Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08
FALL STYLES IN HATS.
Brilliant Colors and Strong Contrasta
In Leaf, Flower and Plume
VIII BE Popular.

About the most elegant hat at the
present date is the small Rembrandt al
most entirely concealed beneath g
wealth of ostrich plumcs. These -
which are chosen of different lengths.
from the tip to the amazon, as occasion
serves-nre SO arranged as to cover the
crown and the brim and to leave hard
ly any of the foundation visible. Palest
sky and Turquoise blue and clematis-
mauve feathers are most in vogue, eth
er mounted on straw shapes to match
or on White. Some equally elegant
tcques are decorated with two anna
Zons fastened at the back so rs TO pass
around each side, the curly tips meet
ing in front in Il light pouf. a toque SO
trimmed with two pale-blue feathers is
made of haircloth woven Of white and
blue. 1t is turned up on the left side,
low roses. The same arrangement in
mauve, with a coronet Of forget-me-
nots, is equally admirable.
Black-plumed hats are also begin
ming to put in an appearance, and bid
fair to be very fashionable this aut un1n
Their elegance and novelty chiefly de-
pend on the way in which the feathers
are set in. 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 directoire capcline and the
wide sailor being most suitable. The
crowns are often bound around with
narrow ribbon velvet, black, claret, ma
! -roN !
openwork, one Of still narrower velvet
will be threaded in and out of its
meshes. The punches Of frui t-grapcs,
blackberries, mcdlars, elderberries or
nu1s-arranged with their own foli-
age, rest on the brim. y pouf Of some
contrasting color is generally added.
| Ihs is sometimes made in the form of
| a circular rosctte, with a bunch Of
| poppy stamens in the middle.
Toqucs. whether Of tulle or straw,
are now turned up in front or more de-
cidedly SO on the left side, the latter ar
rangement being almost invariably
chosen when flowers arc used for trim
ming. These are arranged in q large
cluster covering the whole of the por-
ton of the turned-up brim, which rises
rather higher than the crown. Me
Diminished blossoms-half-open roses.
ox-eyed daisies, peoples, corn flowers,
and for the early autumn asters and
small dahlias-are most appropriate to
the purpose.
| For trimming hats, on the contrary,
large blossoms are preferred. a sud-
den furore for the granai1ora c!ema1is
has been evinced. The particular shades
Of mauve and lilac natural to it are the
favoritcs IN these colors, dhnve helped
to bring them into fashion. 1t is con
| sidercd eNtraragant to decorate q hat
| with five or six clematis blooms, each
measuring four inches or more across.
Sometimes they are chosen all of one
shade, but the most effective arrange
mentsare in graduated shades of mauve
and lilac, or mauve, lilac and white. 9th
er goodly sized blossoms that some mil
liners are affecting are the arum and
japanese lilies. The first is shown in
White and yellow, sometimes with a
black pistl, or in black and a yellow
pistil; the second is white only. The
most approved method of arranging
them is 10 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 or else in the form of
couteauN, come in nicely as an adj
dition to such decoration. If these
leaves are considered too dark, rib
bons are snbstituted.-AIll incry Trade
Review.