The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-15
TGlanamahar's.
PHILADELPHIA, october II, 1886


the season wanes or they prove
unsuccessful. They are not
economical stuffs. They take no
account of money. But we do
not make them needlessly ex-
travagant.
1t is proper to say these things
to you right here at home and
to you within travelling distance
of us. You have eyes to see
with. This isn't the only store
you shop at. What we say has
double force if you find it impair
tial, and double force the other
way if you find it empty brag.
Ten times the largest variety
of rich new dress-stuffs; not
needlessly extravagant.
southwest and southeast of the center.
Think of that counter of rem
nants and odd-lot dress-stuffs
again.
All the remnants made today, to-
morrow 60 to the remnant coun-
ter. The quickest stuhs to go
are the first to make remnants.
All the last-year's stuffs wheth-
er remnants or not are there.
All the stuffs coming in for what
ever reason that hinder trade at
the dress-stuff counters 90 to
the odd-lot counter.
It's a store by itself; and it
makes the rest of the store a
better store by drawing the line
between old and new, between
fashionable and going out, be-
tween what you would like if
money were plenty and what
you were glad to get for half or
three-quarters.
BY the City-hall-square door.
Blanket-time; that is, time to
remind you Of blanket-wisdom.
1t isn't easy SO close on the
heels of sultry unbearable wea-
ther to be blanket-wise in a
minute. Begin a little early.
This is blanket-wisdom: No
matter how coarse, no matter
how fine, no matter how thin,
no matter how thick, no matter
whether cotton or wool-but let
the blanket be big,
Depends on the size of your
bedstead Of course. One spends
a third of his time in bed un-
guarded. Let the blanket be
big enough to lap over sides,
tuck in, and be your nightly
guard. There is but one virtue
in blankets. That virtue is big
ness.
We have blankets for wise
and unwise people; more for
the unwise because there are
more Of them. There are two
sorts of blankets: big and stingy.
Keep those two words in mind.
There's a little hint besides
about money. Buy by thepound,
The wisest people are apt to
come first. They shall buy at
present for IS and Soc a pound
and fare extremely well. The
blankets we are thinking of vary
in size and thickness and fine
ness, S3.75 to $40 a pair.
Shortly we shall have to tell
of coarser and finer. We have
both; 81 to S35.
opposite the Waiting Room of the West Transept.
A needed word about Brus-
sells and Tapestry carpets.
Brussels is Brussels and Tap
estry Tapestry. We never say
6Oay Brussels for Brussels, nor
Tapestry Brussels for Tapestry.
That is New York.
Brussels you know all about,
Tapestry you know almost moth
ing about, except that RoXbury
Tapestry always comes first By
the way we are selling RoXbury
Tapestry carpets for Is cents a
yard with plenty Of latest pat
terms with borders to choose
from-the usual price is 81
gets down sometimes to 95 or
90 cents-did you ever hear of
IS before ?
Let us say an old thread-bare
thing or two for the sake of say
ing better a new one that ought
to be known.
Tapestry carpets an imitation
of Brussels. You may or may
not beable to distinguish between
them when they are on the floor.
You can if you happen to know
the one point in which they diff
fer, viz, sharpness, eXactness,
angularity Of pattern. But ev-,
erybody knows that the woodland
colors of Brussels show through
on the back; and that is the way
in which you probably judge be-
tween them. You think Brus-
sells shows its colors on the back
and Tapestry doesn't. You are a
year or two behind. The makers