The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-30 00:00:00

IRISH LAND BILL.

The House went again into committee on the Irish
Land Law Bill. The first three clauses were agreed
to On Clause 4, substituting a written notice for the
execution of an ejectment, Mr. Parnell moved its post-
ponernent.—Mr. Balfour resisted the motion.—After
some discussion Mr. W. H. smith replied that the
Government preferred to meet at once the opposition
with which they were threatened, and would leave the
responsibility of wrecking the bill on those who resisted
the clause.—Mr. Chamberlain contended that posts
ponement was not abandonment, and said he would
support the Government if they insisted on proceeding
with the clause.-111r. Parnell's notion was rejected on
a division by a majority of 62, aucl progress was re.
ported.
HOW FASHIONS ABE MADE.

It is rumoured on the Boulevards that the chapeau
Boulanger is to be the hat of the season next winter.
On learning this, a representative of the Temps made
his way to a Paris milliner of large practice, and in
one of her elegant salons he was enlightened as to
the history of fashionable hats, by having recounted
to bile, as a typical instance, the history of the famous
Hading bonnet, which was "the rage of the season"
last winter. Soon before the appearance on the stage
of " Comtesse 'Janda," Mdme. Jane Reding came to
the milliner in question, ordering a hat to be worn
on the stage. "Tell me the plot of the piece," said
Mdme. IL, as we will style the Parisian milliner re-
ferred to. From the account she learned that she
would have so make a hat for a small, nervous,
elegant and very eccentric woman. Eccentricity,
indeed, should be the predominant trait shown in the
bat of " Comtesse Sarah." Besides this Mdme.
Hading's individual taste had to be considered. This
charming woman knew that one of the principal orna-
ments of her face was her rebellious, soft, mossy hair,
which seemed always on. the point of escaping the
comb which held it up, and roll down on her
shoukiers. Mdme. Hading wished that her hair
should be seen both round her face and at the back of
the head. Having made this clear, she sat down
before a great mirror, and Mdme X. put the shape
of a hat on the famous hair and modelled it during
two sittings till it had the required shape. It was
theu sent to the shape-maker, and an accurate copy
was produced. Then Madme. X. took notice of the
colour of the dresses to be worn by " Comtesse
Sarah," in order to obtain a "harmony " for the hat,
and the success of the capote Had* is the best evi-
dence of •bar success. "This," concluded the great
milliner, "is the general history of stage hats. The
ladies go on the first night to see what we have done,
and if the model hat is a success, it is adopted by
everybody. Sometimes, however, it is one of the
women of the world who sets the fashion. She buys
a model hat, wears it at some religious or official cere-
mony, in the Bois, at the circus, and forthwith our
clients (sic) order similar ones. There are ladies who
are very proud that a hat bearing their name should
make its way round the whole world. Any elaborate,
carefully trimmed hat may become the type of a
fashion. Such a bat is tried on on all the ladies in
our employ, in order to see what slight alteration
should be made to make it suit different faces. Tnus
hats of as many different kinds as the stars in the sky
or sand on the seashore are made. Of the Hading
bonnet over 3000 were sold by Madame X. daring a
single season."