The evening times., 1899-08-31
HATS FOR WINTER GIRLS
Effective Combinations of Colors
and Artistic Shades.
A Millinery Buyer Says Tint Black
VIII Not BE Worn as Much as For
merly. But That 1t Is Always in
Good Taste-The Directoire Bonnet.
Golf Caps VIII Be Quite Attractive.

I'VE are going to have a season of the
daintiest millinery that We have had for
several years" the millinery buyer of a
department store said yesterday. There is
more money in circulation and the foreign
milliners have prepared the most attractive
designs with which to draw the shekels
from the pockets of the buyers. So far as
shapes are concerned, there is not much
that is new The shapes that were in vogue
last season will be worn again this season
Toques, both those which are to be worn
back from the face and those which are to
shade the face, will be as much used as
ever. The difference will be in the mater
iais used and in the combinations of col
ors. Everything is going to be light and
pretty. OF course some black will be worn
It's always in good taste But not nearly
so much black has been shown by the mil
liners in Paris and Brussels this summer
as in preceding summers.
THE new shades are what are known as
the pastel colors. They are really inde-
scribable. They are soft and artistic, and
give kind of peaches and cream effect.
Soft blues, pinks, grey, rose, lavender,
green, and tans are used separately and in
combination, but usually in combination.
These shades appear not only in the silks,
velvets, tulles, and other fabrics used in
trimming, but in the metal ornaments as
we'll The form of the ornaments is artistic.
too Most of them are reproductions of
Renaissance designs. Some of them are of
a silver grey metal, with the design applied
in pastel colors. Others have the old gold
finish and are similarly decorated. In COM
bination with the pastel colored fabrics, a
great deal of fur is to be used. Indeed,
some of the nobbiest hats / saw were made
entirely of fur. Only very light backed
skins are used. Here's one that you can
see for yourself
1t was a toque of Russian sable, and
was intended to be worn over the face. A
soft and unexpected finish was given to it
by two long plumes of tan colored tulle
hardly a shade lighter than the fur. The
tulle was tucked and then wired into
shape. The hat was one that was to be
looked at with respect. 1t was worth $1o.
"Tulle is going to be as much used this
winter as it has been during the summer.
and chinchilla and mink are to be used
as well as sable for fur toques. Felt or
beaver plateaus will take the place Of
fancy chenille braids as coverings for
toques and small hats. The light colors
are not going to be confined to trimmings
only The hats themselves are going to be
very light in color. One of the prettiest
hats | saw was a straight backed sailor Of
light pink felt. A pink liberty silk scarf
embroidered in velvet roses was twisted
into loops onyone side, while white lace
veil gave a delicate finish to the brim. OF
course such hat would not be very prac-
tical for peoule who get only one hat dur
ing the season
"The very newest thing is the Directoire
bonnet. 1t is sort of poke bonnet. which
flares back from the face, and is lifted
slightly toward the side Directoire bon
nets have been worn all the summer in
Paris, and have gotten as far on this side
of the water as Newport, so we can expect
them down this way pretty soon. Golf
hats are going to be more in evidence this
season than ever, and will be much more
attractive than the simple Alpines which
came out for knockabout use few sea-
sons ago. Every year the manufacturers
produce them in finer qualities of felt, and
in more chic designs. They range in
price this season from So to S12. Hem
stitched scarfs, with long fringed ends,
are among some of the newer things in
trimmings. Fringe will be extensively
used in everything. / saw handsome
white toque at one of the French milliners,
On which fringe took the place of plumes
1t formed the side trimming and fell
across the hair just as feathers usually do
The fringed scarfs which will be used on
felt hats will be gathered up into loops or