The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-09-03
Midsummer Millinery.

1he latest midsummer STYLES in hat
sre simply immense!-that ia the onl,
word that will give any adequate ide;;
Ut the size to which they have attained
Imagine hats with conical crown
from seven to nine inches in HEIGHT
straight brlms from seven to eight and
In some OF the more ultra, ten inche,
In width! and these not intended fo
sun hats, but for carriage wear and e
be worn with dressy costumes.
The most pronounced of these STYLE,
IS very appropriately known as thu
"Obelisk," and is in fact an almost er
aci reproduction Of the hat usually seer
on the pictures OF Mother Goose" OF
nursery fame, but with a more exaggcr
ated brim. This design comes in coarse
straws-dark-red, blue, green, old.
gold, black and white-and is ALWAYS
trimmed with ostrich feathers, some.
times long plumes, or again a profusion
OF tips, lovely cardinal-colored rough
and-ready in this shape being trimmed
with ten tips, shaded from cardinal To
light red, placed closely around the
crown about two inches from the bot.
tom, curling outward and downward
upon the broad brim which was faced
with deep red velvet put on in full puff.
Inese are worn placed quite well back
on the head, the brim either STANDING
out like halo or slightly rolled, not
caught up at one side.
Another shape has an extremely wide
orim, the crown shaped like a Nor
mandy cap, the long part toward the
back. which allows it to tit on the head
more like a bonnet, the brim fiaring in
front and at the sides. and quite touch
ing the shoulders at the back. A dark
brown one in this shape has the brim
faced with brown velvet, row of gold
lace placed around the edges with the
points inward, and two long plumes.
shaded from brown to gold, encircling
the crown, the one at the left falling on
the shoulder.
This shape is also arranged so that it
may be worn over the face by turnino
the deep part of the crown toward the
front. and pinching the brim into a Sc
RES OF scollops at the back to make il iii
closer. In this case it is more often
trimmed with a mass of flowers placed
under the brim at the back. and a scarf
OF lace or shaded grenadine around the
crown.
Other hats with exaggerated brims
are IN sailor shape, the crowns low and
broad, the brims receding or flaring uo-
ward. and occasionally curved upward.
but always worn the same width ali
around. A pretty model in this style is
IN dark blue satin porcupine straw. the |
curved brim faced with dark blue velvet |
and the crown surrounded by silk nom |
po'ss, shaded red, shaded blue and
shaded pink placed alternately, and as |
closely as possible, giving an effect al.
most as lovely as feathers, and render.
ing 1t more practical for yachting or
mountain hat.
But every one can not wear those ex-
aggerated shapes; it requires courage in
the first place and certain style in any
extent; SO the bewitching pokes and1
lovely capotes still have their faithful
adherents, and on these the lovely flow
ers OF The season find their appropriate
places. Strings are almost universally
abandoned at this late season on both
Of these shapes, and when used are most
frequently OF null, gauze, or some sim.
liar light and soft fabric. excepting when
satin ribbon forms par: of the trim.
ming in which case it is continued in
strings.
Shaded gauzes and grenadines are
among the effective materials now used
IN bonnets, and the old-time creme in
ielicate colors composes some of the
most beautiful cdpotes. Spanish lace
zones in all the fashionable colors; and
pretty fancy is bonnet made of fine
Breton lace embroidered in design of
oses and buds with foliage; in the nat
lral colors, half-wreath of blush roses
placed on the left side with long COR
lon of buds which is carried across nm
Ter the chin and fastened ON the right
boulder
A lovely Spanish bonnet is made of a
lack Spanish lace scarf arranged over
small skeleton frame, the only trim
ming cluster OF yellow and red roses ,,
a foliage, placed low down on the right
ide and yelled by the lace. In wear
lg. one end of the scarf is coquettishly
fled up to the left shoulder and fast !
ned there with a rose or cluster of
uds. Magazine.