Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-05-22

j grayish brown to dark but ugl gray.
| Some are in an undecided plaid. the Zig
ure being marked more by II raised cord
than by any difference il color. The
cravanettes follow the general line of
spring colors and are now oftener seen
in the fashionable grays and dusty
; browns Some Of the new woods are in
what they call khaki in both weave and
J color. Very stylish suits are made Of this.
but it is what the French coll trop voyant
for everybody. Still no one calls tan
! broadcloth too guy for any one. The
, pastel shades even are not considered too
bright for any one.
! But this question must necessarily de.
pend much upon the way it is made and
! trimmed. Several times mention has
been made Of the great quantity Of lace
in the garnishing Of all these brondcloth
gowns, but this season is to out Herod
Herod in that respect. So much lace l
never saw. Whole street gowns are
made Of it-that is, Of the heavy,
coarse varieties-and the cut out work
which comes under the head Of lace,
though really 1t is not real lace, unless it
might be called applique.
saw several black cloth dresses where
the whole skirt was cut out in a design
very like escurial lace. This left the
silkcn lining to shine through in a most
effective manner. 1t is difficult to i'm
| agine richer gown not Of silk or velvet
or one of those magnificent thick bro
cades.
Easter hats and bonnets begin to claim
more attention than anything, md it
must be confessed that they are worthy
Of worship. To begin with the begin
ming. one must say something about the
foundations. These are mostly Of straw
Of some kind or other, and there was
never Il color in the rainbow that Is not
represented in them. Tuscan braid Is
the oftcncst seen for the best hats, but it
seems that human ingenuity has been
taxed to invent something that was never
! before seen. Several very swell hats
were made of what they call splints, and
1t looks just like what it is-namcly, fine
xhavings split fine and woven into hats.
The stuff has been bcachcd until it is the
wlitest Of all the hat braids this season,
but it looks like n basket. A few Of
these are plated very fine, almost as fine
as the old style panama.
One Of these was faced with pink silk.
The brim was perfectly fat, and the
crown a sort of sugar loaf shape. There
was band of chestnut brown velvet
ribbon around 1t and a very much bunch
ed up bow ut the front a little to the
right. Nothing else was on it.
The straw hats are pink, green, blue,
red, yellow, purple and lilac and perhaps
many more colors. They are trimmed
with rolls Of light silks such as liberty,
null and thin taffetas. The silk tulles
are the most In evidence, and they are
twisted around in immense puffs that
stand up very high above the hat itself.
Black lace is drawn over white tulle in
some Of the most elegant Of the large
toques. In such case very little trim
ming is added.
There are few flowers to be used in
millinery this season. but there are some
violets almost hidden in their own foliage
and some large poppics made Of Grape in
pear most often in these They are from
three to five inches in diameter, with
black petals and pale green leaves also
Of Grape.
| / noticed some made wreaths of plea
yune roses and violcts and also mingled
with urbutus. There are roses in the tea
variety. and not only they, but oil the
flowers. are fairly iinbcddcd in foliage Of
tn" l..nsi r,rrect kind. One reason why
there ar, so r'" i!,!vers in comparison is
bccullSr w. are 10 have punches Of fruit
inSirdl.'
1t is many years since fruit has been
used in millinery. There are punches Of
grapes. both green and of different shades
of purple. all having an unusual quantity
Of foliage. Not only are there grapes.
but punches Of currants. small apples and
unripc peaches and gooscberries. Really
the gooschcrrirs are beautiful. The fruit
will be used mostly on the rous il and
ready straws. while the Grape flowers
will be put on the fearful contrivances OF
lace ard tulc and other light material.
! Pannc velvet forms the foundation of
many toGucS. and OH them the fruit is
mingled with all sorts of lace. some Of it
being very line and delicate. while others
save tho heaviest kinds. -,
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