Show OLD FAMILY RECORD BIBLES not sold to the same extent as formerly but still in demand do we still sell the old fashioned family bible with pages in it tor the record of births deaths and mar oh yes said the bookseller but not so of them as we once did there are more bibles sold now taking them altogether than ever be fore and the bible Is issued now in an almost endless variety of forms and styles but the demand for it in this particular form is now I 1 should say not more than one third what it once was still we keep these record to day in a dozen styles ranging in price from 5 to 20 the blank rec ord pages these often illuminated ani bound in between the two testaments in some of these bibles there Is a blank presentation page upon which may be written the name ot the per son to whom the bible Is presented alth the name of the giver and in some of them Is contained a blank marriage certificate and in some there are bound in with the pages for the record of births deaths and mar biages pages for the record of temper ance pledges these bibles are more likely to be bought nowadays by country people and it might be by people of the ger man race and by irish protestants all likely to be substantial people of corn fordable for table means conservative people who cling still to time honored cus toms so while the old time family rec ord bible with pages for the record of births deaths and marriages has gone somewhat out of fashion and is not sold to the extent to which it once was yet it is still sold and the de mand for it is still considerable |