, 1874-12-27
Holiday Goods Very Low---
New Years Calls and
Clothes.
Beautiful Reception Gowns for Blondes
and Bruncttes Eelyct Tide
ly Prevalent in the Toilette.
Velvet Pctticoats Superseding Silk.-'
Street Hose Striped in the Same
Shade as the Costume.
Fran, Our O.rn CorTespo71denf.

| NEW York, Dec 19'-lsap'u peoE!e tuaI W
are, "o are alreadg talalne more Q! t'o" aea. .
lts calls and clothes' tnan o1 cn'1sttils' "n.et
has not Sct conle' 4ooeeo' .ue e't.4s1n,as o@I.'o
meae really cul"'u1'es oe'of0 'ne 1''l, "noh
tue ias1 OF the neie'a''ous a'1 n4' 40 4Ao
present oouSn1' the 1851 "'ea'n naos W oe
think presene-naA'ns ID 10 tonel"' .u1e 3:.1 -
usual; nor - 1.'e e'.ee - sta ~ eNpets -. ae
It often H. 20 no' 1e'nen''el se"t "uen 't's
| hoAday-traoo mas hune on ~ 'ous' VI peeu ~
oa4E. AL 1epof'e ~ '''o eon''0is, ooaAoeoo 10 -
s:agnant "a it we'll eau ne at TINS season: IL
shops whoie usually ono has to hail tie CLERKS
o". a,.-oataJ "a b,,r and in m n1aca i. th.re
44'H' eA'. '
any special cfo"o' .......
| Goods OF all hanas, ornamental, use'al' ano
combining both qualities. arc marked at very low
| r., r,.oa-ro.oa 81, yerr teuptinc AZ to maruetiza 4
s ,..l - ~ t ~ =, noon1o.s nocssts vhr
eooo aea' - 44' ..: ~
I ct hrst hao no 1nten1'on u spenahug '1' AL
sorls OF clothing are cheap. aud matetlals-such
as silks, eating, yelrets, laces-aro remarkably
~ nuA 49, ...;, ~ 1'a~..eat t;.za
''no i@y @"ae' Nnts 20 " te, 'o7' S'A@1''
It ls probable that, While Oh
NEW YEARS,
calling will be even more general than last year.
I.,ax.ta +o,1a-,o++;,,, ,r;,, ha ,,no1, r,rar Tn
s'Aoo.A'o r. -" I.:N. ~.
Tact, for every ana OF entertainment 'ne re-
freshmeuts grow snnpler ano more wholesome
every geason. Tho receptions where regular
a,,nnera ara riven bear no rrcator Drooort;ou
:, -; .,+- - .hoao ,.hor, , 1;+t,a eo1od
'nan ono ia =" "eA'' w. ~ ~
anu ecaIloped OF pou!e11e o}stt1e' "Ala coAee
ices, and cake. served in the drawing-room at
intervals during tho evening, form the rejection.
rh;a - +ba ,1aoe,,tar "a welt "a ,ha 1~as e1nen.
As0 - 49, -. .:.;-
BILE OF hoLling, with any degree OF comfort, from
ono to two hundred guests in eyening-dress; the
break Of q gene. al movo to the suppor-room
10 always awkward, and certain
the guests less easy and animated afterward !;
whereas the refreshments served in the drawing
room are an incidental part Of the entertain
mept. Every guest may help himself when ho
chooses. or nos at all. without being conspicu-
ous. He may converse with satisfaction while
lie partakes Of his salad, or bo may move about
withcu: reference to any particular lady.
All this has little to do With New Years. ex-
cept that it shows ho~ the fashion Of feeding "
is changing. Many ladies' contino their New
Yesr's table to cake aud wine, or cako, sand
wiches, and coffee; while many Who used to
have refreshments have none 1t all.
Wine is quietly, but surely and steadl-
lv, disappearing from refseshment-tables
especially at New YEARS.: It is almost the ex-
ception to deeit now aud where it is offered,
ir il generally confined to cl.ret, OF some other
light vine. Trcacherous champagne is rapidly
receiving congea aul promises not long to be the
f.yprita it has booo.
Al h2yo said before
TIE TonErTEs
fer New Years are more and mora medium IN
character. bear more the appearance Of dinner
tlress nul less that of egentuy-dress. Gentle
men nlopt morning COSTUME OF dark, double
breasted frock-coa: and rest with light trousers;
I saw, the other day. beautiful gown for :
pretty brunette to receive III on the First,
which is SO intense il color and style
that it will require oil her positiveness of
feature to sustain 1t. The materials are cardi-
nal-red gros-grain and black velvet The train
is quite long, and rather sharply rounded in tho
back. It has two straight b1eadths, txo cores
eaca side, as well as the trous breadth.
The skirt is untEimrned ACROSS the back /; but
from the front Of the second gore turns back
very wide 1eyors Of black velvet Qhe skirt being
silky, and back again on the velvet revers folds
narrow one of silk- The pett'coat thus si1nu-
lated by the reveis, is Of tho silk, with q finger
vide knife-plaiting, Of sill across the bottom
Above this, two-inch banda of black velvet their
front breadth, in sort Of curved clearinghouse,
to the 1evers.-cunalng bows OF velvet aud silk
conccang the meeting IN front. Ihe waist Is
3 jacket not quite ti9nt-thatis, not rs close as
cuiiaas-of sll6, with Short, plain round basque.
Tie neck is Gu: 10 deep slender ', with vol
vet collar IN inch vide aud standing behind and
turned back in reverB in front. The slooves are
velvet, and tgn. to :he arm, with triple cun
of silk and velvo.. 4 full ruff Of Mechio lace
is in the nocE, ard deop Euh1es Of tue eane falling
back over the cuG. with narrow edge to"4rd
tie E.nd, aro in tie sleeves.
ANOTHER EEcEr11oF-DRzss.
for blonde, is much simpler and no less elegant
than the ona above: Il is pale, sl1very-blue
fai!!e, with ostrlch-frlnges The trau' 10 OF me-
dium length, and all the back OF it en-
tirely uuornamcntod. The tabAer, oons1st-
ms OF the front breadth and cores
on each side, is pufed1-the pufs drawn on sofs
cors1s-from the bolt to within eight incheo Of
the bottom. Tho puf1s arc about finger wide
at the belt, Increasing to twice the width at the
bottom: The lower edge Of the paffed tablier
naturally falls in sc1llops, which arc hordered by
same shals ns the dress.-
aud fall over eiSht-nch shirred t1ounce 1t the
bottom. L cord, Of course, comes between the
pulled aud plain breadths aud thus finishes
them. A series Of black velvet bovs-the lower
one quite large, the upper ono smnl1-are Set
down tho seam between the tablier and tho plain
train. The waist is high, deeply pointed before
and behind, closes in the back with little
black velvet bows. and has square puncd |
yoae,-the body being piain below. Tie outline |
nf tba vot;a IL fnarlai l.- tnH Of the cHtricfi-