Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-18
BRINGS JOY TO THE WOMEN
Easter Delightful Day to Those Who
Have New Bonnets,
FEMININE HtADGEAR WILL RULE TO-DAY
Red and Purple the EnNoritc Coiors
in Omaha and the Churches
and streets VIII
lie AgIOw.

The display of gorgeous headgcar that viii
be made today by the women of Omaha VIII
totally eclipse all previous Easter cNhibl-
tions of handsome hats beautiful bonnets,
tasty turbans and taking toques Not only
have more specimens of the mlliner's handi-
work been purchased in this city during the
past two weeks than during any CORE
spending period for tho past ten years but
this season for the first time IN many years
there will be the added effect OF the first
presentation of the greater number OF them
on Easter Sunday.
There is an intimate relation between the
miliners' trade and the weather conditions.
The unfavorable weather for the past few
weeks. especially the cloudy, damp and
rainy Sundays. have had the effect Of hold
ing back the new spring bonnets. With a
burst of clear weather and warm sunshine
today, however, there will be the most
radiant display of Partisan and other crea-
tions that Omahans have ever seen. There
is no law on the statute books Of Ne
braska against the wearing of high mats or
bonnets of varegated cOlors In public places,
so that the devout worshpers and curious
spectators who attend divine worship at the
Omaha sanctuaries today are bound to see
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out before their gaze. The interior of the
churches today may not be like unto the
millinery shops on the days of their spring
openings, but they will come so close to 1t
that a traveller from a far distant land
might be led to mistake the one for the
other A prominent Omaha milliner said to
a Bee reporter yesterday: "Our trade has
been unusually good this spring, but | nave
not vet seen on the street any of the many
hats we have sold. If it is clear day to-
morrow, as it now looks as though 1t surely
would be- the people who come out in the
bright sunshine will be rewarded by seeing
a real treat in the way OF fine millinery.
WONDERFUL ASSORTMENT
II is pretty hard to say what shape, size
or color of hat will appear the most
popular one today. There will be a diner
ence in the shapes, a variation in the sizes
and a variation in the colors that VIII
astonsh the worshipers, the chapples VINO
grace the curbs in front of the sanctuarles
and the other members of that strangely
mixed throng known as the Easter
crowd" There will be a vertable shower
of bright flowers, green foliage, futed chf-
fon rich ribbons, weaves of tuscan Drald
in all the new shades and jeweled TRIM
mngs worthy of the Orient.
If any colors have been more popular thah
others among the bonnet buyers since
the various spring openings OF tortnisht
ago they are red and purple. Hats and BON
net; of the former color will be seen today
by the hundred. There will be proiusion
of redness that would tickle the fancy OF even
the yainest Harvard man. Red OF all hues,
from the lishtest tints bordering OH pink to
the darkest shades of crimson, has been
much sought after this spring In tact' SO
much of 1t will be seen today that many MIL
liners declare that IL Will be voted common
color by the fashionable women and be ia
boed by them for the rest of the season:
The ultra-fas ashionable folk have discovered
that so much red has already been used In
making up the millinery corrections this
spring that they have within the past few
days scratched it off their list The minuIe
a color becomes anything like popular, the
members Of the swagger society set are
through with it. and none OF them afterward
has the temerity to don it.
Next in commonness to red will come the
color of purple which many consider pecu-
larly appropriate for tho anniversary Of
Chrst's resurrection. There will be much
purple seen in the great passing show today.
The other five colors of the spectrum, as
well as all sorts of combinations OF the seven
original colors have also been employed in
creating the pieces OF headgear that VIII at
tract so much attention.
HEADGEAR SPECIMENS.
A dashing Gainsborough that will be seen
is of black Batavia CLOTH swathed entire in
folds of black embroidered Brussels net Four
Prince of Wales plumes wave gracefully
cluster of red geranums and an ornament
of iridescent gems, and this very French-like
creation will cost its purchaser the neat lit
tie sum of $22.
Braids in colors are blended in daring
colors. hat of pansy and green strands
rolling cTosswise over the brim has trim
ming of green and yellow pOppies for the
crown, and at the back a cluster Of red
chrysanthemums.
White leghorn. as in time out of mind
hold thn fnr
girls. One of these is trimmed in white
Brussels net, brOcaded in pink buds and
blossoms, yelling garnture of purple glace
silk in deep folds, laid over hedge of grasses
that falls full width of the brim. Above the
net stand two stately feurs de lis with green
leaves. The raised back is filled with clusters
of net and green velvet ribbon.
Bonnets are a tritie larger than last sum
mer One has a border of pink roses sur
mounted by jeweed butterfly that shadows
the entire crown. Another handsome bonnet
has terraced crown of iridescent jets, bor-
dered with puffs of mirror green velvet,
Frightened on the left by a gold and emerald
Brazilian beetle At the back a pompon of
jewel edged shirred chiffon is held by
cluster of geranium red and dahlia hued
roses. Swathings of chiffon for the garniture
or entire hat are quite taking. Striped rib
bons and ribbons with embroidered edges are
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