The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-15
The Keith
O'Brien Opening
The Big Feature Of
Monday.

L ndeI' the Influence of warm sun
shine nature discsrds her winter raj
ment and steps forth radiant in airy
garb.
Laureled with flowers all abloom,
with fragrance more delicate than the
rarest perfume, and the chirp of song,
sters everywhere heard, spring tripped
merrily to Kcith-O 'Brien company
Monday.
The decorator, inspired by her com
ing. dreamed Of fairy merchandise
then. awake and doing, wrought scene
OF wondrous beauty throughout the
store.
There is now Transformation from
sedate somberncss to gracious bright.
ness. II is most apparent IN the spa
clous windows. They are marvels of
dalntlness, expressing art in the gowns
graceful folds, III the settings and the
general scheme of decoration
Women are enraptured. while even
men come to see tho windows.
Everywhere the remark is heard ::
! windows?" And the windows create
desire TO sec the interesting exhibits
within the store
Monday, therefore, became dav of
sight seeing, in which women revelled
in an atmosphere of style. The store
was early crowded, especially in the
millinery department.
The general window scheme is that Of
an Italian garden. The north window
Is IN pink roses, IN the center of which
is large platform and overhead a
TO the four corners OF the platform. The
| picture represents a lady of fashion
| stepping TO the platform from the gar
den, having thrown her wrap over a
seat in the background
In the north window is Calliot
model. a lace gown over pink. made
with tunic, with Dutch neck On the
figure is a white leghorn hat, with
black velvet facing. trimmed with
are in this window, One of the hats is
tuscan crown. trimmed with large
white willow plumes and wreath of
small roses
The second window is in lavender.
1t holds a pearl gray three piece suit.
The waist is made separate Paquln
model. Also lavender crepe de chine
| frock, yoke finished with hand embroid
cry in the same color
One large roll brimmed leghorn hat.
trimmed with sweet peas and caught
WIN al ulpppAhS pON VI "ulic soIlh
ribbon. Another is q large lavender
chip, faced with black velvet, trimming
of cream lace and pansies, with a large
velvet bow in the back
The third window is in yellow. The
central figure is an al white baby
Irish lace. over white Two other fig
urcs are in pongee. One of the hats is
a large. dropping leghorn, with black
velvet facing. caught with rose band,
crown of lace. Another is dainty hair
hat, trimmed with a large bow of lilies
of the valley.
The fourth window is in Alice blue,
The central figure is a white French
serge tbree.piece suit. Francis model.
In this Setting are two other figures.
On the central figure is q large hemp
hat, draped with cream brussels net.
roll front, very odd. new shape, An
other is a mushroom shape, faced with
lace and crown of small flowers.
The one feature of keith-O 'Brlen
windows is the lack of crowding. The
charm lies in simplicity.
The interior decorations are festoons
of large pink roses. running from col
umn TO column; on each post is an arm
effect, from which suspend thousands
of roses Each of the arc lamps has a
large rose band. with sprays OF weep
ing willows.
The second floor is trimmed with
large primrose stocks, which extend into
the aisles; many ferns and natural
plants.