The evening world. Newspaper, August 4, 1922, Page 7

THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1922, DOOD LOO DO LOL LOL T DO ODONTOL erchandise Fair Every Day of the Year ONDAY, August 7th, is the opening day of the first National M Merchandise Fair in America—a great step, indeed, in the progress of commerce in this country. In the Grand Central Palace and in the 71st Regiment Armory hundreds of manufacturers from many parts of the country have assembled vast assortments of products of almost endless variety—and here merchants and wholesale buyers from stores of every State in the Union are coming eagerly to see, to Re touch, to compare and to buy. x YET, sixty-four years ago, Macy's became an INTERNATIONAL Merchandise Fair open to the public the year ‘round. Since that first cargo of merchandise was brought across the sea in Captain Macy’s schooner, vessels have continued to bring the products of the world to this Store. With practically every country of the Universe contributing its handicrafts, its manufactures—Macy’s is, indeed, a great Merchan- dise Fair. The Grand Central Palace Assembled here—for the air which opens Monday-— are hundreds of American manufactured products — gorgeous silks, woolen fab- rics, cottons, delicate laces, veilings, lingerie, corsets, handkerchiefs and neck- wear, jewelry, linens, toys, - stationery and many other articles. With such a diversity of products displayed under one roof, the National Merchandise Fair is virtually a Department 71st RegimentArmory Across this stately stage beginning Monday will move the newest figures of the world of fashion—the gowns, the wraps, the furs and hats that, in this com- ing season, will find their places on the paths of social prominence that lead from Coast to Coast. They will pass in review belore the most critical audience to be found, the merchants and the buyers who are to select the new Fall fashions for American women. a 2 le cloths, damasks, towels. From here, laces, notions, hosiery, _ linoleums, ig | too, come woolen scarfs and sweaters, colored wash matcrials, upholstery fab- 4 EA beautiful tweeds, golf hose and Angora rics, china, cutlery. Men's and women’s | EA The gloves. fine sport clothes come from England. Potteries 3 . 5 Fairs: ; pontsres Rugs are a famous English atthe Pairs . of Leipzig, res of Vienna fel LO DO DED: Store in the field of wholesale buying. Glasgow, Fair Place At . of Scotland, Birmingham, FE-ngland, is a Mecca for the Scottish craftsmen with their beautiful linens, their woolens, and their woven plaids. To Glas- gow, too, come the Irish weavers with their world-famed damasks. kitchenwares head the list of the eleven hundred branches of in- dustry represented here. SSSR SP * Reproduced from “The Romance of a Great Store.” By Edward Hungerford. A Typical Day at Macy’s ROM Scotland, we import linens of great variety—hemstitched table there yearly to buy dolls, leather goods. kitchen-ware and many other products WY Gas of our every day necessaries are sent to us from England— products from this country are jewelry, tapestries, fine lingerie and beautiful velour hats, AA i and laces, the handi- work of the Balkan peasants. the seat of Great Brit- ain’s steel industry— great hardware fairs are held each year. Beau- tiful andirons for the fireside and fine cut- lery are prominent at this English Fair | the Sreatest of all the NE of our representatives has URING the | Id wi Al The bebe a Due | | foreign fairy ereuheld visited the Fats, at Leipsia almost D ye it ¢ long, colc ‘winter ays tria are nown the “4 5 twieeeachyear. Toys, every van sinze 1809, always searching in the isolated regions of Austria, world over for their rel ey dolls, porcelain and for attractive novelties. Others go Pearse: women sit and embroider beauty. Here, 90) <Ne 3 exquisite linens to send to us. Other seen rare embroideries iI : a USSIA has always been the land of OMEN of today know the beauty A flax. Great quantities o it have of the Spanish scarf. From | . The been shipped to the surrounding coun- Spain, too, come laces to trim fine i Famous Fairs tries that are famous for their weaving, linens. Among the most important iI of Russia, and eventually to us in the form of fine products of this country are fancy Barcelona, rs . % white linens. groceries and Castile soap. 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