Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-27
BEAUTY AND FASHION.
Lovely WomenandLovely
Millinery
HERALD IN THE SPRING SEASON.
Pittsburg's Great Establishments, and
the Greatest One Of Them All.

A great Lonten function has been the
millinery openings of the various large
business houses Ia town during the past
week. A millinery opening, since 1t Is to
nine out of every ten visitors of the femin-
inc persuasion the preface to O new bonnet,
is an event eagerly expected. zealously en-
joyed and fondly cherished. A woman
takes as keen sense Of duty with her to
make the rounds Of the millinery shops as
she does to the missionary society.
No less than six different. representative
concerns were thus entertaining the ladies
of Pittsburg last week, and thousands, in
order to compare the various departments
and assortments, made close observations
nd st udies of them all.
At Kaufmanns' millinery bazaar it is
located OH the third floor of the great store)
the crowd was at all times the largest and
most enthusiastic, and, if thecexpressions Of
surprise and admiration which were heard
on all sides may be counted as votes, then
Kaufmanns certainly have been unani-
mously elected as the fashionable millinery
headquarters of the Twin Cities.
A mere glance through Kaufmanns' mil
linery department (Which, by the way, is
decidedly the largest and handsomest in the
city, was sufficient to determine the result
Yet the fact of their opening having so COM
pletelv out-distanced the efforts put forth by
the other establishments is due to superior
energy and enterprise alone. The truth is
Messrs. Kaufmanns consider no time nor
talent wasted that is used in efforts to please
their customers. Mr.. Henry Kaufman.
known in Paris as one of the keenest buy
ers, and possessing artistic sensibility, is q
regular and frequent visitor at the French
capital and keeps close watch on every
creation turned out by Paris milliner.
Nothing recherche misses him, and presto!
off it goes to the Pittsburg house. 1t is not
unfrequently the case that a chapeau exhib-
tied in Paris shop may be seen a fortnight
later adorning the head of a Pittsburg lady.
thanks to the truly commendable enterprise
Of Kaufman Brothers. This naturally
gives them q great advantage over other
houses who buy through the New York i'm
porters.
In addition to their Parisian contributors,
Kaufmanns have their own artistic modistes,
several of whom bring enviable professional
records not only from Paris, but London
and New York as well. Their duties are to
incorporate the ideas Of the customer
who does not just find in a pattern
hat quite what she desires, with the
thought and invention that goes to
manns' establishment practically earns for
every one OF their hats or bonnets the right
to the distinctive title of "pattern." For
lesson in millinery you should visit their
bonnet display. Among the clever artistes
who have contributed to their show cases
are: Madame Pouyanne, Madame Heitz-
Boyer, Madame Gosse, Madame Linn
Faulkner. Madame Virot, Madame Berthe
and Madame Julie. Gosse inclines to
buckles, flashing with rhinestones, in
her creations, and every French
milliner is following in her foot
steps. Many of the most charming
of Gosse's creations occupy a prominent
place in Kaufmanns' show cases. Though
she uses subdued colors Her combination in
one hat is green and brown, the hat itself
being Of brown straw and straw gimpe and
the moire ribbon introducing the green.
The hat is. nearly crownless, having at the
front halcyon bow and behind gracefully
grouped ostrich tips. The next hat at first
doesn't strike you. Then it strikes very
hard The entire brim is covered with ccru
colored point lace, to which the black straw
is the foundation. The three eolors intro
duced in this hat are black, white and gold.
The last color is seen in felicitously ar
ranged braid.
Tie Pouyanne creation is principally a
mass of frozen violets surrounding q crown
OF ecTu coloEeQ polnt laccs W3th hkHt pIuo
ribbon rs cheerful contrast. Heitz.Boyer
introduces what the woman who under
stands the value of flowing lines will appre-
ciate. In hat, an elegant affair Of lace and
brown, she has tie of ribbon several yards
in length. Midway a dainty rosette is
placed, which, when the hat is on, is fast
ened to the coiffure, the remainder Of the
ribbon depending down the back. This
fancy is quickly being popularized. These
few examples stand out pre-eminently, and
for that reason are specifically described,
but there are countless more equally we'll
selected and beautifully harmonized effects
in hats, and each with an idea to present
and principally that of remembering that a
human face is to be underneath it.
In conclusion a reference of commenda-
tion to the appointments and conveniences |
to be found in Kaufmanns' store, such as
ladies' waiting, retiring and toilet rooms,
is not amiss here, nor is suggestion to |
other stores, where painful lack of these |
is rightly construed into dis
regard of the comforts of customers, to
speedily follow suit.