Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

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rhe knees to give the appearance of an oversatt On
The bodice, which was OF chiffon. was a trimming OF
printed silk, odd little pink roses and green leaves on
a pale yellow background This went directly across
The upper part Of the waist. front ami back, ana met
I'm a double row on the upper part Of the sleeves. In
the neck was a small lace guimpe.
a coat which was intended to be worn with the gown
was distinctly novel. This was made OF figured net. the
design being embroidered entirely over with coarse silk
so closely that only occasionally one could see the net
below. On the lower edge or the garment was a broad
band of satin, and the short, open sleeves had the same
The lining was made OF the same printed silk as the
trimming on the waist. and although this could only
be seen in ITS entirety when the coat is open.
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So much for gowns, and now for a few words on the
subject of hats, which are being seen in such varieties
that it IL fairly bewildering, or course this Chante-
cler" hat is having its vogue. and one sees them every
where. In spite OF the fact that il sounds exaggerated
and extreme it really is pretty, and in addition It is
so well worn by the Frenchwoman that one loses sight
Of those qualities. The shape, for there really is hut
one Chantecler" hat is a large SLOUGH with the brim
slightly pointed IN front with a decided droop over
the ears OF the broad brim. and a slightly tilted look
in the back given it by a barrette from beneath.
The trimming invariably is the same, the head ana
tail OF a cock, the former with IT'S briiiianty tinted
comb and the latter with its gorgeous shaded plumaSe.
This IS placed with the head of the bird over the point
in front, with the feathers dropping over the crown
aud falling on to the brim rs Well / have seen these
hats in several coIors-black, brown. and dark green
but the black are the best ana frequently These are
lined with red. soft yellow, or white. and once IN a while
the cock viii be all white, a most stunning contrast
There are other hats which show the d" Chunteclcr
influence on which will be seen the breast and head OF
a pheasant or the wings and breast OF A black bird.
win touches OF brilliant orange or scarlet Breasts
and wings trim nearly all turbans and toques. and they
are used in the greatest prufusiou-
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A. favorite model viii show three large breasts on
either sde or a monster toque, the colOrs being scarlet
ana brown and the hat a coarse straw in dark brown.
These breasts are arranged so that as they 60 toward
the back each mounts higher and higher 50 that az the
back the hat is from twelve 20 fourteen inches. NatI-
rally they are worn far down over the head, so that
their height does not look so great As b. really Is.
Then there are toques ana turhaus made OF what IS
called luminous straW-coarse straw over which hua
been put some sort Of a preparation which gives 10 a
Furnished look Those done In yellow and brown are
exactly like gold and bronze ana aye lovely. The trim
ming always is simple-winss. "a uIe bow, Or a huge
cockade % outstanding fsathprs-7nd these HnI the
uIle bows always are pnced directly Iu The back
AS vet but few large hats have been WORN. qua ar
the smart miuEers they are showing some beauties
that are most tempting One particularly good model
which Z saw az Georg=tte had a Wide rarrEheri brim
and a large ur- In"r r~oWu Around the lurer were two
rows OF veivet 'on daep red and "a sort OF coral
color the hat being .lacil ana these wers crossed tu
front and then brought OUT on 90 the arn aad tucked
under a.