The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-05
A survey of the shawl market is now

A survey Of the shawl market is now
far from unpleasing, and the prices al.
most below credence. The coarse strip.
ed wraps costing as little as $l5, ofgen-
uine cashmere, however, and eastern
work, are used only for carriage robes,
or hanging for rooms and furniture.
They make quaint, oriental postieres
and window curtains. The Chudda
cashmeces, at $50 each, come in soft.
strange, Indian shades Of blue, scarlet,
green or black. in plain color and twill.
each two yards wide and four long, and
are chosen for elegant polonaises, and
evening wraps, especially in white.
The lowest India shawls with filled CEN
tres are 800, and $4,000 if the highest
price paid, except for special orders.
AS seen, a real India shawl may be had
for little more than nice Paisley,
though psoplc buy Paisleys all their
lives who wou;i feel sinfully extrav.
agant at the idea of getting cash.
mere. The taste of fine shawls demands
large amount Of black relieved with
white, we'll covered by the pattern, but
clear. Oh! the beauty of those splen-
did shawls, where not col r but what
was delicate and true, thedark ground
with white branches like: the light on
blades of tropic leaves, ovcrsprcad with
myriad stitches Of different colors, as
though woven with colors from all the
gems soft Indian blue between tur-
quoise and azure, or breadths of pink,
as if dyed by the petals Of damask
roses, the leading hue shot with g cams
Of gold carnation and cream yellow,
with fine fantastic patterns of strange
foliage, arabesque and bell. 1t was
like studying painting Of Meissonicr's.
All the shades were blooming Tut mel
low, and each seemed the choicest one
to go with it's neighbor. One gets the
good of such a shawl almost by looking
at it. But for those who are never sat
isficd without possessing them, there is
a delightful surprise in the French
cashmeres, which it seems libel to call
imitation India. These copy the
pattern of camel hair shawls;
yes, but as one artist copies the
painting Of another, without servility,
and the material is quite the same, the
cashmere imported from the East and
manufactured by cunning French looms.
So one may have nice little shoulder
! shawl in blue ond scarlet, for $3.50.
and fine striped square shawl, the
original Of which cost 1925, for s35.
A copy of 1000 franc Indian shawl,
about $400 of our money, Identical in
size, and so far as ordinary judges
could say. in coloring, with the rich
soft pupleish rose bloom and blue, was
shown for $75, just what q friend paid
on principle for a common looking
Paisley in red and black. She might
have had Decca shawl, embroidered
in the long overstitch by hand for any
price between $25 and $3.50, almost
any of which would be handsomer than
her ugly extravaganza. never could
sec the depravity of point lace and
cashmere compared with broche
shawls and Mech'in, when one costs as
much as the other, and I never heard
| of a woman who lost her temper by
getting an India shawl for christmas
gift.
THE GRAND DUCHESS
is velvet shawl, reversible, Of fine
finish, either for the carriage or shout
ders, striped in shaded dark gray, and
broad plain scarlet with spaced tassel
fringe. Those heavy shawls do good
service in winter travel, but for general
use the favorite must always be the fine
! SCOTCH LONG sHAwLS
in clan tartan. Among score of these
the favorites were pointed out, with
their different colors and crossings.
The Campbell plaid was blue and green
with yellow and white ccoss.bars; the
Glengarry indigo and green, with a
good deal OF dark red :; Mckay all blue
and green: Clan Douglas, blue black
and green plaid, with white tape-line.
Graeme sea.green. crossing blue and
light green; Dundas, blue and green
blocks, crossed with scarlet, and the
flaming Rob Roy in scarlet and black
from one to six inches across. It would
Jake Scotchman to the tartan born to
distinguish them all.
But there is even more variety in de-
signs for
OXFORD CHEv1OTs AND wool. MATGLAssEE,
(which the printer, Of course, will spell
without the accent.) The coa.ings are
too we'll known for description. The
Oxford cheviots are thick twilled fan.
mel soft and light, in gray or fawn brown
shades, with faint blue cross bars.
Wool, matelassee, both for suits and
Jackets, is more acceptable than the
expensive silk material. The style of
the latter preferred, is large branching
designs called tree matelassee,the stems
and twigs raised on the surface like rich
cord embroidery, and rich it is, costing
from $40 to $l5 yard, q inches wide.
In contrast to this are pattern suits OF