Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-09-26
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spection, census Of merchan-
disc, the statement about the
Autumn Dress Goods now
here would be that they sur
pass in elegance. completeness
and number of styles, without
doubt in quantity as well, the
united total Of all other Dress
Goods stocks in this city. This
statement is made advisedly.
For the next two days the
women of Philadelphia can
have a great treat in the exhi.
bition we are making Of Dress
Novelties.
There is a feeling Of depres-
sion as one turns from even
superficial study of this stock
to writing of it. The simple
truth told in the most prosaic
style would make a story that
would challenge credulity.
Shall we attempt to interest
you by detailed description ?
Our best sense answers mo"
Then mo" it is.
Strolling down the Main
Aisle, noticing the tables and
cases in the centre, the broad
counter-ends on either side,
and the fixture tops stretching
away in the circling aisles to
right and left, all filled with
forms dressed close as line of
soldiers, each showing a style
of Dress Goods different in
some respect from every other,
you might easily ask, was there
ever show like this ?
There are different styles on
show, but the pilgrim to the
counters will soon find that our
unseen world of Dress Goods
is greater than the seen, and
the styles that remain more
numerous than those which ap-
pear.
Save a few Cashmeres and
Henriettas, plain and staple
goods remain in ordinary on
the shelves, and also the vast
quantities of the cheaper sorts
of fancy Dress Goods.
"A study of Art in Dress
Goods is always attractive.
Don't laugh, but there is an art
feeling in the stuHs. You
would be dull, indeed, were you
to look over these products of
infinite skill and patience with
out feeling. The dollars they
cost, the machines that made
them, the boxes that packed
them, the ships that carried
them, the mechanical processes
that cleanscd the WOOL and
spun and dyed the threads,
may very properly be mere
items of money and commerce.
Not so the thought that de-
signed the beautiful things as
you see them.
The art of the Orient and
the Occident the Persian palm
and the Scotch tartan nature
in flower, fern and seaweed ::
figures and forms of the imagin-
alton are all in them. They are
the children of dreams and fan
cies. The artists cast them
forth as did the old Egyptians
the seed upon the waters.
The new thought of the sea
son. Is there any new thought?
Has anybody invented a color
or created a form? There is
not one new fraction of a shade
or form. But the poet does
not need a new dictionary to
make a poem. Raphael did
not create colors. But the new
thought of the season combines
things in fresh relations.
You will find embroidery, no
end of it, and hand-knotted
iringes, and applique Of plush
finished about with gold, and
an abundance of silver and
gold tinsel threads lighting the
more sombre tones of the EN-.
broidery silks upon the wooden
grounds. And you will find
silk stripes woven in the wooden
fabrics and damask silk figures
on woolen grounds-and if you
want to know all you'll find,
hunt for yourself; you'll get a
headache before you're through.
Is your interest aroused in
Dress Goods
Then remember a few vital
things.
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