly ons silks in the newest dresden pattems, each in fine enamel box MUFFLERS In new dresden and flowered silks A very large var- KAr lety is on display in this stcre at Out MUFFLERS In fine imported "Ly ons" silk. All the most beau- (ft A ? A tiful French designs are here ij jj J DRIVING GLOVES Knplish make, full fur lined. A fine pres- (tQ A UHBRELLAS Silver mounted in a fine enamel box. A very use- CJ O 7 K ful present to any gentleman J)C i O See the superb and exclu sive design of furnishings in our show windows. eadyto1 19900 In this store you can always find the very latest in fashion and fabiic. Every suit shown here is a credit to the tailors who made them, hvery gaimcnt must pass a strict examination befoie cnteiing this stock, and no matter what puce you pay you will always find better value and better s vie than can be possibly shown elsewlieic at these -J A xo prices iD I J BATH ROBES All the new color combinations in soft woven eiderdown or I urkish fabric. See the selection (j O KAT0&& in oui windows. .. t)tJ.iv OO The beautiful novelties in Vestee and Reefer Suits are attracting the attention of mothers to this department. New novel ties arrive here every week. You can al ways find what suits you and pleases the boy. IIS And Overcoats You certainly should see and compare the style of our Overcoats with those usu ally sold at these prices. There is such fine tailoring in them that you would won der where the further improvement could be made. They are fully consistent with the very latest fashion plae. Sec them displayed in our show D jQ $QA windows at these prices "HO (f)iCU SMOKING JACKETS The most pop ular present for a gentleman, and we have a much fillet and larger assortment than any previous year. Pru.es O iq (J O from OO ipO Ov rcoat We have given a great deal of our per al attention to the style of Boys' Reefers and Ovet coals this season, and the result is that we are showing some of the nob biest little coats in town, either in covert, beaver or chinchilla. Full Dress and 4,Tuxedo" Suits or Coats and Vests in the most fashionable "Crepe" Cloths at about half the price charged by the to-measure tailors. If you are going to get a Dress Suit yon will profit by looking at ours. 9 Handkerchiefs Pure silk, worked in itial, half do5en in a white enamel JA box, making a nice present O U L Handkerchiefs All pure linen, hem stitched, with finely worked ini- 7K. tial; six in box ft OL Silk Suspenders Beautiful raised flower design, worked with pute (JA. silk ; one in box OUv Suspenders In Silk or Satin, French ottta.K.i8:'.s:75cAND$1 Silk Hose In all the new colorings. Put up for presents. Three pair K A in enamel box OUL Gloves Silk lined, in new shades of Tan and "Mod. One pair in a l'vi ! e pair in a (t-g j I All that's new and most fashionable is found in this store. &38M&:& '''' 'w n iii.Jj!r VeUAyhV? Our grand window dis play will give you a hint what to buy liim for a Christmas Present, WTw F Scranton's Leading; Outfitters. "tiiiT'nrnrniTrriinrr" raPTm I IL U'MIMTlMTH"tTi)rwiriwiiTi rmnnii" ill din lllll 81 U i lllnllllll im wn n" 1 ' ' a ' ' 11B 1 i mt fm " ii ' mii 'i ' ' More Holiday Novel ettes are on exhibition in our show windows than any previous year. $mm& fi m w The Bni-hPloib' committee h.is been hard at uoik the past few daf as, lmleerl, it has been for weeks, lint th' numbers have been paitlculaily buy leiently with the imitations, whlth will be It-sued on Monday. The llht s homrolut smallet than last ear. but the cue and aeeui.u-y c haiaeteilzlns its -iilous details hao necessitated .1 .is.t amount ot 1 iboi The bill at linRenunts are now luaetieally lom jilott'd as fat as it mny ,w it this time. A m -t elaboi.it.- si heme of diioia tlons has been planned, special atten tion bciiiK Riven to the supper uiomi and the boxes. Theie will be sixteen of the latter and that they aio llkelj to be in Kreat demand Is evident fiom tlu fa t that already half of them have been engaged. The lloor Is le i clung gie.it attention also, aicoullng to the custom of past yens. The com mittee Me.sis. J. H. Hiooks. T. I' I'ullei, Jumes Hlalr. Jr., Worthlngton Scinnton and .M. U. Fuller, will leav nothing undone ti make the ball thy most unqualified success In the social history of the city. "Weather petmlttlnr. tills afternoon there will be a sweepstake handicap nt tlio Country club If the number of entries wairant the captain In - ag ing for the club championship that will be played. For the benefit of the Coun try club membeis who have become exercised legardlng the leliglous en vironment which seems to bo swiftly closing In around the links, it may ua stated that the most tecent acquisition in the way of a chuich, situated on ' the thirteenth green on the lower links, will not Interfere with futuie playing, ns the gieon will be lemoved to a sate dlstance.Theio is no Immediate pioba billty that Sunday games, so popular on many links, will ever bo adoptol at the Kci union Country club, even If no moio c lint dies nre ejected in a continuous low nbout Its boideis. The menibeis are not In favor of Sunday games It may bo suggested that it would bo well for chuichos erected on the links to ptoldo thtunselves with strong wire window screens to guar J against week day contingencies. The Princeton (lleo club conceit will bo the great event of Chilstmas nlghl. The men will bo lavishly cnturtatwl that day, i'iany dinners a tea and u dance now being Intendot n their luit- or The pationesses aie the following: .Mis A B. Blair, Mis. J. Selden Blair. Mis II T. Brady. Ji., Mis. Heese O. Biooks, Mis. Ocoige tl. Biooks, Mrs. A. JI. Deckei, Mrs. A. W. Dickson, Mm. i:. I. .Fuller, Mis. X. A. Hulbeit, Mis. i;. B. Jennyn. Mrs. W. D. Ken nedy, Mis. II. K. Watson. Mrs. H. W. Klngsbuiy. Mis. W W. Lalluope, Mis. .1. A. Linen. Mis. W. CI. Paike, Mrs. Fiedeihk J. I'latt, Mis. C. I). Simp mn, Mrs. A. II. Stems, Mis II. W. Tay ''' Mis Artliui Twltehell, Jhs. T. II. Wutkins, .Mis. L. A. Waties. The I'llnceton (ilee club Is the great event of Christmas night. The dla giam will open at Powell's on. Monday. That the house will bo crowded Is ul leaely an assuiod fact. Tlie concert will be followed by a dance at the Bi ecle club. The Hist e.hlbltloii of the Keramlc club lias been most successful. Manv vlsltois have viewed the collection an 1 e.xpicssed suipiise at tlio la re num ber ot beautiful pieces of noicelnln. Tlio sales have been extensive, but theie is Jtill a line assoitment to be seen, seveial new pieces luivlng been added yesterday. Today will ba (ho last of the exhibition and the public Is invitCd to visit the looms in ' Car ter building, on the Linden stteet 3ic'e. The "cradles" for the Lackawanna hospital have mutely solicited consid erable monev for the children's waul, moie than $123 having this far been leeched In this way. One cradlo bank containing .j was stolen. How a per son of over so abandoned a typo could steal fiom the poor sick ehlldien In tlio hospital Is a mystcay. but It was done. Don't forget tlio little people at ClnlstmuB time, a few pennies from each shopper would build that niuch necded wurd. The I'hl Alphas gave a dinner Ttiurs day night at the Countiy club In honor of Mr. Lawienco Fuller. Mis. Chauncey Heynolds will give ". tea next Thursday afternoon at her homo on Wyoming avenue. Miss Benneil will entcitiiln a com pany of f i lends at uuds this evening. Among thotu who will probably en tertain holiday house parties will be Ml and Mrs II M Boles, Mr. and Mrs "W F Hallstead. Ml and Mis C S Weston, Mr. and Mis. W. "W. S. ranton. Ml. and Mrs It. O. Brook-. Mr. and Mis. 11. II. Biady, Mr. and Mi.s J. Benj. Dlmmlc-k. Mr. and Mrs. A D Blackinton. Mr. and Mis. T. II. Watkins and otheis. Mis. B. A. Hill gave a beautiful tea on Thuisday at her home on Clay ave nue in honor ot her daughter's ad vent into society. A very large num bei of ladles called. The house was el.iboiately deieirated by Clark. BauorV oichestra, furnished music. Mrs. It'll and Miss Hill weie assisted In revolv ing by Mrs. Samuel "Wayland. of Wltkes-Batie. Among the handsoiv ly gowned ladles who vre .ibout the looms weie Mis. A. .1. Cjnnell, Mu. V. V. "Watson. Mrs. Landv. Mi. T 0 Wolfe. At the fuippe table worn Mis. O. M. Hallstead and Mis. F. L JUnowan. In the dining loom were Miss Annie Watson, Miss Anne Hand Miss Mabel Sehlagei, Miss Blerhaus and Miss Canlo Benneil. Hanley ca tered. Mrs. Frank K. Piatt gave a largo le ception on Thursday at her home on Webster avenue. It was one of tho most attiactive social affalis of tho j ear. Mrs. Piatt was assisted in te ething by her sister. Miss Skinner, of Hartford, Conn. Tho ladles who as sisted in entertaining about the looms were Mis. It. W. Archbald, Mis. J. Benj. Dlmmick, Mrs. It. M. Scianton, Mrs A. H. Storrs, Mis. D. L. Tate and Miss Maiy T. Manness. Mrs. F. J. Piatt pieslded at the frappe table. Mis. C. H. Welles and Miss Piatt weio at the table in the dining room. Miss Helen Boies, Miss Marjoile Piatt. Miss Louise Smith and Miss Janet Stons assisted In serving lofieshmonts. Miss Jessie nipple will entertain i small company of friends at a mas querade paity on the 20th. Mrs. George Sandeison gave a tea esteiday, Intioducing Miss Helen San derson to society. Mr. and Mis. T. H. Watkins gave a beautiful dinner of thliteen covers Tuesday evening. Tho guests wore: Mr. nnd Mis, Clarence Sturges, Mr. and Mis. Aithur Twltehell, Mr, and Mis. B. 13. Watson, Mr. nnd .Mis. II. 11. Brady, Miss Welles, Miss Augusta Archbald, Mossis. P. U. Bolin and James Blair. Mis Cieoige Sanderson gave a ie ceptlon yestoiday afternoon to intni dure Miss Helen to society. Mis San del son anil her daughter weio assisted In irielvlng by Miss Tiler, of Ithara,.V. Y., the llanree of Mr. James CI. Sander son. About the looms weio the Mn. ilardnci bandeisou, Mrs, II. B, Hey nolds. Mrs. It. M. Scrantun,Mr3. V, J. Piatt and Miss Anna Sanderson . Mrs H II Biady and Mis. B. '3. Watson seivcd fiaipi-. Mis. 13. B. Stui ges and Mrs. J, JtenJ. Dimmlck pi cabled .it the tabic In the dining loom, wheie Miss Hunt, Miss Welles, Miss Benneil and Miss Paike hcived lefies-hments. Mr. anil Mis. it. n. Htnley will give a icreptlon on Thuisday evening next at their homo In Xoith Paik. Mis. Hurley will alto lecehe on tho aftei noon of that day. Wednesday afternoon, Doc. 27, at 1 o'llock, Helen fiiaco, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Kllczer D. Jenkins, of Ca potise avenue, will be man led to Dr. Welcom C. Snovei, at Gicen Itidgo Piesliytcilan chuich. This afternoon tho Young Ladles' society of the riist Piesbyterlan chuich will hold a cako sale In the pailois, where tea will bo seived iipJ a pleasant social hour has been pinnnpd Tho cakes made by the Fii-s: chinch young ladles aie eveiy bit .' good as the cause for which they labor and that Is saying a gieat do tl. The Homo for tho Fiiendless has been qu.nantlned for tho past two months with n miniature epidemic of seal let fever. None of the cases have pioved fatal and all have now iocov eied. Next week fumigation will take place and outside Intel com so with the Institution will be resumed. It has been n long, lonely period for tho ma tron and tlio old ladles, as well as for tho little people, who have been kept at homo from school. Tho physicians say that tho airangoments for isola tion of patients suffeilng with contag ious disease aie so complete In the homo that it is in far better condition in this tespect than any hospital In the city. It is a pleasuie to be able to announce that tho Inmates will bv able to enjoy the old-fashioned Chilstmas festivities as In tho past. Mis. Walk er, tlio mation, has given a number of little teas for the old ladles dur'ng this stnto of quainntlnc and the chil dren have had a p.uty, besides & de lightful Thanksgiving celebration, so their shut-in condition has been some what hilghtened, Movements of People Mi. and Mrs. Stanley Smith are In New Yoi k Dr. I) II .lenklrs and sun ate in 1'hll.i delphla. Attotuc) A. J. Colborn has returned fiom Baltimore. FIipi Iff Block, of Bh'ijlmmian, win In tlie elty est-rdav. til Solicitor and Mis. A. A. Vosburg are hi New Writ cltj. Mr. M. T. I'aitri nnd family have gone, to I'liirlilu for llio wlntei. Colonel unci Mrs. II. M. Boles hue ic turned from New York city. J Willis, tho young son of Mr. and Mm. A B Hazlett, is confined to ills homo with Illness .Miss Blerhaus, of Yinconncs, Intl., is the guest of MKS Annie. atsou Miss Ccia Spend. i, of Thompson, is vIMtlng her cousin, Mrs. J. D. Peck, on Green Itidge stiect. Mis. Jos-oph. A Scranton and Mrs. D. L Tale h.uc relumed from a foitnlghls stav In Philadelphia. Mls Bradlrj. ot Ncvvmiish. N. Y, will visit her sister, Mrs 1'. M. Spuicer, foi tho next few wieks. Mi. William X. Williams, of plvinnutli, K'tuni' d home eslerdu1', after ti short vllt with relatives In this rltj. Ittv. 13 R. Lewis will preach tomorrow at tho Audenrled Congregational church, and will spend the week In Schujlklll counts. Mls I3v i M. Brown, of the Corres pondence schools, has left tho illy to spend Sunday with friends at Clark's Summit Itt. Kev. M J. Ilo'i.in vcst'itl'iv Is Ited Itev. Thorn is Bi'-honv, nt I3tklev, who Is about to be lemnvrd to Philadel phia, to St. Agnes' hospital. P. M Spent r was nt the Hotel Wal ton, Philadelphia, tho right of the 111 o. nnd sajs It v. us the scene ot a gnat fright for most of the guests Miss Cliua I' SpeUhci has returned home fiom tho State Normal si lino) to spend the Christmas attition with her parents Mr. and Mis Joseph Spelt lur, ot presLott avenue HER POINT OF VIEW Chilstmas wouldn't bo bo expensive If onlv the time and thought we de vote to it weio a llttlu moie etiuallv distributed. The amount of haul woik which Is spent In shopping, woujln nd huirjlng during iho two welts lecoillng Christmns would affoid In 1 nltely more satisfactory itaulls if undei taken earllor with dcflnitu plan for every person to whom gifts weio to bo made. So many of ua crowd a whole yeai's labor In that little fort night and then wonder why we have nervous prostration afterward. I know only one senslblo woman. Thero may bo otheis, but she Is the t-olltaty individual ot that class whom I can now call to mind She? hai had her Chilstmas picparatlons ready for u month, with the ext option of a veiy few things, which must necessaiily bo delayed until the last tiny or two. All nicely packed iivvnv in tlieli pretty wrappings of white tlt-sMc paper lie tho smallei aitlelts iciulv tor th" imksen get. She has not boiulit In a hup linzaid fashion, as do some women, who piotuie a tiuantltv if tilings anil then niako an lntlisiilmiiviie , ! ctlon. grab bag stvie, for viiiIuuh fileivls. In stead much time mid thought vveto e jiended uj on each gift and tlio tastes and habits of the letipltnt weie taro fully studied in even the tiniest .u tide Months ago were brgun tho party bag, tho dainty center piece, tho magazine cover, tlie velvet collar and belt foi her j jung friends. They wro tinlshed without liuirj and w.th tli' pleasantest thoughts wi ought lnte each stitch. She does not have to sit up nights and beinoin the Intervention of two ldessed Suudayn lietvvem thU morning untl Chilstmas dnv, as io must lost time. She do s not have to teat madly down town In ei muled shops' and wind swept Ft reels to make an uns.ulsfattoiy choice of what is left for soincliodv omitted fiom her list by mistake. Oh, no, she Is ,i wIsj won'Tii, untl she has even sent in li"r subst rlptlons anil addiesscs for the periridlcals she wlshoi to piesent to friends I iow I bate lur for being so foiehanded. The story of a twenty-live cent limit which was left Incomplete 1 iFt week may be piolonged to a considerable ex tent. The busy voting wife, like tho sensible woman noted above, did not make all her piopaiatlons for Chilst mas In a liuriy. She could never have nchltved such results in a wok or two. Ind.u'd somo of her plans weio made in June and even earlier. For liibtnnce, It was then that she went far I into tne wootis one nay ioi- ii uuv : with fi lends and carried a trowel and a bpsket In older to lemove ferns for homo adornment. They throve linoly in a shaded coiner of the lawn and from their number two or tlireo hand some ones were kept In the house. When her economical Christmas ex pandltnu's became necessary she hit upon an idea that saved much of tho allowance piovidcd. Thero weio some pots In tho ccll.ii, common led or.ei, wide and low, such as Lulbs often com" In at Taster. Sho brushed a coit of shellac on several and carefullv pasted a low of portraits of famous authors, cut fiom tlie Bookman nnd other mug-isdnes They weie clipped In an oval foim, with a little gilt boi. der ns a fiame for each. Over all slio put a coat of vninlsb These decor ated one pot, In which vns placed a bpautlful, tin If ly wood fern. Tho art galierv wrs varied rs to tho others, one having n frieze of ehlldien's fncos cut from the advertisements, another of well known stage fn'oiitrs, Maud Adams' vvHtful eyes looking out from a mini. it me frame made of tiny dots of putty glided to look llkn tlu bead ing often seen. Tlieso most nttiactlvv gifts gladdened tlie lit arts of threo old 1 idles whoso homos weie none too bright with I'oweis and sunshine. For nnnthei file ml sh piep'ited n llsh globe with some love'v plants which tlnlve In the water with gtavcl ami pebbles foi a Ind. Then she nndn little tumiver pieces of sheer linen for the coll ir. half yaid of tho eNqulslte fiiu matnrl'il cost foity cents. It nude an Inilniti mini bei tf those inctty .tree t-soiiiM ti ,i costume, boslden the cni'ir of scvuial delltntx lintalkei'iil s 't'li'y vvero hem-alltthcd or rinlMicd v.ith a tlnv edge of gooel la-e cr with a dainty bit of imbiold"iy in n- corners, either wrought on th nut" ' il o- cut out of lace and appliqui d with Inf.nitismal stitches ll thete things to 5k tl v. bile couldn't hail- ' nii them up in the last two weeks hor Christ' las Then sho heni-slltch-d some chiffon nnd made a lovely knot of tho Huffy stuff to go beneath the fair thin of a gill she loved and she fashioned a beautiful party hood out of p. yard of pink china silk and some white wad ding. This girt cot sixi cents, but It was aveiaged up on the ferns. A dieam of a. t op-ot t over was made, seamless except at the shoulder, of dimity, wlih tiny frills and beading In which baby ribbon was mn. A ilbbon collar made over wires with stunning points and .i deir little bow in front cost twenty-live cents and couldn't bo duplicated In tho shops foi llfty. A, still) of white cashmeio embroidered I iihly nt the ends In blue foigt t-ine-nots made a shawl or scut' to weir under .i party cloak which Is the ptido of a tcitain belle's wardiobo. It cost $.'. but was tho sole extravagance In the list and was "evened up." as tho donor declaied, by tlio other thing. Heio is a partial list, with the ex pense. Gliding for tlireo pots of ferns $ .10 Linen for collnis. etc to Dimity tor two corset covers ii L.ieo and ribbon corset covers., 25 Itlbbou for collur 'i"i Chiffon for two bows . ,..: ,.,,, 31 China silk anil wadding fid Ollvo cud board 50 I'nsso Partout paper and glass 50 Linen for magazlno coei3 2" Cashmcro and silk floss 'J M Total JJ 13 This amount purchased twenty-eight gifts, nt nn average of 20 cents each. They Included three pots of toins six colinr edges, two handkci chiefs, two coiset coveis, it ilbbon collai, two bows, a natty-hood, tluee sets of Madonna plenties, mounted, ono nut bowl, an embioldeied shnwl, two book covets nnd four magazine coveis. Tlio list does not include a number of presents given to ehlldien, non costing moro than 25 rents and Mimtfof whlcli In tha slinpo of books, weio embellished In water color sketches by tho giver. Some of the matei litis were altcady In the possession of the tlvve little lady who devised the scheme, tho deer skin tho sliver dish, the silk for embiold cry and sewing not being estimated, but It all shows what can lie done with ingenuity, time ami patient labor. She said, awl so said her husband, that they never hail such a . happy Christ mas In tlielr lives, and this eni, when their vvoi Idly piospects havo so fai tin pi oved that ho siuiillros of that other holiday time aie not needed, she looks back uponitwitli ar"! taliitlullluf pilde which she will nut feci next week when her costlier gifts arc sent forth. Saucy Deaa. . - j Jiijnn mi ,v - . .. Jtj. e.
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