Daily Republican., 1884-04-18
AT
WANAMAKER'S
GRAND DEPOT.

-O- OIL
gitaa
Don't care a button
enotes the insigniticance at, ,T
,ched to these most useful /
ppendages Of dress. But
little in several senses ,isea
hey belong to the great little
hings of our lives. TheylN
re indispensable, but \, unlike ~
.ubber bands and the like,we
lon't wonder how we ever E
lid without them, for we new
sr did. Their antiquity is bel
yond historic ken. The first
button was no doubt a swll- Il
vel,a bit of stick and a string g
such as was possible even :
with our earliest ancestors
and such as rustlcs even now \
improvise. in emergencies.
In our day, two causes
have combined to augment
the trade. One, the increas'|
ing demand of the age for va
riety and richness. Another,
the steady encroachments OF
the gentltr sex, from Derby
that's to Waukenphast shoes,
land with the advent OF tailor
made suits and other like
f|habiliments, (and for which
man r. ceives no exchanged
of course hooks and eyes are
. as obsolete as tallow dips
:, Our Haberdashery Depart
n men contains, among other
h {. notions" an assortment OF
% buttons, which the ladies as
a sert is unequaled. This is
= probable, for in our gather.
n =, ings our experienced end .,i ei-
y y fcent buyer ranges both this
n9l ~ country and Europe regular
Il Il " and carefully: They may
II. he classified like this
an Common Agate, 4 to l6c. per gross
porla cate, 70 to SAC. per gross.
Ivory lvepetable) 5 to cooper dozen
~. % HorH {" "Buckhorn"-really from tn
,be ,nrns @ of Texas catt e), 80 to 5Oc pc
pis- dozen. o.. ,o nor dozer
ave Panta]oon Bnttohs, w ~ &c m ~,
liss Metal Dress Buttons, DC. W $''00 T.
use dozen. u,.Ss> oo.. ~,
leir Roman Pearl (coloie' s'"''/'-'0' r
de- doz. an ~ ,ouan
haSI Natural Pearl W ouc' pol ""N' a,
and Pearl, white Steel Points 'oc' 10 Oh
iced po, White Pearl, SC. to 81. 80 per dozen
le of Tinted Pearl (of snail shelis)' ~
who G. Covered Buttons in colors, ~ TO o'
} for per dozen. ,,,oL 4 +o Goc T
The Covered Buttons III plhch'7 w ''''
was dozen. .,oo,, *, tn
ab. CrOCheted ButtOhs III p'"'N'
Lest per dozen. ,ovon
} dis Jet Buttons, &c. 10 o. POI "o~0N'
'"l'' The subdivisions of the
" T'fn for are numerous. While
.s ass exclude many unservlcea'
~ sorts that we could not gu
NJ r antee, our prices admit @
!, = pas: wide range, from l ! cents
NINA sr' Sc per dozen.
os The varieties in our re
a a.? Visit lar stock run into the tn
'N sands.
'siding J! u ding A mere handful OF san
aesy stesday cards on the desk before
nastor show some of the ne
ow Q, St; sta, y STYLES now opening tor sp
''' '' and summer trimming, to
axtent of about 800.
er tAtollV VI ,
> .!n,css snsaS, and ingenuity are taxed
$50 T produce effects, coDso
with the richest sympht
:, 63 at of colors and combinat
that SO challenge adj
ON r,,,co ton in the silk and w
. in the textures for dresses the
t,nei and rain ain ing season. We can
hint at a few Of them
al, who re- For tailor-mad Suits Cover
J, this city, tons, Lasting and Braided Butt
eipm.ds appnns,er or black and matching shades Cr
ty, was ly- Buttons, oval anu ophoi i''"'
lcr hastily colOrs
s bedside, white. Ball. Pearl Buttons
nsr macalsnd p"sdi or pongee color, with shanks "
re-. and her holes ,n,,,
,er ,e, I parents Pearl, Plain, lnlaid and FlguIl
ributed to stem points, some styles pierced
h'lahc, ahcy at the rim , o,o
n ness: dhGy pearl in swivel form and cha
aetarv nut tT" Pearl in dark tints, OF douple
- shape. ..o, or C,
an Buren pearl 'h new s,aa, .I" nointed centre
Id in 1he orescenIs, 'r n,o p
ship yards open w9tn, p,,ttons Stars and lie
leg just be- ,aS Me1ai H. na'Io q y M Bright Stee
y fast. He clrclto nt Al I" ~ "
TO- Crescents; Large and small,
xIody. coat buttons, Steel and Gilt