The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-20

the fall hats have just made
their appearance at Newport.
The new coinures are quite
as remarkable as the hats. on this
page are shown one millinery crea-
ton which gives an idea of what
hats are coming to, and two new
ways of doing up the hair. 1t viii
be worth the price of admission
this winter to the opera TO see the
new and elaborate coinures-
The hat represents the most re-
markable reversion yet seen to the
fashions of earlier times. We have
already become familiar with the
fashions of 1890 but this hat takes
a long leap further back to an age
that seems entirely cut off from
the present. 1t is a fashion Of the
French revolution, of the reign Of
terror in fact. It resembles very
closely the hat in which Charlotte
Corday, who. murdered the terrible
Marat in his bath, has been painted.
Strange to say. the hat shown
here was worn by a marquise OF
ancient lineage, one of whose an
cestors lost his head by the guilo-
tine in the revolution. The mar
ouise displays the frivolous and
cynical spirit of modern Paris when
she revives a fashion that has such
tragic a associations with her family.
Critical observers will notice that
there is something tragic and por-
tertoUs about this nat. IT is not
ungraceful or unbecoming TO a per
son of the requisite physique, but
she should be of tall, diEnitied
stature. with strongly marked and
serious features. The heavy turned
down brim partially obscuring the
forehead. TIE convolUtions of the
vast superstructure grimly marked
with lines OF black, all combine to
make the hat unsuitable for a little
girl with a delicate face. It would,
in fact, act as an extinsuisher upon
her. If, however, the wearer DOS
seSses the appropriate type of fig
ure and features, If becomes an i'm
pressive and majestic headdress.
The new Partisan fashions in
hair dressing require the massing
of a vast amount of hair on top
Of the head, and are in several
cases reviVals Of eighteenth CEN
fury fashions. As a great many
persons are not gifted by nature
with the requisite amount OF hair,
the new fashions create a strong
demand for rats. toupees, waves,
switches, Shignons, and other ad-
juncts. An eminent Partisan Golf
feur remarks thar once it was the
special privilege Of the aristocraey
to wear splendid wigs, out now the
progress Of industry has brought
them within the reach of modest
purses.
One of the accompanying Illus
trations viii convey an idea Of the
extent TO which fashion now de
crees that the couture should be
elaborated on the head. This Golf
fure Is a mass Of curIs and waves
rising above the head to a dis
lance equal 10 the whole height of
the face. IN addition to this, it
spreads down over the forehead
almost TO the eyebrows. This style
IS considered appropriate to the
most fashionable social occasion.
one Of the great merits of the
deliberately built up and towering
couture is that it enables the
weareF to carry the large hats
which are now in fashion. The
lofty sprel ding couture fills out
the hat and holds it away from the
face, so that the overshadowing OF
this feature is to some extent modi-
fed. A tall. handsome girl. with
her hair done up eight inches high.
supermpOsed by a nat two feet
wide. ornamented by a feather
three feet, long. suggests the ma