The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-15
BRIGHT C0L0RS.
The Easter Bonnet Will Be Gorgeous this
Year-Buying Millinery from the
Wholesaler.

IL OOt0
that the milliners are now IN the cities
selecting their spring stocks. Milliners
usually make two pilgrimages a year to
the city markets each year to learn city
and modes, and their spring visit
always falls in Lent. The Lenten season
is usually quiet in the retail millinery
trade, but 1t is important that dealers
have the very latest h~eadgear in stock
the week preceding Easter, for the facin-
atlng female wouldn't be in it q little bic
il she didn't spring a new hat or bonnet
on Easter Sunday. Fashions are OBJ
tanned by the wholesalers by the ,mpor-
tation Of a large number Of pattern hats
which the retailers examine until they
know every new wrinkle and curve that
is the mole in the great millinery houses
Of the world. Most Of these hats and
bonnets come from Paris, or bear the
name Of a Partisan milliner, but it is a
secret OF the trade that many q domestic
hat bears u foreign label on the lining,
for American women believe that Il sea
journey and a visit t o the custom house
confer a certain distinction on headgear.
When the retail dealers are in the city
establishments, the pattern hats hang
on wire stems like gorgeous many-hued
flowers, surrounded by the buyers who
look ut them from every point and pick
ut the trimmings to learn the secrets Of
French grace in garniture. Some carry
notebooks and make sketches or jot
down any effect that touches their fan
cy, but when any Of them tinds a hat
that really delights her eye, she prompt
~ takes it from the stem and carries 1t
of to the workroom. Here che buys
trimmings and u shape identical with
the finished hat she hae, then she sits
down ut a long table aud proceeds TO
copy the pattern hat, tint for TINT and
line for line. II the Partisan creation
seems to her too bright to please her
trade, the milliner deftly subdues the
colorings while she retains the effect OF
the original.
The colors most in vogue thls season
are the gay est t,nts Of orange and yellow
and the bright ceruleau blues that &C
from sky to turquoise. The country
mllliners in market are a little shy OF
the vivid hues, ana most Of the startling
pattern hats trimmed with yellow silk
spangles and Jet bugles are left neglect
ed while their Quieter sisters are carried
away to the workroom that their dupli
Gates may bloom on the heads Of womer
at Easter time
Wholesalers say this is proving {
splendid season IN their trade. Retail
ers are buying better materials thi'
spring and more OF them than for sew
eral years past. 1t is u strange fact
however, that the millinery trade ha'
suffered less from hard times than an!
similar line OF merchandising.
Bright colors will reign supreme Thu
year not only in millinery, but brigh
costumes vii also be popular. Roman
stripe sashes will also be in vogue. Ii
this particular, however, manufacturer
are confronted with an obstacle which i
apparently the result Of female patriot
ism. When the gorgeous Roman strip
sashes were displayed for the inspection
OF the ladies, it was observed that the
ca~ptivated buyers except the red an
yellow combinations which were Ito
Spanish" to meet the approval OF tn
patriotic Americans.
Bright red will be exceedingly pop,
lar. Red broadcloth, red cashmere, an
all kinds OF red cloth for children. Re
suits for the bicycle girl, and in fact an
color 80 it's red will be fashionable tn
} year.
For sale, refrigerator, gasoline stow
, pnrlor and bedroom suites. Addres
Mrs. l.. g. Cameron, Howard, or app
to II. q. Gebhart.