The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
SUMMER MILLINERY.
It is Selected With Reference to It's BE
comingness.


comingness.
Seasonable millinery has the merit of
being snug and trim-looking, and of be-
ing selected with an eye to becoming
ness.
The artistic in this department is
more carefully studied at present than
heretofore. 1t is not necessarily fact
that because a bonnet is becoming it is
either pretty or picturesque. Some
bonnets which are very ugly in them
selves are specially becoming to certain
faces. 1t is the work of the artist to
combine all the good points and turn
out misunderstanding, appropriate and
really elegant creations.
While flowers are, and always should
be, the favorite garniture for summer
millinery, the finest imported models
show few trimmings of ostrich-tipS
and a few quill feathers. Passemen-
terie, plated lace, puffings, fancy braid
and made-up materials either of ribbon,
silk, velvet or fancy fabrics, are lavishly
used. Straw, chip and fancy braids are
much liked; leghorns were never more
popular; and hats with crowns of fine
straw and brims of lace braid are in
very general demand for picturesque
hats for young ladies'
There is great variety in the styles of
trimming hats. The more simple have
large bows of ribbon with a scarf
around the crown. Many of them have
no other garniture.
A charming hat of lace braid has a
I.
green ribbon, with a cluster of green
velvet roses. A hat with medium low
crown and rolled-up brim has gauze
scarf, with three small ostrich-tips at
one side.
Some of the new importations have
very low crowns and wide brims, with
. plain or closely folded band around
the crown, and single upright loop of
the material or bow of ribbon. A model,
which has been much admired, has =
very wide brim and low crown. The
brim is caught up at the back and
arched in irregular form at the sides;
the trimming is OF large punches of mas
turtiums, with foliage. The flowers
with long stalks droop over the hair.
Sailor hats are in very general use for
ordinary wear, and for girls are almost
universally liked.
Bonnets are much smaller than here
tofore, some of the importations recall
Ing the old-time joke of the postage
stamp with ribbons. One bonnet is
made of two wings, covered with fine
jet, the points of the wings meeting at
the top, and between them is set an
aigrette spray of fine flowers. Strings
of velvet ribbon, attached at the back,
tie at one side.
Another small bonnet is Of very fine
ly crimped crepe lisse set in a ruffie
around the brim. The top of the bon
net is fat, and the gathered edge of the
crepe is drawn into a very close center.
From this are sprays of flowers and two
or three loops of ribbon, and from this
point the strings also are attached. I'm
der the brim is a very full ruching OF
plated lace.
novelty bonnet is made of a box
plating of cream-colored velvet edged
with jet beads This plating is so ar
ranged that one edge of it forms the
brim, the other edge stands upright in
crown shape. From the back of this
are Prince of Wales feathers and strings
which faSten under the chin.
Girls wear large flat hats trimmed
with flowers, ribbons or scarf of tulle.
null or other thin material.