The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-19
TALL HATS co OUT
AT MANNHEINTER BROS
OPENING DAY.
TEMPTING SHADES ARE SHOWN
Gun Metal Is New and Coming
Color for Chic Headgear--
Store Has Been En-
Iarged.

Because the tall girl has come in, the
tall hats have gone out, but there is
nothing III this decree of fashion to make
the millinery-loving sex low spirited. For
though the hats are fat, by some magic
power fashion has succeeded in making
them becoming not only to the divinely
tall but also-to the sister of fewer inches.
A bewildering array of artistic confec-
tons tempted womankind yesterday at
the opening of Mannhelmer Brothers
millinery department, Sixth and Robert
streets. Beginning early in the morning
a steady stream of women poured out of
the elevator on the third floor and emp
tied itself in the spacious millinery par
lors that looked especially attractive yes
terday. Aside from the hats the only
decoration was the punches of roses in
big jardinieres placed here and there
throughout the rooms But the hats were
a beautiful decoration in themselves.
Fashion has borrowed for the fall and
winter hats some of autunns flaming
tints, and nature herself could not have
fashioned more artistic combinations than
the capricicus dame has effected for this
seasons headgear.
First of all, one notes that black and
white is to be fashionable combination
this season. Low black hats with roll
ing brimS formed Of scratch felt make
an effective founda ton for plumes, buck
les and occasionally roses. Aside from
the black and white, all the castor
shades, the soft tans and brownish yell
lows that suggest the wood duck and the
gun metal and slate shades are employed.
Of these the gun metal is the newest
and viii probably be the most fashion
able. Fur and lace produced a stunning
effect in two hats shown at the opening
yesterday. The foundation of both hats
was sable fur and over the fur was
draped gracefully the new trimming
known as Irish crocneted lace This lace
gives an exceedingly rich tone to hat
and is one of the very newest trimmings.
In the makeup of the hats Thibetan
felt, both plain and notified, the beaver,
beloved of our grandmothers, and vel
vet are the most fashionable textures
employed. A beautiful hat shown at
sMannheimers yesterday was made of.
soft black velvet. The crown was low
and the. brim, wide and rolling, was Or
narnented with an inch wide band of
white Thibetan felt. A long, white os-
/ trlch plume ornamented the front of the
hat and resting on the low crown was
black satin rosette., ornamented with
q steel buckle. Another late importation
was turban-shaped with wide rolling
brim of scratched felt and a low crown
of gun metal velvet. A drapery of point
de Venice lace and q steel ornament made
an effective garniture.
The every day hats are as chic in their
way as the more dress-up affairs. Those
hats for ordinary wear are fat of crown
and wide of brim and are made up in the
black and white, gray ard white of cas-
Tor shades. They are in good style and
have plenty of character. Beaver is en-
ployed largely in children's hats and most
of these are on the picture hat order
They are trimmed with plumes, pom pons
or f1aring rosettes.
Though the millinery department was
the chief attraction in Mannheimer Bros
store yesterday, the new shoe depart
ment on the third floor where fine and
complete array of dainty footgear was
exhibited. received many visitors The
new addition to the big store has been
completed and the firm is busy enlarg-
ing the various departments to suit the
larger space. e 80