Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-25

, Miss Reimers was all the "uppers an,
selects"-clear and free from knots. Sh
represented the Rock Island Lumber {
Manufacturing company. Her heat
; dress was q handsomely carved NINA
ture house revealing the various shades
OF glass used in forming window decora
ton.
I; Miss Carrie Kemble was a watkins
spothecarv shop. representing Mr.. T. H.
Thomas. and was ingenuity and beauty
personifled. She carried beautiful silk
banner.
Miss Elizabeth Montgomery was a per.
ambulating hardware store and Travelled
in the interests of Stewart & Montgomery
She wore q scoop for a hat, while her
necklace and bracelets were dog collars
ornamented with psdlocks. She wore
fringe of nails. and ornaments OF
keys and chains. Her banner was
decorated snow shovel.
Miss Annie Montgomery represented
Looseley & Knowlton's insurance Office,
clad In bright red skirt with white
blouse and red cap.
Miss Letta Wilcox represented the
cloak department of McIutire Bros.
wearing a stylish fall cloak with fur
trimmings.
Miss Julia Battles represented McIntire
dressings. She wore light blue dress
trimmed deliberately with passementerie.
She bore beautiful banner.
Miss Biddisou, in the interests of Nc
Csbe Bros, wore dress of olive plush
with Persian scarf drspery, panels of
lace and carried an artistic banner.
Miss May Mcdonald representing the
Bijou cigar store. appeared in full war
paint as Pocahontas.
| Miss Jennie Taylor represented the
Harper house drug store. She wore
cream albatross beautifully decorated.
Miss Annie Stafford represented E. G.
Frazer. hard coal. She wore q black
dress completely bespsngled with jet.
Her banner was large coal shovel gilded
with Frazers sign painted across the
front.
Misses Ludolph and Csrse represented
Frank g. Young's grocery. Miss Ludolph
wore light colored dress gorgeously dec
GRATED with everything that pertains to a
irstclass grocery house. Her banner
was most ingeniously covered with spices
OF ell kinds worked into beautiful de-
sign; lunches of dried fruits formed the
gsrnishments of this costume. Miss
Csrse was dressed in white and tastefully
trimmed with crsnberries, pickles, vege-
tables and fruits.
Miss Jennie Williams represented Ram
sers Jewelry store. and was dressed in
cream colored silk which was caught up
here and there and everywhere with beau
tiful brillisnts. She wore q crown with
diamonds and brilliant decorations. the
front piece being a large crescent with
star above.
Mrs. Hugh Mcdonald in the interests
va 'oc TWIN ASiauu otONt WORKS, was
dressed in black decorated with fine
nickle plate letters, setting forth the
Rock Island Stoves and Ranges" A
girdle of nickle plate pokers and lifters
and an elegant black velvet head dress
tastefully decorated in nickle completed
the outfit.
Miss Daisy Campbell represented As.
ter's bakery. She was tastefully dressed
in pale blue, covered with cookies, fried
cakes and lady fingers,s necklace of mac
rooms, and other good things made up
this striking costume
Miss Prick represented Jen's dairy, and
was dressed in milkmaid costume. bear
ing for banner pole with a milk pail
on top.
Miss Lizzie Taylor represented Ben.
nett's glove factory and fur store in AN
elegant costume. trimmed in fox fur,
with epsulettes of kid gloves.
Mrs. Leidtke represented George Lam
bert. the ice man, in an elaborate gown
of cream silk. beautifully festooned with
prisms, and besprinklsd with diamond
dust
Mrs. w. A Lohr represented the
American Express company She was
dressed in black, with coupons. tags, bsn-
ners and everything used in connection
with the express compsnys office. Her
hat was facsimile of messengers safe,
with bulldog attachment. The banner
was also an unique design of lettering,
indicative of the express traffic
Miss Clara Hsss as an Italian girl.
represented Bowlby's music store. carrys
ing hand organ. as did Miss BAN
berger drsped in handsome plush piano
scarfs, tamborine hat, silk banner with
music stand decorated.
Miss Coulton. jsuntily sttired in skirt
of black satin. nice fitting coat and vest,
immaculate shirt front, standing collar
and silk hat. represented NJ. & Ks cloth
ing department.
Miss Edna Webb represented the NJ &
Z. boys department, prettily dressed in
white serge blouse. shirt trimmed in silk
muffiers, Fsuntleroy sash and handker-
chiefs. Fsuntleroy cap. and carried ban
ner with colored plate of boys suit, and
on the other side was white elephant
with M. & r
Miss Maud Warren represented the NJ.
& &. shoe department she wore a white
dress trimmed in insoles, baby shoes. but
ton hooks. shoe strings ETC., pink basque
and hat trimmed with colored baby shoes
and ribbon. Banner. blue ground with
NJ. & Z. and gold shoe fringed with shoe
lsces.
Miss Lizzie Cook represented Dunlsp's
dairy as smilk maid. She wore red CAL
leo dress, white apron. white neckerchief,
large straw poke bonnet, and carried
banner With a fine pictura If O Ia,aav