Milford chronicle., 1883-02-16
Our Eev York Chat.
MAGNIFICENT PALACES OF TRADE.-HOw THEY
ARE THRONGED.
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL. n. Y.

hAGNIEICESr PALACES OF TRADE.-HOW THEY
ARE THRONGED.
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL, n. Y,
February. 1898.
From So'clock until every pleasant afternoo
there is a luXurantly mob IN the vicinity of IN
emporiums that Of late have sprung up and at
sorbeG the business Of the small dealers.
To the stranger it looks as il three or four fes
tivals and as many public schools had sudden
empued their human contents into that street
The eddies combined and unite in one vast whr.
pool OF women. What fills them with such ex
citement! What IS it hushes their faces an,
hghtens their nerves and quickens their steps
They are shopping!
They are in the parOxysms of purchasing
They come in troops, in bevies, ia brigades
They run against each other. They crowd
around the windows and disappear in the door.
ways.
Inside the doors all is buzz. buzz and whirl.
There must be thousand women ON the floor.
They stand in waiting rows at the counters.
They fiji up the alleys between the tables. They
move in slow crowding lines down the aisles
They jostle and press each other, and strange
incomprehensibejs jsrgon OF sounds fills the Place.
They stand in packed mass around the elevat.
ors One steady stream is going in, eager and
Elastic another is going slowly out, tired and sat.
sfed, hugglng its little bundles.
To so up one Of these elevators is to see floor
after floor similarly crowded, with similar tables
heaped with fabrics piled prsniscuously in all
directions No wonder the women of America
congregate about these bazaars. They can
feast their eyes without starving their purses. |
All the products of art and science are on tables
where she can turn them over and price them, /
and she can enjoy the excitement Of a crowd
without having TO pay matinee price.
There arc many surprises. too, in the new ma.
eras for dresses. Chief among them is the
Cotton Sateens, which in style, finish and text
ire, far exceed the loulards Of last season ard
ompare favOrably with Meryeieaux and Ria.
lanes OF similar unt and tone.
The daintest have dull finished grounds with
lrge, lustrous polka spots at intervals, made up
ter the imported model which accompanies
ach design, and trimmed with any OF the new
atterns in lace or Grecian emb0rderes they are
,ylish to the highest degree. Other phases ofI
his caprice came into the territory or the chiniz-
S, in dark rich cOlOrs, brown, navy and hunters
reen' to be made over plain ground skirts
Dry goods dealers are amazed at the possibili.
les OF this class Of fabrics, of which Lord & Tay
n, corner Of Twentieth Street and Broadway.
ako a specially. All who care to have sam.
les can have them sent direct from their great
ore. The mail order division is a special fca.
IRE of this immense establishment and through +
} systematic workings, shopping by mail is rem
red easier and very satisfactory.
The articles ordered are selected by experts.
ho have thorough knowledge OF their busi-
'ss and faithfully obey their letter Of instruc-
ms, or it the matter is left to their judgment.
III display taste and skill in the choice OF fabrics I
ID furnishings. Ladies all over the land buy F
cir best goods OF Lord & Taylor in this manner n
thout the wear and tear Of a shopping tour. y
mples being willingly furnished.
Last spring the St. Nicholas Hotel tried the ex. al
riment OF adopting both the American and
ropean plans, and it has worked 50 satIsiacto. p.
, that it has been since permanently adhered al
house like the St. Nicholas needs very little 81
'cription, as few people care to be informed
out what they already know. Enough to sa,
s justly regarded as one OF the institutions of
, metropolis and the high repute the city en-.
s with respect to its hotels will not suffer hie pr
have such houses to sustain and advance it. st
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