The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-03-07
THE TRADES DISPLAY,
Full Description of the Costumes
Worn by the Ladies Last
Night.
Crowded House-A Spleen
did Drill and a Delighted
Audience.
From fridays Daily.l

church closed their Trades Display enter
tainment at Musical Union hall last night
The general verdict on the street yester
day was that it was the finest drill ever
made in Austin. The ladies certainly
were not only beautiful in faces and cos,
TUNES, but went through the evolutions
with greatest precision and grace.
Following is a list of the houses repre-
scented, the young ladies representing
them and the costumes they wore:
COMPANY A-oAPT. GEORGE LANpRUM.
Miss Eta Wooten, representing Graham
d. Andrews, druggists, was dressed in a
cream colored evening dress, decolette
and sleeveless. The skirt was bordered
with sponges, one side panel decorated
with fancy tooth brushes and the other
with rubber tubing and oorks, while the
'front.' consisted of hand painting of a
mortar and pestle. She also wore a neck
lace of small bottles filled with colore
| perfumes. On her back, in prominent
letters, was "R." Her cap consisted of. a
very unique arrangement of chamois skin
and powder puffs.
Miss MayFontaine, representing Burke
81 Wheatley, dry goods, wore blue velvet
dress with butterfly sleeves of silk mufaers,
| with handsome head dress of pink feather
| fans, across the front of the dress was the
| firm name Burke g. Wheatley" made in
buttons.
Miss Marble Frazier represented Bow
man & Son, of the Antarctic Refrigerator
company, and wore an Esquimaux COS
tune of white fur with necklace and girdle
of sausages and pumbernickel.
Miss Fannie Andrews represented
Robert Gribble, general agent of the
Equitable Life Assurance society OF the
United States, wearing a white albatross
dress, with front of pink surrah silk, on
which was painted the Equitable Group"
as it appears in the front of the New York
building, emblematic of the companies
protecting the widows and orphans. Fol
lowing this is the full name of the society
in gold letters, a badge extending from
the right shoulder to the left waist and
hat of pink silk on which was painted the
name of the society. On the atasca bow
is the name of the general agent.
The painting was done by Flesh & Mock,
of st. Louis, and is fine piece of artistic
work. The Equitable, having advanced
to the front rank in its business, was not
to be left behind in the Trades Display.
The Eclipse stables, Mr.. Monroe Miller
proprietor, was most descriptively repre-
scented by Miss Bernie Smith, whose riding
habit, draped over crimson satin, was
literally decked with horses, carriages,
buses and buggies, with garniture of
an elegant silver bride, brilliant horse
shoes and FURNISHED transfer checks. Her
close fitting basque was ornamented on
the back with silver bit and most
natural horse; epaulettes of bright spurs
and cuffs of horse-shoes. This exquisite
and "four-in-hand" tie, held by perhaps
mond horseshoe.
Miss May Davis, representing Geo. B.
Lucas, druggist-Dress decorated with
toilet articles-comb and brush epaulets,
and head dress of mortar and pestle.
Miss Tommie Wooten, representing
Wayland g. Oriser, grooers-Dress of white
and red, decorated with crackers in vari- |
GUS designs, with cap bordered with cram
berries and ornamented with candy.
Miss Fannie Denton, representing the |
AUSTIN DAILY STATESMAN, was a promin-
ent figure as left guide of the company
and attracted universal admiration by |
her excellent maneuvering and march
ing as well as by the simple |
beauty of her costume. Her |
dress was of pink upon which THE STATES
MAN daily issue of February 10, 1889, was
printed fac simile. The dress was worn |
princess style, V neck with neck band of |
The STATE5MAN head line and with white
baldwick, also, having the name of the |
paper. Without unnecessary Boosting it |
was one of elegant simplicity and adorn-
ing beautiful wearer.
Miss Helen Headspeth, representing
the dry goods emporium of Phi. Hatfield
81 Co., was stylishly costumed in white
tennis cloth trimmed with silk and gold
embroidery, black mits, and handsome
collar of rhine stones over black velvet.
The front of the dress consisted of full
drapery of China silk with baldwick of
black velvet with the name of the firm in
gold letters.
Miss Under Smith, representing the
pharmacy of DR.. j. j. Tobin, was artistic
ally decorated with various articles
suggestive of druggists sundries.
Her costume was of white surab, with
panels of brooaded velvet wall paper, al
ternatiDg respectively with panels of
tooth brushes and bottles of eau de
cologne; the waist front was a mirror,
shoulder strap of comb and brush and
on the back was bottle OF
Her hair was powdered and
beautifully decorated with powder puffs.
G. A. Balm, jeweler, was worthily repre-
sented by Miss Maud Wooten dressed in
light blue plush, her costume bedecked
with jewels, silverware and watches in
most artistic style, her crown emblszoned
with diamonds making cher every inch a
queen" In her hand she carried the regal
sceptre representing G. A. Bahn's watch
club.
Miss Lulu Stelfox represented B. j.
Wroe, saddlery and harness, was richly
decorated with silver-mounted brides,
ETC., and ornamented with
glistening buckles and medallions. II
Miss Stella Holland represented the