The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
ST. PAUL'S FINE SH0WlNG,
Big Mannheimer Store Attracting Much
Attention This Week.

The art of shopkeeping is a subtle
one. In none Of the pursuits. of life
has personality a higher value than in
this one.
At Manufacturer Send and, aim of
the Sixth street shopping promenade
fore the subtle influence Of the indi- /
vidual who is Deep and profound
student Of the wants Of men, and more
particularly of women.
This influence co-ordinates all the de-
partments, amplifes certain sections
which are designed to meet the require
ments of climate and location, com
der to obtain elegance with refinement,
and, finally. when a touch Of individu-
ality is DESIRED and the wholesale look
must be avoided, manufactures/lts gar
ments and furnishings to suit private
taste.
But in every department. and that
is the triumph. of Manufacturer 's-one
ture, rugs and carpets, in curtains and
draperies Of all kinds, your taste, even
if it be most esthetic will be met fully
and completely. The beauty and re-
source of the furniture department is
so ample, and the taste employed in the
selection Of modern things so fine, that
one is constrained to lnger among; the
that comes of looking at rare colors
and rich old rugs. A drawing-room
effect has been produced away off in
one corner Of the furniture floor, and
here the homekeeper may choose quiet
ly the things she wants to put into her
fiat or house. The beds-but the new
ideas in beds must be seen to be ap-
preciated. -,
On the second floor one is guided to
the millinery parlors by the delighted
murmur Of feminine voices and the
comment which is divided between adj
miration for the hats and for the "per-
feet weather for the opening.'.'
The trying-on rooms are already occu-
pied with pretty hats and pretty wom-
en-, and one notes that the choice hats
are going early. Here is a Caroline
| Ribeaux-a broad white hat, with that
Itdistinction which is indefinable and
which belongs neither to the shape nor
material. IS it, mayhap, part Of that
to pervade the great store? But the
Caroline Ribeaux-it is Of white felt,
for this is a season Of felts, and it is
wreathed with white roses and white
translucent grapes. Plumes9 Yes,
they were never in better style, richer
in quality, nor set upon the hat and
head with more appealing grace.
| A Puyanne-a jaunty turban IN
black-appears to have captured the ef-
feet so constantly sought for in the
1 plumed small hat. It is too elusive for
| description in mere words. One notes
| that the shapes have perceptibly low
cred at the back; that plain velvets and
| felts are used chiefly for their making;
| that a certain rich yellow brown is
much in evidence, and very fetching it
| is. There are, Of course, the blues,
and one of the best and prettiest
shades is the amethyst. A French toque
in the narrow folded, cunning shape
| that suggests the torpedo, but is not ex-
actly the torpedo, has a very smart eff
| feet. 1t was made of black velvet,
and ornamented in the jauntiest way
with white grebe and maribeau feath-
ers. With some of the feather-trimmed
| hats there are fetching boas to match.
| Hunters green is much used, as well as
| the Russian green. II
The windows are, as usual, in them
selves worth a visit. The Robert street
dress green and French hyacinth shades
in dress materials-jeweled buttons to
match, and gloves exact in tint. The
windows have a very pretty trellised
design white, like the white enameled
effects in the interior, and with white
grapes amidst thick white LEAKAGE.
The windows hint very broadly and eff
fectively at the trend of affairs in the
cloak and suit department.. The cos
tune is emphatically a compromise be-
tween the princess and the empire. The
/ result is most happy and graceful, the