Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
s,oc,., corresDonsence of The Star.

THOUGH It Is we'll on In Septem-
~ Der, the first autumnal month,
IA and the weather is materially
4 a cooler. summer gowns and wraps
as well as hats obtain at the fash
ionabe summer resorts. When heavier
wrans or gowns are donned at these places
they will be those of the preceding spring.
even older for madame and mademoiseiie
do not spoil the freshness of their autumn
pIumage even If they have 1t on hand' at
the seashore mountain or suburban resort
October is quite early enough TO appear IN
ones latest fnery when 1t is not in town.
Indeed few new frocks and wraps will be
worn at all by fashionables until they come
TO town or the season here opens. The new
things that are donned are of the service
able outing or travelling order and are
quite as likely to have been purchased
ready made at smart shops in town as 10
be built by fashionable tailors.
However, what the autumn fashion VIII
be has already been determined, ana the
costumes made or In process OF hlakns,
as have also the dress fabrics OF the
spring and summer of 1907. However much
the cut of a garment may be altered IN
short time, manufacturers or gown ana
wrap materials are at work weaving them
six months and even a year or more DeIore
they are shown in the market.
The fall millinery. as written up week
or two ago, will abound in small hats, that
is If New York follows Partisan moues'
and when did 1t not?
One of the richest and most handsome or
the hats for early autumn wear is IN cream
white felt, very thin. soft ana nghi IN
weight trimmed with small shaded dahlias.
tulle and velvet to match. The shape Is
moderately small. with rather fiat crown
and the left side is raised to show the
trimmed bandeau, but is not tilted Inc
back brim bends down a bit over the Golf
fure. and is filled in with shaded yellow
and orange and brown tulle. AT the left
side appear tulle and loops in the severai
shades of yellow, and brown velvet ribbon
is Topped in with it. Around the crown ana
also nearly covering it are masses OF small
velvet and satin dahlias of differing sizes,
and shaded grasses. all the latter Being IN
dull browns and yellows. loose spray of
the dahias and grasses droops far down
on the left side under the brim. and Is
caught back SO that it rests against the
hair.
Another hat much like mans derby
with the brim bent out straight and the
crown much lower, is in heliotrope-col-
ored velvet of light shade Full twists or
mauve tulle are arranged scarf fasHion
about the crown. being caught down near
the center front with a plain. round 2me-
,thyst pin an inch across. Starting from
rear this pin toward the right Is chou
of mauve velvet. and from this three
ostrich plumes in three different shades
of heliotrope and mauve trail back over
the crown and down over the back brfm.
The palest one curves around the right
blim and off the back. The darkest gees
straight back, partially covering the
crown, and droops we'll down toward the
neck and the third and medium cOlorec
plume curves toward the left, nearly COW
ering the crown as it sweeps to the left
back.
Another hat. almost the same shape, is
in heavy dull red straw, yet d straw that
locks more like felt than straw. This has
folds of cherry-colored velvet around the
crown. and from the center front and the
shading from cherry to pink and the
other from pink to cherry. sweep back
over the crown and down over the hair.
This chapeau has n cachepefgne of red
tulle and the heliotrope hat has a chou
of mauve velvet arranged with the rucheS
of heliotrope-colored tulle and purple
asters.
Another small oval hat with an almost
straight brim and rather high crown is
q pale gray felt with the brim bound IN
velvet of the same shade. The crown is
swathed with folds of Gobelin blue panne
velvet At the left side is a huge rose In
different shades of this peculiar blue and
from the rose droops a wide, full ostrich
plume shading from deep to pale blue
Gcbelin blue velvet fills in the back under
the narrow brim. The hat Is tilted 4 bit
over the forehead. although the brim is
SO short it does not conceal the hair in
the front, and 1t is also lifted at the left
AT especially smart little hat about The
size and shape of the derby women wear
when riding horseback is in golden
brown velvet with a fold of same velvet