Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-10-09
FIRST EDITION.


| tho styles ol last year. the tondency being stil
toward what We may call " sensible" goods
solid in color and texture, with excellent wear
ing qualities. Prices, ALSO are IN a sensible ant
moderate footing,
SHOWING DECIDED DECLINE
From those of last year At Granville Worrell',
handsome establishment in the Masonic Temple
we find an excellent assortment of the standard
soft woollen goods serges, casmeres, merinoes
and yigognes, at prices ranging from G5 cents te
sl.50 per yard. Nothing can wear better thar
the 10 cent diagonal serges, not even the in.
dispensible French merinoes, which we arc GLAD
to sec coming again to the forefront of favor
These, in the now shades Of dark browns, stee
grays, and the rest can be had at 81 90 and 81 2f
per yard, the lattor very beautiful quality.
Plaid cashmeres, ~ yards wide, at $500, are
very handsome rich in color, and soft IN fold.
A strong revival in favor of plaided goods has
been predicted but they will probably not sup
plant the grave colorod goods, except for quite
youthful wearers. Black cashmere. of fine tex-
ttlre and finish at the moderate price of $1.0O
per yard, il popular material for street suits,
and polonaiHe of these and other soft wooden
fabrics, made up with warm Innings, will be
much worn for walking dresses, even into the
rlGor OF winter,
IN PREFERENCE TO REGULAR cLoAKs,
But the handsomest of all these street costumes
are those of black drap d'ete, heavily embroid-
ered and i'll most cases ornamented with beads
MIR. Worrels stock of these is very choice rang
ing IN prices from go, to 955. These will gen
orally be worn over silk, meuno and silk being
freely used together this season.
Mr. Worrell desires to call particular attention
to his silks, black and IN colors. In the moder-
ate priced black silks an excellent article WAS
IANs rusEl I.....
haps equalling in wear much higher priced
goods though not Of conrse rivalling in beauty
the famous "Cachemire' silks, with their satin
finish, which unite the perfection of aoftness,
richness and gloss-as indeed they should do at
prices ranging from $3.50 to 5000 per yard
VERY aooD AMERICAN SILKS
wore shown Mt SIZE per yard. They have not
the gloss of French silks, but are said to gain
instead of lose lustre with wearing and are stead
lly growing in popularity. Mr.. Worrell makes
specially OF his American colored silks, which
arc certainly very handsome holding their own
IN omparison with foreign fabrics Of equal and
even higher prices.
AT MEssRs KESNARp a. co.'s,
306 Market st. the usual tableau of heaped count
erS,ald tlrOngnG purchasers showedsitBelf, par.
ticularly in tho silk department, whore the shin
ing fabrics display their full beauty by the aid
of a new skylight adjusted for that particular
purpose. Their full line of black silks are selling
OIL with great rapltlity, at prices which the firm
declare to be much lower than those OF last wear.
from Ponsons lowest grade at $3.50 to ''velyet
cachemires," at what is pronounced the sur
prisingly low prices Of $500 and $50 per yard
Encouraged by the rapid sale of their black
silks, Messrs kennard d Go. have laid in full
line of colored silks in the fashionable tints of
"hronze," "damson,' elephant COLOR" &c., at
sl,s7 and $3.50 per yard. Others,
FOR FULL EVENING DRESS,
are in decatcly beautiful shades of pink and
blue, at the same prices. In the wooden goods
there IL little to remark as of special novelty ex-
cept the new Paris suitings at S7cts per yard re-
lnarkable for the exaggerated roughness which is
the quality that marks them as good STYLE"
The over popular diagonals in various styles of
stripe and variety Of color range from 62c to
Tl.0O. Some beautiful alpaca lustres in rich
shades of brown arc held here al the reduced
price of 50cts. per yard, others not quite so
handsome at 40 cts, in all colors. A black alpa-
ca mixed with silk, a fine quality of goods not
often met with. il II 25 per yd. The embroder-
cd polonaises already alluded to NJ the povelty
of the season here range from S2S to 435, the
sacks in the same style SIS to S25, and the
"curass' basqu sS to III.
ANOTHER NOVELTY
at this establishment ID a skirt especially design
cd to wear with these beautiful over-dresses of
black satiu wadded and quilted in small dia-
monds, quaint and handsome garment resem-
bling those worn By onr Srandmothers hum
dred years ago, which will no doubt owe some
of it's popularity to the revival of 6 Martha
Washington fashions, in honor of the Cen
tenna. MessIs kennard X Co., have this sea-
Aon made large additions to their stock of fancy
goods, intending TO make this department
ONE OF THE SPECIAL FEATURES
of their establishment. Ladies' scarfs in great
variety, from simple 40 cent Windsor ties to
Others richly brocaded, at S2.25, make an i'm
portant part of the pretty show OH this counter
Sash rihbins are there, in all hues and widths,
the handsomest au s3 90 per ward beautiful
sashes of soft deeply fringed, at $3.50 each;
a great variety of the frillings which still pre-
dominate over collars the celebrated Trefousse
gloves, upon which the firm pride themselves as
the best assortment that can be offered and u
whole counter heaped with fancy hosiery, are
among the principal features of this depart
ment.
AT VIM. d, sHARP's
corner It'll and Market Sts., we find the most
conspicuous novelties of the season in a variety
of cAmol's hair fabrics. The camel's hair serges,
~ yds in width, in all the fashionable shades,
sell thus season for $500 per yd The new style
of camers hair plaided goods same width. $3.50
and is3 00 The single width 'iacquards" also
a novelty, s7cts. cnriously figured
sELr-ooLoEED oAMELs HAIR FABRIC,
specially adapted for polonaises, at 49, 80 per yd.
il said to be III great favor this season. The
rougher and hairer these goods the more de-
sltdple tneN hiel IbslllOu pIOHoul Ortluhuct Dt-
ing thnt
"Cloth of gold must not despise
Though 1t be match with cloth OF frize.h
The new goods called " West-end prizes may
accordingly be boldly worn in company with vel
vet, though to the uninitiated eye the roughness
which is their glory is like that of coffee sacks.
A full assortment of Lupin's merinoes are SELL
ing here at the uniform price OF 81 per yard.
GashmereH in similar variety of color, at rs, g.
and 50 cts. The best black cashimeres range to
much higher prices, and still higher are the drap
detes whiohfOrm unequalled drapery in polonaise
and skirt Their prices are S2.75, 50 and $3.50,
width, / 4 yards.
In silks, some grades of tho beautiful black
.'cachmires were shown
LOWER IN PRICE THAN ANY
we had seen of that make, One at 52.00 yard
took rank very well with its more aristooratic
fellows. Colored silks in all hues from $1.50 to
$500. The embroidered polonaiseB here show
some varieties of style from those already men
toned A Jacket aud overskrt elaborately bead
ed noticed as particularly gracefuli price $50.
Some very handsome cloth sacks ornamented in
the same style were shown at 800 and S22. Mr..
Sharp has very large and handsome assort-
ment of the Paisley shawls which through all the
changes of fashion continue to be an indispen-
sible adjunct to some styles of toilette. They
caii be had at any price between the ranging eX
penses of FIG and $3.50, and she that has one Of
the highest quality
NEED NOT ENVY THE P0ssEssoR
of an Indian cachemre. Small specimens of
this last named article of luxury are to be found
in the fancy department Of this establishment
in the shape of small cachemire scarfs "the real
article, only 5000 each. Among other varieties
in fancy goods are the black sashes embroidered