Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-07
EASTER MILLINERY.
Teasing Temptations In Women's Headoea,
Are Shown.

The Easter display Of millinery is com.
mencing to be an aggravating temptation
for the feminine heart. If the new hats
blossom out in their usual manner an
Easter riotous display of color and ma
terials will greet the eye. There is moth
| ing mysterious about this years Easter
hat. You can see through it. IT is ,s
I transparent as a butterfy's wing. ne
| light and airy as thistledown. In gen
eral, it looks like a cloudy mass Of tuIla
carelessly draped. But there is art In the
carelessness.
The tulle and net hats are the favorites
of the season. and next comes a variety
| of shapes in fancy open work straw. TINY
! ruches of gauZe edged with a milliner's
| fold OF panne velvet are used as a trim
ming. They add much to the light fluffy
effect of the hat. Many of the new hats
are adorned with wings and loops of
transparent maline, outlined with a LACY
straw edge or a tiny cord of velvet.
The favorite color combinations are a
new shade of yellow called old straw and
white, silvcry gray and lettuce green
seafoam green and mauve bright red and
| deep purple and fawn and gold Rough
straws, very glossy in effect, all sorts Of
) lace straw, and Neapolitan in all the old
and many new forms are the favorites
especially the last. The lace straws
make pretty irregular shaped toques, and
are also used for hat brims. Any at
| tempt to give a description of the shapes
must be futile, for there is everything
imaginable, tipping down over the eyes
or iiaring away from the face as you pre-
| fer
| One of the new hats bearing an Eek
| elusive model is of pale green net, wired
| with narrow mauve velvet cords. 1t is
worn over the face and turned up just
| enough at the left side to show Il cluster
Of velvet petaled, rich tinted pansies. At
| the back of the hat, close to the crown
are loops of the net finished with the
| dark velvet cord.
| y new tempting toque looks like
| fluffy coil of tulle twisted carelessly
| about the head. 1t Is iawn color, with
| tiecks of glittcring gold hidden among its
meshcs The only trimming is a roscttc
| of narrow black velvet ribbon at the
| LEFT side towards the front. which is
caught with 4 curious antique gold
| buckle. With the exception OF a big
chou Of shaded violet tule at the back.
| they form the only trimming of the hat.
quaint ana bewitchinS poke bonncts
| are also a miliner's fancy Of the spring.
They are made Of silk Of the same piece
us the gown with which they are worn.
Perhaps ii II j faint gray Xix scattered
with pink rosebud-. ii II is. the bonnet
is trimmed with i black ostrich feather.
4 handful II the pink buds. ana it ties
under the chin with broad billowy
strclmrrs Of faint pink or black tulle.
The millnrrs have. hit nn the charming
idea NJ trimming hats. according to tn
season. wi.h limitations II the various
flowers lS they com" III bloom in success
sion. These changes ,ompr! society wom-
On. 50 often slaves to the whims Of fash
ion. to renew their headse1r continually,
according to the blooming vi the flowers.
y perfect creation In the form of
-ouut i composed at neigr cnlor"d coars"
pllit straw. In the centre in front. is i
long buckle N dead gold, ana all around.
falling over the brim. flouncc Of white
lace. Two rosettcs. composed Of pink
shaded roses vcilcd with chinonees OF
black tulle. are placed symmetrically. one
on each side OF the front. Strings 81
lblack tulle attached beneath the brim can
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in evidence as they were last season, ana
certainly they are more beautiful than
ever. as 50 much silk and velvet are used
in their construction, the colors being
soft and rich in CONSEQUENCE. Sheer
muslin is also used and there is the same
contrasting variety of small and large
flowers. like vioets. cdmelias and pond
lilies. peoples and orchids.
Some pretty flower effects are made
with colored mousscline de Sole made into
a large rosette with tiny ruche on the
edges.
Hats entirely made of flowers are seen
again and roses and peoples are both en-
ployed. separately, of course, as only one
kind of flower is used on one hat. y
pretty novelty for trimming is an osprey
with tiny flowers on the tips. a great
deal Of lace is used in trimming. especial
~ the Renaissance variety, and nothing
can be more elegant than black straw
with cream lace and n handsome buckle
for the principal decoration. Wide straw
plaits form loops on some of the hats
with very smart effect.
Dress hats this season are nearly al
ways black. The Louis XVI shape Is
still in high favor, and the trimming Is
mostly composed Of tulie, feathers ana
some flowers over the hair. In many
eases tullc strings are worn These form
\ very soft surrounding for the face and
give "frieux" aspect. and may take the
place of bods.