The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-05-09

ing wraps. The prices in these rang
from 1880 to 800, and the material
and trimmings are tempered to indicat
every degree of affection. from inconsol
able widowhood to cheerful resignation
to Providential dispensations.
Messrs. Cooper & Conard's Suit De
partment leaves nothing to be desired
Here are everyday suits and grand re
ception toilets, simple home dresses ant
dresses that are dreams in lace and EN-
broidery; suits made in the house, when
instead of discharging employees, worl
was made for them, and sold at the cos
of the materials; and the choicest con
sists of Worth and Felix, Dusuzeau
Leroyer, Sara Meyer, Hentenaar and al
the rest of the galaxy of French lights il
dress-making.
A pretty all-wool flannel, made in the
house, is sold for So, a great deal better
value than could be expected for the
money. $40 buys an American cloth
also Messrs. Cooper & Conard's owr
make-simple but extremely stylish
There are handsome tailor made cos
tunes for $50 and SIS, finished in the
most approved English fashion-these in
all the street colors, and thence the suits
rise to 500 for model of the tailoes' art
as expressed in the finest materials known
| to the trade.
Silks are too numerous for more than
| mere reference; but most desirable cos
tune at $25, in excellent quality of ma
terial, carefully made, should be seen by
every woman who wants either black
dark colored gros- grain, at the least pos
sible cost; and still wants it neat and
lady-like. 1t has no trimmings beyond
the small crockett buttons, and every bit
of the money is put into the material
even at manufacturer prices. Moire is
revived this season and used By all the
great French modistes. Therefore the
very stylish costumes in striped MORE
are specially desirable, aud no lady should
fail to examine them.
White dresses form one of Messrs.
Cooper & Conard's specialties- This year
their $500 dress is entirely novel, Of
lawn, stylishly tucked, with the new
French blouse. 1t has no trimming, but
lace may be easily added by the purchaser
if desired.
The $1,000 dress is fully trimmed with
embroidery, and thence prices rise by
easy stages to $500 for a costume all
lace or embroidery.
Pique is once more in high fashion. A
novelty in these which finds great favor
is the tailor made suit, which copies the
simple designs used for cloth cashmeres.
The polonaise pique dress is hand
somely trimmed with open embroidery.
Other piques are more deliberately trim
med; indeed, there are styles to suit every
lady, and the prices are astonishingly
low.
Black dresses FORM complete stock of
themselves in everything, in cashmere
and silk, in grenadines and in lace, SIM
pie suits for mourning and charming con-
fections in velvet grenadine or lace; and
columns might be devoted to the de-
scription of one attractive costume after
another.
Messrs. Cooper s. Conard give great
attention to custom work of all sorts,
and their dress making department is a
model, of its kind. In spite of this, or
perhaps because Of it, it is managed as
| an outlet to the store, and with a view,
rather, to the convenience of customers
than to profit, and the charges are graded
| merely to cover the necessary expenses,
yet ladies who bring their own materials
are subjected to no extra charge.
The Head of the Suit Department is an
artist, who is, like all successful artists,
an enthusiast in his profession, and
satisfied with nothing short of perfec-
ton. His training and experience in
| Europe, before coming to this country,
have made him familiar with the methods
| of the best French dressmakers, and, like
Worth, he gives his personal attention to
designing and draping, in which he ex-
cells, and suits his styles to the face and
figure Of his subject. We will not have
anything 60 out of the establishment but
what does us credit" is his motto, and
he lives up to it.
The tailor made suits, coats and riding
habits are cut by an experienced man
tailor, who gives careful supervision tc
their fit and finish, and prides himself on
the fact that in every detail they bear the
most rigid inspection.
One hundred skilled operatives, mum
Der increased in the busy season, are EN-.
ployed-a full company, divided into
platoors of cutters, filters, basters, press.
ers, machine operators, button hole max
ers, trimmers and tinishers, each wit!
their own speciality, in which they excel
Our mourning orders are most care
fully executed. The instant request tc
tn at effect is received, lady is sent out
with samples from which to select. Gus
toners are waited on promptly at theil
own residences. All other work posi-
BILE is postponed, and the garments re-
quired for the funeral are ready within
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