The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-01
FOR THE LADIES.

A rosette Of gold braid with a gold-col-
ored heron aigrette is on the left side Of
black lace capotes that have flowers and
scall0ps wrought in golden threads.
God cord and gold braid are laid in
straps amid the pulls OF velvet ON the
front OF small honnets, or else there are
loops OF mandarin velvet ribbon in Jhe box
plated iullness Of the brlm.
Dark colored straw bonnets will be most
used for general purposes, and are easily
trimmed by a full bOw o; velvet ribbon on
the top, and bands around the crown, or
else, more dressily, with high cluster Of
flowers on the top OF toward the len side in
front OF the crown There may be one,
two and even three pairs OF narrow velvet
or ottoman ribbon strings or else single
pair much wider, varying from an inch
aud third to two inches in width.
A touch Of yellow is added to the corsage
bow Of many-Colored ribbon that now
brightens dark dresses; and there two or
three yellow blossoms added to the clusters
of artificial flowers used for trimming the
spring bonnets Sashes of yellow ribbon
with white muslin dresses are in true as
thetiC taste. and these are worn not alone
by bruneites, but by blondes, who quote
Worth as saying there is no more reason
why blonde should not wear yellow than
that she should not sit in the sunlight.
Gold lace, black lace and the new cash
mere laces, as well IS those Of leather-color,
are fully gathered or plated around the
brims of many bonnets. With the substan-
tial black English straw bOnnets velvet ia
much used for a trimming, and it is the
whim Of the season to use yellow in nearly
all black bonnets either in gold cords, gold
lace, tinsel pOmpOns, or an aigrette, or else
in bright yellow tlOwers-dandeliOns mari
Colds, button daisies, cnrysanthemums,
marguerItes, goldenrod and Marshal Neil
roses.
Black lace bOunets are of back net, cut
from the piece, or Of many rows Of black
lace made up over n yellow silk or gilt
gauze foundation, or else they have some
irills of gold-ace among the black lace
lrllls. Some large jet beads and let
| buckles are also N these black lace bonnets,
| and there are bows of loops OF black .lyet
ribbon all perked up in defiant way, or az
II blown apart by the wind, and to these
| are added ends Of the ribbon, cut in forks
ana notches. Shirred crowns OF gilt net OF
| gauze Outings are very handsome for fall
! bonDcts with lace crowns, and there are tin.
sci nets wrought with cashmere Colors fol
making large ponf crowns
Large English styles are seen among
round hats, and there are also small shape,
like combination of the Derby and Eng
lish turbans, with round crown and yery
high rolled brims. Feathers are still useC
on round hats in great profusion, ant
many milliners protest against using flow
ers for them; still many of the imported
hats have both flowers and feathers. Band
of velvet ribbon high up around the crown
trim these hats stylishly, with large bow
and ends on one eide, and ostrich feather
on the lett and down the back. The brim
are lined with velvet and bound with ga
loon in which there is gilt braid or els
there is a velvet cord on the edge Irvine,
with gold cord