St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-04-26
Tnral 1l1attrrs.
spRING OPENING.

SPRING OPENING.
An event of unfailing interest to
wives and daughters Of men, and in
cidently through the pocket book, to
mer themselves, is the function
known as "show day" at the MILL
merry parlors OF various skilled artists
in head gear. 1t is a movable least
for the eyes, taking place n week or
two earlier or later as the case may
be at different shops in the same
place, but no woman wants to mss
the sight of all even if she has pur-
chased her spring bonnet at the first
20 of. 1t would be less than human
nature for her to do so, and the fact
that she may see more beautiful, suit
able and less expensive head cover
ings on her subsequent tour does not
deter her from it, even though the
glamour Of satisfaction is forever
gone from off the one she did buy i'll
an nnguarded moment. However
this may be, it is certain that no fair
lady who has taken in" the milf
merry displays o(S st. Johnsbury, can
complain OF lack of variety. From
grave to gay, from lively to severe"
might describe the situation but it
to be feared that the grave and Sc
we're must be specially ordered, for
certainly in the great variety of live
" styles one has to look closely to
find anything quiet enough to suit
old fashioned people, of whom there
are still some surviving specimens i'll
this fin de seicle age
Mrs. Pierce's opening is thing too
far past to allow of an extended sur
vey at this time Her windows
were extremely attractive with
trimmed hats and bonnets two
weeks ago, and that they found
favor is evidenced by the way in
which they have disappeared, al
though there are still some pretty
samples left for sale, which the ladies
will not overlook.
This week Miss HALEY, Eastern
avenue, received her customers amid
a bewilderng variety of styles,
where all tastes might be suited
without much trouble. The win
dowS Of her store were arranged in
"A particularly attractive design,
which elected much admiration, the
display OF artificial flowers being
very pretty. Within. the tables and
counters were covered with trimmed
hats and bonnets, many Of which
showed great skill and taste in their
make up. The peculiar feature of
this years millinery lies in the
shapes, which in some cases are gro
tesque, but as they are eminently
stylish, there is no doubt of their
popularity for time. Fashion
seems to be able to float anything,
even decided ugliness, for this has
been done again and again, and the
new woman" has probably not yet
arrived at the stage where beauty
combined with utility will alone be
the rule OF dress. Some day this
hight may be reached, but in the
meantime let it be hoped that every
individual woman will try to select
for herself from the array fashion
spreads before her, something not
altogether unsuited to her form and
coloring, AT Miss Halley's good as
sistance is given towards this end,
and Dutch bonnet will not be urged
upon one who scarcely dare adopt
such a trying shape nor will pale
blue be suggested as suitable touch
of color for sallow brunette. Good
sense in this respect is recommen-
datlon always necessary for sue
cesslul milliner, for if a woman does
not rejoice in her head gear, she is
pretty sure to blame the one who
furnished it, and perhaps tell a few
OF her intimate friends so. The as
Sortment OF trimmings at Miss Hall
ey's is apparently very complete, and
there are plenty OF untrimmed hats
and bonnets tor those who like to
have some OF their own ideas carried
out. Some OF the trimmed ones are
perhaps little giddy, but as before
mentioned, fashion sanctions very
strange things, and at present she
has stamped with approval great
latitude as to forms and colors, and
a woman with dazzling combina-
ton on her head need not feel strange
or lack company. The artificial
howers were never prettier than they
are now, and with discriminating
taste in selection it is possible to
have, even this year, "A perfect
dream of II hat or bonnet.