Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-03-27
A Brilliant Easter Millinery Dis
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To wear hat that is becoming and
exactly proper on Easter is the right
of every woman, as the custom of her
land has sanctioned this right and
both persis. emily and gladly does the
average woman claim her privilege,
and today in our town hathunting 10
pursued with an intensity that be-
speaks unusual devotion to church
services next Sabbath. And this is
not to be wondered at Us our millinery
establishments have one of the largest
and most brilliant displays on record
OPENING AT TIE LEADER
Yesterday and today the Misses
Dolan, Mrs Rogers, and Miss Ranches
of Chicago, have scarcely had breath
ing time, as the striking display of
hats in their show windows have made
it impossible for any woman to pass
by, and once inside, what bewilder-
ment of beauty she can choose from!
Each hat is more ravishingly beautiful
than the one seen before and she must
be difficult to please if she does not in
short time find something to suit
both her taste and her purse as these
creations of bewitching taste range in
price from So to ten times that modest
sum. The young woman whose face
shows no marks of time goes into
ecstacy over glorious Colonial hat of
white silk, shlrred until it resembles g
fluffy plume its entire garnishment an
elegant white scarf with pearl orna-
ment. While this IS tried on she spies
q superb Gainsborough with facing of
chiffon, soft and alluring, tucked,
shirred, with flowers true to nature
ready to lie lovingly against the soft
hair of the wearer. A little further
OH the more quiet taste reyels in modi
fled turbans or fancy straws with trim
mlngs of straw bows or garnished
with a great bunch of roses. Applique
crowns, creamy white lace, flowers of
delicate hue. soft chrysanthemum
braids, Roman scarfs, pliable moline
and the richest of velvet ribbons, seem
to have as never before found their
affinity and formed themselves under
the deft fingers of millinery skill into
roseate bows, all in telling contrast
and yet in most charming harmony.
But every effect must be soft, fluffy,
no matter whether the brim of the
headgear lift itself high in the air or
droops over the face. And oh, then
the show case with the hats for the
little maidens passes description. Lit
tie leghorns with creamiest laces, of
softest of puff crowns with q wealth of
ties, little white chapeaux, everything
the hearts of the little dsrlings could
desire, dainty, sweet and pretty enough
for any mothers little lass. Every
thing, however gives the impression
that the day of the bizarre in millin-
cry is out of tone with the millinery of
this season, tut surely never were hats
more imposing, never was range wider,
never had any woman greater oppor-
tunity to crafty her personal taste.
Hats were not the only consideration
at the Leader today. Sweet baby
gowns were touched caressingly or
bought by happy mothers and those
not blessed with little tot in the
home invested in lovely dress skirts
or took home packages of the dainty
poude sol, molines, grenadines, and
other bewitching fabrics to be found
at this emporium. Every person
seemed to have ready money and the
ladies drove brisk trade as they we'll
deserve for nowhere can more salts
factory stock be found or more court
eous attention than is given those who
pstronize the proprietors.