The Republican journal., 1908-04-09
THE MILLINERY OPENINGS.
A Fine Display of the Latest Fashions
and Novelties.

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A Fine Display of the Latest Fashions
and Novelties.
Last Saturday-a March day in April
the temperature and conditions were not
very favorable for buying summer head
gear, but Notwithstanding the ladies were
out in force and the openings of the local
milliners were as successful as usual.
| MISS LOUISA H. FERGUSON,
Miss Marion Nelson, Miliner.
| One of the simple and effective hats in
Miss Ferguson's display was Copenhagen
blue straw, fiaring up from the face at one
side, and trimmed with two large qulls
and tailored fiat bow of velvet. black
lace hat in the Merry Widow shape, with a
Chantilly lace bow and tiny rose buds, and
a large black fancy straw with lace crown,
Jet trimming and black plume, were much
admired. A turban with brim Of green
leaves, a crown of yellow and white COW
slips, and yellow and white maribou feath-
er on the side, and hat of white dotted net
with very high crown, a black velvet and
| a white band embroidered in gilt in an en-
pire design, jet buckle and plume, attract
ed attention in the window.
MISS EVA B. GREENLAw,
Miss Jennie Trull, Milliner.
One of the many handsome hats in Miss
| Greenlaw's was a white leghorn, the brlm
caught up on the side with ribbon in four
pastel shades, which extended over the
crown, and with roses and forget me- nots on
the top of the crown. Others were straw
colored turban i'll beehive shape, with
| wreath of pink roses III front and black
| aigrette on the side 'front.' the hat strapped
with black velvet ribbon; child's bonnet
| of light blue fancy straw, the front filled in
with light blue mahne and forget-me-notS,
| which were also used as trimming outside,
and big blue rosettes a very high-crowned
white hat, edged with pink chrysanthemum
braid, pink folded ribbon being used on the
crown, combined with black velvet, hydraa-
yea blossoms and small flowers.
! MRS b. F. WELLS,
| Mrs f. G. Spinney, milliner.
Among the noticeable ones in the large
number of handsome hats displayed by
| Mrs Wells were IA pure white hat OF lace
straw in the Merry iduw shape, trimmed
with pure white ribbon, roses and mari
bou feather with a paradise aigrette,
| Merry Widow of black French chip with
an imported Persian band lined with aven-
der, and trimmed with volets and brown
roses; black lace hat, with point d spirit
trimmings and black plumeS; dark blue
embroidered lace hat, with imported flowers
and green foliage, and a large hat in Copen-
hagen blue, with rose leaf bands and blue
wings and pins.
THE FASHION,
! Mrs, Frank n. Lord, milliner.
! Here was an attractive display. Among
the noticeable hats in the window was a
| large, black Merry Widow sailor; small
hat, all in cerise with green foliage band
and cerise flowers; white Merry Widow
shape in fancy straw with lace facing,
white ostrich plumes, an imported band
and two very handsome long, white opal
pins. Others were black hat with high
crown, Jet band, black ostrich plumes and
black velvet ribbon; leghorn with Jack
roses and foliage over the crown, lace fac
ing and black velvet ribbon used under the
| brim; hat of white dotted net with a
black velvet facing, white ostrich plumes
, and band of roses, and a black lace straw
with violets and pink roses and pink
| plumes.
1 MRS. H. B. CUNNINGHAM,
| Miss Clara johnson, Millner.
| One of the first hats to sell in Mrs Gun
ningham's much admired stock was white
hat of handsome white imported straw,
| with large crown, the brlm turned up on
the side, the side crown of flowers and val
lace, white plume and ribbon completing
the trimming. Others were hat in black
horse hair braid, with high round crown,
fancy band and rhinestone buckle, with
pink plumes and pink roses, a SHERRY
Widow shape III Copenhagen blue with
wide fancy wings, and a buckle, with blue
roses under the brim; small round shape
in black and white with large crown. a jet
band, and an owls head and wings effec-
lively used ; a Copenhagen blue hat with
high crown and d particularly handsome
, embroidered band;
| The "Merry Widow" shape seems to be
/ the prevailing shape this season and is seen
in all colors and materials. Copenhagen
| blue and ceriSe are the most noticeable OF
| the new colors and feathers of all kinds, ,espe-
cialy wings and plumes, are much worn.
Roses seem to be the most popular flowers,
! and are seen in all shades and colors. The
fancy pins continue popular, and many of
the hats have touch OF black and velvet
ribbon is extensively used. The roseleaf
bands used this year are new, and one Of
the seasons novelties are the owls heads,
BASKET BALL.
| Old Town A. A. defeated Wtnterport
| High, So to %, in fast and Scrappy game
| 4 nril Cd Roth teams MIA we'd