The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-29
MISS OSBORN TALKS.
cHIC MATS and COINS FOR EiSIER
SUNDIi.
Modes of '96-Shoes With "scimitar Toes
Sheen of Gay CoIors and Glitter Oh
Costly Fabrics.

(Copyrieht. 1896, for The Tmes)
Tho rosebud garden of girls when
win bourgeon and bloom alons Inc ave
nue next Sunday will set inc Iniiilhe'y
fashions for the spring; VIII set 'n, ,.,'
that is, 50 FAR as imitation goes NeaiiS'
though surrounded by All lne
which human ingenuity can devise, ihe
fsehions were set long ago, In Paris
mainly. though London contributes 10
The Kaleidoscope OF color lew JaiIhs
and inharmonious tones.
II has been settled in the councils VINO
sit at the birthplace OK lashiohs' 'n"'
there shall be this spring.
Hats like butterfly bows, the BOWS
formed OF stiff narrow ribbons:
Hats Of the poke, coal scu'ue OF S"i.
walton Army shape. but trimmed our ol
all likeness 10 their pleOelah lorpeais WIZ
flourish of feather and pert arrangement
Toques composed entirely Of circlets or
coronets of flowers, with rank grasses
up-springing behind;
Toques in all colors, gem decked, and
In every shade from white 10 midnight
Tooues trimmed with bows OF ribbons
and with wreaths OF flowers;
Picture hats with hour glass crowns
their bright brims massod beneath with
clouds OF tulle and lowered above by
nodding ostrich plunes
Close toques with almost the solluity
OF turbans, formed OF fold on iold OF
plain Dresden or figured silks, ana bear
Ing on their substantial fabric plumes
and great ribbon bows upheld by bony
structures, which the koentgen ray pho-
togiapa would reveal TO be frameworks
or close set wire:
Sailor hats with high crowns, but with
brims narrow or wide to suit the taste
and face:
Picture hats down dropping at gem
tie slope TO shade the face In front, but
tn the rear towering high with trimmings
OF Persian ribbons. gay quilts, paru-coior-
ed wings earnishcd with spangles, or
green sprays giittering with paste gems
Ike the dew
There are hats that are beautiful and
there are freaks.
There are plain derby hats which are
very English OF course, turned high at
the sides and low at the front and back,
as is the unvarying custom OF the derby
OF 9S. but decked. as fortunately Is not
tho unyary.ng custom, upon the left SIDE
with huge wings. An Inspired ugliness Is
apt 10 hail from London.
What words OF mine can give the faint
est idea Of the sea OF color which VIII
surge up and down the avenue next Sun
day? There viii be straws In all the
from blue TO butter. and from brown 10
ecru: straws An stripes. straws even
checked or hit-or-miss, or forming in
their cunning weave strange patterns in
mosaic. There will be trimmings Of light
green peoples, OF yiolets and pink plaids
and checks
ono beautiful example Of Lenten mill
linery, which Will be worn next Sunday
at the church that will be famous for
the next quarter OF century as the
scene OF the Vanderbilt Thorough
wedding. IS a picture hat in continental
shape, fashioned OF black horse hair In
close weave. with a fun roll OF white
chiffon about the medium high crown.
Its tglle rosettes Oh either side glitter
with rhinestone ornaments. and five os-
trich tips on the left eide, with mottled
aigrettes. and Il large bunch OF pink roses
ana leaves ~ the back c0nplctc the
orramenlation.
Another prepared for an Easter Mon
day diversion is q large white Leghorn
hat. whose brim IL Tilted low over the
eyes and turned heavonward from the
cooled locks OF the wearer, whose crown
IL a mass OF pink crushed roses. between
whose dainty petals no glimpse OF the
material OF the frame can be caught. and
over the brim a fun OF white tuile Is
softly drawn.
Another. small Paris hat. one OF those