The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-08
MITCHELL 3 BASH.
Opening Day To-day-A Magnificent
Display of Cloaks, Millinery and
Fancy Ga0Ha

Opening Day To-day-A Magnificent
Display of Cloaks, Millinery and
Fancy Goods.
Mitchell & Bash, No. 2l9 Market
street, had their opening fall display
of goods at their store to-day, aud 1t
will continue tonight. Their stock
Of cloaks, millinery goods and fancy
goods has never been exceIted in VIII
mington.
Crowds have stood on tho pavement
looking at tho handsomely trimmed
windows, while hundreds passed In and
out carrying with them rare trophies
of the fall fashions. Their sales to-day
have been very large, and everybody
seemed to be delighted with their bar .
gains.
But such decorations Mitchell &
Bash are the king of decorators. They
perfectly understand the eject OF
beauty to the eye, and to the eye they
appeal. But not altogether to the eve
do they appeal. They go right straight
to the good sense aud Judgment OF
their patrons. Their goods are not
only arranged to onptivate the sigh
but to show their excellent quality. In
short, their goods are as good rs the,
are pretty.
Every opening that these enterpris
ing merchants have they decorate.
They decorate In the Spring, when the
| flowers begin to bloom and roses seem
the atmosphere, and they decorate In
the fall. when frosts begin to bring thu
sere and withered leaves and the cor
nucopia of plenty pours into the laps
of all its golden fruit
Every time they decorate 1t Is said:
This cannot be eNcellod ia beauty"
but when next decoration day cam,
around the beauty OF tho past Is for
gotten in the transcendent beauty o
the present. The show windows art
fitted up in the most luxurious STYLE
with fall goods of ladies' wear Life
size wax figures dressed in fall coat,
of this latest style crowned with luxu
riously trimmed hats are kept in con
slant motion by a revolving platform
operated BY an electric motor.
The front side and back view appear
in constant succession to the enraptur
ed eye. The smaller trimmings o
ladies' wear in these windows serve al
the heliotrupes, the sweat allyssum
the tube-roses TO the larger and NOR,
snowy flowers in u bouquet,
Over an archway inside the door ar,
the words Opening bay" in brigh
partl.colors, and all the way btcI
what sight.
Along the middle of the floor stand
a row OF stately Southern eXotics, con
sisilng OF palms, ferns, banana, an
other trees at every few feet apart. oil
either side stands rcctnngled pillar
the sixteen sides designated by diff l
cnt cOlored ribbons two inches wild,
The pillars stand upon square husr
covered with dark eivet. The decor
ton that the pillar is not of solid Woo
is only discovered by touching the Til
bons.
The pillars won't bear leanln,
against. From the tops OF these pill
lars extend over head arches iron
which depend bright colored embroid
cries, laces, gloves, ribbons In told
and ribbons in length. but why emu
merate, the whole store is perlec
labyrinth Of beauty, understandable, al
most incoucelyahle.
The beautiful mixture Of the color
is In perfect harmony with each othe
overhead and along tho sides were il
harmony with the coiors Of the rain
, bow, or the golden STEAMERS from
tho setting sun in a clear autumn
e,enng.
10 the rear of the store, clerks ar,
kept busy selling goods to customers
Mnssr5. Mitchell IL Bash were 0
course pleased to make many an,
rapid sales to their customers, BIZ
nothing pleased them more than +
ses the appreciation with which til
) decorations of their store wore admii
cd.
Every customer on departing is prt
Eented with n beautiful souvenir as
reminder of what they have seen, an
where to call again. Their store wi
no doubt DO very much crowded thi
eHei..ng.