The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-11-13
THE FAD FOR CAPS.
Pretty Headgear for Hene Wear Has
Akafn Returned to General
Favor.

14bS are coming ITO vogue 6-1lL
The average woman wilI take the state
nent with a grain Of salt II she believes
that any modern mstron is going TO
adop. q bit Of lace for head covering.
10 matter how becoming II may be. TO
denote that her frivolous days are over.
and that she Is settling down TO do
mestic Affairs. But she need have 10
fear. says the Washington Star. The
modern cap is thoroughly mp to Gate.
IL is SO entirely modern that il is called
cap by concession only and is really q
Grapery Of lace for the head.
A New York woman who Il consid-
cred one Of the best dressed in the city
Is never seen in the morning without
this little drspery Of lace for the head
She Is noted for soft flowing style Of
costume Her morning robes are dainty
affairs OF silk and lace falling in soft
lines. and the pretty lace scarf. which
SIC always throws on over her head.
and upon occasions ties loosely under
her chin. Is wonderfully becoming.
The woman OF to-day lives il a siren
uous life even IL she has less 10 90 with
Domestic affairs than her predecessors.
She has a late dinner and later enter
tsinmsnts following In the morning
she IL weary She takes her rolls and
coffee in her own room. her hair Is
lightly pinned up over her head before
!; is finally dressed for the day. and she
finds a bit OF lace to throw over IL con-
venienee. Its softness Is very becom-
ing, and ii lightens the tired lines around
her eyes.
II she spends the morning In her room
writing letters and looking over fam
fly accounts. she still wears the bit of
lace on her head. Her intimate friends,
whom she thus receives, find her never
more attractive than In this morning
costume.
A soft head covering Of white Is so be-
coming that IL is unfortunate that
American women do not follow the ex-
ample of the English women and wear
them more often In public. There Is
nothing prettier or more becoming than
the English widows cap. A melon
shaped cap of white lisse and tulle has
Marie Stuart style. and Is effective
The center Is pulled and pointed front
and back with soft folds On the out
side
A yeil Of the white, gathered In close
where IL joins the cap and flowing ou:
soft and full well below the waist. is de-
lightfully graceful. The hair puffs out
in front in something of the Pompadour
effect on either side of the point OF the
cap In front With the white bands at
the neck and wrists, contrasting with
the heavy bands Of Grape on the gown
81 makes beautiful costume.
Older women In England also wear
caps OF lace and ribbon. and they are
is occasionally woman who believes
In the dignity and grace of years, and
for her the milliner prepares an old la
dies cap. They can even be found ready
made in the shops. These are Of pref
ty lace made In the form of jatot, with
loops Of ribbon set on one side into the
folds Of the lace.
The sweeping cap has also undergone
a transformation. The old-fashioned
sweeping cap. made of a sphere OF cam
brio drawn up close around the edge
still remains, but pretty girl or
young woman who has Homework &c
Go makes dainty and becoming cap OF
a colored- bordered handkerchief This
may be large or small. according 10 the
degree of service 1t is supposed to per
form.
To make a real head covering a large
fancy handkerchief such as may be
bought for from five cents up, is used
This is first plated in close along one
side, to fit into the neck and TO form the
lower part of the cap. Next, the side
opposite is taken, and the two corners
brought together and the halves sewed
overland. a point being formed where
they meet in the center of the handker-
chief and the point tackled TO this. The
effect now Is hoodlike. and 1t only re-
mains to fit the cap. This is done by
making little plaits around the sides
and there is pretty and becoming cap
A smaller handkerchief may be used
One of a solid color lawn. pink or blue
or lavender. lace-edged. is pretty The
top side OF this should not have the
edges sewed quite to the corners. and
these are turned back in two little
points.
The WeIl-Bred woman.
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