Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-08
STARTLING EFFECTS
Seen in Dressy Hats for Au-
tumn Wear.
ALL WHITE FOR BUDS
COLOR COMBINATIONS THAT DEFY
HOME MILLINERS.
Burnt Tomato Favorite for Millinery
Purposes-Flowers Are
Large.
ALL WHITE FOR BUDS
Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Ander-

Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Ander-
The dressy hat of the hour is terribly
and wonderfully put together and in the
matter of color combinations it strikes ter
ror to the heart of the conservative woman.
But the worst feature of the situation Is
that these quaint shapes, trimmings and
color schemes defy the best efforts of the
home millner. The touch of the expert
French worker must show on directorie
hats in particular, or the result is truly
unhappy. The woman who must build her
own hat should content herself with con-
sentative models and quiet color combina-
tions.
For evening wear particularly with the
decollete gown and evening cloak the white
hat, long the standby of the conserva-
tive woman of slender means, is suffering
eclipse. If pale hat is used, it is more
than likely in the peculiar peachy tint whioh
appears in many of the imported evening
wraps. If a matTon or dowager wears a
white hat, she offers somewhere in is elab-
Grafton a defiant color note-mahogany,
reseda, American beauty red or a metallic
blue. Cog de roche, or the flaming orange,
which appeared conspicuously in early fall
hats, has become positively cheap.
For the debutante, however, the all-white
hat with its caressing plumes remains in
favor. charming model shows founda-
ton of chenille braid caught with single
pearls. The rolling brim is faced with fine
shirrings of chiffon overlaid with appliques
of Irish point White panne velvet IS roll
ed and knotted around the crown, and two
white plumes droop over the brim on the
left side.
Beauty Red and Green.
Among the startling combinations are
American beauty red and a peculiar dead
shade of green; pure white and shaded
mahogany, tea green and burnt tomato,
brown and nile green. These color schemes
occur principally in. the Directoire hats,
with their side roll-brims and high, large
crowns. Such a shape was shown recently
by an importer developed in brown velvet,
nile green silk and brown tulle and lace.
The brim was Of velvet laid smoothly.
The crown built from folds of nile
green silk, the top outlined by a rosette of
the brown lace and the sides of the crown
overlaid with bias folds of brown tulle A
Spanish rosette of the brown lace and green
silk was fastened on the side of the up
turned brim.
In another hat, phoedre, or the new
golden brown, was combined with shaded
brown ribbons and white plumes The
nigh crown was smoothly covered with
phoedre velvet and the brim was shirred
from the same material. Soft ribbons,
shading from the phoedre tint to flaming
orange, encircled the hat, to end in a big
ioSetle Caught Win a SOlOen buckle. White
p!umes We're used for trimming, and knot
of the shaded ribbon was fastened to the
inevitable bandeau.
The Shaded Models.
Shaded hats promise to enjoy a tremen-
dous vogue, following the same effects en-
ployed in gowns and ribbons. For this
purpose. dyed lace, such as Cluny. Irish
or Venice, is employed. A large picture
hat of mahogany satin had the brim laid in
sh1rrings with a bias band of deeper toned
velvet on the edge and plain velvet fac
ing me crown was of plain satin over
laid with Venice lace dyed to match the
satin, and plumeS shading from mahog-
any colors to pure white We're caught
against the crown a trif1e to the left of the
front.
A hat in burnt tomato, which is really
a peculiar orange tinge, was also built on
sailor lines, with shirred brim of satin
edged with velvet and velvet crown The
only trimming used was circlet of small
birds shading into the burnt tomato hue
and Struggled close to the crown
An imported study in mauve tints shows
a large toque of changeable taffetas laid
IN shlrrings and throwing out mauve
shades. This is overlaid with a mauve ma
line. The silk shirrings simulate chrysan-
themum petals and form the entire FONDA
ton of the hat. On either side, far back
are set chrysanthemums in the finest quail
lty of velvet and silk flowers, and the bows
which fall from the flowers down over tn,
hair on either side, are made of velvet rib
bon to simulate chrysanthemum leaves.
Long-Haired Beavers.
A long-hafred silk beaver shows the roll
brfm on both sides strapped across the top
with ottoman silk laid in bias folds or fiat
Fittings and edged with panne velvet The
brim on either side is dented in order to
hold great velvet orchids shading from
flame-colored hearts to the tint of the beav-
er shape.
For wear with velvet gowns and wraps
come superb hats and toques built entirely
of birds breasts, golden pheasants, love
birds and pigeons, black birds and pea
cocks. They are reproduced and copied in
cheap grades, selling as low as 81 and So
Bird of paradise aigrettes, the richest of
velvet knots and jeweled buckles are COM
bined with the real bird hats.
The tricorne has by no means disappeared.