The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-24

aud yielding mouth, overshadow her face
with hat as broad as may suit her fancy,
and she will still look pretty.
The logic of this is plain. The former
style of woman has naturally an agrees
i've look, and the rugged outlines of her
face need to be softened. The latter has
an indistinctness and indebtedness to
her features, which qualities are relieved
by hat which shadows her face.
The disagreeable form which the hats
take this season is found when the wearer
sees ut to turn up the back of one until it
towers in the air upwards of a quarter
of yard, not only obstructing vision.
but making the woman appear as if
she Sssd were w,s Carrying ca wing soop upon her
utterly regardless of the propriety
of things, have ordered the pancake
hats to be turned up at the back and sur
mounted with bows, ribbons and feathers,
until truly appalling mound with flying
vines and colors has been produced upon
the back of the head. These hats are I'M
becoming and awkward, as well as dis
tressing to those whose lot it is to be placed
at the theater or other gathering behind
one of these enormities.
1t is quite the style to have the Jacket,
hat and veil all of a color. A bright red
India silk jacket or blouse waist embroid-
cred front and back in gold cord, was worn
at an afternoon reception by a young
woman in a pancake hat of bright red,
around which bright red silk tulle veil
was wound and tied at the back in an
enormous bow with a bunch of poppies.
Another solace which the dealers are
finding is in the selling of tea-gowns, for,
when the weather drove people indoors and
suggested a fire, it became of a sudden the
rage to have afternoon teas without num-
Der to make up for the chilly out-of-doors
inclemency. Then, too. the tea-gown is
something that is always in demand in a
lady's toilet, because of its beauty, becom-
ingness and comfort, and there is con-
slant sale for these house gowns, what
ever may be the heat or cold of the climate.
A lovely new one was of pink Venetian
silk, cut Princess in the back with the
front of white China silk. 1t was beauti-
fully embroidered in roses. and a lace
flounce ran around the neck and down
each side of the front
An opera cloak which came straight
from Paris is of white rap de sole, thickly
brocaded with Persian designs in gold and
heliotrope. Heliotrope velvet, ornamented
with bright green and gold cord forms the
high collar and the pointed yoke front and
back. There is band of feather trim
ming OF ecru around the collar, and there
are frllled epaulettes lined with heliotrope
satin.
beautiful carriage hat made its appear-
ance one day last week among the cushions
of a comfortable victoria, which was bear
ing the hat and its wearer out to the last
Claremont tea of the season. The hat was
great big one of brown lace-straw. 1t was
trimmed with white and green ribbon,
punched up in huge bows and fastened on
with diamond buckle. Pink roses were
underneath the brim where the back was
turned up.
Diamonds and other precious stones are
frequently seen in the hat ornaments of
the present season, and where bugs and
beetles are employed the eyes are of
emeralds or rubies.