American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-02-13
Spring Hats, BOnnet-Trimminys and
Flowers.

| Flowers.
The new hats importers are receiving
as the dcdnt-coarears of spring styles are
far larger than any that have been worn
| for many years, and chip is the fashion
able material of which. they are COM
posed. The felt hats now in voaue give
| some suggestion of the spring shapes,
but the new chin hats are still larger
| than these, are as soft as any SLOUGH hat,
| have high crowns and wide brims Ca
priciously rolled, turned and indented,
and in LIE they are like gentlemen s
hats very slightly modified Importers
claim for these mammoth hats that they
| are not only becoming but sensible: as
they cover and protect the head, the
latter assertion is true; and as they will
soon be considered stylish the former is
a matter of course.
The chip of which these hats are made
is exceedingly fine and as soft and 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 in the hats of this
season. Some of them have high round
crowns, with threc-inch brims, slightly
yet evenly rolled all around; others have
the wide straight brims seen on " flats, -
turned up only in front or perhaps
slightly toward one side, and still Oftener
in the middle of the back; some, again,
have pointed brigand crowns with brim
fronts three inches wide and only an
inch broad behind, while few retain
something of the English walking hat
shape and of the Rubcns hats that are
closely turned upward on each side. I'M
porters predict that white chips will be
the favorite, yet black bonnets are al
ways stylish and the choice brown
shades will be chosen to match suits.
For young 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 shatband 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 ornamsnted with stamped
bars of gilt.
The list of colors for the ribbons, dam
asks, figured grapes and other new ma
terials for trimming bonnets is as fol-
cerisc, ponceau, nut brown, lilac with
both pink and blue tinges), drab (of
dark, light and medium shades), paille OF
straw color, navy blue (Which is now
black-blue), and, lastly, beige, Manila
and cream cOlors, which are natural I'M
bleached buff shades, with more brown
in them than in the ecru tints SO long in
fashion. The preponderance of impOrta-
tions is in these simple, natural hues.
The pink and blue shades OF next season
will be soft, yet positive, without any of
the buff shades lately seen with them.
The clear silver gray and the charming
lilac tlnts OF a generation ago are to DC
revived in lieu of the mOngrel green
grays and mauves of last summer The
soft drab hues, quiet enough for Qua
keress, are to be- enlivencd by cerise,
pink and blue.
The novel trimming for these new
large hats will be wide scarf ribbons of
soft damask serge of a single color, with
damask figures, arabesques and vines of
the same color and similar shade. These
are as broad as sash ribbons, and as PHI
able as the plain twilled India silks used
for neck-ties; the brocaded damask de-
signs 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
ribbons just described. 1t 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, toe 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 or light
blue.
The French flowers for trimming hats
are mounted as large wreaths with trail
ing sprays behind, or else in one single
compact cluster. Of the wreaths many
round about the hat, while pendent be-
hind is tied bunch of dark-red Agrip-
pima roses tied TO show their long stems
of flexible rubber. Other wreaths are of
small scarlet peoples with dark-green
ivy leaves, or else of wild sweet-brier
with green arbOr vine; lemon-tinted
roses form the center of wreaths of glossy
green smilax; or else there are large
white roses with every petal separately
curled. The clusters are pale rose gera-
NUNS with fern leaves, salmon chrys-
and lilacs with pink shading;
or else large, lOOse-petaled pink roses
with spring violets-the single blossoms
that grow in shady dells; or else lilies
of-the-valley with roses and hawthorn
berries.-Harper's Bozdr.