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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 4 Dec 1920, p. 16

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1920 22, 7/7707 ON FOUNTAIN SQUARE EVANSTON CHANDLER'S ON FOUNTAIN SQUARE EVANSTON ~ CHRISTMAS STORE STATIONERY BOOKS Here is displayed the greatest stock of station- ery of all sorts that has ever been assembled on the entire North Shore. A visit will soon convince you this is no exaggera- tion. Here are stationery for children, for misses, for boys, and for men and for women--qualities to suit the most fastidious as well as grades adapted to 3 the most modest purse. It is in all colors, in every design and style and in every kind which is manufactured. CORRESPONDENCE CARDS--PIlain, gilt 'edged, in colors and in Christmas designs. GREETING CARDS--There's not a style or design that you'll not find here. Priced from 3c to $1 apiece. CHRISTMAS SEALS--Here is Dennison's line com- plete, as well as several other makes. Christmas Candles It is hard, indeed, to imagine a Christmas without plenty of soft, twinkling candles. We have Bayberry candles and fancy candles of all sorts and sizes--includ- ing large bright red candles, twined with Christmas rib- bon and holly, inviting a revival of the Christmas candle lighting customs of years ago. Useful Gifts Are These Roycroft wares, besides being sightly, artistic and full of character, are always useful. We are North Shore agents for this famous line--in red copper, in blue copper and in leather--all handmade. Christmas Novelties There are scores of Christmas suggestions among the many novelties we carry--smoking sets, ash trays, card racks, inkstands, etc. And a choice selection of desk sets in brass, ivory, Roycroft and leather. And sealing wax sets in all colors and all designs. FOR THE VERY LITTLE ONES--The Deane Rag Books in all sizes, shapes and sub- jects, "Dolly Sewing Bee," "Tick-Tick" and the others. Here is the whole series of Volland books, the Sunny books and the Happy books, including the popular Raggedy Ann stories. Of course we have the wonderful Oz books and the Burgess Animal Book and Bird Book for children, the Bunny Brown series, the Bobsey Twin series, the Twin books, the Uncle Wiggley series, the Mother West Wind books, the Child's Homer (Colum-Pogany), the Bedtime Story books and hundreds of others. FOR BOYS--The Boy Scout books, the Motor Boys' series and scores. of other. A few of the many new books: Biogra- phy of Theodore Roosevelt (Pearson), Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (Rankin), Mitch Miller (Masters), Touchdown and After (Hunt- ing). FOR GIRL S--Of course there are the Campfire Girls series, the Jane Allen books, Aunt Jane's Nieces and the other favorites. Isabelle Carle- ton at Home, and the rest of the Isabelle Carleton series and all of the other favorite series, Among the new books are Mary Marie (Porter) and Eve to the Rescue (Hueston). T10YS Toyind Is Open a With all the old favorites and many new toys. Our toyland is the magnet which attracts every child on the North Shore to this store at Christmas time. The last of the stock is being put in place --and such a fairyland as we have on our second floor, Here are toys for the toddlers and toys for the grownup boys and girls--and toys that will interest their par- ents and their uncles and aunts. Toys for education, toys for healthful exercise, and toys for pure fun. The entire series of Chemcraft sets is here, ranging from $1.50 to $10.00. All of the famous Gilbert toys are on display--Mysto Magic sets, Engineering and Hydraulic sets, Tele sets, Carpenters' Outfits, Chemical Magic, Fun Facts, Puzzle Parties and all the rest of this delightful line of genuine toys Shoenhut's toys are here, too --all of them, including blocks, doll furniture and toy pianos. Trains--what an array!-- winding trains, electrical trains and pulling trains--=25c to $50. There are thousands of games--there are stacks and stacks of blocks, there are tables full of wooden toys and iron toys--and all 'the Tinker- toys, old and new. There are heaps of doll furniture, and some select pieces of juvenile furniture. . Blackboards of various sizes and styles will attract. i DOLLS--They're here by scores and by hundreds, overrunning the toy department and bringing joy to 7% every small visitor--dressed dolls and undressed dolls, with bodies of cloth, kid and bisque--sleeping dolls and wonderful walking dolls and talking dolls and just plain rag dolls. There's such a wide range of styles and of prices that everybody is bound to find one that exactly suits. And doll furniture and doll pianos and dishes and beds and doll car- Why, of Course a Pen or Pencil! Pens and pen- cils are hard to beat as beauti- ful and practi- cal gifts. Here you will find the largest line of Fountain Pens in Evans- % 77 7 7 7 7 Among the notable new books, non-fiction, are Qutlines HH 7 va of History (Wells) in tw. : riages--everything that dollie can want is here. N i; iy - ) umes ; 234 50s) in two vel. There's a whole menagerie of stuffed animals and \ \ and in silver-- Europe (Ogg): Steeple Jack Wooden animals. N\ \ W at e rman's, ; (Huneker) in two volumes and Musical instruments, drums, horns, etc., are on dis- \ \ Conklin, Sheaf- the Autobiography of Edward play in profusion. \ N\ fer, Swan and : Bek: tabl the shel ¢ This is the place to choose outdoor toys--we have \ \ many others. Also chatelaine pens and other novel and y ola : on ihe S ge es ot them here in every conceivable variety--wagons, kiddie \ \ fancy types, : { | Po. a me * an q cars, automobiles, bicycles, velocipedes, scooters--and \ \ Eversharp Pencils are always popular gifts. We have (Ma 3 on berg), d ed such a line of sleds from the tiniest to the largest! Flex- \ fom in 253 ang i Fhver~and alto Sheep Point, Fine (Masters) ); Lorne 2 ae ible Flyers and Fleet Wing and other well-known makes. \ ? 3 0'1er maues. (Whitman), the Centenary edi- There are so many other toys that it is hard to know NN tion in one volume. where to begin and where to end--game boards of all Line-a-Day Books A ppreciated The line includes shopping guides, date books and memorandum books, in various colors and sizes, bound in leather and imitation leather. And there is a varied assortment of photo albums in leather and imitation leather priced at 75c to $10.00. Leather Goods Our stock of leather goods is complete. It is necessary to mention only a few of the more popular pieces--Bos- ton bags, traveling bags, suit cases, money purses, la- dies' leather hand bags--in a wide range of styles and at all prices. There are countless titles in the fiction department. Just a few of the most notable new books are mentioned: The Captives (Walpole), Wounded Souls (Gibbs), Mary Wollas- ton (Webster), The Story of Opal (Whiteley), Life (Bojer), In Chancery (Galsworthy), A Poor Wise Man (Rinehart), Harriet and the Piper (Nor- ris), The Noon-Mark (Watts), Mrs. Craddock (Maugham), The Top of the World (Ethel Dell), Moon Calf (Floyd M. Dell), . The Romantic (Sin- clair), The Vanity Girl (Mc- Kenzie), The Moreton Mys- tery (Dejeans). descriptions, steam engines big and little, circus wagons, tops, pushing toys and just about everything that was ever designed to bring joy to the heart of the youngster. SPORTING GOODS FOR THE GOLF FAN--Why not a Little Jack Golf Ball marker and a complete set of golf balls? Drop in and see them. FOR THE HIKER--A large stock of hiking shoes for men and women, misses and boys. Also golf shoes and skating shoes. FOR THE SPORTSMAN---The complete line of Winchester firearms--including rifles and shotguns of all types and styles. We are the exclusive North Shore agents. 7 Timi 77 A

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