The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-23
SHOPPERS AND SHOPPING.
The Busy Season Has Begun
and Womankind Awakens.
WHAT THE SHOPS ARE SHOWING
Two Openings OF Cotton Underwear
Bargain Sales Still In Progress
New ChalIis I'm the Home Market
Miscellaneous shopping Chat.

Miscellaneous shopping Chat.
The dry goods stores keep old Father
Time hurrying up. Immediately tne
Christmas knick knacks arc out OF the
way a general clearing up ensues until
February when the semi-annual stock
taking comes. But simultane-
ously with the clearing up TO reduce
stocks before the February inventory,
the carly spring and even summer
goods are introduced and the shopper is
afforded an OPP o-tunity TO look over
ssuffs for the seashore next summer at
the same time she is getting
a bargain in winter coat. Indeed,
the famaliar "January Sales" announced
with such universal splondor are combi-
nation of winter bargains and spring
novelties. The Hamburg and muslin under
wear are not only all brand new, novel
and pretty, but prices are always put way
down so as to make business lively
during month that would
ordinarily be dull. The presumption
is that everybody has spent about all the
money they want to at Christmas time
and attractions must be strong and prices
low to induce January shopping.
The world OF shoppers however
has become so accustomed TO this that it
reserves little money from Christmas
knowing that the dry goods stores viii
present Irresistible attractions immedi-
atcly the Christmas trade is over.
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And how immensely attractive these
January sales and openings are AT no
time in the year Is such a wealth of pretty
things shown and not even q post-inven-
tory mark down can exceed them for
what the dry goods advertisers express in
the word "yalues."
This week-tooay in fact-the Boston
store inargurates its great annual sale OF
cotton underwear and corsets. At Glad
ding's they opened theirs on
Monday, and Ladd's il still running
succt ssfu'ly in its third week, believe.
These shows were never more beautiful
and prices were never so low as they are
this year. | dropped into Gladding's
opening on Monday and was astonished
with the beauty and novelty OF the
pretty underwear and equally astonished
by the prices at which things were marked.
Yesterday afternoon / looked over the
new goods at the Boston store. They were
piled up attracrfvefy IN the second floor
departments, and not yet uncovered; but
such beautiful exhibits of night dresses,
skirts, drawers, chemises and corset
covers don't believe they ever made and
the prices were as marvelously low for
quality as the goods were beautiful.
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1t has been great year for the retail
dry goods merchant. He has had chance
TO reap advantage from the misfortune of
the manufacturer and jobber and the
result is that shoppers are likely to get
unheard OF bargains all the spring. They
are beginning well anyhow.
There are lots OF opportunities in cioaks
just now. Gladding has some remarkably
fine attractions in this line. They
have seiccted about one hundred
garments in mixtures which they have
marked from s2 to g5-about one-quarter
OF the cost am assured, and an inspection
OF the goods convinces me that they are
speaking the exact truth. Newell is max
ing a big run on cloaks, too, fine
garments, high grade plush sacques and
the incest OF fur capes. winter
garment is bound TO be needful
article for seme months to come,
aside from the fact that fur cape is quite
shore ana, besides all that,
these late winter productions which
all the stores are offering will be quite in
style next winter. Indeed the last OF one
seasons things may usually be depended
upon TO start the following season, while
some favorites are good for season after
season--vide the spring and summer Eton.
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Ladd's is at the front with French Chal-
Island by the way, C-h-a-l-l-i-s is the way
to spell it in both singular and plural
] was in at Ladd's opening Monday and l
never saw so many pretty things in Chal-
lis which are about the prettiest things
made. shoppers are buying them for
next summer, and the fact that the more
striking and exclusive of them
will be the thing at mountain
or seashcre makes the choicest designs and
colorings 60 quickly. 1t is pretty hard
TO make q choice out of Ladd's stock
however for they are all so pretty. /
might mention little figure that struck
1ne particularly. 1t was a - but won't
mention IL after all because there are lots
others just as pretty and 10 some one else's
mind, doubtless.
Always a wonder to me are the printed
goods which Ladd always shows in such
profusion a counterfeit Challis
or Japanese Iabutai for 12Hc.
It's wonderful how American cotton
printers arc able to reproduce tho tones
and effects OF the loom or silk printers.
Gladding is showing some pretty new
Hamburgs that are worth seeing ana
buying.
note that Mrs. Bristol, the drcssmaker.
Is making a special attraction for these
times in tailor suit for Si29.
Mrs. Bristol has made two
dresses for me and have
so much confidence in her that the price
she asks Is a secondary consideration.
am sure TO he satisfied with what she
produces whcthc- she charges me si.20 or
s29oi.
The suject OF iow prices reminds me that
II ever there was fine opportunity TO se-
cure n Gne rug, IL Is offered by
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