Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-31

satin and the other uncut velvet, etc.
Nor will these beautiful ribbons serve
merely for garniture. They will also be
used for the CONNECTION OF bounets and
capotes. In the opinion OF some, strings
will be suppressed on account of the inn
possibility of wearing them in conlunc-
ton with feather ruffs, neoklets aud COL
larettes.
The ribbons used for hat trimmings
will be wider this seasonal least two
inches in width-not only for garniture,
but also for strings. In jet ornaments,
too, there will be found many novelties
for the decoration of bonnets, especially
in the line of butterflies and dragon flies,
some of them being large enough to
make up the whole bonnet except the
fold or puff of velvet in the brim.
Aigrettes VIII have faosted jets; so,
too, will buckles, clasps and slides, For
those designs of more pronounced effects
there will be found an endless VARIETY of
buckles, slides, clasps, long pins with
tilagree heads, small pins with heads
Stimulating blossoms, insects, etc. in
French gold, in oXidiZed silver, in cop
per, silver and steel to say nothing of
mock gems of all kinds, snowy enough
to suit the tastes of ali sorts and oondi-
tions of womankiud.
In the third illustration you will find
another style of felt hat, a pale gray of
a very novel and pleasing shape, fitting
tightly and comfortably to the hair, and
trimmed with birds and ribbons. The
large bow OF pale green ribDon-har-
moniZing exactly with the pale green of
the BIRDS plumage-is set high and con-
spicuously in front. Behind this bow Of
outstanding loops, there are several swal-
lows with fawn colored and pale green
plumage and white breasts, arranged in
quite an original and telling style, as if
they were actually in flight, and had
stopped to Craze the surface of this pretty
hat, which can hardly fail to please those
fond of refined novelties.
The day is far distant when birds will
cease to be used for garnituring women g
hats. The naturaists of course, are
greatly shocked at this barbarlty in taste,
as they term it; but they profess to be
quite as much Disguised as they are
shocked, lnasmuch as these birds are not
used in their natural colors, but are fan
tRstically dyed to suit the tones and tiRts
of ribbons and compilations of fair, fr8il
women!
In the matter of fashionable colors for
the coming season it may be stated that
they are to belong as usual to the su bdued
and delicate shades such as dull pink,
light turquoise blue, BLUSH gray, golden
and seal brown, light beige and tan,
brownish reds and several shades of yell
low; quite sufficient of a gamut to suit
any complexion or style of beauty, from
the intense brunette, blHcker than night,
to the pale blonde, with hair of whitisb
yellow and eyes of n pale skyblue, COM
monty known as the bleeched out blonde,
but a very delicate and pleasing type
witbal. as it usually indicates a skin of
hue to put the lily to blush.
The last novelty in hats TO which 1
shall call your attention is crownless and
consists of q deeply curved and crinkled
brim of Swiss rush, turned up very
sharply both in front and at the back.
This graceful and picturesque hat fits
closely TO the hair, encircling the coil
and giving a very charming and naive
expression 10 the wearer. who should, of
course, be young and handsome, for 1
have always found that novelties look
best on the heads OF such people, strange
as it may appear. A French writer has
said that We should forgive everything in
young and handsome woman, even her
lack of heart, that being too much to
expect along with the other charms.
But how about the ugly ones? Are they