The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-28
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AHS' aiu Ilerc Is an endless vur1ety of
them. Small gold ones hold together
almost all the high loops, and big ones
pierce the heart of each bow. MANY of
these pins arc set in tiny brilliunts
and some have large rhincstoncs glcam-
ing out of large knobs or oval-shaped
beads. One would scarcely think that
women would wear these pseudo dia-
'nds in such profusion, but their eff
feet is so good it makes the temptation
to use them almost Irresistible
"licrc," said one of the millinery mag
mates to me, holding out n dainty crcn-
ton, lis one of the very latest" looked
at 1t with mingled admiration, wonder
and tenderness. y hat is such an in
spring theme, | wonder minister
doesn't sometimes take it for the text
of his discourse. How all the women
would listen. And he could intcrspcrsu
his remarks with many spiritual truths,
drawn, perhaps, from the utter down
fall of the hat SO soon after it had ap-
pcarcd in such grace and beauty, which
beauty was, after all, only skin deep.
lie could find Il number of appropriate
texts i'll the Song of Solomon upon
which to build his sermon, and could
composition to the last stages of decay.
I'm sure he would soon become very
popular. But | haven't yet described
this beautiful hat. 1t had quite large
brim in front, narrowing toward tho
back The color was n very beautiful
pure white, and the straw was quite
fancy, but very fine. In the front was
great flaring bow of fine lavender vel
vct caught down in the center by Il dia-
mond-studdcd buckle. There was also
long pin stuck through the loops; ut
the back was full spray of purple pan
sizes, shading from pale lavender to pul-
pic that was almost black. The stream
crs We're long and wide and of white
velvet. held my breath while gazcd
and then the milincr took the hat gen
thy and laid it carefully, almost reycr-
entially, away
She then brought out another 1t
could not equal the first, but still was
very beautiful. The shape was of
striped old green and white straw 1t
happened that the white stripe came
out on the edge, and this was almost
concealed under II very full velvet edge
OF the old green. y fullncss of fine
guipurc lace started at the front and
was brought around high ut the left
side. Growing out of the lace was n
spray of white velvet orchids, and in the
back another spray kept close company
with loops of pale green velvet. The
strcamers were green, too, and OF
MORE.
/ saw q yellow harmony also. The
straw was yellow, the bow in the back
was yellow, and SO were the strings.
The bow in the front, larger than that
in the back, was the same shade, and
entwlned around it was Il spray of small
pink rosebuds.
The trimming on big hats is coming
around more to the front this season
Small hats are great favorites. We're it
not that they are so gaudy one would
scarcely be able to see the new crowns
for these small hats, they arc so in
tinitesimal. They're beautiful, though.
Some are finely wrought in gold and
silver beads, some studded in pearls,
some made simply of fine passemen-
terie, some of long slender pieces of Jet
or pearl, arranged in Il circular design
on wire. These must be trimmed very
daintily, with extremely fine flowers,
with aigrcttes and with small jet orna-
ments or gold ones. Some of those |
saw contained nearly all the colors of
the rainbow, and yet the shades were SO