The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-08
GLAD 70 GET BACK
TO TENNESSEE SOIL
AND MAURY COUNTY

JOHN r. WooTEN AT HOME AZ.
TER AN ABSENCE OF THREE
WEEKS IN NEW YORK
talks Freely of Patterns for Spring.
Miss Blount, Trimmer In the MILL
merry Department Here-Mrs. e.
lett on Styles for. Season.
After spending three weeks in New
York, the greatest fashion center In
the world, aside from Paris, and a
close rival for first honors against
tais great fashion center, John T.
Wooten, buyers for the Maury Dry
Goods Company, returned to Column
bia Thursday night, in fine health
and feeling splendidly from his trip,
despite the fact that he has worked
arduously during the whole time he
was in the metropolis.
When seen this morning by Her.
ald representative, the first thing he
said was: 1T is great thing to get
back ON Tennessee soil, and especial
lily Columbia and Maury county SOIL"
Il had quite successful trip said
Mr.. Wooten, land had a good time
despite the fact that every hour Of
the day was taken up in the kind of
work 8 buyer for store the size Of
tie Maury Dry Goods Co has to ex-
(, perience, | had fairly pleasant trip.
The work is not altogether tire
some task, as there is a pleasure in
selecting the things you think will
suit your customers and frinds. FIRE.
quentlv | make selection of piece
OF goods and have in mind a particu-
lar lady that | believe it will please,
and often | am rewarded by selling
that same lady a dress pattern off
that particular piece of goods.
Il c@n say that in my seventeen
years of visiting the markets of New
York and my buying experience, l
have never seen the spring styls SO
attractiv and pretty. 1t is a splen-
did sight to see the displays that are
put out by tho big manufacturers and
Wholesale houses.
| The prevailing shades this season
are tans, cerise and blues, with white
a great favorite. The most popular
fabrics will be silks, linens and lin
geries. The changeable silks in all
the different combinations and Dor
dered effects are extremely popular
and sensational, and are shown more
prominently in all the manufacture
ers' show rooms and the wholesalers
AS well as the retailers stores, all
OF these / bought most literally. The
fancy silks are in stripes and bro
| oade foulards, and wash silks are ex-
tremely popular, of this latter I be-
lieve I made most splendid selec-
ton.
"One of the newest things In suit
ings is the new French woven cloth,
called ratine. This fabric is also
great favOrite for trimmings and the
milliners are using it considerably
for TRIMMING hatc
The linens will better this season
and white and the new fleck colors
are the poular shades and are being
made up in dresses and full suits.
In the suits patent leather belt is
being used which gives a most pleas
Jag effect. The Maclima laces and
embl oidered flounces in laces and lin.
gerie cloths will be used for full
dessas. Lace will be the principal
trimmings this spring, still / bought a
salandid lme of fancies for evening
owns ana such.
This is truly a great season for
flowers OF ali Sorts The ladies col
lars will be Of flowers and punches
OF flowers will adorn the bodices and
the nilliners are using great quanti-
ties Of all kinds for the head gear
Miss Blount, the head trimmer for
the Maury Dry Goods Co., arrived
Thursday night and took charge of
the work room this morning. She
and Mrs Ellett talked Of the spring
and summer STYLES. Mrs. Elicit, the
buyer for the house gave out the fol
lowing talk on the spring and sum
mer styles: "Of course, for summer
wear, as 1t has been in the last few
years, white will predominant, but
for spring the colors are all very Wv
l.. but cerise, or the primrose color,
VII be the most popular. A touch
Of il Is shown on nearly all the hats,
but the all cerise hat is the swell
thing and usually very becoming.
The shapes this spring do not chow
any OF the freakishness that they
l.