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 VARIETIES

FOR

THE

MONTH.

BY our. “ntsniox nni'ron.”

Wn are glad to see that shawls are so ex tensively popular this winter. For several years we have called public attention to the

graceful character of this description of wrap. No mnntilla, ever made, equals the shawl in

beauty.

Among our wealthier classes the In

dia shawl is becoming quite common. Square

shawls of this exquisite fabric may be had for all prices, from one hundred dollars up to six or seven hundred; and long shawls for sums ranging from three hundred dollars up to a thousand, or even more. L. J. Levy & 00., of Chesnut street, Philadelphia, have had, ' for several years, the ﬁnest assortment of those Cashmeres ever imported into America. Shawls may be had, however, of every price, both at their establishment and elsewhere, of great beauty; for in no other department of manufactures, perhaps, have such strides been made in taste, as in women’s shawls. T. S.

Evans & 00., another fashionable dry-good’s ﬁrm of Philadelphia, have a beautiful Chenille

Shawl, an engraving of which we give, and which is one of the novelties of the season. When folded on one side the shawl is of a plain CBIKILLI SHAWL.

grey color, with a Greek border in scarlet

and black. But if you wish the shawl to have a gayer and

more dressy look, by turning the other side, stripes of scar

let and black are shown with a border of a plainer eﬂ'ect.

The

fringe is grey, with here and there a drop of scarlet and.‘ black chenille. These, and simi lar tasteful shawls, can be sold from prices ranging from ten dollars to ﬁfteen. The Isabella Skirt, made by

Douglas & Sherwood, New York,

is peculiarly adapted to the pre sent season, combining as it

does all the advantages of a hoop and quilted skirt. The bottom is bordered to the depth of half a yard or more with white quilting, edged with a

heavy cord. Three light ﬂexi ble steel hoops are introduced in the upper portion of the

skirt.

The back forms an ad TILE IBABELXA SKXRT.

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