St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-29

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est colors, / found some startling COM
binatlons these past few days. The
| windows were dressed III an attractive
! manner, even the heavy mourning bon
J nets appearing less burdensome and
more varied than i'll past seasons. The
stores presented a brilliant scene. Flow
els were disposed around the rooms in
such profuSion that it was difficult to
tell Natures own from mans handi-
work. At one place there was perfect
bower of blossoms. Turning plants and
vines chung to slender trelliS till the
, palingS seemed network of green and
color. Rustic baskets hung from the
ceiling filled with graceful runners and
bloom. Huge floral eggs swung to and
fro. while the figure OF winged cupid
pushed through the broken shell. Tall
palms dropped over cushioned seats,
and baskets and boxes were crowded
with an endless variety of flowers.
There is no blossom named but what
had its counterpart there skiilfully
fashioned of silk and fiber, with prices
varied as the colOrs, ranging from four
cents to IS.
The counters were laden with uni
trimmed straws and flats, while tai
pedeStalS were crowned with wonder
full works of art. 1t were herculean
task which not even hercules would
care to undertake to attempt descrip-
ton of the bewildering array.
A pronounced feature of the season
is the brilliant hueS and colorlngs. The
fabrics are singularly delicate, and
there is tendency to abolish anything
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StuffS show elaborate designs of Jewels.
The bonnets are bonnets, and not those
uncomfortable things Of last season.
which were neither one thing nor the
other, and evinced a stolid determine
alton not to stay in place; and all bon
nets, without exception, are worn with
ties. The trimming is not back nor
front, but is designed to suit the partic-
ular beauty and taste of the wearer.
The capOteS, as the style is called by
preference, are neither high nor low.
though nearly all the frames are small,
while delicate flowers and bright orna-
mentS nod and culver several inches
above the crown. Gold is used to
great extent, and will pass even to the
costume. Twisted SerpentS and jeweled
daggers, tiny asps and iridescent sgemS
appear in great profuSiOn. Some of the
bonnetS look no more than a Feather
on hairpin," as one man said who was
making his way through the crowd.
Many are mere bands of glittering lace
or jet, tipped with a puff or pOmpon,
and are without crown to permit of
easy adjustment upon the hair, whose
soft coils protrude through the meSheS
of the lace.
A very dainty green and black capote,
in shape not unlike the Normandy cap,
was recent importation from Paris.
Nestled in puffs of deep heiiotrope veil
ing, was delicate orchid that nodded
above full soft ruche. A tiny affair of
exquisite gray bore aloft single yell
low chrysanthemum, and the soft, full
streamer fell from the back, was passed
round the throat once and met at the
side with second yellow blossom. The
effect was enchanting!
The hats are ''Wearable," neither
/ very large nor very small, the crowns
are nearly all low, the shapes are very
pretty and bear some fancy names.
One of the prettest hats noticed was
black pattern straw, rather sailor
shape, with a low crown and medium
brfm. 1t was faced with two rows of
fine gold cord, and the top was twisted
with soft velvet and bright yellow. Cock
feathers and pale chiffon were the trim
mEl1gS for soft gray straw. that looked
a little like tam O Shanter, and whose
roRed brim showed no edge.
The milliners who have just returned
from abroad assert that the styles are
remarkably beautiful this year. They
say that in Paris the women are dress
ing the hair high. almost entirely,
the house. The hair is in most cases
laid close to the head in fiat praids and
loose coils, and is arranged in many
fancy designs. figure Fights and soft
Loops. In fact, a woman may use her
Judgment and yet be in style. Her mode
6 dressing the hair is adjusted to the
hat, and not the hat to the hair; she
may make her own selection in the
choice of bonnet, she may expend a
ransom, or merely a fortune. and she
will still find something to suit her most
capricious fancy. Fashion has laid
down 10 laws, but has offered some
beautiful specimens of lawless art, and
in ski9ful manipulation of colors and
harmony has indeed made the desert to
blossom as the rose.