The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-02

with a green silk emerald in the very
center.
New York. Feb. es.-Dearest Cousin: I did
the wickedest thing to-day-fntentfonaify!
Like all other girls 1 know. I did SO want a
new hat. And, like a great many I know.
i did no; have the money with which TO buy
it. So what did 1 do?
/ went down into my bandbox.
Later. with my last summers hat In
my eye, I sailed forth to the nearest ma
line counter and here 1 bought four yards
OF exquisite stuff, all shirred into darling
little puffs. With this in one hand 7
stepped over to the applique counter and
bought some stlvered dots. 1 then DUR
chased nine pink roses Of natural size and
a perfect bush of siivered rose leaves.
Going homo L covered my last summers
hat with the maine, placed the roses on
the top of II. at the back, letting the leaves
trail down in front over the bffm, and,
finally, 1 set q few roses under the side.
AT the back 1 arranged some leaves to
fall upon the hair.
Then. and here comes the wickedness,
ripped the French label out of my last
winters opera hat and sewed 1t into my
new Easter hat! and, now, to all intents
and purposes ! have an imported creation,
rich in everything except the cost.
Yellow Roses of Southern
Chimes for Easter.
How we are reveling I'm the golden yellow
roses of Southern chimes. You see them on
bodice and I'm hat. II Is enough to make
our roses turn green with envy; and green
they do turn.
Listen to this: At a day reception. a
late day one, when the electric bulbs were
snapped on, and the ladies wore row
that looked like evening ones in everything
except the decolletege, q pretty Gouthern
woman wore a dress Of black lfsse. over
black tafeta- Her bodice was encircled
with a bertha of lace headed with wreath.
of small green roses and green leaves. Her
hat was trimmed with green roses and her
skirt was embroidered around the hounce
with the same hue of rose. How is thai
for green?
Lisse is to be 80 fashionable. 1t Is very
much like mousseline de sole, but is pref.
der. many people think. being more easily
sewed and handled. 1t is said also to veal
better, but 1 do not think one ever wears
these gowns out-more's the pity-for they
are so difficult to make.
A girl bachelor is earning a very good
living cleaning these evening gowns. Shs
is located in a fashionable hotel and she
finds that she has enough patrons to keer
her busy right in the house. She will take
q gown an hour before dinner and bring
II hack ready for you to wear. Her ma.
terials are powdered chalk and possibly
gasoline. But IL she uses the latter 1t /:
the deodorized kind that leaves no trace
upon the sarmeut
The lilac hat has made its appearance.
1t comes in every spring. and, like the
flowers of May, Is always welcome. 1t is
a big hat this year., covered with lilac satin,
or lilac silk, and there is a deal OF lilac
echinon upon It. The two materials. silk
and chiffon. are continually combined. and
mn hat Eaa~ns ~~--1s NI~ .L4S- rT1,e
lilac hats Of the season are made hats
wire frames covered with the goods-and
they are built on the very new lines.
Fashion of Trailing
Flowers Upon the Hair.
The fashion Of trailing a few flowers upon
tho hair has not gone out by any means.
but It 10 not a. popular as II was Last
season al hats had a few flowers looking a.
though pushed OF the back. bnt this year