The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-04-07

silk or of satin straw, they are quite a
study in color Turquoise. light pink,
bright heliotrope shades are used alone,
but more often they are blended with
grey, while brown is combined with
pink, blue with red, and grey with
green. There are some that display
opalesque effects, and those are light
and charming, and so are the cash
merienne plaits The straws are Of
light weight, but the vegetable silk is
lighter still, and there is a great deal
of black and white, and satin and silk
are blended with the straw in some
examples.
We are faithful to pailettes, their
reign is not at all over, and many Of
the Dutch bonnet shapes are entirely
composed of sequins overlapping each
other while some OF the toques made
in black net, worked in beads and Sc
uuins. are surrounded by wired rings
covered with. the same texture and elab-
orateIy embroidered. they are all
quite different to anything we have had
yet. The shapes seem all the more
unique, from the use of colored plaits,
and the quaint shape of many of the
crowns. often surrounded by straw
:
/, themselves as a bordering to red
crowns. But besides straw. there is a
great novelty in the rainbow cloth,
which has strong tenacity of thread.
almost like horsehair, displaying chine
effects in various colorings, and always
killed This is employed for the soft
Tam O'Shanter crowns, set in hard cir
cular brims, which are covered with
the same material. This fabric is
madein several varieties OF tones, some
times the groundwork is yellow, some
times green, mauve blue and pink, a
bunch of feathers mostly figures at the
side
There is a great deaf of novelty with
regard to hats of the useful kind for
country and bicycling wear. We have
not quite got away from the boat
shapes, but they will not be nearly SO
much worn as the sailor, though there
are some charming hats with high
crowns. slightly sunk in at the top.
and narrow brims turning up on either
side, surrounded By band of velvet
with a quill thrust through one side.
There is Japanese chip, which is ex-
ceptfonally light; it is to be had in
white and many colors, but one of its
great successes is in black, for it meets
long-felt want for a dull straw suit
able for mourning. This is made up
in sailor shape, and green sailors are
likely to be better worn than any 9TH
er tint. Modern hats of this class are
beautifully lined, the crown with leath-
en-, the sides with satin, a soft pad OF
velvet inserted in the front which
makes them set firm and comfortably
on the head Fancy straws of various
kinds are being made up into sailor
hats. the speekled black and white we
are accustomed to, but not so much to
yellow with violet, to red with green,
to brown with black, and other such
mixtures, or sometimes red with gold.
A great many of these hats are Of one
plain color under the brim, which is a
becoming treatment, more especially to
women who have passed their pre-
miere jeunesse. Light colored hats
with light blue and light pink velvet
ribbon round, are likely to be extremes
ly well worn as the season advances,
and white Japanese chips, with either
white or light colored bands. There
will be long range of Panama hats,
which are delightfully."- light, too, and
these have green and other cOlors in
troduced under the brim. There is
quite boom in them for cycling pur-
poses.