The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-24
Fairyland Of Hats.
An Exquisite Display Of the Mil.
liners Art Made at Powers.
Never Before Has There Been Such
a Bewildering Assortment for All
's Tastes.

It was fairy-land at Powers to-day.
The first spring showing Of hats was
made and more exquisite array of beau
ty it would be hard to find.
Even at the Arcade entrance on Nicol-
let one caught an enthusiasm for what
was to come on the floor above. In the
windows were a few stunning figures clad
in gowns whose prime notes were ele.
gance OF material, symmetry OF line, and
exquisite harmony of COLOR even where
note OF unrivaled daring entered into tho
scheme. Each figure wore a hat which
suggested the idea, confirmed by the ex-
htb1t on the second floor, that in the pur-
chase of gowns, hats and cloaks the en-
tire garbing of women had been consid-
cred as one problem so did they At one
to the other "t.*..< $50.
AS for the hats themselves-there were
beautiful things harmonious things, dar-
ing th1ngs-hats to be worn upon all oc-
cas1ons, and hats to be looked at for
ideals. Some Of the models serve for this
| latter purpose only, so the initiated say.
and out Of one model there may be culled
sufficient ideas on which to build three
| or four hats. This. say the initiated, is
| the difference between a model hat and a
pattern hat, and the display at Powers
bears out the truth of the statement, for
never In Minneapolis have there been
shown together so many model and pat
| tern hats. H.
Hats, for the most part, are only hats
after all, but there was something about
! the collection at Powers to-day that
struck one as the expression of an artists
Ideals of varying femininity; that GER
| tain cosmopolitan note which differenti-
ates the hat built to express the woma.l,
from the hat built simply to adorn. =
There were the models in black. All,
the audacious simplicity Of them Some
of them fared and were fiat, The street
hats rolled high at the sides or were tur-
| bans. There was a broad Chantilly lace
from Esther Meyer.&the frame bent into
.bewitching shape about the face the
lace ruffling over the edge,@a simple band
| of Jet across the crown and a wide quill
of MORE ribbon. N=i ~ -. .>..:.-
| A jetted affair from the: same maker
was made Of silk woven with tiny loops
over the surface and trimmed with long,
fiat loops of ribbon. the jet hanging in long
| thick fringe made Of fiat sequins, the
flowers white. and showing the long twist
ed petals of the Asiatic honey -suckle. 1t
is daring coupled with. simplicity, and a
knowledge of the exact things which color
and contour mean, that&is the making of
such hats. There's a Virot bamboo hat
for girl. Bamboo sounds Chinesey, but
this isn't--it's Virot just the same. even If
| 1t is bamboo. It's trimmed with huge,
l.
and onto the brirn are flung great punches
of green Strawberries tinged with pink
An odd affair from Camille Roger is a
mushroom skeleton hat of soutache braid.
The French artichoke, with It's sprangling
| leaves and great fluffy brown seed balls.
with now and then: a burr Just opening
into: fluff, forms the entire trimming.
Of the hundreds Of hats shown one can
pick but few. and after the picking lis
done, she will probably want to go back
and make another selection as she re-
members the beautiful things she has
left out. XII .4*&. tEE:E5.t. =, 81" r.
Perhaps the thing above all others which
held the attention was a wondrous crea-
ton In. green's The ggeneraT effect was
something between the blue +green of the
hemlock and the duAgreen of the. high
mountain rock moss: lHNThe hat itself was
a wide deep sun burn" legh6rn. The un-
| der brimS ofsnode maline next to the hair
shaded :into&mauve, and was fastened to-
ward the edge with twisted knots. Of pas
| tel green. !: At the back looped MASSES
of hazy- henalock-g velvet ribbon Swere
caught into mauve maline The brirn
! drops "a, little in front and is wreatfed
/ about with deep-hued blue forget-me nots
/ outlined with a band of leaves clfngine
I loosely, now to the brirn and now to the
| crown. ...,-. - ~
It was a hat for Mrs. Patti Campbell. as
was the sensuous dream Of finest horse
hair braid and heavy applique. lace
| creamy with the tint of age and dropping
| it's tiny Canterbury bells over the edge
The low crown was half hidden by a great