Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-10-22
SOCIETY GIRL WILL FIRE SHOT
AND IMMEDIATELY Ala
Wells WILL DROP.
Stores open TIL 10 P. M.
Merchants VIII Keep Open House for
Two Hours Following Opening
Of the Show.

At exncuy s o'clock tonight tho
wells wil be thrown back from tho
display windows Of nearly Il hundred
stores In the down town business dis
trlct and Tulsa's first annual fashion
show viii bo formally opened.
All arrangements have been COM
pleted by the Retail Merchants assO-
citation for the opening Of the big
show Many decorators worked all
night last night on their windows. but
the major portion Of the work viii
be done today Each window Will DO
closely yeiled all day today, and no
one viii get a peep at the gorgeous
array of goods behind the curtain un-
III the shot Is fired tonight that will
cause an the windows TO be unveiled
simultaneously.
on account of today being Tulsa
Day" at the international Soils Prod
ucts exposition the majority Of the
stores viii be closed all afternoon
They will reopen, however, and re-
main open until 10 O'Clock p. m, for
the reception Of visitors. Special
pains have been taken In decorating
tho interior OF the stores as well e4
the windows. one particular instance
OF the desire Of merchants to put on
gala appearance for the dry farm
ing congress Is the Beane- -Yandever
Dry Goods company, which yesterday
covered the whole front OF their two
story building on Main street with
flags Forty flags, representing all the
nations Of the world. were used in the
decorative scheme. The interior OF
the store has been similarly decOrat.
ed. IlarlOw's and Bcane- -Vandeyer
will not close their doors TO the pub
ltc until O'Clock this afternoon.
They Will then remain closed until
main open until 9:30 o'clock p. m.
Miss Helen Carter will fire six shots
from revolver, at the corner Of
Third and Main streets. at 3 o'clock.
ana this VIII be the signal for the
unyeilinR Of an the windows. Pre-
cedlng this, Miss Carter. accompanied
by Miss Ethel Carter, Miss Irene De-
lancy. Miss Ruth Jacobs and the chap
eronc Mrs J. c. Rosser, will parade
the down town streets in decorated
automobile A band and several
other autos viii be I'm the parade. Fol-
lowing the formal opening Of the
fashion show the stores viii be
thrown open to the public and an
evening Of merrymaking will ensue.
The fashion show viii continue un-
I'll SATURDAY night SO as 10 give every
one an opportunity 10 witness the ex-
tensiye and elaborate window displays
made by the various Merchants. Some
Of the individual stores are spending
as much as $500 on their window dec
Oratious for the show
"In honor Of the Dry Farming con-
grcss.' said Secretar, Rayson of tho
Retail Merchants association. last
night. the merchants Of Tulsa have
mad0 arrangements TO open their
fashion show Wednesday evening,
wednesday being the opening day OF
the congress. The rules are 10 Veil all
windows for the entire day until the
signal is given for the unveiling at
o'clock in the evening. Proclamations
have been issued, asking all stores to
close at noon tomorrow IN honor OF
the opening u the Dry Farming expo
sitlou and also TO make the proper
preparations for the opening Of fash
ion week. A resolution. passed by tho
retail merchants last Friday night, re-
quests an stores to open their doors
at O'Clock =. M, and keep open
house for the down town Visitors UNI
10 o'clock p m.
.If these agreements and requests
ara 200 carried out lt wi'' le the great
est drawing card iu ne was OF fash
ilr openings our ciy has ever wit
messed and az time. too. when It
viii make am impression Worldwide.