The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-14
HAMILTON,S OPENING.

An informal reception was rendered the ladies of New Haven and vicinity yesterday by Hamilton & O., of S53 ] Chapel street. The affair was, of course, | spring opening, but it was more than ! than, for it was sort of houseWarm- ing-a throwing open, so to speak, for the first time, of their enlarged store | for the inspection of their friends and patrons. When this exclusive store for ladies' and children's garments was just opened here, seven years ago, it occupied the unique position of being the only house of the kind between New York and Boston. E The first accommodations were more than adequate. but5the seal of. endorse Ement Connecticut women have placed 1supon this modern, up-to-date establish ment has made expansion imperative | and more space for the display of goods ! a necessity.
 = The new portion of the store-for by the plan of enlargement the adjoining store has simply become a part of | Hamilton & Co.'S original establish- ment, is approachable by a separate entrance or by open arches from the old store. The same general style of i architecture is carved out and the ef- feet was pronounced yesterday by the I interested critics to be tremendously I successful. -#. l I In honor of this occasion, which I marks an epoch, most suspicious in it's opening, in the history of this most en-. I farnriS;r,r AY,,, fJ,a in+n,;o,- nf tho ctora presented disappearance of "a southern l tea garden. Hundreds of palms, varied in size and variety, vied with the graceful I Boston ferns in a successful effort to I mark a startling contrast between a March day without and a suggestive June afternoon within.
 l All along the casing on the four sides of the entire store were palms graceful I ly arranged, while here and there a larger palm stationed on the floor just \ hid from view a handsome figure show 1 ing Parisian gown.
 l Delighted as the visitors were with the first general effect of the change, it was, after all, the exquisite stock of l gowns, waists, coats etc., seen for the | LllIS, IlicL SeiilCl luIL LII LlS ilOSL I enthusiastic commentators. Everyday patrons, customers from 1 different parts of the state and stran- gers one and all agreed that it was
 display such as has never been seen in
 old Connecticut. The same exquisite
 taste, the same jaunty touch of style, Il that has been characteristic of previous displays by Hamilton & Co, was still
 in evidence, only on a scale many times
 more extensive.
 I No new departments, the same line of
 goods, but the departments marvellous 1 ly enlarged, affording a variety of se-
 lections in each that was simply bewil- dering. s+ l Tn the waist department, for exam pie, the results of Mr.. Hamilton's own
 personal research among the European
 markets were apparent in the beautiful
 assortment. Waists and suits from
 such makers as Pingat, La Ferrierre, Ca1lot- Soeurs, Francis and Raudvitz, l famed names in the exclusive; world of
 fashion, made selection hardship and
 choice well nigh an impossibility.
 i One particularly admired gown in the strictly summer fabrics was of the fin- l est white linen, hand embroidered and ] trimmed most elaborately with hand l made Renaissance, varied with Irish I lace. On the skirt panels of the linen, l l1and- -buttonholed and embroidered, l were joined by insertions of Irish lace, l and the whole ended in fiounce, twelve inches deep, of Renaissance and 1 the heavy Irish linen lace. The waist
 showed. narrow bands of the elnbroider- ed linen as foundation, but was al- most entirely of the lace.
 Another white linen suit showed a
 skirt of solid heavy Irish Point linen
 lace, with waist to match. Not quite
 so rich in appearance, but certainly equally dainty, was a gown of white open-Work lawn, with a new f1ounced skirt of the finest embroidery. Hand
 embroidered linen waists and whole suits showing the daintiest of English and French work were marvels of beauty.
 Among the silk shirtwaist suits, (which Dame Fashion decreed a season
 or so ago as the correct thing, and while women since have been most en-
 thusiastic over, the display was most
 varied, Among the most popular nov
 cities this season are the. Birmingham
 and the Rajah silk suits of white, in
 several imported models, attracting
 universal attention. Among the suits
 of heavier weight fabrics the French
 voiles, the Henriettas and the cheviots
 seem the favorite materials, and in a
 wide range of single colors and exqui- site combinations made display suffi-
 cient, it would almost seem, to supply a stunning Easter costume to every
 woman in town
 The children's department was the
 Mecca yesterday for many anxious
 mothers, who were delighted to find
 that in the enlargement place of Ham,
 ilton & Co., the junior members of the
 homes had not been forgotten, while
 many of the young girls were equally
 enthusiastic over the display of hand
 embroidered silk petticoats, which are
 to be the feature of the new spring eos-
 tune. The three windows formed not tthe least effective feature of this spring