The Washington times., 1905-09-13
MORNING HATS FROM paris
FOR THE FALL ARE SINAI
Are Effectively Bent to Suit the Face, Beaver Being
Much Used, Black for Evening-Ban-
deauX Determine Angles.

Not for many years has the felt hat
found itself in such prominence as is
accorded it in the fall styles. and it is
safe to say that this early favor VIII
continue through the winter season
judging from the attractiYeness of the
models displayed in the best shops.
Small and hats of medium size will be
the inyariable accompaniment Of a
street costume, be il OF the severely
tailored morning and pedestrian styles
or the dressier modes.
Many and various are the shapes in
the soft pliable French felts There
is the tri-corne, the Napoleon, the Nat
crowned sailor with its turned up brim
the small chapeau on cavalier lines. not
forgetting the plateaux that are capa-
Die OF such manipulation as 10 make
ssf0m prime fayorites with the deft-
fingered milliner as well as with their
wearers. And IL is not alone the plain
with beaver edges two and three inches
wide, and plain centerS, while others
show velvet center, the velvet applied
on to within several inches Of the edge,
In which case the Ve1yet is in the same
shade as the felt. These piateauX are
bent and twisted into all sorts of quaint
and becoming shapes, favorite deVel-
opR.ent being TO mount the fiat on a
bandeau which is quite higher in the
back than the front, thus titung the
hat FORWARD at a most becoming angle.
The snaps is then caught up rather
nigh In the back and left side, the
trimming usually fluffy ostrich plumes.
rising from the bandeau, where they
are fastened with splashing velvet
ribbon bow, and left TO nod gracefully
over the edge of the hat
In the small many cornered shapes,
liked because OF their quantity shaped
crowns, which the plateau has not the
upper brim is frequently covered with
velvet either in the same shade as the
felt Or a harmonsZing tone the edges
finished with velvet covered feather
bone cord.
This style hat shows little trimming
on the crown and upper brim, the deco
ration being disposed on the outer brint
at the point where the nandeau is the
deepest, the adjustment of the bandeau,
by the way, being an important factor
II the hats OF this season In fact. with
the shapes now in vogue, IL is q bsolutely
indispensa BILE Many Of the hats shown
by the best milliners have the bandeau
pinBed III in order that II may be taken
out and placed in just the proper posi-
ton 10 tilt the, hat 10 the most becom-
ing angle for the wearer.
one OF the very newest shapes in the
IAN lines approaches very closely the
masculine fedora with its rolling brim
and soft crushed crown, the difference
being that the brim is narrower and the
crown lower. The shape IS considerably
smaller than that worn by men. and Is
also very much narrower These have
single twist of velvet encircling the
crown. the ends drawn through a hand
souiS DIChie Nnlcn faStenS the left Drlm
and the quill of long flowing ostrich
plume to the crown
On these same hats are also used the
new cnlnon craperies which nave made
Their 1rst appearance on this side OF
the water this fail Paris has used hat
draperies for year or more these IN
the form OF heavy net lace edged wells
some two and a half or three yards in
length draped over wreaths OF flowers
enclrcling large picturesque hats and
caught in the back with buckle or