The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-19
The Partisan


The Partisan store has been trans
formed. So much may additional space
achieve for enterprising and expert
enced dealers. The room has been lack
ing for so large a stock as these mer-
chants have been compelled to handle
but henceforth there will be ample
, space in which to accommodate their
visitors. There were hundre4s of callers
Yesterday during the day, the Blrming
ham shopper being dauntless when
| there are fall openings to attract her
And even in the rain she was there in
great numbers. while the clear after
noon brought even a greater represen-
tation of fashonables.
| Flowers and palms added "A festive
note to the arrangements made yester-
| day for the patrons of the Parisian
| but the hats and gowns, the artistic
and modish bodices and furs needed no
other agency to make the store tre-
| mendously interesting and attractive.
| The lower floor is filled with hats suit
| able chiefly for the street but it was
| the new French room---a charmed place
OF feathers and flowers and soft tints
most of the footsteps We're leading
Here, surrounded with dainty furnish
ings and under brilliant lights some of
the most fashionable of Birmingham
women were examining and exclaiming
over the new chapeauX. They are there
in endless variety. The president of a
large Birmingham club was the center
| OF admiring interest to a group of Wis
ltors as she tried the effect of an i'm
ported taupe plush chapeau made with
| a slightly dropping brim, a small crown
surrounded with fur. and several rich
looking French plumes poised at the
BACK. A pretty black haired woman of
the spanish type was noted adorned
with brilliant red velvet hat having
4 low tam crown and dropping brim,
TO which at the side was caught a
paradise tail also brilliant red A
well known exponent of the suffra ge
doctrine was looking altogether femi-
| nine and altogether pretty in the
tiger hat--not in any sense, so far as
name goes, appropriate to the Ameri-
can suHraSist. II is made OF sapphire
blue velvet turned down in attractive
fashion about the face, and the top OF
the crown is in the lily design. with its
utterly fascinating colors Two plnmes.
shaded as the tiger lily is, encircle the
crown and droop enchantingly at the
back, but i'll front are caught with two
small French dahlias
Then everyone was charmed too.
with the mitred hat, which is almost
too elaborate ana F'fussy," too, to be
prlestiy It's tam crown and square
brim are of black plush but the latter
is encrcled with gold lace. An eccen-
trio idea Is the placing of the yellow
Paradise bird. which is poised at the
side ana leans toward the front in
stead of with the usual back sweep.
peach cloth poke bonnet caught ev-
cry fancy. 1t is Copenhagen IS to col
or, though faced with mahogany. The
edge of the brim is gold lace and there
are three stunning mahogany plumes
in TIE back. black velvet hat faced
with pink and garnitured with pink
lplumes has muff to match tia
lovely thing, big and flat, and made
of the velvet lined and bordcred at
either side with pink moire. The trim
mings at the side are long black tas-
sells.
In the window is gown which has
been the envy of the scores of shoppers
1t lis black brocaded velvet, of the
three-p piece sort, and the skirt is draped
and caught in front. with a little point
ed train. the bodice a filmy thing of
white lace. The coat is cutaway and
has a quaint little sash in the back
with sable fur collar and cuffs. A wine
colored brocaded crepe was being pur-
chased by one of the brides be for
her trousseau. The skirt is fntricately
draped and introduced in the bodice is
filmy vest of cream chiffon and lace.
A black crepe meteor evening gown
has tunic of white net beaded in
jet and crystals. 1t is decorated In the
corsage with single large rose.
matellasse tailored gown is in the
two-tone Copenhagen, with the coat
made very plain and cutaway in type.
The skirt is draped and has velvet but
tons for trimming. A brocaded pompa-
dour chiffon gown with the skirt OF
grey charmeuse introduced. the new
mahogany shades in charming fashion
and has the new tango girdie. There
are many simpler costumes. all show