Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-18
FOR THE FAIR.
A Columa Prepared for Ladies'
Alone.
A LITTLE GENERAL SOCIETY TALK.

."In the spring" quoth our good friend
Tennyson, quoted last Saturday morning,
1.-THE wanton lapwing gets himself another
crest" With equal truth and with far
more Pertinence he might have said the
average feminine also gets herself another
crest, or retrims her old one, which is much
the same thing. Spring and new bonnet.
are one and inseparable, now and forever
in the mind OF a woman. Whatever may
be her virtues and or what her failings,
whether she be handsome as an houri or
homely rs sin, that bonnet must be forth
coming about Easter tide or the course of
domestic felicity will run any thing but
smoothly. II you don't believe this, sage
head OF family, try il and be convinced.
Faster is now approaching and the wary
mlliner. is now laying in. or has already
done SO, her spring stock of fashionable
head gear and il struck the fashionlreporter
of the REGISTER that it would be good
thing to enlightcn the feminine seeker af-
ter truth in advance of the millinery open
ings. The reporter knew he he was tread.
ing on dangerous ground when he opened
that store door. but the bland smile OF the
bonnet maker treasured him somewhat,
though she did stare blankly at the snowy
card he presented. interviewing milliner
requires special talent and getting COM
prehensiye return requires more, but with
an energy born OF despair our man tackled
the task. Boiling down and rearranging
what he heard, he made the following:
The bonnets and hats for early Spring
wear come in fine English split straw or
Panama braid. The shapes are medium in
size. and with but slight variation from
the late Winter styles. For instance, an
olive tinted English split straw hat has a
white brim and low HAT crown; the brim is
slightly raised on one side. and then bent
over; ostrich tips in tint to match the
braid art placed under the brim. and a
cluster OF bright flowers on the outside.
Rathera novel style of bonnet in English
braid is Of q new French amaranth unit
with clusters of vcsuve roses and leaves of
OrnamentatiOn. A lovely chapeau Is OF
eCru Panama braid, with clusters OF deli
cate pink tinted ostrich feathers gracefully
dropping over the brim. A white Panama
braid has cap crown and poke brim- and
Is ornamented with feathers and flowers.
An English braid bonnet, a modified
poke, is OF sage-green tint. with cluster
OF shaded flowers and leaves on the side
and irideScent beads around the brim.
Flowers being the most suitable for spring
and summer wear. will be also fashionable
the larger styles being most i'll demand.
Horse. hair braid bonnets in lace patterns
are shown at some of the leading millinery
houses, and will no doubt become popular
as the season advances. Satin StrawS, Mi
Ian and PorCupine braidS are among the
latest and the various tintS in eCru, bronze,
groSSert and amaranth, harmonic with the
numerous tintS in dress fabrics, and will
give the clerks a Surfeit OF matching. the
coming season. 1t is rather curious to mark
the different effect OF the popular COlOrS
when placed in juxtaposition with harmO-
nious tintS: how like a false note on an
instrument they CRATE upon the cultivated
artistic sense. and the rcstful feeling that
follows when the proper blending of cOlOrS
is obtained.
The large Gaincsborough hat, in light or
dark shades will be ever popular. Ii is be-
coming TO every face. heightening the
beauty of pretty one and tOning down
and harmOnizing the lines Of j hOmely
face They will still be worn to the Opera
House. but will not be popular there. Large
Mexican SOmbreroS will be worn by the
men and kept on, too, and nobody will OBJ
ject. Buggy top and cart wheel hats at
tract more attention than a play, but
Manager RieSter has kept full list of the
wearers OF such hats during the past season
and we will publish it Tin the spring"
The last paragraph was not furnished by
milliner, but simply evolved from the
reporter inner consciousness, for the mil
liner had scared him off with the remark:
Very elegant stockings have been intro
duced; some are blue silk embroidered in
silver, Others are black embroidered in
gold. Black silk stockings with Colored
clocks are fashionable for evening wear,
and are worn with low shoes.