The Portland daily press., 1891-10-14
MERCHANTS WEEK is MARCHING ON.
The Portland Trade Festival Had a
Good Beginning.
The Streets Were Full of Strangers
With Bundles Yesterday.
some Of the Things That Can Be
Seen In the Windows.

The weather yesterday was not exactly what
the Merchants Week people would desire, but
the crowds OF strangers who came to town, and
came to fttingly observe Merchants Week, made
them forget the bleakness outside on to try to
overcome it by genlality and warmth within.
Trade was good all along the line. Clothing
dealers, furnishings dealers, dry and fancy goods
people, boot and shoe people, jewellers, aud the
thousand and one others to be found on our
streets had a good day, and the good work Is
only begun.
f. r. harrington, of Harrington Bros, and Mr..
E. d. Eastman, president OF the Commercial AS
ISOLATION, which is managing the trade carnival
both said that business In their stores was good
all day. and judging by the looks of people on the
streets and in other stores, other dealers we're
having good time, too.
The windows Of some of the stores are fully as
attractive as the stores themselves, and for those
whose only aim is to stroll around looking at
pretty things, there Is fine field for operations.
Among the most conspicuous displays may be
mentioned the following:
Harrington Bros. have a good assortment Of
clothing in their window, for men and boys, to-
gether with caps and whips. In the small side
windows is nice collection of gloves and neck
ties with few umbrellas, as gentle reminder
thatit sometimes rains.
Miss Eta NJ. Owen has In one win dow collec-
ton Of handkerchiefs for men, stockings for chill
dren, and fine merino underwear. In the other,
dark dress goods and wooden shawls are tasteful
ly arranged,
In one OF Rines Bros. immense windows Is a
pile of blankets that causes winter nights to lose
all of their terrors at the sight. There are some
fine outside garments of the period in the corner.
In the other window are corsets piled 10 feet
high, with stockings in heaps near by.
j. M. Dyer Il Co.'s upper window is dark and
sombre In COLOR but very tasteful in design. filed
with wooden dress goods artistically draped, and
enlvened with bits OF gauzy yelling. The other
window is a mass of spotless linenf in napkins,
table cloths, towels, pillow shams, etc.
One of Owen, Moore & Co.'s windows is bower
OF beauty the other one of usefulness. The first
contains curtains. lambrequins, portieres, and
draperies, in bright colors, with fuzzy rugs. has
socks and sofa pillows, screen racks and other ar
ticles pertaining to parlor furniture. The upper
window is filled with underwear in boxes.
Eastman Bros. s. Bancroft have two large win.
dows both beautifully arranged. The upper win
dow has draped dress goods, in greens, browns
and drabs, with embroidery of various kinds,
feathers, cord and laces While cloaks OF the pc
riod, in fur and cloth, fill the oiher.
In Loring, Short & Harmon's window Is an as
sortment of handsome wall paper. and in the low
er great pile of Dlckens's works in a new edi-
ton, with some reference books in a corner.
Overhead is one of the charming books, 'By the
Sea-" with one of its best pictures open to view.
Haskell q Jones's windows are those that will
most attract the nice young men from Bath
and Bangor who come here this week. In
the upper is a display Of sack coats. In the 9TH
er is lot OF neckties, cuffs, collars and canes
that are enough to tempt any young man, with
silk underwear in the foreground.
Manson G. Larrabee's windows are small, and
he has to put part of his display outside. These
articles are outside garments for ladies'. In the
windows are samples Of all kinds of articles
dealt In by the firm. notably shirts and underwear
gloves and stockings.
In the lower Of the standard Clothing Compa-
ny's two windows is an assortment Of u'ts, over
coats and ulsters for men. In the upper suits
Ior boys. THESE windows attracted much atten-
ton yesterday.
Merry, the hatter has his window full of hats
tall hats, stiff hats, SLOUGH hats, yachting caps,
and fancy caps for children.
Stevens q Jones make a good display of cash
boxes, letter racks and other Office furniture In
their upper window, and mountain of miscella-
neous reading matter, in popular form, in the 9TH
err.
or course it need not be said that the Atkinson
people have laid themselves out to do Justice to
the occasion Their display has the advantage of
being OF tangible, usefnl articles.