Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-08
THE FASHIONS.
Millinery.

The newest bOnnctS are new i'll the sense
of freshness, but not Is genuine novelties.
They still appear i'll the princess or modi-
fled NOrmandic shapes, and are made OF
silk embroidered ctaminc, Persian pattern
ed nets, or cxquisitely wrought Indian
tissues over satin, and lace and flower
trimmings. These French b0nnctS repre-
sent foreign dress styles, the StrawS which
appeared earlier being rclcgatcd to Il sec
ondary place. Gold and embroidered ma
tcrialS enter largely into millinery, cSpc-
cially embroidered net and gauzc. AigrettcS
have not wholly disappeared, and 4 lovely
bonnet Of pale blue satin dotted with
pearls and yelled at each side with white
lace exhibited an aigrcttc of white and blue
powdered with silver intcrmiNcd with Il
number of thiStlcS dotted with seed pearls.
which gave the finishing touch to one of
the prcttirst bonnctS that ever left the
hands of Il Partisan millincr. Still,
aigrctteS for two seasons past have done
duty rs ornaments 80 steadily that some
thing different is demanded.
The Norman peasant hats are becoming
only To those who have round full faces, us
the brim and trimmings are raised accord
ingly high in front, and the crown is ~
narrow and arched in the back that most
of the Coiil'urc is exposed. The handSOmcSt
of these are made of cactus lace straw or
fancy braid in 0pcn-wOrk designs, dotted
with lnc-col0rcd beads. They are lined
with changcable silk and trimmed with
cOr0netS OF Margucritcs, hedge roses, haw-
thorn blossoms, orpink hollyhocks mingled
with wood moss and sprays of heather
bloom.
Round hats for church and driving in the
country have high crowns, square or conical;
brims that turn up turhan-like in the back
and widen to straight fiat, protruding
brim over the eyes. These may b. made
OF either b0uclc, NeapOlitan, lace, straw,
Milan or rough-and-rcady braid. The hat
is faced with velvet, and bands of picot
velvet ribbon let into the straw braid emerge
from about the third row on the sides of the
crown and cross each othcrat regular inter
walls. Velvet ribbon with satin on the re-
verse side is clustered in groups of tied
bows upon the front of the hat, the loupS
run through with long gold pins. Pretty
and becoming English walking hats have
the deep rolling brims faced with black
velvet and the crowns cnCirclcd with bias
bands of the same dotted with yellow
straw hobs. The hats in front arc adorned
with loops Of the same trimming, inter
mixed with straw aigrettcS i'll black
and yellow. Garden party hats are
made OF white silk muslin, trimmed
with Normandy lace and sprays Of blush
roses. Point d'eSprit nets over wire iounda-
tiOnS trimmed with cascades of lace of the
same pattern are very chic the crowns en-
Circled with wrcaths of Grape flowers
mixed with the lace. Other hats are wide
brimmcd Leghorn, trimmed with ruby vel
vet, trcam lace and pink-cdgc roses Fish
wife pokc-bonnctS of handsome lace of more
expensive kinds, with lace coat and
paraSol to match, are costly additions 10
toilets designed for elegant watering-placc
wear.
\ picturesque straw hat, with dropping
brim, is trimmed with goId-colored ourah
loosely folded around the crown. Gold
colOrcd ostrich plumcS are arranged grace
fully on the right side ut the back. falling
over the crown: Il cluster of them Is i;.s-
tened on the left side.
Morning caps, y IL odall~ric. are made
Of oriental embroidery, a fringe of soft silk
pendants falling over the hair. Two rows
of broad white lace, gathered full from the
crown. falling over the embroidery in front,
and in full folds At the back.