New-York tribune., 1906-09-22
SMART AND BECOMING HATS
Maey's Millinery Opening an Exhibit OF
Beauty and Taste.

II a woman cannot find that sine qua non. f.
smart and becoming hat. IN the millinery Depart
nenr or r. H Macy & Co.. Broadway 34th and S5th
Streets which Is now having IT'S annual fall OPEN
ing she must be difficult % please indeed For
there never was a finer more connpIete collection
OF beautiful things 70 on the head brought to-
gether for the delectatOn OF the fastdious and ds
eliminating purchaser All the new ideas are TO %
met with here. the colors fabrics shapes and
trimmings. and merely 20 thern. even II one
does not buy. ts a real pleasure and inspiration
Take for instance. imported sealskfn hat
mushroom shape II Is trimmed with a band OF
gold passementerie. fastened by an enormous
eabochon. from which a group OF brown ostrich
tips fall over the back Irish crochet over chiffon
builds a dashing mushroom shape crowned by
white plumes. white marabout and one or those
enormous pink roses that are so fetching this
season
IN garden or greenhouse is the feature Of lovely
evening hat. large shape covered in pink velvet
grows 1ong bjs i7. Ii7s IN , Lr1nI' and rom y
white aigrettes and marabout. completing a charm
Rather more practical is medium sized hat in
Jib Jne popular @ London smoke shade OF velvet with
gray plumes falling over the back blend per-
that suits a piquant face so admirably. the bac<
being lifted BY a cache -peigne OF brown malines
OF uncured ostrich feathers Grapes decorate not
a few. their delicate plums. pink and green shades
one striking chapeau is a fat shape IN gunmeraI
or the same, with birds head the front Many
OF these small hats are trimmed heavily Z to
give the impression OF far larger hats than they
really are Then. again. OF big hats
seem 70 depend on broad lines and simple effects.
such as large black picture hat with black ostrich
feathers and a bird OF paradise for its only gar
eoqastish little g Scotch pSgs F tTsan Spii an
OF folded gold cloth, with garland OF gold roses
and black ostrich tips falling away the hair
Variety, variety-uhat IS. the WatchwOrd IN this
fine assortment OF imported and domestic millinery
No hat duplicates another. Every contains IT'S
rresh idea its happy inspiration reinforced by tho
richest materials and the most sziful workmanship
Glanctng through the showcases. with their hum
dredS OF hats built TO meet every social and sar-
tOral need of woman. one is almost tempted to say
that everything is in style. catholic tbs
modes this year. various the effects produced
often from similar factors
In this multiplicity OF modes how Is the mex
perienced woman, in search simply for something
that is fashionable and something that Is becOrn-
ing" to ind her way to suCcfss2 This might. IN
deed be a task and difficult one, n IL were not
for the saIeswOmen whose mission u Is % lead the
wOUld-be purchaser straight TO her goal So great
ly does the expert salsSWOulan contribute 20 the
satsfactiOn and pleasure OF buying a hat that ore
mi ght almost be forgiven for maintaining that = -
she, and not the perfeetion OF the headgear. That
makes the success OF a millinery department.
A Macy's however. one finds them bOJh-per1ecc
millinery and expert salesWOmen- And that Is .
combination hard to beat.