Smyrna times., 1894-10-03
New Dress Goods.
STRAwRRIDGE CLOTHIERs IMMENSE
AND MODISH DISPLAY.
From the Times, Philadelphia.

fEOu TIE lul6st Iuldu6lpuld.
The taste that could not be satisfied at
Strawbridge & ClOthier's in the matter of
winter dress materials would have to be of
a very eccentric and peculiar character, for
there is now on sale at that establishment a
variety of silk and WOOL and alwool fab
RIGS so vast and so pleasing that the only
difficulty lies in the matter of choice, a
really perplexing detail, where each new
piece displayed possesses unique dlstlnc-
tion that makes you swerve in your allegi-
ance to the one you but a moment before
thought superlatively lovely.
Covert suitings in their novel two toned
effects are without doubt the leaders in the
quiet weaves, being particularly adapted
for serviceable tailor-made costumes that
are made to do duty all day long and are
appropriate for almost any function.
The new cOlOrings which are the outcome
of the fawn shades so long identified with
these cloths, are Madagascar and Guitana,
two warm browns with a cinnamon cast.
The blue shades are particularly stylish
when made in entire costumes with coats to
match.
Paris declares in favor of plaids; there
fore at this reliable emporium are found
the reigning favorites in every conceivable
combination, the tartans being in the lead.
n Not only are the plaids seen IN their pr-
mary mixtures, but are used as fOunda-
ton tone in combination with bOucle stripes
and squares, the blue, green and black
mixture being at once smart and suggestive
of all sorts of attractive promenade cos
| tunes.
There are bourettes decorated with little
| scrolls of contrasting color, rich-hued
| Oriental looking stutfs made further at
| traotiVe through the agency of more
! wave and two-toned light weight effects,
they have all the appearance of silk and are
wonderfully stylish with their double cres-
cents of black thrown upon background
| of rich color.
Then the Scotch beauties which are to be
| the thing, canvass backed mixtures in
| which three cOlors cOmmingle, harmon
iously, regal beauties in eminence, violet
and green Bengaline weaves, make more
artistic by contrast with zig-zag flashes of
| black lightning or more conventional hg-
ures, camos hair with illuminated grounds
gautfre stampings and the always desirable
| silk and wool cassimeres in neat effects,
these last being particularly new.
A more than choice line of vestings call
up before the mental vision a picture OF a
charming woman in perfect lifting gown,
| the front of which reveals bit of bright
| and becoming color such as shown in these
exquisite materials. Though not as aggres-
| sively demanding admiration the novel
ties in the black goods are no less deserving
| OF unstlnIed praise the SILK cTepe StoInu
with silk and mohair designs and the silk
and wool combinations are particularly
fetching, and as every woman feels heI
wardrobe incomplete without at least one
black costume, this hint may prove most
acceptable >, the shopper in search of semt
thing unique and elegant in black goods.
Restricted pocket-boOks are catered to
likewise in the heavier dress goods, so that
no one need feel that even the loveliest
material either for day or evening wear, is
out of reach if they will but accept the good
things that have been prepared for them al
Strawbridge 6 Clothier's.