The anti-monopolist., 1875-01-07
New YoRK, Dec. %, 1874.

OF QepceSScO ttAIeo. ~ 40 |
the season that objects of luxury never
were offered at 20 low cost before.
Superb bronzes and enamels which
three years ago sold for unheardof
prices, are quietly reduced 300 per cent.
Bronze Nubians, third below life size,
may be brought to hold lamps in |
library or vestibule for quarter what |
likely quadroon would have brought
in flesh and blood before such property
lost it's value. Such indulgencies OF
toilet as real India shaNls and Shetland
| seal jackets gracefully descend in price
in company with diminished dividends
and sinking shares. Every trick ct
skillful dealers is in play to put the
best face on the matter. aud very good
Christmas may be had for the looking
at it. lwould like to give to the chill
dren some idea how brigh. the shoy is.
Large plate glass bow-windoSs in the
fancy stores are turned into scenes
where
PARTIES OF ELEGANT PARIS DOLLS
dressed in superb style form exquisite
tableaux, drawing CT owds about them Of
course. One window seat is mimic
lawn with garden seats and croquet
ground where a dozen lovely blondes,
about ten inches high, in costume COM
plete to Saratoga hats and ravishing
boots, are posing with mallet and ball
in the demurest way.
A reception is going on In the mex
window, the languid looking demoi-
selles carrying rutfied and vatican
trains in satin and lace, their faxen
tresses done up in miracles of couture,
little point kerchiefs and pearl fans at
their side, satin slippers on the tiny
HE -arched feet that show elocked silk
ose, and f1uted petticoats brushing the
lstep-a petite mockery of fashion,
rather more enjoyable than the real
thing, because all the toilets are fault
} less, and the faces pretty. These won
D derful dolls are dressed in the last
styles, to the smallest detail, and they
.ook so petite, and helpless and delicate
Of compile xion, and their toilets are SO
pretty it is a wonder that men who
prefer that sort of women don't fall in
r love with them. There is something
captivating in the idea of the finest
French dolls, whose bisque or waxen
features are nodded in miniature o'
D relgning favoritcs. in other times
:, the Empress herself and the ladies
of her court. So q lover who
G presumed to admire a popular beaut.
i might possess an image of her, exqlisit
: ly dressed, and large enough to stant
e on his visiting table, for 200 francs, de
+ cidedly the cheapest, and finally tbs
S most satisfactory mode of disposing .
her. A good many mortals these day
y would be pleased to see the miracle
e reversed, and their expensive idols turI
r to wax or marble The change woult
u not be SO great in many instances. bu
human skill shonld be equal to it.
= Inside the doors, hung the who'll
month with Christmas green's, there |
% store Of fabrics to divorce woman s WI
= from her purse strings. II faith is +
o be put in the fur Of muskrats or tn
. thickness Of corn husks as signs OF
- heavy winter, let US hope fashion ha
'e no such forecast, or the thick material
, worn will bring US an arctic season be
III fore its close. The lighter daUas
:, :, woodland camele hairEoods are set asid
- for armure coatings.
INDIA cAsHNEREs
find very pleasant the reduction 4
m prices that has taken place since las
v fall in their favorite shawls. Th
he largest merchant house in New Yor
to decided it self-interest to pat dow
these rich goods on the same basis Q
:. other French prices, as most shawls al
= imported through Paris agencies.
-. lady going to buy an India shawl b:
80 always felt certain Of paying an artit
= cial price, at least 500 per cent. prof
-, but from the cost Of such things :
:, present it is no longer easy to think s.
~ India cashmeres are no longer out
reach Of moderate prices. aud casl
meres are very delightful things to e
es cry weman Of taste. Aman who spe,
re literally on such things for the ladl'
le' Of his house, once asked if shawls vel
n, not more expensive the homelier the
20 are, and such is a very convenient n
Is sincere notion with many people. L
0eeus LEAVE AuoNA cuitoiS W VIII
10. profanely Of cashmeres as ''soiled sr
d. faded relics handed down from o.
F! dirty native chieftain to another,
which our ine ladies prized through
i'll fashionable infatuation. That was q
4 they kacw ssout it. In spite Of edito
ID snd Nr. RaskiA, there is essential bea
he " and value il diamonds. laces and |
lis dia shawls. The most ignorant WON,
to is aware Of the attractions Of . valu
,e. Bile camel-hsir saa3l, With its rich de-
p cate covering. III fineness Of weavin
at its sof.ness and warmth. The fin
1: wool goods are the warmer they u
e. is . msxim Of buyers, and it hol'
I'd good with these shxwis- Then the 1
g. dian celors are uanatehed, and thou:
e. 80 soft 1t first as to seem faded to ey
ve used to high crimsons and puppies, =
Id almost changeless With tune. while Il
ID harmony of the design grows en- o.
- every time it is seen. Added to thi
ID it is worth while IN good hosees to ha'
= articles Of lnxury which may be hande
3, down from mother to daughters, gan
lg ing value year by year. and vith prop
lcars nearly indestracsible-