The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-01
FOR EASTER WEAR.
Public Views Of a Grand Spring Ex.
hibition.
ODD SHAPES; FINE TRIMMINGS
The Comb aud the Roses.-Circuiar
Chapeau of Niolcts .. stringiess
Bonnets-.The Flowers OF Millinery.

Would you know what is the dernier
eri in bonnets and what fashionable
milliners are devising in the way or
Easter hats to fascinate feminity and
incidentally to beguile them into buy
ing? Then lieten-nOt to a tale OF woe,
but to a tale of fashion. For this VIII
tell you of the very latest conceits in
chic headgear. There are almost as
many shapes, it seems, as there are
wearers, and no two hats are exactly
the same; some deft touch of the ar
tistic gives them a catchet ell their
own, and the result is indescribably
| charming. The pompadour hat, the
picture hat, the shepherdess hat and
that perennial favorite--the short hack
sailor, are all much in evidence, as is
also the popular and becoming panama
sailor and crash toque.
Satin and braid straws come in all
the fashionable tints of leaf-green,
Roman blue. violet, mauve and the
| burnt shades, particularly those of
burnt orange. In almost every case,
| the crowns of the hats are of differ
| ent material than the brim. Crushed
| crows of tucked liberty silk over wire
| frames are exceedingly chic, and when
| combined with the waving brim of sat
| in braid straw, an ideal picture hat is
| the result.
| A Rembrandt hat of curious design
is of black point desprit drawn over
| pale pink muslin de sole, and is turned
| up in most original fashion at the side,
held in place with two large and stiff
choux of white satin, each fastened
| with a small steel buckle. The trim
ming is the ever-becoming black os-
trich feathers, held in place by a mar
row clasp of cut steel Another de-
lightful novelty in the way of trimming
is a high and handsome comb OF cut
| jet mounted on tortoise shell uprising
against the black lace straw, which is
all sewn with glitterlng sequlns and
| veiled with filmy lace. A circlet of
pink roses defines the crown, while
clusters of the same lie at the base Of
| the comb.
The floral hat will also figure to some
extent this spring, and little circular
| chapeauX of violets, mignonette and
roses will be the correct headgear for
evening wear and will even be worn
it is said, to brighten up the tweed
walking gown or the tailor made cloth
| creation.
| Charming little bonnets, especially
| designed for women who cannot recon-
cile themselves to stringless headgear
are a feature of spring millinery, and
many novelties are seen in that line
One of the prettiest is of deep mauVe
straw, the mirror velvet loOp-like bows
divided by punches of violets. while a
sweeping black osprey and narrow
black velvet strings complete charm
ing whole.
The newest flowers are shaded tulips
orchids in all their rich and varied
tints, deeply colored fushias, white and
mause lilacs and all the dainty small
flowers. These will be used profusey
in red, white and pink.
These interesting details of what tC
wear" are prompted because of the
wonderful showing at the first annua
spring opening of Jonas Longs Sons
yesterday. 1t was an event of rare
Importance in feminine circles, ant
they congregated there in large num-
bers from morning till night. Th'
store was one vast bower of flower!
and potted plants The Rotunda-beau
tiful in itself-was enhanced by th'
addition of a unique decoration in tn,
way Of a Horn of Plenty" almos
thirty feet in length, which rises from
the top of the casino in the center
Flowing from the mouth of the horl
are cut flowers of all kinds, and inter
spersed here and there are clusters o
electric lights. From the apex of tn,
horn, three strands of flowers reacf
upward to where are floating figures
typical of angels. The balconies of tn,
rotunda are banked with potted plants
the effect Of it all being very beauti
full, especially in the evening. A spe
cial effort at electrical display is t
be made by the firm Saturday evening
The Millinery window, which the biz
stores chief decorator has put in OF
Wyoming avenue, is probably the fin
est exhibit of the artistic in dress tina
Scranton has ever seen. The entir
background is of white, with a yer,
delicate twinng of green foliage. Sur
mounting the background are thirteel
huge pyramids-entirely white-fron
each of which protrude a cluster o
electric lights, forming the name of tn
thirteen most prominent Partisan mil
liners all of whom are represented il
the showing of hats. In the center o
the window, at each end are two nam
! moth columns of white, tWined will