The Bonnets Of Seventy Years Ago

Iu trilimg of Lafayiette's visit to PhcKaidelphia. Jean Fraley Hallowell Igíves au interesting description oí the costumes worn by the fashtoiKib'.e wonnen oí that itey, i)n the April Ladiies' Homo Journal. "The bcmne-ts of tlio pe'.'totl,' shie writee, "were silky LephOTii-s, ftoe Dunsbable straws, end sariny Ita'.ian straws, sewed into extiravagaii-t shapes. Th,ey were actuallr becoming l) ymithiul ïaces. Tremnitl'Ous was thie e'.iipliiory, but the slua-pe was subject to' lmpnovomenits to suit eaóh imlividuai caso. Soane luige bomtertö wiere wnarCy i-ounded off at the ear, to dlisp";ay a well-tumed chieek. Ribbons were profusely empioyed lbo matcb the color of Uie silk liaing. A lai'ge ehape, lined vilh rose pink, was triuinied with iiows oí brotad rdbbon of too coiors white and rose, with ïtn@ streamcvs oí the niUbom. ïloating over the shoulUer. But BüO vxjuld be lost- froan a ïashdionabltó poiust yi view - if the stroamers were of tSue eame cotfor. Au etegaiiite would be oareiul too wear oue white amd the otlier pink. Large sluaipes oí wire a.ujd aet were oiten oovered wirtih, figured eilik or velvet ï'or cjoOder wealhier. Sunall Iiats of whifce crepé ot satin were worm on Üress O'CCasScras, even at evenluíí partjies. Thiey generally shtowed a marabout plume or biird of paradLse."