The Republican journal., 1903-10-22
FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY.
The Belfast Milliners Had their Openings
Last Week. They Made Fine Displays and
Many Sales.

The Belfast Milliners Had their Openings
Last Week. They Made Fine Displays and
Many Sales.
The Belfast milliners had their fall open
ings last week, and the displays were more
than usually attractive. The new styles do
not 90 to extremes either in size or shape,
and the prevailing colors are such as can be
| used with artistic effect in many combina-
tions. The rush of customers began early
and many sales were made, so that when
| The Journal representative called between
9 and 10 O'Clock in the forenoon large
| number of handsome hats bore the tag
"sold"
THE MISSES ELLIS.
Nj. f. and L. P Ellis held their opening
Thursday and Friday. Their window dis
plays were handsomely arranged. One was
| in white with the new "prune' shade, ana
had a wax figure wearing stylish black
tatfeta hat trimmed with Persian lamb
and large black ostrich feathers. Another
hat in this window was in turban form
with mole skin top, prune color velvet brlm,
and prune pompons. The other window
had a handsome display of gloves and
neck wear. One of the most admired mats
in the store was a turban III black tal1eta
shirred over cord, with pompons of ostrich
feathers and aigrettes. A blue chiffon vel
vet hat trimmed with shirred rosettes and
blue panne ribbon, and broad brim hat in
champagne color silk plush and Old rose
trimming and foliage, were sold early.
There was handsome display of chldren's S
hats, including black beaver with black
satin ribbon, and white beaver trimmed
with white velvet and bow of satin rib
bon.
MRS. B. f. WELLS.
Mrs. Wells display Thursday was the
largest, and her customers say the hand
soonest, she has ever shown. Among the
early sales, which were among the most ar
tistic productions in the collection, were
hat with tiaring brim of shaded fuschia
color and crown of the new champagne
shade, with velvet panSies Shaded to match
the two cOlors, white aigrettes and rhine
stone ornaments. The colors were beauti-
fully blended. There was an imported
broad brim hat setting well over the face
with ecru lace appliqued on the under side
of the brm, and small black tips on the
hair A hat greatly admired was medium
size, soft crown hat of black peon velvet,
with gun metal ornaments, and black che
mile brim, white ostrich pompons and the
new black chiffon ribbon. A large Gains
borough of white beaver was centre OF ad-
miration. 1t had long white ostrich plumes
and jet bands, the effect being very rich yet
simple. A hat in mirror velvet in the mode
shades with ecru lace on the brim beauti-
full ostrich plume in the same colors and
| rhinestone ornaments, was snug at the
back and set well over the face.
j. W. FERGUSON II co.
This firm made handsome display in
their front window Thursday, but the hats
shown there sold quick ly and were changed
so often that a description would be diff
cult. The trimming of the window was in
black velvet, with green foliage, bright
berries and potted palms The rooms
were thronged with customers and the
attendants, reduced i'll number by tie
Illness of the milliner, Miss Ada C. Jones,
were kept busy. white French sailor
in beaver. trimmed with silk, was
admired by all 1t bore on the crown
white bird with a golden ring about
the neck. A large hat in mode shades
with mode feathers and lace, and with lace
| inserted in the brm, was novelty and was
admired by all, and a heliotrOpe toque with
sable fur crown and flowers found an early
| !, hat i,,j al
shape with fancy bands and ostrich pompons
was also bought early in the forenoon.
| MRS. II. B. CUNNINGHAM.
The opening, Friday, of Mrs. Cunningham
was very successful from both an artistic
and financial point of view. The show
window was very attractive. The color
/ scheme was in different shades of purple.
In the centre was d large purple hat in
mirror velvet with facing i'll two shades.
| The top was plain in dark purple trimmed
with long white plume crossed through the
crown and coming over the left side. Among
the first sales were a large black jet hat
with a long plume on the left side, and
| small black velvet toque with purple trimm-
ing and black pompon. A large hat had a
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/ brown in alternate sections radiating out
| ward from the crown and face to the edge,
| producing striking and artistic effect.
| The crown was shirred and a long black
plume was thrust through the brim, coming
down on the left side One of the most
striking among the children's hats was a
castor and white beaver with Alsatian bow
of shaded blue ribbon. Miss Hattie M.
| Blacks stock of ladies wear other than
millinery was, as ever, full and tastefully
arranged, and her openings, in connection
with Mrs. Cunningham's, draw many GUS
toners Her sales'on that day included full
outfits for ladies except millinery, outside
wraps and boots, and Miss Black and her
clerk were kept busy throughout the day.
THE AUXILIARY mis- SION.
Rev. j. A. johnson and wife, who are so
| ~, rpactly cnn6untinu tbo Anyilior1 NTicSiop