The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-26
WINDOWS
Worth Look
ing Into.
TO CATCH THE EYE
Is the Endeavor of the
Shrewd Proprietors.

IlHleS thought a light minded amuSe-
ment, and one is apt to be berated for
wasting too much time in this sup
posed diversion. But why? There are
no end of new and interesting ideas to
be picked up in the store windows
hints of what the world of men and
women are thinking and doing. Here
are few observations gathered in a
leisurely stroll up and down the bust
ness streets yesterday afternoon:
A we'll known caterer shows in his
window figures of foot ball players in
the uniform and colors of Harvard,
Yale and other noted teams. The
players are lined up for games. and
| with their padded suits and shocks of
tumbled hair are entertaining repro
auctions of the heroes of the gridiron
held. Each figure is in reality a candy
box
Tan shoes, though originally intended
only for summer wear, have proved
poth popular and useful for the colder
months, and are shown in many win
doWs. 1t is, however, still against the
revised statutes to wear them with a
tall hat.
Two fine statuettes, intended in more
senses than one as foils for each other.
Tor they are a pair of fencers, are to
pc seen in the display of one of the
department stores.
The latest cry in dress goods for
Women's wear is purple. One of the
large stores shows a beautiful assort-
lnent OF novelties, in which the pur-
pies, maroons and blues predominant.
fSuch fabrics are spoiled by much trim
ming.
An ingenious application of patriot
ISM is shown in the Dewey lamp, which
IS on exhibition in a Main street win
/ dow. The standard is composed of a
! colossal Imitation cartridge, supported
by crossed guns. On the side of the
cartridge is stamped a. fac-simile of
the olympia, while the circular globe
IS decorated with the same vessel I'M
der full steam
The latest coon spasm" is the song
| There's Niger in the moon" by
j. w Dick. At least that is what a
leading music firm announces in a win
| dow which is sable with the title pages
of this new .ditty
| 1t is cheaper to dress in silk than in
wool this year. The pretty, stylish pat
terms in silks. that are on exhibition
along Main street make the woman
! who sees them pine for an unlimited
/
Thereby hangs a tail"-motto for
the new fur capes and scarfs.
Patriotism is now to be had with
baking powder. A large tea firm adj
] Vertises a picture with every package
| of baking powder that is purchased
The picture represents a disgusted-
looking lad in sailor uniform, who Is
occupied in rending the Spanish flag,
while old glory waves over his shoulder
in the background triumphantly
Paul c. w. Dufaults handsome face
decorates many of the store windows.
He is a good advertisement of his en-
tertainment, which unfortunately is an
nounced as his farewell concert. OF
couse he will have to sing "Adieu, Ma
RE"
lamps to burn" is the fetching adj
vertisement in the window of a lamp
store By the way, the Welsbach
seems still to be the coming light to
burn.
Undertakers and stove dealers are
unfortunate in the matter of window
displays They find difficulty in show
ing their goods to advantage, and the
| heights of delicate fancy and artistic
finish possible to other lines is inpos-
sible to them. They get there all the
same in the end, however-particular
the undertaken.
Chrysanthemums are beginning to be
fairly abundant. Some superb speci-
mems of the white, canary and pale
pink tints may be seen in the course of
a promenade on Main street You may
take your choice between the symmet-
real and the ragged varieties.
In one display window the eye is ar
rested by the card, "A soft thing is
this underwear: another pleasant fea-
ture is the price" 1t is just such little
things as these that make our Main
street merchants popular. There are
two or three things that will sell an
article of gentleman's wearing apparel
at almost any time-novel design, dura-
bility and low cost.
The typewriter would not commonly
be credited with being able to make
much of a show for a store window
but there is a firm which believes this
useful little invention can make pic
lures as well as print copy. So it has
on exhibition the pictures made by the
typewriter which it sells. One repre-
sents a happy family, composed of a
stag, deer and a fawn resting under
tree, while in the background saw
age mountains frown. The other pic
ture is a sort of Thanksgiving poster
Amid numerous fourishes rises the
bust of a turkey clad in all its war
paint and feathers, while at the side
is the legend, zone cent cuts may suit
the living; dread mine about Thanks
giving"
Imitation of autumn leaves are fastened
to the goods in certain store, and tell
the spectator the prices.
Some of the store windows seem quite
intimate and familiar in the scenes
they portray. Two adjoining stores dis
play in their windows a lady in a calico
morning wrapper, a lady in night
gown, and a man in combination suit
Of feece-lined underwear.
Evidently the chatting dish is no pass
ing fad in Worcester. 1t has arrived
with all three of it's feet and means to
stay. Solid silver chatting dishes are a
desideratum comparatively few acquire,
but the copper and nickel plated are al
most as beautiful and much more use
full. Furthermore, the lobster Newbergs
and Welsh rabbits that come out Of
them are in every way equal to the
solid silver article.
Do you wear the Sorosis shoe, fair
lady? If not, why not? Don't you know
that just as Sorosis is the name of the
most famous woman club, so also it is
the name of the most advanced shoe
for women? AT least, that is what a
leading department store in this city
says, and it ought to go.
A bear and leopard or tiger tackllng
each other in bloodthirsty fashion,
serves as an excellent advertisement
for the fur department of one of the big
stores. Birds in their little nests are sup
posed to agree, but every one knows
they do not any more than the beasts
of the jungle or the fish Of the sea- Man
has such bad example set him by the
lower animals that 1t is no wonder If
he occasionally goes to war.
what are you worrying about now?'
II belong to the Don't Worry Club, and