The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
SOME ARTISTIC COIPFURES.
Bah Tells How Grand Danes OF Former
Days Arranged Them.
CHARACTER In AUBURN LOCKS.
Capillary Designs As Dainty compliments
The Rascal One Admires and the SAINT
One NecIects-The Gallant Robbers
of Jack shcppard's Iime'

NEW YORK, October Lit seems as Il
the milliner ruled everything ieuhnlns.
Her results are marvellous. oI H.
hats, or call them bonncts, OF sen 49,
and call them ch~apeaux, they a. 80,
much TO the fore and cerSlih! not
beautiful TO lock upon. Ihey hd'e "oe
a suggestion OF anything nbascun rih1
IL no stim felt hat, decoratcu 49, 49,,
bon band and a shaving brush Jun -
60 its stead, a chapeau that mas ~, n
crown OF velvet, a broad Dr.m ol a. -
group OF plGipes, "A band CT emeldiuS, -
| buckie of rhinestones, possibly a wreath
of crushed roses and a coupe OF oY"S -,
| ribbon. Sometimes there Is mere II YOU
have ever looked at any Oh tne 49, 80
or the ladies OF the time ti niaIS 81
toinette you will get a lam ConSeP-
ton Of the fashionable hat Oh to-uA',
The crown may be high or low rounu y.
square. or even pointed. Inc ndr ieSe
must be big-that's because theieS ~
much to be put upon II.
Nowadays, when you lay your sovn
money down, you don't get a siinple-iooA-
ing affair with the assurance mat you arc
paying for its style-no. indeed, you get
much, very much, for your money II
were a woman with a strong pralh' /
| should be disgustei at this triumph OF
frills and feathers and frlyolS, put pc
ing merely a woman, with no eAtraordl-
nary mentality, L confess TO aninlHn6
them-the wonderful Is pelhs WIN
ing to be extinguished under enc.
'QUAlNILY SlAiLE.
You think II impossible for 50 nuch 10
be on one hat. Here Is an accurate oe-
scriptiOn of a wonderful chapeau that the
milliner described as quantity simple
The crown was large. soft, and Termed or
| white velvet: the brim. broad and bent.
so that it curved at each SIDE was or
silver-gray felt: about the chown was a
guile OF white chiffon, spanSled WIN
steel: at the right side there stood up IN
a triumphant, but graceful, manner three
white plumcs, each warranted 10 ue an
exact duplicate Of that wcrn by Henry
Of Navarro. (1he typewriter says snc
knows how 10 spell that name because u
belongs TO n ~race-horse' u Temporal! .
moresD These were fastened 10 the nat
by a buckle Of rhinestoneS. On the lelt
side under the brim. was a half wreath
cf roses that extended almost across tie
back. Now. remember. TINS Is ctIIeA "a
c|Taintly simple nat" and II took twenty
two bonnet pins TO fasten IL hrnlly on
the head OF the young woman wnJ were
1t. AMI wore II 10 the theatre! bv the-
bye. che looked SO pretty III II ina the
mer who sat behind her lors I'VE htr
| ana became followers Of the white J h'e.
with the triumph Of the big hat. there
is a Gradual coming of the trilmpa CT
The hairiresser. Last winter, Wh-te we
saw a loose coli Of hair. that any lady
might have arranged herself, We now OBJ
serve an elaborate arrangement OF puffs
Va a. NAAA Jus l4A'NAn ~ hH"A E 49,
a couture as one would not accomplish
ones self. and that whispers CT the mas
culine hairdresser. VIII some beauty OF
to-day appear, as did the Princess de
Lamballe, with her hair arranged 10 rep
resent a fun fleet Of ships? The lovely
lady did this orr Of compliment to a
sailor admirer, am1 that she might Keep
IL in order she slept, sitting up, icr sew
en- nights. Perhaps some girl OF to-day
who has n sweetheart IN the navy, or
.Afa F..f~ ...r mud IF tho White SHfQHE
ron, may have her pretty locks put up IN
just the same way. History, even In iasn-
ions. only repeats itself. Another lady.
who had given her heart for the time be
ing 10 the gallant Lafayette, had her
couture made 10 look Ike "a nag. ana II
was so cleverly arranged with red. White.
aud blue ribbons, suggesting liberty n
equality. that the Marquis de Lafayette
could not doubt fer whom the compll-
mcut was intended, and wrote a letter TO
a pretty American friend describing the
courtesy paid him
STRINGS OF GOLD DOLLARS.
Some patriotic girl OF to-day can deco
rate her hair, after IL Is pulled and curl
cd. with strings of gold dollars, 10 snow
| her appreciation OF Republican doctrines
and her horror when Democracy IS tAk-
ed about. The possibilities in the way Of
suggestive hairdressins are many, but,
while our pretty bellies copy the fashions
of Marie AntOinette and the ladies' or
her court. they are by no means eager
10 express In their t~OilctteS their Wit or
their politics. d,
1t is a curious fact. but IN both England
| and France wCmen have tod the story in
knots Of ribbOn and flowers, in specially
shaped garments. in hats or a peculiar
| color. their political lcanings, but Ameri-
can women have carefully avoided these
modes Of expression. The enthusiasm
tina the English women show FOR the
primrose would not be understood here.
and the quickncss with which something
worn by a fayOrite statesman - copied
by all his constituents belongs peculiarly
across the sea Either our opinion are
| deeper and stronger, or is Il that we do
not have any opinions at aAy certainly
when the war days come American wo-
| men show themselves strong enough ana
| decided enough, but in the days CT peace
they do not permit politics 10 influence
the Arrangement Of q ribbon, or the style
OF a hat. By-the-Dye, speaking or Iash-
ion, the cO.Ors that were in vogue Just
before the French Revolution are az
much in fashion now as are the hats OF
that same period. The peculiar green,
the deep garnet, the artistic blending OF
lavender and blue, the comn1ngllng OK
bright-green a deep. but net o dull,
| blue. all these are 10 DC zen either IN the
| gowns. bOdices. or wraps Of to-day. And
the c~ravatte. The one worn by my Lady
| MOdish now - not the simple stock worn
by the men who constituted themselves 4
Jury 10 murder their king: 1t IS the far
Ing lace bow Of Louis XIV. and Of those
| gentlemen who did not disdain to ac-
ccpt a piece OF fine lace when IL was
willol 10 them by some aged beauty, who
admired their youth AMI galantry.
EsCAPADES OF A GAY BEAU.
The older a beauty grows the more she
| appreciates q young, handsome man.
She has nothing but disdain 70 offer to
that rival, a young woman, but sf.s ap-
Dreciates the escapades Of q gay beau,
and she IS always willing to forgive him
and to laugh with him over his pranks.
Ii he is near to her she wants him 10
look his smartest, and II is easy 10 under
STAN how. in the years gone By, she
wiled to hin so many yards or beautiful
lace 70 make rufies for his wrists and
a cravatte for his coat She liked 10 think
OF him as triumphing IN beauty ana cress
over all the other men, and II pleased
her TO know that. when she was dead
and gone. the lace which she gave him
would add 10 his appearance. Generaiiy,
he was a prodigal. but from time imme-
mcrldl women have loved tne prOdlSal
son, AMI they always vii.
Think over history and you will find
hat your heart goes out 10 the gallants,
even TO the handsome thieves, whlle II
never beat a bit quicker as you read
OF learned monks or patent SAINTS. IL
- true that one or TWO saints evoked a
! heart-throb. but they were saints who
had been sinners. The gay rrenchman
who loved anOther's wife, VINO was IN
the habit OF meeting her in n little Get
tagc pear Versatile, who went 10 meet
her one night, saw that she was lying
on a couch. apparently asleep, put MS
arms around her 10 AWAKEN ner win a
kiss, and IN his arms her head separated
from her tofV Won know the story. the