St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-24
A SPRING EVENT.
The Annual Opening at Schune-
man u Evans Empo-
rum.
A Brilliant Occasion and a Splen-
~ did Spring Dis
play.

There may be legislative sessions,
coal Investigations, exciting sporting
events, profound political movements at
Washington and other great matters of
pth and moment at home and abroad,
but all these sink into utter nothingness
in the mind OF woman, lovely
woman, when 1t comes to
spring opening. Give her spring
opening or give her death is her
motto every time. Schuneman ~ Evans
had their spring opening last night, ana
in the Judgment of the fair sex of the
city it transcribed In Importance every
other event. Mass meetings ana thea
tiers paled their Intellectual fires before
this-the browning event III the career
of the helpmeet and the daughter OF
man-and the handsome store was the
center of attraction all evening. III well
deserved the time and the encomlums
bestowed upon it, and the ladies-God
bless 'em will heartily second the as
sertion.
The immense emporium was one
blaze of light last night. from the roomy
basement 10 the sky-scraping summit,
and in every nook and corner was as
piayed some attractive article new ana
of special interest to the crowds or
women which thronged the store, ana
which neither storm nor slush could
deter. The strains of music Heated out
upon the anything but ambient air, In
true Seibertesque melody, and doubt
less drew within the portals many
whose fancy turns only YEARLY TO
thoughts of Easter hornets and summer
wash goods. But where Was the lndi-
vldual, be he man, woman or cnlld,
who could fail to discover III
that bewildering display something
that he wanted tor himself alone? any
thing that could adorn, beautify or COM
fort the human race that was not III
Guided in the fascinating ensemble does
not now suggest itself TO the memory or
one who saw the opening. TIE window
displays were gems of the dressers, arr,
the features being the display or faSh-
ionable spring millinery and the com
plete suites OF furnished rooms. Upon
the first floor the striking feature was
the series Of huge fans which de-
pended from the four center col
umns and connected the shely-
ing. The fans were composed OF
evening silks, handkerchiefs and hne
laces artistically hung. The principal
display here was of the high-class dress
goods, of which the fine evening SILKS
were the speciality. But column would
be necessary to properly describe the
many attractions OF this, the principal
floor. There were fine imported dress
goods, the linens. hosiery, underwear,
flannels, art supplies and fancy goods.
fans, laces. trimmings and notions,
mems wear, and a thousand and one
other articles known only to the feml-
nine economy. IL was a SIMPLY Devil
dering aggregation of all that woman
could want or wish for.
The feature of the second floor was
the millinery, and here, OF course, feml-
nine interest centered. The French
pattern hats and~bonnets, street, even
ing and calling headgear, flowers, rib
bons and ornaments that only woman
could describe, much less appreciate.
In the same apartment were the cloaks,
wraps, suits and garments of every
style and make, cOrSets, muslin under
wear, infants underwear, and clothing
for men and boys. The third floor was
devoted to draperies, and The display
was not less artistic here, the festoonlng
and draping of the rich fabrics were IN
patterns of their own artists OF the hrln,
and overhung the large stock of such
goods, beside rugs, carpets and wall pa
perS of every description. The fourth
floor was occupied with furniture, and
the fifth with the mail order depart
ment, advertising and the reserve stock.
The basement was Ole of the principal
attractions, with its wealth of crockery,
glassware, lamps, general n0uSe-fur-
niShing goods, SilVerWare, pictures,
easels, bric-a-brac and toys and games
of all kinds. There was also luminous
display of baby carriages, the equal OF
which was never seen in the city.
This description might be kept up for
hours, but 1t is useless. 1t is only nee
essary to say that it was spring OPEN
ing in the style that has become typical
of this enterprising firm. and the story
\ is told