Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-02-24
New Spring Fashions.
SPRING HATS.

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styles, are far larger than any that have
been worn for many years, and chip is
the fashionable material of which they
are composed. The felt hats now ia
vogue give some suggestion of the
spring shapes, out the new chip hats
are still larger than these, are as soft as
any SLOUGH hat, have high crowns and
wide brims capriciously rolled, turned
and indented, and in size they are like
gentlemen's hats, very slightly mod
flied. Importers claim for these mann
moth hats that they are not only becom-
ing, but sensible; as they cover and pro-
tect the head, the latter assertion is
true; and as they will soon be consid-
cred stylish, the former is matter of
course.
The chip of which these hats are
made is exceedingly fine, and rs softand
pliable as felt. They are shown in
white chip, black, dark nut brown and
pale leather color The variety of
shapes is even greater than is seen il,
the hats of this season. Some of them
have high round crowns, with three
inch brims, slightly yet evenly rolled
all around; others have the wide straight
brims seen on &C flats" turned up only
in front, or perhaps slightly towards
one side, and still oftener in the middle
OF the back; some, again, have pointed
brigand crowns, with datstraight brims;
others, more bOnnet-like in shape, have
medium crowns, with brim fronts three
inches wide, and only an inch broad be-
hind, while a few retain something of
tho Enr1Ch xuo llyIno hot e,hor>n e
the Rubens hats that are closely turned
upward on each side. Importers pre-
dict that white chips will be the favor
lite, yet black bonnets are always stylish,
and the choice brown shades will be
chosen to match suits.
Foryoung girls and misses, straw hats
are shown in an improved sailor shape,
known as the Leopold. The crown is
round instead of being square and fiat,
as it was last year, and the wide brim
is turned upward all around. The edge
is bound with black, brown, or blue
gros grain ribbon, and the hat band and
streamer Of ribbon to match have bars
and triangles of gilt or silver White
straw Leopolds are prettily trimmed
with navy blue ribbon that is almost
black, and ornamented with stamped
bars of gilt.
SPRING COLoRS FOR TRIMMINGS,
The list of colors for the ribbons,
damasks, figured grapes and other new
materials for trimming bonnets is as
follows: soft pink, sky blue, silver
gray, cerlse, pOnceau, nut brown, lilac,
with both pink and blue tinges), drab
(Of dark, light and medium shades),
pailte OF straw color, navy blue (Which
is now black blue), and lastly beige,
Manila, and cream colors, which are
natural, unbleached buff shades, with
more brown in them than in the ecru
tints SO long in fashion, The pre-
ponderance of importation is in
these simple, natural hues. The
pink and blue shades of next sea-
son will be soft, yet positive, without
any of the buff shades lately seen with
them. The clear silver gray, and the
charming lilac tints of generation
ago, are to be revived in lieu of the
mongrel green-grays and mauves of
last summer. The soft drab hues,
quiet enough for Quakeress. are to
be enivened by cerise, pink and blue.
NEW MATERIALS FOR TRIMMING.
The noted trimming for these new
large hats will be wide scarf ribbons of
soft damask serge of single color, with
damask figures, arabesques, and vines
of the same color and similar shade.
These are as broad as sash ribbons, and
as pliable as the plain twilled India
silks used for neckties; the brocaded
damask designs upon them make them
very rich-looking. They are shown in
sky blue, rose-pink, beige, and other
spring shades.
Pekin embroidered is another soft
oriental fabric similar to the serge rib
bOns just described. It has twilled
stripes with lowered stripes between,
like needle-wOrk, also damask and vine
patterns, with intricate arabesque de-
signs.
A charming new material, to be cut
bias for trimming, instead Of turquoise
and other silks, is satin d Orient, as soft
and light as China Grape, yet repped
like gros grain. This is admirably
adapted for the chip braids that are too
light to support the heavy velvets and
gros grains with which it has been the
fashion to trim them.
Another novelty is figured China
Grape. Instead of being merely
crinkled, this fine fabric is now figured
in diamond patterns, with vines, leaves.
great lily bells, convolvuli, and MORE
stripes, all of one shade, either cream,
pink, OF light blue.
FRENCH FLOWERS.
The French flowers for trimming hats
are mounted as large wreaths with
trailing sprays behind, or else in one
single compact cluster. Of the wreaths
many are alternating pink and tea roses
to go round about the hat, while pend
ent behind is tied bunch of dark red
Agrippina roses tied to show their long
stems of flexible rubber. Other wreaths
are of small scarlet peoples with dark
green ivy leaves, OF else of wild sweet
brier with green arbor vitae; lemon
tinted roses form the centre of wreaths
of glossy green smilax; or else there are
large white roses with every petal sep