Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-27
WILMINGTON DEL. FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1874. PRI(
Spring Ronnets.

Black and white chip boz nets, chip fronts
with silk crowns, and black net bonnets are
the fashionable choice for spring wear, and
will also comprise the summer selection. The
choice of shape depends on whether or not
the coronet is becoming, as al styles may
be condensed Into those with Cafc Iets and
those without. That the ccroLet -Till not
disappear this season Is cert rom the
fact that many Of the finest y ilanets
imported have coronets. whiio 1t is also
true that the newest shapes have fiat and
scooped fronts. The latter, although iipisn.
ed with frilled face trimming, are not de-
signed TO lie fatty on the smooth tresses of
hair in cottage fashion, but are mounted up
on crown braid in wey that makes them
as effective as the stately coronet bonnets.
One entirely new shape has the brIm curved
upward and then dropping again. leaving
groove In which wreath or soft puffs Of
silk are placed. Black hats will retain all
popularity; indeed, choice lies between
black and white. with trimmings OF silk
and flowers to match the costume, Strings
are seldom seeD and tnis does away with
the last distinguishing feature between bon
nets and round hats; the same head cover
ing now serves for each. as it is a bonnet
when worn far back on tho bead and a hat
when tilted farther forward. The Directoire
the Rabagas reversed, the gypsy and the
cap bonnets called indiscriminately tho
Charlotte Corday; Normandy and Alsacian
are the popular styles.
coronet, II there be one. is partly faced with
| silk, bias about an inch wide, with an edge
| of chip visible; If two shades OF silk are
used, the light Is on the face of the coronet.
| the dark behind it, soft pleating of crepe
| lisse tulle. or lace Is then placed underneath
| with a wreath or rose cluster upon il, or else
| scarf OF bias soft silk is twisted around
| below 1t and tod behind in square bow
| with very short ends. Ifthere Is no coro-
| net, trim the inside as jast described, and
put a pieating of silk fringed Oh the edge. or
| OF tulle, or Of beaded lace, sewed fatty on
| the front ofthe bonnet; black chip and tulIe
bonnets have tae edges bound with let gal :
| loon-a very pretty fancy. To trim the
| crown. put bias gros grain or else crossed
i'Orient (soit twilled silk) in irregular folds
around II, with loose puffs, shells and ca
pricious loops, finished almost abruptly be =
mind without drapery, and avoiding all set
bows. strings, or any fixed prim garniture
| Mass the flowers and feathers on the front
and around the left side to the back leaving
the right extremely plain. Some rich, mas
| siye loops directly in front of the crow n and
a single ostrich tip above them, give a bon
net AN air OF style that more elaborate crpa.
ment fails to impaIt
Il The most delicate shades of rose blue
lgreen and maize are selected for trimming
silks, and natural looking flowers are ioun q
to match them. Scarfs of doubled silk, pink
on ono side and the faintest green on the
other, are twined around chip hats, while
others have chip fronts with shirred greep
crowns showing rose Innings in the frills,
: Roses without foliage, large blush roses.
tearoses, and the dark red A Agrippina roses
arc brauched together six or eight Oh A
stem, and almost suffice TO trim bonnet.