The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-09

Some ofthe Thousand and One Features
 ofthsspIendidE Exhibit tNoted-croyyds
 of Ladies Attended-Opening Con-
 tinues ro-dny.
 An event of great interest in the world of fashion is the Charles Monson company's opening of autumn gowns. wraps, suits and dress goods Hun dreds of well dressed women were out early yesterday morning that they might see the display in Its entirety, and those who put off their visit missed it, as some of the smartest models were sold. .<
 Quitting of women is a very large part of this stores business, and many woman could not dream of having her winter wardrobe made up before seeing this firms display. This year the Charles Monson company have outdone themselves in their showing of silks. dress goods, gowns and wraps. Words are weak when we attempt to describe the new fall fashions that are gathered here. f.'
 In the silk and dress goods depart ments are seen the rare, rich and new things that the artists of Paris have been dreaming over and those we have been racking our brains about. It is these new weaves and patterns and fabrics that bring to this house the people who want the finest and richest that the looms have to make. Women have never had such an opportunity in swell effects in tailored gowns. The showing is comprehensive. There are tweeds, Bannockburn, cheviots, or snowflake cheviots, as they are some times called broadcloths, Venetians, sharkskins, and last, but not least, the tiptop of fashionable stuffs-- -zibe- lines. < s., @
 Plenty of the soft. clinging fabrics, of course, such as etamines, voiles, nuns yelling, crepe de Paris, Lansdownes, eotiennes, etc, which will be much used for dressy gowns, are seen here in large variety
 In silks this firm excels and the showing this year more than enpha- sizes the undisputed leadership of the Charles Monson company. Hundreds of discriminating, critical women yes- terday feasted their eyes on this great beauty show, and pronounced it the fin-j est of the kind this city has ever seen. Not only the rare and exclusive novel, ties are shown. but in the solid and tsubstantial weaves, so popular for prac- | ticaI use, this firm has surpassed itself 1 Won't attempt the names and descrip- tions of the various weaves. Can't do justice to them. You'll have to come and see for yourselves.
 On the second floor in the spacious cloak salon is a very elegant exhibition of gowns and wraps, and it seemed to the writer as if every woman in town who wanted suggestions about the new fall styles was here to see and enjoy them ~- -.
 The materials from which the new tailored suits are made are mostly now city English stuffs and Scotch mix lures. The whole tendency of tailor made suits this fall is to use mannish cloths. But the styles are not mannish not a bit of it. Don't believe you will find that tailor-made suits were ever prettier or more feminine than they are this fall. Just few of the new things are these: Short box coats and the popular Monte Carlo coat, new import ed evening wraps and opera cloaks. house dresses of cloth and silk, fall jackets, long coats, walking suits and the new Grecian skirt. A stroll among them will tell you more about the new styles in an hour than we could hope to do in book; and really it's the most satisfactory way.
 Opening will be continued to-day, and special bargains are offered in every department throughout the store