The weekly clarion., 1879-10-22
FINE FEATHERS
How the Birds Contribute to the
Adornment of Ducks of Bonnets.
From the New York Tribune. I

From the New York Tribune
Mr.. Upper warned society some ten
years ago of robin famine in conse-
lquence of the fashionable demand for
red-breasts. Now the caprice of fashion
leads toward the determination of par
rots and owls, with a tendency toward
pigeons. Little humming birds are seen
by the hundreds, as well as all the
larger birds of the tropic. The plain
house swallow Is not disregarded; in
fact, swallows and sparrows die 50 easily
that they form no slight array among
| the plain-colored and variegated birds
The small feathers Of the humblest
| barnyard fowl are purchased in enor-
nous quantities, dyed black or in
brilliant colors, and sewed. one by one.
to yards of netting and then made into
costly feather bonnets. Ostrich plumes
are dyed in patches of gorgeous tints to
match the irridescent beads and Persian
silks that skinner and glitter like a
fairy spectacle in the milliner's show
rooms. The change in bonnets and
hats consists more in their colors and
| trimmings than in their shapes. The
graceful little FanchOn has returned
after long oblivion Beads are used in
enormous quantities. In addition to
the passion for jet, there is a great
display of rainbow-tinted beads of the
most startling contrast, copying the
rich stufs of Persia and Egypt
An olive-green velvet pOke-bonnet is
trimmed with wide bias twilled drab
satin surrounding the crown, fastened
on the sides and extending in very long
strings. Over the satin is placed a
broad band of passementerie embroid-
cred with beads of every imaginable
color. An ostrich plume, embodying
all the brightest hues, is placed near the
front and held by the head and breast
of an orange-colored cockatoo. The |
inside of the brim is lined with shirred |
olive velvet, nd a gold ord finishes
the edge. A bonnet from the Partisan |
house of Tirvee is extremely large, |
with square crown and raised front,
and is made of a mixture of satin and |
plush shirred cardinal velvet lines the |
brim and contrasts in an unlovely man
ner with wide gold-colored satin strings,
and yellow parrot stretched across one
side. The fashionable red bonnet re-
appears this season in a cardinal red
Fanchon of satin antique laid on the
frame in a loose puff and covered with
black lace embroidered with lets;
cluster of tiny birds having the same
colors of red and black is placed on top,
and are set singly on the sides and back.
The long red satin strings and covered
with corresponding lace. Another little
Fapchon Of olive Ottoman velvet has
the brim and edge covered with bronze
Brazilian bugs branch of three black
and olive ostrich feathers droOps over
the front, and band of bias olive satin
passing over the crown serves also for !
long strings.
The absence of face trimming is
all brims being simply lined {
with plain or shirred satin or velvet !
mostly edged with gold braid. Some
Of the strings of Indian blue or dusky {
olive twilled silk have stripes down the c
centre of the brilliant cashmere ribbon, q
and are finished on the ends with mar |
row plaitings point desprit. A Marie G
Stuart bonnet Of the close shape has t
new soft crown of japanese blue crackle c
velvet; the front is satin closely shirred, I
md superb merle br0f,ze-a blue and {
black Brazilian birds perched on the j
side. The brim is edged with a narrow '
ynllnon of cashmere beads and lined :
with yellow shirred satin. A bonnet of t
he modified Carmen shape has crown c
made of the gorgeous breast feathers of I
some tropical bird the front is maroon 7
Telvet embroidered around the edge in t
floral pattern with beads suiting the c
,olors of the feathers. A similarly '
haded ostrich plume droops around one a
ide, held by parrots head and breast; c
he broad twilled satin strings are fas- Il
ened at the sides by little clasps Of irri $
Iescent steel. A black bonnet is made Q
ntirely of small black feathers edged t
With dull, oval beads and trimmed with a
blackbird resting on a cluster Of p
Gather tips. The strings are wide black n
ace trimmed on one side with black
rimped fringe. A second black cottage
'onnet, made of tiny feathers laid fiat,
S on birds breast, has two blackbirds
'erched on the top in bows of black jet P
lace. Each tiny feather e
) tipped with little jet. Narrow jet o
ringe edges the front. The square Is
rown has plated embroidered lace "
ounce falling behind. The strings are D
e 6Dact (thoD+illNy loco