The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-21
CAIRO M|LL|NERS
HELD RECEPTIONS
FALL OPENINGS WE'RE A sue
CESS NOTWITHSTANDING A
MIDSUMMER DAY.
ALL THE HATS ARE BIG
Decided Change in the Modes-No
More Little Chapeaux But
Instead the Dashing
Kind.

/, ninety mark fall millinery opening
s were held in Cairo yesterday, bu
}, while it was warm the milliners con
soled themselves with the thought I'll
might have rained."
Perhaps there never was a finer dis
play Of fall and winter hats ever
: shown in Cairo than was exhibited u
the many shoppers who not to be
daunted by mid summer sunshine
made the rounds Of the millinery
shops.
The Bulletin reporter attracted by
the beautiful display windows OF tn
Grand Leader millinery department
stopped to wonder and admire at the
artistic window decoration done by
Mrs. Frank Armstrong head milliner
for Gould & Bracket Both windows
were mass of golden-rod Septem-
her.s emblem while in one was 4
splendid display of hats done i'm the
| autumnal shades OF brown and in the
other royal purple and violet Gre
atoms of real beauty Red roses AMI
purple morning glories were also used
in profusion in the window with the
purple hats and the effect was really
beautiful.
Within there was one of the best
collections of hats of the late. dashing
| styles that were decided change
from the fashions of the past several
seasons. For bats are big. some of
| them immensely SO An especially
noticeable feature here was very,
| large display of stylish black hats,
| all with dash that can not fail to at
tract and there were many others ri
all styles aud eolors. Mrs Bracket
| was assisted by Mrs. Armstrong. Miss
| Helen Kemp, Miss Kate Parker and
Miss Alma Birdsall of Arlington, Ky
Miss Bertha Schlosser played charm
ing piano selections during the after
noon.
At the Reias-Stapleton company
| tore, the new balcony display room
was seen for the first time by many.
Miss Sella Parks. who has charge CT
the millinery department presided,
md was assisted by Miss Alice Hulen.
A novelty in hat materials was no.
ticed here, in the use of the Powered
Pompadour silks as frame coverings.
In one hat, white chiffon was placed
| over the lowered silk producing al
lovely effect like pastel velvet An
orchestra PLAYED enivening music
and not only was millinery the at
traction for there were many other
| lines Of fine goods shown. especially
fancy waists of which there are MI.
ncrous beautiful styles in chlffous
and silks.
Kaufman Bros. millinery depart
uent was as attractive as usual and
that is saying much for Miss KNIT,
the chief miliner is an artist In her
line. She was assisted IN exhibiting
he many beautiful hats by the Miss
S Bessie and Name Gallagher, JACKIE, |
Sutherland aud Estes. An orchestra
played and served as an accompani |
ment to the admiring chorus of fem
mine voices as each alluring creation
was brought out from its own particd |
ar stand in the cases
Miss Minnie Comba's shop on |
Eighth street attracted especial atten-
ton by reason of one of its windows. |
done in pure white. In the center was
large standard containing beautiful
white plumes and all the hats dis
'layed IN this window were exceed
ingly lovely all OF white Miss
,omba showed the reporter several
lats trimmed IN morning glories o.
III hues as natural as life Such
rats as these, said she. ARE shown
n the leading New York shop win
lows" The combination of pale blue
,nd purple morning gIories Is unusual
On hats but it is true to nature and
there can be no Improvement made
on natures work or "A faithful imits
ton of it. Copenhagen blue beanti !
ful shade SIMILAR 10 the Alice blue
and ali the leather shades were no
ticcd in the fine display at Miss
Comba's store +
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white as the color motif for their dis
play windows and the interior of the
tore was prettily decorated with
palms and ferns Some beautiful pic
-ure hats in white relieved by touch {
5 OF pale blue q pink were noticed I
n the east window. while the leather I
crowns the. new shades of green and
he plum colors we're also conspie,,-
'usiy displayed Bristol & Jones are l
making a speciality Of tailored hats c
his season. Their head milliner IS c
Mrs Florence johnson. of Louisville
~. b
Mrs. Stevenson who recently open 3
II new millinery store at Sos Wash
ngton avenue did not hold a formal
all opening. but received a great
aany visitors yesterday notwithstaad