The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-31
A GRAND SUCCESS.
The Boston Store Opening Triumph Of Arts
tic skiiI-Big Crowds See 1t.

The Boston Store Opening triumph OF Arts
tic skilI-Big Crowds See 1t.
Yesterday was red letter day in the
Boston store IL was the grand spring
opening of the millinery department of
that popular institution, and it was Ger
tainly an event that will be remembered
for long time by the ladies of Wichita.
1t is a hard matter to describe such an ar
tistic and elaborate affair. and it is impos-
sible to describe it adequately In the linn
tied space that must necessarily be allowed
to it. During the entire day the store was
thronged with people; it was crowded
from the curbiug OF the sidewalk TO the
remotest corner of the rear part OF the
building. 1t was splendid crowd, too.
and consisted of the elite of the city-the
very cream of society. The immensely of
the throng was a grand testimony of the
popularity Of the Boston in itself. but the
character Of the people who composed it
was still grander testimony. 10 the
afternoon the EAGLE man made visit
TO the grand center Of attraction
and bae TO ceowd his way IN. Before en-
| tering, however, his attention Was at
| tracted to the center show window. by the
/ immense and enthusiastic crowd of ladies
/ that delightedly gaZed on the exhibit of
I flowers. Such an array of pretty flowers
/ is seldom seen in city the size of Wich-
| ita, and the way they were arranged was a
! fine tribute to the taste of the artist. The
/ retail millinery department in the rear OF
/ the mammoth store presented an interest
| ing scene; a scene that reminded many Of
one of the rich conservarories of the orient
or the summer gardens which they read
J about in the Arabian Nights and other
! fairy tales.
An additional charm was lent TO the
surroundings in the shape of some excel
! lent music by Signor De Lucas Italian
! band.
To attempt TO describe the berutiful de-
signs seen OH every turn OF the eye. would
| be in vain Flowers adorned everything,
and when the eye could not rest on a
I flower it rested on festoous OF ribbons
of all the colors of the rainbow artistically
arranged into many handsome and inter
esting designs. The most noticeable floral
design was beautiful representation of a
frame and picture with the word "lamode'
| in the center This design WAS ten feet
high and twenty feet long and WAS con-
roses The vast array of flowers were not
all artificial by any means, on the contrary
mauy fine natural flowers and plants were
! among them. but SO tasteiuliy arranged
that the very closest observer could scarce
! ly distinguish the natural from the srtl-
fetal The entire decorations. had been at.
ranged by Mr. George Aldeneifer and Mr..
George Bergen, and were fine testimony
to their artistic skill.
The large display OF hats which hung
everywhere were trimmed by Miss Kate
| Wigs who, from their appearance, must
be close student of metropolitan fash
ions All the young ladies' in the store
were neatly dressed, wore handsome bo-
quets, and were rs court
eous and obliging aud smiling
as il is possible for even Wichita
young ladies to be. The visiting ladies
were all happy and enthusiastic over what
they saw and the EXPLANATIONS amt 1t
sweet;ho pretty; oh my but amt 1t nice
though - could be heard from every cor
ner of the room. And the ladies were
justified in making these remarks for a
nicer array OF beautiful things had never
been seen in this city. On arriving NJ the
wholesale department up stairs scene
equally as nice was observed In this
department the Boston company carries
an immense lot of goods and for that
reason are doing an immense wholesale
business. The next department. visited
was the curtain room which Is very
interesting place On this occasion II
was particularly interesting for it con-
tanned bevy of handsome young ladies
who were eagerly awaiting new supply
of souvenors, the first batch OF 1000 hav
ing been exhausted early in the day. Al
ter returning TO the main store. Mr.. Coin
was encountered admiring several hun
dred pieces of the prettiest all wool Chal
lies the EAGLE man has ever seen IL
Wichita Mr.. Chon declared them to b'
the finest of the kind he was ever fortu
nate enough to buy at the price they cost
him.
Taking it all in all the opening was &
grand success which the Boston folks may
well feel proud of Fully six THOUSAND
people passedithrough the store during thu
Gay and 1t is altogether probable that tnt
crowd will be equally large today, for the
opening had to be continued to give al
an opportunity to witness it, The Iady
who fails to see it viii miss one OF the mos
interesting tights of he year.