Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-08

her re8ultS are marvellous. CaIl tlem
hats, or call them bopnets, or general
ice and call them chapeaux, thsy are
very much to the fore and certainly are
most beautiful to look upon. They
have not suggestion of anything mas
culine. Here is no stiff felt hat, de-
corated with ribbon hand and shaw
ing brush plume, but, in it's stead. a
chapeau that has pulled crown of vel
vet, broad brim of felt. group of
plumes, band of emeralts, buckle
of rhinestones. possibly wreath of
crushed roses and couple of bows of
ribbon. Sometimes there is more. If
you have ever looked at any of the pic
lures Of the ladies of the time of Mary
Antoinette you will get faint con-
ception of the fashionable hat of to-
day. The crown may be high or low,
round or cquare. or even pointed. The
hat itself must be big--that's because
there's SO much to be put upon it.
|, Nowadays, whom you lay your good
money down, you don't got simple
looking affair with the assurance that
you are paying for its style--no, indeed,
you get much, very much for your
money. III l were woman with a
strong brain, | should be disguised at
this triumph Of frills and feathers aMl
frivoB, but, being merely woman,
with no extraordinary mentality, con.
fess to admiring thom--the wonderful
hats-and being willing TO be extin-
guished under one. You think it i'm
possible for so much to be on one hat.
Here is an accurate description of a
wonderful chapeau that the miiliner
described as 'quaintly simple"; The
crown was large, soft, and formed Of
white velvet; the brim broad and bent,
so that it curved at each side, was of
silyer-gray felt; about the crown was a
guile Of white chiffon. spangled with
steel: at the right side there stood up
in triumphant but graceful manner,
three white plumes, each warranted to
be an exact duplicate of that worn by
Henry of Navarro. THE Typewriter
says she knows how to spell the name
becase ii belongs TO race horse o
temrora! o mores! These were fas-
tened to the hat by buckle of rhine
stones. On the left side. under the
brim, was half wreath of white roses
that extended almost across the back.
Now, remember, this is called "a
quantity simple hat" and it took %
bonnet pins to fasten 1t firmly ON the
head of the young woman who wore it,
and wore 1t TO the theatre! By the-by,
she looked SD pretty in it that the men
who sat behind Der forgave her and be-
came followers OF the white plume.
| With the triumph OF the big hat,
there is gradual coming of the
triumph of the hairdresser. Last
winter, where we saw a loose coil of
hair, that any lady might have ar
ranged herself, We now observe an
elaborate arrangement Of putfs or a
curious placing of small curls. Such a
couture as one could not accomplish
ones self, and that whispers Of the
masculine hairdresser. Will some
beauty of to-day appear, as did the
Princess de Lamballe, with her hair
arranged to represent full fleet Of
shipsY The lovely lady did this out OF
compliment to a sailor admirer, and
that she might keep it in order she
slept sitting up for seven nights Per-
haps some girl of to-day who has a
sweetheart in the navy, or who feels
very proud of the White Squadron,
may have her pretty locks put up in
Just the same way. History, even in
fashions, only repeats itself. Another
lady, who had given her heart for the
time being to the gallant Lafayette,
had her couture made to look like a
flag, and it was 80 clever!y arranged
with red, white and blue ribbons, sug.
costing liberty and equality, that the
Marquis do Lafayette could not doubt
for whom the compliment was intended,
and wrote letter to pretty American
friend describing the courtesy paid
him.
Some patriotic girl of to-day can
decorate her hair, after it is pulled and
curlcd, with strings of gold dollars, to
show her appreciation of Republi.
can doctrines, and her horror when
Democracy is talked about The pos.
aibilities in the way of suggestive hair.
dresslng are many, but, while our
pretty bellies copy the fashions of Marie
Antoinette and the ladies OF her court,
they are by no means eager to express
in their toilettes their wit or their
politics.
1t il a curious fact, but in both En-.
gland and France women have told the
story in knots of ribbon and flowers, 10
specially shaped garments. in hats of q
peculiar color. their political leanings,
but American women have carefully
avoided these modes of expression.
The enthusiasm that the English
women show for the primrose would be
understood hero, and the quickness
with which something worn by q
fdvorite statesman lie copied by all his
constituents belongs peculiarly across
the soa Either our opinions are deeper
and stronger, or is it that we do moi
have any opinions at all? Certainly
when the war days come American
women show themselves strong enough
and decided enough, but in the days Of
peace they do not permit politics to in,
fiuence the arrangement Of ribbon, OIL
the style of hat. By-the-by, speak
ing of fashion, the colors that were il
vogue Just before the French reyolu
tion are as much in fashion now as are
the hats of that same period. The
peculiar green, the deep garnet, tbs
artistic blending of lavender and blue,
the commingling of bright green and
a deep but not dull blue, all these arc
to be seen either in the gowns bodicst
or wraps of to-day. And the cravatte.
The one worn by my Lady Modish now
Ia not the simple stock worn by the
men who constituted themselves {
Jury to murder their king; it is the
tiaring lace bow of Louis XIV. and o.
these gentlemen who did not disdain t.
accept p;ece of fine lace when il wa.
Willed to them by some aged beauty
who admired their youth and galantry.
The older Il beauty grows the more
she appreciates u young, handsome
man. She has nothing but disdain t.
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