The Jersey City news., 1903-11-02
FEATHER HATS
IH8 THING
Ostrich Plunes in Startling
oolors Form Modish
HeaddreAses.
HuFF MUST Be H4DE TO MATCH
Cabbage Party a Novelty
From Philadelphia--. Over
skirts Appsar : An
Evening Wrap.

Feathered hats are one of the few dis
tipctly new things which the season has
brought forth. and 1t will probably out
last its sister crea tions of chiffon. The
feathered creations( which the importers
and milliners are showing are certainly
tempting. The beholder is inclined to
forget how many beasts are required to
make them. 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
are quite as beautiful.
A French pale blue ana black feather
hat has a low crown of alternate bands
of the blue and black feathers, the shades
melting into one another. The same ef-
feet is repeated on the fiat, moderately
wide brim. but it is faced with black
feathers. The hat is intended to be worn
well back from the face and fit snugy
over the hair in the back On either side
under the brim in the back are soft pom
pons of pale blue feathers.
The muf which matches the creation
is more moderately sized than some of
the huge fur pouches. 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 rulffes
or founees which edge it. These are of
solid black feathers.
Another feather hat is built in a toque
shape. and the shadings run from white
to slate 1t is trimmed with white bird
with fierce beak, which is pressed
against the rolling brim on the left side
The birds are all pressed fatty to the hat,
As in the case of the feather hats, they
seem to be built into the hat foundation.
Often single fat bird, with outstretchel
wings, covers the entire crown. but care
must be taken that the tips of the wings
30 not protrude beyond the brim edge
and mar the symmetry of the shape
A hat of shirred panne velvet has the
entire fat crown covered with a white
owl. Another hat of pale green chenille
has fight of tiny white birds fattened
in crescent shape across the crown. Os-
trich feathers have more than rivaled
By the winter creations. The color
schemes have grown more enduring. A
hat which attracts a great deal of atten-
tien is of turquoise blue panne velvet,
trimmed with a huge ostrich feather,
which shades from golden yellow
through to green.
In addition to the long plumes, small
ostrich tips have wide vogue They are
always dainty, even if they fail to give
the startling effect which some women de-
inand. They often eneircle the crown as
with soft-shaded frill A pure white
b 4 of chenille has a fringe of tiny white
ostrich tips edging the briIn. These tips
furnish the background for the face.
A black velvet, which is one of the sea-
sons new shapes. has rather high,
straight crown. The brim on the right
side Is fat and narrow. but on the left it
widens suddenly SO as TO turn up In a
great roll. The edge of the brim is fin
ssisked By folds of black satin. and the
high crown is encircled by band of wide
black velvet ribbon tied in many loops
under the turned-up briin 1t starts from
the edge Of the crown in front and ex-
tends oyer the hair in the back. AS
many as eight short plunes are used.
A Philadelphia girl had in separation
for her October II party last year. This
was cobweb party changed to fit the
requirement. Of Halloween says Good
Housekeeping. She took cords of d!f-
ferent shades and colors, one for each
guest, and wound them over the frni-
tufe doorways, ct cetera, through the
different rooms on the lower floor. At one
end of each string she tied an envelope
containing q fortune The red, vel
low aud brown cords with all the
varying tints Of these colors, had for
tunes rsthe men, while white, blue and
green, turquoise, emerald and the like
denoted the envelopes for the girls All
cords being in the drawing room where
each fortune hunter selected his or her
own according to fancy. Although the
cords were never knotted or tied in any
way, the maze and tangle was SO dense
at times that the sport of the evening
lasted a good two hours. No one was
was allowed to touch the fate thread Of
another player. This regulation added
1reAtlv to the difficulty and the fun.