Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-26
Thousands Present When
Whistle Sends Curtains
of Windows Up.
UNIVERSAL VERDICT
GIVEN IS WELL DONE
The Hunt Company Is
Awarded Prize for Most
Imposing Front.

TULSA gazed on the superiative
l. window display of local mer-
chants last night, which formally
uchered in Fashion week, and Tulsa
said. well done
The plaintiN csSwail of the fire whistle
at 1880 o'clock was the signal for the
unNeilng of the fall fashion grandeur.
At that moment curtains We're rolled
back from practically all of the up
town windows to disclose to the thou
sands who packed and jammcd the
ughfares-minature scenes such
as a writer of Arabian nights fiction
might have coniured in his dreaming.
Metropolitan in every respect ultra
In design and arrangement, they
startled with their brilliance and elab,
oratenesss
From one end of Main street to the
other when the lights were flashed on
there arose Il subdued, "ah," drawn
inVoluntariy from the throats of those
who saw.
II was a most cosmopolitan crowd
which witnessed the show. Tulsa s
aristocracy, that fortunate sect al
ready lavishly garbed,s strudgcd sido
cy side with the unkempt tawdry
oeniZens of another sphere. Young
women who came to chose what they
would wear for the winter stood by
the side of thinly clad misses who
came to see. but who never expected
to purchase. Men, clad in the sheerest
broadcloth and giving forth an aroma
OF rich Havana cigars brushed men
who bore the mark of toll, but whose
eyes were lighted with the same
desire.
But to all who gazed practically The
same visions arose. They saw bril-
liantly lighted dance halls, Christmas
festivities, osteEtatious gatherings
weddings. and the happiest of life. All
that has to do with the rough2r side
was dissipated for the nonce at least.
Musir Worth While.
Music was heard in all parts of the
big show The city band with twenty
pieces played popular songs while
marching up and down the streets.
Several of the stores had special or
chestras hired. Many minstrels Of the
wandering type with their tin cups
waiting for nickles had placed them
selves where the crowd would be
thlckest and the COINS would drop the
oftcnest
That all were pleased IS evidenced
by the fact that they were good ma
tured and even when the Judge with
the guides made their way through to
the windows and pushed them hack
to obtain "A better view they even
smiled in approval.
Living Models attract.
The stores which had hired living
models attracted the largest and most
enthusiastic crowds. All the small
boys attempted to make the girls
smile and could not understand their
sedatCneSs.
Limousines. touring cars, -unabouts
and electrcs lined themselves up OH
both sides of the streets while their
oct ctupants wat he'd the larger dis
plays. so large were The crowds that
in moving from one store to another
person had to make II detour around
the outside of the cars lined up at the
curbstones and also avoid the string
of ears that continued 20 pass slowly
along the middle Of the street.
The street cars themSt Ives stopped
on some corners long enough to 1T
the passengers sec and in some eases
the inotorman wished himself to have
q look before going around his run.