Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
DAINTY HEADDRESSES
cRINoLINE TRIANGLE COVERED
WITH WHITE MALINE.
A Most Becoming Crown for silvery
I,ocks-Makes Grandmamma
Look as Fair as Bride,


Written for The Stag,
Amid the dainty accessories Of miladr
wardrobe which gain added loneliness Win
each succeeding season fneries for the
woman past middle age are not forGotten'
and none of these are more charming than
the exquisite little caps intended to grace
grandmother's white hair. Ingenuity and
dizziness have combined In shaping rare DTS
of lace yelling and delicate RIBBON with
the result that u more becoming headdress
could not be imagined than such an one as
the elderly woman is now privileged TO
wear.
Simplest among the little head cars are
tiny lace affairs that rest fatty on top OF
the head They are built on a triangle or
oval of crossbar crinoline, neatly bound
Gathered on this formation are short
lengths of dainty white pompadour Iace,
one layer overlapping another, ana IN one
fetching cap loops and ends OF pale blue
velvet ribbon peeped from beneath each OF
the layers Of lace.
The white organdie cap is another charm
ing headdress that gives O. youthful APP
pearance to q Wrinkled face. II an ola
lady has only small amount OF HAIR the
organdie cap which covers the entire top OF
the head Is exceptionally genteel and re-
fined, The organdie is tucked over crino-
line foundation, and comes to point where
ii is Joined at the center of the front very
sheer organdie strings with deep feather
stitched hens are attached at the back Of
the cap. and are tied In full bow at the
back Of the neck when the cap is IN place.
Caps of this sort are also built or Persian
lawn, and many old ladies allow the strings
to hang straight down at the back or TAI!
carelessly over the shoulders.
More fancy IS a cap OF organde cut In
heart shape. Alencon lace edging trims the
cap and forms the background for flower
rosettes made from baby velvet ribbon in
Law these adOrnS
top Of the heart on either side. and from
1t hangs six or eight short lengths of the
ribbon, showing knotted ends. Two large
rosettes bunch together at the point OF the
heart.
Caps Of maline in white or delicate colors
are fashionable Just at present, and are
wonderfully becoming, though they are so
easily rnussed and soiled that they will not
stand everyday usage. No loVelier head
dress could be evolved than a maline cap
similar to those seen in the pictures of
Mary Stuart. Built on triangular founda-
ton of crnoline, narrow folds of the ma
line are punched closely together, growing
wider toward the back, so that they form
a veritable crown. Dotting the top of the
folds here and there all over the cap are
very tiny black chenille balls that lend just
the desirable finishing touch.
In a second cap the maline IS laid on
curved crinOline form intended to conceal
the knot of hair on top of the head. -Four
folds of he white maine, each an inch in
width, emerge one below the other, and are
caught at either corner by a rosette of
tatting with a number of loop ends of baby
ribbon dangling from beneath
The all-lace cap with ribbon flower trim
mings Is fascinating in its delicate youth
fulness The favorite flower trimming is
a-pale blue or lavender daisy formed from
knotted loops of narrow satin ribbon that
center in heart of French knots in pale
yellow. These set off the fiat lace and chif-
fon caps. Another picturesque cap is built
from row upon row of Chantilly lace i'll
ecru. A wide-spreadtng bow OF liberty
satin ribbon in q deep amethyst shade
graces the front. and is held on by long
steel buckle run through with the ribbon.