Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-01
SPRING Millinery
STYLES ON DISPLAY
Beautiful Hats in Latest Fashions
New Modes Shown.
AT STYLISH MILLINERY SHOP.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Strange Holds Her Annual
Exhibit in Chic Models.

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vance spring styles in millinery, the
day dawned bright, clear and with a
touch Of spring in the air. for the mill
linery opening at the shop of Mrs. j.
M. Strange, Main street
The weather was ideal and invited
the throng OF women and young girls
out Of doors today and all roads led to
the millinery shop where a most styl-
ish display OF the --latest thing" in
hats was shown. The show window, a
thing Of beauty in it's daintiness and
simplicity, yet elegance and beauty.
drew the admiring gaze Of many be-
fore they ventured within
Leaves, beautiful leaves. were the
chief feature of the window decoration
Garlands OF leaves surrounded the
windows broad eXpanse, with here
and there pink rose or a red rose.
full bloom or budding. gave touch
Of color while from within green
basket, whose lid was carelessIy
thrown back, were clustered the most
beautiful pink and red roses. The en-
tire effect OF tile elegant window dress
ing was set Off with three stylish hats,
one a pink one a black, one a blue
creation fn the art Of millinery.
But the window dressing i'm it's
beautiful simplicity, but foreshadowed
the glories of hsadwear within the
millinery shop for my lady fair Styl-
ish hats were arranged i'm tempting
array amid tail and graceful palms.
Lodding narcissus. Easter lilies. car
nations and cut flowers, the natura
article not. detracting in the least
from the artificial For most women.
life today was one try on after another
and the beautiful hats seemed to say
come buy me, buy me and will
make you more beautiful.
Styles in headwear this year are not
extreme. insomuch as the models dis
played today az the opening Crowns
are high or low, hrims are wide or
narrow on 30 brim at all Flowers
and fruit are both used as well as foil
age A new thing in material is horse
hair braid. and the latest in trimming
is laequered ribbon, which has the an
pearance OF patent leather finish, China
loses are also new thing IN trim
ming as is lesereaux straw. Many
Beautiful and stylish hats were shown.
In most of them simplicity was the
characteristic. Most hats are faced
this year,and skeleton bows are stylisl
in trimming. The bandeau is also
used for many hats. giving them the
chic tilt. Quills are seen, but not to
the extent of last years spring trim
ming.
One Of the pretty hats was a corn
flower blue satin. with straw facing.
trimmed in pastel shaded roses. with
skeleton bow of black and white,
standing high to the left OF the crown.
A pink hat that was thing of beauty.
1t was OF hemp straw, with old blue
facing, and tail bouquet Of French
flowers, consisting OF forget -ue-nots,
lilies and roses standing high on the
crown with baudeau of foliage and
velvet ribbon
Many beautiful black hats were also
shown and no wardrobe is complete
without q black hat One, with brim,
the extension being OF horsehair wo-
ven into a lacy pattern, beyond the
satin brim. with French flowers 81
purple and blue, was stunnrgly styl
ish. A pretty hat of o,d rose with old
blue chiffon facing. trimming high In
the centre Of the crown Of Ole rose and
pastel roses was much admired
Many mushroom shapes were shown
this style seeming to be hold-over OF
last summer although no inverted
peach baskets are included ia this
years fashions. One mushroom shape
was of black leseraux straw with
wreath of crushed roses shaded from
pink TO red A skeleton bow of old rose
! ribbon velvet set off this creation.
A beautiful gray hat was shown. II
was the large sailor style w.sh facmg
Of gray chiffon and Q touch Of blue in
roses finished this frenchy creation.
a chic black hat with outstanding
Fufle Of horsehairbraid,i in lace pattern
and lacquered bow; a beautiful brown
satin saiior shape: with combination
straw: aud a beau of golden grapes:
stylish mushroom shape in old rose
with roses applique6 fat around
the crown; unique hat of japanese
straw with cherries around the crown
were included in the beautiful ard sty
iish array OF fashionable models a
Mrs j NJ. fStranee's millinery opening
today.
Many sales were made. The openina
viii he repeated tomorrow and III Ia
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