The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-04
s.. e. OLSON CO.'S SPRING OPENING
1t Will Occur Tomorrow and Be One
of the Finest.

of the Finest.
Tomorrow will occur the annual
spring opening Of the Big Store. Gen.
Olson has so arranged matters that
the opening will be one of the finest
ever witnessed by the people Of the
entire Northwest.
With the Big Store it is not a ques-
ton Of furnishing something which
will attract the people to the estab-
lishment, but it is a question of fur
nishing some attractions which will
please the thousands of friends Of the
Big Store, who will surely be in at
tendance. This year it is promised that
the decorations will be of a character
never before equaled in the whole
Northwest.
J. W. Mattern, the superintendent of
decorations for the Big Store, has been
hard at work with his corps Of assist
ants for several weeks completing the
preliminaries. Everything has been
planned with the greatest skill and ar
tistic taste. and the immense estab-
lishment will appear as a bower Of
beauty Monday after the skilled hands
Of the artists in charge have finished
their work.
In the various windows will be shown
in exquisite taste the various products
of the looms and factories of the whole
world, as displayed and sold in the Big
in most excellent taste, and those who
look at the various displays will be
aStOniShed at the wonderful results Of
the decorators art
The interior will represent a most
beautiful aerial garden scene, which
will be called the Shower of Roses -
From the sides and towering height of
the light-Well will be festooned thou
sands and thousands Of beautiful roses
intertWined throughout the course of a
maze Of airy-like gauZe net which
floats like cloud over the heads Of
the Big Store visitors. 1t is impOssi-
Die to give the display, in anticipation,
q description which will convey more
than an iOta Of the extremely artistic
effect.
The principal departments to which
the gaze Of the visitor will be direct
ed, because Of the seasonableness Of
their new and stylish goods which have
just been received from the Eastern
makers and from the importing steam
ships, are the millinery, silks and dress
goods, wash goods, linens, ribbons.
laces and embroideries and clOaks. In
the millinery sale will be exhibited the
most recent designs and creations Of
the milliner's skill. The Big Store
staff of trimmers has been hard at
work for many long days preparing
the dainty effects and creations which
will receive their christening next Sun
day. There will be some Of the most
attractive pieces Of work ever shown
in Minneapolis, and, as the designs are
all new, 1t is expected that the display
in this department will create a furore
such as has not been seen here in
years.
In the silk and dress goods depart
ments there will be displayed the latest
dress patterns in every conceivable
color and shade, all of the latest style
+In no
York society is going wild oyer. at the
present time. In the cloak parlors
there will be exhibited the results Of
thousands of dollars laid out accord
ing to the discretion Of a skilled buyer
with carte blanche and an unlimited
opportunity to make his selections
The half cannot be told. 1t will re-
uuire a personal examination. The
music for the evening will be furnished
by Watsons Military band and the
Cecilian Mandolin club. The evening
promenade concert will begin at p. m.