The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-24
SPRING MILLINERY.
Sherwood Higgs & Co., Will Delight the
Ladies With Grand Display To-day.

On yesterday, handsomely executed in
vitations announced to the ladies of Raj
eigh that on Wednesday, March 24th
Sherwood Higgs & Co, would formally
open their spring display of high class
millinery, AMI invited the inspection of the
ladies.
Remembering that, this enterprising
firm has always had something worth
seeing when they invite the special atten-
ton of the public, a News and Observer
man yentured in and invaded the hand
some millinery department of this up-to-
date store. Active preparations were
going ON for the exhibition tomorrow.
and every one was busy. Mr.. Higgs.
however, with his usual consideration,
found time to pilot me around and intro
duce me to the charming head of this
department, Miss Sadye Mitchell, late
| of Baltimore. With her kind assistance,
| we We're able to gather in detail the love
! ly surroundings. Everything is so arts
tically arranged as to suggest the pre-
| meditated formation of a continuous ex-
hibition, and it seems pity that it must
he despoiled by fair woman, whose taste
for the beautiful will lead them to its
| beautiful; ribbons, flowers and laces over
| whelm the eye with their gorgeousness.
| 1t is a dream of beauty and should be II
| joy forever.
Chief among the things exhibited, and
| one which shall mention in detail is a
case of beautiful hat models, fringed with
electric decorations.
Flowers, laces.s ribbons, chiffons, nets.
aigrettes and ornaments of various kinds
| predominant i'm materials for trimming.
The miNiners apparently aim at the eff
feet of massing a quantity of fluffy trim
| ming on the front of hats to fall over
or shade the face of the wearer.
One Of the most striking hats exhibited
is creation of Madame Reynolds, and
consists of black pleated chiffon, with a
handsome fish scale crown, the only trim
ming being a cluster of ostrich tips and
pleated chiffon.
A Linn-Faulkner design was an I'M
dressed Leghorn, trimmed on the right
side with a wreath of full-blown pink
and yellow roses. On the left side was
a mass of pink chiffon under cream Vene-
tan lace, held in place with a rhinestone
ornament. The brim was finished with
a black velvet cord ON the edge and has
on its under side black velvet bow and
a large pink rose.
Batavia, the new hat material which
is like a coarse carleton, in various col
ors, is shown effectively in a hat design
ed by Reboux. The brim is of green
Batavia. striped with rows of black
grimp. A full Tam O'Shanter crown is
of the same material over green silk. The
only trimming is a monture of black
feather pompons rising on the left side,
and a single black pompon placed under
the brim.
One of Virot's bonnets, of toque effect,
had a yellow straw brim with small,
high crown covered with gold spangles
Ostrich tips trimmed either side of the
crown, thanked with punches of yellow
poppies on either side of the brim A
high torsade of lace and black chiffon
was clasped with a rhinestone buckle.
The ladies of Raleigh will find a good
many things to entertain and delight them
when they visit Sherwood Higgs & Co.'S,
store to-day. All who can, should attend.
Mr.. J. s. G. Carpenter is back from
trip to the Eastern part of the State.