The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11
READY-TO-WEAR HATS
FOR AUTUMN DAYS
Alpine and Fedora Shapes in Felt Severely Tail
ored Hats Show Simple Leather
Band Trimming
By KATHERINE ANDERSON.

The wise woman who can buy but
one "dressy" hat does not invest in such
treasure at this season of the year.
1t is much safer to wait a few weeks
and ascertain which of the styles are to
become cheap and common. There are
always certain features of the milli-
merry modes which are easily initiated
for this reason are crossed off the list
by the woman who likes to consider
herself well dressed.
The hat of the hour for the economi-
cally inclined woman is a, ready-to-
wear hat, which in dark shades is just
the thing for wear with the last of her
summer tailored gowns and the first of
her fall ready-to-wear suits. In lighter
colors these hats look very we'll with
even more dressy frocks.
What to Pay.
Opinion is divided as to the price
which one is justified in paying for the
first ready-to-wear hat. Some women
buy the very best quality of tailored
hats and make them last for general
wear during the entire winter. These
women have in addition what they call
their rainy day hat, built on alpine or
fedora lines and trimmed with a band
of leather or plain silk. laid in folds.
This hat matches in general tone the
rainy day suit or coat and the better
tailored hat is kept for wear with a
tailored street suit which is not sacri-
feed to shopping tours and similar ex-
cursions on rainy days.
Young girls soon tire of the first felt
hat, however. They are apt to select
pure white felt, a pale gray or cham
payne color, and these soil quickly. The
light hat is unquestionably the ideal
one for first days, but nothing is Hglier
later in the season than a white nat
which shows marks of dust and rain.
1t is a bad investment for the girl VINO
knows she must make her fall hat play
part in the midwinter wardrobe.
On the other hand, if she can afford
two tailored hats it will pay her TO
buy both of them now, and religlously
lay away the darker one for winter
days. The time for the selection or
ready-to-wear hats is absolutely COM
plete, and the stock of the factories and
wholesale millinery stores is now spread
upon retail counters.
If a girl buys her white turban now
and leaves her darker hat for selection
until November, she will find poor as
sortment to choose from. To be sure,
prices will be cut by that time on all
ready-to-wear hats, but when she looks
them over her mind will bark back to
the more graceful shapes, the fresher
colors, the more careful hand work,
which she saw in the September offer
ings.
Two styles for Young Women.
For the young woman, two shapes
sold in ready-to-wear hats are the
sailor and the modified, tailored di-
rectoire hat For the older woman
and in truth, many young women are
adopting 1.-THE turban has no rival
1t comes in so many shapes and in
such a variety of materials and trim
mings that the purse and the taste
of every woman may be suited.
The sailors are smaller than in sum-
mer. A favorite model is the breton
slightly wider from side to side than
pronounced as it was during the sum-
mer. The brim rolls decidedly, and
is almost invariably edged on the un-
der side with velvet in a contrasting
shade or with novelty braid. An
effective model on the breton line
shows a white felt with a rather large
fiat crown, encircled simply with felt
and with novelty braid in which
golden brown velvet is the predomi-
mating note. Interlaced with white silk
cord and a note of gold this is an ideal
hat for wear with a golden brown dress
in either plain goods or material shot
with white.
The Directoire.
The directoire hat shows high
crown, brim flat on the right side,
flaring on the left and bent down in
the back to meet the soft soil or
bun" in which the up-to-date girl
knots her hair at the nape of the
neck. The true directoire hat is trim
med very high in the front with
plumes or flowers, but the tailored d.
rectoire does away with all high
trimming A stylish model on this