The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-03
THE GAMBLE-DE ESMOND STORE.
Beautiful Display of Fall Goods shown
 at the Opening.

I The weather yesterday and all other | circumstances were most propitious for l the first of the two fall opening days at | the big department store of the Gam
 ble-Desmond company. All the depart | ments were thronged during the day, | last evening and the many up-to-date | features of the emporium and the ele- gant stock in every line delighted the | thousands of fair visitors who called. The firm has now one of the largest and best stocks ever carried in New
 Haven and not only that but every thing in the store is, in variety, quality
 and style fully up to the demands of
 the time. With a store like that right
 here in New Haven, where the most fastidious can be suited with the sea sons latest and best, visit to the New York stores is entirely unnecessa-
 ry as the ladies of New Haven are be-
 ginning to realize.
 The present opening marks the be- ginning of the second season of the
 present company in control of the enor-
 nous business of the store. It marks
 also the close of one of the most suc-
 cessful seasons the store has ever
 known, due to the energy and enter
 prise of the Gamble Desmond company
 One of the features of the store now is
 the fashionable millinery department, where are displayed the very latest
 Parisian styles. Some of the hats are marvels of beauty and the possibilities
 of artistic skill. Of the hats shown all
 are worthy of mention, but of a few something must be said The Directoire
 hat is an entirely new creation in pie
 ture hats. It has a cable crown, velvet
 chinchilla top and grey 'plumee, and in
 1t the very acme of beauty in millinery
 seems to have been reached. A Gibson
 hat, which was admired by all who saw it yesterday is in black chiffon, black velvet, with Aragon plumes in black and white. A chinchilla walking hat
 exhibited has a chinchilla brim with
 tucked white chiffon crown and a
 scarf of yellow lace and Paradise feath-
 CTS. The Lillian Russell turban is in
 black spangled jet, and Paradise feath-
 CTS and is a beauty. Other hats which
 were especially admired by the ladies
 yesterday were, a box Spanish turban,
 smothered in Aragon plumes, pastil
 in blue taffeta with blue Tam crown,
 stitched brim with blue velvet and
 fringed scarf; dream in creme un- cut velvet with Renaissance lace,
 mink scarf and palma violets; a Span
 ish turban in black and white stitched
 taffeta with scarf with fringed ends
 turban with heavy gray belting and sea gull, many of these large birds being used this season. The display in- cludes hats from $4.9S up.
 The exhibition of cloaks and suits is probably one of the finest ever shown in the state. There are beautiful tailor made suits in French broadcloth. Par isian, cheviots, homespuns and serges
 One of the handsomest is French broadcloth suit, elegant in style, lined with silk taffeta throughout and trim med with piping around the edge and purple velour. It is marked at $75 Some handsome imported capes are shown edged with sable fur and che nille trimming. Elegant opera wraps are displayed, purple and lined with rich satin, and heavily beaded, one of the swellest in the stock. The imported silk skirts in black with fringeed drapery piS ldliuoOIlS. eIl EnRllSn walking coats in tan, broadcloth and green are shown in an elaborate assort- ment Imported silk evening waists are shown in all colors, combinations and black at from s39S to $1S
 The display of furs is attracting a great deal of admiration. It includes Alaska seals, sables, Persian lamb, gray crimea, oppossum, electric seal, Baltic seal lynx, jackets in Persian lamb and Alaska seal, and colarettes and scarfs. Flannel waists are offered in French flannel and broad cloth in plaids, plain checks and colors, all new colorings. A beautiful assortment of golf capes is shown of all kinds and prices. In laces some handsome things are shown, handsome Renaissance beaded lace robes comprising skirt. bod 1 ice and sleeves. There is also large line of the new applique Rennaissance all over beaded nets for fronts and dress trimmings. 1
 Other things offered are upholsteries, lace curtains, linens, fiannels, blankets. mems furnishing goods, ladies' muslin ! underwear, silk shirts, infants outfits. | In short, the stock is fully complete | with new fall things. The opening |