The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
Ltr Jou,uey 10 BUmlnehams Millinery 7raInlng Scbo0l the O. a Reunion
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zellus' for winsome little maids from to years.
 Some of the most wonderfully artistic work was then shown me in the exquisite handmade ornaments-notably the Pau shandotha coronet," and glittering butter flies for evening wear, which must need be seen to fully comprehend their beauty. Another was the "Shetha crown with handmade buckles to match, being of lat est production, giving a genuine dash of the English.
 One of the most beautifcul was the "Tibni wreath" made of field grasses gathered on field day, when Mrs Hur- ley's pupils gather grasses, cure and crys- talize them and then fashion into the most exquisite wreaths
 Doubtless one of the most delightfully."- economical branches of our work is the transformation of eastaWay plumes. feathers, and wings into most beautiful pompons, aigrettes and fancy feathers" said Mrs. Hurley. And besides this the many classes of work done and taught embrace everything in the general ml- linery business and too numerous are the individual lessons to be itemized. but must tell you about my instantaneous process of tintftg and renovating. By this process, old feathers of all kinds, flowers, laces etc., may be beautifully cleaned and tinted any shade desired, from the most delicate to the strongest colorings; also the most difficult vari- gated, amber and glaze effects-most dis tinctively Parisian. I bought this recipe from a Frenchman over 25 years ago and have most carefully guarded it for the interest and benefit of my own and my pupils patrons"
 And as we made the rounds and I was getting ready to go I stopped to ask little girl who was sewing a beautiful cabochon of pearls and rhinestones on q stunning hat how she happened to take up millinery, when she said:
 "One day I went to buy hat and the cheapest one I could get was $14, and I said to myself, Can't afford such prices, and have got to wear hats, and so I must learn to make them myself Of course my family all said I couldn' t do it, but you can see for yourself after my training under Mrs. Hurley what have accomplished,' and so saying she held up the lovelest of hats trimmed in the latest style, and every inch of it 1 had been made by her own fingers from l the frame to the trimming l And you'd be astonished to know what I made that hat out of" said the clever pupil, as she picked up scraps of ribbon, fur. lace and feathers. "I didn't have half that much to begin with, and now look!' she said triumphantly, as she placed the pretty creation coquettishly on her head.
 And as I stood there and saw with my own eyes a perfectly bare frame made into "a queen of rose in the rosebud garden of hats" my magination was sim ulated to the point where I believed l could go home and fish out all the rag tag and bob-tail ends of stuffs I had dis carded and achieve an end of equal worth. And as I have taken lessons in nearly everything. from French irregular verbs to bridge why not study In this most Illuminating and practical of all arts?" I thought.
 And all the way home I soliloquized
 upon this formula:
 "Take one old waste basket two or l three old feather dusters. some ribbon | like mother used to wear, the tail of a | lusty black cat and evolute it into a
 French creation by putting the artistic | touch; and, presto! change-and there l you are!"