The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-08

straw, with heavy feathers standing erect
on top like tluttering plumes, and with n
full veil of Chantilly lace like the Empire
bag of last season. except that it is loose at
the bottom, finished in pattern of Van
dyke points and lost at the throat in the
puffy bow of black gauze, which gives the
last chic touch to her walking costume.
The summer girl is going to look like
foolish. pretty little Dora Copperfield,
ready for walk with "Dody," where she
frames her arch dimpled face in one of the
simple Village" bonnets of Tuscan straw,
with dainty wreath of rosebuds beneath
the brim and with the chin snugly tied up
with ribbon bows.
The high-crowned hat looks back long
ingly from the door OF oblivion. The sum-
mer girl argues with herself whether she
shall invite 1t to re-enter the world. 1t ap-
pealS to her fancy with its rosettes OF blue
and gold velvet ribbon trimming an En-
glish shape in black straw and its black
wings fronting forward.
There are some extremely pretty novel
ties in bridesmaids hats, for which a use
will be found soon after Easter. One is
wide-brimmed, fiat hat of gold-colOred lace
straw with thick ruff Of purplish pink
ribbon boX-plaited about the outer brim.
Black velvet flower petals show them
selves here and there. Another Is
Leghorn flat, turned no behind. Narrow
blue velvet ribbon. is laid In circle
of long loops about the brim, and
the garnitures are blue bachelors but
tons.
The tulle and gauze hats grow more airlly
fantastic with each passing hour. They are
not closely shirred as in past seasons, but
are falry-llke gosSamer puffS which only the
weight of the flower wreaths trimming
them keeps from sailing away. One of the
prettlest seen this spring was worn by a
demure young woman at the last meeting
of the Collegiate Alumna. Its frame was
loosely woven of thorny rose stems with
ont fpliaun and tangled Wi unl1 -anlo ra6
gauze, which hung to the waist line in
Streamers caught together by one immense
pink rose.
The summer girl seems to have fancy
for things Roman. Little crownless toques,
with soft twists Of silk in Roman stripes
about the brims, areishown by all the fash
lonable milliners. young girl who saw
Patti on her opening night wore as success
tul one as has appeared. 1t looked like
scarf of red and gold wound about the
head, with a metallic blue butterfly fasten-
ing it in front and another behind.
For early spring the most characteristic
bOnnets are those which are nothing more
than wide fllets of coarse straw not Joined
behind or simply tied across with narrow
ribbons. A very pretty one is of dark blue
straw edged with blue and black velvet and
with small black bird on either side. Gray
and white makes an equally effective CON-
blnaton.
There were good many dressy bonnets
out one afternoon this week at Desarte
matinee. One was poke with projecting
brim of Chantilly lace, unlined, transparent
and wired near the edge to keep it perfectly
smooth. The crown was open, but was de-
hned by wreath of yellow roses and half
circle of aigrettes of the new and plumy
kind. Tying under the hair was flaring
knot of black velvet ribbon.
Looking over an audience one sees daily
an increasing amount of blue. In front Of
you is capote of white lace straw, lined
with blue gauze and with frill of baby
blue ribbon about the face. Its trimmings
are forget-me-not flowers, mixed with hell
otrOpe and fine-leayed ivy. TO one side is a
toque of dark blue straw with trimmings of
blue peoples and knots of green ribbon. In
box appears capote of gold crepe trim
med with deep blue velvet flower petals.