Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-11
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price" Be this as Il may, women az on them
OF. and will ruth about, under the scorching
raysofa July sun, or through the drifting. blind
same bargains 20 dear to the feminine heart We
found genuine bargsfas on 7 uesday atW llltan's-
that Heeoa OF cur shopping hopes and fears. AID
mer rain keeping M a perfect rythm A. IL falls
on our window garden amid spicy heitOtrope.
mlgnoneite and gay petuniNs, we feel shstno
saw FOR low that Jane. the month ~ rlch in
fragrant roees and - glcbed IN by luscious
fruits. Is gone, everybody who has no
heart wearing financial ideNs' h getting avay
nom this hot city with it, miles OF eve toTtnrir
asphalt payemcnts, and there II moro heed than
ever OF "esrgsins"-thAt is genuine, honeSt
bargains. For those who 80 % the AdlrOn-
dsck mountains there II nethiug - absolutely
indispensable for mother aud children As "a
sSIg linen men suite from y 50 NJ % so
and every thread FUN OF comfort and osolHsrs'
Tor the little ones there is nothing 80 desirable
nothing 50 durable, and eertslnly nothing han
Branch and Newport hold out irreslstihls
attractions there are shown delicious roSes,
fashioned OF diaphonOus muslin and.fOamy lace,
with gsrnishings Of apricot ribbon AMI ack
velvet, 20 dainty In their beauty that Ee picture
the weSrer 20 he OF Necessity passing fair"
else her beauty Will be absorbed hy the robe:
ard we have sen such things. These are Dos
SO, $50 snd SIS. For breakfast wear a. thefe
our "NRnity Fairs," are handsome robes OF
pilne, With elaborate trimmngs Of Hamburg
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$50 cheap that one might suppose them
common, but they are 81 the best mssrial ana
made in the neGtest manner. There are walk
ing suits OF soft summer Silk-Of camel's hair.
wonderful IN its silky surface; seersucker, mo-
hair, batiste, grensdine, linen ami percale-
each and AT AZ half the price AZ which they were
held early m the season, not that they are worth
less, but " lillian IL making room ~ he does every
June and July, FOR the reception OF fall sx,Ofs
There We Ind within twelve days OF their sD-
pearsnce In the Shope OF Paris every Frsnh
noyelty-not in large quantities, but each sat-
urday NJ. FreNe, William = buyer In Paris sends
over box with few OF each novelty intro
duced IN the boEtiqHss during the week IL they
are popular win o1 ladies William ..cllI-rS
for more; IL not they ornament the store tor A
few weeks and are sold ~ half cost rather than
keep them. The Paris house with which NJ.
Willsn IL connected, has branch establishments
IN Berlin, lyons, Vienna, ST. Petersburg, ana
Calcutta, 80 that without travelling very far
our dear bargain hunters can command the
bargains OF the world" For breakfast az Long
Branch there are shown the coquettish COrdav
caps, with their gsrnlshing OF ribbon aud vel
beach at Long Branch" or fcr walking along
the bluff where one stands 10 wstch
1.-The stately ships sail by
To their haven under the hill"
there can be nothing ~ becoming IS the long
scsrfs OF Spanish lace, which soften aud beau
ufy the hardest lace. Even old ,sloagers may
lsh veil, and look amid It's hling threads a. least
ten years younger. A speciality of Williams
establishment is the underwear manufactured
Madame lie Murcier, noted in the French
world for the dainty UNDERGRADUATES that come
from her spacious wsreroOms. There are only
two or three Of the beautiful French bOnnets
left, and they go in the general sweep az hall
their cost" And there is an article of which we
rather shrink from speaking 30 publicly, but We
suppose the ladies will not be offended. We
mean the "brdids," long, soft, silky, and won
derfully faiT-sOme from the head OF Gretchen
IN Germany; another from " yuGHitd," In the
land OF sun and flowers, where sehors aud
SGnOr1taf abound. in Ia Rall
France, with cOsrser locks from SScAiga in
Russia, ana all 30 cheap that you no longer
marvel AZ the abundant locks piled IN such pro-
miscuous heaps ON the head OF every woman,
nom Flora McFiimsey in the drawing room,
repeating her dreary nothings, and Hydosshe,
down 10 Bridget in the kitchen, brew
q Boxer" for her Pai. But how we
hngeT over all these bargains without
eDumerating many. At this rate we shall never
tell Of the f2fmv lace in shawls, scarfs, hounces
and sacks, OS the yard OF piece; of the gar
lands OF "rsre-ripe flowers" for coiTare, cor
s0ge and pOH; Of feathers and pOmpOns; dainty
sleeveless Jackets rich with lace and gros grain.
and in all colOrs; sashes worth q princess ram
som and AZ a peasants price; shirt waists in
every material, from Sis TO si2 m1uchoirs
from those at IS cents for Tom and Jenny 20
take out sweet and clean from the folds OF their
handkerchief case, keep intact in their fresh
ness Tor ten minutes, wipe their slippers on in
hfteen and lose In twenty minutes, and along
through, DC, SOC, SC, zoe, g1c., and from II
10 so those Of linen, with ecru border, edged
with Nalenciennes, are very new. In lingerie
there Is every novelty az very price, from 10
cents up TO slO-neck- ties OF every hue aprons
from percale TO French muslin, the latter for
JeAnnette 10 wear when she has her breakfast
tete d-tete with JeauOt in that cosy side psrlOr a
the "Nest End" Long Branch; earrings in
Nbitoy jet, black garHets, and cut let with on
ydized silver and gold, from SIS up, With
head ornaments ard watch chains 20 matd&.
There are-but what il the use OF irving u
tell what 20 buy or 20 take with YOU 20 the
mountains, valleys, or seaside, 10 the curious
bargain lover We say, go and l0aL," and yOu
will ind sll thst you want and Al the price Won
desire. When an idle day comes 20 "a, we put
on our hat-NirOl's best-aBd 90 20 Williams
for an hour or two. which we while AWAY looking
az the novelties and waiting our turn % lie
served with what strikes our fancy, aud that ~
Why every now and then we take the trouble %
tell You, our Gear, lazy, fair readers exactly
rhat you want, and now to get It. Goss.P
LADIEs' swINHISa CoNTEsr.-QA wedaes-
day afternoon sorCe go or 800 persons assan,-
bled on the Fort Hamilton beach 10 witness a
rather unique tournament il the shape OF a
s seI on seven swimming contests in which the
the superintendence or Miss Kate Kenneth.
neTseIi an expert swimmer, and at present
taoles instrucuess In the free swimming baths
LOCI OF llth street, New York. She has recently
ntteo NJ number OF convenient and we'll keut
bathing houses At Fort Hamilton where thers
are excellent bathing facilities, and organized
Of Wednesday was chiefly among the memhers
OF her class The races were $50 yards from the
Deacn 70 stakebost and return, or 300 Yards
IN al. In addition 10 the cOnpetitors there
were not less than Fifty other ladies in the
water, and the spectacle was decidedly novel.
In the match races the class prizes were given
according TO age, and the matches resulted a.
follows: The first race was for a gold oDera
chain. The young ladies who entered for this
match were Annie III 2sOn, Adelaide Mason and
sophie stephens. IL was won by Miss Stephens.
The next contest was between Mary Graham.
Kate SommeIs and Pauline BroughtOn. T4us
latter young lady succeeded in coming in -
anu leok the prlze neck ehain.-N. Y. Timss.
A MTsERABLB INPosTTIoN.-The Boston
papers published touching story about a poor
Yet neatly dressed woman, appearing gressly
exhausted from travelling and hunger, who
applied Tor lodgings at a police station in that
CITY, Tuesosy night, representing N at she yas
MIS- Canning, and only 9 few months ago was
the happy wife OF a kind husband, and tie
mother OF three fine children, Al Haydenville,