Now that the spring is with us, we instinctively think of clothes, so I feel I must write and tell you what we are wearing, and, as far as possible, what we are gain to wear, which will be far more useful an interesting to you. I think I will begin with the head-gear, as I believe it is the correct thing to go from top to toe. Huts and toques are most fascinating just now, and I feel as if I could write a whole letter on millinery alone. If you want to be really fashionable, whether you wear hats, bonnets, of toques, you must have tulle on them, s0 you may safely order out half-a-dozen yards of different coloured tulles; quite the smartest toque is composed entirely of tulle, say in two shades of heliotrope; it is made turban-shaped, and on the left side is a large chou of heliotrope velvet, held in place by a plain dull gold buckle; these buckles, by the way, are most popular, Another all tulle toreador toque has a long feather which starts on the left side, and oes almost round the brim, You have no idea what a delightfully soft effect this feather has lying snugly on the hair; this is essentially a toque for the young. In the toques the crowns are quite low and scme-times rounded, the trimming is broad and not atoll high. The hats are almost any shape. I can tell you such a splendid way to do up an old chip hat: cover the top brim with a handsome glace silk, put on quite plain, but nov quite to the edge; leave a of an inch straw border, cover the crown with a piece of folded glace, but the top of the straw crown must be left uncovered: then make a huge rosette of glace silk, put feathers or flowers as a matter of taste. I assure you this is the newest rage, and is an excessively charming fashion. I do hope you, will take imy advice, and do your Inst year's summer hat in this way. How do you like the idea of an entirely floral brim, and a tulle crown? Any small flowers lend themselves to this mode; violets, cither double or single, I think look the best; they must, of course, be carefully shaded. The only', ugly thing in this spring's millinery is the combination of hyacinth blue and bright red; it is not. pleasing to the eye, but it is fashionable, consol quently, it is much worn; orange is still popular colour; in an all black hat, a touch of shaded orange velvet has a good effect. Now, I really think I must tell you bout something else. We are still clinging to, pale fawn and dove grey; the jackets' made in these two colours make You so envious, for they are the daintiest little garments' imaginable, made in many ways and trimmed a great deal, with various trimmings, but alas fawn and grey are not becoming to all; they are apt to make pale-faced people look almost deathly 80 if any of your friends are pale or sallow, make them avoid fawn of grey jackets, Checked skirts with plain-coloured coats, faced with the check, are still popular; hut I am not greatly enamoured of this fashion. By-the-bye, no more white linen collars and cuffs are to be worn with shirts, they are quite old-fashioned; the collars and cuffs are made of the same material as the shirt, with little flaps either tucked or trimmed with narrow Ince edging; if you wish to have something stiff round your neck, you put a Tmen collar inside the shirt's soft one. Short sailor ties, and little bows only are worn; the ends of the sailor ties are elaborately trimmed. For Primrose Day we have got some special primrose ties, which are more quaint than pretty; however, I daresay they will be worn by some few on the 16th instant. Skirts remain very tight round the hips and full at the hem, they are undoubtedly very graceful, but are constructed for moving rather' than walking. I really think all this spring's
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