The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
TIE MODERN M

sAs for oolored hats, I can't give them
away!' exclaimed a Partisan milliner with
a shop on Broadway. my customers will
nave nothing but all white or all black.
.Just look at my stock. I, like many
another milliner, have been caught by the
sudden change in the popular fancy this
summer, and l simply cam get rid Of my
hate at any price, NJ
this" holding up a straight brimmed, high
crowned, black Neapolitan, trimmed with 9
band about the crown, and a big rosette Of
black liberty satin ribbon at the left side,
from which trailed out behind a bunch. OF
aigrettes and a ribbon or oachepeigne be-
meath the brim on the same side as the
crown trimming.
the hat Of the season, and nothing else will
satisfy my customers. There was no par
ticular evidence early in the season that the
feminine fancy would veer about so sud
denly; but it did, and here I am loaded up
with q lot Of hats that I can't sell.
at Is one of those queer frealls OF fashion
that, no matter how experienced one is, 1t Ia
quite impossible to guard against, and that
Is where the loss comes in in this business
It isn't silk gloves alone Of which there is q
dearth id the city shops just now. VAL
e~nciennes Lace also is scarce. Slnoe the
almost universal use of this kind Of lace o.
summer muslins, lawns and linens set In
1t has been difficult to obtain any great
quantity Of it, and to get a piece Of edging
and Insertion to match Is well nigh out OF
the question.
Excited women are banked about the lace
counters two and three deep, clutching
for pieces Of lace that they think will match.
One woman who recently started out In a
most peaceful state Of mind with an order
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insertion with edging to match was caught
in the crush Of feminine lace hunters and
came out Of It not only sans the lace and
sans temper but also sans pocketbook.
Now she has decided that when she goes
shopping for valenciennee lace again she
will take her football brother with her.
Amber IL taking the place Of gold h
women's combs. A blonde should wear
dark amber, a brunette light amber, de-
clares the hairdresser, for o contrast Is
desired above everything.
For the back combs the tops are finished
with odd oval shaped pieces Of amber
is the only one recognized by smart women
just now. The use Of amber combs is an
exceedingly pretty fashion, too, because
Of the glints OF gold and brown in the amber
which harmonic with almost n color
expensive, although the best quality will
cost as much as gold mounted combs.
Travelling comfort Ia provided to a
greater degree In the modern trunks than
in any other accessory for either man
or woman. For the latter there are to be
had parasol trunks, shoe trunks with oom-
psrtnents for a dozen pairs Of shoes-and
places for stockings and boot aocesSories;
hat trunks that hold a dozen hats With
out danger of their being crushed; golf
trunks and shirt waist trunks, carrying
a dozen or more shirt waists.
Some New York women mako a living
by buying up second hand things at the
auction shops, ~renovating or repairing
them and reselling them at other auction
sales. One Brooklyn woman. who for the
past fourteen years has been thus engaged,
has not only supported her family but has
paid for a house also. Hers was the
original idea, but many others have fol-
lowed the sapa plan. -.
She will buy q soiled or storn rug which
her business sansa- tells her cal be mended
and put in proper shape. OF It may DO
that she will taks sone faded rep hanging
or dreperies, S,s them In SOME prsesy