American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-11

| head; the Montagnard hat with brim
rolled UP on one side and down on the
| other, and the SLOUGH hat, with soft fur
beaver brim, worn back on the head. The
| felt toques have soft crowns, much lower
| than those now worn, and are very much
| trimmed. Cream, gray and brown felt arc
| most used in round hats. A toquc of
cream colored felt has gilt braid ON the
edge, and facing of cream colored silk.
Just in front is a large rosette, made of
four loops of dark brown velvet, from be
meath which starts long, creamy ostrich
plume, winds high up the back, and stops
again near the front; merle bronze is
perched on the back of the crown as if
flying down amidst loops of very wide
ribbon: A second dressy toque of cream
colOred felt is bound with cream-colored
velvet, piped with three folds of lighter
twi1led silk. The crown is covered with
irregular loops, partly velvet and partly
silk, and there is a long ostrich feather
fastened behind by a silver filigree
buckle, and Scur1cd toward the front.
A dark brown felt toque has the
brim widely bound with dark brown vel
vet fecked with cream color. Brown
twilled ribbon forms loops in front and
behind, and some ecfu cashmere lace is
mixed in these loops. Two demi-long
plumes, brown and ecru, curl out on the
crown. The Montagnard hat is similar to
the brigand and Rubens hats of last sea-
son, but is worn perched up on a high
couture, and shades the brow very slight
ly.@ One of dark brown has Hoops and
bands of brown velvet, ending in a sker-
chief behind that is edged with ecru lace.
A long Mercutio plume, fastened by
brooch of red gold and silver, curls low
down behind. The SLOUGH hats are saucy-
looking and suitable only forsvery young
faces. A SLOUGH of gray felt has a smooth,
light gray crown, with dark gray brim
of fur-beaver felt, soft and faring, capri
ciousiy turned up and not bound on the
edge. All around inside the sbrim are two
soft puffs Of cardinal red velvet. Around
the crown is folded gray velvet. with. q
rosette. of four large loops Just left Of the
front, from which three cur1ed ostrich tips
project; low down behind is a gray
pigeonss head, with wide-staring eyes.
Navy-blue- velvet, maroon and. b0ttle.l
green are also used to trim gray felts.
Felt bonnets are of exceedingly fine,
smooth felt, not bound on fhe edges.
Gray of very pale shades and cream tints
are preferred. One of gray, with arch
ing, scooping front, has pale blue velvet
puffs above the forehead supporting moss
roses and forget-me-nOts. Outside all is |
gray velvet and silk in long, loops, with |
three gray tips curling out from the |
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gilt galloeq and brown velvet in which |
gold ornaments are fastened. A third has
bottle green velvet bows in front mixed
with silver galloon, while around the
crown are cocks plumes that hang low on
each side. A fourth, trimmed with green
velvet and gilt cord, has bronzed bird
IN the crown poised with outspread wings
Is if about to fly upward. All these bOnnets
rave twilled ribbon strings the color Of
he velvet trimmings they are yard long
md three or four inches wide.-Harper's
Bazaar. i