The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-20
SPRING DAWNS WITH KAUF~
AIANN'S OPENING.
Great Show-Day ut the NJ iitinery House
To-Day.

To-Day.
With truth it may be said that the
sun shines on the truly Fortunate for
we had our reporter at Kaufmann's
bright and early this morning for details
as to their Twentieth Century Opening
OF millinery. Though early in attendance
there was a goody gathering present in
tent upon the styles for the coming great
season and but little attention could be
paid our reporter in the clamor OF the
customers to see the latest thing from
Paris or What have you GOT Of Virot's
creations? These queries and answers
were banded between salespeople and
customers, and we had to make the best
OF it and report as near correct as possi-
bic. At a millinery opening, hats, both
trimmed and untrimmed. abound, but
there is much more in kaufmann's than
just millinery. The front part of the
ground floor is devoted to many incidental
departments, all containing clean stocks
OF goods OF high class quality. The floor
is covered with handsome show cases,
which contain many articles of wearing
apparel, most artistical!y displayed and
of a quality rare to find in the city In
the rear are counters after counters of
untrimmed and ready-to-wear straw hats
in all colors, shapes and prices. the latter
-
shopping or for days that look threaten
ing. On this floor also is an abundance
of trimmed hats of the ordinary wearing
type and at prices which will attract
careful buyers, that is to say, YOU can on
this floor select a very stylish hat for
everyday wear anywhere from So to Sc. AT
the head of the stairway is the coat, suit
and skirt department., which has made
such a noise in town on account of it's
being the one department where stylish
tailor-made garments of good quality can
be bought at very moderate figures, and
so it is this season, for there are on the
floer many. many hundred garments of
the ncbbiest cut and best make that can
be obtained at less than you could go to
Your dressmaker and get q stylish street
dress for. The children's and misses de-
partment is here. too. and it appears that
kaufu1ann's make a speciality Of this
branch. for they have very large assort-
ment of young peoples REFERS. box coats
and readyto-wear dresses in all the sea-
sons shades. Then the millinery parlor,
where abound the creations of the master
minds OF the millinery trade. The room is
handsomely fitted and the lights so softly
toned that the effect is indeed soothing
and pleasing. Here it is also where Rich
mond's best dressed people seemed to
have spent the whole Of yesterday. for
while our representative was present the
crowd of sightseers continued to surge
and clamor for closer inspection OF the
gems of the spring OF 1SG1.
Let us say in one word. tile models dis
played to-day are accepted by the elite
as ..the thing for this spring. which fact
prac ticaly= settles the question of style
for good When we say that there are up
wards OF two hundred models in this
room and each is different from the other.
twill be accepted that we could not de-
scribe their particular attractive effects.
nor do we want to. for We had much
rather leave the treat to you; allowing
you the Opportunity of joining your
approval with that of your neighbor and
stamping the spring opening of kauf-
mann's as the greatest feature OF the
Twentieth Century SO far. The models
Will be on show all day to-day and to-
morrow Thursday, You are not pressed
to buy-merely hospita bly, invited to view
the greatest exhibition OF millinery this
great house has ever had.