Year: 1876

With pretty bonnet on woman feels
well dressed, no matter how plainly she
may be clad in other respects. Therefore
is the bonnet subject an important one, and
no description of fashions is complete chat
does not include spring headgear. Not
withstanding the rage for imported hats and
bonnets, as well as imported everything
else, the hats trimmed by American, nay,
by Philadelphia, milliners are just as pretty
as those from Paris and often prettier. a
stroll by a Times reporter through one or
two Chestnut street shops was rewarded
with the sight of number Of beauties of
both sorts. A curious looking hat has a
white chip brim and an open-work crown.
trimmed with white gauze ribbon falling in
long ends behind. On the front of the
crown are two white plumes falling over a
spray of salmon-colored roses. There lis a
full-face trimming of white 1ilacs and mar
guerites. An exquisite French hat from
the establishment of Virot, Paris, is of
white chip. It is of new shape, very wide
in the brim in front, and caught up at one
side. The face trimming is of salmon-col-
ored silk and roses, caught back with
little gilt ornament. The crcwn is trimmed
with scarf of white silk, of the sort called
MericG'sSrae, and spray of fine white bios
SONS, interspersed with salmon and blush
roses. Another imported hat is also Of very
fine white chip. Indeed, all the French
hats seen were of this material. This one
is trimmed around the crown with rouleau
of white silk, with white cashmere lace
standing up above it. The crown is caught
at the side with a filagree ornament. The
face trimming is of chrysanthelnums, jas
mines and cashmere lace. The price of this


'love of a hat" is thirty dollars.


A very odd-looking white chip cottage
bonnet has full plating of Valenciennes
lace standing up around the crown, over
which is a roll of aqua marine satin ribbon.
On the front of the crown are two aqua
marine feathers, falling over a bow of the
same color and cardinal ribbon. There are
long ribbon strings to tie under the chin,
The face trimming is simply full quilting
of aqua marine Grape. Another bonnet has
coronet front. 1t is also Of white chip.
The crown is trimmed On both sides with
long sprays Of the most exquisite dark pur-
pie violets On the front is spray of white
wild flowers. Fastened under the violet
sprays are loops, from which fall long barbs
of princesse lace. This lace is handmade,
very beautiful, and as desirable for trim
ming as the real thread. The face trim
ming is knot of white silk, with lace and
violets. Another hat of an entirely new
shape, has high, square crown and high
coronet front. The front is covered with
scarf of pale blue Louis XIII lace, which
is drawn back to form a trimming for the
crown also and falls in long ends behind.
These ends are caught together with
bunch of light blue flowers. The face trim
ming is Of the same flowers, with small
~rx~y of deep carmine,


OF course there is to be hat especially for
the fair ladies of Philadelphia to wear when
they 90 out to visit the Centennial Exposi-
tion. In honor of our beautiful Park it is
called the Fairmount hat. 1t has wide,
dropping brim, dented in at the sides and
back. These are of all sorts of straw, Leg
horn, Panama, chip Or any other, according
to the taste and purse of the wearer. They
will be much trimmed with poppies and
other field flowers, pale shades of silk and
black lace. Beside the hats with faring
brims, an effort will be made to revive the
English turbans that were worn several
years ago. Whether it will be successful
or not remains to be seen. The English
Derby will not be worn at all. Black hats
will be little worn, except for travelling,
white and corn being the prevailing shades
for dress hats. Very few brown hats will
be worn either, though chip will come in
every different shade to match suits. Thin
gauze and flowers win supercede ribbons
and flowers as trimming, although the for
mer will still be used for trimming misses
hats.