New-York tribune., 1902-12-12
SHOPPING IN BERLIN.
Not so Easy Task as It Is in London or
NeW-York

1.-TWO Of the first questions that arise in woman's
mind on arriving in town, especially II IL De
foreign capital are In which streets are the pest
shops and which shops the best for those par
ticular things that I want to buyT says ihe
London Daily Telegraph" 1T does not LANE
visitor to London very long to obtain answers 'o
these questions but in Berlin 1t is anotner
Shops are arranged quite different basis In the
latter city. If. for instance. you happen 10 Fe9ue
the necessary materials for making such sihple
article as a dressing jacket you could not as In
London go to a good diapers and there procure
everything at Suppose the jacket - " 'o
made of flannel This must be sought LOT IN d siop
where only flannel. ready-nade flannel gooos anu
blankets are sold. These three articles from the
entire stock of the shop which rejoces in the name
Of 'yvolI material handlung
Next Won will want lace and ribbon for trim
ming purposes For lace you must go to what is
called .spitzen haus'; ribbon you will procure IN
another shop where only ribbons. chirons, Velis'
belts buckles. etc. sold. This is called eeiu
enbander und confections haus, and senefaiiS h
truly charming displays of all the dal1lts' up ~
date airy nothings that enhance the appear
ance of the modern, fashionably dresseo "o e
Lastly. you will want buttons, needles ana coI'oh
for your Jacket. and these you Will be aoie "
cure all together at 'posamentier geschalt. 1hi'
last named is the most useful kinds Oh SHOPS
in Berlin, and if you ever at loss "hele " Sc
such odds and ends as tassels. beads, bootaces'
cord webbing. all mending materials. e'c.' .ni
the shop to go to first. If they have not got 'i u
sired article they will always tell you "lieie II ~o
be obtained.
The Berlin shops where they sell dress materials
contain stuffs of every imaginable kind, from 'he
cheapest cotton to the costlest silk and orocaoe~
Everything is in best possible order tas' iuee"
most things in Germany ar0. and if you kno"
what Won want you are conducted to the rISns :
counter and can get bro eye Wy t,.I VI
all the different qualities and coors or tne pa
lar stuff Black materials form one qepe qepa4tnr
white another homespuns and tWeeds an aido.i Iii
cloths another velvets another brocades diIu 80
another cottons. prints and linens anoIner, ar and
so on through the whole list Linen pa oaaPJts Eng
hosiery are generally combined. and resepe te sif
iish shons of the Same kind. do also the sim SIM
MERGERS slovers and bootmakerS: put WIZ "iieh ,+ go
touch on millinery you again require TO look aoo @
vou The milners' shops, pure ana sltpIe s. tpa :
tain nothing but ready trimmed mats or IoIS Nv
must he trimmed the premises ! gu caioa S ~
a shane at a milliner's and your trlnlthiS It ~
where else For an untrimmed nat pc /. Let
straw YOU must go to some nat liiduh0 iid tinS
branch establishment and there you vii VII, t,, u
hats in the rawest possible state-even strd" anu
felt bv the yard. not yet made up. - perlin
.sNfiilinery has improved Immensely III
within the last five years. Formerly ,te ;tten
tions disnlayed in windows with nodeS or
on them were not objects of beauty, pelhs =. de
ovarIaden and topheavy or bare TO Ihe lao ba++ar
eree Of IIglness Now however In All tue co -
sbons vou find Paris models. and even Ve.E EtIa1
irnifati0ns though German ngers VIII ne 20 Ser
Eranch ones for lghtness of touch nor I!le 6
man eve the French for delicate COMMUNICATIONS
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