The evening world., 1893-07-19
IT IS RAINING BARGA|hs.
Rssdy-Made Suits Selling for Less
Than the Cost of Material.
ldiilinsry Goods, shoss and Stock
ipss, Begging for Buyers.

This u harvest time for the shopper Of
limited means and good sense.
Given . little money. time enough to
look about and the ability to distinguish
between superior and inferior fabrics.
and . wardrobe may be replenished at
ons-third Of the usual cost.
Bargains are generally abundant at
this season Of the year. but Just now
they arc superabundant. The Worlds
Fair capsized the retail dry-goods trade.
The business expected from foreign Wis
itors did not materialize; neither did the
Summer shopper from the South and the
West Instead Of coming to New York
~ usual and remaining long enough to
get exclusive styles In millinery
and dress goods for the spa and the
seashors, the Summer girl and her indul-
gent mamma went to Chicago and tho
Summer trade went to smash. Early In
June farseeing merchants began to cut
prices; then came sweeping sales and
later startling reductions. at which the
critical dressmakers stood aghast.
Fancy selling . grass linen suit. we'll
made and Smart" in At and style for
q, and the Identical material retailing
at 80 csnts yard! They had the latest
skirts. the most approved Eton Jacket
design, tremendous sleeves and great
plated rufYies set about the shoulders
like . balcony on . lighthouse. Some Of
these cool. serviceaAe frocks were
trimmed with white braid, and others
with bands Of black satin. No Dress
maker could AFFORD to make similar
dress for the money. They didn't try.
White. duck and percale. English ging-
ham In nnnlilar r0InrQ and fine chpltiaQ
sold at the same price and sold by the
thousand. They are stin selling. and
some houses make the alterations for "a
glove ft" at the actual cost OF labor.
Prices have now reached what the min
srs call bedrock. House dresses In lawn,
camhric and printed zephyrs are offered
made. but they are both pretty and sea-
eonabls and decidedly cheaper than laun-
dry work. wrappers at the same price
are dozens of prints to choose from.
While wrappers are not to be recon-
mended for general wear. 1t doesn't pay
% make dressing sacques as long as
sold to charitable Institutions in place Of
nightgowns; II they do not wear as long
as muslin, they are much easier to laun-
The prices at which black and blue
serge suits are offered are droll. Nothing
lower than &2.s8 has been discovered. but
II the reader doubts this quotation she
ua8 OhD W thhc u blEoll uOWH olAth
avenue or through the shopping districts
of Third and Eighth avenues. Four
teenth and On Hundred and Twenty
are % as pientifui as se5 5Set deck aa y hats' aa
They run to the Eton, unfortunately.
but the buyer who dons the outft at once
vii! get the full worth Of her money
ana four months wear at least. A shirt
waist to complete 1t may be bought any
where from 10 cents to SO. The lawns
ARE as we'll made and as shapely as the
silk, but not as elaborate. English cot
ton waists that formerly sold at il.B are
. third Of that now.
In the line Of silk dresses there are
India goods at SO and r4. but there are
better Investments among the fancy wor-
sted goods. Cheap silks are as undesira-
BILE a. paste diamonds or cotton velvet.
But the silk goods were never more
st.sacsivs. 40 ponsee silk =, Is ,S selling at 10
ing the price Of very fine quality; For
children's wear, there is nothing better
IN the market than this soft amber silk |:
makes luxurious night robes that will
Wash silks with white grounds and
IS cents, but the .colors are limited to
trying tints.
The same is true in n measure OF the
cents. There is no use distorting facts
in the case. Peach pink silk howered
with primroses at 4s cents is very be-
coming made up into skirts. but put
into a waist and worn by a sallow faced
woman Is going to make a fright OF her.
One large and reliable firm had bar
pieces of these beautiful but treacher-
Gus silks which were literally gobbled
up by two classes OF customers-one
most intelligent, the. other ignorant OF
ers and simple minded women who buy
because thing Is cheap. The dress.
makers know the value OF these goods
use depending on trimmings to max,
s'm eeasty. SssSm'nk they he any are F'S1; So
,se@ nns nr HTG Hness the shor.s %Sds
knows what she can wear the specia
sale Is dangerous.
rsss,.S Scotch fla,nnels. French cambrics ant
riety go begging for buyers There ar,
enough straw hats and chip bonne,s tt
cover ssIiS the aea heads Of all the old Kingdoms
many Of the millinery departments read,
made bows are displayed together wifi
seiec,fed s, 6onGuets that stitch or, .
nat, fiamboyant, fiaring and after tn
ssyle or the Brittany and Alsasian womel
maze mads In all the popular shades an,
at Sl.25 and So apiece. The bouquets ar
very gay, foliage Is used for the bas
and in among the leaves and teldril
clover. dandelion daisies. violets bluey
ana rosebuds are woven: there ar
posies, nosegays and clusters of WOO
violets, mignonette and thistles for uuie
bonnets, and there are big lunches a
gaudy blossoms for sun hats and on IN
size the price depends However. wit
straw goods selling as low as Is cent
this ready-made garniture enables
preadwlnner or poor mans wife [
make brave showing at 81 or less
Shoes, too, are remarkably Chear
Bluchers with turned soles made {
soft goat In different shades of tan ar
selling at 81. The juliette. a very prett
gaiter. high back and front, with elastI
cores ankle high. diamond tips and m,
dium heels are SIS. and hand mao
low shoes In black and brow
leather are sold by dry-goods merchanr
for less than 50.
Choice Isle thread stockings are
cents, and 70-cent goods are fancifull
clocked with colored stitching. Drol
stitch stockings are 25 cents, and thei
are solid and two-tone colors to choo,
from.
Parasols that sell at $3.50 have no
cslatn handles worth almost that pric
and there are wood sticks with briiliai
covers for half the money. The color,
umbrellas are good Investments. b,
good black silk comes under the Ii
OF staples, and cannot be bought mu,
under IS. Cheaper umbrellas are alwa,