, 1881-03-27
turned yesterday after months absence
SPRING MODES.


pointed in the centre. Some Normandy
crowus add to the:variety, audlthere are bon
nets Of Surah silk and foulard delicately
shirred. Later there will be seen some plct-
uresque large hats Of the::G Gainsborough style.
Straw lace prcdominates, in rich. golden
straw colors, ecru and palest cream tints.
The bonnets are simply the beds from which
the flowers spring in the utmost extravaganza
Of 1uxuriance. Never has the marvellous
handicraft of French artisans been more
plainly visible than in these exquisite gar
lands true to nature. Long cluster gaElands
Of superb roses swaying from slender stems
are shaded from the intense Jacquelninot red
gradually into paler shades and sizes, until,
descending from tie top Of the bonnet. ap-
preaching the strings, the roses graduate into
the opening bud, thence into the green bud
just disclosing the DELEGATE growth into ma
turity, finally into the tiny blossom
that holds the germ Of palest green,
and ending In clusters Of leaves,
which fall over the strings. Another
garland is composed altogether Of gray-ash
berries pendant In thickest clusters from
long brown slender stems against back.
gronnd, which is to lie fiat on the bonnet, Of
ecrl, Tiny feather sprays, and CLINT Of steel.
These charming garlands are produced also
i'll the walltlower of brown orange blooms,
falling into feathered grass and oaten bells;
almonds blushing with roseate bloom; fur-
ma violets, half hidden In their green leaves
and shading from intense purple. into palest
lilac; the yelyet-robed yellow and russetpoly-
anthus; noddlng lilies and tufted sptrea; red
lmpisll .columbines, peeplng sauclly from
thick foliage and dropping IN tangled mass;
4 burning bed. of v1vld-hued geranlums,
graduating into the tiniest buds, sta1y-eyed
white ularguerites; doubled crulnpied-
leafed poppies and sllken hollyhocks OF pale
pink, fading into white as the garland
lengthens INTO solt' green, Woo5!y ,,lo DaaS; :;
dusky leaves and falling to the waist IN my
riads Of tiny pink buds; brown woody twi2s,
gorse, and heather 1ninEle with the long trails
Of the arbutus, There are. besides, cluster
Ing appIe-blossoms, orange-olossoInS ~ wax
aurora, strcaked with delicate pink aud
fr1nged with faint blue; and aneMones,
whose deep scarlet IS softened by the cool
neutral tint OF heliotrope sprays; the multi
tude OF roses OF every variety preaoMlnfate- fIe.
pink crushed roses dropping. apart from
over-ripeness; superb damask roses; large
white roses with snowy potlnes like moon
light; the beautiful Glolre de Dijoni tile
Mareschal Neil; in such perfection that they
seem as il they bore their fruitage "born to
foliage fall into petals of satin and spun
glass. These are mostly, excepting the
larger flowers, made IN the shane Of tie Al
sucian bow, faceted guild clasp, steel and
gold buckle, or gold PLAQUE with the head uf
sphynx forming the centre.
Another fashion Of trimming tiny bonnet
is a amonlure of cru1npled scarlet poppies,
Showing four shades, made in d bow and tied
m with striped grass. Large shaded POM.
nons are made of feathers or Of feathers aud
fiowers mixed together. Among the trim
mines are delicate gauzes, which have plush
etfrcts produced by siIken threads looped in
rows on the surface. These plush stripes are
seen also in the ribbons and silks for trim
ming. The ribbons are all shaded in exouisit
rAinbow tints softly blending. A new color
is laurel mink. and there are condor browns,
and some s1iperb combinations Of glowing
dark coiors: the satin Neryeilleux IN baya-
dere strIpes is one Of the most fashionable
trimmings.
For tfe decorations. spiders are in the as
cendant from tie painfullv natural huge
tnrantnla. in gold with 1uother-of-pearl
hocE an1l hairv ]egs: the large oyiuized sii-
YER field s,,ider. WITH manv legs. to the house
ami Garden sniier. with dark nearl hack and
silver iprs. of yeritv enough to cause a shud-
der i'nbsters abonnd. Of cold and green
rmntber-nf-neari: huge beetles. dragoi-tiies.
crohs f1iee harnets Mi annarently hasten-
inc m mo1,v jeats md wifi, outsnread wings.
are mopnificenr in gold. silver. enamel. anil
naorl pins f]isEs rods, haya Ervntian dec-
nratinn There ira besides large filigree