, 1873-02-23
DRESS-COODS,
Prices Of Various Kinds and
Qualities.
F1anne1s, Grenadines, Organdies,
Lawns, Piqucs, Percales,
Cambrics, Sc, &c.

Hints on the prices Of goods, and economy
time in shopping, may not come amiss to som
of our renders, although women are UNIVERSAL.
etigmatized as liking to waste hours IN overlook
ing goods that they have not the least intention
Of buying; or. If they really do intend purchas
ing, always making as much trouble to the clerk!
Is they possibly can. No doubt there are fe1
such women, but they are no moro to be taken 81
a type Of their sex than the man who is simply
peripatetic advertisement for his tailor jewelcr
Many women, especially those outsido OF tht
limits Of large city, are altogether ignorant o
the make, quality, and price Of the goods which
they usually wear and, as many of these art
staple and vary little in the retail price, LITTLE
Information on the subject may not be amiss tt
those who have neither time nor opportunity tx
ascertain such facts for themselves. OF course
to the Flora McFlmseys, with "nothing to
wear" and who buy the last new thing fashion
offers, the price is Of little moment; but, to the
woman whose means are limited, and whose
time is occupied by other cares than those Of
adornins their person, this question assumes a
certain degree OF importance.
IN LIGHT s1LEs,
OF solid color, we find prices ranging from 92
<ary elegant but too expensive for the general
lty Of buyers. From $3.50 to $3.50 will purchase
Ri article sufficiently good for either dinner or
Rsening DRESS
SUMMER SILKS,
10 called, range from 81 to 50 3 yard, and are
usually shown in stripes or checks. 4. very
good article can be bought for $1.25 to
E1.50; but as, in the lower prices, they are
purchasing. They are IN almost Indispensable
addition to a lady's wardrobe for tho spring and
summer months. The bodies Of such dlesses
should be lined with linen instead OF silesia. as
thsy are then sufficiently cool for almost any day
in the heated term.
po1IP4DoUR SILKS
cost from 81 to es,-thoEe ut S. being in the
most demand. They make charming dresses Of
the Mistress Wellington style, worn over quilted
silk pettcoats. In Watteaus, over similar skirts,
they will be worn for tull-dress croquet-parties,
'Rnd "hgh-tea, which, as combination OF din
her aud tea, will be the feast offered on these
occasions.
are from s2 to s12 ard,-the lower priced
Zones being merely brocaded figure in blue,
,brown purple, or some equivalent color, or
black ground. The heavier ones are in self-col-
ors and contrasts. those at 81 or Sc being the
average quality.
is agnin coming into use, and can be bought for
Is yard in very good quality.
Lastly come the useful
BLACK SILKS,
;of which every lady knows the desirability, and
which answer for all occasions. gentleman
eonce offered to take two Of his nieces to Egypt,
stopping On the way at Paris, Vienna, Florence,
home, and Constantinop1e, but only on the con-
ft1ition that one small portmanteau should con-
,,etitute their luggage. It aeemed impossibiity
to the feminine mind, but an eager desire for
tho promised treat oyercame it, and the whole
done by tina MD Of black silk.
OF these silks,
holds the place'of honor, and costs from $40 to
e20 yard tho latter being yard and half
family, but, like all such costly fabrics, does not
rneet the general demand. It would be an ele-
;phanr to woman of small means, for all its
Ieccompaniments would need to correspond.
f6uch dress would demand Chanti1ly 1ace trim
mings point d'Alencon rutles and monchoir
ian outer covering Of velvet India camel's hair,
tpr Chantilly lace love Of bonnet from
;:n1adame de Ia Modes, at cost OF not less than
1850 six-bntton gloves and carriage-boots Of
the dress silk.
BONNET AND PoSsoS SILKS.
Next to these comes the Bonnet silk, followed
closcly BY the Ponson. The first OF these ranges
j!from 50 to S8a yard, and s most setEiceab1e in
: the medium grades, costing from 81 to sc. It
dress, while the Ponson is more serviceable for
street Wear- These are gros-grain silks, and
cost from 92.5o to Sc per yard. 4 dress at So to
1850 yard, OF the Ponson g1os-grain, is suit
able for any occasion, and is one of the most
.eerviceable silks to purchase. It does not hold
the dust, like most Of the others, nnd is, there
fore, more desirable for ordinary wear.
OTHER s11Ks.
There are also the Tellard, Ponson tatfetas,
aand Ponson half-lnstre, with silks which are
vaguely offered under tho generic title Of Lyons
eilks. These are all desirable, and range from
81 to IS q yard. the intermediate grades being
Ehe most in demand.
which are in silk as we'll as silk and wool, are
from IS to $40 yard, according to the quality
They are in plain reps aud brocadcd, aud in al
@colors. They have been principally used for
spTer-dreeses and polonaises-
the soft Indian silk-are from 80 cents to 81
= yard, and make pretty street-costumes for the
9pring. They are in light shades md can be
trimmed enectively With 6 harmonizing or con
goods suited to mountain-trayel, and Joung
ladies rho adopt them, with French hid boots,
for the ascent of Mount Washington, do not
generally do much c1ambering about over the
stony summit Of that fashionable resort,
FoULABDs
cost from 81 to s2 yard, and make seft, pretty
dresses for houae-wear, or for young misses.
The English foulard is wide, and is us1ally in
eeomo decided color, with polka dot, quare,
or triangle On it. The French foulards ire in
exquisite designs, closely following in pattern
tho most expensiye silks
JAPANESE sILEs,.
which have been sold to the million as low rs =
rents 3 yard, are not worth the making up |
They arc spotted even By water, and shrink from
3ampness. The better quality costs quite az
tncch As n sumner silk, but is said to be equally
ee1riceable.
MARROW LINED STLES
Tor house-dresses can at times be bought even as
low as IS cents a yArd. At Fl yard they make
up very nicely, but should be lined all through.
In fact, whatever the changing fancy OF the
modiste, no nice dress should be made up with
out lining, for it tends to preserve both the
material and it's color.
AMERICAN snKB,
costing from q to 50, are said to wear we'll; hut
they catch the dust easily and lack in hneness Of
finish THE beauty OF French silks
Next to the silks, come the soft silk-and-wool
and the An-wool goods.
First among these are noticeable the