The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

The wide-awake hats, the hats with
broad brims turned up at the sides, have
all dIsappeared-gon rs completely ont
OF sight a If they had never existed.
What has become of them? No one
knows. They fill the baudboxes, proba-
bly,, which occupy the top shelf in clo-
sets.
The early spring style in head.gear is
the Normandy bonnet. | would not
advise prudent ladies to get one, tor they
have been worn for spme weeks nov,
and will shortly give way to the newest
thing in straw | only revert 10 them
because they foreshadow the general ten
dency of new hats and bonnets 10 III close
to the head, to show decided and charac-
teristic crowns and narrow brims.
Still the new hats and bonucts, not
withstanding their diminished size. have
rather good look, due To the quantity
and SNOWY colorS Of the flower trimmings.
For the first time in many yaers we have
yellow as a prominent color, every shade.
palest straw TO deepest maize, and
Nasturtian red This deep toned yellow
contrasts highly with almost every color
with which it is brought IN contact, and
is very trying TO somewhat ruddy blondes.
Women of this type cannot bear deep
yellow; they must be content with paler
shades, sottened by blue or white Black,
deep reddish yellow and purple is fa-
vor4te French mixture, about As evil and
tigeress a combination us can be cOuceiv-
ed. If it must be worn, let the yellow
pale and introduced in small quantities
and the purple reduced to violet
A PRETTY FASHION
has been applied to evening bonncts all
winter, and is now introduced for the
street 1t consists Of a scarf OF handsome
lace, or of lace edged with wide, fine
crepe lisse plaitings, ga.teaed ut the back
under the flowers and brought round in
front, where it is fastened with a scarf
pin. This takes the place of the furs
and also Of the lace-edged handkerchief
worn last year. Fancy Normandy bon
nets combine silk crowns with small
brims of chips or fancy straw, and some
of these are very snowy in appearance
There are brims Of ivory chip, united
with cardinal red and trimmed with
close wreath Of yellow ddlfodls. Brims
Of Swiss fancy straw have straw colored
silk, surrounded with wreath Of white
oats, and made gay with scarlet poppies.
Most effective bonnets come from pupils
of Nirot, and are imported by \. Il.
Stewart 81 Co. They consist of black
crowns, silk or tulle, over crepo and
black chip brims, surrounded by a solid
wreath of English vioIets, yellow cow
slips or mustard in seed or flower
THE SUMMER HATS AND BoNNErs
are; in every variety Of chip aud fancy
straw, though what used to be called
"'Coburg," fancy Tuscan and the white
Swiss braids are in tho large majority.
Soft ivory chips and Panama straws pro-
mise to be as fashionable as they we're
last year, and accord well with The styles
of trimming. which are graceful, though
somewhat protuso. Ribbon, as vet, how
ever, finds but little place among them.
Lace, crepe lisse, flowers, grasses, Der
ries, leaves, weeds, perfectly reproduced
and soft silk in the piece, are ali employ
ed, but no ribbon, or hardly any, except
in the narrow Widths for children.
SAILOR HATS
for girls from eight to twelve, 10 wear in
the country, have very broad brims and
a slight intermixture Of black, black and
white, or coored brads, just enough TO
make line around the crown and in the
brim. These Of course, having only a
ribbon band for trimming, but they are
very ctyIisb onJ o1ant thop,..1,.oe A., all