The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-21
OUT-0F-TOWN SHOPPERS
TO At TEND FASHION SHOW
Markets OF World Secured to Find
Latest and Best for Rich
mOnd Buyers.
BIG CROWDS ARE EXPECTED
\" Simultaneous Unwilling of Win
lows. but Each Will BE Thrown
Open Tomorrow as Decorators
Finish Their Work.

froad street merchants and local
shoppers are looking forward alike to
Wednesday, morning, when. like n
mug" butterfly. the big retail thor.
oushfarcs viii emerge from its chr,-
sil'is OF summer lctharyy and win
"ia@' forth In respondent autumnal
Si"rE. business waits with batcd
breath for tho united fall opening Of
| the Retail Merchants Associntion.
when the Autumn Fashion slow viii
hoid The boards for thro. DAYS
TWO more days and nights remain I'm
which preparations for tho big event
can be made. Many storcn.will remain
cios"d to-day on account Of the Jewish
holiday. while election dag Tomorrow.
VIII give each a chance TO put In tho
hnishinG touches. Stocks have been
on hand for days and weeks and
everything is in readiness to put them
out for display.
The hnai lcks will DO done by tho
window decorators. who will cNort
IN their artistic arrangement or a
small scale Of tho marvellous array
or new modes. patterns and sty!cs on
the inside. This work will begin after
closing hours, ana each window will
be opened to the public as the decor
ator puts on the finishing touch.
NO SIMtITA \EOtS
UNWILLING OF WINDOWS
Unlike last fall, the merchants Will
nave no simultaneous unwilling. They
realize that the people are anXlous to
see tho windows. but tho folly OF at
tracing huge crowd TO the streets
was shown by the throngs that choked
the big ;horoughfare last year. and re-
turned home without AN opportunity
10 see the wonderful display. While
many windows may 10 seen Tomorrow
night, the best time to view them viii
be on Wednesday morning. when
everything Is ready, and the stores
stand with wide open doors, inviting
the shoppers TO step inside to view the
more complete stociSs.
The closing to-day Of some stores
Will not delay the fall opening in the
least, as the lost time can be made
up by the clerks at night. while notice
able falling off in shoppers on election
day Will prove great relief to the
store employees in getting their stocks
ready 70" exhibition. The stores will
be open bright and early on Wednesday
morning. and the merchants arc cx-
pccinG the largest crowds in the his
tory Of the city. not excepting the holt
days periods
MARKETS SEARCHED
TO PROVIDE TIE REST
w. ~ Clarke. dr.. secretary OF the
Retail Merchants Association, said last
night:
Each Of the seventy concerns talk
ing part in the Autumn Fashion show.
is pleased with the interest taken last
Near by the public, and from the large
number OF Inquiries received recently,
IL !. believed by them that their patrons
appreciate the union openings, and
that II is the most popular feature we
have offered in years The local con-
Germs have outdone themselves in
stocks. and Richmond and ut-of-town
shoppers can expect to see the most
Wonderful offerings, both from newness
and price. that have ever bccn seen
here
The markets OF the country have
been searched by the buyers for the
local stores. and the latest European
creations have been purchased in an
effort to bring before the view Of the
Rich,nond people all that is novel and
artistic and best in the seasons pro-
ductions in the merchandising line"
Every class of retail merchandising
is represented among the seventy bust
ness houses united in the Autumn
Fashion Show. Boot shops, mems and
women's stores. jewelry and optical
houses. groceries, retail druggists. /
furniture and carpet dealers, florists !
stationers, music emporiums, and the
rest of them are combined -in the great /,
harmony Of interests, which has as It's |,
chief aim the welfare, and comfort and |
convenience Of their patrons-the
shoppers >oG Richmond vicinity.