Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-21
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- ing the attention Of the feminine
kSS3AxH world, and those gifted beings who
have furnished the designs this
season have certainly evolved traps to en-
snare the most penurious, for surely never
before was there such a bewildering dis
play of new shapes, new colors and now
materials in the way of headgear There
lare no end of smart, rather eccentric
khapes that require a close study of the
Bght angle to be becoming. There are
(exaggeratedly large shapes on the picture
order. which demand u coiffure in keeping
while there are also endless varieties In
shapes among the more reasonable medium
sizes. The prices asked for the so-called
unique shapes are father overwhelming
but, while there are plenty of women who
can AFFORD to choose the hats they like
without stopping to ask the price, there
are many more who must needs stop and
consider carefully the amount of money
they have to spend. These last will find
this season that their lot in life is not so
\ pathetic after all. for there never were so
many smart and becoming hats of medium
price to be had at the present time
and to wear an unbeoomlng hat Is simply
a proof of lack of taste-a lack OF vanity
rather than poverty
When the question of expense does not
enter into the choice of a winters outfit
there must needs be a hat to match every
gown, but 1t In quite possible for n woman
TO get along and look smart also with two
hats-one on the simple, rather severe, or
DER for everyday wear, and one more elabo-
rate for afternoon. Theater hats are an
other proposition. II being considered OBJ
ngatory to wear hats, and those on the
picture order. II occupying a box. In the
ordinary orchestra or balcony seats no hats
are allowed. SO the term theater hat is
somewhat ambiguous. The so-called thea
ter hat IL a most elaborate affair, and is,
in truth. the same that is worn for dining
or supping at a public restaurant.
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Most Attractive shapes.
Soft felt and beaver hats, trimmed with
stiff wings. ribbon or velvet bows are
most attractive this season and are to be
seen both in light and dark colors-color
by the way, playing an all-important part
in this seasons millinery. The stiff, bright.
colored wings might puzzle an ornitho.
logist to decide to what manner Of bird
they belonged. but Dame Fashion does no
hold to the belief that nature unadornet
is always the most desirable. and the aiC
of bright colors by the dyer's art Otter
produces more satisfactory colored plu
mage than the original. There are no
many hats with trimmings of the sam,
color, twist of velvet in some sharI
\ contrast and a large bow at the side
VT bright wings are used, being though
very smart. Both velvet and ribbon bow
play an all-impertant part in trimmings
and It is marvellous how many different eff
fects are secured by the clever arrange
ment of rosette cockade or a mass OF stiff
bows piled one on top of the other an,
covering the entire side OF the hat
= The different angles at which the hat
y are worn are most bewildering. although
1 now the back and front of the hat ar
more clearly defined and 1t is no longe
possible, as It was last spring. to wea
the front ut the back. All the smalle
shapes are bent OF folded, and the shagg
felts and beavers are more used thai
the sim ones. and this notwithstandin
that there are many very attractive shape
with stlff, unylelding crowns and brims
In large shapes velvet hats are TO b