San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-25
SPRING HAS COME
AND ALL THAT Is LOVELY AND
BEAUTIFUL
Dan Be Found For Tie Trouble of Going
At L. Wolfson's Grand Opening,
And Should Not Be Missed.

The annual event of the spring sea-
son with the ladies of San Antonio
is always the spring opening of l..
WolfSon's mammoth millinery, dry
goods, clothing and furniture estab-
lishment, located for 125 feet front
on the northwest corner of Main plaza
and running back 200 feet on Main av-
enue. The opening began yesterday
and will continue until Saturday
night. Every department has been
thus far crowded with customers and
lovers of the beautiful and all visitors
have been dOubly rewarded for their
trouble in coming. The beautiful show
windows are veritable spring poems
in flowers, laces, ribbons and dress
goods, selected and displayed with the
most artistic regard for color and
beautiful effect and the millinery en-
pOrium on the whole Of the second
floor is one of the most exquisite pie
ces of decoration ever seen in this city.
The general effect is made with various
cOlOrs in flowers depending from the
ceiling in anchors, bells and swings,
while the walls are draped in laces,
ribbons and festOOns of flowers, set
ting off the great banks of lovely pat
tern hats and bOnnets. The centre
aisles are filled with tables containing
magnificent specimens of the newest
in ladies' headgear.
In delightful little nook about the
centre of this department is located
the refreshment fountain where the
visitors are treated to a cool glass of
soda or other mineral waters and
thus refreshed can continue their
sight seeing or buying. In the vista
can be seen the suits and shirt waists
department, the whole being decorat-
ed with palms and ferns and other
shrubbery and foliage.
The dress goods, laces, and linen de-
partments on the first floor are next
visited and here can be found the nov
elites in spring styles, in tufted bou-
rettes, in gray, black, green, tan or
brown, silk or mOhair, mirror MORE,
Mozambique, MORE valour, Gismonda.
or the most beautiful Of parasOls in all
kinds of materials and chiffon
trimmings, Zouave jackets and boiler
Os. and all changes in passementerie
trimmings and garnitures, with the
sweetest of lace collarettes, while
temptingly displayed are the fullest
or pretty wells, cobweb like kerchiefs
and the most dainty yet decorative Of
belts, in metal or other material and
the very latest in opera or street bags,
purses and chatelaines. The shoe de-
partment is just as well stocked with
novelties for house or street wear, and
is one of the most attractive depart
montS in the store. The linen depart
ment would be a source of ecstacy
for the good housewife. Its magnificent
array of table and bedroom outfits
its toilets, and tapestries, curtains and
tides, while the furniture and mat
tingS department should be seen to be
fully appreciated, as it contains the
very latest and most artistic as vel
as serviceable in this important par
of the art of living. In the matting'
display is a novelty in the new dam
ask mating, in several cOlors, and II
very pretty. The beautiful carpet,
and rugs as well as different articles O
ease and comfort in furniture are wei
displayed. In the clothing depart
ment the very latest Of mems and boy
suits and furnishings are to be seel
and the line Of summer hats is tn
best ever brought to this city.
The entire store is in charge Of
regular army Of clerks, all anxious t
please and thoroughly capable 4
showing every kind Of goods to b
found in stock.