Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-04-02
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cerned' is what has been SAID
by some one posing as a fashion
authority. Well, much he
knows about it. In the time OF
our grandmothers fashions
tribute to.spring" consisted in
freshening up the winter chap
eau with a bunch of violets and
adding fresh ribbon. Long in
the past are those days and
ideas. The Easter girl of today
is finished picture, she is the
personfication of good taste and
full we'll she knows that the
impression Of good looks she
conveys is largely dependent
upon that with which she
crowns her head. And never in
the history Of this old world
was Dame Fashion so lavish
and SO thoughtful of every style
and class of womankind as she
is in the millinery of today.
And surely never in the history
OF this town was there such an
interesting and magnificent dis
play Of millinery creations and
attractive and satisfying stock
of spring and summer goods as
is presented by the Misses Do
Ian at "The Leader" In this
store everything suggests
spring and a mere visit to this
emporium of color and lowell
ness is enough to put a bright
spot into the dullest life and
wreath with smiles the most
sour visaged woman who ever
went in quest of a spring bon
net. Color reigns supreme,
whatever way the eye turns it
is met with a blending of har-
monious coloring and a richness
and beauty of fabric that the
heart is cheered and the eye
delighted. The whole collec-
ton of hats is redolent with
newness, every whim of fashion
is displayed, every popularity
OF style is respected, beauty and
utility, the modest and the lux
urious are fully represented.
From an early hour this
morning the ladies of our town
and surrounding country have
been paying tribute to this dis
play of loneliness, and the en-
tire force have been kept busy
showing the lovely creations
which not only show the beauty
of fabric and conception but
the exquisite artistic talent of
Miss Karsting who has been
here SO many seasons that
she needs no introduction to
the beauty loving ladies of Mo.
Valley. Miss Karsting is a
true artist, she is so completely
imbued with the love of her
profession that she will at any
time spoil a sale in preference
to being untrue to her artistic
ideas, and the patron who is
doubtful OF her own taste can
implicitly rely upon Miss Kar-
stings recommendation, and
every one knows that even a
plain woman may be made to
look charming or beautiful by
a chapeau which brings out the
best lines in her face. All hats
have the wide fiat effect, a
raised crown is a thing UNI
known in present millinery, the
chief charm of many of the
hats is their under brim effects.
It is true there is a long cry
from the flower hat to the
tailor hat with it's charming
simplicity of decoration, but
each and all have a conspicuous
charm and every style appeals
in an undeniable way to the
purse strings, and a woman
must be enbued with a wonder
full force Of character who can
leave this beauty show without
investing in a hat.
One lovely creation before
every woman, figurativly
speaking, fell down in worship
was a violet flower hat with an
imported applique top, with an
exquisite scarf of lace and VIC
let ribbon at the back of the
hat resting upon the corffure,
the entire underbrim was of
tiny violet blossoms. A gerani-
um hat was an exquisite study
in color, too effective to be des-
cribed by print, and withal as
lovely as a maiden's dream. A
very dashing hat which called
forth many expressions of adj
had a crown of white
imported gauze braid with
chiffon face trimming