St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-26
English Hats and Bunnets.

The latest imported bonnets and hats
from London show a variety of straight
trimmed square-crowned hats, high
turbans with rolling brims, boa shaped
hats and tiny clo>e-titting bonncts.
Many of the ladies' hats sent over from
Oxford street are extremely severe in
style. A wide hat band of heavy corded
Ottoman ribbon. ending near the front
in Il bow and many hoops and cords.
forms the only trimming of the hat,
ter's corded binding. These hats are
shown in solid color in natural smoks
gray and dust brown grades. and are
worn on the promenade with plain tall
or suits of the same color. or with dress
es of dark blue or chestnut brown dag
onal goods and gloves of the color of the
hat.
The most elegant hats are more or.
nate. though severely plain in style and
finish. A straight brimmed, high
crowned gray felt hat recently imported
is trimmed ut the side with close puff
ing of smoke gray velvet with brownish
hues. This fold is caught down by sew
eral tiny silver cock heads. A full
breast of golden pheasant plumes in
natural browns and orays finish the hat
at the side. A stylish high English tur-
ban is of chestnut brown felt faced with
the darkest shade of brown velvet,
bound with a plain inch-wide velvet
binding Gnd trimmed around the crown
with a Old able twist of chestnut brown
and peaG gray velvet, and two doves
wings set ut the side.
A tiny black felt princess bonnet il
shown. with trimmings of maroon vel
vet. Two bright green paroIuets arn
nestled among the dark velvet folds on
top of the bonnet. Ornaments of burn
ished steel catch down the folds of velvet
trimming. and a stiff made bow of vel
vet, which is worn under the chin, in
the fashion introduced by the Princess
of Wales, finishes the bonnet. Astylish
Gainsborough hat in chestnut brown
velvet, has a straight crown, which is
surrounded by narrow folded velvet
band, like gentleman's cravat and
tied in front in small cravat bow,
which is fastened by an English har-
westerns sickle in FURNISHED style. A
cluster of golden brown tips. in the
shade known rs marion d or and a long
plume in dark chestnut brown com
pletes the trimming of the hat. A little
turban for Young lady with the short
curled hair affected by English girls is
of fine black felt, faced on the rolled
brim with black velvet and bound with
a deep velvet fold an inch and a quarter
wide. A soft scarf of hunting red vel,
vet is arranged i'm set folds around tho
crown and caught by two small breasts
of tropical birds, shaded from deep,
brilliant hues of green to the yellow
red shades of hunters red.
An elegant carriage hat with
straight brim and square high crown il
shown in velvet in brilliant ox-blood
red. The high smooth crown of the
hat is trimmed with 4 plain fold of red
velvet caught at the side with buckle
of cut jet and finished with large
cluster of heavy ostrich tips, which nod
over the brim in front. Some of the
most costly breasts on imported English
hats are set at intervals with the tiny
brilliant breasts of South American
birds. which CLEAN like Jewels.
Large clusters of heavy tips, which fall
over the brim neatly in front of many
Of the English hats, are extremely be-
coming. Acharming bonnet, modelled
after one worn by the Princess of Wales,
IS of chestnut-brown velvet, with that
ong crown which fits SO comfortably
over the couture. The crown of this
bonnet is shirred on heavy ropes TO
'orm the stylish rope crown. and the
,uffed brim is trimmed with wreath
If autumnal leaves shading from dark
.hesnut brown through all the golden
brown hues of the dying foliage. and
inished at the side by clusters of brown
,urrs. A made princess bow under the
hin completes the bonnet. T.
Vail.
-E.ank T. Barnes. a young Georgia