The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-20
Winter BOnnetS.

Inc Small close bonnet anu Cno large
quaint poke are the favorite bonnets
this season; the former is for dress and
the latter for general wear. The small
bonnet has been adopted by young la
dies, to the entire exclusion of round
hats for dressy occasions, even the be-
coming fur beaver Gainsboroughs hav-
ing been relegatcd to misses and chill
dren. Plush remains the favorite ma
terial both for the foundation of the
bonnet and its trimmings. There is an
effort to introduce uncut velvet, but it
has an elderly look and is without the
lustrous sheen that now finishes all
stylish fabrics. 1t is, however, very hand
some on pale shades of blue or of rose,
with pompons of blue and silver for
trimming. White plush bonnets are
perhaps the most popular of all for full
dress, and are often trimmed with two
rows of fluted gold-laco around the
front and back, while the feathers are
white ostrich tips and gilt pompons.
The plush is put over the front in and
to the edge of the crown in cluster of
thick corrugated folds that extend from
ear to ear across the top; these folds
stand upward and are quite distinct, but
it would detract from the style of the
bonnet to puff the plush or tie it in the
great knots and bows used last year.
The top of the bonnet is fiat, the crown
is well defined and the entire trimming
is massed low on the left side. This
trimming consists merely of three small
ostrich tips that curl forward and out
ward, or else two or three pompons are
placed stiffly against the left side Some
times an ornament of gilt Or of steel
catches the folds together in the middle
OF the front of the bonnet, giving the
effect OF an Alsacian bow. Strings are
on all bonnets and these are now tied
in a mammoth bow directly under the
chin-not behind or on one side, as they
were last year. Bonnets of black plush
studded with large gilt beads, or
with the crown covered with net
work of steel beads, are worn by
older ladies'; the pompons are then
of black feathers tipped with gold. For
plain wear ladies buy a glossy black
beaver bonnet for S1.75 and put some
bias plush inside the brim for facing,
turning it over broadly on the outside
for trimming; some tips quite low down
or else three of the inexpensive silk
pompons on one side. complete the bon
net. If it is desirable to introduce
color, this must be done in the strings,
or the tips or pompons. Figured ribbons
are very popular for strings. and are
now sold at popular prices in the sty lish
widths of from two to three inches.
There are brocaded ribbons of solid col
ors in good designs of sprays or of
blocks for fifty cents a yard, while
others of lighter quality, yet all silk.
are rs low as twenty-eight or thirty
cents. These small bonnets are SO
easily made that ladies are doing their
own millinery, and allowing themselves
as great a variety of bonnets as they
did when Fanchons were in fashion. A
bit of brocade left over from a walking
suit is the foundation of many new
bonnets, as it will either cover the
crown smoothly, or else it is pleated to
form a soft crown, or it may be twisted
in with a bit of satin to cover the brim.
The large fur beaver pokes are equally
easy to trim, as they require no facing
in the brim and merely need a long
plume twisted around the crown or else
some folds of the plush with which the
costume is trimmed. The newest poke
bonnet has the brim shelving down.
ward instead of upward, as in the
CabriOlet pokes. This is very becom-
ing to young faces with small features,
and is even worn by elderly ladies
whose gray hair is deliberately dressed
in front; but this like all the poke
shapes, should be avoided by ladies who
have large heads, or who wear large
coiffures as it makes the head look out
of proportion with the rest of the figure
by reason of its great size.-Harper's
Pdzar