The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-10
DECIDEDLY FRENCHY NOTIONS.

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soeciaI correspoodence Of The Sunday Republic
Paris, Jan. 24.-Spring millinery-there
is something in that reference which
gladdens the heart Of womnnkind. 1t
means, SO decidedly, you know. a lot OF
bright and dainty things upon which the
eye may feast.
OF course the beauties Of spring mil
linery are not yet revealed, but there Is
hint to be gathered here and there
about what a few Of the most charming
notions are to be like. For example,
there is much yellow to be used. yellow
is a refreshing color, after the grayness
and dullness of winter. 1t suggests the
first spring fiower-the brave little cro-
Gus, and it reminds one, too, of the later
season when the fields are abloom with
buttercups and gold-hearted daisies.
One Of the oddities, so far as shape is
concerned, in the new Paris hats for
the next period of brighter days, is
shown in a sketch on this page. This
hat Is youthful in appearance and ar
tistic in effect. The one of its kind that
1 have just seen was built as a pattern.
and will be sent to an American mil
liner. Therefore, the Summer girl
across the Atlantic will have this hat
as well as the maids in Paris.
OF golden yellow straw, finely braid
ell, was this hat made. and it was woven
without crown. over the top there
w.ls a pleating of paler yellow silk
wired at the edge. the pleats radiating
from the top, of the hat, where they
were drawn together with gilt buckle.
A stiff band on the under side formed
the crown that fitted the hat to the
head. At one side the brim was bent
and lifted, the space filed in with loops
of black velvet ribbon.
This hat win serve as a model for the
regulation summer hat. Yon know there
is always one style that becomes regula-
tion in summer millinery. 1t was. for a
time. the sailor hat. then the Alpine, or
| walking hat shape, and last summer n
little toque of sheer material with a
knot of velvet was the standby. have
| it upon good authority that the hat that
have just described. and which re-
minus one of the shutdown" shape, that
our grandmothers doled on for garden
wear-will be copied in a variety of ma
| terials. Some will be built on wire
frames. making airy nothings and just
such as are delightful for summer wear
The wire frames will be covered with
crowns will be made Of pleated ril.-
bon or silk. sometimes edged with
tiny flowers or foliage. To say that the
idea of these hats was gathered from
the style of headgear most common in
Manila would hardly please the French
milliner who claims credit for having
originated it, and yet l believe the idea
did creep TO Paris uyia the United States.
AT any rate. S6ss, q new little crown
less hat whichS he French girl win
doubtless rave a{er as xehic. and the
American girl s3Sile. ON an. something
altogether novel and fetching. For
garden. parties fnd other out-of-door
fetes these hats viii have tops covered
with pleatings Of handsome laces. the
brims Of pink. White or blue shirred
tulle and the big buc~,e of sparkling
jet or rhinestones. And long before il
comes time to wear such gauzy hats the
same shape will be seen fashioned with
a brim of panne velvet and crown of
silk.
Hardly have the chroniclers of fashion
finished calling attention to the fact that
simplicity In hairdressing is the rule
than up bObs another mode. of the elab-
crate order. Partisan hairdressers have
been putting their heads together and
as fesult there is a new style of ar
ranging tresses that calls for the hand
Of an expert. Too easy, far too easy,
say these artists, have been the coiffures
of late to arrange. The hairdresser's
business must be given boom. There
must be a fashion declared as the most
correct which defcs the hand of the
amateur AT least this is the way the
practical woman is accounting for the
elaborate coiffure that has lately APP
peared. But the woman who likes
change and variety, welcomes it and adj
mits that it was because something new
was demanded that something new was
forthcoming. With little practice even
the amateur, however, may successfully
cope with the latest evening coiffure.