Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-18
AT SIMMONS HEADQUARTERS.

The spacious Millinery rooms in the
Opera House Block. where our great high
priest of fashion, Simmons, has his Head
quarters, have been crowded with ladies
during the past week, anxious to see all
the novelties in bonnets, trimmings, flow
ers, and, the like, he has lately brought
from New York. To say that this display
is brilliant but half tells it. 1t is perfect
museum of beautiful shapes and styles
The bonnets are very small, but more
magnificently trimmed than ever. More
money is now laid out in the adornment
| OF the bonnet than the bonnet itself cu uuld
possibly cost. Yet the effect is very beau
| tiful. We dono know that we have ever
seen bonnets SO handsome for full dress, or
so effective. & ;.- -.-'lEl -lE -aesz- .
| The elaborate and small style of bonnets
compels those who wish neat, dressy
headgear for ordinary uses, to turn their
attention to hats. Hero, certainly, all
! tastes can be accommodated. Every form
| that Is jaunty and bizarre appears now to
| be worn. There is the "Deauville'' hat,
with flat, low crown and narrow brim,
edged with black velvet, and round the
| crown black satin scarf is twisted, which
is 8tiedeat the side like cravat; large
pheasant's plume is thrown over the back
OF the hat. Then there is the "Watteau,"
the brim of which is turned up and fasten-
ed in the center with black satin bow.
In front there is a tuft of white and pink
eglantines, which are prolonged into a
spray falling over the back, and inter-
mingling with the lace lappets and satin
ribbon that serve to keep the hat on the
head. ---..-. ..-.g..-s -s-..-.--.-..z
For travelling, there is the ssBearnais,'' -
made of black straw and bordered with
black velvet. The crown of this is round,
and the rim lowered, more especially over
the forehead. The trimmings are black
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cred black tulle lappets.
White hoods are now embroidered in
Imitation of coral. The popular form of
hood is pointed, and is attached to large
crossed pelerine. They are in the same
style as the hachelicks, and the points of
the pelerine are ornamented with tassels
| Qike those on the hood), the ends being
thrown to the side over the shoulder. All
the hoods are cut square, and, instead of
ruches, are ornamented either with black
velvet or with silk braid of various colors.
They are only worn in white or poppy red;
but, if the rest of the costume is of tartan,
then tartan hood is worn. Hoods knitted
in Pyrenean wool, also called ..snow WOOL
are very general for evening wear, and
MANY ladies' instead of donning the more
| formal hood, twist long, light knitted scarfs
round their heads, which to some faces
proves most becoming style of head
| gear t tsH..-. .st
/ w OuI lduy IcducTS W Cdli
at Simmons and see the brilliant styles
themselves. No pen can do justice to them.
From what we have above written, we
can safely pronounce the following as four
of Fashions DEGREES: - o..
+ First, that there shall be abundance of
crinoline, or hustle, or pdnier, or to,rnnre
;(for the bunch at the back goes by vari-
ETY. of names) just below the waist, but that
there should be little or none at the lover
half of the skirt t-t. --.f.ac
Secondly, that there should be no trains
worn in the streets, long skirts to be kept
Exclusively for indoor wear. That If lady
4 desires to wear train when driving out
II during the day, the skirt should be SO short
in front that her feet are plainly visible
Therefore pretty boots are indispensable.
Thirdly. q medley of materials quite in
describable; the more fiounces, ruches,
bows and pompons, the more the skirts are
looped up in punches, the better is the
wearer's right to consider herself elegant
and fashionable.
Fourthly, bonnets shall be reduced tc
nothing. and shall be composed Of the rich.
est laces, flowers or plumes.