Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
Spring Millinery.

FURTHER importations of spring mil
linery confirm the earliest advices.
There will be very little change in the
shapes of bonnets, and those of medium
sizes, neither very large nor very
small, are most seen at present. Poke
shapes of the moderate sizes are very
largely imported in all the various
braids, such as Tuscan, chip, lace straw,
English split straw, satin braids and
Leghorns. The creamy yellow Tuscan
braids and the lustrOus satin straws
are very handsome, and promise to be
the leading fabrics. The lace straws
are open braids in beautiful lace-like
designs, and appear to be much strong
er than the frail straw laces, formerly
used. Sometimes the brim only is
striped with this lace, while the crown
is of more solid braid, such as chip or
Tuscan. A special novelty is the cash
mere effects given to these new straws
by introducing colored threads in the
lace-like design; pale blue, heliotrOpe,
and red threads are very effective when
combined with the natural hue of the
straw. There are also mOttled effects
of color given to chip hats to match the
costume with which they are to be
worn, and sometimes two shades of
colored chip form alternate stripes all
around the bonnet; these are excellent
for morning wear or for travelling bon
nets in two shades of brown, beige,
lavender, gray or green. Black chip
bonnets have merely the crown of chip,
while the scoop brim and the curtain
are formed of straw lace, which is
heavily beaded with fine jet beads;
sometimes old gold straw is arranged in
stripes in the black chip bonnets.
The Marie Christine is the name given
to a dressy affair which is neither a
bonnet nor hat, but something between,
and is to be worn by young ladies on
dressy occasions, at Newport or Sara
toga. 1t has a prominent crown, with
wide brim rolled back from the front,
and split in two from the edge to the
crown; this split is to come directly on
top of the head, and the crown is to be
placed quite far back ON the head. The
ilaring brim win be faced with a becom-
ing color and the crown is to be
trimmed down one side with long
Mercutio plume, and down the other
with flowers. The yellow Tuscan braid
is UlOal ll3tu loI lllAS DpdlAeu nthu-
dress, with Spanish lace strings, and
the new Spanish yellow called Isabelle
will appear in the trimmings, combined
with red in the flowers, to complete the
national colors Of Spain. There are
other wide-brimmed round hats in va
rious shapes, recalling the Devonshire
and Pinafore styles Of last season, and
Young ladies who have valuable Leg
horn and chip hats left from last sum-
mer will find them useful this year, as
they will readily lend themselves to all
that is new in the late importations.
Gypsy hats are very largely imported
in the most ooquettish shapes, to be
worn well back on the head, with the
sides tied down, and the front project,
ing in poke shape. Then there are hats
with halo brims that frame the face
and show off handsome hair, as they
are to be merely perched on the back
Of the head; and there are trbans OF
various shapes, TO be worn low down in
front or far back on the head, accord.
inc to the taste of the wearer.
Ribbons win be much used for trim
ming bonnets, and for this purpose they
are shown in three widths, known to
dealers as Nos. z, ~ and 22, and vary
inc from one and half to three inches
in breadth. Satin ribbons are shown
in great variety, and are especially
handsome when double-faced in the
new way that makes the wrong side