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ARNOLD, CONSTABLE & CO. silks and velvets aro exquisitely pe ney culorioe and effective in desten, {od the most attractive collection of these {fuital favries for spring and summer wear isto be seen at Arnold. Constable & Co.'s, Broadway and Nincteenth Street. The flora pordrred chines, in all the pastel tints, mous: feline taffeta with allover floral design or ppray effect, taffeta with raised stripe. hand foisted liberty, double width, in floral desten Pera herringbone Weave, represent the nove!- fa tne suk line. A beautiful fabric has fale foundation and brocaded effect in rose dusters and ribbon bow knots. Panne foulara fa urlental effects and Ottoman foulardsin all the fashionable colors are among the new sommer goods and a decidedly effective novel- tyisafoulard dress pattern to be bad either jagraduated clover leaf or polka dot design. Se larger figures being used for the skirt and the smaller oncs for the waist. The aseort- pest of crepes includes beautifal fancy mete- ors 19 pastel colori: In some the ground fs tinted and the figure white and again there 8 an embroidered figure. Panne Per- san crepe in variety of patterns and a new efect with mottled groand and rove design sre also incluced in the list, The silk mous- telnes in a combination of colorings and the jour designs are exceedingly effective. Inthe costume department are many beau- tital gowos by French designers. Paquin ts well represented, a white crepe de chine in combination’ with embroidered black taffeta and a black and taffeta with Oriental embrold- ery being particularly noticeable. Paquin's specialty 1s the “ 1830 sleeve." as it is called, which consists of a full cathered undersleeve and tight Gtting upper one. The skirts by this destener are also strikingly attractive, espe- gals the broad box plaited effect noticed in a with gray cloth gown and another of silk teverat rows of sbirring over the hips ‘The bolero jacket forms part of nearly every ewtame aad batiste embroidery and ap: plgne is afeaturealso, A beautiful Raudnitz model in gray cloth and changeable silk and a dcacet gown of black mousseline de sole are very handsome. The coats and wraps are as beautitul as the gowns, particularly the tecked taffeta Etons with embrolJered revers 4nd the silk and chiffoa combinations elabo- nitely trimmed with lace, some baving long ends of chiffon or (ringed crepe de chine. A coat of tan cloth with taffeta straps tnd ining and a ball wrap by Francls com. of alternate rows in Kayadere effect of ‘satin and pint d’esprit over satin rep fesent the novelties, together with a tan cloth Inverness. The separate bodices in every concelvable combination of tucsed silk, em- twoidered batiste and lace are exceedingly beaatifal, some being made without lining. Ja matiness, silk petticoats and lingerie there {san extensive collection of new goods from Part all of them exquisitely dainty and a Thelr carpet and upholstery department has been recognized asa leading place, and Where one might find the largest assortment. Itis always understood that the patterns of Aroold, Constable & Co. are exclusive, and. therefore, not obtainable elsewhere. In their hg department one finds an assortment un gpeuled in this olty: rugs from every cen‘er elite elobe and patterns that surely must be re. “Weve got the Boers on the runt” cried Lehenant Sir Reginald Rannymede, jubilantly, “That's all right," replied Major the Hon Perey Fitzmaurice, “looking about him suspl- Goutly: “bat which way are they running?" Philadelphia North American, bencl Constable K2Co, Laces, Point Arab, Renaissance and Duchesse | Robes, Point Venise, Cluny and Renaissance Allovers. Figured Nets, Bridal Veils. Ladies’ Lace Neckwear, Ruffings, | ers for ont Mull and Lace Revers. Feather Boas, Parasols. rath Gloves. stanepes = Srondooay Rige oi. Fichus, Collarettes and Stocks. | NEW YORK. Bausch & Lomb-Zeiss STEREO Binocular, Se a Going Abroad? You cannot afford to miss the added pleasure and information obtainable with a Bausch & Lomb-Zeiss STEREO 22 GLASS The architectursl and scenic beauties of the Exposition, the Rhine, the Alps, ships at sea— in fact every turn of the way— are outside the range of unaided vision. The STEREO Field Glass is the Smallest, Lightest, Most Elegantly Finished, and has The Power of a Telescope with /mmense Field of View BOOKLET FREE. 80LD BY ALL DEALERS, Manufactured by BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. Rochester, N. Y. New York comiebooks.cet