Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-05
Millinery Opening.

The milliners of our city began their
fall opening sales yesterday and are
continuing them today.
AT Mrs. j. M. Bonds store the crowd
of ladies began to gather At an early
hour and stayed late. One of her show
windows contained an elegant array of
ostrich tips and fancy feathers. The
other contained col ec,ions of novelties n
trimmed hats, flowers, belts and buckles
combs and fancy pines. Some fine sam
pies of decorated china from Mrs. Cum
mings of Montpelier were also shown.
In the store were exhibited some fifty
odd trimmed bats, both foreign and
domestic, in all the latest colors and
shapes. Ferns, palms and cut flowers
were used as room decorations and they
looked very nice indeed amid the bril-
liant array of ribbons and fancy articles,
Among particularly pleasing head
gear we noted an elegant large black
velvet hat with rolling brim. 1t was
faced with white chiffon, and had soft
crown of the same material with black
velvet bands. The trimmings were
five long plumes, knots of black velvet,
and rhinestone pin.
Another was an imported poke shap-
ed black velvet hat with pearl colored
chinelle front, trimmed with three natu-
raj colored ostrich tips, sweeping black
aigrette, heavy corded black silk ribbon
and rhinestone and pearl buckles,
A large mode colored velvet hat with
face brim and and crown embroidered
in steel, and trimmed with two fancy
coque feathers, white satin bows with
stitched edge, pearl and steel buckles.
and cluster of white 10 es underneath
also attracted our attention.
In bonnets we noted small one in
the new shade of blue. 1t was trimmed
with coronet front in blue and white
satin with gray and white fancy feather
horse shoe buckle of jet and had black
ties.
Another was Napoleon shape of black
velvet and had steel and jet trimmings
besides a black coque feather.
Miss NJ, A Miles is in her elegane
new store and showed very attractivt
window of trimmed hats, fancy feathers
velvets and novelties, palms and n very
handsome basket of artificial flowers
added TO the pleasing effect. Two
doves apparently flying across and
carrying ribbon in their bills made a
very pretty novettT. She exhibited
about forty very handson, trimmed hats
both foreign and domestic. among
which we noted the following excep-
tionally attractive features,
A French pattern hat with soft
crown in dark green with cream color
ed facings. 1t was trimmed with two
large green plumcs and fancy steel
buckles.
Another was large brown and white
hat with soft crown. 1t was trimmed
with brown coque plumcs, brown and
white velvet, rhinestone buckles and a
cluster of white flowers underneath.
A walking hat in castor colorcd vel
vet and trimmed in front with fancy
feathers and turquoise blue ribbon, and
back with blue rosettes was very neat
thing. A short backed sailor in blue
velvet, and having stitched rim, also
attracted attention. 1t was trimmed
across the front with bows of white
satin md blue velvet. A fancy black
coque feather made it complete.
Miss NJ. F. Haskins at Miss Miles old
stand near Depot Square showed an at
tractivc window of trimmed hats and
novc...es in pins, velvets and feathers.
In the body of the store were shown a
large number of trimmed hats, all in
the latest shapes and colors. Ferns,
palms and flowers added to the general
beauty OF the display.
Miss l.. j. Hall had a very pretty
window of trimmed bats with decorations
of flowers and feathers. She showed a
large number of pattern hats from Bos-
ton and New York besides Il largo col.
lection of untinmed hats. She also
displayed an elegant assortment of
ostrich tips, besides fancy fcalhcrs, rib
bons and pins.
One particularly elegant large brown
velvet hat with brown and green tips
and heavy sweeping aigrettes, attracted
much attention. 1t was covered with
hand work technically known as smock-
ing and had shirring underneath with
green and brown flowers. The store
was draped with lace and ribbon and
flowers were abundant.
Mrs. w. +. Shepard on Prospect st.
has very select assortment of elegant
trimmed hats. A large black one which
turned back from tho front was an ele-
giant affair. 1t was trimmed with four
black tips with chiffon in the back and
a large white bow with ornament in the
front. Another was velvet toque in
the new dahlia shade which also turned
abruptly back from the face. 1t had a
black chenille crown with white silk
ribbon run through it and was trimmed
with black Murcurv wings and fancy
pearl pins. She has an elegant collec-
ton of feathers and ribbons from Paris
as well as all the novelties in pins and
fancy feathers.
Miss L. +. Townsnend at So Wash
ington street also showed n select line of
the latest styles in hcadgcar. Among
her beautiful creations we noted the
following: a medium gray felt hat
trimmed with two long white plumes