The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-10-16
WHAT SHALL WE WEAR.
Something New In Gowns and Bonnets-
Gaudy COlOra Reign This Season.

Something New In Gowns and BOnnets-
Gaudy COlOra Reign This Season.
A brief tour this week through our millin
cry stores and dressmaking shops has proved
dangerously delightful, and II others feel as
we do, there ia much 'hankering" after some
of the pretty things seen. We will try to de-
scribe few Of the attractions that are being
prepared for this season.
For the millinery first then. The toque
shapes are In close competition with the me.
dium trimmed styles, also In the Tam O'Shan.
ter crown, and are becoming to nearly every
face. There are besides, styles for all faces,
shades for all compile xi0ns, and SO wide q
latitude to choose from, no one should be
without becoming head gear. In material
soft goods. Jets. tips, aigrettes, buckles,
birds, and, In fact, nearly every thing In the
line of trimming is stylish. For long time
the hats have not heen 80 bright and pretty
with ribbons OF three and four shades.
Much Of the making and trimming seen IL
really artistic. 1t requires an artists eye and
hand to harmonize the many trying hues,
Jet, birds, etc. Strings are worn on the large
hats as much AZ on the smaller ones.
Green seems to be one of the leading colors,
although the different shades of brown are
seen In combination with almost every thing
else.
At Mrs. H. S. Goodenough's the open tur-
ban of brown and green was very pretty and
tasty. A neat gray hat was seen here with
combination trimming of four shades of rib.
bon, and another hat worthy of notice was a
gray felt with ecru, yellow and white ribbons
and large gray bird at the back.
At Mrs. +. T. Davis sweet little toque OF
green and lavender meets the eye, with law
ender passementere ornament on the crown.
The large gray felt hat with gray fur band
Is beauty. The "LittIe -Four Hundred" of
brown felt, brown trimmings and turquoise
buckle Is very tasty.
At Donnell & Davis we saw dainty little
bonnet of jet aud yellow velvet and feathers
with open crown. Mrs. Davis showed us a
very pretty hat Of white broadcIoth, with
green velvet, ornaments of white beads and
gilt and green tips, also white felt, very
delicate, with golden brown velvet, ana gold
passementerie and aigrettes.
Mrs. W. FL. Phillips Is not behind In styles.
At her opening Wednesday a large number
of very handsome, and stylish hats and bon
nets of every color and shade imaginable
was seen. A gas-light green, with darker
trimmings, tips and jet. A rather odd shape
Is small tan hat trimmed with brown vel
vet and caught up on the side where large
white bird is nestled. The sailor that has
been SO long reigning, still clings, and is of
light felt with wings and white ribbon.
Children's hats and bonnets are daintier than
ever and as pretty as can be.
Miss A. N. Hall showed us a cone covered
toque Of velvet and jet trimmings. Another
little toque which will be taking, is of fancy
velvet with seal band and strings. A walk.
Ing hat, becoming to so many faces, Is of tan
felt with shaded brown ribbon strings. A
pretty child's hat seen here was large gray
felt with Tam OShanter crown, and black,
red and yellow ribbsn rosette. P0mpons
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