Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-02
SEEN IL THE SHOPS
Beautiful Patterns in Change
able Silks and Velyets.
SHADESia SHOESAAD HOSIERY
The Fashionable Woman Keeps a Par
Of Shoes 70 Match Every Gown and
Stockings 70 Match Both.

shopping Is At once a delight and {
torment o. WOmSukind. Delight be
cause of the pleasure derived from
survey Of beautiful new fabrics, tor
nent because OF ths nervous strain on
the system caused BY the prolonged
search for me exact material wanted.
1t IS 20 naFd 10 tell Just what 70 AK for
or even % know just what 3 wanted
Thea. too. the clerks have a supeFelll-
Gus way OF glazing AZ woman 4 she
beLfays the east hesitation IN stating
her wants. she must say a want
spool Of white thread No. CO." or II
want i've yards or drab cambria At 10
cents a yard" or % equally explicit
about something else. shopping IN
these lines ; easy. bat shopping when
tie new travelling or tea gown Is want
CT q very different maker. There
are So many exquisite fabrics from
wAlcn 10 choose aud IT - Wearisome
WORK lingering over the counter IN
speeding tuls piece aud that. Smaller
articles are equaily as dlllcult 20 select
Tor tae spiay : 20 Vast, the wares 80
varied sad tne uale which many wo-
men can devote 10 shopping y often
necessarily limited. Iueu, too. tae
wares are spread over several iiOOrs and
trips have - De made up sLalrs and
down.
Travellers say there . one country
where sn0pplug has reached the ideal,
aud that IS ia Japan. the country
American missionary societies are try
Tx 70 cnristanlke and ciyIlize.
shopping In Japan.
An afternoon spent ~ the shops OF
Japan does not brng on utter physical
and mental exhaustion. You order
the vehicle known a. As a Jinrkshi,
two-wheeled cart drawn by maa. and
you enter aud are transported % the
lamar, or wherever you want 90 60 IN
perfectly comfortable manner. Your
dryer, or whatever YOU have q mlnd
10 cal him. leaves hls cart az the door
and respectfully conducts YOU through
the building. Everything - on the
ground iiuOr, aud each department IS
complete IN itself. Your driver, who
- no y your servant, takes special note
OF every article you inspect or touch,
and when you are about TO purchase
he calls your attention TO defects, II
there are any. or aids you to make a
better selection. hIs assistance "a en-
tIreiy dslnterested. aud IS strictly
honest.
Inc shop windows are beautiful in
these days Of early autumn, for the
merchants seek % tempt every
passer by. Early n the week
an uptown window displayed
pretty assortment OF linen collars,
There were black collars, pink collars.
blue collars, red collars aud dotted COL
lars. They went ike no. cakes, for all
w0mankind was tired of wearing
chiffon during the warm weather and
having q crumple up into rolls of soft
nOtningness wherever 70 touched the
skin.
Another wise merchant filed his
windows with changeable silks and the
ghtterng fabrics caught every eye aud
iOOsened many purse string. Inter
spersed with the silks were some new
velVets that were SIMPLY wonderful.
There was a green velvet with q dash
OF sunshine over Il that made II change
into a thousand shades.
same Effect In sIks
The same effect obtained IN the silks
was there only infinitely softened and
beauuded. Truly the modern dyer has
found the way 10 a woman's heart and
her husbands check book.
When 10 comes 10 a matter of shoes
Grand Rapids merchants can give Chi
csgo dealers pointers on the business.
The Chicago dealer Is ahead N only one
particular aud shat 3 the matter Of
SIZE. Grand Rapids custom demands
that shoes shall be email aud good.
The era OF color. which no one doubts
q IA full sway this season, has reached
90 the ground and no woman considers
her wardrobe complete. unless 10 "a
supplied With pair of shoes for every
gown. Red shoes are great favOrtes,
and every shoe dealers window shows
them q the front row. The russell
shoe and the drab shoe have been laid
ON tine shelf % a greater or less extent
unless worn With gown of a similar
shade. These Two CoiOTs were the first
90 appear IN foot gear and. naturally,
are thc Or 20 - discarded. The
white oe go popular all 81 inner.
though -thl worn. will soon psss away
With toe simmer grasshOpper. The
wise Won an Nh0 = shopping now buys
shoes ~ IA every gown and a red pair
for aEffas
VIZ up the topic, stockings are
nfvt in Ter aud IN every case they
ust Q & ike color with the shoes.
tll t4es are matched. and no wo-
"a J taste vii wear shoes of one
colo and stockings Of another color.
ace color line IN personal appare. ~
closely drawn and woe betde the wO-
man of fashion who Oversteps C.