The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-05-23
CAPOTES.


Is Quite Becoming and Very Fashion
able.
The slightly larger capotes with
round 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 little gilt OF
silver may be worn, or else the smooth
or rough straws are chosen in one color.
1t seems a very easy matter to trim
such a bonnet now that the trim
ming is confined to large clustenol
irregular loops on top, or else a great
Alsacian bow is placed there, and the
strings are merely crossed or pointed
on the crown, attached to the sides. and
tied IN long-looped bow under the
chin The top bow, however, must have
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 flat. The
striped gauze ribbons have a 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 a navy-blue En-
glish straw bonnet has a velvet binding
ON its brim and small velvet bow at
the throat Its only other trimming is
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. ...t
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
few rosebuds are placed is pretty trim
ming for young lady's bonnet. Many
yellow flowers are massed together for
brunettes, and blondes will again wear
the lunches 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. Conyolvuli in pink and
blue clusters, nasturtiums in their many
yellow shades. thistles and orchids of
oldest form are favorite 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 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 ay; 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 importatons have not found
favor Narrow strings of velvet, gauze
or MORE ribbon are made quite short,
SO as merely to tie in very sman bow,
or else they are each yard and quar-
ter long, and are tied in a long-loOped
bow. The set bow of velvet, cut in
four points and tightly strapped, is con-
venient, and will 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. 1l
Among other dress bOnnetS there are
transparent capotes made of straw 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, or
pink rose-buds, or yellow buttercups,
and are fastened at the throat by a
bow of Jet with the ends in leaf
shape.-HarpeT'S Bazar.