The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-16
THE EXPOSITION.
A Very Interesting Letter from
the Bazoo's Special Cores
pondent ct st. Louis.

St. Louis, Sep. IL. : Correspondence. -
The intense heat Of the past week has been
the general topic Of conversation, and even
tried old residents who boast % being sala-
msnders, have openly confessed that IT has
been "little hot"
On "Wednesday the public schools were
obliged To dismiss In the afternoon, as the
pupils and teachers were on the verge OF
prOsiration, and could no longer continue
at their posts. Down town, business men
groaned and swested, and swore that they
were Incapable of attending to their duties.
anu hSd il not been for the welcome change
of atmosphere Thursday morning, il Is
PROBABLE st. Louis would have witnessed a
dead lock" In more respects than one.
THE EXPOSITION.
The exposition, owing To the heat, has
not been as largely attended as
he management had reason to
expect, but by next week everything
will be in place, and ST. LOuissns especial
ly will give 1t the attention il deserves. On
Monday the public schools will dismiss so
as to give an opportunity for teachers and
pupils to attend, and should the cool
weather We are just now enjoying continue,
the exposition building will present a
scene OF animated nature, seldom witness
ed. The building itself is a handsome one
and every evening the many brilliantly
| colored globes OF the gas Jets fronting it
| appear to he g"zer like a vast kslldeO-
scope, where the prism attic hues blend so
/ tremendously with the architectural de-
sign, that is hard to tell where the eye is
/ the best satisfied.
THE WINDOWS.
! Oae of the most pleasing features Of the
exposition is the fact that nearly all OF the
/ business houses have adorned their win
dows with special view to LIS visitors.
! Many novelties are displayed and rich
dress fabrics, costly laces and priceless
gems CLEAN and glitter and
sclntilate until poor humanity or
rsther "womanity," wonders why il is there
are so many beautiful things, unless each
is to be possessed of Fortunatus' purse.
Over yonder is beggar, ragged, foot-sore,
wsn-eyed, haggsrd, unutIersbly wretched
looking, but in the windows are thous-
ands and tens of thousands of dollars worth
and one forgets the beggar and turrs long
| ing and cOvetous eyes to that which, If
properly distributed would buy bread for
sill.
Among the most notable exhibits are the
windows of Vandervoort's great dry goods
establishment, where are seen made cos
tunes st for q princess OF the blood
One of those well worthy of description
is magnificent
| BLACK LACE DRESS
with deep slashed front, of wine red vel
vet. The bottom of the dress is trimmed
with full lace founces, with a narrow puff
ing showing between the slashes of the
front. Each slash is heavily trimmed with
Jet acorns, the draperies and wide sash are
of lace, the short round basque of the vel
vet and the sleeves, a combination of the
two, almost covered with the Jet.
Another dress is of cardinal
brocade; trimmed with chenille caterpillar
fringe the basque is of ottoman silk edged
with shaded cardinal and leaf brown feath-
er trimming. Still another is HAVANA
brown gros grain silk with the underdress
made in deep shells edged with 6ne knife
plating, short drapery turned up in broad
plaits and held at one side with q magnif-
cent pearl ornament in the shape of oak
leaves, broad collar turned back and edged
next the neck with fine knife plating and
sleeves finished with the same up the front
of the arm.
| Still another magnificent dress is of blue
plush, falling in broad box plaits from the
waist to the bottom of the skirt, large sash
knotted at the left of the back and perfectly
plain basque waist, buttoned with plush
and facetted pearl buttons almost touching
each other.
| Among novelties in the windows OF
Vanderyoort's is a miniature exposition
building with columns, steps, windows, in
scriptions etc, perfect in the most minute
detail. 1t attracts crowd of spectators
constantly.
In Jacard's jewelry windows the display
is dazzling but that which most attracted
the attention Of your correspondent were
the wonderful viniagrettes or smelling
bottles" which have figured extensively in
the east during the past summer, but
which have only of late brought their
mammoth proportions to the west. With
out a particle of exaggeratioa, some oil
those seen are nearly two feet in length,
are of cut glass with silver stopper, and
are in shape like an icicle. They are
simply immense, and one can imagine the
resources of an ordinary drug store as be-
ing only "drop in the bucket" when il
comes to filing them.
Fashions dictum says carry 'em, how
ever, and the woman that couldn't lift a
finger on account of her "poor back, !"
when it came to household duties, will
carry these monstrosities miles and miles
and glory in so doing.
| THE FAIR.
| Preparations fG- the lair are going on