Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
FANCY DRESS HATS
Fashion Runs Riot in the New
Styles.
BIRDS AND PLUMAGE
DARING COLOR EFFECTS IN sHAD-
ED OSTRICH.
Short Plumes Used in Cascades-Velvet
and Chenille

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK. October 10. 1903.
II must read over the rules ard regula-
lions of the Audubon Society," said fash
ionabie woman the other day, 'or else these
exquisite feather hats and muffs win make
me fall into temptation
The feathered creations which the import
ers and mill:ners are showing are certainly
tempting. The behoder is inclined TO for
get how many breasts are required to make
them, and can only exclaim at the beauty
of color shading and the richness of effect.
Hats of every shape and size are entirely
made of feathers soft, glossy and shading
imperceptibly from one color to another.
The muffs to match quite as beautiful.
Feather hats are one of the few distinctly
new things which the season has brought
forth. I'VE have had them, other years.
may be objected. But not like these. They
will not be durable" Beauty is always
evaneScent, and the feather hat will prob
ably outlast its sister creations of chiffon.
A Frenchy, pale blue and black feather
hat has a low crown of alternate bands of
the blue and black feathers, the shades
melting into one another. The same effect
is repeated on the fiat. moderately wide
brim, but 1t is faced with black feathers
The hat Is intended to be worn we'll back
in the back. On either side under the brim
at the back, are soft pompons of pale blue
feathers.
The muff which matches the creation is
more moderately sized than some of the
huge fur pouches which fashion has de-
creed correct The muff part proper of the
shade of blue and black. is indeed small
But an effect of greater size is given by the
wide feather rufftes or f1ounces which edge
It, These are of solid black feathers
Another feather hat is bIlif in touua
shape, and the shadings run from white to
slate. 1t is trimmed with a white bird
with fierce beak. which is pressed against
the rolling brim on the left side.
Birds Lie Low.
This hat is illustrative of the use of birds
In millinery this winter. The birds are
all pressed fatty to the hat so, as in the
case of the feather hats. they seem to be
built into the hat foundation. Often a
single fiat bird with outstretched wings.
covers the entire crown, but care must be
taken that the tips of the wings do not
protrude beyond the brm edge and thus
mar the symmetry of the shape. This is
one of the seasons unwritten laws.
A hat of shirred panne velvet has the
entire fiat crown thus covered by white
owl. Another hat of pale green chenille
has flight of tiny white birds fiattened
in crescent shape across the crown.
Ostrich feathers have more than their
usual popularity The shaded plumes of
the summer hats are more than rvaled by
the winter creations. The color schemes
have grown more daring. Fancy a hat Of
turquoise blue panne velvet, whose trim
ming is huge ostrich feather which shades
from golden yellow through blue to green
On a white hat the plume shades from
flame color to a deep cream.
Il hat worn by a theatrical star which has
caused much comment has for it's only
trimming white ostrich feather, which en-
circles the hat and then hangs down the
hack N incra6ihla MN of
Hard to Find
Her example would be followed by many
women this fall, if they could find just such
another feather. There is, indeed, a theat-
rical tore about much of the early winter
millinery, though many of the more ex-
IRENE models will Undoubtedly be dropped
as the season advances.
In addition to the long plumes, small
ostrich tips have wide vogue They
always dainty, even if they fail to give
the startling effects which some women de-