Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-06
YANKEE NornoSs
AT THE
BOSTON DRY GOODS HOUSE.

BOSTON DRY GOODS HOUSE.
Our Yankee Notion or Small Wares" De-
partnaent ia store in itself Herein you will
find every dress finishing requisite. and q
'thousand-and-one"p newly INTRODUCED articles
and ingenious contrivxncss for bettering dress
making.
Az hundreds are yet using methods long
since improved upon we have taken pains to
prepare this catalogue Of the stock. which.
although lengthy. is yet incomplete:
SPOOL COTTON-Out OF the hundreds Of
kinds considered good we have picked, in our.
judRment the best White Blasting Cotton, 500
ysrds 10 tho spool. SC
500 I'D. spools White French Cotton. Black
csc. per spool. White Is also usually sold ut
Csc. marked lOe.
il P. Goats and willimantic Spool Cotton
in White. Black and all colors. CSC. per dozen
STOOL SILK-Belding's ranks the highest
for uniformity Of smoothness. high finish and
strength. Twist. Black. White and, colors,
10 yds &c. Spools Of 100 yards, &c also =
OF and ounce spools, shades to match the new
wooiens
LINEN THREADS-MsrshaI l. Co.'S three
cord pure Linen Thread smooth finished for
machine use; Black White and unbi cached all
numbers.
DARNING- COTTON balls, skeins and on
cards: Black. White. 3 Browns, Grays Blues,
Reds and Ecru. AL numbers from the finest to
the coGrsest
NEEDLES-we selected Roberts "Parabols"
Gold-eyed Needles, best English tempered
rteel. All sizes and mixed
Metallic 'Mitrailleuse Needle Cases. Each
case contains 100 best Egy-eyed Steel Needles,
assorted. from to 8. You turn the indicator
to the size needle desired, and it drops out.
Only 20c. per case.
Best English parninV Needles in all sizes.
PlNS-We import q special line of English
Pms, which are put up in four sizes, 44O pins
to the paper. at the low price of DC PER paper.
Much better than buying four papers of pins in
order to get all the Sizes
D. F. Tayler's Best English Dress Pins in six
sizes.
black and white mixed
HAIR PINs-D. F. Tayler's celebrated Double
Japan and Nonpareil Plain Hair Pins two to
three inches long.
d. F. Tayler's Best Steel Hair Pins, Double
Japan Invisible Hair Pins, in crimped and plain.
BLACK P1NS-D. F. Tayler's Best English
Black Dress Pins.
Imported Mourning Pins in Boxes.
Boxes Of Black English Pins in assorted sizes,
80 pins to the box, in dull and bright jet; &c.
box.
SKIRT BRAID-Goffs Brsids stand without
rival for quality and finish. Conveniently put
mp on rolls, and come in shades enough to match
every colored dress fabric. Also black and
white. COTS Doubie-box Plated Skirt Braids
In black. white and colors. Put in boxes Of SUI
fcient quantity for the bottom Of dress.
TAPES-No good tapes we havn't got. Best
ENGLISH Twilled Cotton Tapes in white. black,
aud gray yds to the piece. Widths: q, y,
s. q. p and inch.
Best German All-linen Tares. in a, X. q, u,
ss.A. q and inch. White only
White Twill ed Cotton Tape 10 yds. to the
piece; y, Il. ?. and inch. Black and white.
wHALEBONE CASINGS-Sinele and donble
castings in all g AIDES. Glazed Double Whalebone
Casing. White Gray and black. &c. per yard.
20c. per dozen yds.
DO BILE Twilled-cotton Castings, both sides
slk-sti'ched. Black and fancy.
Double Twilled Cotton Casing double stitched
for strength. Whit and black
Silk Single Whale-bone Castings. n in wide
White and black.
silk-and-Linen Single Whale bone Castings, y
in. wide. White and black
BINDINGS-Silk and Linen Flannel Bind.
ines' in black, white. light blue, and red.
Widths. 3, u. s.. and y in.
All-Silk Seam Bindings In black, white, lirht
blue. and red, y inch. lsc. PC
Red Worsted Furniture Binding 4Oc. per pc
Worsted Carpet bindings, black seel cardi-
nal, and striped. Be. per I'D. Doc. per PC 90
yds.D
BELTINGS-Kinds enough for all proper pur-
poses Twilled Serxe Bsltings Black, white,
and all the light shades.
Waterej Betting, in black and white Heavy
Silk Corded b ting, in black and white.
Herring bone weave Cotton Betting, in gray.
whit, and black.
HOOKS EYES-Blsck and white in i've sizes
and three styles-patent, cloak and dress.
Hooks-snd-eyes Oh tape; saves lots of trouble.
DIR SIS SHIELDS-We have not q Dress
Shied In stock which we do not warrant to be
dbso{nfety fmperrious; that is, "perspirs ion
proof" and we will refund the purchase money
for every pair not fully up to this guarantee.
We handle only such reliable brands as the
Fedora, Goody ar Rubber Co., &c.
These are made from the best qualities OF
pure India-rubber. covered with stockinette,
naipsook. silk and satin All sizes that come.
BUTTONS-we have already established
reputation for keel ing button stock second to
none in this city. The desirable Ii Ids we d0ir
keep are very lew. rand assortment of Metal
Buttons in all the popular effects, Tailor But.
tons. Crochet Pearl. Ivory. Guita-percha,
Agate, Bon, Shirt and Shoe Buttons Of almost
every style and kind worth the handling. Not
much use mentioning prices, as you very prop
erly expect us to ma ne the lowest.
WHALE-BONES-Wec confined our selections
TO the GENUINE 30 and SO inches long.
SUPERIOR DRESS wHALEBON ES-In pack
ayes of one dozen. Extra finished and un-
breakaDle. Lengths T. &, 9. and &c inch 4 and
& inches wide. Black and blonde. 10 to 20
cents er dozen.
DRESS STEELS-For BasQues, in black,
white, gray. and red; three qualities in Ave
lepcths. 10, IL and 25 cents per dozen. The
latter price is slk-stitchad
BUSTLE sTEELS-Covered Steels, with 3
inch eilstic ends. finished with buckies; Is, lS,
and n inches long. Very elastic and durable.
Only cents each.
BUSTLE sTEELS-In sets of three; Is, 10,
a7,6 II inches long, Elastic and buckles on each
end
BysTLE sTEELS-wi.hout: elastic ends, in
sets o. three lenzths. extra wide
THONPSON's UNBEATABLE SIDE
STEEIS In cloth, and kid-cOvered lengths 9,
TO- and II anch-
CORSET sTEELs-Best grade tempered
steels, in A and hooks. Three kinds; the
Jumbo. he Grown. and the Il. G." The latter
covered with lid.
CORSET LACES-Elastic Corset Laces, in
cotton and silk, both round and nat.
Linen Corset Lsces, round and fat 3 and
yards long.
Round all-linen Corset Lacing at 1 cent per
yard
DISSATISFACTION Dress Elastic, IN black
and white, y. &. y, and inch wide.
Best quality all silk Garter Ella tics, in - and
and u widths: colors, heliOtropt, pistache. gar
net light blue, old gold, cardinal, yellow, black,
and white.
AIl-silk, Ribbed Garter Elastics in attractive
styles
BANG NETs-sine.e. double. and cap shape
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