Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21

NEW 1OHh, october 20, 1906.
VIE hats for the little season." as
the French term 1t, show wings
and plumage, rather than ostrich
tips and plumes. Among the most
fashionable plumage Is that of the
owl In natural colors, and many are the
soft felts, in various shades Of gray and
brown, trimmed with these feathers I
write now of the modish fair who may be
seen on 9th avenue vending their way,
whether 1t be by motor. carriage, cab, or
her own motive power. toward Delmonico's
or other fashionable restaurants.
These hats are for informal wear during
the day. for travelling to and from town,
shopping, walking. country wear generally.
and to accompanying the plain tailored
coat and the skirt of walking length.
Other hats show the long and more or
less curving single feathers grouped in
punches. Not being a milliner the writer
does not know the correct name for these
feathers, but they are spray-like in effect.
and often stand out in all directions They
are quite distinct from and In no way re-
semble the mottled pheasant feathers seen
in punches on cheap hats and that may be
purchased at any department store for less
than a dollar These latter, by the way,
look well on many rather stiff felts for
country or walking.
The color of the feathers used in MILL
merry on the present wear hats usually match
as nearly as may be the color of the felt or
are white or black.
Miss Gwendolyn Burden Is wearing with
a gray checked and plaided suit-for checks
and plaids are by no means the samoa
soft brown gray felt, really more of soft
wood brown, trimmed with coque feathers
of lighter shades. This felt hat is crushed
against the head, and shows most of the
couture. 1t points bit over the forehead,
is rolled up on the left showing almost the
entire head on that side, and is only less
rolled on the right side, while in the back
;t f111a havnn nP he
soft and quite the reverse In any way of
being stiff and mannish. The feathers are
put on at the front and left and curve over
toward the back and left side, not towering
above the hat as do many feathers.
Mrs. Scott Cameron, who was Miss Ro-
sale de Goicouri, lunching the other day
with her sister, Mrs. August Belmont, jr.,
wore quite new style of hat, and also a
rather novel freak. the latter to be de-
scribed later on.
Mrs. Cameron's hat was very dark but
rather bright blue, apparently made"
hat of silky chenille straw and was trim
med with rather small, bright shaded pink
roses only; there was no foliage, and neith-
err ribbon, velvet nor tulle was visible. On
a woman less young and handsome than
Mrs. Cameron the hat would have been
most trying. 1t had an oval crown, If
crown 1t could be called, for 1t did not rise
above the brim. save that the latter was
turned down all around and thus brought
below the level of the crown proper. This
crown was rather the outline of the place
where a crown is supposed to be. the out
lining being done by an oval wreath of
shaded pink roses quite bright in their
tones This oval-shaped crown seemed
to have a depression in the center like
the indentation In the crown of mans AL
pine hat.
The hats brim was rather wide and was
turned down all the way around, SO much
so that the rim of the brim touched the
coiffure on all sides. In order to do this the
brim was laid in plaits at the sides near the
back and front, or at least 1t appeared to
be. There was of course. no cachepeigne
or other trimming visible under the brim
because there was no room for 1t, nor did
there any appear, at a casual glance on the
outside other than the small roses set
closely together.
Miss Anna Sands is wearing q round