The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-25
ElsHyON IND DRESS ABROAD.

The Increasing Use OF Flowers for bonnet
TrInmInE-COmhInatIOn Dress Materials
BodIcc-, SKIRTS, and Likewise Sleeves.
Caprice is indeed the leading motive in mil
inery. and lowers whose hueS even the
most scientific florists who delight in produce
ing he:erodoNies would view in despair are
made IN velvet silk and muslin to form the
chief decoration OF hats and bonnets. In Lon
ION and Paris roses OF the most unorthodoX
IN fantastic Tors Just now load the process
sion in blue. terra Gotta. and even hellotrope.
Nio'"!s have had their dry and are hanished
aglin 20 the traditional stone beside which they
are supposed to bloom unseen. Lilacs and wis
terra have taken their place. and pansies.
with velvet petals as rich and varied
In color as the natural blooms, are also in
popular favor Velvet seems to be the chosen
material fornrtiirial blossoms. and it is certain
that no other fabric initiates their exquisite
texture and tntinc half so well. Velvet roso
caves lack only tho fragrance OF the real BIOS
SONS to equal them in beauty; marsh mari
Colds are made with velvet petals. though their
foliage is in muslin, TO which the necessary
sheen has been given by some mixture con-
tanning tho whites Of eggs. The flowers that
are imported from France are made with such
\ realism and fidelity to nature that even the
blossoms that die young and hang limp and
brown upon the stem among their blooming
brothers and sisters arc faithfully reproduced
Another pretty conceit in floral imitation Is
TO make no two blossoms upon the stem pre-
cisely alike. instead OF cutting out two or three
thousand after tho same pattern in a way
Mother Nature never dreams OF doing. Another
popularity noticeable in the use of flowers IL
The fashion OF bringing out striking color con-
IraSts by the combination OF blossoms that
never are seen in the same set and really are
scarcely on speaking terms with each other.
Yellow and pink are Joined in union decided
ly experimental. but SO far harmonious.
Large hats Of crinoline straw in the
light shade OF yellow called Tuscan are
garlanded with pink roses about the brim,
with folds OF yellow velvet inside. and have soft
yellow bows where the crown should be- yell
low flowers seem quite the favorite choice this
year. and forget me-nots. lilacsand all manner
OF absurd flower forms are made with yellow
petals. Summer shade or garden hats are re-
marRable chiefly for their enormous brims.
which are OF such portentous width in front as
to throw the eyes into depths OF shadow that
are by no means unbecoming. AT the back tho
With With the 'G reputation providing against any
conceament OF the hair, The crowns are
iow II they exist at all but ~ most new
The SPACE usually preampted by the crown
Butterflies still form an important part OF the
raj beauty to the general Transparent effect
very Rraciously. But garlands and festoons of
times fastened with a knot OF ribbon, eome-
times revealing their stems bound round with
or less speedy reversal OF affairs in favor OF
feathersi flowers having held the field 30 long
and arc Initiated in such varieties.
The fashion OF mingling two different ma
terlals In dresses again prevails. to the salts
faction OF thrifty women who combine the
remnants Of two old gowns in one 40 fresh and
"',, that Il decoveS even their dearest friend
mud gossip into believing 1t is Just from the
Ihis style is in the over aud under dress OF diff
lpEent materials, the latter appearing OCCASION
~ when the other opens to reveal It, Other
Ne4SSes are made largely Of plain material,
suDDlemeRtAET portions. such AS GloSYes,