Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-04
WILSON'S Opening
DRAWS GROVES
Gorgeous Hats Vie with Smart suits
and Evsnlss Gowns for Place
Of Honor.

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Today the new fall fashions were
ushered in at Sam B. Wilson's fall
Opening in an attractive manner which
Bryan women will not soon forget.
Such an assembIage of stylish and up.
to-date millinery and elegant ready-to-
wear dresses and wraps Is seldom wit
messed outside the big fashion CEN
tiers, and the crowds present to view
the display marked 1t with favor and
appreciation. The attractive show
windows were deliberately set for the
occasion with French gowns of chit
fon and marquisette, and the very
newest in all accessories of milady's
stylish toilette for the coming season.
One entire window was given to a
display of more than fifty different
styles of shoes, boots and evening
slippers In all shades; to enhance the
|attractiveness OF these were shown
embroidered silk hose in colors to
match.
The lower floor presented mag
nificent display of dress goods, with
matched trimmings in every tone and
color. The bordered chiffons and mar
quisettes are this seasons newest and
most attractive feature and are most
popular in New York and other East
ern cities. An elegant display of these
beauties is at Wilson's today. A COM
plete line of bead and bugle trim
mings, chiffon draperies, chantilly
laces and embossed velvets are no
ticeably beautiful, and the silk fringes,
so much sought this season, are also
in evidence.
The stock In the ready-to-wear de-
partment is complete, and Miss Braatz
is in charge. This department and
the millinery are this year on the Sec
ond floor, where extensive and very
handsome improvements have been
made. The extension of the building
gives ample room for display, and rich |
furnishings of mahogany, with velvet |
carpets and handsome draperies go |
to make this department very attract
tive. The big mahogany cases are
filed with ready-to-wear gowns of |
chiffon in all the evening shades, call
ing gowns of duchess satins and vel
vets, white serge suits, fur coats, coat
suits, fancy silk kimonos, and every
thing pretty the season affords.
But the really attractive place to
the ladies' is the millinery department.
Miss Parker, who has so successfully
this department for the past
several seasons, is agin in charge and
IS assisted by Misses Wetter, Truitt,
Goodwin and Johnson. 1t is hard to
ell of the beauty and real magnif-
,ence of the hats this year. The
styles are more varied than usual,
Ind with it are more elaborate. Trim
nings and plumes are as varied as
he shapes, oriental ideas being incor-
)orated in both hats and trimmings.
S'urs, in both white and brown, are
much used this season, and ostrich
lands are also in favor. One case of
beautiful hats was those all
n white, showing the newest furs,
elts and velvets with elaborate will
ow plumes and marabeau feathers.
\ quaint little idea is introduced in
he mother goose" bonnet, with the
ong strap bag" made of the same
to go with it. n
A real Partisan model in the ex-
rene helmet shape, made of the
satin and bugle bead
ringe, attracted much favorable at
ention; also the brilliant coronation
lat made of the coronation purple ,
md pink velvet.
Altogether this fall opening at Sam
}. Wilson's popular store proved an /,
xhibit in which everybody was in
crested and nobody was disappointed, /.
nd 1t was the unanimous verdict of !,
he ladies that Bryan should well be-
roud of such a display as today af
Drded