, 1874-09-23
Grand Display at Field & Lett
er's Store.
Description Of the More Elaborate
Dresses Exhibited.
Nov Patterns Of Silks, Laccs, anu
0thor Goods.
The General Effect.

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oop4ouo"F oua1'ls ~ @ w ~ .,s blon. $3.50 -
displays OF 81 Anas. Hatase noteon y. .s neeAs ~
% no e.copt'ou W 'uo 4u'o ~. .,a.,.:a - na.a
no pos.''s ~ pus ~ ~. ~ l'I. ,.s ,na,, +.,,s
"o"h"ess 4oi u,oP'"sp ~ ~ - 49, sa''
"no"n n' e.'e "e"<'AH .*~eD 49, eS'
weeAs' "'A'sn a"se souu NV 1'"o' f'es.sa' @ao
accay OF nuluoroua e''y' ot".o. "l'u so"ats oA-
pon,s'on7' ou' 'no '"s."', 49,, '"To u0tos''
tho pest OF tno1n' cn1lio 3oa'e4"'S' 1o4uaPa IAo
intonsest Excitement that ever seized upon nlld
f,]ca tho brcasts Of Chieago's female population
uou ,,naol h1 Tim announcement On bront1nv
, ~, us''oa - ~ 49, T-,a1, 1Au ~.
~" a"ooo"! A-,'t - - .'0'1t "o'u. i" w.
that they Intended OH Iuosday to opon to the pub
lie gaze their stock Of foil goods Tho azst ina'ca-
notbino comnaroa to Il ard ita nrorc,soa NJ ,,at
.loue soE ~ ~ s ''' ~ r.o.'aoo ~ 'Ne
n'e A'o n.'en '''o.o oi'snt* 4nele ""s sut',.
tlinR novel In tho Invitation, Which Waa In ftsof
cj1eutnjy. to tho axtrcno cons,doratIo dian1aved
~ ~. 49,, ~ 80, ~ ~. 49,. a,.>i
~ s4o ta's =. ~ ao' 'Auu eA'ouu1ne al
'ar hVtatloh' IL would probaply nave caff1oo
then, uB 1t dooB now, Joy into tho hoartH Of tho
Indies but tho constorpattou It would hayo cat-
r;o1 ;,to ,ho ,,nsc1;,,a ho.r+ ,ror,,a 1,ovn hoon
n,,' nsa.s "osa 'a"o ~, DoeA
1'.ia'a0Nt"uto. LUIS 'i''o taat year ~ osu -,
street corners mud III darksomo alloys, ready to
p}uneo his weapon into aB many untortuuato
t.1eS. e s,:.,.;.. It,. go.
'es'aoe' n4'A ~ s'Ao ".'A11 4'o Aenat.'
But ycsteruay, when tno olnEer bhIuius, CUFF
tanning tho now fall stock Of Field, Lesor l. Co.,
Was thrown opon to tho public, there entered not
onlv t,1;ca IN cycat ,,r,mho+ In o.san,tno ant1 at
a,.. ~. ,.ua 49,. .,,,r,1,ar ~ ro,,t,o.
mNs' oua @'so a'aso Aso Aoos =. .' t,.,,.,
man attendants with them. to enjoy 'ully
their admiration and critical romarks. During
the rnor,ine mid afternoon tho atore presented
moro tho antrcaranco Of about ilfty ordinary
e,zod churcli-ha:aars pIpcod alongside and on
ten of n,e anotlor to the height OF 100 feet than
A FETAL dry.poot1s storo. On pnygiug through
tho main outrancc on Stato Btroot. ths spcctator
luuded in tho nidst Of
THE pnrss-uoons DEPARTMENT.
I1ore there wns Int littlo, If uny, need Of OK
sremcd tn rrow uut Of The larro nlios OF goods.
VINO iecEe9i ont With tyiliur c{utbs uf difieruut
i,uo md texture. On tho iight Of tho tlress-
roode dorartmeut. aud occupying tho southwest
enrnor nf lin trat f]oor wnH tho lace depart-
mani 1lIed With tbe most delcato iocca Of work
imauiuablo. and Running from tie simplest Of
Ice collars md cuffs up 10 tho shawl whose in
t:icato nut1ern mnt,a It ~ great work Of art In
ftn ]iuo ne tie Hprodiral Hon" or tho HIemp-
tatinn IF Fnust, n md much mora oagily nppre
ciablc to uinoty.nine lurtrodtna Of humanity
Witbnut aliud1ug to tho ri!os upou piles OF
silks and satlng Exquisite both in hue aud de-
sirn. md The cloral,ce OF tLo sIlow-cases Of kid
r|nrcs Il may moi 10 out Of plaeo to give brief
dosctiption Of
1y,E APPEARANCE or TIE aoruNpA
as nrcec,,tri to porsou Gazing from lie ground
f;oar IN along tle iferent lIats to tho iro2riaag
ronf Which oyprhanra ut hoiglt Of 100
feot. XII tho nillnre wore decorated with
yar;-eo!o,ed silks. white from tho top OF ench 10
lint Of tho next lunr ,uoet graceful fostoon
Of rc1. wlite. and blue silk. tho fintpg OF glich
was tIe most delicnts which can well be imng-
;naa. H1rhor m tilo glow OF ricl,y-patternod
carnnts WI. visible huge fcstoon Of tapest1y
resciine fIor the csntre Of tic dome to paoil of
thu ton corners Of the rotunaa. In tho daytime