GIRLS' GOSSIP, FROM TRUTH.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3906, 26 January 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)

GIRLS' GOSSIP, FROM TRUTH.

I will describe some bonnets we caw the other day. A most quaint, uncommon, and stylish one had the crown made of undyod seal, which as you probably know, is sealskin boforo being dressed, in the natural color, a light goldon brown. Tho brim was covered with gathered brown velvet, and a bird with bluish plumage formed tho other trimming. The strings were of velvet ribbon, about two inches wide, in tho lovely, shade of brown called ' mi-dorc' A gold pin, with largo round head, fastened together tho folds of ' midore ' velvet that met above Iho brim. A lovely little muff was made to match this bonnet, of ';midore ' brown velvet, undyed seal, and a bird, besides loops of narrow brown ribbon, velvet on one side and satin on the othor like the strings. . ■ ' The new bonnets are made to suit the hair worn high. One which wo admired very much was of the Medicis shape, which is both smart and becoming, The crown was of brown velvet, and the brim was covered with sealskin. The two materials go beautifully together. Tito strings wero of velvet. A pretty ' made ' bird adorned one side, its coloring being composed of many shades of brown, from deepest foresttints to the pale hues in the streaming feathers of tho J3ird of Paradise.