The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-03-06
FOR THE FAIR SEX.


The first importations of French bon
nets show the large Clarissa Harlowe
shapes, with brims that fare above the
forehead, and are tied down closely at
the sides, but also small bonnets with
close brims like those popularly worn
during the winter. The soft crowns
now worn in caps and turbsns of velvet
or satin are 80 much liked that they
have been produced in chip and straw
bonnets. These hsve close fronts and
are apt to be trimmed in Alsacian style
with large bow on top. There are
also soft crowns Of satin, either plain or
striped, or else of damasse silk in Per-
sian patterns, used with chip brims.
Fanchons, or three -cornered half hand
kerchiefs Of white satin embroidered in
colors, and edged with Breton lace, are
also used on the crowns OF chip bonnets.
A peculiar novelty sent over from the
best Frenc Ii milliners is the wine colored
chip for the entire bonnet, or else braids
of wine-color alternating with white
chip in rows on the entire bonnet. A
great deal OF wine-colored satin ribbon
is used for trimming the ecru chips that
will be worn early in the spring, and
this is often combined with cream-cclor.
The bonnets with faring brims have no
face trimming, but ore lined with shir-
red satin of becoming color. A wreath
of foliage or of grasses in the new roseau
or reed. green shades passes around the
crown, and satin ribbon of the same
green shade is passed plainly over the
crown, tying down the sides, and is
knotted under the chin for strings.
Sometimes this reed-green satin ribbon
is pale pink on the opposite eide, or else
faience- blue, or it may be the new cream
tint called Satsuma. Pink with blue in
Pompadour combinations is also seen in
the new ribbons, and there is much gar
net with ecru. The satins for millinery
are the soft qualities spoken of in Mad
anne Raymond's letters as the foulard
finished satine India muslin edged
with Breton lace trims some of the finest
French chips. The brim has q wide
shirred binding of the India muslin that
shows at least an inch in breadth both
inside and out, while beyond this, inside
the brim, is bandeau Of velvet either
black or bottle. green. The top of the
crown has a soft crimped white ostrich
plume held by some veined leaves of
dark green velvet The strings of
double India muslin, edged with plated
Breton lace, cross the crown, droop on
the back, and are fastened under the
chin. In direct contrast to this is the
dress bonnet of black Spanish lace made
of broad barbe more than fourth of
a yard wide, which is tied in large
Alsacian bow on top, passes down the
green foliage made of transparent Grape
Il, I1n A.,
and chased arabesque ring of gold
holds the Alsacian bow in place. On
plain chip bonnets are many very small
pipings of satin placed inside the brims,
while others have silk with cords
stitch ed in on the outside.
The round hats for dressy wear at
summer resorts are very picturesque.
Some of these are made of white China
Grape, with the broad brim turned up
directly above the forehead, and filed
in with crushed roses or artemisias in
pale ecru and pink shades ; two large
white ostrich plumes cover the crown.
Broad -brimmed Leghorn hats have each
side caught down with square bows of
cream colored satin ribbon, and q bou.
quet of field flowers. Gray chip round
hats have high brigand crowns, and the
brim is turned up on the left side
Persian damask silk is tied like hand
kerchief around the crown. The black
chip round hats for city use are of Eng
iish shapes, and in the style known last
year as equestrienne. Some of these
are trimmed with brocaded gauze in
colors, and others with black satin
striped gauze. Ornaments are shown
in imita of silver set with brilliants
Il at glitter like diamonds these form
anchors, daggers, crowns, buckles, tri-
dents, arrows, darts, with many dragons,
beetles, butterflies and even turtles
Flowers are used in very great profuf
sion, as wreaths for crowns, hall
wreaths for the forehead, and above all
in bouquets of long stemmed roses of
field flowers. rs.-Harper's BaSar.