FAIRYLAND.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 735, 9 January 1915, Page 2

FAIRYLAND.

They have everything you can think of! They can show you regiments of soldiers with all their equipment—ami 3 and aeroplanes—even to bugles and drums. Navies, which would be welcomed by the combatant nations were they real, .men to man the vessels—sailing boats, tor-pedo-boats, battleships—everything! Children live there, of course—children of all ages; even the "old woman who lived in a,shos" bad not so many. Everything which delights childhood and every requirement of childhood; from , the cradle to the trousseau, is to he found in fairyland. They can provide the wherewithall or building a-house, tool?, bricks and all; they can supply the house, ready-built, with furniture, plain or elaborate. Meals can be prepared and cookfd on real stoves, and dinner or tea can ba*laid, for any number. After the manufacture of clothes by hand or sewing machine, laundry operations in up-to-date fashion can be' undertaken —the ironing being quite a feature. Shopping may be indulged in, all the requisites of a store being at hand. Or a.fisit to the pictures can be arranged.' The-materialfor all enginstring Work; is available, as well as tne material of the artist and the painter. Arid, power is on the spot to run any machinery for any manufacturing operation whatsoever. Schools, weekday and Sunday, with their whole stock-in-trade, are there. The animal world is as well represented as the inanimate world. All the domestic animals—horses, *®ith or without .carta, cows, sheep, pigs* cats, dogs, fowls and the whol9 family of N.ah's Ark are *in evidence. Facilil-oi >"';r rravsl are many—trains, motor cars and screw ■ steamers . await passengers. All the standing favourite toys of boyhood and girlhood—knives and sewing materials, tops and skipping ropes—find place in Fairyland. This is not an exaggeration. All these things and many more are to be seen at Robinson's. We believe that you think as much of your boy or girl as youß neighbour thinks of his, and that your child is worth a "Happy Christmas." We you in this by keeping our prices down—not merely in one nr two "draw" lines, but in all lineß. The/war has not affected our prices so far. Come and see! We have also plenty of presents suitable for grown-ups. Our stock of ladies', hand bags and ladies' companions are really splendid. We have ladies' and gent's: dressing .cases, writing cases, beautiful inkstands, ornaments, jewel, caskets, mirrors, rose bowls, hall sets in many'styles, screens to hide ugly fireplaces when fires are hot necessay.—bjt yoj will tire of reading this far sooner than you will tire of looking at our beautiful stock. . We extend a hearty invitation to you to visit our* showroom and we hope you will accept it.*