The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-06
WANAMAKER'S.
ALMOST ALL ABOUT BLANKETS.

w III you lCdu dDOul Dldllh-
cts if we give the utmost infor-
nation we can in the fewest
possible words? All sorts of
blankets no, not all sorts
there are tons on tons of
blankets that never enter our
doors because theynever ought
to enter yours.
Blankets for use and blank
cts for beauty and blankets for
both. Begin with the prettiest.
California takes the palm for
luxurious blankets and Mis-
sion Mills come first. The
finest we have from Mission
Mills are SIS a pair. Such
wool Imagine Swan s-down
not spun and woven but some
how done into blankets ! Invis-
IDLE texture Wilderness and
softness inconceivable Don't
buy them unless for pure ex-
travagance. Think of the care
they require But Mission
Mills make useful blankets also,
from very fine indeed at $II.5o
to-we don't know where to
draw the line. OF these we
have said already the coarsest
are finer than any Eastern
blankets, but not SO econom-
ical.
Golden Gate is another Cali
fornia blanket mill. 1t lacks the
singular fame of the other. Its
blankets are only less extrava-
CANT. It's the California wool !
work too. Such wool demands
such work. 1t seems a pity to
put them into blankets. And
yet there are people who are
willing to pay for them. $40 to
$50.
Now for beautiful excellent
practical blankets not too fine
to enjoy. The finest such are
made in this city-the Falls of
Schuylkill mill. Begin to think
by the pound about $I.25 a
pound for the finest all-wool ;
not quite SO fine 81. Full-size
blankets 50 to SI2.5o a pair,
according to hneness and
weight; and smaller for less in
proportion.
Another, made in New Eng
land, all wool, not quite SO fine,
a winning blanket the border
is uncommonly pretty about
SI.I2H apound $3.50, $3.50,
and So. 50 a pair, according to
weight, for full-sized blankets.
And here comes in an acct
dent: just one blanket, 79xoo
inches; 7 lbs, 5000; about 93c
a pound, all-wool and as good
as the $I.I2H. We have only
a hundred and fifty pairs.
When gone no more.
This isn't an acci de Mt
Cheaper yet. The blanket for
nine out of ten. Cotton warp,
wool filling, 75ca pound as neal
as we can state it. All sizes anc
weights within reason: 1919
a 5-lb pair to S9.75 a I3-lb
r pair. And nobody ought tc
SILVER while these are here fol
SO little. Decidedly below the
= lowest market; below by I5c d
n pound at least. No more tC
c be got of course.
And here we ought to jus
e mention a dozen different sorts
c of blankets called cheap
t because the prices are little
d I'VE don't use the word thai
: way. A dozen sorts of white
blankets 81 to $3.50 a pair
It We have to keep them. W.
n sell them mostly for "lnstitu
r tons" OF course we make
IF them as cheap as we can.
% White blankets for crib anc
n cradle. The meanest we hav,
are really best. Two all-woo
o and soft-wool cradle blankets
IS 3Ox4o inches, SI.2o and $I.2;
e Same as the last but larger
Is with Grecian border, 4ox6c
:, u inhes, S.. Somewhat finer
y all-wool, with cluster border G
< stripes and pin-stripes: 32x4
ID inches s. 36x5o inches 1913
42X6o inches IS. A prettie
n blanket with damask border
:. cottonwarp: 32x42 inches So &c
Of 36X5o inches $3.50; 42x6'
II $3.50.
e. Austrian blankets are prett
" by color. Blanket-rugs. The
e, e are used in sleeping-car'
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