Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-14

Designing and transferring a
proper pattern is the first stepin
undertaking q piece Of decora-
tive needfework. The design
may be wholly furnished by a
or, if you have the
artistic sense and in
vention, you may furnish more
or less of it. yourself: In either
case you will probably require
the mechanical service Of one
whose business is to do such
work.
It's scarcely necessary to say
to dwellers in the city, VINO have
alreadylearned something of the
various arts of embroidery, that
we have a very comprehensive
organization for preparing the
materials of these arts, and for
teaching the arts themselves,
from first steps to the most ad-
vanced. But there are always
beginners; and, as the season of
summer leisure approaches, it
may be wise to say that very lit
tie while given to learning by a
fairly apt person is enough to
enable her to kill time all sum-
mer in a delightful and engag-
ing way.
We seNmaterials; but gzue the
instruction. Our work-room for
producing begun embroderies
afordspreciselythe most perfect
means of instruction in every
class of work and Nine. Mer-
tenspersonally directs the whole,
as she has done for years.
First circle, northwest from centre.
"Silk-and-linen" fguredgren-
adines (silk-and-cotton really;
but nobody knows them as silk
and-cotton), at 50 cents, The
usual price is IS or IS cents; but
we never buy them to sell for
more than 50; and we don't
think much of them at anyprice.
They look very brightand hand
some; new; but keep neither
shape nor color.
But our best invitation is to
rich and true goods. The queer
turn of the season causes us to
put down prices suddenly and
savagely. The finest Lyons all
silk grenadines, glorious with
solidity and beauty, are down a
dollar, and more, a yard. Such
grenadines are not to be found,
except very meagerly, in any
other store in Philadelphia, at
any price; Notwithstanding the
recognized fact that our city
buys the richest of goods. (Why
our fashionable, or rather exclu-
sive, stores don't keep such is a
puzzle; but that's none of our
business.)
Nsxt7e%ter circle. south entrance to main
Dress-goods at half and two
1t seems like asking one
to "look a gift horse in the
" to describe some of
these things. And yet some la
dies do pay so little heed to the
wise and otherwise names of
stuffs, that names mean nothing
to them. What is worse, adver-
tisements say so much andmean
so little. as to discourage the
reading of them.
You must learn to distinguish
between those who give you real
storenews, and those who angle
for you. Our real interest if we
are wise, enough to see it, is to
tell you year in and year out,
day by day, what in the store is
best for the money that day.
Such staple goods as French
melanges andsmall-ch effects
in fine wool and silk-and-wool
are at two-thirds now in eighty
Or more different colors and
fabrics. 4
But, whether we say it or not,
remember always that we have,
1t some price, almost every sort
If merchandise within our veryl
vide scope.
third circle, southeast from centre.
Summer underwear. Not all !
;orts; that would be too many;
'ut many more than any one
'erson will care to look at. You