The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-04-26
Spring Bonnets.

For quite young ladies the chip and
yellow straw capotes and the Normandy
bonnets will prevail. The capote crowns
are large and square across the top, and
the trimming does not conceal the out
lines, as seemed to be necessary in the
high pointed crowns lately worn. The
newest trimmings for these are the India
ribbons in gay mottled colors, or else
striped India gauze, with cream white
stripes an inch wide alternating with the
rich India stripes. Another new trim
ming is Roman net, which is merely
black Brussels net with little flies - of
silk of the rich Roman colors caught in
the meshes; this is especially handsome
on black chip or lace bonnets. The lace
garnitures are now confined to scarf
strings of real lace, usually white; these
are one long scarf, with the middle pleat-
ed on the crown as acurtain, and the ends
tied for strings. The Normandy bonnet
with straw brim and high crown promises
to be the popular style, as ladies can
easily make such bonnets at home, after
buying the frame with the net crown
properly shaped and the brim complete,
with its three or four rows of braid. In
making such bonnets the amateur mil.
liner must have an abundance of silk in
careless, easy folds for the crown, as
scantiness and set folds give the bonnet
stiff look. A wreath of small flowers,
dropping buds, or green vine leaves may
be passed around the crown, or if this is
too dressy, ruche is made of bias silk
notched in saw-teeth on the edges. This
ruche should be very fully pleated, and is
Of two layers OF silk, the inner one mar
rover than the outer, and each may be of
different shades or in contrasting colors.
A slight frill of lace, tulle, or of raveled
silk forms the face trimming.
Silk bonnets, smooth on the frame, are
the novelty for the immediate season be-
fore the time comes for straws; there are
also satin bonnets made over ample frames,
and as smooth as kid. A model silk bon
net is of pink coral gros grain, trimmed
with satin ribbons Of the dark Vesuve
red; two ostrich tips showed each of these
shades, and there were pink and red
crushed roses without any foliage; inside
the front was soft puff of Vesuve satin.
The quaintest contrasts seem to please
best in these bonnets. 4 white faille bon.
net has piping folds of mandarin satin on
the edges, and garniture of Parmesian
violets. A tilleul satin bonnet has pale
blue pipings, and pink roses that have
bronzed leaves. Palmer silk bonnets are
of gray, or brown. or deep blue, to match
the costume with which they are worn; all
of these colors are relieved by flowers,
in which yellow shades predominant.
When silk bonnets are shirred on the Nor
mandy shapes they have a more youthful
effect, and are not considered as dressy as
those that are made plain on hard frame.
The Marie Stuart bonnet with point
on the forehead is very largely imported,
and is picturesque and very generally be-
coming. The crown OF this bonnet is
large and high, making very different
hat from the fiat Fanchon shape formerly
popular as the Marie Stuart style. It
comes in very fine Tuscan straws and in
chip, and will be used as dress hat.
Among other dress hats are those made en-
tirely of feathers and without crowns.
Marabout feathers are most used for these
In very delicate shades of pink, tilleul,
and moonlight blue; the strings are of
Valenciennes lace, or of white guaze, or
of dotted Eet tied carelessly on one side.
White hats will, however, be most worn
Tor dress. Thus there are creamy-white |
ships trimmed with chip bands. chip
bows, cream-white silk loops, and, for the |
1ne CLINT Of color, pink and tea roses. soft |
md crushed, without foliage, and some
lines fourteen in number on single bon.
net. Others have coronal in front made |
# petals stripped from the calyx; either
pink or pale-creamy tea-roses are used.
For ladies who cannot relinquish their
[avor1te black b0nnets are beautiful mod |
,ls Of plain Brussels net laid plainly on
stiH frame, with lace strings. lace
uche for face trimming, and, by way Of
tylish relief. tilleuf foliage made of rub
yer in wreaths or large clusters, or else
oses In tho new pale coral shades, or
attn bows with sharply pointed ends
made Of Vesuve ribbon, or else punches
{ mandarin yellow flowers, such e cow
lips. jonquils or buttsrcups, or, if for
n elderly lady dropping purple vista.
las or violets. There are also black chip
'onnoB similarly trimmed, with many
lipinea Of satfn, and strings Of tie Ro-
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