... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. Few prettier or more rational head coverings can be found for a little girl’s wear than the Puritan bonnets now so much in favour. These are reproductions of the quaint and becoming bonnets Mr George Boughton is so fond of showing ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. A glimpse of spring sunshine encourage to bring out some spring flowers for our hats and bonnets once more, and as daffodils, violets, and primroses have been most artistic productions in the artificial flower market the last ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. We have the late Poet’Laureate’s word for it that in the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Be that as it may, it is very certain a young maiden’s (or, for that matter, matron’s, and many who do not ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. Of the many dainty little bonnets we have made notes of in our leading streets lately, we have chosen the one sketched below as our millinery note for this week’s column. This was a very small Marie Stuart'shape, covered with ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. Ostrich feathers are to be in even rrmiter favour than ever this winter. are never entirely neglected, for there are certainly few ornaments more beautiful in themselves or (like fur) more universally becoming to the wearers ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY, Microscopic and plate-like hats have quite had their day, a waning in fashion no one need regret; and head-gear at present is distinctly more rational (in really good style ”) than it has been for a long period. Picture hats ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. Green and violet are undoubtedly the two colours of this spring, the former for gowns, coats, and trimmings, and the latter for hats and bonnets combined with violets, sweet violets,” as decorations. Some charming Marie Stuart ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. Unless the large hats be of the best materials and style, and thoroughly well worn they are not now such good form as small ones ; everyone mounts a large hat of some kind—good, bad, or indifferent; it is immaterial, provided ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. We have lately been inspecting the novelties for this year’s spring and summer wear for children at various lilliputian modistes and tailors, and extremely pretty and tasteful we tind many of the models to be. It is wonderful ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. The combination of Puritan hood and Marie Stuart cap shapes for bonnets, such as we recently gave a sketch of in our Fashions Column,” has found much favour, and some charming little bonnets in this style are to be seen now in ...

... SPECIAL TO IRISH SOCIETY. Until recent years the becoming effect of yellow as a colour has been greatly under-estimated. Given a clear pure tint of yellow —not the old gold tints there are very few complexions that are not aided and brightened by a judicious ...

... Special to Irish Society. Quantities of lace are used on this season’s dresses, much of it real and costly, but most of it imitation.. The perfection to which it has been brought has for some months been the wonder of experts, and the novice may well ...