, 1869-03-28
The FASHIONS.
Nenections on Spring Bonnets
and Observation-Disclosures.
Millinery-The Hew Styles of Hats.
a Handsome Dress.
Collars and cuHs. =

klRQ IL lQkuk A10OSL would pTE{Hf
band-box 10 bsllot-box fos his wiic but an
afraid there IL no Truth u the rumoE, however de
sirahle /. would be. A datn&y bit Of stzaw, with
fozget-tnc-nos vine trailing oyer It. would scarce,
be suitable covering for the future head Of th
1azauy-1he possible PTeMdent OF romsa'g q 10.
crnment 4 compromise between the presen
masculine stovc-pipe and shaker bonnet Wou1t
be better than such paradox
/ But there are women LEFT yet, thank Heaven ,rho
In the non-essents1s Of dziiy Hfc arc truly nurri
feminine; who have . wcakness, and own toit =
hons snd taces aud lowess. md tu,le and cf,vo
goes.mcr Of ,,onuc.s aud ha,s-vho wear tbc,,, ~
dlndcms and coroneta, and crown therrasIva.
queens OF The vomans kingdom: ema1l ron,e,
With marvellous beauty Of nln-nnvr. -c,t ~
men. mentally and corrotaily. WIN yet dn nor A..
daln the Hnasft heatIt,tdas ~ dra.. .....-xS
that "tnocs make the tnm or hum.n ,h,na. :.
noble women who are Aadonnas NJ a,-+n,r -.
~, yet can copdescend 10 N. color n, :. nnvor -
the shade Of ribbon. deIlcIort 1ovaMa .nn,o
who never ask vbs. thcv .,e rnod. ~ 49, ,,.,s..
n pls.er,nv rht,s ,,,,, 4, ,n,. -as,. ss..sn =,
fhe next. vn,r.n ~, .s,-..,t,. ..,,..x'.-
and iruper1ona. "''A "'''''''se1
"Who hon- tn x,,e .ha .,o,ac, s,rne,.
On The tasric4au side: n
but VINO condnc their Fcyplutouary meaBures Il
fashion aud kiudre} fo{1,lrt nm ol.d tbcre Ia mr.
Law OF entail In n.pard IL 6rrsauthnt IN. tnonrv
expended In s,r7 oorhlnuh. yoscele.n buhh1fa m
The OF le Eocs on and On, in free circulation.
giving to the glt,cs.nE nn.,cr frolh with which
she Ii well sotisnci-to another tho generous wine
which Is her life blood
Which all leads to rer,rmt Of spring styles in
hass houueta, r!hbona, STRAW and style, u dis
played on Thursday last BY one Of Our Oldest straw,
manufacturing houses. In grnnd
OrKSlS0 plsr14T
OF Par!k md Chicago millinery, 1t has been uYred
repeatedly !u tho nntI-faxhIon Journals that BAN
nets would be vEry high this spring; that the n.
dllou2l elegance Of tho styics wnA also indicative
OF sdA!onA expense Itla true that the new styleA
hrc TotheI more expensive than they will te
later in the season Tho reason "a obvtouA
The lmporta,!oua ste Ill new. md have cost a
great dea, Of time and money. They havo tho
prestige ri nr1 and the originality Of fsahon upon
them, and arc the nlphal*uc lr,tcra Of literature
that will he llnlrcrEsl II ysnt wsulQ weat them
In thclr pristine rIosr 7ou r,ust nay for them n.
well: and tttnI II Ypu followed the various ar..
datiu1s frurn tho straw when II wHs C.saa aud the
ribbon when 1t wa8 sl1k-wor.n, you would agree
With me that it Is worth The price
MDENpuAr
were prominent feature al Mr. Uewcs' openlnI
and VIII rye list or thtAe Which attrnctrl zen.
rraI attention sr,m the reaI r,r,,,nce with which
kHEY WG{C &5 well kA Inc GAlt0EH1E IAQEY
bulds 10 which the new st1a1a excel No. !,
TIE TyAHuoe.
wxs Milan s+rav ,n1sed front e,on{nc n. tho
hack II Was trimmed With an exquisite shadc Of
blue rtiaon, with full bow Oh top, fastened with
brown md gold pearl hutterny. cluster OF straw
wheat eo,s IN front ,t,h wrra,h of fo,urtz,1rnot
cntwtned Price, {l0 No. Was called the
snEr11ERpEss
and will be the most popular, as It Is already the
most sensinc. II nAs graceful dropping br1m
and was lined, In tAis Instance, In black si!k and
trimmed tsstefuly on the outAide with black rib
bon, tn handsome eows;a large rose, with long
trailing vine Of green buds and hatf-blown roses
l,sck ribbon strings to pass lack u the hair and
tic at the side rrtce, 11h No. ;,
TIE vELoc1rEDE,
Is tn the shape Of u horseshoe, with coronet
'front.' and the head must ns into 1t as snug as the
rc!ttahe hoos does lnto the original pattern, tie
chRnon being Arranged not " Interfere The
Inevitable bow at the tor, with long stEeaneEs,
Eraecd this hat, which was unique and modern,
but hy no mcans - "1ast' as It's nomenclature
would lndiente. No,i,
TIE F1oEA,
WaR hat Imported directly from Paris, md It ccr-
taln'y bore the stamp Of that fashionable. happy
Land; no American 1nllllner would have dared L,
Offer 20 fair and frat1 n combination Of lace Anl
Eosaamcr to The east winds or Western ragat!ea
OF tlls climate. The centre Of the hat waa COM
posed bf French lace, fnncy styaw as yellow us
gold on the edge hand Of the pacst fatrest shade
OF SOFT blue velvet, With puf1us OF blonde. veil
1aIiuR over tho back composed OF two paniers OF
blonde, with edge and hands Of tho blue velvet
and blonde lace from the ION, a trailing lenRtb al
r1>sc vine. dnpcrInv with Ind and hln,snr, enn
moss. fell In eracrrp1 nud rnry1np heantv aa II
nature bad snddeply achieved the per1ection nj
nuwcr and foliage and AT llad pct1ned Il Into IN,
during loslinesA No. 4
,.xr
uetn, anil y-tcke, ,u,e,n1 tt.le tito,, in ts
n,,h wl,e Milan straw a. one wou,s ..rn..ct fr,T,
thc nurur. md ra,r-,lrv eponob u,,,.iny tt..,r
- ,ou1,rt rtt vi VII, r,,, .nnT,rIu,e . tor. ~ !.
1,oacct. wheat.ears ami 1,act rna-rraIn rih,,on
IN rrcat ,,-frson made this ,it,c AFFAIR ona ri tno