The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-14
THE MILLINERY OPENINGS.

Last Saturday was beautiful October day
and the ladies were out in large numbers to
attend the openings of the fall and winter
hats and bonnets. The new shapes, attractive
colors, and novel ideas of this seasons crea-
tions delight the feminine mind Dame fashion
demands the putting aside of the once popular
hair roll and still continues to favor the large
HITS. Two of the most charming ideas are the
new picture hat with high rolling side and the
Henry VIII turban. The wide effect of the
latter gives it its charm. The new colors are
taupe, myrtle, catawba, burgundy and tobac.
In all the windows were the newest hats and
shades.
The most attractive hat at Mrs. H. B. Gun
ningham's was feather Partisan hat with high
rolling side, the crown black and brim white,
and trimmed with a black and white willow
plume caught with a jet cabochon. Its SIM
plicity added to its beauty. Others seen at
Mrs. Cunningham's We're a white fur turban
with willow plume and large green parrot; a
continental shape in gold cloth and black trim
med with two large black plumes; an auto
bonnet in brown with corded MORE silk crown
silk carbochons and long chiffon ties Miss
Clara johnson of Boston is again with Mrs.
Cunningham this season.
Miss Eva B. Greenlaw, with Miss Jennie
Trull as milliner, displayed some of the newest
shapes and shades. Their greatest novelty
was a black beaver cloth Arabian turban with
draped crown and finished with a knot with
two ends the right side. 1t was without
ornamentation and strikingly stylish. A navy
blue continental shape with high round crown
and base finished with cable corded silk was
trimmed with two self-colored plumes caught
with the new jet tailor bow. Another was a
large black velvet and silver cloth hat trimmed
from the back with two willow plumes fasten-
ed with a rosette of silver cloth. Another
simple but most stylish shape was marabout
turban, with fancy feather and gold cloth bow.
Mrs. B. F. Wells and Mrs. F. G. Spinney had
a large number of the most fashionable hats
from the New York market. The first seen
was marabout Russian turban ornamented
only with gilt and catawba grapes, but stylish
in the extreme. Another that sold early was a
continental shape, white beaver crown with
black velvet facing, trimmed with four large
yellow and white bird of paradise feathers
fastened with Roman gold cabochon. Among
others was blue Cossack turban, with coque
feathers and irridescent beads; walking hat
of chamois, taupe facing, with gilt and taupe
grapes-one of the novelties of the season;
an old rose bendiline satin turban trimmed
with three beautiful plumes of that shade and
gold ornament.
Ferns and autumn leaves made fine setting
for the attractive hats in the windows at The
Fashion, Lord S land some remarkably handsome
dahlias from the garden of Mrs. John A. Fogg,
added to its attractiveness. Among the new
hats were the large Gainsborough shapes in
white moire silk and trimmed from the back
with four large white willow plumes fastened
with an elaborate bow of moire ribbon and a
band CT gold ribbon around the crown. A
very attractive and sensible:hat was Russian
turban in green with draped crown, beautiful
imported oriental band, large aigrettes fast
ened with large oval green buckle. Another
new and popular shape was stunning aero
plane IN black velvet with three large willow
plumes and fancy bow fastening. Beside q
large array of fancy dress hats Mrs. Lore
showed some very attractive hats in the less
expensive styles.
Miss Louisa H. Ferguson, who has attended
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