The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-24
WITH EASTER SHOPPERS
THE NEWEST CREATIONS IN SPRING
BONNETs AND HATS.
Those for ChiIdren-Ready Made SASH
es from Pa ris-What Local
shops show.

Spring hats and their accessories are uSu-
ally the first real harbingers of spring
styles and the retail stores on Washington
street, as well as the exclusive millinery
houses. displaying the newest things in
hats and trimmings for Easter which is
just little over week hence. Some of the
hats are really beautiful and mostly indie
scribable especially those which have been
imported from Paris. One of Francois's
seen at one of the retail stores was simple
little bonnet made of jet, of a peculiar de-
sign and trimmed with rhinestones and
large-knobbed pins of jet and one black
plume. 1t will sell for $50 The gypsy bon
net for children is revived again In the Leg
horn poke. They are extremely pretty. One
Leghorn poke was simply trimmed. The top
of the brim had two rows of white ruching
and festoons of pink silk edged with the
ruching adorned the crown. The ties were
of pink ribbons. and underneath the brim
was finished with tiny apple blossom buds
Another gypsy bonnet was trimmed in white
satin ribbon and forget-me-nots. There are
also some very lovely picture hats shown
for children. One, fashioned of fancy braid,
had a Tam OShanter crown, with liberty
silk rosettes of pink and white satin ribbon
trimming The ties were of pink liberty
silk the edges finished with ruching and
| caught at the brim with punches of forget
me-nots.
other hats shown for the little folks are
dainty creations of liberty silk and ribbon,
poke bonnets and flats with accordion plait
ting, trimming, etc. They are inexpensive.
Lovely hats for misses are large brimmed
with huge bows of tucked silk or ribbon
and long pelican quilts. with either the
round crown or the Tam O'Shanter effect
An elegant imported hat of black, turban
shaped, is made of black silk braid with
liberty silk trimming. outlined with mar
row jet edging. There several lovely
pompadour hats and turban effects. A stalk
of flowers seems to be popular 1t stands
up as high as six inches and its body is
wire, wrapped with ribbon and on TO this
small roses. violets, primroses or pansies
| climb, somewhat resembling a stalk of
| hollyhocks. The wire framework is so fast
| ened to the hat that the flowers sway with
| every movement of the head.
| Several of the retail firms held special
| openings this week 10 display exclusive pat
| terms in silks, alovers and dress patterns;
| PladS and checks for a background and
| stripes in wavering. broken and zigzag de-
| signs, with showers of tiny polkadots
| Sprinkled broadcast. are some OF the fea-
| lures of the silks ginghams dimities chal
| lies and satines. Another feature or the
| ginghams, which to be worn very much
| stripe having the appearance or small
| ridges. The cord effect is shown also IN
many of the now taffetas and dimlties;
| DimitieS are to be all the rage. and were
| never so beautiful as now. They come in
| solid colOrs, as well the fancy ones. The
green room" of one firm was converted
| this week into a perfect bower by the dis
| play of imported novelties in silk. Among
| them was a white-printed warp, of Louis
XIV design with a wide black satin stripe
| running lengthwise Another French nov
| city, pOlkadot with side bands of rose pink
and marrow printed design; was VERY pFe5
| tique, with fringe stripe on gray back.
| used mostly for waists. sold for $3.50
| yard A handsome pattern was OF heavy
cream satin with violet bowknots, which
| were fashioned across the piece. 1t sold for
| $50. Another exclusive pattern was OF
printed warp, with a white background and
1 a heavy black satin stripe. the white hav-
| ing hand embroidered flowers in color. The
pattern cost sl25. Another pretty piece was
| a heavy white gros grain silk with "A de-
| sign of lilies of the valley in black-$3oo
| yard The Cyrano red taffetas, with en-
| pire wreath and bowknot in white embroid-
| cry is inexpensive at $3.50 a yard. Grena-
| dimes, which will be very fashionable TINS
coming season, were also shown In many
| shades and designs A striking one shown
was a pineapple grenadine, with cardinal
polkadots embroidered on it.
Something entirely new is shown In the
form of ready-made sashes for dress TRIM
ming. They come directly from Paris. They
are made of printed warp silk. with fringe
edges. and are used as a. caScadtng on one
| side To finish an effective draped skirt.
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All shades of blue and pinkish mauVe are
| TO he seen. mixed with white. I'm stripes ana
polkadots and lovely white ones with tiny
rosebud designs in organdies. Everything
| is neat and dainty and extremely decorative
this season. novelty in the organizes is
| the printed bayadere lace stripe, on a plain
| tinted background. At distance one would
| think it were real lace appliqued on. Or
| candies are to be worn much this season
| as the more durable dimites. which range
| i'm price from 20 TO 60 cents. The satin
| stripe and silk warp French gingham sells
| at 81 to A. cents yard
In the ready-made garment departments
| are shown the proper things in new tailor
made suits, and the latest spring jackets
and capes. The tailor-made suits are most
| ~ close fitting, double and single breasted
| The skirts are mostly trimmed, some elaD-
| orateIy Some have the oVerSkirt effect,
| and all have quite a train. The Eaton Jack
| ct is predicted to be very stylish. The jack
| cts are very prettiy trimmed, some in white
silk appliqued with lace and edged with
narrow ribbon, while others are embroid-
| cred in colors. The lapels in most cases,
are fashioned so that when closed they nave
| the appearance of close-fitting jacket.
| They range in price from So to $40 An
attractive line of separate skirts is shown.
They are made in various styles. The but
tons on the back of the skirt are still popu-
lar while the fashion of buttoning the
skirts up the front is the latest. The En-
glish mess coat will be very swell also. and
can be had I'm all colors. The spring jackets
are close fitting and short, and are priced
from So 70 to S25. A special jacket to be
worn with plaid skirts is offered for Sl2.
All the stores are crowded with busy SHOP
pers and the merchants feel satisned that