The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-04-25
The Bonnet.

The Bonnet.
A great many women who buy or
fashion their own head gear seem to
proceed upon the idea that in point OF
value, the bonnet is more than the
head, and the hat more than the face;
or that the head Is mere knob on
which to display millinery. This
must account for the masses OF lace.
flowers, feathers, frippery, and even
parts of deceased fowls that partly
cover, or are skewered to the average
female head. The object OF anything
more is presumed to be for protection,
or for ornament, and to combine the
two is supposed to belong to the art of
the milliner.
Worth. the Partisan mantua maker,
once remarked to an American woman,
as he was arranging bunch of flow
ers on the skirt OF q gown, ''you must
not think that all these befrilled and
trumpery things are OF, my taste.
They are not>my taste at all. l make
them because you will have them"
and every milliner of taste rare crea-
ture that she is, will say in apology
for the menagerie OF head things in
her show window, "Oh, you know
there are all sorts of people to be
pleased"
In fitting the head with bonnet,
the face and hair should first be con-
suited MS to color and style. For
waving or curling hair. plain and
even severe outline OF bonnet instead
OF trimmed or "fussy" one. should
be chosen, and becomingness always
lies more in the shape than in any OF
the adjuncts Of trimmings. Indeed,
the latter should be used with discre-
ton. If the bonnet be OF fine quality
and exquisite workmanship. and the
shape becoming, then the less
trimming the better Flowers some
times go well with hat, but are they
ever in best taste on bonnet? 1t is
to be doubted. Then, too, was ever a
chapedu becoming that did not fit the
head, and show disposition to be at
home on it and stay there? Heavy
forehead, give one a headache, and such
as from size, shape and trimming
are so pronounced. monstrous and ex-
traordinary as to leave the head under
them OF no account whatever in the
way of interest comparatively, should
be avoided by the would-be purchaser
who cannot afford a new outlay every
month in the year. The Housewife.
Making q Home.
1t seems q pity that the young
,..lx a.. ~ N,k1 sal~
home, and has sum OF money to
spend for its garnishing, cannot be
persuaded from laying it out all at
once. She robs herself OF so much
future enjoyment. The spick and
span sets OF furniture, which are care
lessly ordered from an upholsterer
and carried home and stood around
her parlors by his men, will never
afford her half the satisfaction she
can get in room for which to-day
she buys chair and next week, see
ing there must be table to
accompany the chair, she starts on
fresh shopping excursion and finds
table which Is exactly what she was
looking for; and in another month
discovering the need OF u bookcase
or u screen, she has again the delight
of the hunt and the qualification OF
obtaining the prettiest screen and
bookcase in the city.
Such room is a growth. a gather
ing together of household treasures
little by little and piece by piece.
Each article, bought only when the
need arises or when something is hap
PLY found to just meet the need. will
have a family history which makes 1t
an entertaining as well as valuable
possession. Each couch and foot
stool is an achievement; each rug and
curtain represents triumph. Such
home, built up gradually with care
f,il planning in each part. with thought
and loving consideration in all its de-
tails, acquires a meaning far deeper
than could be purchased by the long
est purse from the most fashionable
cabinetmaker. Harper Bazaar.
The Girl Who ExagGerates.
A good many girls girls who mean