Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-23
HATS AND BONNETS.

The Eccentrfcitfes Which Prevail in the
characterization of Ladies' Headgear.
There is an eccentricity of style in
the materials for trimming both hat
and bonnet; this French audacity per-
mits a strange admixture of colors and
fabrics admired for originality. Among
these are the moyenage style and col
ors of glace surah, silk surah, and eta
mine scarf, ribbons, kerchefs, monte
strangely Oriental effect; for example,
a drab straw bonnet is trimmed with a
scarf of thin, soft, unbleached ecru
cotton stuff like fine canvas, striped
with blue and gold color, thread
ed with gold tinsel, edged with
narrower stripes of silken blue,
red and pink threads; this is formed
into large plated fans placed against
the tall crown and then laid in careless
grace around the back; one tall feather
of some foreig On bird is thrust through
the fan. Another round hat with tall
square crown and narrow brim has a
sharp point at the back made by stiff
frame covered with jet bead en-
broidery; the front is covered with
black lace and Il large cluster of tiny
sunflowers; black and gilt lace and
wide black velvet complete the edge.
Scarlet and shaded tulips with gold
sprays are carelessly looped upon a
little capote made of black and gold
lace. An exquisitely fine black straw
bonnet is covered with black imitation
thread lace made in a large rosette and
hanging frill, held in place by large
gilt grasshopper; the brim is edged
with a band of gold braid and jet drop
lets. and a large cluster of fluffy sil-sen
meadow daisies OF golden hue Is placed
on top. Some of the brimS are covered
with pulled velvet or open-worked
straw with bead or straw droplets.
The moyenage scarfs and etamine are,
however, the novelties that attract
more attention, and are admirable in
the bright contrasts of the embroidered
or painted designs of quaint heraldic
devices, banners, crosses, eaglets, ire
foil, squares, stripes in gilt and dull
red, blue, green and yellow. and the
quaint little kerchiefs of two or three
colors and odd borders; these are
principally used on hats and scarfs
and are made in stiff cockades or in
fan-shape. A tish-wife straw bonnet
has a trimming laid against the
crown of very wide black watered
ribbon laid in large bows; this is car
ried behind and caught under the brim
by a half wreath of yellow silk and
crumpled roses; the ribbon bow is
held in place by long silver ar
row set with brilliantelectric stones.
An ecru and beige mixed straw
poke has wide front brim; brown
velvet faces the upper part and
is plated on the front; full plating
of olive velvet is placed on the side,
and three deep plaits of drab vel
vet and watered ribbon: a graceful
branch of pale pink roses is laid high
upon the crown. and so natural are
they made that several of those on top
have withered foliage, and nothing is
left but the stamens, powdered with vel
low dust. and one or two faded, diving
petals. There are other large pokes
for the country. carelessly trimmed
with kerchief of some of the above
mentioned new fabrics, all the more
graceful for being careless. faced with
delicate Grape or surah, and fastened
with gold cord across the kerchiefs.
droplets of golden acorns and ':braced
with golden buckle Att;ck-wise
Some of the daintiest of the fishwife
bonnets are made of silk gauze and
oven these futter innumerable tiny
birds perched upon branch.-N T.
Tribune.