The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Novelties In Millinery.

Very small cottage-shaped bonnets and
been adopted, as milliners predicted they
would be. Some of the dressiest bon
nets to be worn with various costumes
arc small close shapes of Tuscan straw
or else ecru chip, trimmed with loops of
cream-colored satin ribbon and wide
Breton lace barbe that FORMS. bow on
the crown and also strings; inside the
brim is shirred satin, and the flowers on
top are either chrysanthemums or roses.
This is charming bonnet to wear with
elaborate costumes of black grenadine,
silk and satin. The beaded lace bonnets
to wear with various dresses are. either
close shades, or else they have Marie
Antoinette tlaring fronts; these are also
most often trimmed with white chrysan-
themums, lily buds, roses and barbe of
Breton lace. Simpler bonnets of black
chip are edged with beaded lace, or else
they are daintily trimmed with ajabot of
Indian muslin and lace on the right side,
some saucy perked-up loops of black
satin ribbon on the left, q bunch of white
lilacs OF of chrysanthemums on top, and
four narrow strings, two of which are
white satin ribbon and two black. In
side the brim is shirred black satin, on
which rests Il row of white Breton lace.
To make this sill lighter, the brim may
be faced with shirred white. muslin.
Other black chip bonnets have an AL
sacian bow and strings made of q white
Breton lace barbe; this is quite far back
on the crown, while in front of it is y
cluster of black ostrich tips; the brim
is edged with large jet beads, and a Gre
scent of jet is in the center of the lace
bow. .I..
For light mourning are very dressy
bonnets of black chip, trimmed with
black China Grape edged with black
Breton lace. The Grape is twined around
the crown, and held by jet stars. A
wing is stuck in the back quite .ow
down.
The large Marie Antoinette bonnets
are pointed in the middle of the front,
and one of the faring sides is filled in
quite low down with flowers. This is a
fanciful shape.that should be worn only
by very young fresh faces, and will prob
ably be more worn in Saratoga and New
port than the close cottage shapes now
so much liked for city streets.
One Of the freshest novelties for the
watering-places is an imported poke "
of Tuscan straw trimmed with white
dotted muslin. The sides and crown of
the bonnet are close to the head, while
the brim pokes far up over the forehead,
and is lined with full gathered puff of
soft twilled fOulard silk. Polka-dotted
Swiss muslin covers part of the poke
brim plainly, ,and is gathered back to form
puffed A lsacian bow on the crown.
This bow is held in place by an inch
wide band of pink satin ribbon that
passes around the crown and is tied in a
pert bow on the larger muslin bow. A
bunch of red cherries with natural-look-
ing pale green leaves and woody stems
is on the left side. A tiny bow made OF
the Tuscan braid is below the crown on
the back. Price $50.
| Cherry bonnets are also novelties.
These are close cottage shapes of white
Indian muslin, shirred, or else of tulle,
with the smooth broad crown trimmed
with many parallel rows ''round and
round " of red iridescent beads. The
brim is nearly concealed by the green
leaves of the cherry, while on its edges
and around the entire bonnet is a fringe
of dropping small cherries shaded from
red to black. The strings are barbe of
white Breton lace. Similar bonncts
are made of white crepe lisse with the
cherry beads, etc., and also entirely OF
jet beads.
Old gold braid, one OF two inches
wide, faces the brims of black chip
round hats and bonnets. There are also
jet galloons showing nothing but the
beads used for facing the brims of black
satin or jet bonnets. Still other black
chip bonnets have jabot ofblack thread
lace trimming the right side, loops OF
blacl; satin ribbon with old gold on the
wrong side are arranged in a ladder or
the left, and yellow chrysanthemums arC
clustered on top. Inside the brim il
shirred old gold satin, on which is lait
plainly row of black lace.-Harper'I
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