St. Landry democrat., 1885-06-06
CAPOTES.

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Is Quite Becoming and Very Fashion"
able.
The slightly larger capotes with
.ound fronts are made of fanciful
straws, such as rows of straw beads on
wire, or else cactus straw with wire
frames, for dressy use, but for general
wear they are made of smooth English
straw braids, in which q little gilt or
silver may be worn, or else the smooth
or rough straws are chosen in one color.
It seems a very easy matter to trim
such bonnet now that the trim
ming is confined to a large cluster of
irregular loops on top, or else great
Alsacian bow is placed there, and the
strings are merely crossed or pointed
on the crown, attached to the sides, and
tied IN q long-looped bow under the
chin. The top bow, however, must have q
very high effect, being sometimes placed
over slight pouf of the trimming, and
the folds that extend back must stop on
the sides, and must be very fiat. The
striped gauze ribbons have quaint
and stylish effect in these bows, and
may be had in combinations of colors
that make them appropriate for three
or four different dresses. The canvas
scarfs, intended originally for round
| hats, are also knotted into bows for
small bonnets; thus naVy-hlue En-
glish straw bonnet has velvet binding
on it's brim and small velvet bow at
the throat. It's only other trimming is
| blue etaniine or canvas scarf, with
stripes of red, gilt and dull green in it,
arranged in an Alsacian bow, or else
made in high loops with heraldic gilded
| ends pointing upward, and two quilts
of blue, dotted with gilt, thrust into the
loops.
More dressy capotes are of white or
ecru braids, with the top cluster made
| entirely of flowers For this cluster a
bunch of maiden-hair ferns in which a
| few rosebuds arc placed is pretty trim
ming for young lady's bonnet Many
| yellow flowers are massed together for
brunettes, and blondes will again wear
the punches of marguerites that were in
great favor last year. Heliotropes and
violets are the fashionable flowers with
Parisiennes, but they are seldom liked
here, except for light mourning or for
elderly ladies. ConyolYuli in pink and
blue clusters, nasturtiums in their many
yellow shades. thistles and orchids of
| oldest form are fayorite montures;
/ these are often made with velvet petals,
and in many of them the long stems are
| massed together, while others have tiny
humming- birds or bees resting upon
them. Roses are less used than for
| merly, but are sometimes arranged
without foliage in the center of a rosette
of lace. Sometimes lace is sewed to-
gether on its straight edges and made
| to trim straw bonnets in scarf style,
and to form strings. The barbes OF
lace that have long been out of use can
be employed in this way; they need not
be cut to form the rosette, or if flowers
are preferred on top, the long barbe
can be fastened on the lower part Of the
crown by an ornament, and pass down
the sides quite separate from the bon
net, to fasten under the chin.
There is no settled rule about strings,
except that the wide ribbons offered in
the first importations have not found
favor. Narrow strings of velvet, gauze
or MORE ribbon are made quite short,
so as merely to tie in a very small bow,
or else they are each a yard and q quar-
ter long, and are tied in long-looped
bow. The set bow of velvet, cut IN
four points and tightly strapped, is con
veaient, and win Still be generally used.
The novelties in such things are bows
of lace, either ecru or black, fastened
or strapped by beaded net or an orna-
ment, or else the entire bow is formed
of beads.
Among other dress bonnets there arc
transparent capotes made ofstraw beads
strung on wires at intervals, and
trimmed with lace. Still others are
made entirely of fine small jet beads
strung closely together to Initiate straw
braids, and these are simply trimmed
by cluster of pale blue myosotis, OF
pink rose-buds, or yellow buttercups
and are fastened at the throat by 8
bow of jet, with the ends in lea
shape.-Harpcr' s Bazaar.