The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
HATS FOR SPRING.
An Advance Peep at the New Easi Ell
Millinery.
Especial CorrespondenceY

Especial CorreSpondenceY
New York, March 2-There is some
thing decidedly new in the finest of the
hats designed expressly for Easter.
They are not only new, but striking
and remarkably becoming. i refer %
the turban shape, which Gas just
enough of that form 70 distinguish q
from the others now in vogue
One exceedingly striking haze was in
turban shape with the brim two inches
deep, standing straight up all around
and being set out from the crown near
" three inches in front and an inch
and half in the back. The whole was
covered with cream colored velvet and
overlaid with rich cluny lace, mat
white. Under the brim was series of
folds of crepe lisse in deep cream.
Across the crown and reaching down
% the edge of the brim was fiat band
Of mink fur held by fancy button.
Across the back was set bunch Of
frosted grapes and leaves. The grapes
were in several stages of ripeness. Most
of the leaves were white, and Sc We're
shaded and frosted SO that the whole
made a beautiful arrangement of color.
Another beautiful hat is in a mod-
fed turban shape and is of ivory white
velvet, fine white chip and dark green
velvet. The hat is of the chip. all ex-
cept the brim, which is of green velvet
bound with ivory white velvet top and
Sc Of "a
white around the crown and at the
back is q donkey ear bow of both white
and green, two ends standing up and
two falling over the hair in the back.
The fiat styles are quite as fashiona-
BILE as they have been. An example Of
this shape is made OF greenish gray
velvet, with the brim surrounded by
drapery Of handsome white lace, which
falls in the back to the collar. A very
unique trimming is Sormed Of white
velvet Gala lilies and their foliage.
These droop with the lace at the back.
Another hat was made on these same
lines, but had morning glories in all
their delicate and velvety tints instead
Of the callas.
1t is rare to see such large blossoms
on hats, but this year it seems as If
each person had her own ideas and
worked them out at will. Some of the
hats of the season have the most frag-
lie and delicate flowers, and then again
we find great chrysanthemums,, roses,
pond lilies and now callas. The man.
ufacture of these flowers is real art,
as the tiniest defect Of nature is copied,
even to having some of the blossoms
faded and Drowned by the sun. Leaves
bitten by worms and twigs with spider
webs woven in them are often found.
There was one hat with something
Of a faraway look Of oriental royalty
about it. One might think it originally
intended for shah if it were not among
the new head coverings for the fair
women of our own free land. The tur-
ban had deep brim, full three inches,
and set out but about three inches over
the brow and was quite close In the
back. The whole was covered with
white Indian Grape, which has the
deepest and most pronounced crinkles
Of any Grape. This gave beautiful
effect of light and shade. On the left
side was large ornament Of pearls,
bordered with line of black and gold
cord. Two rows Of this crossed the
front and were festooned up at the right
side under another pearl ornament and
then reached the center of the back,