Daily Republican., 1879-10-15
SCENIC EFFECTS.
Gorgeous Display Of Artistic NIL.
ltnery.

Gorgeous Display Of Artistic NIL,
linery.
Although the Grand Depot is such an
immense structure, covering As it does
nearly three acres of land, its capaci
ties do not by any means equal the in.
creasing demand for space, for even
upon ordinary days the establishment
is frequently filled with visitors and
buyers, and when openings occur of two
favOrite departments on one and the
same day, it is with great difficulty that
the throng pav:gates from one portion
of the building to the other, hence such
stocks as attract most attention are
opened upon different days, so that the
facilities of waiting upon customers
may be sufficient to save them the an.
noyance Of waiting.
| MAGICAL EXHIBITION.
The new room for exhibiting the vast
asso-tments of hats and b0nnets is in
the gallery on the Thirteenth street
side of The Grand Depot, just above
the department formerly used for this
purpose. Togiye graphic description
of the beauties of the display upon
"opening" day requires more coloring
than pen and ink sketch is capable
of, to effectively portray the scene a
painters brush and all the tropical
tints are needed. The visitor upon
ente ring the rooms sees rich picture,
dazzling and changing as the lights
and shades come and 60. The hats
and bOnnets Seem not things to be worn
on womanly heads, but beautiful parts
Of grand piece of mosaic. Would you
like to imagine that you see the rare
pictures Very we'll, close your eyes
and dream,
WONDERS OF MILLINERY.
You stand in long room filed with
tables and stands: upon them are doz-
ems and dozens Of hats and bonnets,
placed in the most effective light to
show the peculiar beauty of each and
every one. These bonnets are in all
manner of shapes, and sizes, large,
small, round, square, peaked curled,
indented, flat, curved, straight, smash
cd, smooth, scooped, close and fared,
all In different materials and colorings,
such as felts, plushes, silks, satins,
velvets and damasses. These are
trimmed with the rare fabrics, single or
two-faced ribbons, plain, colored, wa
tered, corded, changeable, reversible,
brocaded, embossed or embroidered in
vines, leaves, flowers aud figures, after
natural models or Oriental designs, in
Moorish tints and Persian colors, t.
gether with the positive Japanese and
Chinese clashes Of coloring, brilliantly
and clearly defined, without the shad-
ings and blendings which characterize
the soft, exquisite tints OF greater culti-
vation-all made more brilliant by the
cords and threads of gold and silver
which mingle with fabrics and ribbons,
and flash and g!eam as the light rests
upon them, adding a brightness to the
general eif.c,, aud merges into the
gl. III Of the Iridescent, amber, jet and
variously -colored beads that flash and
change here, like the shifting pendant
of chandelier in the blaze of an cleo
trio light.
TROPICAL ATTRACTIONS.
lntermingling with other charms are
fair southland flowers, in rich and deli
cate shades, as perfect as the natural
blossom after which they are made;
dainty laces, as delicate as the spiders
web; gorgeous tropical birds, such as
the illuminated and changeable nectar.
loving humming birds, brilliant-hued
pheasants and other tropical
colored birds, together with wings,
bre 4sts, heads and feathers OF home
fowls, ducks, cocks, wrens and black
birds; surmounted by long ostrich
plumes, clusters of variously colored
tips, secured by, or half hiding, gem
med butterflies, Brazilian beetles, jewel
ed serpents, and a thousand insects in
jet, beads, bronze, silver and gold.
SPECIMEN HATS AND BoNNETs.
A novelty is hat in long. haired
felt, Nry large, within side lining Of
shirred velvet antique, and outside ,
of long plumes going around
LHo CTOWu duu uo"H lne pd'h' pipuoh
loops in front secured by an immense
golden butterfly.
A rare bonnet in white satin combin-
I'd with plush had coronet made Of ,
bright-hued and changeable humming
birds with out-spread wings, eleven of ,
The dainty birds being used in forming .
the garland.
Bronze brown satin composes the
crown Of one quaint hat, and this is
in amber and other beads
In ArabesGue designs. A wreath of ,
autumn leaves, also beaded, trimmed .
The front and ribbons with beaded ends s
finished the handsome bonnet. l.. ,