The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-13

buy chenille and cover It. which Is per-
maps a ntle cheaper. These brims also
Coiae with frames made OF oiack Difd
feathers 10 longer tlan your thumOnaii,
ana you can Get them covered '"lth vel
Vet, with silk VI pain felt.
The DIG wlre crown stands aioit In the
air calling aloud Tor It's Deei-eater cover
ing, this wire crown may be low or nigh,
but you can shape 1t to suit your taste.
IL you Ike 1t high you can bend II big
and "rOund' with your hands, II you
prefer 1t low you can incline It TO suit
your taste. 1t may be said that those
that are worn high are almost pumpkin
shaped. they are so round.
Before beginning see That your brim
Is In good shape. Take black silk stitches
through It where 1t looks ragged and hx
IL as ship-shapc as you can, Tor the~Drim
upon such hat IS specially noticeable.
Now lay your bcei-eater crown over
the wire and pull up the threads; tie
them and cut of the ends close. Then,
with bis darning needle, you must ar
range the gathers until they are evenly
dispersed al around the hat. IL Is
very fashionable device 10 have the gath
ers closer IN tEo front and back and thin
on the sides; and many OF the Fifth ave
nue. miilincrs draw the gathers entirely
TO the front and back, leaving the
sides quite plain.
II you arrange your gathers thus you
Will lind that they fail Immediately into
long, pretty folds which are rery grace
ful. When you nave finished you Will
observe that the entire hat crown Is
nicely covered. aud the hat Twill have q
ready-to-wear look which is very graft
Tying at this stage OF che work.
To secure the folds i'm place, lest they
blow in the wind and look unsettled, you
can take one or two long stitches through
the top and sides of the crown, but you
must not make the crown look stim or
ugly or set.
Now to the finish, which can be left
wholly TO your own taste. Many persons
use the short, stn quilts which are az
ways fashionable but as it Is coming on
winter the ostrich plume IS In style. IL
you use the plume select as long one
as your purse Will allow and iasten.it 10
the front of the hat making little hole
in the velvet for the purpose. SUCK the
end OF the feather In and sew securely
underneath. Catch the feather with
Ions. loose stitch at three places in its
length. finally lacking 10 on the tip.
Put the finishing touch to your hat 10y
adding a big ornament 10 the root of the
feather. Let the ornament be one that
Will harmonic with the velvet, perhaps
a rhinestone set with olives or silver
one set with rhinestOnes, If the hat be
gray Set a Din conspicuOusly I'm the
velvet and take a stitch to keep It from
lOosening. Your hat ~ now complete
except FOR the lining, which will be mice
~ inserted by any milliner for ten cents.
or ii you are def you can line your hat
yourself, which you should do just after
putting on the feather.
other hats are made by twisting big.
soft pieces of. material around the crown
and standing quilts at one side. wire
frames can be nicely covered I'm this way
and one New York woman makes prac-
tice of twisting her hat anew each day
with silk or velvet. she then alternates
her trimmings so that her hat Is always
fresh and pretty.
They say that shawls are 20 be the
rage; and one was observed on Fifth ave
nue. the other day. 1t was a fringed
shawl. very much like a Paisley put on
square and fastened I'm the front with "a
big cameo brooch AS yet the shawl has
not gained a great hold on popular az
lection. but this is because. we are told,
the pretty woman has not taken 10 wear
ing IT,
cashmere shawl, trimmed with little
figures Of shirred ribbon bows, made
its appearance I'm one of the sunny parts
Of the park the other day. IL was not
worn by any OF the Central park colony
invalids. but was evidently out to see
and be seen.
The cashmere was butternut brown
trimmed with green ribbon: the ribbon
was shirred and put on TO form figures
very much Ike the pretty patterns one
frequently sees. 10 was trimmed around
the edge with silk fringe in green and
brown, and, as one end flew open. II dis
closed a lining Of shell pink, eXquisitely
shading into brown.
This cape was fastened at the bust
with a very large round pin set around
with mock gems Of an cOlors
Mary Anderson Navarro hat was worn
with the shawl. This hat was OF brown
felt. "scooped' in front and back. It
was trimmed with two very long ostrich
plumes of brown and green. one OF which
fell backward and one forward. The skirt
was OF brown cloth trimmed with green
braid and underneath there flashed forth
a beautiful pink petticoat of the new
taffeta mOreen.
This taffeta moreen. Il may be said by
way OF explanation. IS one Of the latest
Innings and underskirt materials 10 is
retailed at thirty-hvc cents a yard and
is twenty-seven inches wide, Taifeta
moreen has a double advantage over Nhe
usual taneta lining inasmuch as II Is
cheaper and wears longer ana at the
same time affords all the rustic OF the
latter material II comes IN nearly all
tho leading cOlors. but the shades In
which 81 Is found most are the new
greens. blues, reds, browns and puppies.