Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
STYLE AND BEAUTY.
An Establishment That Is an institution in Br-
mingham of Which Any City Might
Be Proud.

Who is not attracted by style loves not
beauty, and who loves not beauty is
worse than he who sis fit for treason,
stratagem and spoils7--the wretched
creature who has no music in his soul.
Style and beauty for the graceful and
beautiful impress the visitor to that Won
derful display of goods which just now
makes the mammoth dry goods house or
Loveman, Joseph & Loeb resort for nu-
merous devotees of good taste, as well as
for ythrongs bent upon business.
One of the State Herald's editorial
staff visited the big establishment
yesterday and was refreshed and
edited by the art, elegance and
variety of the easter offerings"
consisting of manifold attractions in mil
linery and dress goods. 1t has long been
the frequent comment of visitors and
patrons of this house that it would be
creditable to the most pretentious of
metropolitan cities. This spring the
shrewd, enterprising and tasteful mer-
chants have excelled themselves.
On the first floor the vision is refresh
ed by remarkably handsome display of
such wash goods, arranged in SYMMETRY
cal decorative design, as dimity, Scotch
Bingham, French percale, French mulls
organdies and plain and fancy grass lin
ems
The millinery department on the sec
ond floor must be seen to be appreciated.
1t is the prettiest exposition of the facti-
tious things of vanity fair imaginable.
Such dreams and loves of hatsl Hats
and bonnets, ribbons and flowers, until
the bewildered mind is glad to pick out
a quiet little cute conceit of loveliness
and rest upon that, wondering how 1t
would look nesting above the dear eyes
and precious bangs of his sweetheart!
Everything in feminine headgear from
the tiniest bonnet to the widest and
tallest execration that ever drove bald
headed man to drink between acts. But
there are some charming poems of effect
in hats for this Easter. To pause and
contemplate them is to set one almost
revealing in a dream of fair women
Such, for instance, is one in chiffon and
lilies of the valley; another, which is a
broad brim of profusion OF
forget me -nots and harmonizing
leghorn crown. There, too, with
kind of dewy glory of its own is an in
describable something or other for the
head with immaculate straw peeping
here and there through things green and
clover. blossom pink and fat with honey,
as 1t were. 1t is so purely a spring-time
effect that you almost involuntarily look
around for gentle Annie
Art and skill are making flowers out
of silks, velvet and even cotton, so life
like that one is prone to lift bunch to
smell it, The counterfeit presentments in
dry goods of lilacs, asters, white and yell
low, rich and fresh daisies pansieS, mas
turtiums cherry blossoms and corn flow
ers are wonderful and delightfully."- real
istic
So rich, complete, elegant and varied
a stock of millinery, 1t is said on good
authority, was never brought before to
Alabama. The goods are there to suit
all tastes and purses. And 1t is a pleas
ure to see them. even though one doesn't
buy.
Coming out of the great, busy store,
take a look to the left and feast your
eyes upon the Easter parasols to go with
those spring poem hats you saw upstairs.
The parasols are exquisite, especially in
Persian and Dresden effects. They are
enough to make a bachelor go to hunting
for wife for whom to work and buy
rich and beautiful costumes. ,