The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-09-21
A GRAND DISPLAY
At HAMILTON 6 CO.'S ANNUAL
OPENING.

An Exquisite Exhibit of Surprising
Interest to the LadIes-welI Main
tains the Acknowledged High Repu-
tatiOn of the House.
An event of the fall season of special
significance and great interest to the
ladies is the exquisite display at Ham
ilton & Co.'s. 1853 Chapel street. It sur
passes in attractions all its previous
successful efforts to cater to the
New Haven ladies in the firms depart
ment in the fashionable world. For sew
eral months Mr.. Hamilton in company
with one or two of the expert buyers
in the markets of Europe, has been
touring the European capitals for the
most exclusive things with which to
open his fall trade this year. The re-
suit is almost beyond anything ever
seen in the exclusive shops Of Paris or
London. Sample garments from the
tailors and modistes of Paris, Berlin
and London comprise an assortment
covering almost everything desired by
the up-to-date woman which it is safe
to say has never been equaled in New
England before, and seldom even in
New York. For months many OF the
leading women of Connecticut have
been waiting for this opening, judging
from the numbers that flocked into the
store this morning, almost as soon as
it was open for business.
The first point of attraction before
entering, was the gorgeous display Of
The window, such as might attract the
envy OF the habitue of London and
Paris shops. The effect was such that
the admiration of the whole was not
confined to the feminine portion of the
community, who are, Of course, expect
ed to duly admire-and incidentally to
buy-but a large per cent. of those in
the early hours of the morning, who
halted with an exclamation of approx
al, were prominent business men who,
although they might deny their ability
to give the technique Of a gown were
not ashamed to acknowledge when the
ensemble was perfect.
Almost iii the center Of the window.
was a gorgeous theater wrap, such as
Parisians say is to be worn greatly this
winter during the opera and theatrical
season. It is of hand made renaissance
lace, white in color, and deliberately
trimmed with white chiffon and satin.
Nearby was a very dainty effect In a
lace waist showing the stunning effect
of correct combination of black EN-
broidery upon white lace, which in turn.
sets off to good advantage an elegant
spangled net gown Of black close by. "A
brown crepe de chine gown trimmed
with self colore lace, and a stunning
gorgeous blue gown, gave to the win
dow the necessary bit of color to make
it effective. The dress Of royal blue
chiffon velvet trimmed gorgeously
with light blue embroidered panne vel
vet was the center Of attraction from a
large number of ladies who stopped and
could not refrain from expressing
themselves on its beauty.
Once inside the store the marvellous
~ sumptuous display Of the beautiful
gowns, wraps, waists, skirts, coats and
everything in that line was well nigh
confusing to those who came prepared
to select a few choice things from the
wonderful beauty show. The choice be-
tween evening wraps was almost per-
picking.
Among the gowns the correct brown
shade of the season was exemplif1ed in
a very handsome brown imported silk
net gown made of brown taffeta and
lace. Another brown costume was Of
crushed velvet with effective trimmings
of burnt onion and white broadcloth.
Something startlingly new and tre-
mendously effective in furs were the set
Of yeta shown here for. the first time in
this country The fur is of the present
stylish combination of brown and white
over which Paris is said to have gone
mad. Wrist bags with belt, pocket
book, and card case to match, are
some of the novelties shown by Hamil-
ton & Co., in this new style of fur.
The suits for the season seem to
show a predominance Of the long coat
ed style, although Hamilton & CO. are
not confined in their assortment to any
one variety, showing models from all
the leading designers of this country
as well as Europe.
Although many of the more elato-
rate toilets were brought back from
Europe by Mr.. Hamilton himself, he
has likewise selected for his large
stock samples from all the leading
of this country.