The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-03-31
MILLINERY OPENINGS.

More Pretty Things Than Pen Can Pic
ture or Words Describe.
The Millinery Openings have grown
to be an event in the Spring and
Fall seasons in COLUMBIA. No great
big swell private function would at
tract nearly so many ladies, or bring
about "more talk" The ladies from
town and country make a social
holiday Of the season, and come and
go from one emporium to the other,
admiring the lovely headgear and
enjoying the society of each other.
Our reporter took the rounds, and
he felt no less his awkwardness amid
such surroundings, than he feels now
his inability to describe that feeling
or what he saw.
His first stop was at Mrs. William
sons emporium, and there he found
a housefull of beautiful women, all
of them eXclaiming, "beautifulv
He supposed they were admiring
each other, and he found no trouble
in exclaiming with them, beautiful,
how beautiful One lady was in
front of mirror, tossing her head
with a bird like movement from side
to side, while her friends surrounded
her in an admiring circle. She wore
a small hat made of black straw
braid, with full front trimming of
shirred liberty silk, side trimming
of pink roses and white jetted cupid
wings and handsome ornaments,
which artistic little affair enhanced
the radiant beauty of the charming
face; and we were told afterwards
that this was one of those marvel
lOus creations called a pattern
hat and it was that that the ladies
were admiring SO much. And it
was pretty, and there were others, a
rich, gorgeous profusion of others;
and the palms and potted plants,
and the whole scene, was refined,
subdued, artistic, beautiful. Mrs.
Williamson stock is entirely new
(since the big fire. and the largest
she has ever bought.
Miss CAROLS chic little parlor was
the contest niche to be found, and as
beautiful as artistic taste could make
it. OF course there were the palms
and potted plants, but it was the
beautiful hats with their bright
flowers and airy trimmings which
claimed the attention of the visitors.
Miss Carroll's display this season
surpassed ali her previous efforts,
and large number of her patterns
promptly found owners. One of her
imported hats-a toque Of Tuscan
braid-was in three shades of
cyrano; a side front effect of rose
buds with handsome crystal orna-
ments rendered it most stylish and
becoming. A leghorn lavisbly
trimmed in La France roses and
foliage, with broad front butterfly
trimming of tinsel net, with gilt
ornaments, was another one of the
hats greatly admired.
The Trade Palace opening was
heralded by its usual signs-beauti-
fut windows exhibiting the principal
colors and flowers to be found within
and string band to guide the wish
tor to the especial place of interest.
Throngs of visitors passed in and out
admiring the beauty of the scene in
general, and of each hat in partic-
ular. Among the many patterns
| displayed was a tan straw, elaboT-
ately trimmed in roses and foliage.
| The artistic arrangement and beauti-
full coloring caused this to be much
admired. Another of the most
popular hats was of white straw
Real lace, roses and foliage COM
bined to give this most stylish
effect.
The HERALD will not pursue
further this exhaustive, though in
exhaustible theme. The conclusion
of the whole matter is, Columbia is
the place to buy your hats, your
bonnets, your millinery.