The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17

- ASHTON goes on the principle q
III The king Is dead. long live the
ia king Fer no sooner does q
woman get her wardrobe stock
IL cd with all the odds and ends 10
wear during the existing season
than she begins to wonder what viii be the
styles for the oncomins one. II II such a
again, especially II the amount OF money
In limited. as It sometimes Is.
The budding OF the wardrobe has TO be
done slowly. for IL II Z vsxing matter. and
the wise buyer defers her selection OF the
important articles until the styles are Of
ficlally announced. The deAgners and buy
ers OF the big houses arc ewars long be-
fore hard as to what they viii ofYer, but
the uncertainty as TO the especial patterns
the influential customers will cacnet for
them leaves the gown and wrap question
a. open. cnA
Mig Hats All the Hage.
7raHIS doss not apply to headgear FOR
tho woman given to going from one
- continent TO another for her
dinners. who has dozens OF bonnsts and
hats In her wardrobe. II ons does not
suit another does. or can be made to
shape itself to her particular style. SO the
hat buying IL apt to start In early, and
that Is the article OF fashion that the mil.
Liners expend their first efforts upon. The
fashion bird this year whispers that one
may as well be out OF the world altogeth-
or as to fail to get big hat in the first
place. and 20 have Il OF velvet or fur felt
In tho second. The velvet. the twttterer
mentions. is not the old kind. with Just
plain gloss on II, but variety with silver
glints all through It. and Of such softness
that It r. scarcely perceptible. except
through the bill which comes In after
ward.
Ahen the prevalence OF black hats, big
ones. with lots Of black plumes on them,
such as Jessie Woods says women with
pasts always wear" are TO be the proper
caper. These arc imposing structures.
with white sometimes to face the brims
and splendid buckles TO hold the plumes
Of velvet twists around the crown.
squsshy TuFbans Popular.
O. QUASHY turbans. soft and full,
~ and deftly crushed to nj the POM
w. padour. are choice shapes that
women are bound to select for their all
around becomingness Then there are at
tractive hats with brims covered with
rows OF chiffon put on In rniIliners folds.
eometimes the foundation for the folds IL
velvet. sometimes II IL taffeta. the heavy
shiny taffeta that rusties so when II gets
into petticoats. There are Ricci hats and
Carriers. and virots, Louise Pujol. and
Pouyanne. and 10y 6oeurs. and Heitx-
Boyers and Linn Faulkners and Gage
Brothers hats. To take any one OF these
or all OF the designs would ut a woman
for triumphL march in tho ranks Of
royalty itself.
The Audubon society will be appalled,
when Il sees the big birds and wings and
breasts that are on all these makers pat
terms. a glimpse OF the forest OF hats
over mt Gage Brothers would start So
ciety members on fresh and vigorous
campaign. Blackbirds, enormous ones.
Ike crows. are everywhere. birds Of par
adise. gorgeous and expensive. are perch
ed upon elaborate Amazon hats that
would make even bird sympathizers
sroan with admiration. II Is one Of these
paradise birds. by the way. that swe.p,
Its tail the length OF tho hat. with the
side view and the brim covered with
chenille. The rhinestone ornament on tho
front II set In old silver and II has a fleur
do lis for design.
Russian TuPbans for Young Girls.
I'D CSStAN turbans. round AZ bullets.
INK will be. worn by very young girls
with fuzzy hair. II has automobile
roseties like the one illustrated with long
Quills running through t. This promises no