The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-04-28
Fashions In Round Hats.

The most picturesque round hats for
dressy wear at summer watering places
are of the open lace straws, with wide
brim rolled up on the right side, or else
Just above the forehead. They have the
trimming massed inside the brim, and
consisting of shilTed or plated surah,
either pale blue or cream, and some
short nodding plumes falling over the
brim at the top, and longer plume
curling down the left side, or else
wreath of crushed flowers without leaves
takes the place of feathers. Outside, the
hat is almost without trimming, having
perhaps single long-looped bow of
satin ribbon low down on the left of the
crown, or butterfly that looks as fine
as a jeweled brooch; or perhaps long
pin with an Egyptian head is thrust
through the right side, or, it may be,
the ribbon that forms strings crosses be-
low the crown, and is fastened each side
by a dragonfy pierced by pin; or,
stranger still, the strings are held by
gray silver heads of skye terriers with
tinted glass eyes. Very large ox-eyed
daisies form charms or wreaths for the
front of such hats.
For more general use are rough straw
round hats with higher cOnical crowns
and wide fiat blims, trimmed with POM
pOns and cords outside, or else folded
bayadere-striped handkerchief, or some
short ostrich tips, eight OF which sur
round the crown, spreading out on the
brim. Sometimes eight or ten pompons
Of red, or black or cream white silk are
around the crown on others there are
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of gilt laid around in two or three rows.
The fiat brim is faced with velvet of
becoming color, and may be studded
with jet or steel balls near the edge, OF
else row of steel or gold lace finishes
it. Another becoming fashion easily
copied is that of turning the wide brim
back on top and making it flare slightly
on the sides, then covering it with q
wreath OF soft crushed roses, which is in
! its turn covered by wide scarf of black
! Spanish lace, and letting the lace fall
over on the crown sufficiently for trim
ming, and then form strings that drape
the sides with the effect of the Spanisl
mantilla. The corOnet round hat has
steel lace sewed at the top of the
coronet so that its pointed edges fal
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worn very far back on the head, while
the coronet hat is placed further forward
and gives very broad effect. The poke
bonnets are sometimes 50 shaped tina
they may poke downward toward th'
nose and thus afford protection from the
sun, and save the eyes, as the eXcellen
English walking hats formerly did.
Round hats for little girls have shapes
similar to those just described with thC
wide brim turned back on the top, ant
are of either rough straws or fine Tus
cans. Pompons Of white silk and bow
of long loops of white satin ribbon az,
the trimmings; the dark velvet lining
for brims frame childish faces becom
ingly, and the daisy clusters at the tol
remain the most popular flowers TO
them. Dark rough straw hats with darl
pompons and cords are for general wear
while large conical poke shapes al
shown in Tuscan braids for dressy occa
sions; the latter have white plumes an,
white satin ribbons, and there are ais
little pokes of white plated lace, witt
flowers for trimming. Larger girls an,
misses in their teens will wear the pok
shapes that are so becoming to youthful
faces.-BQzn.