The times., 1897-12-26
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and hurry IL side to get warm at the bar
gain counter-and doubtless this is the
very object Of displa ying them, for it
is upon the counter within that the
merchant centers his hopes of retrie|-
ing the mistakes of his foreign buyers
and his own private designers. Tie cap IS
and Jacket that did not take. together Sith
Job lots o cheap limitations Of imported
STYLES that succeeded, will replenish the
purse which he poured out in his semi
annual speculation upon popular taste.
The woes of the broker over the fluctua-
tions in the stock market are as nothing
compared TO the grief of the importer at
the freaks of willrul woman.
At tie bargain counter 10th have their
revenge; she. because she gets the once
re tecteG garment cheap; he, because she is
compelled to buy ii, for being such bar
gain she cannot resist 1T.
The $50 Jackets are now beginning 10
sell for SIS, the 81 2 ones for So, and so Oh.
Blouse suits that sold a t the beginning Of
the season for $50 are now marked down
TO SIS. Even furs are growing chea per.
the change being noticeable S the da rs
drew nearer to Christmas, in the frantic
efforts of the furrier to dispose of his
wares as hoiiday presents. Twenty.fi 'e-
dollar hats sell for 81 %, and throughout all
departmen of woman's dress the redIc-
tion is 50 marked that those who pridcd
them selves upon being the first to bring
out new fa aShion are now bewaiiing the
fact that they could have bought nearly
twice as much for their none Y if they had
only waited-but then. one expects TO
pay something for the privilege of intro
duciag q novelty.
Meanwhile. we who were not so fore
handed with our money at the beginning
are using our savings to the best advantage
among tie articles which are not abso-
lurtely cheap, but which have lost the In
flated value which they possessed at first
by reason of being novelties. There are i'm
ported ties for instance, which sold for a
dollar and q half at first, but which are
now worth little more than the ribbon OF
which they are made. Indeed 1t is better
merely to buy y yard and three quarters
of the Roman stripe ribbon and make the tie
oneself. 1t passes twice around the neck
and ties in IA foUr-in- n-hand in fronts, with
ends a half yard in length.
Soft scaIfs tied in butterfly bow In front
are very much Worn with the plaid silk or
velvet shirt waist of the winter.
No bow at the back of the neck is allo w
able IN ar Y sort of stock or collarette. The
fashionable world has grown tired OF it
and viii tolerate 1t no longer. If you do
not look well with a bow under the chin
tie your ribbon under the left ear-a DOW
there Il less Objectionable than at the back
A great many girls have solved the question
Of the bow by dispensing with it altogether
and mt rely passing the ends of ribbon
through pretty buckle at the back OF the
neck. In thiscase. the ribbon is much shorter
being only long enough to 60 around the
collar and slip the ends through the buckle
The ingenious and thrifty girl viii not he
slow to recognize the economy OF using up
the good ends of her old ribbons in this
manner.
fokes and guimpes continue TO flourish.
They are in order for any kind Of sIit,
from a bali dress to a rainy day cost,i-ne
In the latter they are especially useful,