, 1873-10-19
The Effect Of Wall Street on
Broadway.
The Renaissance Of Biloxi Silk
Elaborate Dinner
Dresses.
Abundant Use Of Ve1rct-S1eovcs
'--S1ccvcless Jackets and
Clonks.
From Our Oto,l Co7Ydspbfedtut,

4no nhatuau ulhrch Eooa On Ill spite OF pahlce
and failures. It Is fair 10 suppose tint shop.
keepers know their business bottcr than " out.
sidors '; but, for all that, ono cannot help won
dering whoro tho money is coming from to pay
Tor all the flno things exhibited. Nobody haB
any money; at lcast nobody owns to hnying
any. The clerk and tho millionaire seom, for
onco, to bo on tho sarne financial basis. Tho
man (or woman either, for mattor of thnt) who
can pay cash, is looked upon NTH suspicion.
Pcoplo ask Lis nnmo, and inquire into his anto-
cedents. This t1oos not often happen; for mon
arc not paying auy moro casn than they can holm.
Just at present.
Despite whnt dry-goods men say in regard to
she liVolIross OF trade, haye never soon tho
stores 30 empty, at this season, as they arc now.
q customer Is regarded rs q godsond, and tho
clerks bhowor information whcro, ordinarily, It
could not bo wrung from them. This is a capi-
tai time for tho scnnt Of purse to mako their
humble purchases; they will receive more at-
tontion and DO more respectfully troased, than
is usually thoir lot.
BLACK 6tLEa-
pricGlosa rossessions !-hayo resumed their
brlot'y uninterrupted sway. THO most elaborate
and most taatoful costumes arc Of this dis
si;nguisheti s;ngg he'd material. For every occa-
when 1t is abandoned by general though
unexpreHsed coneent.-robcs OF it are prepared.
1t may, perhaps, DO intended to syinboiize the
Present depression in the social Us we'll as mon
etary "of!u, nut, n anybody anppoaes 1t econonl-
the long run. har notions may be correct; but,
iu tho extremely short run that most black silEs
haFo nowadays thoy aro far from tho fact.
4 DISSEn-pnEss.
novel drosa which ! Baw tho other 1av ia
fashioned in this wise: Tho front broadtI is
covered from belt to hem with vertical pipod
1olds, m lnch-and-a-laf wide, the pipcd edge
tapping and turning townrd tho middle. On lie
Eofe next the front arc three separate pieces of
sill, laid In narrow up-turned ptaits, md sowcd
IN with tho soam. These plalts aro drawn closely
ttogethcr, and carried sufficiently higher on tllso
back seam lin this they are sored) to form the
plait ~ into creaoont-shspe, and the edge Of each
pi; pi .ao three pieces a trimmed with lngoewde
Tue 11inGe on each pioca lapa the top Of tho
Piece below, and tho effect Is Of three Baslen
caught from scam TO naam. In the scam between
tho tTo sido cores Che skirt consists Of two
front breadtlD, is fastened long, straight
breadth Of silk, roachtng to within l,alia-yart Of
tue bottom,. trimmed across tie Aou9 and
up up the i,eau;Es back edge With tho fringe
lie al a's"s ovsahr Gv0r sss sS tfsn prSaS Sd'
loo3ped across the panier with q sash trimmed
with fringe. Where they fall open, over tLo
skirt, 1t is, covered with rufI1es; 90, yon seo,
- uoeS ~ 1,os oslnce sny alarming amount
~ =. at1ff;. tno ""'1t ~ 1ouno III front, and
plastron Of silk finished with fringe, inside of
bind AVA W.
b,,daon,or +f,a,' n"1han H. H. nLAGn h1tf-
r;mmod oarnaa ~ ku 4as,' 9an loas sho"y-is
incl, vclvet-tiniBloa ilounee. Above this, on
the front, arc laid alterunte folds OF silk md vel
YET. thus decoration reaches to within twolyeor
Ahtfi it7r1 Ax]f k..+1
N1ato so1u hn. ,msa's u .nc top on tho rfNt s,ae
ad in a fou and copro sas across OF IL Tug te e' f y
hnto ~ ,aa "aon i r. onus, " tno Nhee' IN Tlch
oom u ssises' 1he seam het"een the cores las
~, ~ Frs,. usu na.n "ioe iol'et-oouhd l1ilo
oth ~ ene :a aIomi eagS, ant narrow ono on the
fravfa frapf Oh ~ 4 gone mysterious roaotte TIE
suun y. .no n.raet pfeaotha Las similar
gar,auro a,1 % %c9htlnn1hg ionnd TIE hem. To pro-
sout uny looA u oaleness, when so nun-lke |
ueeaSu n!fa. possioiy present. broad, |
[asGoa @ ens M IL Topped lngenionSly across tho
t. aI1 "aas. ls puln,G!l oasqne u front,
19raed round " th1 sag eags & aud Las zone ahe
hah thrhnm'ne o. slh Hned WITH volvet, on the points
pocae,s,m 1rul9 roeKete, az tue ch,ldren say,
-not more than tafce lnchea ny two. The mock
ues m IN lc9 MlIn toiVee. 30 thlcKly plated
Laas, ~ eno n,ta!e, he1lnn, t"o or throe OF tho
plats a1e caught down TO sl!o" the vclvet-ining.
~1.A. ..!At-
plotea Win velTet.
one oi tue most most
sorioEAn1E M e;s fEATuREsI
noeco ~ ~ tno allk oosttl1nea-ls the annhdaut
ase Of Selset. There is nothing 10 fitting md
nanasonie LOT wlnler ~ solsot; but. dor year
- t"o' II naA attasaely aropred into uiseEteem.
z hh m . mnasenlhR Color aha Rs contrasting color,
~ WI pe ecohssant'y adraI'Bea %itn 6lH faie tihts
a,. u eson'ng-5opeoa nnl ea ennsenod with niack
sossssi sea,,i aho' N @ the form OF Vesta. 1ackats,
'"noo0, utc;' ~ "A1 W FloluiutAt. Although eA-
pena've to besn With i ean DO made to DO sor-
slee yoaE a.ter gear, II proper euro DO taken;
" Te 1nas ra,,s ~ 10 not % so uoaT aa t. seoa'
anu ,u.urn " suHos llas pronsht tho natural
@ IT OF irinses and pasae'menterie orne-
nents 3; ~ g'eay sors. Cnlu-era1anE On ycyot Is
VI aoalsfea, anu son'eMnat-1resh aosign' 1t IL
sas1 ~ ~ thls aoihes11caiiy. Anu u ls re-
sardea: Az yery elegant, Embroidery and braid-
nG, p!casa out WIN 9et, arc seen on efory DE-
'ef1p11on OF garment ana every and Of material.
SLEEVES
nnve ; taken new a,'a somewhat original stylo.
!, = heEeVet tAotG ato t"o slaaes Or thbrlcs em-