Artesia (Waco, Texas) Vol. 5 No. 3, Sunday, January 20, 1895

              VoL. V. Waco, Texas, Sunday, January 20, 1895 NO. 3.
One Hour Sale
Monday, from io to u o’clock,
we will sell
Bleach Domestic, at
4 cents a yard.
Good Nice Crash, at
3 cents a yard.
All 15c Cotton Flannels at
10 cents a yard.
All Collates 25c and 35c Toilet
Soaps at 21 cents a cake.
All Week
. . . SPECIAL SALE . . . Ladies’ Handkerchiefs
Muslin Underwear.
We want to close out every piece of Ladies’ and Children’s Muslin
and Cambric Underwear before displacing our New Spring Stock.
The goods are the celebrated “French Fashioned,” the finest made,
and sold in Waco only by us.
Handsome Chemise and Drawers.
Skirts and Corset Covers.
Infant’s Lawn Dresses.
At this price we offer two hundred garments, worth up to 75 cents
each. Only a limited quantity will be sold to one customer.
We offer special for this week,
or so much of this week as they
remain unsold, two great bargains
i n Embroidered White
Handkerchiefs:
25c. We will show about 300
===== Handsome Swiss Handkerchiefs,
pretty patterns, good sheer
goods, worth 50 to 75 cents each,
at only 25 cents.
Not more than 4 to a customer.
50c. We close out all our pret
 tiest White Handkerchiefs,
worth up to $1.00 each, at 50 cts.
We Will Sell
All 12L>c Cotton Flannels at
10 cents a yard.
— Amoskeag Staple Ginghams,
worth 7}4c, at 5 cents a yard.
Vaseline at
3 cents a bottle.
Large Bottle Machine Oil at
4 cents a bottle.
Furniture Polish at
10 cents a bottle.
Ladies’ French Shoe Polish,
10 cents a bottle.
Men’s Clothing at
Customers’ own price.
New Spring Ginghams, made
to sell at 15 cents, go at
10 cents a yard.
All $1.00 Comforts go at
75 cents each.
Men’s Jersey Office Coats, worth
$5.00, at only $3.50 each.
Men’s Jersey Office Coats, worth
$4.00, at only $2.50 each.
Paper Patterns FREE!
Tuesday Only
io to ii and 3 to 4 o’clock.
One case New Fancy Oil Red
Calicos, at 4 cents a yard.
One bale of Brown Domestic,
worth 7% cents a yard, at
5 cents a yard.
Fine Soft Finish Bleach Domestic,
worth 8>4c a yard, at
6 cents a yard.
Shoes
When you want a good Shoe, a
strictly reliable Shoe, in the latest
style and at the lowest price,
VISIT OUR
New Shoe Department.
For ladies we sell reliable Shoes
at $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00. $2.50,
$3.00, $3.50 aud $4.00.
For misses and children our
Shoe prices are 50 cents, 75 cents,
$1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50.
For men and boys we have them
at all prices, and all reliable.
Downs and Skirts, Drawers,
Chemise, Corset Covers and
Infant’s Dresses.
These are not cheap goods, they are just such as you will pay
$1.00 to $1.25 for elsewhere. They are pretty, well made and good
material, and you can not get too many of them.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Downs,
, Skirts, Drawers and Chemise.
Infants Dresses.
Here are the biggest bargains of all. Some of them are only
worth $1.25 to $1.50, but most of them are regular $2.00 values.
We have about two hundred and fifty garments of all
kinds, former prices $2.00 to $3.00 each, we will make a
clean sweep of them this week at only $1.49 each.
M EVERYTHING IN MUSLIN WEAR WILL
BE SLAUGHTERED THIS WEEK................
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN BRIDAL SETS.
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This Handsome
Wrapper at only
We have
received a full
line of
WRAPPERS
AND
DRESSES
which we offer
at $1.00, $1.50
and $2. Worth
more money.
. . . LADIES . . .
Waists and Dresses.
Not more than 3 to a customer.
Ladies’ Hose
We have received, direct importation,
a full line, entirely new,
Ladies’ Fine Gauge, Fast Black,
Stainless Hose, full regular, seamless,
made to sell at 25c a pair,
they go this week at 19c a pair.
Ladies’ Fine Fast Black Hose,
regular 50 cent value, very finest
gauge, this week 33}ic a pair.
Only 3 pair to a customer.
10c. About 100 doz. Children’s,
~ Misses’ and Boys’ Black
Ribbed Hose, all sizes, worth 15c
to 20c a pair, this week 10c a pair.
Not more than 10 pair to a customer.
Men’s Underwear
Cotton Flannel Drawers, worth
$1.00 a pair, at 69 cents.
Men’s Fine Medium Weight
Lambs Wool Shirts and Drawers,
worth $1.50 each, at only 99c.
Men’s Fine Cashmere Hose,
black, brown and Grays, former
price 50 cents a pair, go at 35
cents. Three pairs for $1.00.
Youman’s Hats
We have a full line of Youman’s
Stylish Hats, we offer them now
at only $3.00.
Macintosh Coats
A few Men’s Fine Mackintosh
Coats, former price $12.50 to
$22.50, go this week at only $5.00.
If this is not cheap enough, please
drop in and tell us so.
Sheet Music
We have about 1,500 pieces of
Vocal and Instrumental Music,
choice selections, we want to
close them out. How many do
you want at 5c each? 3 for 10c.
Can You Use
A Blanket at any price? If so,
please come and see us. We will
trade to suit you.
Social and Current Events.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK—PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
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[All Items of a Social and Personal nature will please be sent to 414 Mary Streets
Telephone Artesia 1O7. No items received later than 9 o’clock on Saturday morning, and
to insure attention, should be received Friday.
ITH the receptionof
Mrs.
Edward Mayo
on Thursday
afternoon
came an outpouring
of the
literal four
hundred. Carriages
flanked
either side of
the streets for
blocks, awaiting their burdens of
fashion. These tarried longer
than the prescribed ten minutes,
enchanted by the beautiful surroundings
and entertained by the
sprightly conversation which rippled
upon every side. The coterie
of ladies assisting Mrs. Mayo
seemed inspired to do and say just
the proper thing at just the proper
time which added much to the life
of the reception. Their gowning
was very tasteful. These, flitting
among filmy window draperies
and brushing the fans of spreading
palms, and guests filing into
the parlors or chatting blithely
in groups formed the frontespiece
of this tableau vivant, while the
vista of an elaborately dressed
table with passing attendants
made the background. The parlors,
clad in their fresh, rich robe
of new paneling and hangings
bore no ornaments other than an
occasional branching palm. The
dining room was a symphony in
white and green most harmoniously
composed. The table,
suspended as it were, by four cables
of smilax was strewn with
cream rosebuds, the center being
marked by a mirror plate upholding
a crystal vase of Marechel
Neils. Bits of smilax with ferns
patterned the damask at the
sides. Weblike D’oyleys with an
exquisite center piece upheld the
cut glass almond and olive trays.
Mrs. Mayo wore a gown elegante
of seafoam bengaline; Mrs.
Munroe, cream with violet garnitures;
Mrs. William Orville
Wilkes, black with a theatre waist
of azure crepe; Miss Pace, crefe
de chine in shades of heliotrope;
Mrs. Seley in moire antique crepe,
combining a light and dark shade
of green; Mrs. Kellett in lemon
veiled with black lace; Mrs. D. H.
Orand in black with bodice of
blue overlaid with black net, and
Mrs. W. H. Wilkes in black with
theater waist of lavender, formed
the receiving list, whose tones of
costuming blended most effectively
with the surroundings. The
tout ensemble made one of the
prettiest receptions ever given in
Waco.
The receiving party was
doubled later by the gentlemen
for a game of cards, the pleasure
of the evening being equal to that
of the afternoon.
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While a game of cards and congenial
company is at all times
pleasant, a departure from the
stereotyped form of such lends a
more pungent spice to the afternoon’s
flavor. This departure
was completely made by Mrs.
Stokley Slayden on Tuesday afternoon,
when she furnished the
largest number of euchre hands
of the season. Her home is perf
ectly adapted to a large company,
it being spacious, at the same
time so arranged as to bring all
into pleasant contact. There was
an aroma of foreign lands in this
affair which proved very acceptable.
The score cards were souvenirs
of Mrs. Slayden’s eastern
travels, while the prizes were
valuable mementoes of the same.
The bits of pasteboard were retrospective
of Palm Sunday at Rome,
the lakes of Killarney and so on
I through the half hundred used.
The tables were marked by
catchy verses upon fanciful designs.
This was an unusually
exciting game, the bids at six
hand euchre being high. Six
ladies came in for first honors,
which were finally left for Mrs.
W. W. Davis, who graciously acceded
the same to Mrs. Seley, since
Mrs. Davis does not accept prizes
at cards. It was the Temple of
the Vestal Virgins in miniature
mounted upon a spar pedestal.
Mrs. Orand’s cut drew the consolation,
a lacquered card holder
upon a rest of carved Teek wood.
Mrs. Slayden’s magnetic tact held
her guests until night’s shades
had gathered. These were,
MESDAMES.
Blair, Moore,
Fort, Cross,
Hodge, White,
Clark, Mann,
Bain, Hengst,
Wilkes, Seley,
Riley, Dickey,
Davis, Orand,
Early, Dupree,
Massey, Sanger,
Mayo, Dunklin,
Howard, Winston,
Surratt, Kellett,
Graham, Campbell,
Goodrich, Munroe,
Thompson, Humphreys,
Winter, Roberts,
Marshall, Sleeper,
W. H. Wilkes, W. V. Fort,
Hamilton, C. Sanger,
Bolinger, McMullen,
Williamson, Brazelton,
Gillespie, Higginson,
Richardson, McLendon,
Woodson White, W. O. Wilkes,
Fairchild.
MISSUS.
Pace, Raymond,
Friend.
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Mrs. Robert Brooks took precedeuce
last season as being one of
the daintiest hostesses in Vanity
Fair, but her 4 o’clock luncheon
on Tuesday was even more charming
than her former efforts. It
culminated in honor of Mrs. Cowan’s
guest, Miss Vinson, of
Shreveport, Louisiana. It came,
too, as a harbinger of springtide,
redolent with the breath of the
sweet violet, the patron blossom
of the luncheon. It was a fitting
emblem for such an occasion
which called forth only the young
girls, the first buds of womanhood.
The decorations, the devices,
the dishes—all suggested
the violet. The table, first overlaid
with heavy damask, was
spanned diagonally by a broad
violet ribbon. Each corner was
marked by a fan of fern fronds,
whose handle was suggested by a
bunch of violets. Adown the
length of the table, the ribbon
bannerettes, embossed with a
violet and the honored guest’s
name in gilt script, formed a huge
“V.” These were retained as
souvenirs. The olive and almond
mats were silk stitched in violet
shades, while an urn and a basket
upheld the modest sprays. The
electroliers wore violet shades,
while the mantel fall was a duplicate
in color. Potted plants
and freshly plucked clusters disposed
throughout the room did
still further homage to this floral
queen. The height of good
spirits mingled the bon mots of
conversation with the discussion
of the delicate cuisine service.
Chicken croquettes with minced
eggs in basket cups were garnished
with Tom Thumb bows
and violet petals, and served with
beaten biscuits, shaving of celery
and other complements. Tuttifrutti
jelly with cake was the
afterpiece. Misses Lora Ashburn
and Ruth Smith, attired in French
tissue gowns of violet hue,
poured delicious chocolate, while
little Miss Elise Haber did service
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