The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-27
SIP RING OPENING
AT THE CHARLES MONSON co. $
 STORE YESTERDAY.

Exhibition offspring Novelties Attended
 by Large Crowds Yesterday Suit, SILK
 and Dress Goods Departments the
 Center of Attractiom-Op Opening Com tinues To-day.
 Ideal spring weather favored the grand opening exhibition of spring and
 summer novelties at the Charles Mon
 son company's exclusive store yester-
 day There are few stores at the pres ent day that are exclusively given over as the Monson store is to the sale of dry goods only that one feels on en- | tering this well known establishment
 that they are indeed in the very heart of the land of dry goods and where the feminine fancy delights to dwell. It is indeed pleasure for one to enter this mecca of fashion and gaze on the many wonderful creations that have been gathered from all corners of the ] world and from the leading centers of manufacture and fashion of our own land. Yesterdays opening was attended
 by many ladies who were not slow in congratuiating the firm on the excellent and artistic display that was made all over the house. It would be utterly inn | possible in a newspaper to give the la dies of New Haven anything like cor rect impression of the many beautiful things that are to be seen during a so- journ through the store.
 Silks dress goods and costumes are three of the departments that have gone a long way to make the reputa- tion of the Charles Monson company This season they more than uphold the reputation they have earned lor the house. The display in the suit depart ment is an interesting one. Here are gathered suits of all kinds of fashion able materials. Gowns that defy de- scription by their style and waists and skirts by their wealth and beauty. Gowns and suits are here represent ing the dinner the street, the carriage and the evening, tea gowns and silk petticoats in numbers and styles that defy description and which can only be appreciated by being seen. The silk department never in all it's history had such wealth of beautiful and desira ble fabrics from which to choose. Price, color style, patterns, it matters little which you are looking for all can be found in the huge stock which is we'll worthy the attention of ladies interest ed in these materials. They include foulards, taffetas, satins, crepe de chine, crepe de Paris, peau de soie, peau de cygnes, mistrels and a host of others, and walking skirts Venetians and panne cloths, cheviots, crepescula ma terials, etanines, violes, crepes and many other beautiful and choice mate rials. The wash goods department is teeming over with all the latest nov elites and fabrics in both black and colors. The materials shown include choice imported tweeds for suits and initiated. The dress goods depa tment excels anything ever before attempted in this line Here all the fashionable and up to date materials in wash goods are are to be found in abundance. They include exclusive designs in Scotch ginghams from the world fla nous Anderson looms cheviots, mad ras, mercerized cottons and linens, lawns and lace effects so dear to the heart of the young ladies. We could keep on writing like the running stream, forever and ever about the many beautiful and wonderful things to be seen in the various other depart ments in this truly wonderful exhibi- ton. but space forbid and we can on- ly express the hope that all who have the opportunity will make it a point | of visiting the store and seeing for themselves during this, the second and l last day of the opening.