Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-24
LATEST In MILLINERY

II York county danes and damsels
can find nothing becoming or rothing
to suit them in the way Of fall and
winter headgear at the store Of the
Thomson company in Yorkville, then
indeed are they hard to please, ac-
cording to several local ladies who are
wise in the ways Of fashion, and who
were asked about the matter yester-
day, when the Thomson company
threw open it's millinery parlors and
exhibited to a large number Of ladies
from the town and country their hats
for fall and winter wear. Quite nu-
merous were the patterns on display
and the clerks in the store have been
busy yesterday and today assisting
visitors in trying on the many pref
ty headdresses.
Exceedingly varied as regards shape
and style and almost without excep-
ton wonderfully becoming, are the new
hats which have been prepared for the
trade by Miss Eloise Bacon, who Is
beginning her second season as head
milliner at the Thomson Co., assisted
by Mrs. John F. Y~oungblood and Miss
Agnes Bludworth, who are well known
to the ladies Of this entire section.
Those who prefer small toques and
turbans will find plenty Of choice lit
tie shapes at the Thomson company's
to suit them, while others who
may still prefer the large picture hats,
will be able to indulge to the full in
their affection for wide, shady brims,
long ribbon strings and soft plumes
of ostrich feathers. Two things are
most pronounced in the new MILL
merry displayed at the Thomson COM
pany's store yesterday and today
the crowns of the smartest hats are
very high and ostrich feathers have
returned to favor.
Black velvet is going to play a great
role in the fall and winter millinery
creations Of Thomson's milliners. The
jaunty velvet fanny" has already
established itself to a great extent and
will be popular throughout the season.
The French sailor is to be seen, rem
dered in black and navy velvet and
trimmed either with a plain ban OF
ribbon or with a single white gar
denia, a brilliant pink camellis or a
golden rose. The high crowned hat
with negligible brim is the innovation
of the season. 1t really looks uncom-
monty like a mans high hat.
A feature of the fall and winter
hats this season Is the lack Of trim
ming-a direct contrast with the last
season when much trimming was In
vogue. Ostrich fancies will be used
quite as extensively as plumes, while
there is also an abundance of narrow
ribbons. Most flowers and fancies to
be used for trimming are Of wool ma
terials and a great deal Of fur will
also be used. The old stove pipe
crown will be much in evidence.
1t would have been impossible for
birds to have been as important as
they have been during last summer
in all decorative motifs and in every
out-of-door effect without seeing
some echo Of the bird fad in the mil
linery of the winter, and at Thomson's
opening this week a number OF hats
trimmed with birds wings, etc., were
exhibited. Bird effects and wing ef-
fects will be good on small turbans
and, also, quite apart from all feath-
cred motifs, is a popular bird design
in gold or silver ornament. A little
turban of velvet is made most effective
by an outstanding arrangement Of these
fiat bird ornaments in either gold or
silver braid.
When a representative Of The En-
ouirer called at the store Of the Thorn
son Co. Yesterday morning, he found
the milliner and her assistants quite
busy. A number Of hats had been
sold and orders taken FOR a number or
others. A subject Of favorable COM
ment by lady visitors and a little news
which will be hailed with delight by
husbands and fathers is this: The