Mower County transcript., 1890-12-10
HEADGEAR FOR WINTER.


Bonnets and hats are as simple and
becoming as the new gowns and are
made to wear with low hair, most of
them having something dropping low
on the coil at the back-a bow, a wing,
some ostrich tips, or bird. The front
hair is drawn back from the face in
loose, natural looking waves, and coiled
caprice adds second smaller coil above
on the crown of the head, in which is
thrust a slender comb-shaped pin or
spear of she'll or of gold carved in open
design. If the forehead is low, broad,
and smooth it is left uncovered, but if
not it is shadowed by q very slight
fringe" of hair. as English women call
their bangs. French hair-dressers re-
tain the low, fiat curl in the middle of
the forehead and add a smaller tress
curving forward between each ear.
Black ats will be worn with almost
any of the new gowns. as most of them
have black trimmings. Black with
gold is the com bination of the season,
and black with orange or Spanish yell
low velvets most generally becoming.
Low toques OF easy folds of black vel
vet have for thoir only trimming two
quilts made Of gold lace pointing back
ward on the left side; later in the sea-
son binding of astrakhan fur will be
added.
Reboux, fashionable French mil
liner, makes youthful round hats of
black guipure passementerie. like en-
broidery laid upon black satin. with q
lining Of yellow velvet in the brim, and
clusters of yellow velvet ribbon loops
in front, and low behind where the
brim turns upward. The low crown is
open at the top and black ostrich tips
curl over this opening from the back.
To wear with these hats are pointed
capes with high Medicis collar, the
cape OF black satin overlaid with en-
broidery or passe-menterie and edged
with ostrich trimming, the flaring col
lar lined with yellow velvet from which
small black ostrich tips spring outward
along the edge. Added to all this, to
give the stylish full.trimming for tho
neck, Is short boa of ostrich feathers
fastened at the back of tho high collar
and falling loosely down the front.
Black velvet ribbon strings an inch or
more In width are set at the back of
round hats and toque bonnets and are
crossed under the chin, then tied Tor
hooked) at the back of the neck in q
small bow with short ends
Uncut velvet in the piece and in rib
bons is especially fashionable for black
bonnets. Festooned strings of cut jet
beads make almost entire bonnets in
toque shape. Large thistles of faceted
jet are heads of long pins, and there
are tiny pin-heads. OF gold, steel, silver
and white and colored metals to be used
by the milliner. Black cord passe-
menterie bonnets in various shapes are
imported to be made uptransparently
on wires, or put over colored velvet or
the satin antique, which is soft plush
with flattened pile. .~-..... .s
One Of Virot's elegant fancies is that
Of trimming velvet round hats with
softly-folded and puffed scarf Of
white mousseline ;, chiffon, one Of
gray velvet y, having natural owls
wings set on the sides amid the trans
parent white folds An odd and not
pleasant caprice is French bonnet Of
yellow velvet, and jet snake twisted
around 1t, with open mouthed head
thrust high in front and the tail rest
ing on the low back hair. A carmine
red velvet toque has black passemen-
terie drops edging it. a small cluster Of
black ostrich tips in front and strings
Of black velvet to be tied behind the
neck. A little black velvet bonnet has
three jet fillets in front showing the
hair through, and tiny black swallows
perched on the front fllet, and also
high on the crown. A turquoise and
gold toque is Of satin antique edged
with gold passementerie, with black
Prince of Wales feathers in front and
back and narrow black velvet strings.-
Chicago Times.