The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-12-14
Dress BOnnets with Flowers.

There is an attempt to restore flow
ers to favor as a garniture for bonnets
instead of the feathers that have SO
long been in favor. At day weddings,
receptions, and on first NIGHTS at the
theater, the very small bonnet is the
fashionable choice, and is now made
very narrow from back to front. but
with full broad effect like that given by
the Alsacian bow. The entire front.
with its putfed-out sides, is made of
small flowers on the newest Paris bon
net. and the crown is of plain velvet,
either shrimp pink, rose, pale blue,
Nile green, or the palest shades of
strawberry or terra-cotta red. Other
bonnets are entirely of velvet of some
quaint shade, perhaps rather dark for
evening, and are frightened by clus-
ter of natural-looking pink roses; the
strings are of pink China Grape, or else
of ottoman ribbon. Wall-howers, chrys-
snthemums and many larger flowers
with looser petals are made of plush on
the inner side, and silk outside the
petals, for trimming velvet bonnets of
somber colors. Strawberry red in two or
three shades is one of the most popular
selections for velvet bonnet. Black
velvet is frightened by silver cord on
its edge, folds OF white satin, two or
three small white ostrich tips, or else
black ones powdered with silver, and
loops and strings of white Japanese
silk crinkled like Grape A single white
bird trims black or dark-colored velvet
bonnets handsomely; red birds must be
colored very dark in order to find favor
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in silk floss on an open ground is also
used for the bow or handkerchief trim
ming on the brim of velvet bonnets. All
these full front trimmings are made stiff
by crinoline inside them. There has
seldom been season when q bonnet
could be made more easily, or of more
varied material and of smaller pieces,
without the appearance of being made
by inexperienced hands. The full
crowns are easily covered by two or
three lengthwise box pleats, or by
more irregular pleatings cut to suit
the cloth on hand and may be of a
different material from that on the front.
The edge of the brim has pulfed vel
vet binding, or is finished with row Of
plush striped ribbon, or with metal
braid, other silver or gold, or else a
piece of beaded galloon will serve this
purpose. Across the front is some bias
velvet held in pulfed-out folds on each
side, with metal clasp in the middle,
and the flowers or tips are stuck out
ward low on the left side. If the brim
is covered smoothly, wider Japanese
silk passes across it, and is heightened
into strings. Bits of embroidered vel
vet in many colors, or in single color
like the dress trimmings, are used for
crowns, and also for entire bonnets.
The larger bonnets and round hats are
banished from the theater, opera or
church, but are seen on the promenade
and with visiting costumes. The fish
wife poke, with its high pointed front,
is found to be very becoming to young
ladies, as il displays the hair far back
on top of the head, yet frames the face
in picturesque way. These are also
easily made at home, as the velvet is
irregularly puffed in the frame; but if it
is desired to have smoothly covered
frame, the unframed needle-woman will
find this difficult to do, and instead of
the risk of spelling good velvet. it is
better to buy felt poke of this shape,
put velvet puff on its edge, and two
or three bias bands of doubled velvet
around the crown, with small faceted
buckle like silver, gilt or bronze on each
band, and some clustering plumes on
the left side. A pole cap of cloth. with
the sides bordered with Astrakhan or
other fur, is worn with cloth suits, or
with pelisse of velvet, matelasse, or
brocade, the fabric of the dress serving
as the top of the low crown. The En-
glish walking hats of felt have proved
very popular with young ladies who can
wear severe styles. They have a high ta-
pering crown, with narrow brim closely
rolled on the sides, and are worn back
on the head, just as turbans now are, to
show the fluffy front hair. -Hd1pey'S s