South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-17
FALL OPENING AT
LOCAL STORES Is
MARKED SUCCESS
Downtown Shops Show Wide
Variety Of Fall and Win
ter Apparel.

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THURSDAY south Bend stores held
their fan opening. Window decora-
tors seemed 90 sic with each other
for pleasing effects. and the various
department took on "a gala day APP
pearance. Autumn leaves and flow
ers were used with abandon. and
gay streamers led 20 the very lair
a fashion. itself.
There were many new colors and
new materials that have adopted
peculiar names. Hats were shown
iu Egyptian rose. pheasant anG
thistle blue a shade of rust was
most prominent. The neH mate
l-ials are kittens ear and Duvet de
Lame.
soft Effects Popular.
soft etccts are most popular in
hats. said one milliner. and they
are best achieved in duvetyne
why won't south Bend women
wear little hats with big veilsy" she
asked petuiantly. I'm New York they
ere worn evidently. Then there is
an infinite number Of feather hats
being shown. Silver and copper are
favored trimmings.
Coats all look so warm and
vrappy In fact. they are wraps of
soft materials like velour and
chamoistyne and veldyne, with huge
fur collars OF nutria. beaver, SPUR
rel. Australian Opossum and rae
coon.
Wool dresses are long wasted,
straight lined and made OF poiret
twill. tricotne with plenty OF en-
broidery and beads satin dresses
are good, as are the crepe Made
LANES and crepe meteOrs.
Shows Beautiful Gown
ElIsworth's is showing a beauti-
ful evening dress of black lace,
trimmed with rainbow ribbons of
velvet There was another, an
American beauty satin. with dark
blue maline over Grapes and a gold
touch. The store is beautiful with
occasional palms and artificial flow
crs- Some gorgeous coats adorn the
models on the second floor.
Vymans French room Of import
cd hats is one Of their biggest fea-
lures. Some young woman could
work havoc with the one Of antique
velvet with bronzed ostrich feathers
which Is made 10 dangle dlluringly
before the eyes. one copper col
ored hat is very different. too with
feathers 10 match. The Peggy
Paige dresses were charming, espe-
cially since there is only one model
OF each. An unusual evening dress
was shown OF orchid and gold
Changeabie taffeta.
The Francis Shop exhibited some
charming afternoon and semi-even-
ing gowns o. paulette geOTgette. one
was carmencita IN color. which
means something approaching yell
low. trimmed in French beads. An
other colcr was redgewoOd, which
is an attractive grey-blue. Some Of
the wool dresses there are touched
with bright greens and tomato
shades Taffeta and geOrgette even
ing coats are 20 be worn.
Dark Blue Satin Dress.
In the window at Robertson's was
a beautiful dress Of dark blue sa-
tin draped with silk net and bead
I'd in iridescent. One OF their best
models was a veldcygne coat with
nutria side panels. collar and
sleeves. a different hat was of to-
nato velvet and duvetyne with an
aigrette and rhinestone buckle. A
handsome black satin silet hat was
trimmed in lace.
An embroidered duvetyne suit
was shown at Brandon -Durrells II
was embroidered and trimmed in
beaver Wrappy coats in silk bolt
Via were beautiful A hat OF Wat
tedu shade and trimmed IN black
ostrich graced the millinery depart
ment Some lovely yelled models
were shown, the veil reaching the
nose or eyes. A hackel feather hat
in orange was especially chic.
SaX's win dows were very attrac-
tive He showed a navy blue trico-
tine dress with trimmings of copen-
hagen that was good. There was an
evening dress OF brown embroidered
net made over shaded coral crepe
meteor. In the window was a suit
OF copen with Australian opossUm
trimmings and made i'm box effect.
Tn. Oliver style Shop specialized
in over-blouses in georgette and sa-
tins with short and three-quarter
sleeves Some handsome blouses
were embroidered IN chenille. The
batik neEligees are the newest and
best in that line and some very ar
tistiC ones We're exhibited The
shop was dttingly decorated with
cladioli