The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
New Store Styles.
Where the Latest Things Are to Be
Seen Amid Beautiful Surround
ings.
Partisan Works of Art and New
York Triumphs Attract Spring
Buyers.

The New Store millinery department is
beautiful this week, aglow with rose
shaded lights and decorated with roses
SO natural in appearance that it seems a
veritable bower of blossoms.
The hats. which are the principal OBJ
jects of interest TO the scores Of feminine
visitors, are in themselves floral creations
Of wonderful beauty Partisan works Of
art and New York triumphs are to be
found side by side with no less charming
fancies from the hands of the skilled trim
mers which the New Store always em-
ployes. ( +, 7: ~,s
Foremost in the dictates laid down by
fashion is that blue shall be the ia
sVorite color this season. From Paris come
blues in every shade from the palest tint
to the deepest. Next to blue in favor,
and possibly to surpass 1t as the sea-
son advances, is champagne, that inde-
scribably delicate shade which suggests at
once cream and the blush of the palest
| roses. From champagne to the castor
shades is not long step and from the
castQTs through the rich browns the fancy
may roam at will, certain to be correct
in fashion. Reds are reserved for the
spring and are shown in many pretty
| models combined with the castor shades.
Stately black was never more in evil
dence and the New Store shows a case Of
| imported: black hats which are rare in
| i
which were SO popular last season seem
to-, have vanished from the shelves and
| the sunburned straws have taken their
place. The fancy braids are more nu-
| merous than ever this season and the
Neapolitan, capable of SO many. pretty
variations, is most charming. /
| A Lichtenstein hat is shown which is a
decided novelty and sure to command ad-
| mlration. A single pink rose set in a
wreath Of for -get-me- -nots, is a destinc-
tive feature of this hat. The hat itself is
| flat rough straw, gracefully bent with a
lining Of folded malines under the sweep
Ing brtm rosette of milliner's folds
in blue velvet is placed under the left
side and similar rosette ornaments the
back of the crown: In the center Of each
rosette is the rose with its wreath Of for
| get-me-nots and a cluster Of dropping
buds '.:'*'+tstt~- zi-: -: '' .Z>2 :
A rough green straw. fiat as the major
| ity of hats are this season, trimmed with
large cluster Of blue velvet grapes
ranging in shade from palest blue to the
deepest tone, is most effective A facing
of shirred malines completes the striking
a fairy-like model from the hands of
| Camille Rogers, shows hat Of pleated
| lace In the. champagne shade. Across
/ the broad back is a cluster of roses Of
the palest pink, fastened in place with
/ a UuSh1e VI 0nO. given. an
added grace through the dropping buds
which fall prettily over the hair. Roses
and buds beneath the sweeping brim add
the last touch of beauty needed to, make
| the hat irresist tible to womankind. .~.
A hat from Francois in beautiful black
! Neapolitan braid, IS bent in many won
derful and fetching curves which set off
| face as a beautiful frame does pic
| ture., "A fcoronet Of pale blue velvet lies
| against the hair and wreath of rich red
| roses ornaments the crown.
| Another Francois hat, entirely in
black. shows the high crown which is
just coming in. The beauty of this hat
/ lies in the long plume which sweeps
gracefully around the crown and hangs
softly over the hair in the back. "s''' :"
! / Another black hat is made striking with
a trimming of black Gala lilies and green
foliage. The lilies lie fiat against the
crown. Black velvet is used in a rosette
| beneath the brim.
An early spring hat in castor braid is
| in the turban shape, strapped with mar
row red velvet ribbons, fastened in place
with cut steel ornaments. Brilliant red
| cherries, caught at one side, trim the
| crown T.
| All the New Store hats are distinct in
type and rich in materials. There is a
! hint Of Paris even in the hats which
| are fashioned in the local trimming
| rooms but it is little wonder that the
| home creations rival the imported novel;
ties for the most careful thought is given
| to their construction, the newest fash
| ions are followed in the materials and
none but skilled fingers are allowed to
| touch the work