The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-04
FADs OF THE MOMENT.

of the women, and of all the extreme
| 'fadS" ever known this is one of the
most pronounced The opening of the
racing season in Saratoga was the oc-
casion for the first great display Of
| these Vapor wells. At times when the
| sun shone brightly on this flowing,
| gauzy headgear, blowing in the breeze
| in all it's maze of coloring there was a
! strong suggestion of the fire dance in
Pains "Pompeii" These wells were not
of the ordinary size, but a full yard
wide and three yards long, completely
enveloping the hat. 1t didn't matter
whether a woman wore an old, shabby
spring or early summer hat, the veil
hid 1t. Even middle-aged women look
ed ike brides in wonderful white wells,
with white gowns. Other colors were
heliotrope, pink, light blue and black
With white dots. Some women wore
two wells of different hues. One wom-
an of fashion known for extremes in
dress appeared in Newport yesterday
with three wells - one of heliotrope.
one of pale blue and one of white. She
looked like rainbow in the Niagara
falls miSts.
In August of each year fancy seems
to run riot in feminine frippery. Some
fad-Whether it be in hats or parasols
or a particular color or texture of ma
terial-takes possession Of the town
and sweeps over the country. In last
August it was the green hat and para
SOL One day a woman of fashion ap-
peared in the Ocean Drive in Newport
with a hat trimmed with the entire
plumage of a green parrot and carry
ing a green SunShade. The next day
more than 100 orders were telegraphed
from Newport to milliners and dry
goods shops in town. Green hats and
parasols were wanted at once. Within
three days from the time that emerald
pioneer appeared in the Ocean Drive
every department store and milliner's
shop in the city had big displays of
mats and parasols of tint that would
make it seem st. Patricks day had
been advanced and had received the
seal of fashionable approval.
A hat and bonnet party is something
of novelty, and may serve to amuse
a party of summer people for an even
ing Every woman invited must wear
a bonnet and every man a hat of some
| Old fashion or characteristic of some
race or sect, age or nation. There can
be nuns bonnets and hoods, bridal
topknotS' of all ages and countries,
Ga1nsboroughS, Pamelas, helmets,
Shaker and Quaker headdress, calsah-
es, fascinators," Clouds" old bell
crowns, Scotch Glengarrys, Tam O.
Shanters, Balmorals, even a bonnet
rouge or Liberty cap, as we'll as
Turkish fez, high pointed Tyrolese, In
| dian feather headdress, a three-cor
| nered Continental, and a c. A. R.
Guess cards may also be distributed
] and prizes awarded to these making a
complete and correct inventory of the
| apparel worn. The effect of the COM
mingling of all the colors and shapes
and fashions is most striking and en-
PERTAINING ha
| duce the hat and bonnet idea in a COM
munity is sure to- make hit"
| Girdles and sashes are important
features of the season. the floral sash
being the latest 1t is a wide mousse
line ribbon, with dainty sprays of bios
| SONS scattered over it, roses and car
nations being favorites, and is worn
with white lawn or null gowns. With
a poppy decoration or any red or pink
flower these sashes are wonderfully al.
Eliminating to all black gowns of wolfe,
| grenadlne, lace or crepe de chine The
ends are usually allowed to fall to the
| bottom of the dress.
Swiss and batiste embroideries are
| in great vogue, and are shown in botI,
| deep and narrow f1ouncingS, insertions
of varying widths and alI-over en-
| brolderies, all in the same pattern. so
that the most charming gowns may be
made entirely of them. The embroid-
| cries are in pure white or in two tones
| -ecru and white, or black and white
and wide black velvet ribbon sashes
combine with them most effectively.
The latest thing in summer miIli-
merry is the revival of the little bonnet,
which is wonderfully adaptable to both
old and young. The strings are not
tied, but are brought softly around to
the front and Tapped scarf1ike. Lovely
results are produced by berries and
| leaves in dull green's and browns mass.
ed on sailor hats of ecru straw.
JeWeled brooches and ornaNe nts,
modelled after all manner of birds. in
sects and reptiles, and reproducing in
precious stones the colors of nature,
grow more and more popular as the
season advances.
! Summer millinery still abounds in
flowers, laces and feathers, but if flow
ers are chosen, the hat is all flowers
and If lace, all lace, while masses OF
elegant plumes adorn chiffon, or straw
hats, with scarcely any other trim
ming.
To wear with a dainty summer dress
of sheer fabric, nothing can be prettier
than hat made Of pale pink straw
| and trimmed with punches of sweet
peas and pink taffeta ribbon. The
shepherdess is the most favored shape
! for such a hat.
Now that the great yacht races are
approaching many pretty ornaments of
nautical design are shown by the Jew
elers, and modish women are purchas-
ing them to adorn their yachting cos
| tunes.
The fans of the season are of every
degree of elaborateness and cost. The
daintiest are of rose point and Ouch
ess lace, with ivory or pearl sticks,
and there are exquisitely painted gauze
fans, quaint fans of the Orient and ali
manner of cheaper articles, which are
pretty and modish and endurable
| enough to survive season of hard
usage.
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.
There are some things in the way
their American cousins behave at the
seashore that the English, with all
their natural humility, cannot but think
little strange. One of these is the
habit that many fashionable girls at
watering places in the United States