Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-01-14
STYLISH BoNNETs.
Appropriateness Cruelty Sacrificed to the
Moloch OF Fashion.


The snug and elegant little French
princesse bonnet is prominently popu-
lar above all others, as dressy and
stylish head covering this season. No
other models seem to approach it in IA
vor, and it appears in every variety,
from the plain natty one in cloth simply
banded VITA astrakan to the rarest and
most elaborate imported duck of bon
net enriched with gold lace, fine gold
ornaments, and gold-powdered feather
tips. Upon other expensive shapes are
rosary beads, pearls. cut garnets, tinsel.
wrought Angora laces, Oriental
striped ribbons in silk, plush and wool,
galloons, loops of Picot ribbons min
gled with glittering beaded ornaments
and soft velvetty pompons intertwined
with pert-lookin g bristling aigrettes
which glitter and flash like diamond
sprays. Some of the princesse shapes
have coronet brim of medium height
i'll front, others show fiat brim pres
sing the head closely at the sides,
and forming coquettish ''peek-a
boo front. Birds, tips, and fancy
feather ornaments are still pre-
ferred to the long sweeping plumes of
other days, though the speedy revival
of these most graceful adornings is al
ready chronicled. Bronze, real gold,
hammered silver, and richly colOred
enamels are wrought in formal designs,
resembling ancient Greek devices, to be
fastened among the loops, velvet elbows
and full knots which heightens the front
of the bonnet. Fanciful French pins of
silver or gold set with Irish diamonds
are thrust here and there upon the bon
net without pretense of utility. and with
no apparent aim of effect. Pale tinted
Opera-bonnets of silk and satin, lace
trimmed, are looked upon as trifle
passe this winter, their place being sup
planted by those of velvet brocade
poppy. red velvet yelled, with network
of fine cut jet, and also black velvet
made rich and effective by touches of
bright orange yellow, scarlet or eglan-
tine pink; black bonnet mingled with
pink velvet or satin, with full tips of the
same delicate tint forming one of the
very chic and becoming evening bon
nets of the season. Bands of seal,
pluckeu DUCT, nOTdDOut, Iflu tne euSeS
of velvet brocaded bonnets, and among
white bonnets shown thus far as Of
"best FORM" may have been made
wholly of white velvet, edged with soft
becoming bands of white tufted plush
and chenille, powdered with thin vitri-
fcation made to remember frost. A
writer in the London Truth, recently do
scribing visit to the famous Louise es-
Enlistment, mentions a show of dress
bonnets which contained, among the
array, one of white astrakan, with a
brim of brown beaver, with loops made
of beaver tails and beaver-colored vol
vet for trimming. Another, of en-
broidcred white velvet, showed a coro-
net covered front covered with seal skin,
above which curled group of short
white ostrich tips. BY this it may be
inferred that striking contrasts are
sought. and, also that appropriateness
IS sacrificed to the Moloch of fashion, as
fur would seem as much out of place
upon the head of lady in heated
drawing-room or opera-house, as a
gauze capote would upon the head of q
merry sleigh-rider.-N Y Post.