The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-05-13
METAL MILLINERY
IS THE THING NOW
Modistes Will Be Obliged to
Take Course in Boiling
and Riveting.

Metal millinery, proof against rain.
fire and crush. warranted TO withstand
The gale, no matter O great the Ver
hang Of any particular hat may be.
now makes its bid for the tickle favor
OF the fair.
without at least one metallic bit of
headgear, any more han the most
artistic building can do without the
browning glory of q zinc cornice, II the
hopes OF h inventor come true. 1t is
possible to go out in April showers
With such hats as these, with a spout
along the rim. If need be, to send the
overflow where 1t should go. They can
De Worn to fires. az railroad stations
where grim locomotives puff and to all
places where the careless men may
toss cigarets out OF top story windows.
Iodistes are already beginning to
take counsel and to acquire a practical
knowledge of boiling and riNeting OF
the bias. These millinery marvels may
be had in Lake Superior copper, bronze,
silver and gold, and in all shapes,
mouse trap, SCOOP shovel, coal ~scuttle.
peach basket n cabriolet.
Handy With Tools7
Once seen they are never to be for
gotten, but they car be made attractive
from year to year by melting them up
or ~resolderinK them, and those who
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e chan seeo not oespa'' ~nen the styles
Numerous orders for the metal mill
1nery have already been placed by a
firm Of architectural bronze founders,
which from the covering of doors and
brackets n other ornaments has
turned it's attention to the ornamental
ton of the whole family. 1t has been
said from time to time that nobody ever
plated a non-conductor. The idea
dawned upon the inventors that If one
could make a non-conductor conduct
the problem would be solved.
Experiments We're first started on
wooden doors, for there is a new section
in the building code which now requires
that the entrance doors of separate
apartments in fiat houses be metal COW
cred. TIL wood was therefore covered
with chemical solution, which would
make 1t a conductor of electricity, and
upon this prepared surface by a method
concerning which the public and the
newspapers have no; been taken INTO
confidence, a heavy coating of metal
was imposed. The next step was to
lay metal thinly over carved wooden
brackets, and plaster m and
even statues, all with the idea Of Civ
ing building contractors and architects
r decorative material at small
cost. Then II of the experts in a
moment OF inspiration put a gold plat
ing on a peach, and the young inventor
asked why not make a metal hat? So
the copper and gold and silver hat BUSH
ness was launched, and after several
months of experience h unique spec
tacle is presented of architectural fur
nishers branching out in millinery.
Proof Against Rain.
Most hats are issued on metallic
basis for the framework which STAYS
them is usually OF steel wire. On this
is placed a super-structure of mosquito,
tartan or lace. often stiffened by starch
or clay. Then comes the decoration of
apples. cherries, peaches. daisies, roses
or tulips, all held down by Blasting
threads and dashed by wells and made
solid by those dainy Delaying pins of
steel which are often weapons of ag-
gression and defense. Rain will take
the frills and crimps and color out of
ordinary hats. and that is what Nery
woman knows.