Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-23
LOOKING IN THE WINDOWS.
A Morning Stroll Along the Business
Streets.

A Morning Stroll Along the Business
Streets.
THE BLENDING OF coLoRs BEHIND PLATE
GLAss-A WINDOW DREssER's TALK-AN AR
list WHO WORKS WONDERS WITH HAMMER,
PINS AND DRESS GOODS.
Miss Fortuna turned uneasily in her silken
bed. The morning sun shone through the GRIM
son curtains and, CHANGING off the rail of the
polished brass bedstead. fell like a bar OF gold
across her brow. II fell upon her thin white
eyelid> and disturbed her sumbers. The sun
beam was startled at its bodness In thus enter
Ing a young lady's chamber and quickly hid
behind the crimson curtain, making the room
all aslow with its bushes. But ii had already
aroused the maiden from her slumDers. She
arose aud pushing back the curtain caught the
sunshine iuli in her face. 1t was a lovely au-
tunnn morning and as Miss Fortuna turned
from the window she thought of sumo cardinal
ribbon she wanted, to tie on the handle of her
parasOl. Half an hour later she tripped down
the front door steps in neat walking dress.
Dir. Alihours, who Was smoking a Cigar in the
early morning air, to drive away the fumes OF a
late dinner the night before, took II his hat
aud watched her WITH surprise. ,, Then he
walked on slowly meditating. When she
reached
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
she found quite a stir OF life. Late shop girls
hurrying TO their work without noticing any
body in their race against time, government
clerks stroilng slowly along, while the big
clock told them they had hall an hour before
them. Others, like herself, were young ladies
VINO had been aroused by the bright morning.
with their pet dos Dy striEs, they were going
shopping. The morning air blew fresh and
braclns, and the snop windows were gay With
fall dresses. Miss Fortuna strued along stop
ping nrst at Que window and then at another.
The display oil goods engaged her eye, and she
thought they looked pretter than size hau ever
seen them before. Some were ylistening with
IL
tered on folds oI plush, and pins of pansies and
Vloiets doomed iii the windows, as fresh
spring among the diamond dew. In some win
dows fine laces hung In rich drapery, suggestive
OF the coming season OF balls. Handkercnleis,
thousands oi handkerchieIs, from the piainest
linen, marked quarter, to line lace marked 81,
ana otuers yet, unmarked, except by their
beauty, niled another window. In yet another
was every thing that looked pretty and could
De SOLD cueap, and big pisicards proclaimed their
prices. In another We're gloves. White gloves,
cream gloves and brown. Gloves that come
clear To the shoulder; ten button gloves, six but
ton, four uut,on, Two button! Black, tan aud
yellow, big and litIle-every sort o. glove.
Wooden hands had on gloves, ntIing as they
could never 1t on any ,h!ng but wood. At all
these windows Miss Fortuna looked long, aud
hundred other ladies Went WITH her from win.
do" to window. Tney chatted mefriiJ about
the soO0s, about the fashions and ABOUT the
stores. But IL Was at tue window Iuil OF
FALL DRESS GOODS
they fingered longest and left most reluctant
Iy. In Que window were all the latest fall and
winter goods. Striped Cloth for street dresses
was thrown III graceful folds, the colors finely
Oieuded. Dummies without heads stood In the
WINDOW anu Tie uncut gVOds chung around them
In ricn folds following tiie latest i,snion. These
Tie ladies observed with great atIen zion, walk
Ing from one side vi the window to tue OIner
aIid pressing their heads close W the glass
how the Ioids hung. Two or three with the
eyes vi dress makers examined Inen With
PROFESSIONAL air. but Ii Was the blending oi
coior that attracted Miss Fortuna, isr she was
something vi AL artist. Fine silks of many
different shades were foiued to present dress
irouts, across winch were hung bead aud Olner
trimmings. Some were soInur some were gay,
aud !roIl d distance the Window looked iiae d
picture. From the Irout tueS worked back in
The shape OF d pyramid, and from top nung
piusne, IN i,ii the .ishlouabie shades. Miss For
tuna stroileu down the avenue anu up seventh
street aud when she got home There was fresh
COLOR III her Cheeks AND o,lelhing On her mind.
sac unoosouaed herself To her IrIend MIss
u. esser, and la the course OF their coIndenLiai
talk lnucu was said about blenuing colors. That
evening there was long Conference BET tween
Mrs. Fortuna aud Miss Fortuna into which Mr.
Fortuna was called just III Time to near the re.
Solutions That nad already been adopted. The
next days sun suoue Oh the Dig buttons Of the
fortuna livery i'll front OF gay Store window
and velvet.
THE WINDOW DREssER's TALK.
The proud window artist stood with his hands
behind him and his mouth Iull of pins, admir-
Ing his work. His admiration melted into
Language, and he took the pins from his mouth
W tdlk 10 d STAR Reporter.
"Otner artists, ne said, fuse brushes and
paints; use pinS-oniy pins! Or perhaps now
and then u haiuIner. WHAT do you suppose
that window is worth? A Thousand dollars:
probably twice that much! 1t Is hign art ~ nx
a widow. Tnere is nothing thai viii attract
iauies ike handsome display vi gOOus. they
start out in the morning just TO look at the
WINDOWS, and they seldom go home without
making purchase. We aim to make dress
goods look Is they will when made up, aud "
snow tue latest fashion. A lew years asU the
window display amounted " nothing; goods
used tO be tumOieu III ANY fashion without any
attempt at artistic effeci but now 1t has become
u feature Oh the business 10 nave hue windows.
Nearly every house Oh any preteniiOns EN- pioys
I, man WHO does nothing ouL make designs and
decorate the windows. Generally he gets the
best salary paiu by the urn. Good window
artists are naru 10 get, ana IL takes d big store
To have goOd window. Our latest and best
goods are SO displayed, and every Week two
there is q Change made. The coiUrs have to be
blended with an artists eye, else some of the
goods would Ue spoilt by putting
them near colOrS that would not combine we'll
W Y arrange dress sOOds As nearly possible as
tney are I'D be worn. Some t.mes We take "A
dummy and loop up the goods On IL witnoul
cutting, taxing tue latest fashion plate for a
guide. Ladies' sometimes bring their DRESS
makers To see these mOueis, tnaL their dresses
may Ue made according " them. Wuen goods
are made attractive In this Way people will buy
VINO would not think OF it Otherwise. Some
times We display dress goods; sometimes hand.
sometimes iaces. For haudxer.
chiei display il takes iOr one OF our windows
Two hundred dozen naudkerchieIS. In value
they Will average Eot less tnan "a per dozen.
A lace window Is more expensive, ..oWeyeR. 1t
lakes so much ~ show aud SOME VI IL Is very
valuable. In the last lace winuow we had
Was worth $500. The other uay counted the
papers anu found II LOok Two thousand plus To
trim window. Not one Of ali that humber
can be Seel."