The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-01

1-4C 1IS yA%Ss
now more interested
in selling the rest Of
their summer stock than in presenting
new things The season has been an ex-
ceptiOnally poor one, and Is u result
there are more genuine bargains offered
than 1 can remember having seen be
fore. Many really elegant suits, gowns
and wraps are being offered for abso-
lutely less than it would cost any lady
10 buy the materials, not 10 mention the
labor of making them. Now Is a good
time, too, 70 buy silks. One dealer told
me that, owing to many reasons, silken
fabrics are now reduced actually 70 II
not below the price of raw silk. Today
/ saw fancy china dress silks, both black
and colored, and others with effects Of
hand painting and cheney sold ut %
cents a yard Crepe do chimes and MORE
We're marked at 80 cents, and so was
black japanese, black india brOcades
and several pretty notified patterns,
while extra fine rustic taffeta, ben-a-
line, surahs and fancies all ticketed 1T
90 cents. All silk grenadines and satin
striped grenadines We're at 50 cents. All
these goods We're new and fresh, and few
of them will go out of fashion entirely
for two or three years. The fables, peau
de sole and best makes of armure and
MORE cost more, but even they this sea
son are offered at prices never before
seen, and the woman must be poor in
deed who cannot afford a silk gown this
summer.
One result OF the cheapness of silk il
the number Of waists to wear with
wooden skirts for ordinary occasions
and with blazer suits for outings Next
TO the silks in point of reduced prices
for luxuries come the laceS Naturally
point and real thread laces are as dear
as ever, but the host OF clever imita-
tions OF fine laceS sell at prices most as
toniShingly low. The stiff and rather
harsh point de yenise Il seen every
where, but that Is one of the dearest
limitations. There are richelieu collars
that cover the shoulders, and there are
others woven in vandvke pattern. and
these deep collars give wonderful style
and dignity To u costume. Such collar
can be purchased imitation for about
SIS Next 70 this III richness is the point
de gene, which Is shown in several
shades of white, from isigny and ivory
20 deep rich yellow. There are some
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with some cOlors than any other shade
The margOt Is quite 4 favorite lace and
is rich and gives Il good effect at a small
cost Russian point i handsome and
much IL demand for trimming thin
gowns. The net top bourbon laces for
skirts are rich beyond compare. but
very expensive. Black chantilly in very
choice patterns Il often seen, not a. often
Z 1.
spanSled laceS are largely employed on
handsome black dresses for receptions
and in many coaching gowns. The inn
portcrS say that bourbon lace Is but ut
the beliTning OF is popularity. particu-
larry for rich ont of door costumes. For
graduation dresses and for dainty after
noon and evening gowns for young girls !
the all silk spotted iiShnotS are much ,
liked. There Is new white chantilly
fCuuciug - inches wide which makes !
IL more than deep enough for a skirt.
This, made UP over slip of different I
color or even different shade of white. /
Is exquisite. Lace i always handsome /
and GresSy, and II Is not Il costly ma /
teriaL II has 4 certain air of high |
breeding about il that l. transferred to !
the wearer, and lace l. ALWAYS useful 70 /
the last thread.
am rather glad that there Is % little |
new i'll dresses 10 mention this week. - /
it gives me the opportunity 10 speak OF I
new ideas In summer home decorations /
The busy housewife takes down and |
shakes out all the heavy draperies and |
curtains and endeavOrs TO give her home |
an air of GOODNESS and comfort. If she |
feels like dispensing with even her lace |
window curtains, she can do 50, but
most women who live in busy streets
prefer 10 have curtains hanging loosely |
in front of the parlor window. y few
lay away their rich tambOur or plique
curtains and hang swiss ones with mar
row ruffies of lace or embroidery at the
windows during the summer months.
There are several styles of these cur
tains, some having large dots, either vel
low, blue, pink or white. Is large as a !
quarter of a dollar on the surface. This !
muslin comes 90 inches wide. Little |
button ball fringe makes a pretty finish |
for the tops and edges.
Many of those who 20 into their |
country homes fit up rooms with differ |
ent colorS, so that the rooms are known |
by name as pink room, blue room, etc. !
These are sometimes furnished IN per |
Gale or chintZ, but more often in one |
of the new style cretonnes- There is a |
wide choice in these cretOnues and a |
wider difference in their make and pat |
tern. There are some in pale gray1sh |
blue and white in regular art pattern,