The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11
GLASS BLOCK IS
WOMEN'S MECCA
RARE AND DAINTY FABRICS AT
TRACT THOUSANDS.
Millinery, Gowns and Draperies Depart
ments More Than Ordinarily Beau
tiful This Season.

day, which was one Of the pleasantest
days of the season, proved one Of the
largest spring sale days in the history
of the big store. Every department is
filled with the choicest and newest Of |
goods, and the women are realizing that |
thing in the way Of wearing apparel |
for men, women and children, from
their heads to their feet, and every line
of household needs and luxuries are
carried in the big stock, and with !
dainty tearooms the shopper need not
leave the store all day.
One of the most attractive features
Of the Easter season q n, is this firm dis
play Of flowers. Last season more than
5000 Easter lilies were sold, while it
is impossible to estimate all the roses,
violets and various other blossoms dis
posed of.
This season the display will be even
more remarkable. A building has been
secured at Nicollet and Seventh street,
and thousands and thousands Of plants
of every variety now in blossom will
Uses to be even more beautiful than the
one last year which. awakened the adj
niration of everyone. y #
Draper1es Are Rare.
A new feature recently established
has won instant favor with the patrons
in the upholstery department. There
are found the most, exquisite brocades,
satins and every known material used.
Many Of them are real works Of art in
| weave, texture and design.
The drapery department. attracts the
housewife who is planning fresh cur
tains and draperies for either the city
| or country home. There are some
| charming effects in cretonnes, SO popu-
lar for sleeping rooms, and the color
scheme of the madras curtains for den,
dining room and library are exceed
ingly beautiful. The lace curtains in
c!ude the real handmade ones, and the
simple but effective pattern within the
means of the average purse. The ecru
curtains are gaining more and more in
favor this season, for the housekeeper
has found that the smoke and SCOT Of
the city do not have so disastrous an
| effect upon the ecru tones. -.
One Of the most attractive places to
the feminine shopper is the second floor,
which is chiefly devoted to her personal
needs. The :, millinery department. is
thronged all day. and the display is
never been so beautiful as this season
and some of the handsomest of the year
are found at Donaldson's IS. One design
which this house carries exclusively is
the hand embroidered Tuscan, which
must be seen to fully appreciate their
7 beauty. sc Gs1%E sS,t~.-. -
4 Art Flowers Used. .~.s>.z
| NEARLY all the imported hats are
trimmed with the exquisite artafowers,
all of which are hand painted, and the
i plumes, which are used in profusion,
l were never so beautiful, Another hand
| some hat creation, sshoWn is ! hand I'd EN-.
:, broidered gold bullion with black
mings.
An exclusive design with Donaldson
) is the '"Napoleon 'Bee,' which is a
,. hand embroidered, bee copied from
, Napoleon days. One beautiful hat is
of pale blue crepe and tulle with the
< little bees scattered over crown and
brim. Blue. mercury wings are the
trimmings.
The Empire hat is one Of the favor
e tie modes, including the empire poke
E Napoleon period and charming de-
j; sign known as the modified empire. To
= be worn with some Of the most exqui,
!. site and dainty hats are feather boas
3 which the French women will not give
: up, as they are too becoming, for they
' soften the harshest features. These
e boas differ from those Of last season
as the feathers are arranged crosswise
E They come in the most delicate tints
One Of them has the effect Of a pale
rainbow. II sa.sts- a5,E
One of the fitting rooms is devoted
to display Of many of the most ex
> quisite real lace and hand embroidered
gowns ever brought to the city, and
there are some charming lingerie hats
4 many Of them: fashioned Of: real lace tc
:. 20 with these gowns. III, g..
: Gowns for every occasion are shown
=. but the: rose, grays and 1, blues seem &c
< be the leading colors. There are some
! beautiful hand embroidered line Gowns
: of grays,, lavenders and blues and the
embroidered and lace-trimmed waists
. are exquisite. IA. .zZ1s.. :. I. -.