The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-04-20
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See End page for county correspondence.
Shepard's Moving Pictures will be the
next attraction at the Belfast Opera House.
Mr. Shepard has four companies on the road
and is the only company of this kind play
ing the Cohn & Grant circuit The pictures
will be entirely new. No old subjects.
SPRING MOVES. G. Osborn Lord has
moved from Is Spring street to the
Alexander house on Court street. :. Hal.
R. Eaton has moved from the Stevens house
on church street to IA Miller street. Ed
mund Wilson has moved from the Cooper
house on Cedar street to the Pottle house
on Congress street.
Miss Jennie B. Price, State organizer and
lecturer for the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, comes into Waldo county
next week, speaking Sunday, April 23d, in
Unity. Those desiring her services will
please address Miss f. F. Miller, Belfast.
She is a very forcible speaker and holds the
closest attention of her audiences. The
county convention will be held in North
port about the middle of June, and unions
should hold elections and pay dues before
the convention.
New MILLINERY. The lateness of Easter
had tendency to make the millinery open
ings unusually successful and Saturday
evening nearly all the trimmed hats in the
four millinery stores bore the sold tag.
There are many novelties in shapes and
tints this season. The color which occupies
the lions share of public favor is green,
particularly in the softer tints, with anne
thyst shades closely following. The lingerie
hats are very sensible innovation and will
be popular, specially with the young who
wear dainty muslin and batiste gowns. At
Mrs. IL. b. Cunningham's was seen Scotch
polo turban of fancy straw with trimmings
to match in the new mulberry tints and
very pretty polo turban in all black. OF the
fancy dress hats a Charlotte Corday in
champagne with trimmings of shaded brown
was greatly admired. The Misses Ellis
show window was very attractively trim
med with liacs and basket of beautiful
roses, combining the seasons fads. 1t con-
tanned two very stylish hats, one of valen-
cenDe lace and straw with wreath of
roses about the low crown, one of chiffon
and tatfeta silk in light champagne, with
tea roses and the new picot edged ribbon in
reseda green. At Miss Louisa H. Fergu-
SINS were many entirely new creations.
One attractive toque was made of reseda
green maline. The crown had foliage APP
pliqued on with gold thread while the brim
and trimming was made of pansy bios
SONS. A pretty lingerie hat was composed
of valencienre lace, all-over embroidery
crown and pompadour ribbon A marquise
Panama hat with Alice blue ribbon and
five ostrich tips of different shades was de
cidedly new Mrs B. F. Wells did a rushing
business all day and out of "a hats had only
IA few left. Red was one of her leading
shades, and smart polo turban of red satin
straw trimmed with same shade of ribbon
and a bunch of peaches and foliage was
among the first sold. A picture hat with
crown of lace medalliOns and horse-hair
braid, trimmed with lilacs and chiffon in
delicate lilac shade, was much admired.
Another entirely new creation was in the
Charlotte Corday shape, composed of chf-
fon and flowers of four delicate shades
One feature of this seasons STYLES is ap-
preciated by all-the hats are smaller and
not SO heavily trimmed as formerly. resting
lightly on the head and easily held in place.
The black hat will always be worn, but the
coored hats have the lead. Ribbon is in.
edged has been revived Fruit, foliage and
flowers are the only ornamentation needed
on some of the new shapes.