The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-24
HATS AND BONNETS.
Eccentricities in Headgear That Distin-
euish the Autumnsi Season.

etrish the Autumnsi Season.
Fall hats and bonne:s are receiving
early attention. The English walking
hat. the turban. and peaked brimmed
hats are to be shown by the fall trade.
but large brimmei shapes such as the
Marlborough snd ''Gainsboro," are
hurrying to favor again fast. A straw
in both black and brown is shown,
nameless, that is sure to win favor. 1t
has brim of medium width that cav
be rolled up at tine side or front at
pleasure. or worn down and over the
forehead. The latter will be the fash
ionable tip, but after the recent long
reign of hats that tipped back it may
not take with every one at first. This
hat has a medium high crown somewhat
larger in circumference at the top and
bottom than round the center OF the
wall. The hat needs facing. which will
usually be of velvet. At the seaS6ore
large leghorn hats are worn in the
morning without any outside trimming
except "A scarf of tulle or null wound
round the crown. crossed in the back,
and brought round to the front and
side and tied in bow. In Paris
very large Italian strawS are worn
turned or rolled up at the side la
Marie Antoinette These are but point
ers. 1t remains to be seen whether the
reign of the odd, fanciful and quaint in
shapes will not run into the fall STYLES
as it has through those of spring and
summer. In half hat half bonnet
shape there is shown model with high.
military, conical crown. deeply indented
at the top. The brim is very wide and
oval in front. very narrow behind and
rolls up high from the face.
EccentricitieS in trimming will surely
continue if the first note of change
struck IS any key TO the matter. Lon
/ don Truth SAYS that the baiUS de mer
| (bathing season. always gives rise to
eccentricities in head-gear and turn shes
novel ideas for fall trade. The latest
caprice from the sea5oard vanity fairs
/ is a cascade of MORE ribbon loops
/ placed on the top OF the high crown,
! falling in shower over the back OF the
hat, with only a few drops OF the
shower hanging in front. The
/ latest noveltF in Paris trimmed
hats - and this on fall models
is the placing of cluster of feathers
at the back of the tall crown. a few OF
the tips shown lying from front view.
/ For instance, if the crown Is high and
straight. a scarf trimming may sur
round it, and the plume or ribbon trim
ming be massed at the back. Especial
/ IL is this to be done where the front
/ brim is wide and the back one narrow
or open. Will this take? A good deal
of the becomingneSS of hat depends
on its trimming. In fact. some can not
wear hat at all unless converted into
an object totally unlike itself by its trim
ming. Now all can not and VIII moi
look well in a hat apparently turned
with the back to the front, and there
NAV be little war among our miliin'
ers before the new order of things i:
adopted.
One thing seems pretty certain o
fashionable sanction; the use of tips
and plumes. The ascendancy of the
wide-brimmed round hat necessitateS
this We have heard of more than
one maiden who has been signing fol
months over her inability to make use OF
the long plumes she has laid away
(and perchance also over the folly o
Euying more,) while high-crOwned
narrow brimmed hats have been in
STYLE To such the opening vista giver
of probable fall millinery will be wei
come. No woman, indeed, will quarre
with the feather feature, for all know
there are few things more becoming oil
hat than a wavy plume. Besides the
ostrich plume and tips, fancy feather;
of all kinds are already shown.
Wings are seen mounted with small
palm breasts. Il single % Il double birC
head at the foot. Small parrots il
natural greens and in dyed cOlors ar,
seen in every assortment. From thes'
and other suggestions, it seems prob
able that oddities and eccentrcities vii
not go out of style with summer mil
linery modes. SasheS and sash effect:
are seen in multiplied form and ar
rangement. No lady is too old or too
Young to wear one. They have beer
confined to thin tOilettes mostly, but i
is thought that they will enter into the
makeup of heavier fabrics this fall. anC
appeal in modified form on street toll
cites. Plain white surah silk simpl,
hemmed across the ends is very much
liked for white dresses. The favorit,
way of arranging these is to drape thu
sash as a fall in front Qengthwise)
higher at the hips. Stimulating the lowe
edge of short apron front. From tn
hips it can hang in long loops lik
panels, or be carried further back ant
then fall in loops or loop and ends
Wide sash ribbons are also arranged
the same Cleveland Leader.