The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-04
FAIR WEEK COMES
 AT READS WITH
 MUSIC AND BLOOM
Nothing Spared to Make Big Store Delightfully."- Attractive For Annual Occasion

BetteTeQ by increased attraCtiVerl eSS, Fair Week opened yesterday at the store of the D. M. Read Company This week has been set aside by the | management each year to mark the opening of the spring and summer season. Each Fair Week has been so carried out, that it has come to be looked upon as a part of the Read system, because of the great care and extensive preparations the company put themselves to to make this open ing their greatest effort.
 The whole Read establishment, four stories of newness and hustle and DustIe, has been turned into a verit-
 able fairyland, this through dainty touches of beauty. Floral gardens abound throughout. Every entrance, every passageway, every aisle, every cluster of beauty. It's Fair Week,
 everything must be in holiday attire.
 All over the walls are sprays of pink
 magnolia, clusters of feathery ferns,
 and cut flowers. At this show case Is towering potted palm, at this, an-
 other, between, dropping Easter lilies,
 here, beautiful cluster of azaleas
 med, casting pretty rays of lavender
 and White through the medium of
 lavender and white shades, covered
 With wisteria. Baroness is an un- known quality, due to the generous
 use of coverings of lavender and white,
 even to the tubs and jars holding the
 palms. One fact which has always featured Fair Week, and that one of it's main attractions, the wide use of
 that happy little warbler. the canary Every floor has it's quota of these ever
 cheerful and song giving feathered
 creatures, with their wisteria decorat- ed wired castles strung at intervals The music this year is being heard
 on the main floor at the east end of the
 carpet store. The music is furnished
 by the Aida Trumpet quartet, a group
 of talented young ladies, who have at
 tained considerable reputation. They
 render delightful program every
 morning at 10, in the afternoons at
 2:30, and on Saturday evening will be
 heard at 8 o'clock. Their instruments
 include violins, trumpets, piano and
 trios, and quartets with various com
 binations.
 The D. M. Read Co. are this week,
 and until April 15, giving a free eA-
 hibition of the great national paint
 ing, ''I'he Battle of Gettysburg" This
 massive work of art is being shown on
 the third floor, off the lace curtain
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 tail by James Drunmond Ball of Bos-
 ton, who gives six short lectures daily.
 It is a masterpiece which should be
 seen by every person, young or old
 in the city. It is valued at $10000G; correct in detail; eight years in course
 of production; 20 feet long and 1-2 feet high; portrays 25 square miles of
 battlefield; is the grandest battle scene ever put on canvas; locates the
 0f James Walker, a famous artist and an officer in the battle; an educational medium to young and old and teaches more about the greatest battle ever fought in America in fifteen minutes than could be learned in months of study. It is true masterpiece, which must be seen to be appreciated.
 To fully realize the importance of the Read store, a tour of inspection is necessary Starting on the top floor and working downward, let the visitor first inspect the suite of rooms at the end of the furniture depart ment Here are found three rooms of an up-to-date modern flat. a library. dining room and chamber. The snug little library has a high wainscoting of flemish oak with beamed ceiling and tiled fireplace. The furniture comprising reading table, library and chairs are early English mahogany. Suitable ornaments and decorations adorn the room. The dining room is a. neat creation. The furniture con- sists in a round table, well laden with silver and linen napkins ready for ser vice, massive buffet, serving table and chairs are in Colonial mahogany. On the buffet the silver shows many copies of old Sheffield plate. A drop art dome of amber, with prism pen- dants, throws it's rays about the beau yYy1, Der set Is of the Louis 18th design in grey enamel with white trimmings. The wall paper is of blue with border of pink roses, with the same colors in the rug covering the hard wood floor The bed covering is quite new in cretone covered with lace. as are also the window curtains. In the steps from the elevator is found set apart from the rest of the furniture, a dining room set in Sheraton mahog- any with ribbon work, in a most pleas ing design.
 The entire top floor of the Read store is given over to the display of furniture, every separate division of partment of it's own. The Read Co., pride themselves on having the most complete furniture stock of any store between New York and Boston their display embracing the reproduction of every period of furniture design, in- cluding the Coloniel. early English Jacobite and many oth- CTS Here are also found everything in office fixtures. kitchen, dining room and parfor furniture, veranda chairs, baby carriages and go-carts, ice chests, and anything that goes to furnish a house. Here also are found cedar chests, something that is needed at the present time for the storing of that fur set and costly winter gar nent The chests come in all sizes as well as prices. and are a most val ued asset to any household.
 Passing to the third floor. the visitor enters the upholstering and lace cur tain department Here are found most everything in cretons, lace cur tains and upholstered goods. Off this large room the art picture, s'The Bat tie of Gettysburg, is being shown
 Taking the stairs down to the sec- ond floor, one enters the rest room Here are found all the latest and pop ular magazines, massive reading ta- ble. desks for writing, and a telephone It is one of the most popular spots in the whole store.
 To the left of the rest room is the one department of all which appeals to the ladies' It is where all the neatest and daintiest of negli- gees. the soft undermuslins and the fluffy blouses are shown. The dis play Is wonderful, embodying many and styles. which only wo- in hi d.