A CHRISTMAS TREE AND FANCY BAZAAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3010, 23 December 1896, Page 2

A CHRISTMAS TREE AND FANCY BAZAAR.

lost night thß prbmlsba ii6ii k> iUe Ophti HoUeb, jliet bofapleled fbr tbb btlsinbsii ot Mtissrs Sifley find Cb., rcboiVod shbh h hoiisbJ'h.rihihk as is seldom giVch elion preitiidb?!: Mbsera Jitnoa Sthlth and Co. (Te Arb House) were the hosts, having rboblvodfc spcbial.lbafi of th'e building for CHri&troas diid NowYcai time from Mr Sidoy; and that ihnir reception was a .largo bob all people passing along puba and fanners streets testify, for Ifio orqwd drew .crowds; . • . . ■ • , j .as pno Ike dotoS, .there are -tciys ana presents io right and left, but it is the Christinas tree right in frbnt that gains the attention of tho eye. Backed by a pastoral scene, with “wings” on either side and “flies*' above it, there stands a noble fir, furnished with everything that delights tho heart of the little ones and. sends hack tlib ihblijghta Of &aift &n.bld citiien to thb E-ftf pjf long a&o in, the v Old La&cL That’s wl»# they look ,so pensive—the youngsters say they always look like ihaf “jwaen they ask to buy ’em something,';*, Taking, yo.iir eyes off thp, tree and .looking around upon tho tables, \vhat do ydU sbbf. apd lemons are tljcrb—bilt not tfio pirn's jfod jnte; .Fanp tb,ieuit r all fancies: i4.,b^ndrcd6 f dressed, after t|je stylos the grqwh'ups-walk in ,jen quay, and alpo in the costume of a mermaid, „ .Tbpre are hjjndrodq.of such hai>*i v odoh. eyes L and there?* ; inany.. a tiny , iji*ika -.believe would bo,. ,do» lighted with Sucha family, 'Tie an orphanage, whore tho.doflp are waiting' opep-cycd, to bo adopted by, some loying wpo mothori ,itis their largo stock pf fancy goods, suit* ablp to ..this particular and peculiar season, which has compelled the House to take for the festive, season the now shop m. Manners street,., Eteh the rpbmy.,Cuba street,mart could- not. accommodate. the largo shipment—and that being so, ho.w,la it, possible,{ot tpj t« giy,e pven fin. inventory of tHo goodtbihgg contained therein f. In price,'.the articles range froma penny toy up to thdmostorpensive ladies' companions and desks/.. lt« variety is hot dp easily pictured*. Every kind of article suitable, for a Christmas,; New Tcay or other gift lies ■ here. , For bab?s there are “ali-gpoa!?, ibat will., make ■them .-croiy v fo - tHopfch th.b incdii %o,i actually coihbijltb..thcir:pooaession ; lor.tkd youngster, the lad and.the lags .who., bolioyes that “ sound’s the thing j'! there -are. instruments that will make their hearts and cars plad; for tho young one of that ago when she insists the is “ Miss” Young there are the most lady-liko temptations spread for the parental purse and her eye; whilst the boy who is summing up courage to speak to her will find out where most tho eye doth rove. Mechanical toys to conjure up laaghter, ingenious anangoments to puzzle the cutest, games, pictures, frames, funniosities in card, tin and tinkling brass jostle and fx atomise with trumpets, brackets, delicate scents and chinaware. Wellington’s mothers and all their little ones must see these things for themselves, and it will net disappoint them to know that purchases made there enable them to participate in the groat gift distribution at Te Aro House,