The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24


there is n little breast pocket for the
handkerchief. which mparts a more
masculine air to the garment
Bonnets for Little Girls.
ouaintness Is not confined TO tho
millinery for grown-ups this season.
and the hats and bonnets for small
children express the quality delight
fully.
High pointed crowns ana tiny brims
rival wiue brfmmed. low crowned mod.
els in chlidren's millinery. as in that
designed for their elders, and there are
also countless little hat shapes less
extreme. many of the simple little hats
OF soft felt or velour SO much worn
for everyday purposes this winter.
For the picture shapes the supple,
lacy Tuscan braids and the pliabls
Leghorns are much used, with trim
ming OF flowers. chiffon. ribbon shirred
and corded puffngs OF SILK and little
frills Of Inca for trimmings. but there
are many other fine brnIds and rough
braids shown In the little blocked
shapes, and the most charming things
are done with shlrred silks ard nets
and odd jouy cretonnes OF small prlm
designs and piques and linens and fine
lingerie ma teriais
Adorable little Dutch bonnets have
sole crowns of corded silk or lace
straw fitting snugly on the head. with
turned back points over the ears. these
points faced with contrasting celor3
with lace or with quantity lowered
SILK or jouy point.
Normandy bonnets there are. too,
with many variations. and curious en-
hroidered caps OF linen which fit plain
ly and closely around the face, while
the crown. very slightly fulled into this
brim band, extends down over the
band at each side In what may per-
haps be best described as dat en-
broldered earlaps.
Mushroom brims with bowl shaped
crowns are. as ever. pretty and practi-
cal for tho small girls. but thsse shapes
this season show tendency 20 br ms
Wilder at sides and back than In front.
and the bonnetllke effect Is usually
very becoming to the child face Such
hats are very often trimmed with wide
! bands of shirred and corded or puffed
silk laid around the crown and some
sort OF flat chou or bow on the side
Taffcta Is popular SILK for the pur-
pose. though 1t seems hardly so child
like as The softer messalines and sat
ms
Narrow ribbons with picot or fringed
edges are quilted and used in rows
for trimming, and wider ribbons or
scarfs ana bows also show fr!nged
edges.
The cid -fashioned jouy designs in
soft silks and in cottons make attrac-
tive scarts for simpls child hats, AID
as has been intimated before, arc at
;ractivcly used for whole hat crowns
and bonnet crowns the shapes in these
models usually being as odd aud old
fashioned us the materials.
In place of the mushroom hrim there
are becoming little shapes whose
brims droop ut first, but roll back
little NJ the edges The roll may be
/ the same all around or NOR pro
rounced at the sides and back than in
front or in evidence only across the
front All OF these shapes arc set ow
on the mead and are admirable play
hats
The Robin Hood Shapes are good,
too, for small schoolgirls. and most of
these small rough wear hats are trim
med in rather severe fashion with
some little cockad, or brush or bow
or u single fancy feather, such us that
Of a pheasant,
Flowers for the hats or ,nc very
small girls are. according TO Americas.
taste. limited to small list, but the
French designers do not hesitate to-
use on the baby hats the same odd lt.-s
tie silk flowers aud small traits and
weird clusters OF silk covered biit-
tons. which arc Ike no flowers %
Fruit in nature, but are very eitactlpe5
In little close punches II the co,oys
arc cleverly chosen
Nosegays of small, old.fashioneG
flowers. such as.are seen in tha mo6lsh
boutonnleSes and some OF the hatas
for srcwnups. are introduced upon.
child. hats ana have homely sweet.
ness that makes them seem more ap.s
propriate than any OF the more pfsfs1,-s5
,i9us flowers, though they ara ready