The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-16

n VI bleak and wintry above the mil
- liners are filling their windows
with sprfnglike concoctions label
ed Riviera hats. These millinery
gems are forerunners of the
fashions of spring and early
summer. Every fashionable Parisienne
goes TO the Riviera in the early part of
the year; 1t is as imperative as a mid
summer appearance at Newport on the
part OF the ultra aristocratic New Yorker
Entre Wardrobes suitable to the i,alnv
cHInate 81 the south of Europe are pre-
pared Tor the butterflies who now fit to
pask In balmy airs and the fragrance of
MOVERS. Most of the creations are to
Ihe rest of the world only Of interest be-
cause they show so clearly what spring
FASHIONS will be. This is particularly
true Of millinery, new designs being sub
Jecteo to fewer vetoes and revisions than
customs.
one of the most interesting facts in. re-
gard TO headgear is that bonnets. which
nave so long been out of fashion. are an
the point of revival The new method OF
dressing the hair low on the head permits
them TO be worn successfully Low. fat
crowned hats are to be the prevailinp
style. A modification Of the picture hat
with wide, undulating brim is trimmed
with large, expensive plumes and large
mowers. Jeweled ornaments in the shapes
OF clasps, capuchons and buckles will be
utlllzed to secure ends of draperies and
pluIneS' FLOWERS and fruits will both APP
pear upon hats, and instead Of Iltro sim
phclty season of rather marked ornate
ness may be looked for. Straw hats and
mats combining different kinds of straw
braid with chiffons or other light fabr;c,
are all to be exploited.
AS the best idea of what is to be mod
Sh can be obtained by an inspection of
the smart milliner's stock, accompany
me down the Rue de la Paix To the atai,
Ter of one Of the most Fashionable DE-
slshers or chapeauXi the city. She is
just DoWlng out a French duchess and
beautiful English countess has the ar
tenuon of her chief assistant In enc
corner, looking a little overawed nv the
tties which they hear floating about
are the wife and daughter of an Arnerf.
can InllIlonalre. They cannot but admire
ene apIo1no with which the ladies of the
atIslocracy secure an inspection of tho
very choicest designs in the estahlisb-
ment, while they must always be con.
tent with exactly what madame choosas
TO give them. 1t is fad of the B>renct
miillner and dressmaker to rather nat
ronlze the taste of her American cus-
TONER'S and to give them credit for var1
niue discrimination in the selection Of
wearing apparel. The Yankees -
very little choice and paw a grso+ ~ doo1
more than the continental or Fno1iSn
customer. "a 1rnsllSn
Inc hat which the French ducbesr 49,
ordered for San Reno is an exonisi+o
arrangement of roses and chiffon a co.,,
OF queen or May arrangement. with
wreath OF crushed pink roses for III
orinl' an airy circlet of tlille disnos.d
Ike halo above the roses. and tbc 49,,
OF tho frame filled in with more f1ov,er,S
Nine Ia Duchesse will don with If Soy,a
costly. inornate robe of light silk anS
fancy that she looks as simple as vii
lase maiden. The cost of the bst wo,,Ia
probably support peasant family for =
year, since each rose is hand-ma,4e -, q
OF the finest silk. 'iiu
Mllaoy, the countess does not % ~ -.
accumulated simplicity. How co,,1d ~ III
with her six feet of stature ana bas
much too solid flesh? But she want
something chic and becoming to her CON,
piex1on- An English woman never for
Sets her complexion; long after An Voc
Iges OF II have forever fed she reCuires
her oressmaker and miIliner to do bom-
sSe 10 It. Fortunately, milady has no4
been so thoughtless as to forget that nor
rouge box and powder pun NAV hide -
nct repair the ravages of time and nos
-houiged IN liberal use Of cosmetics be-
lore starting out for the milIiner's.
hat is selected which is very CO.
Quettsa, and viii mellow the light ove1.
the vanishing charms of the noble Ia5v
ana VIII, moreover, be in accordanc no.
with the millinery architecture of the
hour. 1t Is an impressive struc+1,re ,,,, ,;le
Of tucked pink chiffon and moad 103-h
rows of narrow valenciennes lace IT,
side flares straight to the slSv and -
lifted eff the hair by a twist of hI,eS
velvet, whose widest portion is CO..
trasted with bow Of lace. A great mink
rose hangs over the side of the hat and
almost touches the forehead curls. while
the leaves go climbing up the brdn.
nlingiing with the tendrils Of the wreafh
OF banksia roses. wlserewith the crown
OF the hat is encircled. Flat bows ar
the back fan over the hair
After having seen these hats. of course
the Americans want duplicates, but this
the milllner refuses. for she claims-art-
1ul creature-that she never repeats a
design, knowing well that she has sn
her showcases couple OF hats which
she is hopeless Of palming of on any
thrifty Partsienne, bur which she must
dispose OF TO someone of ample means
or lose tie expensive materials riske5
in two very daring experiments. or