The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28
Bah ON BIG THEATRE HATS.
Not Their Champion, and Tells What
Kind Of Head Ornaments She Wears.
mustn't HIDE HEROIC STAGE LOVERS.
Tall Feathers and Ribbon Bows in Hair
Condemned-High Hats in Church and
at ircus-Crepc Turbsns and bridal
Vells-Bocoming Wedding Gins.

sromcly fashionable woman who wore 4
black satin gown. trimmed with black
chiffon ana much black jet. the bodice
being cut very low in the neck and not
a jewel upon it. Tie hair was dressed
in puns and curls and surmountcd by
huge turban Of white crepe that had long
ends flowing at one side and "a bunch OK
three white plumcs 40 tho other. The
effect was not beautiful. but BE- was start-
ling. The biackness Of the gown, The
whitoncss OF thc neck and then. tnis
remarkable hcaddrcss. made the Wcartr
really the observed of an Observers
Does this mean that the horrible turDdn
is to come 10 use ~ YOU have any doubt
as TO its hidcousnc-s. you need only take
up a book OF history that is Illustrated
and see how Mime. dc Stacl and the ladies
Of her time looked iu their Oriental Golf
furc. At the famous costume ball
young married woman. who went as the
Princess de Lamballe. wore kind of
plated hat and pink crepe. with long
sfreamors OF crepe mo tine back and
black ostrich tip. Fastened with jewel
lust near The front. As thc evening wore
on this hcaddrcss lost IT'S poise got de-
cidodly 90 one sl1e.and gave TO its wearer.
happy in her ignorance very dssipatcd
ana rakish look.
The huge hoaddrcss. making the head
seem small and taking away from the
expression by bohttllng the features is
not 10 bo welcomed.
KEEPS THE LOVERS APART.
At the theatres many ladies who were
unb0nnettCd have worn feathers and fio-
bon bows in their hair. that got exactly
into ones line Of vision and were quite
as offensive as the big hat. Personally.
1 don't object TO "a big hat. provided 10 has
not a high arrangement Of Dlumes or
ribbon loops that bob here and there.
and have a way of coming between the
hero and heroine. and suggesting that
trey are the black obs taclcs keeping
these true lovers apart. have known "a
small bonnet with a tall aigrctte upon 10
interfere with q mclOdrama 10 suoh an
extent that one did not know whether
the heroine kissed the devoted aoorer
or whether she ticklcd his face with "hdt
Scmed IKE a feather buster. IL isn't the
size of a bonnet or hat that makes it Of
fensive. it's the absolute satanic ability
Of some special decoration 10 set into
the way and make seeing an impossplhtN
ana hearing q tantalizing condition l
do feel sorry for the woman who has 70
hold her best hat in her lap while inde-
pendent men crowd past her. ! do feel
sorry for the woman who takes on her
hat knowing that her hair Is not 100
we'll arranged. and that where she had
expected to look very smart she apso-
lutely looks dowdy.
~ CHURCH.
Nv own method when 1 go 10 the thea
ire at night. IS TO tie a black lace SCARF
over my head which can be taken OF,
MT into the opera glass bag, anu uoesh
need 10 be bothered about any more
Then. at the matinee / wear either a ma,
or a bonnet that gets In NOBODY way
and / wouldn't take II on Tor me iIvS'-
dent of the United States, lot inc sun 'o
reason that ] couldn't get il on again. ior'
as every woman knows, If you wear a
Violating bodice your chapeau must De
assumed before your bodice Is.
isn't II funny that nobody over heard or
anvbodv else Directing TO a high hat at
church? And nobody objects TO hish
hats at the circus? Sometimes / tnlnh "a
great deal of this high-hat business ~
nonsense. though am willing 10 CONF
that 1 have suffered no end from Hlsn
decorations. But the hat viii go i the
tnrhan comes in: and OH how hideous the
averaee woman Will look in It. The wed
AIM. Veil. which Is always spoken OF as
a sonethinc that g. bcautifying, is almost
as great a fraud as the crepe tufoah III
,be FIRST place. a lace veil, no matter no"
handsome 70 may be, can seldom De pu.
On becomingly. and the bride WtdIlhb ~
lnovs that she dOsent look Well anu 'iiia
does not add 10 her happiness me oliS
.hsolutelv becoming Veil is the tulle one
,,,htcb can be arranged so that it iails
over the face. and then may be thrown
becl, after the ceremony 10 constitute IL
creamv-whitc cloudy background LOT "
Young and pretty face. The woman WIZ
Is not absolutely young, especially ''o
woman who has very strong FEATURES h'"
better let tho bridal vel alone anu M'''
q small bonnet II she has amy uoup' as
10 the hecomingness OF "a ven s". nv"
only buy one Of the English society pa
rcrs Am which there are pictures or the
youne women who have just been pre-
eented taken in their presentation gowns
and wells They may have started oub
bv beiug gOod-lookmg girls. but Whth'
added 10 the horrible arrangement OF lne
veil is the demanded bunch OF o''Ii'I
feathers. they look absolutely mucous anu
Utterly uncomfortable. The fact that ]
feu sorry for a bride the other daE Il
NV reason for talking about wells. Ma
,,,,ra bod made her n pretty girl; She
,e,d on n beautiful gown; but she wore
"a real lace Veil that was an HEIRLOOM lh
the family. and that Veil was so h'"NN d
dragged her hair back; 10 was so thl'h
looking that 81 made an ugly backsrouhd'
and the fact that Do was superb race Only
made YOU wish 1t had been shown 'lhoiE
her wedding presents. while she Hei ="
had worn the plain tulle ven th"t Us 'ue
dalntiest. and which an biiues' i4'" anu
poor alike. can assume. .,.,.,.
CARRIAGE LUNURlES ARE MAN l'
Speaking Of wedding presents 'nls siI
had one nice one. ! have always sNihpd-
thizcd with the woman who would retain
as her last luxury. whom hard times came
her own special carriage. The day OF the
wedding there drove up most heauiiiul
brougham and the footman. ringing the
he'll. presented q note for the bride-to-pe'
inside. was "a card telling from what low
ing relative the carriage the horses ana
the men whose wages were paid TOT
year had come. In addition 10 the car
riaae itself there was all the li,tle belong
ings which the fashionable woman de-
rraude her little houdoir on wheels At
ono side H. a little round place, holding an
English umbrella. closely strapped and
with "a Jade handle iu its padded case S.
the silver frame mirror and large case
which fits ON the front of the brougham.
and ~ adjustable. because my little lady
would not wish these things TO become
contaminated by the stable holds first.
two beautiful cut-elass bottles with silver
tons. ono filled with % favorite toilet Vac
Ter. the other holding ammonia. Then
there is "a Niuaigrctte. card case, mole
hook "A tiny. fashionable directory. Pin
cushion. "a little silver box filled with hair
pins. a tiny brush. small comb, ond.
tuet under this the regulation carriage
clock. The cases are OF leather with the
monogram in silver upon them. Then
there is the box 10 hold hOJ water ~ my
Iady's feet are cold the small basket in