The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-22
AN EVENT OF TO-DAY
THE GRAND MILLINENRY OPENING OF
SHERWOOD HIGGS & co.
fancies Which Dame Fashion Have DeCreed
Sail Adom Feminine Heads This
Spring and Summer.

She comes in I, gorgeous array OF
newly created designs for the spring and
summer of 1898.
She appears in perfect bower OF
flowers. piumes. laces, chiffons and RIB
bons. but she DEGREES that flowers shall
take precedence of everything.
She names Taffetas and SatinS, PLAIN
or shaded. in plaids and stripes, as the
most popular of the ribbons, and she
gives ii prominent place to some new
dainty effects in the Liberty Silks,
which are to be wrinkled or shirred
These comments refer to the hats
that are to decorate the heads of the
fair ones this season.
A News and Observer reporter str0lied
into the establishment Of Sherwood
Higgs 4 Co. yesterday, and Dame Fash
ion was there buSly engaged in arranG-
ing for the millinery opening of tins
firm, which will occur today and TO-
morrow. The reporter was invited back
into the millinery department. where he
found Miss Summey, who recently ar
rived from New York, and her assist
ants. Miss COppcdge, of Baltimore, ana
Misses Ray. Petty, Jolly Haynes ana
Riggan. of Raleigh, fixing flowers, Rib
bons, plumes and stunning creations Of
new millinery into a general effect that
will be seen and greatly admired by the
ladies at the opening today and tOmor-
row.
1t has been decreed by Dame Fashion
that one hat at least in the wardrobe of
the Summer girl of '9S, shall be Il
SheperdeS,s.
Besides the Sheperdess, the array Of
French pattern hats and bonnets at to-
days spring opening will include many
other styles.
The most stylish shade. and that
which appears in the fancy straws, in
the ribbons, in the fiowers-in everything
which goes to make up the most fetch
ing hats one with Il long French name
Capacene. which simply means burnt
orange. Lavender shading down to pur-
ple brown, yellow and the brighter tints
of green. are also much in evidence.
Black, combined with melon pink-a new
shade of ccriSe-makes IL pleasing com
bination. Black appears combined with
the other colors also, and in many of
the hats a touch of black is used to give
expression TO what would be almost COM
mon-place without il.
The Butterfly hat. a dazzling dream of
beauty. in green, blue and white, with
cable corded rosctteS and early spring
flowers, budding and blooming. with but
terflies of many colors fitting about
among the rOscttes and flowers, Scent
ingly slipping the sweets from this bower
of beauty.
An artistic hat in the sheperdess
shape, with the crown heart shaped
affair of Shirred Muslin, and edged
both brim and edge with narrow black
velvet ribbon, the front with a dropping
effect with upright bows of melon pink
ribbon, with large Rhinestone buckle
and strings of black velvet.
A striking Toque has a foundation of
burnt Orange braid. A tall effect is Sc
cured by plated bows of of velvet ribbon
and roses, the shade of the braid
fill in the back. A Tam O'Shanter
of real lace finished to the side with a
stunning white plume.
An effective creation is of pink braid
with cable corded rosettes, the brim is
straight with roses matching the straw
in shade with spangled quilts, in
circled by a dazzling Rhinestone buckle
IulS ~ II CTCdAlOH Vi Mdu1lu OSSt,
and is a genuine hint from Paris.
A genuine picture hat is a large Gains
borough made of leghorn fiat cut and
cream lace with chiffon lace edge insert
ed. 4 graceful bow of melon velvet rib
bon. with cream lace and black chiffon
caught by beautiful Rhinestone buckle
poppy rosettcs, with long black lace
edged ties.
a striking hat of gray braid and chif-
fon, straight brim caught up to left
with rosette of chiffon and braid, balloon
crown caught in centre by rich Rhine
stone. links and twists of velvet, trimmed
high to left side. with fan shaped Zebra
wings, caught by white neither and
Rhinestone.
These are a few of the summers that
are to be on exhibit in the millinery de-
partment of Messrs Sherwood Higgs &
Co., today and tomorrow. There are
dozens of other hats, and hundreds of
other funny named things that the re-
porter couldn't understand, and if he had
understood, he could not have remember
ed, but the ladies will know them all,
and admire them, as they stroll about
in this modern emporium of all that is
rich. rare and beautiful in the realm of
fashionable hats.