The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-07-08
Wanamaker's.

Well try the experiment awhile
of giving you little more sPe-
cihc news about goods. We
know well, if we can get such
news to you promptly, that 1t
will be acceptable. You can
write or come.
White muslin dresses at
about threc-quarters value. \
few are shown in the window
of 1901 Chestnut each one
marked with its price. Very
many more are within.
The materials are nainsooks,
linons indie, sand Swisses.
Some are very plainly made
with little or no trimming be-
You'd some deft handling of the
material itself; and some are
elaborate enough. The eN-
tremc prices are $3.50 and 500.
An excellent plain dress is sold
for s.; neat and well made.
/ owpriccscan almost always
be put upon such goods a little
late in the season. It's rather
early now; but profitable max
ing appears to be over already.
Justnow you have the double
advantage of many such dresses
to choose from and low prices.
1901 and 1895 Cacstnu.s..cct.
RcaIy-rnadc dresses of a
black-anl-whitc striped fabric
that looks like sumner silk, but
is silk-all-1otton. For general
wear th1y will be found quite
good enough; better indeed
than sunlnlc--silk. Well made
and substantial; but the chief
virtue is in the price, $40.
1901 and 1905 Chestnut street, second floor
Black grenadines have been
one of the most distinguished.
features of our trade for two
months past, We have had
the finest in the world, and all
grades down to the poorest
that we care to keep; and a
wonderful variety of patterns.
Figured grenadines that
brought s. lately are selling at
ST. And this may be taken as
a general indication of what we
are doing in grenadines.
Next-outcr circle south entrance to main building.
An extraordinary dcbeige,
extraordinary in quality and
width, we arc selling at 50
cents; At inches. No lady who
can use dcbcigc will be inclined
to pass it; for it is worth twice
the money.
| The melanges at 40 to 90
cents are worth 4 half more,
Just about. There are four
qualities, and somewhere about
fifty color-effects.
Second circle, southeast from center.
If dress-goods are lower than
they we're elsewhere-we don't
say they are. Advertisements
say they are; but there is a Ger
tain shyncss in those same adj
vcrtiselnents, which makes them
not very imprcssive.-lf dress
goods are lower elsewhere in
our city, the fall is due to the
singular spectacle here of three
great classes of the most fash
ionablc dress-goodsata fraction
of theirvalue: Frenchmelanges,
small checks and small-check
stripes of wool and silk-and-
wool, and black damage.
We mention these three, be-
cause they stand out from the
rest of the stock, conspicuous in
two ways; they are fashionable,
peculiarly so; and they are at
half, two-thirds Or three-quar-
tiers value.
Third and fourth circles, south from center.
Sash ribbon, satin-and-gros-
grain, finch, of value Sis for
IS cents; all colors. We refer
to particular sort, of which we
have three thousand yards.
Black MORE, finch sash, 90
cents.
Block sash at 81 we are out
Of part of the time; but we re-
ceive some every morning. Do
not confound this quality with
that sold at o5 cents elsewhere.
Outer circle, by south entrance to main building.
Silk mitts, ordered from the
makers year ago, include a
wider range in the colors than
ever before: black, 50 cents to
$3.50; white, cream, ecru, terra
Gotta, cardinal, etc, $ cents to
81.
West of Arcade. FL; Chestnut; seventh counter.
(ouN WANAMAKER.
| Chestnut Thirteenth and Market streets
and City-hall square Philadelphia