Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-11
EASTER BONNETS.
They Will Soon Make Their
Presence Known.
How They Are Made and of What
Material.
In General. They Are Rich but Not
Gaudy.

| The season Is last approaching Wner
that wonderful product of the milliner' 5
art for which the hearts of all woman
kind yearp with an intensity that is be-
yond the conception of the sterner sex
the Easter bonnet-is about to be
sprung upon an expectant public.
The bonnet, only it is more likely to
be a hat, is an annual affair There
is only one Easter in a twelvemonth,
therefore there can be but one yearly
production Of the Easter bonnet,-Abut
in Justice to the designers of these mar
I'velous creations it must be said that
the impressions made by them are very
lasting, often OUTLYING the bonnets
the mSelVeS.
1t is a custom amCng modern news
papers, at Easter time, to acquaint
their readers regarding the styles Of
feminine headgea1 that are liable to
appear on the day itself, if the skies
be clear and the sun smiles for all, and
it was for this express purpose that d
Journal reporter was permitted to go
, behind the Japanese screens in one of
our millinery stores, yesterday, that he
II. ght scc just how the work was done
ana, with the assistance of the lady in
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net that should only be exceeded in ac-
curacy Of detail by the bonnet itself.
! This work is usually done by the
| nj .ino.y reporter, who is of course.
iaoy. but as she was not available just
1T the time specified, the assignment
vas transferred to the fair reporter
The fair" referred to being the county
fairs.
The reporter entered upon the work,
full of confidence ana without a qualm,
the confidence being born of three
years experience among the fancy
Goods departments Of the several
fairs III Kennebec county, where he ac-
Quired a knowledge of t1oniton lace and
l:atterburg work that enabled him to
tell either of them at a glance-if they
were properly tagged.
IT took but a few moments converse |
ton with the milliner to learn that |
laither H0niton or Battenburg are very |
extensively used in the construction of |
ne feminine hat in general, or the |
.aster hat especially, and the reporter |
was obliged to throw himself upon |
lie mercy of the court" so to speak,
and to depend upon what he heard |
rather that what he saw. It is eX-
pected that few discrepancies may
creep into the description given, but
the following forecast of the Easter
hat is about correct.
1t is said that we are fearfully and
wonderfully made. The same is true
of the Easter hat, only there is moth
ing fearful about it. The society edi-
tor would call it beautiful and the
girls, just too sweet for anything
1t IS not high hat. except perhaps, in
price, being what is called a turban.
TO the masculine eye it might suggest
a Washington pie, but it is turban.
This turban is made of chiffon, of
many shades, but the linen shades pre-
dominate The rim of the turban is
from two to two and one-half inches in
height, according to the amount of
chiffon used, and when trimmed is very
pretty. There is nothing loud about
the hat, the general effect being rich,
but not gaudy.
In trimming the hat lace will beused-
lots of it. as well as flowers and fruit
snow balls, cherries and other small
fruits in pearl and silver being quite
the proper thing, and very pretty. Ana
then there are flowers galore-fowers
with large petals, and flowers no larger
than forget me-nots. Fine button
roses will find place on many hat
Some Of the roses are of color that
would give one the impression that
they We're badly frost-bitten or had |
been through a rummage sale, but they |
are all right, and were made to match |
the linen shades of the chiffon OF |
which the hats are made. There are |
roses Of all sorts of impossible shades,
but then you know, Nature IS not fol- |
low ed very closely in trimming a hat.
Another necessary adjunct to the hat
l., cabochon. What is a caboehon?
II is creation of pearl or silver, about
the size and shape of a cocoanut cake,
and is surmounted by a circlet of small
brilli9nts that sparkle and scintillate
Ike the diamond necklace of a roper
toiro star Add to all this a feather
pompon, and the hat is complete.
a good point about the hat is its
durability. From the foregoing des-
cription it would seem that the light
material used would be easily ruined by
bad weather, but as a matter Of fact
the hat is not as liable to destruction
from moisture as have been those of for
MGR years However, do not think
| there is q written guarantee with the
| hats. for all kinds of weather, for they
can't stand everything, any more than
! thr rest of us.
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