The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-03-05
Millinery.


THE small bonnets are decidedly in
the majority. They are more becoming,
more comfortable, and possibly more
within the limits of the purse strings
The large hats of plush are very elegant,
but must be worn with an elegant cos
tune. g .4
The ornaments on the bonnets are
terrible. When the ladies confined
themselves to the small humming- bird,
and other pretty little feathered beauties,
it was well enough, but now one sees
doves, parrots, cartridges, and even
owls! Imagine an owl on bonnet of
pink plush, or large owl lowering
over wide felt hat, with his great eyes
staring one out of countenance! 1t may
well be said that earth, ocean and sky are
rified to suit the feminine world. Steel
embroideries also trim hats, and an ele-
CANT ornament was band of gold Mar
guerites. The most absurd idea is the
blushing bonnet, which is said to be con-
structed with strings that press the tenn
Piles when lady bows, and the pink
tinge suffuses her face while the gentle
man who has raised his hat to the fair
one ignorantly imagines that the flush
results from her pleasure at meeting
him. This bonnet can be worn with the
manufactured dimples which are said
to be now the fashion. There are also
rumors that the long gloves which cover
the rounded arm of beauty conceal
false arm, so that there is no limit to the
additions art makes to nature. The re-
suits are pleasant, however. Women
are looking wonderfully well. The
present dresses are pretty. Much free
dom is given to individual taste. There
are no prescribed limits, so that the
thick and thin must keep within them
whether they like it or not. Colors even
can be worn that are becoming; and
from the multiplicity of mater
ials, and the low price Of
goods that are fashionable, one
can dress well. Cashmere evening
dresses in light shades are as becoming
to young ladies as those of satin, and are
equally fashionable. Wooden costumes
on the street are more elegant, if well
made, than those of richer material that
are ''patched up" The cut, not the
cloth, is the cry. The wealthiest, most
fashionable ladies are seen in cloth cos
tunes simply stitched but exquisitely
fitted. Then young ladies can make
pretty street costumes out of so few
yards of material, and with skill they
can easily make the pretty bead tablier
that trims the skirts. One of the most
agreeable and excellent features of the
times is the attention paid to home
dressing. No more slovenly wrappers
and hair in crimps; it is no longer the
fashion, and fashion reigns supreme
ever. The home dress must be jaunty,
and, with the little lace cap, the pretty
matinee, the dainty apron, the painted
cuffs and collars, the delicate lace fichus,
the knots of ribbon and the cluster Of
flowers at the belt or in the hair, girls
and matrons can make themselves doubly
attractive, and at trifing cost. These
are not trifes unworthy of time and
thought. On the contrary, they are
duties. A woman who does not make
the most of her personal appearance,
who does not use all the taste she has in
adding to natural graces, is to be
blamed and pitied. Young married
women ought to be especially on their
guard against becoming slovenly in their
appearance. The contrast between the
pretty girl, so daintily attired, that he
wooed and the slipshod woman in soiled
wrapper and ruffled hair that he has
won, is something too painful to the
husband to be reeable.-AndreWs
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