Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-22
! Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
PARIS, November s, 1902.
The fair Parisiennes are beginning to APP
preciate walking as an exercise. The
Acacias and other favorite avenues of the
Bots du Boulogne are crowded with chic
PEDESTRIANS and the hats worn are beWi-
dering in variety and beauty. Each day
brings something new in shape, idea and
design in millinery and we decide that
this or that is surely the accepted style.
But alas, styles in hats are just as I'M
certain as other earthly blessings. l have
every reason to believe that the black and
white Iong-hared felts have come to stay,
as they are so soft and becoming and may
be bent to suit every face lifted high by
q bandeau or trimmed heavily on the out
side to give the required droop.
1t is said that woman cannot resist
a new bonnet. Possibly this is libel;
but what is absolutely true is that she
would rather wear her last years gowns
than her old hats. And she is perfectly
right, as nothing gives such a touch of
elegance to the whole appearance as
stunning chapeau. | say mo blame to
her If she finds some of the Caroline Re
boux and VlrOt hats temptation.
Hats impress one with their Victorian
ism. The turbans are many Of them like
those in the old fashion books of the for
ties, and if it were not that the spirit OF
former days is attuned to our times one
would almost look for a poke bonnet, a
crinoline and coy chances to trip on the
scene. With the later version of one phase
of the forties there is a radical difference.
Today is dominated by undulating forms
in the dangling ends a the back and sides.
This is carried to such extremes in some
hats that the streamers actually hang to
the waist and even below.
1 notice that the turbans, which have
several forms, prevail mostly with I'M
dula ting brims, and the trimmings fall
into these wavy lines in a charming grace
fulness. Besides the turbans there is a fiat
Louis Seize picture hat, which is very be-
witching in its possibilities, with undulat-
ing feathers placed fiat on the crown and
running from the front straight to the back
to fall low over the hair. There is another
shape much In evidence-the Breton sailor.
1t is round, with an upward curving brim.
This shape lends itself remarkably well to
the contrasting velvet border and cleverly
placed wing style of trimming and also is
at its best in fluffy felts. 1t is an especially
good shape for young girls or young-lsok-
ing girls. l saw such pretty, rOsy-faced
woman one afternoon on the Bots du Bou-
logne! She was really middle aged, but
she looked bright and fresh in Breton
fluffy felt hat, with little rosettes tucked
IN over the hair and wings fixed with the
natty chic they know so well how to attain
here Her gown was black Paquin tailor
costume, and her nice chapeau of white
felt with a black border and black satin
ribbon was exactly the right hat on the
right head. How becoming black and
white are to a fresh face and even to the
sallow! Just case of extremes meeting,
] suppose; but, all the same, q mercfuI
providence for u.s. whether rosy or sallow,
when black is so modish as it promises to
be this winter.
In Pale Tinted Cloth.
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