Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-10

It requires careful treatment and can easily
be caricatured.
The different angles at which the hats
are worn are most bewildering. although
now the back and front Of the hat are
more clearly defined. and 1t is no longer
possible, as 1t was last spring. to wear the
front at the back. All the smaller shapes
are bent or folded. and the shaggy felts
ones, and this Notwithstanding that there
are many very attractive shapes with stiff,
unyielding crowns and brims.
It Is, or course, quite too early in the
tremely fashionable this winter, and al
ready are to be seen among the exclusive
models In millinery. The toQue and turban
shapes are, as usual, to be seen, but there
are also more quite novel designs made on
the same lines as the felt or velvet In
sharp contrast are the talle and lace hats
trimmed with fur that are to be worn with
theater and reception gowns. Only the most
and fur hats. so. as may well be Imagined.
they cost considerable money; but, at all
events, they show what they are and the
price demanded is not merely for the in
oiViduanty OF shape and style.
Al! black hats. fortunately for the eco
nomically minded. are to be immensely
fashionable and will be worn with all sorts
Of gowns. With the light theater gown the
smart, and 1t must be admitted is often
more becoming and effective than the COL
ored, although the pale pink, blue and yell
low low hats are most charming and dainty.
Black hats with colored wings are very
smart at the moment but 1t Is not safe to
count on~their being SO for ANY length Of
time. Invariably in the early autumn do
these black hats with bright trimmings find
advances are they quietly but firmly push
ed into the background. A favorite model
Is most demure stin black velvet, with
low crown and ned-down brim. Around
@ a 0f hrfO cd
in black tulle. With this is worn lace
veil, and a quaint, old-fashioned effect is
given. In sharp contrast is a soft black
velvet toque, with trimmings of bright,
fancy wings and bows at the back under
the brim. and two red roses. also yelled
by tulle-!n fact, 1t is a decided fad to have
all bright flowers yelled in this fashion.
Great, big artificial birds are worn this
winter, and this is good news for the bird
lover, who will not permit herself to wear
the real article. The artificial bird is just
as handsome, and 1t is said to wear a great
deal better. Moreover it's colors are more
alluring, for it can be dyed into delicate
shades which just match the gown.
When the question Of expense does not
enter into the choice of a winters outfit
there must needs be hat to match every
gown, but it is quite possible for a woman
to get along and look smart also with two
hats-one on the simple. rather severe order
for everyday wear, and one more elaborate
for afternoon. Theater hats are another
proposition, 1t being considered obligatory
to wear hats. and these on the picture or
der, II occupying a box. In the ordinary
orchestra or balcony seats no hats are al
lowed, SO the term theater hat is somewhat
ambiguous. The so-called theater hat is
most elaborate affair, and is in truth the
same that is worn for dining or suppng at
restaurant.
A charming French millinery creation is
bewitching little turban in light bronze
green that is worth copying. In the middle
OF the front is knot Of dark green. Wedg
wood blue and pale cream-colored velvet,
held by a handsome enameled buckle,
which, without exaggeration. displays all
the tones of green imaginable. On each
side OF the hat there is a long wing form
ed by many slender. dropping feathers re-
sembling pheasant plumage and running
through vivid colorings of green, blue and
brown so artistically that by no stretch Of
the Imagination could the effect be declared
garish.
new way to wear a motor veil is to
shirr 1t over an elastic that will just fit
around the hat crown and have the veil
just wide enough to slip over the hat brim
and scanned to half depth at the back, says
Paris. Below the seam end each side 1t Is
hemmed, and when in place the corners are
tied in a wee bowknot at the nape of the
neck. The result, dustproof girl, ex-
tremely neat.
Positively a new use has been found for
the American flag. A woman in her travels
by trolley the other day had the pleasure
who wore a marvellous hat. At first glance
it looked like any other, but on close in
spection 1t was seen that the red and white
stripes about the brim and the blue and
white rosette in front were formed by care
full arrangement of the stars and stripes.