The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-08

pau de sole crystal stripe duchess, novelty
Epingolne. satin stripe taffetas, French
/ fouiards. No two alike, In the black
silks pau de soc foletts. dubness ana
French armetts Black crepons IN OK
cusive skirt length. The very latest
blistered Partisan designs; WASH effects
in silk ginghams. French challies. German
dimity, Persian SWISS. corded and emboss-
ed pique.
Fun line of underwear lavishly Trimmed
with embroidery. Specially of bridal trous-
seaus. The souvenir given here was a
beautiful card .
Krouskoff's display was Beautiful. On
entering, the tasteful manner in which
the new goods We're arranged on the
shelves was striking a. 4.
On the right was the ribbon show.
Every shade of the new colors. Shirred
! ribbons, Roman ribbons, striped goods
in fact, everything from the daisy rib
| bon to the widest ribbons. Every piece
! is imported. Over and above the pieces
| are flowers of every grade and shade in
imported stuff. The large roses, which
will be so popular, are in profuslon.
Along with the display of imported flow
ers is a genuine grape bush with clusters
| of grapes. II is the first and only one
ever landed in Savannah.
| Following this display is the lace. Re
naissance lace and all-overs. Jet mousse
! line, embroidered, rich and handsome.
narrow shirred chiffon, and the latest
| things in jet crowns.
In untrimmed hats more than 1000 diff
! ferent styles were shown. All are hand
made and new and pretty patterns. In
the show room, presided over by Miss
| Snow, the display. of swell hats was elab-
crate. More than 500 were shown, and no
two alike. The decorations were beaut-
I full. Palms were everywhere, shading
| glass cases of fine hats. .---'
| large Leghorn hat with renaissance
lace, was perhaps the most gorgeous pat
tern shown. The new shade Ophelia, inn
| ported pattern, trimmed in black roses.
| was attractive. Another was the violet
| toque, chiffon -fuffling on edge. This
is one of Madam Carriers best patterns.
Mr. Krouskoff has brought il out, hop
ing that it may become popular, and the
attention that it attracted is evidence that
this pattern is all right.
The feature of this display was figure
! attred in one b, of Louise's patterns-a
| beautiful large black hat-chiffon, with
seven ostrich plumes. Black chiffon, par
asol, black lace scarf This was an ar
tistic combination and reflects credit upon
the original and perfect taste of Mr. Ju-
| Illus KrouskoffN who directed the opening.
Mr. Krousl1off gave as a souvenir a beau
tiful hat pin, SET with turquoise.
The firm of jackson, Metzger & Co. was
overwhelmed with congratulations upon
the beauty of their new millinery depart
| meat.
Ii is one of the finest in the South,
the show room being thirty by ninety feet,
! decorated, upholstered and finished in two
| tones of green. white and gold, The rotunda
| filled with green vines exquistely festoon-
ed, through which Tnyriads of doves are
ascending and defending. Amid the sweet
strains of music, and through the shad-
ows of magnificent palms. baskets of
roses, lllaes, fleur de lis, Niles, ferns ana
! other floral decorations, one catches a
| glimpse of the finest crea lions that French
| artists can produce by combining all the
| exquisite shades of the rainbow and the
| Southern sunset tints.
The originator, buyer and manager of
this department, is Madame r. NJ.
| Thomas well-known New York lady of
much experience and artistic ability. Nine.
| Thomas has Manageable and courteous as
! sistants. the head ,salesladY- Mass NJ.
| Doolan, having only recently returned from
! Paris with many fine Partisan styles The
number of hats were exceedingly numer-.
Gus, the coloring forming a harmonious
| whole which sbeggars description. On en-
tering the store customers were attracted
| by the green and white that everywhere
met them. The walls were green in pan
els of white. The windows were beauh-
| fully decorated in, green stuffs and the
abundant display of every shade of green
! I'm new patterns of silks was remarkable
! and great. A special display of corded
taffeta silk in robins egg blue, cerisse and
| Nile green colors and polka dots was
| made and attracted considerable attention.
| The collection of street gowns or
| evening dress tissu de Sole light weights,
high-class novelties. liberty satins in green
| blue heliotrope and all the new shades,
and seasonable colors was attractive.
! Corded sauns in fine goods is a special
| feature of this opening The patterns are
very pretty and will doubtless become ex-
tremely popular The fabric is fine and
is altogether. The manner in which it
was displayed shows ii 10 splendid ad-
vantage and clear idea of what IL &C.
| tuaily is may be had al once. In the
black crepon goods department big SHOW
/ is made. Only the prettiest patterns and
the most popular and best designs are
stocked. In the white goods department
much attention is paid 10 the tuck
mousseline and naihsook fancy open work.
! Through the archway leading into the
west portion of the store is the white
| goods department. Domestic fabrics, linen,
toilet articles and gents furnishings. This
department. is full.
Specia. attention is given to the fine and
! large assortment of Ladies tailor-made
suits. Some pretty patterns are shown in
skirts in black crepon and all the newest
novelties. Among them Is a handsome
grenadine trimmed in narrow pleated rib
Ron lined in green bloc and white These
skirts have an extreme flare with demi-
train elaborateay trimmed with satin cords
and buttons. New French back, with
lacings to the hem. Front trimmed in
rows Of stitching and buttons Jacket
strapped, scanned, trimmed and lined
throughout with silk. The material is
Venetian cloth. COlors in all leadi *
shades White waists in all colors and
fabrics. Lawns and piques. perca.e and
Madras. The basement has been modern
ICED and complete stock of China IS
shown
The souvenir given away at Jackson,
Metzger & Co.'S was a Japanese match
| safe.