The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-06-28, Page 95convince one that undoubtedly
the present exhibition_ of all that
is new and artistic in the various
lines surpass anything of the kind
hitherto shown here. The dainty
turban with its cluster of pink
roses - the triumph of taste and
style in the shape of a hub with
the underbrim and top formed of
foliage, besides the endless
varieties to select from will
satisfy the taste of the most
fastidious, Although steel and
silver are to be seen, gold will be
the favorite, appearing in all
sorts of fascinating ways. The
different milliners inform us
that the orders already booked
for Easter far exceed their ex-
pectations,"
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Serving the motoring
public for 27 years....
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working elsewhere as mechanics.
Since then they've been offering the
motoring public qualified service
along with quality used cars and a
complete line of fine products from
British Leyland. They take this op-
portunity to say thanks to their
customers for the patronage over
the past 27 years and also to extend
`birthday greetings' to their home
town.
RUSS SNELL
s.
CHUCK SNELL -
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ones from British Leyland
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Section 1, Page 7 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE JUNE 28, 1973
Ladies rushed to millinery o enin s
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SEPTEMBER 23, 1954
Jottings By J.M.S.
Along about this time of the
year. um of the important events
as far as the ladies were con-
cerned in years gone by was the
fall millinery openings. Usually
there were two special openings
during the year, one in the spring
and other in the fall.
The spring opening was
possibly the most attractive of
the two as the new spring styles
were made ready for the Easter
4 season. A new bonnet for Easter
is not a modern innovation but
the glamour of the opening
displays has disappeared as
compared with that of 50 years
ago.
While the spring opening was
possibly the most attractive, the
fall opening also held an im-
portant place so that my lady
would appear well dressed at the
Fall Fairs.
There were several millinery
establishments in Exeter at the
turn of the century. Two of the
more important were those of J.
Stewart and E,J, Spackman
where five or six milliners were
employed in each, Smaller
establishments were owned by
Miss Horne, Miss Morlock,
followed by Miss Yelland, Miss
Essery and Miss May Arm-
strong.
At the larger stores there was
the head milliner, the head
trimmer and several ap-
prentices. The head milliner and
trimmer usually made a trip to
Toronto or some of the larger
centres to study the styles and
returned to Exeter to make up
the new models ready for the
great opening. The opening
usually lasted two or three days
and was an interesting event for
those ladies whose curiosity was
aroused as to the latest creation
in ladies' hats.
Between the stores there was
secrecy and rivalry as to who
could turn out the finest creation
to catch the imagination of a
discriminating public.
With the ready-made hats of
e today there lacks the
creativeness that drew out the
inventive imagination of the
milliner's art that prevailed to
those early days.
Served With Remuneration
And for this splendid ability
apprentices served for two
seasons without any
remuneration and the head
milliner received about $10.00 a
month. The finest hat with an
ostrich plume sold for $5,00.
But it was not all work and
many a jolly hour was spent
especially if the boss happened to
be out.
Some of the names that will be
remembered before the days
when the millinery shops were
discontinued are Mrs. R.N.
Creech, Miss Tillie White, Mrs.
William May, Miss Lillian
Hueston, Miss Auld, Miss Ethel
Bissett, Miss Olive Quance, Miss
Carrie Dyer.
A Marvel of Ingenuity
Women, since the days of
Adam and Eve have been in-
terested in styles that -would
prove attractive to the male sex.
In the early days when finances
were low, many a woman's last
year hat was brought up-to-date
with a little change in the shape,
or with an added ribbon or
flower. One has only to look at
some photographs of by-gone
days to marvel at women's
ingenuity.
-From a copy of The Times in
March, 1904 we reprint a partial
reports of a millinery opening:
"Now that the winter's snows are
vanishing beneath the genial
warmth of the spring's sunshine,
the display of all that is novel and
beautiful in millinery, claims
attention. The exhibition of
millinery by the different houses
on Tuesday and Wednesday
called forth crowds of the fair
sex, which thronged the milliners
parlors. A visit to the stores will