Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
PuILApRLrnA, December 2, 1885.


rive them more than room in
he store. That they have
Some of the richest and
strongest, EXTREMIST, cloths
are gone Of course; but what
are left would make another
Philadelphia merchant giddy
with selfsatisfaction if on his
shelves in October, and green
with envy to see them here.
1t isn't for want of rich and
costly stuffs Of the very latest
date that we turn to those the
million will buy for Christmas.
These, because they are
good in every sense of the
word and cheap. We shall
mention nothing today that
isn't both.
The most unlikely thing to
happen was that tumble of
dollar or acknowledgements
Homespun down to IS cents.
That is the cheapest stuff in
the store, considering the craze
for Homespun.
The next perhaps is Lupin's
merino; IS cents for AS; but
that'll be over shortly. The
next grade finer SO is gone,
except a few colors.
And the next may be the
dollar ladies' cloth for rs cents.
Almost a year ago we began
to sell it SO. 1t is just as cheap
as ever; and only two or three
things have surpassed it all
through the year.
] DRIP de Narna we sold for
$I.25 till October 20; then
at rs cents. A whip-cord twill.
Lupin's La Source went
down bytwo jumps from $I.Io
to 90 cents. A herringbone
twill.
Lupin's Angora, a serge,
went down that day from rs
to 50 cents.
Lupin's dark-color CASH
| meres fell before that day from
SO cents to SIN. Lupin's
; merino at As and SO has kept
! them back; but they'll be gone
before Christmas.
3 Several Homespuns down.
: The prices now are rs, SIN,
j SO, 90, rs cents and 81 a yard
the same as tor several
t weeks, except that the piles
!, are growing smaller. There's
), nothing new in Homespuns.
8 Or rather the news is against
y you. The wholesale market
!, has emptied itself. We bought
5 in the nick of time. 1t isn't
. too much to say now, the grip
d on the market is here. We
e couldn't have said so while
d the wholesale market was
2 threatening to belch out more.
" Homespun boucle, a strik-
g ing plaid of boucle on home
or spun, doubly fashionable, down
!, !. from $3.50 to 81.
is Lupin's Marie Margot that
Ne fell November FL from $1.2s
* to rs cents is one of the mos
81 remarkable stuffs we ever en-
k countered. To tear it is out
rs of the question. To slip the
n. yarns is out of the question
ao And yet it is an open basket
Y canvas. That single fabric i:
almost enough to make :
in maker famous.
at Wide-wale diagonal wen
ne down with it, 81 to SO cents
ny A beautiful cloth, but looks
n, trifle Aimsy. 1t isn't. Soft ano
ID excellent better as to make
than it looks when looked a
q, closely.
Stripes on mixtures, soft ant
TT, smooth in texture but rougl
, :ss in color, rather heavy; 81 70
50 cents.
TO- 10, There Everyone of thes,
re- sorts includes a variety o
G iSs colors. We are picking GU
He the stuffs that have tumblec
ere conspicuously, without occa
tds sion to tumble in the stuff
nd nd themselves. The stufs ar,
out worth much more than tn,
,s money they wait for. We ma,
tn have omitted a dozen tina
mp ought to be mentioned. Ger
ex; tain we are, we haven't men
,ad toned one that doesn't richl,
by deserve to be in the list.
St. we hadn't another stuff in til,
AZ AZ store but these, we should hol,
to the bulk of the Christina
en-, dress-stuff trade.
ieil But we have. There ar
the e hundreds on hundreds of stuffs
. Remember things were cheal
Div to begin with. 1t isn't as
lie. these things have fallen out @
a RrT a prosperous time. We al,
az apt to forget the time is har,
leir and money close The on1,