San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-24
SPRING HAS COME.
HER CHARIOT OF BEAUTIES UN-
FOLDED TO VIEW.
Abiding Place at Wolfson's Emporium,
Where Everything is Late and New.

Through which the minds all gentle
graces shine?
They like the sun irradiate all between,
The body charms because the soul Is
seen"
Thus sings the poet OF beauty,
and that was in the old times
when no such modern emporiums
of millinery and magnificent dress
goods and outfittings were in ex-
istence as are today, particularly
in the Alamo City, where the great
mum Der OF beautiful women make
such places absolutely necessary.
Such was seen at the annual
spring opening of the l.. Wolfson
millinery palace on Main plaza
this morning.
Led by the surging throng
which crowded the oanquette
In front OF the beautifully
decorated display front of the
great store, the LIGHT reporter
was particularly attracted by the
central window, a marvel OF Deco
rator Luzenberg's art, so tastefully
arranged in such beautifully
blended colors of pattern hats and
dress materials, ribbons, and. laces,
and heightened by the addition of
peachblow jardinieres, and natural
flowers of brightest hue. Step
ping inside the modern noiseless
lift, a visit was soon made to the
millinery department where all
steps we're bent and where dream
OF loveliness, animated and mani
mate, outspread before the eye in a
long vista of colors and softly
radiant electric lights. The decor
ations were in hangings OF
soft, exauisitely, blended laces,
and festoons Of white drap ings to
the great centre piece of ribbons
and flowers. Palms and rare eX-
otics gracefully disposed completed
the beautiful effect, of which the
many carved stands Of imported
pattern hats and bonnets were the
central, all absorbing figures.
These patterns were in the latest
spring colors, the very newest Gre
atoms Of trimming and shapes, and
prices, rather second considera-
ton, were found to be very moder-
ate. Nothing is extreme, but all
satisfactory, becoming and beauti-
full in this years millinery styles.
Artzt's concealed orchestra breath
ed the softest and most eloquent of
fantasies and romantic compost
tions, while at little alcove GEN.
trally located, inspiring cooling
| mineral waters were suitably flaw
ored and pressed upon the lady
customers and their little ones as
refreshments. Miss Alice Ora
ham is in charge Of this depart
ment with Mrs. l.. Irwin and
the Misses Hulda Cohn, Eta Bran
agan, May Kline and Thekla Stem
ering as assistants.
A decided novelty in this depart.
ment ia the school OF embroidery
by Mrs. Chatelain, OF New York.
Her art is beyond criticism and
the work Is much admired.
In the first floor the dress goods
department., with its many ex-
Iquisite novelties in colors and ma.
teriais cannot fail to catch the eye
and arrest the attention. The pref
test patterns are the fancy silk
and wool iridescent mohairs, silk
and wool beaded Pierola cloth, all
Iwool shotted Lucias, Persian and
| Dresden designs in silk, lowered
silks and silk mulls, silk embroid-
cred Mousseline de Soire, spangled
net, etc. In trimming, the most
beautiful and stylish is the lead,
ing passementerie spsngled braids
and bands, looking very lovely
when arranged on the lace collars
so prettily displayed. Point dap,
plique, Dresden braid, spaugled
net passementerie, also vie for the
lead.
The linen and ribbon depart
ments were also so beautifully
decorated by the department man
: ayers and assistants as to CLAIM
attention; the linen particularly
as some OF the richest curtains
hangings and laces ever brough
, to the city, were on exhibition
, The striped silk Madras, dotte'
Suisse, Nottingham and Brussel
, net ecru were the leading novel
ties, and could scarcely give plac
to such art creations as the Persian
: and Japanese designs for scarf
y and table covers. The daint
= modest damasks were seen in tabl
Q sets in every favorite design.
Throughout this grand en-
porium, so complete in every d.
partment, even to the large SCI
- tion devoted to mans sole realI
= of coats, hats, trousers and flu,
. nishings, everything is new an
!, nm 70 dafn and from tho rnrnnriI