The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-28
HATS WITH DAINTY LA(ES
MANNHETMER BROS. HAVE THEM
TO CROWN sOMN
FACES
FRUITS AND FLOWERS RARE
These, Too, Lend Their Aid to the
AdOrnment of WOmen's
Headwear for This
Spring.

1t was q great. Haunting American
Beauty rose and 1t nodded with a number
OF It's sisters from an old blue jardiniere
whose rich color set off the exquisite hue
OF the roses as nothing else could. The
American Beauty was quite in its ele-
ment. On nearly every side of it were
long glasses that reflected not only the
beautiful flower and its companions, but
all sorts of beautiful colors as well; coll
ors that We're combined and twisted into
what seemed great masses OF bloom. Tor
while the American Beauty was con-
tent to gaze at those rivals of hers or at
those other rivals, beautifully 4, dressed
women who walked softly up and down
the length OF the great millinery rooms
at Manufacturers admiring everything
with frank volubility. But finally the
eapricious flower became tired OF being
mere idle spectator She fluttered her
petals and remarked to her sisters: Il
snail certainly speak TO her" nodding in
the direction of anoher rose, almost tho
exact counterpart of herself But the
stranger, instead OF standing knee deep
in cool water in a quaint jardiniere rest
ed in unconventional fashion against a
mass of soft lace and silk, formed to re-
semble a great mushroom
She has peculiar TASTE" decided the
American Beauty. ''but shall speak TO
her all the same" and, leaning over, q
breath of perfumed words was waited to
the stranger. Then the American Beauty
made discovery and It caused her to be-
come shade or two deeper in color.
The stranger was artificial.
She r1eteDdad mt m Do+ion ;+bo o,oI.o.
OF her sisters, but devoted her attention
10 two richly dressed women who stood
near deep in conversation.
certainly the hats are exquisite this
year, sad the taller Of the two. IT al
ways make it a point to attend Mann-
heimer Bros millinery openings and al
ways enjoy them, but this spring thew
nave certainly surpassed themselves"
Yes, indeed" agreed her comranion
Look at that hat. Isn't 1t exquisite. |
declare 1t IS difficult to distinguish the
artificial rose from the real one" and we
looked from the flower on the hat to the
American Beauty in the jardiniere, and
the American Beauty felt appeased.
Just then saleswoman approached the
two shoppers and the rose WAS an inter
ested listener to all that followed FIRST
the attendant told about the trimmings
that We're to be in vogue this spring
and summer. There was the Claire de
La1ne, beautiful spangled net, so SOFT
ana illmy that the rose wondered why
they did not call 1T by it's English mama
moonlight" Then there We're the Rem
a1ssance, the duchesse and the point de
Robespierre laces; flowers. of all kinds. and
fruit, grapes, berries and cherries that
looked good enough to eat For added
ga1mture there were the pastel orna-
mcnts and the skeletonized tobacco
leaves, the latter made of claire de I.aine,
9etted net and Tuscan laces. Later some
mats We're shown. One, the attendant
called the petal hat, was made of solid
pansy petals with an immense bow OF.
ophelia velvet Though the hat shaded
the lace slightly, the brim was raised
sninc1ently TO show the hair The Char
iotte Cerday hat was of pink straw a
modlhed poke bonnet shape The crown
was covered with white net and over the
prlm was a rutfie of lace. A band or
piack velvet ribbon was drawn about the
am 'oShanter crown and hung in Stream
ers at the back. Another hat the at
tendant called the mushroom droop. It
was of Tuscan straw faced with cream
white Chiffon. Directly In front was an
immense black velvet bow and droopine
over the brlm was q small bunch of June
roses. Then number OF black hats were
SHOWN, so surnmely looking in spite OF
their SOmber color that thew looked az ~
Ihey Were trimmed in chiffon and nets
mostly The shoppers moved on, but by
craning its neck good deal the Anaertcan
Beauty could see them pause in rapt adj
m1lauoh before a table of cl1ildren's hats
such airy creations these hats were. In
POKE bonnet style, usually, with the
sweetest of wild flowers for trimming and
the softest of chiffors to ruffle about the
baby faces. The American Beauty finally
lost sight Of her friends in the crowd Of
shoppers. but she soon became as inter-
ested in others, for all Nlay yesterday the
steady procession kept ap In the great
millinery department All day the beau
tiful hats were exhibited and admired
until at O'Clock when The last shepper
| haa reluctantly taken her leave. the
! American Beauty decided that It would
| be rather a nice thing after all to ha 81,
| artificial flower If one could repose on
one OF those exquisite creations that
| women call hats.