The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-16
DILLON'S SPRING
 MILLINERY DISPLAY
 ATTRACTS CROWDS

This Is the season of Spring open l Ing. especially in the millinery estab-
 iIshments. E. H. Dillon & Co. an- nounce their onening today continu- | ing till the 18th. This metropolitan store will have on display one of the greatest varieties of imported pat | terms ever shown here. In addition l will be shown hundreds of attractive patterns from the workroom of their own establishme
 The store always attractive through the medium of the many beautiful creations in head wear is doubly so l through the addition of palms and potted plants.
 MT. Ell. Dillon yesterday conduct | ed a Farmer representative through his establishment, allowing a few are imported from the best estab- l lishments of Paris. MT. Dillon stated | that the general run of hats would be smaller than in former seasons the head. Where large hats were
 worn. they would be larger than in seasons past.
 In speaking about the bonnets which are coming into vogue MT. 1llFon said they were originally in tended for automobile wear, being what was called dust proof. How ever, their neat appearance, and their advantages to holding the hair in its present makeup, make them very
 suitab for street wear. They are l made in both the straw and silk bodies, some of them being gorge l ously trimmed. but inexpensive. The Dolly Warden ribbon with it's many Howery effects will be used extensive
 iy in adorning these. bonnets.
 bout eect the neh in the thed MT. Dillon said: "All the artistic and theatrical world have looked for
 yard yard to the production of t'Chanti- l ideas. It has caused widespread dis 1 cuss1on, so much so, that before it's
 production; plumage already appears
 on number of the hats. It is on l the order of a walking hat, not a 1 7ress hat. The tendency to vivid
 colorings of the Orient, Egypt and l the Eastern countries is noted in the l hats through the employment of flow 1 CTS, foliage in abundance. The use
 ,ei1ed Witb fiss71es eaee na and silks when when l a deI1cacy which promises to be quite l popular especially for trimming straw 1 hats. The wearing of birds, also the 1 phesants in cashmere effects gives a l touch to the small, high crown hats
 or draped straw turbans. which will l A very conspicuous model was one | from the establishment of Madame l Georgette, il Rue Scribe, Paris. The braid, having a high round crown and rising either side. It meas 1 The trimmings though simple are complete, four large green shading 1 lobster plumes, starting from the front cover the entire crown. The only other trimming is a covering of black velvet ribbon around the crown in the back. The hat is decidedly fetching and larger than the hats of Another creation from Madame Georgette's house is a small turban effect with small dropping crown Of black hemp trimmed with royal blue velvet ribbon. Two elaborate blue
 French plumes starting from the hack fall well over the top and near
 hack are headed by an Egyptian ca
 boschon.
 A pattern from the establishment,
 Paris, is both stunning and attrac-
 tive. It is a black pattern of black
 gold braid covered with black chan
 lilly lace. Four elaborate gold plumes
 Of the drooping willow effect in the
 Prince of Wales style adorn the
 cluster shaded in both black and
 gold. It is trimmed underneath with
 large loop bows of black velvet rib
 lon with black streamers. The vel
 vet projects around the edge of the
 brim so as to show a touch of the
 color.
 A swagger pattern is from the
 house of Madame Caroline Ribeaux.
 10 Rue Ia Plauix. It is small
 hemp straw. The straw is soft gath
 ering in soft fold effects about the
 crown.
 The Dillon establishment carries in
 stock countless untrimmed hats of
 various styles besides their regular
 pattern hats. Their stock of trim
 nings, yelvets and ribbons is unlfm-
 being large consumers, they are en- a,bled to sell their goods to the re-
 tai1ers at wholesale prices. They also carry a complete stock of ladies shirt
 waists, silk skirts, are the sole local agents for the Standard Pattern Co and deal in both feather and mara
 bout boas. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to visit the