Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
WINTER HAT STYLES
WHAT THE ELDERLY WOMAN
SHOULD SELECT.
Mushrooms and Turbans Should Be
Selected by the Short
Type.

| among the new nat Shapes tnaI Will
be worn this season there are few that
elderly women would select, because most
Of the models are designed especially for
young faces. These youthful styles make
the choice Of winter headgear unusually
difficult for matrons past middle life, but
If particular attention is given to secur-
ing becoming shapes and colors half the
difficulty of choosing hats will be elm
mated
In buying a shape consider carefully
the height, build and general appearance
of the wearer. The tall. slender. middle
aged woman may use a fairly large and
medium fiat hat successfully. 1t may be
all black II she so prefers.
The short or stout woman must choose
her hat on directly opposite lines. A
large hat especially If black. will have
tendency to apparently shorten her
height, the broad brim cutting off the
figure as 1T We're. while the hat. being
black. carries the eye no higher than
the face. A colored trimming arranged
high will take the eye above the face
and make the wearer appear to be as
tall as the top of the trimming. Hence
| the Importance of form and color in re-
lation to successful dressing.
Suggestions for Woman's Tall Hat.
The over tall, thin woman will wish
to reduce her height in order to suggest
breadth.
1t will be seen that the dropping brim
of the mushroom shapes will suit the
slight woman and while she may not
care to adopt the extreme model in its
shape, she will certainly wear it modi
fed. If the face is quite thin and long
the hat should be trimmed broad in eff
feet. A popular arrangement that would
suit her is the large, broad bow, of soft
ribbon wired, holding dropping novelty
feathers that fall over the brim on either
side above the ears; this decoration
should be directly in front. The feath-
ers form very pretty, soft background
to the face, and when the woman can
stand something more severe, trim
ming on the same lines, but carried out
with number Of wings. is becoming and
exceedingly smart. The crown is draped
with folds Of silk and number of large
wings going in opposite directions are
held down with handsome pins directly
in front. These wings spread them
selves and suggest breadth to a slender
face.
Flowers are softening to some faces
and many middle-aged women carry
them successfully. Only the graceful
figures seem suited to them. In my opin-
better in feathers or wings than In flow
ers that will be apt to make her look
dowdy instead of youthful, as one may
fondly imagine they would
| The short woman of average build
should adopt and stick to smart little
| turbans, trimmed with outstanding bows
or smart looking wings, the continental
| shapes when they are worn and the hat
with a rather narrow brim rolling little
off both sides, after the style known as
the English walking hats.
Short Women With Baby Faces.
Short women who in their youth have
been known as the baby-faced type will
look we'll in draped toques, trimmed with
ostrich tips or soft pompons. Fur tur-
bans and toques adorned with bird of
paradise or a spray Of flowers in pastel
shades are hers also, the trimming al
ways arranged high.
The short stout woman is the most diff
fcuit type to dress successfully, and
she has just as much trouble in selecting
a hat as she has in choosing becoming
gown. The hat, for instance, must not be
too large, or she loses height. and 1t must
not be too small. or her plump face will
become positively fat whenever she wears
it. The dropping brim of the mushroom
is about the right size, but will not be-
come the full. round face under it.
Just now this type of woman seems to
| have almost been forgotten in designing
| shapes, for the only model suiting her
be the straight brinn, wider in the back
than at front or sides, but not exagger-
ated. and the crown fairly high the trim
ming, whether wings novelty feathers,
taking an upward direction. A large
drared toque Is another recommended
style.
In colors there is almost as much va
riety as in shape, but space prevents my
giving more than few general directions.
Black velvet is always softening near
the face, whether above or below it. Rich
deep reds, the dahlia shades and the pur-
pies, as rule. suit middle-aged women,
especially when the hair is turning gray.
Soft old rose is effective, too.
The genuine shades Of pink. blue,
mauve and green should not be used, but
the pastel tones of these colors chosen in
their stead, and even these tints should
be used sparingly.
The fresh, bright tints will only serve
to draw attention to faded locks and skin
no longer fair by contrast, while the
pastel tones will harmonic in a measure
| with natures ravageS.
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