The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-20
Summer Fashions IN Hats.

Summer Fashions In Hats.
A great many changes have arisen in
the latest styles for summer wear. Skill
ed American fingers have toned down
the too, gay ornamentation Of French
models, and SO there Is less gilt and
glare Of tinsel. A picturesque eccen-
tricity has been developed in the FASH
ion of the Gainsborough bonnet, play
fully christened by belle the "Dilem-
ma," the brim being slit to form two
horns, one of which is intended to stand
up, the other to lie fat, and 80 one is
between the two horns of dilemma to
decide which shall be the most becom-
ing. Other summer bonnets called the
Incroyable, are close copies OF the styles
worn in the days of the French revolu-
ton. The strings pass over the sQtiare
crown and tie the wide brim down at the
sides under the chin. A cluster OF
flowers is placed high upon the crown or
else a graceful little bunch of ostrich
feather tips mods coquettishly over the
front. All of the late shapes are very
much larger than those exhibited at the
early openings. Brunettes are advised
to wear the new, large, deep yellow
Leghorn bonnets of the Vatican style.
The brim is faced with olive, bronze
brown, citron, or black velvet, and there
are gilt beads for a bordering on the
brims; the flowers are damask rose-buds,
half hidden in mossy foliage and dark
twigs. The large Alastian bow and
strings are ribbon corresponding in
color with the velvet /. facing. For
blondes, these bonnets are faced and
trimmed with delicate blne, cream color,
mastic or Jacqueminot red, and grace
full, creamy feathers bend toward the
front. The fine white French chip
bonnets of the Vatican, Incroyable or
Marie Stuart shapes are very elegant
taimmed with white satin and edged
with pearls, and cluster of cream and
pink roses or perhaps simply panache
of curling, creamy ostrich feathers. In
side the brir classical or Greek fllet
OF velvet or pearls is placed t. rest upon
the hair. g.t. .-t
Some of the garden hats of Charles 1.
are seen in Leghorn bent over the brow,
and trimmed with wild roses and straw
berry vines twined about the crown.
Others have clusters of cream and pink
roses, or a bunch of creamy feathers
half-concealing branch of lovely red
strawberries. These are for garden
parties, deieuners, croquet The Peg
Wellington and Fra Diavolo are sue
cessful rivals for driving and out-of-
town use; broad-brimmed and pictur-
esque, the brims are faced with velvet or
satin or shirred silk, edged with gold or
silver braid, or beads or gilt or amber.
Clair de lune beads are blackballed, but
jet is equally fashionable in wide bands
OF jetted passementerie edged with vel
vet, and feathers tipped with jet. The
trimming is black velvet, tri-colored
roses, clusters of May blossoms,
June roses, apple blossoms, and
hawthorne and violets, or punches of
wild flowers composed of marguerites,
southernwood, ivy leaves and butter
cups. Chip hats of these shapes come
also in bright colors, which range from
lightest cream and putty to all shades of
brown. They are trimmed with beige
colors to match in satin ribbon strings,
an Alsatian bow placed on top. Black
chip. hats Of these two shapes are be-
coming when simply edged with a gold
braid upon the black velvet facing, and
having long black ostrich plume float
ing over the crown and held in place
by jet and gold ornament, Fancy
straws and chips for walking or travel
ling come in both pale and dark beige
shades. These hats are simply trimmed
with beige moss grenadine and ostrich
tips; again the edges are bound with
velvet of the same color, and a velvet
band surrounds the crown. Others
have trimming or bias silk laid in loose
folds, corresponding with the dress, or
scarf of gauze. Feathers and an or
nament of gilt or jet, or two wings,
are used in place of flowers. For ladies
who have passed their first youth there
are wide -brimmed garden hats of Leg
horn, elegantly trimmed with lace, laid
on in close plaits reaching to the edge of
the brim. A cluster OF feathers placed
high upon one side is kept in place by
jewelled clasp. The new embroidered
wells are SO injurious to the eyes that
they are not to be recommended. Very
long beige-colored scarfs of silk grena-
dine and gauze are also worn on travel
ling hats, laid across the front of the
hat, crossed behind and brought loosely
around and then tied carelessly under
the chin; the portion on the front can
be drawn down over the face if required.
Blue silk grenadine long scarfs are also
worn as described, but are
less useful on many accounts.
Country hats for young girls are made
of coarse straw, trimmed with full
wreath of wild flowers and wild straw
berries with natural leaves and dark
MOSES. Another style shows the black
or rough-and-ready coarse straw hat
dropping over the face. with the back
Alastian bow of black velvet or JAG
queminot red ribbon, and long ostrich
feather curls over the crown. The Ty-
rolean shape for children is new, turned
up on one side; the Alpine peak, sailor,
jockey and Scotch hats make up the re-
of the styles for the little peo-
pie. a..,-.' 7'. f
The st. Bernard Dog.