AMBURY'S SHOW TO-DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 69, 12 September 1911, Page 8

AMBURY'S SHOW TO-DAY

Women were born to love the ful. That is why they love to visit Messrs. Anibury Bros.' spring millinery and dross display, which opens this morning. The millinery showroom has never looked prettier. There is a floral arch over the head! of the staircase, and a pretty treilised arch, decked with (lowers, spanning' the centre aisle of the showroom. The new llowors. ribbons and other millinery delicacies are most tastefully used about the showroom, which contains a large number of tables ami stands, bearing upon them in all their dazzling .beauty millinery model* of the moment. We don't remember any season when the millinery was more recherche, when the lloral embellishments were more natural or more exquisitely colored, where the general harmony in the color schemes was better, or when the hats were more summery in character. The brims are wide, the straws are light, tight and good, and the crowns arc of the dome-shaped kind that welldressed women will like, with a nice' variety, too, of the now Pierrot shapes,! smaller and higher. Toques are smaller.; There is lees of daring in the cult of the milliner this season, but perhafl)s more than ever of the beautiful. It cantruly 'be sakl that to-day's exhibition ot the new millinery man-els will go to j enhance the already splendid reputation of this firm for making the greatest ingathering of trimmed' and untrimmcd hats in the province. Hundreds of trimmed hats greet the eye, and no two are alike. Miss Harrison, the firm's milliner, selected every one of them herself in the great warehouses of London and the saloons of 'T.ay Paree." Black and Black and white are wondrously good. Fancy net and' scolloped lace are used in some of the finest hats, and trails of roses- and forget-me-nots, clusters of bigger roses, primulas, carnations, poppies. lilies of the valley, lilac, wings, marguerites and wheat, in Mack, white, ffreys, greens, saxc bine, cerise, amethyst, 'brown, emerald, pastel and other shades, make, the "Richmonde" and ''May Lady Fair" toques, the large "Ro'stlind,'" ''Cherry Ripe," "New Lancer," "Lsi Parisio.nno" 'broad-brimmed- hats, what may be termed "dreams of beauty." The ■velvet -and other ribbons are, of course, in harmony with the other ornamentation, whilst the tri-color plaits are very .smart. Millinery is only part of the great showing, there is a. full range of costumes in. white and colored, embroidered and braided linen, grey poplin, tussore silk. chani|!agne ottoman (faced with ■black), cream feiw e coat and skirt costume. Every share is seen in the blouse dresses., s'opamte or in princess robe style, some very stylish all-over embroidery cost,nines audi white muslins, some of them richly embroidered. The underskirts in satin moire and the new satin pleated underskirts are many-hued, too. Blouses come in almost bewilderin" variety, and sihow the new Maygar sleeve. Kimono costumes are "extra | special" this year, and so are the printed, silk mnon blouses. j

Children's millinery makes a bi» ndViineo this roar, as will' lie aeon by the samples shown. Elderly ladies are also specially catered for, the new mantle ■scarves making tlie last word in effective dressing. Dust-coats are good and varied. Downstairs is ,-i. fine show of dress goods, but mention nm-t ibe brief. There are the plain voile net over spotted voile (dressy elTect), erepolines, voiles, pop-' lias, shantungs, ginghams, linen* and eoliennes. Sunshades, colored hosierv. (with !:io f fronts and eirbroidrr"d c!o\i,' gloves, .bote, lace neckwear, and all the other dress etceteras find a place in the opening 'display. | "M>-" men" l>"vn vW for. The new tenuis shirts, ha mil; or-,

chiefs, ties, color-bordered mercerised handkerchiefs, straw and panama hats nro the principal lines, and the stock# are large. ,