The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-25
Paris Fashion Gossip.

As the season advances hats are be-
coming flatter and f1atter, resting upon
the head like immense platters. Any
thing as fat as the latest creation from
the rue de la Paix would be difficult to
find. A little earlier IN the season thick,
fiat hats were zen regle;" now the
brims are thinner and the circumfer-
ence larger. Beneath such chapeanx a
woman hardly needs a parasol; indeed,
some of the new hats would hardly fit
under the latest creations in the par
asol line, for the latter, unlike the hats,
are rather smaller than larger.
One of the most striking of the new
modes l have seen is an immense fiat
straw capeline, sitting we'll over the
face. On each side are two large loops
of chiffon, drawn through the brim and
standing out from it like two wings. It
would be difficult to imagine anything
simpler, or anything smarter, in fact, to
quote the premiere" whose 'oeuvre"
it is ''it bristled with chic" Think of
hat "bristling with chic but to the
Partisan modiste a hat is not only an
"oeuvre" but a chef d oeuvre," work
of art, and in its apogee when it reflects
the chic" so dear to every woman's
heart Other hats I saw roll like
waves upon the head-down on the
right side, up in front, scattered in
small fluctuations on the left side, for
the wonderful straws of this year can
be twisted into the most exquisite
shapes.
Naturally, the trimming follows the
hat in its broken lines, which makes an
effective combination. However, such
a hat imperatively demands an artistic
couture, such as the French woman
loves to arrange. Without it one might
as we'll leave the hat in its delicately
Powered hat box, for it would be alb
surd perched upon the plain, straight
hair of a woman who neglects her Golf
fure. And. speaking of hat boxes re-
minds me that the new Paris hat
boxes are exquisite affairs, rivaling
bonbon boxes in fancy forms and dec
orations. Some of them, in Louis XIV
and Louis XVI designs, are beyond crit
icism and might we'll be used for orna-
mental purposes.
There is, despite the size of the new
hats little exaggerated, one might in
justice claim, a marked tendency to-
wards simpler trimming, both in guam
tity and kind. There is less of the
of flowers and chiffons and
more discretion in the selections.
Plumes continue in vogue. but great
stand has been taken against the mas |
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that bird wings are to be strictly Ia
booed by fashionable women, for it is
the fashionable women of Paris who |
have formed the "anti-destruction bird |
league of France" Humane, people |
have often before raised the question |
of bird massacre, but have been quite
powerless to overcome the fashion for |
wings and other bird characterization. !
Now that the idea has taken hold of |
who are leaders in everything |
to dress, something may be
done in an effective manner to diminish |
the slaughter of small birds of every |
kind. One must confess that few
wings are noticed upon the new hats.
Is it a direct effect of the new league
Or mere coincidence due to a freak of
The question is posed and
time alone will answer it.
While the wide, fiat hats are the
vogue, the new toque like capelines
must not be forgotten-almost COM
oletely without trimming in front and
turning up in the back. with three
BOWS, which hold a mass of fruit or
lowers in place.-Grace Corneau, in
Chicago Tribune.