The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-31


phfa EstabIIshment - BOnaets and
Their Observation-Disclosures and FASH
1OnRble le Modes. ..''. '..
Wood & CaTy's, Chesnut street. This establish
mcnt may .hn called an emporium rS her than q
millinery store. Here are bonnets OF every simpe,
price, and sze fashion and FORM and If ever fashion
varied thefors of hats and bonnets it is this year.
So numerous and so varied are they, that special
names have not been found Tor the various dIstino-
tiOns OF head.gear ......
Straw is4the favorite material Some of these
straw bonpets are mere frames, which the silk
crowns and the trimmings complete. They are
here in piles and pyramids, In white, black, black
andi white, grey and brown. Here is the Empire
shape, srn2h close-ftting bonnet suitable to young
faces andto faces of which youth Is not the prin-
cipal accommodation, Then the Gipsy, which s
picturesque and elegant, especially suitable to ages
varying from ten to twenty-five.
q The Japanese hat is between the Empire and the
Gpsy and the straw fronts, with hall silk crowns and
only straps of straw, elegant and tasteful.
FashlOn hes got the gold fever We happy to
saw that more tnse is used but instead the pref
tiest and most becoming OF all ornaments, flowers,
but OF the Tery finest sortchaims in Jet and silver,
oXydized silver and bronzed, both IN the dark and
in the FlORontine green These ornaments ore used
to tasten the long birds the bouquets with which
the hate are trimmed, and have most charming
effect.
Messrs. Wood, & Cary have imported & great
number OF Fren ch hats, from the very best houses
but with good judgment they have modified them so
to suit the eXi geDcies of country, while pre-
serving the grace and style which only ParIsIan
mIlliner can invent. Some of these hats are mere
patches onthe top OF the head sufficient to attach
the flowers, lacey and tulle of which the bon
net is composed Almost all have wells of
tulle and the dea silver and cameo ornaments
Some neatly trimmed with fringe of maIabout
and oxydiAed siver-but one color used IL the
bonnet The favorite flowers are Vioets, daisies,
and field flowers, with, OF course, roses in every
shade. The heavy tropical and exotic flowers for
merly so much worn, have given place to the
flowers of the field, harebels, wild roses, grass,
forget-me-nots, daIsies and all the flowers tina
spring brings spontaneously from mother earth. A
speciality OF this house is the variety OF hats for
young girls those pretty round hats which leave
the oval Of youth without the trammels Of tule,
flower or strings.
We have first, as q novelty, the Medallion hat,
modest yetcoqUettish shading the face, but turned
up on ne side, where medallion appears to fasten
plume or a bunch of flowers. Some have aVei o.
crepe iSSe, a material long out of tashien
but now restored to favor. 1t is thicker and
far more enduring than illusion. The Sailor hat IS
the essen &c of simplicity hay ing nothing but rib
bon tied at the side.
The Del by hat in straw, the same shape that was
worn in the winter, comes out trimmed with narrow
velvet OF Il coors and flowers of every hue. Some
of these ha is will have the English pheasant and the
sea-gull on one side; but these fit only for the
next two months, and would be too heavy for
summer
Lace called Cluney lace is much used. This lace
IL made in profuMon in the Prussan Rhinish pro-
vinces 1t is very good imitation of old point, and
put on with ribbon under it, in bands, forms rich
trimming.
Eat the establishment of Messrs Wood s. Carey,
every material for hats and bonnets can be bought
With hberality that deserves great praise the
styles are shown, and after the lrame is selected
every material is furnished both in the form and in
the exact % Iantities required.
The pricen this year are considerably reduced
according to the fall in gold and the size OF the bon
nets. A visit to Messrs " ood g. Cary may be made
with satisfaction by the rich and those whose means
are not equal to their purses Tor the most extraya
giant, well as the most economical, materials can
be bought there and the cheaper goods are as beau
tiful as the eEtTavagant ones, differing only in
quality.