The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-01
THE NEW EASTER BONNETS.
SPRING FASHIONS BLossomlNe OUT.
jet stars ana coiling snakes-colors That
Are Most Frequently Seen some Smart
Dressss-A Season of Many Novel
tios-Ths Promenade.


increases from morning until afternoon
and from evening unto morning. Here is
a milliner who has made OF her show win
dow q boudoir all hung with peach-bloom
silk right daintily. Here is another who
has turned hers into garden, whore buds
of bonnets expand into full-blown hats on
the branches OF lilacs and acacia trees
The panorama shifts from minute to min
ute; irock succeeds to frock and ribbon TO
ribbon almost before the ever-moving
throng Of promenaders has had fair
view. The parasol whose flmy clouds OF
gauze caught your fancy in the morning
has had a dozen successors, each more
diaphanous than the last, before you pass
a second time on your homeward way in
the afternoon.
There is Jet and jet, and, still there is
Jet hourly; faceted jet that catches the
light and sets il dancing. A woman was
trying on a bonnie. this morning before a
mirror. Ii was bonnet OF smooth gold
braid or a new galloon shaped in the like
ness OF regal crown. Jewels" Of jet
we're embroidered upon IL thickly She
held her head erect, and the figure in the
glass dimpled back at her. A CLEAN Of
sunshine came through window; it
struck the jewels and they blazed; she
moved her head and the broken lights in
the mirror were dazzling.
All this was not good taste year ago,
but il is not now necessary 10 be quiet TO
be in good form.
There are flower hats, though il Is said
that later in the season the jewels will
push them hopelessly and helplessly into
the background. A type Of the flower
fashion is a hat of black point de gaze,
faring oil the face little and with odd
bands and turnings. Velvet violets are
tufted here and there over it and long
trails Of violets fall in front and are gath
erred under the chin for strings.
At one OF Yesterdays receptions noted
q bonnet of peachy velvet worn by a tall
peachy-cheeked girl. / never, | think,
saw the hues of fabric match the tint OF
the face so perfectly. Under the bonnet
escaped in front fluffy brown curls, and
among the curls three plump peaches
were resting. At the back of the bonnet
were four or five more peaches with sprigs
of leaves. Fruit bonnets are things to be
avoided with very careful avoidance, but
this peachy girl was pretty under these
downy spheres.
On ali the millinery one sees snakes.
There are gold snakes, jet snakes and
snakes of silver. Snakes coil themselves
10 strike, snakes glide through the under
brush of buttercups and valley lilies,
snakes wreath themselves and bask in
their sunny situation, snakes climb for
the view up aigrettes OF lace formed OF up
standing pleatings.
Bonnets for dress occasions are made in
one case out of three of nothing more than
the triple classic band. This may be of
Jet, or it may be OF gold braid or it may be
of folded ribbons. The band is tied in the
back with erect bows and through the
knots are drawn flowers. There are fillets
of pinky red ribbon that are very effective
in this way with one great rose for garni-
ture. Others in black are at once de icate
and striking with lace aigrettes and gold
and purple or brown and gold orchids.
The large hats are even larger than com
mon and often most fantastic with enor-
nous bows and equally large punches OF
flowers.
Gray and yellow, in the smoke and
fame shades, one meets constantly. They
make most wierdly picturesque and har-
monious combinations. The bridesmaids
at a recent wedding were in gray silk with
flame yellow sashes and waistcoats of yell
low crepe de chine. Their hats were gray
tulle with yellow metal edge and long
ends OF yellow metal ribbon hanging.
Gray and pink is pretty, il less daring.
1t is equally popular at weddings. One Of
the fairest bridemads OF the season wore
silver gray cloth with coral panel and gray
Medici collar lined with coral. Her
sleeves with puff OF coral were covered
with gray passementerie. Her hat, with
its coral velvet crown, had a band of gray
velvet and bunch OF gray tips behind.
The cuirass bodces produce startling ef-
fects at receptions and in theater boxes. A
dress of the steely gray of armor worn
with a bold crimson cuirass was before
my eyes all that evening and sent me
home to dream troublously of wars and
rumors OF wars. 1t spoke loudly OF drums
and martial parades.
Beside it was toilette that should have
proved quieting. IL. too, was OF gray, a
soft greenish, whitish gray, over which
trailed and splashed seaweeds. 1t was a
frock for the seaside, piazza, with moon
light to silver misty outlines.
Stars were not lacking, for at no great
distance was a dusky brown gray frock
studded by way of border with jet lumin-
aries. IL would be making metaphor go
on all fours to compare its "Frenchy"
Louis XIV casaQue TO the mantle night,
and yet assuredly it was sprinkled with
points that shone. On a head OF short,
straight, dark hair rested capote of Jet
plates with greenish gray feather.
The lowered silks are among the pretti-
est things that are shown tC delight the
spring. Some OF them reproduce quaint
old medieval patterns. Over a soft ivory
satin ground climbs a silvery lattice work,
and across this stray faint-hued roses full
of old world grace aud sentiment. This is
sixteenth century and Venetian. Flowers
are drawn small and often rather prim, as
on the silks that generations ago our
mothers used TO delight in. Sometimes
they are curiously spotted and motiled.
Frocks for the after Easter dances are be-
ing made of creamy chiffon, with knots of
tiny roses or valley lilies sustaining their
festoons. Wreaths OF roses circle white
shoulders and girdles of the royal flower
are looped about slender waists.
Dress is very smart on the afternoon pa
rades. Georgia Cavyan was out yesterday
in pale-gray frock and jacket, braided
with gold and silver galore Her trim lit
tie toque had the same garniture, and over
it large crimson bird spread its wings.
A frock Of light blue, with stripes OF vel.
low of soft, rough make, like a swan
skin, was very noticeable. A black satin
swept the pavement, and over ii were