The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
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IN MPLS. STORES
RETAIL STOCKS WE'RE NEVER
BIGGER NOR BETTER.
The Most Complete and Attractive AS
sortment of Goods Ever Offered by
Local Retailers Are Now Being In
spected by Throngs of Delighted
shoppers-People Have Money.

Twice a year true womanhood turns
religiously to the momentous question
of raiment. For this reason and be-
cause of the former lack of home mar
ket, the more exacting feminine part
of the community used to turn to the
Mecca of eastern shops in spring and
fall. The custom is dead. The noun
tain has come to Mahomet.
This means that wide-awake Mime
apolis merchants have taken even rank
with the best in the land. They have
brought to Minneapolis the choicest
! for the inspection of patrons, increasing
their selections in quantity and variety
each year until this fall they have APP
parently reached the acme. Never have
Minneapolis shoppers had better oppor-
| tunity to choose from a more profuse
| and attractive assortment.
Such division Of labor is appreciated
| by the women. Instead of hasty, tire
some trips to Paris for modes and. New
York, Boston and Chicago or wearisome
and uncertain correspondence in gather
ing their tout ensemble for a semi
annual campaign for male alteration,
they find in the Minneapolis shops con-
tinental creations, and the best produc-
lions of the American markets within
reach Of a carriage ride.
Big Stocks Are Appreciated.
It makes no difference whether the
pocketboo1 permits wide range OF
suit, the material for a modest costume
or the most elaborate ball, reception, or
dinner gown, the desideratum is to be
found in Minneapolis. -.
Stories of crop failure and shortage
Of money have been so rampant that d
look over the shops indicates a most as
surfing confidence. on the part OF the
| b,,,,orc in I,ilinU thair sh elvaS with sic n
marvellous creations and such a profu-
sion of the modest price effects. But
the crowded aisles Of the stores and
ceaseless journeyings of the cash car
riers thru the maze. of steel guides to
the Golfers of the shopowners, approve
the Judgment Of the buyers. The, peo-
pie have the money and they are gladly
spending it. ,. -.
woman can be clothed at home this fall
and then attend the opera in New York,
the the a hpFs sasTe st Of Yses erca Bo
ton, and know confidently that she is
we'll groomed and faultlessly adorned
after the mode.
Modes of 1880.
In the cycle of costumery the fash
of 1880. Vielle stuffs and vielle modes
fbe the because it is tbs F ec
lead which is returning them. So the
old peddler of seventy years ago is
returning in a new form. The wagon
merchant who ministered to the de;
mands of the gran.dmot1hers carried
everything required for the gratifca
ton of their desire for Gnery. The
mysterious depths Of the wheeled mar
ket contained glorious cotton prints, OF
dainty ribbons. bonnets to cover the
modest face Of the Puritan lady, OF
J shoes, or even little mirrors which were
courtplaster for strange face patches
So the Minneapolis woman Of 1900
she can find speciality stores
} from which to make up her ward
} robe, with less expedition, but possibly
: range Of possibilities in buying thai
has been offered at any former season
In millinery, furs, dress goods, lace
, and trimmings, handkerchiefs, fans
: iewelry, footwear, ready to-wear even
: ing costumes, dinner costumes and re
I ception gowns, hunting, suits tourin@
, outfits, uncut dress goods, and all sort
{. of lingerie the very latest, the yer.
' costliest and the very cheapest may b.
: found in the retail stores. It takes tn
: wind from the sails of the lady who ha
;, Just QUILTED after an expensive tou
t abroad and thru the east to find he
Y forehanded sister at home and ahea'
b Of her in styles with a fatter pocket
o book for other pleasures.
Men and Children Provided For.
Neither are the men or children fol-
e gotten. The haberdashers have TO-
f lowed the suit of the women $ outftter
+ and have with unusual generosity o
: purse loaded down the counters with tn
It latest patterns in goods and faultles
l. styles in ready-to-wear stuff. Broa9
h way haberdashers have nothing finer /
J. ties and scarfs, mouchoirs and shifting
q Everything that the. luxurious man c
D. Minneapolis requires, bathrobe
e, pajamas and the like, are presented f
J. inspection this year by the exclus1vel
h male furnishing stores and also the con
le bination stores. Even the women flu
n nishers are carrying men IS and boy
A handkerchiefs this fall to tempt tt
'Wives and sweethearts.
No Need to 60 Abroad.
The cosmopolitan nature Of the Mi
~ neapolis retail market is especially i
Dictated in the private rooms which tt
different stores use to display import
49, lions. Gowns which retail from $2(
e. up sound expensive, but they are tt
q, real thing and Minneapolis buys the1
t. Some stores display evening Cow
gown has come to Minneapolis, and tt
rs other has gone to some Russian counties
i'd for instance. The well-dressed Mimi
apolis woman who has the money ms
ss wear such q garment with the secu
err feelinp that her only rival is leagu