Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15
HATS AND
The Eccontricities Which Prevail in Il
characterization of Ladies' Headgear.

The Eccontricities Which Prevail In tho
characterization of Ladies' Headgear.
There is an ecccntric.ty of style in
the materials for trimming both has
and bonnet; this French audacity per-
mits a strange admixture of colors and
fabrics admired for originality. Among
these are the moyenage style and coll
ors of glace surah, silk surah, and eta
mine scarf, ribbons, kerch:efs. monte
cloth, and scrim. Etamine presents a
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
cd 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 foreign bird is thrust through
the fan. Another round hat with a tall
square crown and narrow brim has a
sharp point at the back made by a stiff
frame covered with jet bead m
broidery; the front is covered with
black lace and a large cluster of tiny
sunlowers; 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
hang ng frill. held in place by a large
gilt grasshopper; the brim is edged
with a band Of gold braid and jet drop
lets, and ~alarge cluster of fluffy siltIen
meadow daisies of golden hue is placed
on top. Some of the brims are covered
with pulled velvet or opcz.worked
straw with bead or straw sroplets.
The moyenage scarfs and etamlne arc.
however, the novelties that attract
the bright contrasts of the embroidered
or painted designs of quaint heraldic
devices, banners, crosses, eaglets, tre-
foil, squares, stripes in gilt and dull
red, blue, green and yellow. and tha
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 fish-wife straw bonnet
has y 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 O half wreath Of yellow silk and
crumpled roses; the ribbon bow is
held in place by a long silver ar
row set with brilliantefectric stones.
An ecru and beige mixed straw
poke has a wide front srirs; brown
velvet faces the upper past sud
! is plated on the front; a 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
mon the crown, and so natural are
thev made that several of those on top
have withered foliage, and nothing is
left but the stamens, powdered Wltnyel-
low dust. and n or two faded, dying
petals. There are other large pokes
for the country, carelessly. trimmed
with a 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 ~kerchiets.
d~rop:ets Of golden acorrs and ''braced
with a golden buckle Att ck.wise."
I Some of the daintiest OF the hshWite
honnets are made of silk gauze ana
ove, these futter innumerabe tiny
birds perched upon q bransh.-M 4
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