Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-22
NEWS OF rnE HOTELS.

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JOAN L. Red OF New YORK iasne Nor
tan yesterday siseroooa. Every
fashion writer. from TIE fea.ssr joe
Aulnsitoa on = London daily down 10
a plate editor Of cross roads eotlatfs
weekly, has had series az fits over TIE
new regime OF tns noopskiFt. Eslstof-
hsss have e<en written about Tie M
deoeney OF the cflnoiine and homes
have been broken up over n It's All
tot from start 10 rnisR- Now let me
hay something Of the couing fashions
IN dress goods. LAST Year the majority
OF women affected colors thai were
akin 10 rainbow struck by lightning.
regular pot pourri of coicrs a. II
were. Fashion demands strong con-
rssis, and as . Result rythsng III
dress goods thls year Is solid color.
Navy blues. browns. grfys sad = soEt OF
enraged ecru Is the swell tting."
You don't want 10 forget about trim
mlngs," broke IN NJ. A. GiSddings.
trimmings wall MAKE the gown tbs
year. Nidss Wei. rather The wider
the braid the more al falt the effect. OF
course the skirt viii receive lis share Of
attention, but tie GROWING glory OF
the mod;ste viii be the waist. Military
effects Will be the result striyen Tor,
frogs, cheverons. and all that sort OF
thing, you know. The trimmings will
run 10 the irrldescent stuff, Partisan
from the back bone, even though = -
made IN Germany. And buckies
Well, there will he q buckle wherever
there 10 the slightest chance OF putting
one-goid. silver, copper, aiuminutn,
brass and pearl. These buckles wall be
big. At lesst IN the fact that they are
long and narrow; the broad variety
has gone out. OF course this means
belt buckles, and II IL Ia this particular
that the feminine mind will have full
sway. Take my word for il, the sum-
mer girl will be q symphony IN any
quiet shade that you can imagine, and
of course, will be correspondingly ef-
fectlve. Your true summer giri 10 an
ingenue, pure and simple, and"
here Mr.. Gladding heaved . s,gh-"we
all know how fascinating they are"
w. b. Mershon and Chester Brown of
Saginaw ran into town yesterday TO
consult with /. NJ. Weston on the Sag
NAV salt exhibit At the worlds fair.
Mr.. Mershon wears an astrachan coat.
which he claims ne bought of u Rus
sian exile 10 Siberia and exhibits . let
ter from George KEENAN, to support his
but that's another story. 1--WE have, !"
said the gentleman with the coat,
spent 50. 500 on the Saginaw room of
the Michigan building. Now Saginaw
salt men will spend $1,000 more on
their talt exhibit, which will beat the
world. Very we'll. Accidents come 10
everyone in this vale of tears and heavy
SHOWS have played the deuce with our
salt sheds, smashed them all IN, but We
manage to keep gong, even If salt he
nothing q barrel. Mr.. Brown IL wearing
a Mackinaw cap, you will observe, and
still he manages 10 come to Grand Rap
ids and sell some furniture" Mr..
Brown continued to discuss his oysters.
Saginaw" continued the man with
the Russian-Siberian exiIe'e coat, ''ie
booming. While We have not all the
push that is characteristic of Grand
Rapids, still We are alive; very much
So"
A. U. Jacoby, Kansas City. is . sign
sture on the Morton register. Mr..
Jacoby is the buyer of Robert Keith &
Co., the largest furniture dealers. In
Kansas. (Which will you have first,
furniture or politics." asked Mr..
Jacoby. "Well, the wires sent out
from Topeka about the row in The
legislature and attendant blood shed
are fakes. The populists are OH top
now. But the row 10 good natured
one. and they will lose in the end.
That they are in the wrong 10 amply
demonstrated by the fact that the re.
pubIicans and democrats have nj.
| filiated; an unheard of thing. Now fol
the furniture side of it. You know
the west enjoyed a boom season thai
gave everything . fictitious valve. In
| 1887 this balloon collapsed and many
persons were ruined, likewise towns
The effect was depressing on business,
| But we have overcome this. and today
the west is picking up and likewise on
business. | suppose We will handle
81 900, 600 worth.of furniture THE year.
A. Lineweaver, the millionaire ha,
manufacturer of Chicago Is at the Nor.
| ton. "Hats? Well, there Is little change
| ir mems headgear save that the soft
hat and yellow shoes are Fashionable,
| in the west. Business ia excellent in
| sombreros IN western winter resort.
| aud on the plains. Now l want 10 ask
| YOUR opinion of hats with wheels in the
| crowns. Everyone has case of wheels
| more or less aggravated, you know
| Suppose these wheels in the Uranium
move in one direction, from left I,
right. Have the circles in the ha
move from right TO left and you coun
teract the effect and have a sanes
man. Great idea, isn't 1? Better thar
Sellers eye wash. If Raymond wer,
alive he could gamble away anothe
| fortune en- thie scheme"
"Pennsylvauis is now quiet" re
marked J. w. Ferree of Alieghen,
| City, "and business in all lines Is ex
cellent. The Homestead affair effected
some lines IF trade: but that IL settles
now and peace reigns. The east, west
in fac, the world has TO come to Crane
| Rapids for the fine lines of furniture
suppose the west is more keen 70
the latest styles; still the east appre
crates fine things and buys them. Per
sonally | believe that this will be tn
best year known TO furniture men,
A.. Ashton of New York - at To
New Livingston. The gentleman 10
BUYER of horses. He ssys that Michi
gan. Indiana and Illinois furnish wba
Is known AS the tbree.qusrter horse.
comparatively email animal, which
stylish, we'll bred and hardy. and il
much demand IN the east.