26 Mar 1899
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1899
Page
1
Grand Millinery display reaches peak this week with foreign and home creations in hats bonnets toques and more. Misses and children spring styles shine alongside Mourning Millinery from Maurice Paris. daily receptions reveal fresh, refined pieces in elegant Easter fashion.
Garment sale offers jacket cape costume and tailor made gowns in English broadcloths Venetians and herringbone cloths. Eastertide prices announce silk shirt waists and silk waists with bias fronts in new shades while crepon skirts and china silk tea gowns showcase latest styles and trims.
In the Dress Goods Department Monday marks a reign of new Spring styles with a grand collection of foreign and domestic fabrics. The market showcases exclusive lines from distant centers with prices aimed to tempt buyers for Easter outfits. Elegant High-Class Cotton Dress Fabrics and White goods arrive, including French Organdie, Organdi Lisse, Madras, Cla th, Mausseline de Sole, Herringbone Suitings, Scotch Lappets, Fish Scale Suitings and Piques.
A large stock of ladies veilings in new styles is offered with over 300 patterns. Veilings priced at 15 cents and 2 dollars per yard. A special sale tomorrow features a top pattern at 25 cents per yard.
Tomorrow a preview of dainty neck fixings in delicate fabrics from fashion creators. Spring fashion sheets justify their liberal use. We present a concentrated assortment sourced from multiple origins for readers.
Our lace stock tops all with the finest makes and delicate filmy fabrics. Embroideries expanded with imported fabrics, Swiss mull, Valenciennes, and allover patterns in '99 styles. Prices from 6.00 per yard to 98. Wide cambric flounces with insertions, new open work designs, and 1,000 bolts of narrow Valencienne Laces offered for Monday at low per yard prices.
A special exhibit and sale of Corsets and Muslin Underwear offers ladies Cambria and muslin night gowns skirts chemise drawers and corset covers trimmed with lace embroidery and ribbons. Monday specials include Cambric gowns retailing at 2.50 and silk petticoats. Red Fern Corsets are showcased as best fitting and easiest wearing, with Lenox Corset styles offered at low prices.
Spring and summer promotion for White Goods showcases new stock of linens and muslins from domestic and foreign looms. Includes India Linens 35c yard, Persian Lawns 20c 33c 50c, Nainsook 2.50 per piece, imported Corded Piques and Tuckings priced to move, plus waists and reverings in assorted weights and finishes.
An old ad lists white satin finish Marseilles spreads with genuine hemmed edges priced around $1.72 to $3.50, noting flaws like soil and sizing. It repeats “odd lot” and “to close them out,” with multiple unit prices and counts, including dozens and per-piece costs.
A display featuring Cyrano necklaces and a blue red and white line offers choice designs and a five o’clock start. A 25¢ Far Easter showcase presents a rare collection of sterling silver stick pins, each priced at 7 25c.
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