The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21

all there is a deal of black to give the
keynote of becoming to the dress.
There will be satin-covered hats this fall.
I saw one covered with dahlia satin. 1t
was a fiat little hat, to be worn tipped over
the face and with only a suggestion of
crown. The dahlia satin had tiny trac-
cry of black silk around the edge of the
brim.
The trimming of the hat was lilacs. Only
these and nothing more! Beginning I'M
derneath the black brim, where they were
clustered in bewildering confusion, they
extended up to the back of the crown and
around it and down TO the front, lilacs,
lilacs, lilacs! Around the very front of
the brim ran the tiniest ruching in deep
purple, but this was only to afford back
ground for the lilacs The prettiest point
in the trimming was at the back, where
the flowers were gathered thickly and al
lowed to fall over the hair.
Another satin-covered round hat was
much admired. This was of frosted gray
satin. with a tiny border of bright jet
around the brlm. band of purple vel
vet went around the crown, which was
shaped much like a sailor. And on top
of the crown and falling down over the
purple velvet were grapes of the clearest,
lOveliest shades of amethyst, They were
truly beautiful in their setting of green
leaves and overtopped by punches of pur-
pie velvet at the back.
Collars, it may be mentioned, are very
tall, and all neck trimmings are high and
fluffy. The great bow under the chin Is
coming in.
There are touches of purple in the
spring millinery, Unexpected touches of
1t. You see a purple feather where you
would have looked for a bunch of flowers,
and you see all purple hats. when you
are not looking for any purple at all. In
Il of
fort to bring purple into the popularity
which green enjoyed last year, and they
may succeed. You certainly see a great
deal of it. Oculists are saying that purple
is bad for the eyes and are telling of a
Chinese torture in bath of purple light,
but they are not downing purple, any
more than they are downing the inevitable
dotted veil.
One stunning woman l saw carried in
her dress wonderful note of purple,
though she wore not great deal of 1t.
Her gown was a pale green cloth with
passementerie of purple braid and let
| trimming 1t. Upon her head she wore
great picture hat, turned well up at
the back and tied with the largest and
palest of purple chiffon strings. Bunches
of the purple chiffon were crowded under
the back next her purple black hair.
AT one side were rows and rows OF
small purple and white flowers. whose
species l could not name; and In the
very center of the hat rose several rich
purple plumes. This was a picture hat
indeed, and l listened to hear its use. She
was buying it for an Easter Monday call
ing tour and it positively must be as
large and picture-like as possible. With
rare taste, the milliner was suggesting
that the front be very large and very
much tipped over the face. And then
saw that madame's profile was sharp, al
most 'hatchet," and that the larger the
front brim the more il would modify this
peakedness.
There were stacks and stacks of other
Easter hats but this / noticed in them
all-the fanciness of the straw, the preva-
lence of flowers and the tendency to bend
and shape the big brim so that it would
be becoming to all faces. 1t might be ad-
ded that the bird of paradise is not miss
ing, and upon the English walking hats,
In straw, it iseas muchlin evtSlence as ever
and just as expensive Nina Goodwin.