Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-25
THE MILLINERY OPENINGS.

THE MILLINERY OPENINGS.
Spring styles and fashions in millin-
cry, dress goods, etc. have the right OF
way in Yorkville this week, not only
in the dry goods stores, but with the
ladies of the town and community as
we'll and while it would hardly be fair
to say that the millinery openings held
last Tuesday night, Wednesday and
Yesterday, were the sole cause OF this
situation, it would be idle to deny that
these openings have certainly been a
contributing cause.
The spring openings of the Thomson
company and the Kirkpatrick-Belk
company, came off last Tuesday even
ing as advertised. Both stores were in
full holiday attire, on which attire,
the taste and skill of the splendid ar
tistic ability of both had been expend-
ed to the utmost, and for two hours or
more, they were thrOnged with inter-
ested and appreciative visitors, VINO
admired and enjoyed treats that were
truly worth while.
The main general features of the
openings, of course, were the same as
efetofore-beautlfully dressed win
dows. a great variety Of pretty and
fetching pattern hats, new weaves, fig
ures, etc, in dress goods, ribbons,
laces. etc., statesmen and salesladies at
their very best and smartest, and great
crowds of people deriving unlimited
pleasure and enjoyment from the nu-
merous pretty things on exhibition and
from the pleasure and enjoyment OF
others. The Thomson company con-
tented itself with it's usual splendid
show, and the Kirkpatrick Belk COM
pany augmented the social feature OF
the occasion with q band of music and
by dispensing sherbet and cake.
OF course, the reporter for The En-
quirer was on hand. Although nine
men out of ten profess to know nothing
and to care nothing about these things
their wives, sweethearts, mothers and
sisters, know as well as they do that
It Is not so. However, the reporter
knows very well how badly he would
fall down on any one of the half dozen
challenges he received to describe the
hats as they were, and leaves this task
| to others better qualified.
Miss Margaret Sharpless at the
Thomson company's, and Miss Flosse
| Ledford at the Kirkpatrick Bclk com
pany's, are both artists of ability and
thoroughly understand their business
They have the styles and fashions
down thoroughly, understand just
what combinations and effects will be
most pleasing. and seem to know how
to handle any and all cOmers with en-
tire satisfaction and success. Both mad
put forth unusual efforts in the pro-
ductiOn Of a large number Of pattern
hats, showing every shape of the sea-
son. and if they did not divide honors
they came so near it, that it would be
difficult to tell wherein lay the advan-
tage. for the visitors were partisanS of
first one and then the other, and then
back to the first. In almost every case
the work that was under criticism, or
rather admiration last, was held To b"
| the best.
There has been a lot Of talk this
wear about the "Chanticleer" hat. This
| hat gets it's name in some way from
new play by Rostand. the most fa-
nous Partisan dIamatiSt of the time
| The characters in the play are all mad"
The rooster and the pheasant hen
being the principal ones. An extreme
| "Chanticlccr." therefore carries q full
sized rooster and the notifications run
into feathers of various kinds more
particularly the reds, blues and brOnZ2S
Of the rooster. The Kirkpatrick Belk
company had one "Chanticleer" on cX-
hibition. and the Thomson company
lievcd. however, that the "Chanticle"r
is going tn nave much of Il go in this
section 1t will do for New York. Bns-
ton and Baltimore all right: but tn"
probability is that southern women will
consider it rather too loud. But all the
same. there is no lack of other styles
and shapes.
The prevailing styles shown were
turbans. large and small, Gainsbnr-
oughs. from the size of paraSolS up to
umbrellas. improved C"ntin"ntalS and
the new gunboat turban. The mate
rails are Tuscan. Panama. Chips ana
Milan straw, and of course. chantilly
lace. figured and plain net and malinc.
Among the pattern mats, w"r" noted
= prctty turban shape. with three
shades of vinlcts around the crown and
side and another of rough Jumbo
straw braid, trimmed with black v"lv' I
and cabOchonS.
Aigrcttes and paradise birds are cX-
tcnsfvely used. and one of tn" pretty
features in flowers is the it'll" flower