River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-02
SUMMER MILLINERY.
Faneiful and Picturesque Designs Imports
ed from Paris and London.


FaneifuI and Picturesque Designs Imports
ed from Paris and London.
Tooues and round hats make up the
bulk of spring and summer millinery,
aud are most fanciful and picturesque
il design. The toque with pointed
front and elongated crown is merely a
bonnet without strings, and has como
to be a most formidable rival of the
demure little capotes and princesse
bonnets that are not complete without
strap, bow or ribbon strings tied I'M
der the chin; but these strings are
warm and uncomfortable IN summer
weather, and unless they are too becom-
ing to be given up they viii be dispensed
with. or at least superseded by thin
lace strings tied in great Louis Qua
torze DOW, or in a loop with an end
harging on one side. Lsce toques and
straw lace toques in nearly fat shapes
are sent over both from Paris and Lon
don. and are trimmed with small soft
rosettes of comete ribbons. The trOu-
troG black nets with ribbons drawn
through the holes make stylish toqUes
and turbans trimmed with merely a
cluster of violets or other small spring
flowers. with a rosette of the ribbons
/ set III front. Straw lace toques come
in all colors il very open light designs,
and are given more character by a
twist of velvet passing along the edge
next the hair. and this tOrsade of vel
vet is, like the twisted ribbon belts. a
pretty feature of the fashions of the
moment. A violet blue straw lace
toque has a trosade of violet vel
vet around its edge ana an Asa
clan bow of the same velvet in front.
while its crown is covered by two low
! rosettes of the narrowest ribbons, one
rosette of Leaf green, the other of vio-
let ribbon, the eolors precisely those
that nature places beside each other in
a bunch Of wood-viOlets-
The round hats have low crowns
with projecting brims in front and
scarcely any brir1 in the back. Those
called Directoire project straight for-
ward from the face, shading the eyes.
and are quite laden with plumes, while
/ the Empire hat is more pOl1e-shaped in
/ the rounded front OF its brim. with a
/ trimming inside the brim next the
| face. and another feature is the guam
tity of flowers upon it, especially the
rose garlands that belong to the En-
pire period. There are wreaths OF
pink and yellow roses without leaves
/ placed fiat all along the outside of the
brim, or just inside, framing the face,
or else merely surrounding the crown.
Lace also belongs to Empire styles,
and is sometimes set in plated ruche
outside the brim, a black lace ruc,le
on red straw hat being especi lily
favored for young women and girls in
their teens. The French models OF
Empire hats are not, ike those of the
/ winter, of exaggerated size, but are OF
medium size, in the shapes just de-
scribed, and are especially liked fOI
demi-season, summer, and indeed for
almost all the year. when made oil
| black Brussels net with hy-away bows
/ of black ribbon on the soft low crown,
| and a garland of roses, either yellow
or pink, with a cluster OF small rose,
| buds placed as face trimming inside
the brim, and held there by quaint
! little bow of ribbon. yellow or rose
/ color, to match the flowers. Coco
specimens of the Directoire hat are
those of black chip or straw. with {
band Of green chip-the new Euphrate.
green-inserted in the brim. A col
of green velvet is around the crown,
inside and out, bunch of wheat point
ing forward is stuck in the twist next
the hair, while on the outside a great
panache of green ostrich feathers
/ (half-long plumes) is held against the
left side of the crown by loops of green
velvet.
DragOn-flies. black birds and blacl;
butterflies are fashionable trimming.
amid flowers and feathers, and give tn,
i black note along with lace that is now
in such favor. A red tulle shirred hat,
low. with large brim. has black ostrich
tips like wreath all around the crown,
while tiny twin black birds hold up
the left side of the brim Black En-.
/ glish walking hats have white China
Grape and black velvet loops over the
crown. fixed there by dragon-hies with
gauzy wings Outspread. Other black
hats of the same shape nave green
velvet folded around the brim and up
on the crown. with pair of small
black birds posed rs if flying down the
| left side.
Gold ribbons and embroideries. lit
eral copies of those of the First En-
pire, are the trimmings for white and
for black bonnets. An Alsacian bow
of gold ribbon with disks woven as its
patterns is the trimming for black
tulle capotes that are shirred on wires,
and nave little coronet front Of wired
loops of fine jet beads. A gold bonnet
of Empire shape Is made of white cloth
perfectly incrusted with golden laurel
| leaves; it is drawn on slender wires to
make it very light, and its only garni-
ture is lace japOt on top. with some
gold ball pins and narrow black velvet
strings. A theater bonnet all white
and gold, with gold net crown and cap
front of plated Empire lace. has for
finish black velvet Alsacian bow with
gold braid edging the velvet.-IIar-