The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-16
Monday Date Set for Elaborate
Displays by Salt Lake
Stores.
BEAUTIFUL WEAR OF ALL
KINDS FOR THE WOMEN
Record Crowds Expected When
Delights in Millinery and
Dress Are Shown.

PRAYERS and supplIcatIons have gone
up 10 the influence IN charge Of the
weather to grant beautiful day of
warmth and sunshine next Monday, The
pTa"ar was started by the merchants of
Salt Lake and WAS taken up by count
less numbers of women when it became
known that Monday is to be spring
opening day with many of the retail
stores. The success or failure of the
opening day depends largely upon the
condition of the weather, For spring
openings there must he spring weather,
say the merchants.
Monday as never before probably in
he history Of merchandising in salt
Lake The stores Of the city will he alive
with myriads of spring creations. The
millinery stores and departments nat
urally take the lead in this annual
event. Women S rcad-to.wcar suits and
dresses come as close seconds. 1t Will
he pre.emineutIy women 5 day.
Department stores are planning WIN
dow displays and showIngs of spring
goods on the most elaborate scale ever
attempted. The many new styles IN
spring wear. the novelties and acccssor-
les 10 women S wearing apparel in the
way of laces. embrcidcres. ribbons and
ne IKE VIII Dc seen III pIOluSlpH.
Some OF the creations for this spring
are what the enthusiastic women Will
Icail perfect dreams.
Assortments Are Perfect.
Preliminary steps for the openings
were taken when the buyers from the
various stores of Salt Lake went east
and spent weeks in the markets gath
erin" the merchandise. making sclec-
tions from the most exclusive styles Of
fercd by tho mills and wholesale houses.
As result of this campaign of buying
he stores of Salt Lake viii be able to
offer everything that could possibly be
found in the mammoth department
stores Of New York City or the en-
goods will 6~urc largely in the spring 3
showings. Dainty and expensive, serv.
iceable and moderate in price. exclusive
patterns md styles in all the grades
all Will be ready for inspection of the
prospective purchaser Monday.
Styles More Conservative.
1t is generally conceded that the
spring styles this year arc along more
conservative lines with leaning to-
ward the "getting back 10 the old
ways' strongly III evidence. So far as
lis known, The "harem' skirt viii not
he shown in Salt Lake this spring
There is the near. harem, but not as near
AS TO be pcrious. The hobblc skirt has
lost some of its "hobbEe' and the
styles for spring offer more conscrva
tive lines From the few advance
showings that have been made the range
of selection is wide and the eager shop
per may rest assured that just the dress
she wants or the ribbon 10 match or the
lace and Insertion needed TO make the
trimmings viii be on display.
Merchants arc confident that the
openings viii be "a success They say
that never before has greater care been
exercised in making purchases to please
the trade. Buying was started early
in the wear. plenty of time was given
the buyers on the eastern markets and
as a result the merchants feel that when
the people begin 10 sec what is in store
for them this spring there Will he gen"
cral satisfaction and liberal patronage
Will follow
Clothing and Shoes.
The spring showing Monday viii cX-
tend TO the clothing stores and the
shoe stores While spring suits and
shoes have been on display. u special
showing in many OF the stores will be
made Monday. 1t is noted that in shoes
and men $ suits there is the absence
Of the extremes III style and colors-
Brown in mems suits holds its place
with the standard seYges and grays. In
shoes plain blacks and tans prevail EX.
tr@mcs in shapes in footwear also have
disappeared this year. giving way to the
plain toes and solcs. Neckwear and
furnishings of all kinds will he seen
in neat and attractive designs when the
spring openings come Monday
Spring will bc the watchword next
week. The stores Will be busy places,
y,f mo q tn do
Merchants have made arrangements to
handle the people aud there undoubt.
cdIy will he general satisfaction in cv'-
cry Wav