Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-28
BIC THEATRE HATS.
Bah Is Not Their Champion Kind Of
Head Ornaments She Wears.

HATS SHOULD NOT HIDE HEROIC
STAGE LOVERS FROM vIEw-TALL
FEATHERS AND RIBBON BOWS IN
HAIR CoNDEMNED-HIGH HATS IN
CHURCH AND AT CIRCUs-cREPE
TURBANs AND BRIDAL vEILs-BE-
COMING WEDDING GIFTS - MY
LADY's DAINTY CARRIAGE Be
LoNGINGs-MR. GOLDEN GUINEA
AND MRS. GAY AND GLITTER.
czrom our Regular Correspondent
NEW YORK, February 2I.-An item IN
a nrivate letter from Paris reads ne
most remarkable costume at the opera liiis
winter was that OF an extremely lashlou-
able woman who wore black satin gown
trimmed with back chiffon and much
htock let the bodice being cut very low III
the neck and not jew upon II. Inc halr
was dressed in puffs and curls and sur
mounted by huge turban OF white crepe
that had long ends flowing at one side ana
a bunch OF three white plumes at the
other The effect was not beautiful out
II was startling The blackness OF the
gown the wilderness of the neck, and then
this remarkable head-dress, MADE inc
wearer really the observed OF all Cd
/ servers" Does this mean that the horrl-
BILE turban is TO come to US? II you nave
anv doubt as to its hideousness, you need
/ only take up a book of history that IS IL
! Illustrated and see how Nine. de Stael and
the ladies' of her time looked in their ORR
entail couture. At the famous costume
ball a young married woman who went
as the Princess de Lambelle, wore KIND
of plated hat OF pink crepe, with long
I streamers of crepe at the back and a black
ostrich tip fastened with jewel just
near the front. As the evening wore on
/ this head-dress lost its poise. got decided
! ~ TO one side, and gave its wearer, happy
in her ignorance, a very dissipated and
rcklsh look.
THE HUGE HEAD-DRESS,
making the head seem small and taking
away from the expression by belttling the
| features, is not TO be welcomed.
At the theatres many ladies who were
J unbonnetted. have worn feathers and rib
bon bows in their hair, that got exactly
into ones line Of vision and were quite as
offensive as the big hat. Personally l
don't object to a big hat, provided 1t has
not a high arrangement Of plumes or RIB
bon loops that bob here and there and have
q way of coming between the hero and
the heroine, and suggest that they are
the black obstacles keeping these two
lovers apart. / have known a small bon
net with a tall aigrette upon 1t TO inter
fere with a melodrama to such an extent
II II af bcP
inc kissed the devoted adorer or whether
she tickled his fac ewith what seemed
like feather duster 1t isn't the size OF a
| onnet or hat that ma IS It offensive it's
| the absolute satanic ability Of some spe-
cial decoration 70 get into the way and
make seeing an impossibi,ity and hearing
a tantalizing condition. do feel sorry for
the woman who has to hold her best hat
in her lap while Independent Een crowd
past her do feel sorry for woman who
! takes of her hat. knowing that her hair
! IS not so well arranged. and that where
/ she had expected to look very smart she
absolutely looks dowdy.
MY OWN METHOD.
when go to the theatre at night, IS to tie
a black lace scarf over my head Nhich
can be taken off put into the opera glass
bag, and doesn't need to be bothered
about any more Then ct the matinee 1
wear either n hat or a bonnet that gets in
nobodys way. and I wouldn't take it Off
for The President or the United States. for
the simple reason that I couldn't get it on
again, for as every woman knows. II you
wear well-ftting bodice. your chapeau
must be assumed tefore your bodice is.
| Isn't it funny that nobody ever heard Of
/ anybody else Directing TO a high hat at
| church? And nobody objects to high hats
at the circus? Sometimes 1 think great
deal of this high-hat business is nonsense;
though l am willing TO confess that l have
suffered no end from high hat decorations.
But the hat will go. II the turban comes in;
/ and, OH how hideous the average woman
! will look in It. The wedding VEIL which
is always spoken of as a something that
is beautifying, is almost as great fraud
as the crepe turban. In the first place
4 lace veil, no matter how handsome. can
| seldom be put on becomingly, and the
bride wearing It knows that she doesn't
| look well. and this does not add to her
! happiness. The
! ONLY ABSOLUTELY BECOMING VEIL
| is the tulle one. which can be arranged SO
that it falls over the face. and then may
be thrown back after the ceremony to con-
stitute a creamy white. cloudy background
! for a young and pretty face. The woman
who is not absolutely young especially
I the woman who has very strong features.
| had better let the bridal veil alone and
wear a small bonnet. If she has any doubt
as to the becomingness OF a veil, she need
only buy one Of the English society papers
| in which there are pictures of the young
women who have just been presented,
taken in their presentation gowns and
wells. They may have started out by be-
| ing good-looking girls, but when, added to
the horrible arrangement Of the veil, is the
demanded bunch OF ostrich feathers. they
look absolutely hideous and utterly uncom-
Portable. The fact that l felt sorry for
bride the other day is my reason for talk
! ing about wells. Nature had made her Il
pretty girl: she had on a beautiful gown:
! but she wore real lace veil that was an
heirloom in the family, and that veil was
so heavy it dragged her hair back; 1t was
so thick looking that 1t made an ugly
background, and the fact that it wRL SUI
perb lace only made you wish that it had
bttil 'A4ON IL cllOik itI NtuullS pItStulS.
while she herself had worn the plain tulle
veil that IS the daintiest. and which all
brides, rich and poor alike, can assume.
CARRIAGE LUXCRIES ARE MANY.
Speaking Of wedding presents. this girl
had one nice one. l have always sympa-
thized with the woman who would retain
her last luxury Then hard times came,
her own special carriage. The day OF the
wedding there drove up a most beautiful
brougham and the footman, ringing the