The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-19
A STUDY IN HATS.
Marvellous Display Of Up-to-
date Hats at Wanamaker's
New York Store.

With the first days of spring. raining
though they be, the thoughts of adj
women turn to Easter bonnets. 1t is
sometimes necessary ITO wait a while for
the spring suit, but it Is an utter inpos-
sibility to go with a new and beautiful
spring bonnet at Easter. The hats this
year are more than usually beautiful. The
combinations of colors seem startling
when described-they must be seen to be
appreciated. One of the best places to
see the new styles is John Wanamaker's.
Broadway, between Ninth and Tenth
streets. Here the hats are displayed SO
that one may examine them easily. And
one may be sure tina everything is the
latest possible novelty and up to date,
unusually handsome. They are Copied
after the French millinery salons and are
said to surpass them in size and excel
lence. There IS a very large room on
the Tenth street side of the building,
which is shut off from the rest of the
store by lattice work and portieres. The
room has a thick velvet carpet on the
floor. The hangings are yellow. Placed
about the room are Easter Tides and frag-
rant yellow plants, the pots tied IN yellow
crepe paper by broad yellow satin rib
bon. AT one side of the room are two
small rooms. lighted by electric light,
AT the rear of the room are small trying
on rooms prettily fitted up.
BuL allSF a GRANGE WHICH taxes IN the
whole effect the room is forgotten and
attention is centred on the hats. The
hats are most artistically arranged. Here
shades + e eas S-a run e EFes b1sa has5 f }be yariou ;
case Of hats trimmed in pale coral; again,
a stand fun Of purple and violet hats:
then again a fascinating combination of
colors. There are hats in all the FASH
.sionable shades, violet, green and coral.
and in all possible combinations of the
shades. Both imported and domestic
hats are to be seen
In the small show rooms separated from
the large room by pretty portieres are a
pretty white legf1orm has a crown Of pink
roses. lit is trimmed in the front with
pink r~osettes and has at the back am
immense in11a bow Of pink ribbon with long
Meyers IS Of black and white Batavia
straw nimme with quillings of mousse
Line de sole, and turned up ait the side
with red roses. An English walking hat
by Raboux lis a garcy chip with a SPAN
gled band about the crown. a black band
on the brins and trimmings of cerise
chip by Jose has a band of violet velvet
about THE crown, a large bunch of roses
and violets with knots of violet and coral
ribbon on the side and r~osettes of violet
and coral velvet at the back. A simply
trimmed grey straw, by Raboux, as ac-
Gordon pleated frills of grey mousseline
de sole ON the brina, large grey ostrich
pluGnes ON the side. and r~osettes of ribbon
at the back. A rough backed sailor is
trimmed by jesse with loops of coral silk
and dark wings on the side. A very pref
ty domestic hat is of cerise rough fancy
straw. 1t has a crown of violefs, and it
is trimmed with a cer.se velvet bow on the
SIDE and cerise peoples ct the back. "A
a large Tam O'Shanter crown of coral silk
covered with chiffon On the side are
large black plumes and a dropping black
algrdHte- 1t lis by Cartier.
One of the prettieSt hats is a white
leghorn almost entirely covered with
flowers. There Is a crown of lilacs and
yellow roses with wings of cream lace.
brim Is turned up at the back with lilacs
and violet velvet rosettes. A dressy hat
is Of ceral rough fancy straw, with q
black wings at the side. The back is
trimmed with pink roses. Another pic
ture hat is a domestic white leghorn. 1t
med with sprays Of lilies OF the valley
and pink roses on the left side and white
satin rosettes at the back. An odd and
of' lieg fses valoi has r g g e9 faney 0 atraM. sa # Is
trimmed In the front with coral silk in
crab style and red roses are under the
brlm ct the pack. III, = handsome green
straw on the rim. Green tips. shading
from dark to light, are around the crown
and green plumes and birds Of paradise
feathers with q bunch of leave are at
the side.
The evening hats are all small, with
steeple crowns. A pretty one has an inn
ears at the front fastened with a rhine
stone buckle. Two Nile green tips are at
each side of the lace ears and two tips
Meyers Is of green fancy straw, Napoleon
shape. The trimming of FIVE black tips
comes from the back. The outside OF the
jabot Of white lace at the back with a
black feather d loop OF ribbon and a
buckle. The opening Of the millinery de-