Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-12-08
FALL STYLES IN HATS.
Brilliant CoIors and Strong Contrasts
< In Leaf, Flower anu Plume
win he Popular.

About the most elegant hat at the
present date is the small Rembrandt al
most entirely concealed beneath a
wealth of ostrich plumes. These -
which are chosen of different lengths,
from the tip to the amazon, as occasion
se1res-are so arranged as to cover tie
crown ana the brim and TO leave hard
~ any OF the foundation visible. palcst
sky and Turquoise blue and clema,is-
mauvc feathers are most in vogue, eth
sr mounted on straw shapes to match
or on white. Some equally elegant
toques are decorated with two anna
IONS fastened ut the back SO as to pass
around each side. the curly tips meet
ing in front in a light pouf. a 1oque so
trimmed with two palc-blue feathers is
made of haircloth woven OF white and
blue. 1t is turned up on the left side,
where it rests on half coronet OF yell
low roses. The same arrangement in
rnauve, with q coronet Of forgct-me-
nots, is equally admirable.
Black-plumed hats are also begin
ming to put i'll an appearance, and bid
fair to be very fashionable this autumn
liner elegance and novelty chiefly de-
pend on the way in which the feathers
are setln. Very autumnal looking also
are the hats in deep yellow straws,
trimmed With late fruits and berries
Different forms may be trimmed in this
way, the directoirc capelinc and the
wide sailor being most suitable HE
crowns are often bound around With
marrow ribbon velvet. black, clarct, ma
room or green, and If the straw is an
openwork, one Of Still narrower velvet
Will be threaded in and out OF its
meshes. The punches Of fruit-grapcs,
blacl1berries, mcdlars, cldcrberries or
nu1s-arranged with their own foil
age, rest Oh the brim. \ pouf Of some
contrasting color is generally added.
Inns is sometimes made in the form Of
a circular roscttc, With bunch Of
poppy stamens in the middle
Ioques, whether Of tulle or straw
are now turned up in front or more de
cidedly so on the left side, the latter ar
range1nent being almost invariably
chosen when flowers are used for trim
ming. These arc arranged in Il large
cluster covering the whole Of the por-
ton Of the turnedup brim, which rises
rather higher than the crown. Nc
dium-sized bossoms-half- open roses
'ox-eycd daisies, peoples, corn flowers,
and for the early autumn nstcrs and
small dahlias-are most appropriate 20
the purpose.
For trimming hats, on the contrary,
large blossoms are preferred a sud
den furore for the grandllora c!ematis
han11 I,n, ia, I Il
Of mauvc and lilac natural to it arc the
davorltesln these colors and have helped
TO bring them into fashion. 1t is con-
siuercd cNtravagant TO decorate 4 hat
with i've or six clcmatis blooms, each
measuring four inches or more across
Sometimes they are chosen all Of one
shade, but the most effective arrange
mcn1sare in graduated shades Of lnauvc
and lilac, or mauvc, lilac ana White. 9th
er SOodty sized blossoms that some mil
liners are affecting are the aruEl and
Japanese lilies. The first is shown in
White and yellow, sometimes with a
black pistil, or in black ana q yellow
pistil; the second is white only. Tie
most approved method of arranging
them is 70 lay them along the edge of
the brim.
None Of these flowers is mounted
with its own foliage. Iris leaves knot
ted into bows or otherwise after the
manner Of ribbons orclsc in the form Of
couteauS, come in nicely as an adj
dition TO such decoration If these
leaves are considered TOO dark, rib
hons are tutcd.-Millinery Trade
Review.