The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
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 mings and Their Uses.

' With the heat of summer still upon us and no thought as yet of the coming Fall, the first fashion harbingers of au- tumn make their appearance in smart millinery intended Tor wear with fall tulormades, but appropriated by the sum- mer girl for wear with those white and colored linen suits which have been her summer street garb since early June.
 The fact that the dressy summer hat is worn quite late in the season Is in all 'S probability responsible for the majority of tailored effects in the first models.
 Revelations Tn these are not so numer- ous as one might expect. for the reason that copies and adaptations of popular summer shapes and duplicates of late summer novelties are represented In all | the high class openings. The variations of the mushroom are many, but each and every one Is so attractive in Its shaping as well trimming that even those who Nearly tired of the summer model, will Took upon them with favor.
 The all whlte hat of soft French felt with trimmings of ribbons, wings and various feather effects Is conspicuous In headwear for the younger set The white hat goes well with late summer frocks and does not look out of place like one of darker hue. In these broad brimmed shapes prevail, for the small close-ftting hat is not so youthful and consequently as becoming. The only shape which might be classed as small Is the cowboy, but even this has medium brim, turn Ing up from the face Jauntily at the left side and down over the hair in the back. Young girls who affected the cowboy hat in panama during the summer will be happy to find 1t this fall in the softest of white, tan and gray felts, simply banded with ribbon, or trimmed to accompany a not ffv afI dn xrtt Faaf fhar 0f , gouras plumes, sweeping back from the ! rolled brim where scarf of chiffon cloth folded around. the crown finishes in a soft knot
 The gouras plumes, by the way are to be the favorite feather trimming In high class millinery. The prettiest of these nre in two tone coloring-whte with !, brown gray or black. Coz also Is much A. used in plume and Boa effect
 A In wings there is varied assortment Kof shapes and colorngs, plain colors and Ncombinations of coors which do much to Riven up dark toned hat. The size of wings Is often astounding. Even the Small shapes use the huge effects which seem fitted only for the company of the broad brimmed sailor but so artistically are they posed that the effect Is never incongruous.
 Crowns much higher this season, and seem to be so only for the purpose of forming a foundation for the volumin- ous trimmings, so posed in many h. stances as to entirely conceal this DOT tion of the t. Many of the wide brimmed hats. and one sees scarcely any thing else this season, are narrow in front and wide at the sides. or, If the brim is not naturally narrow in front this effect is attained by rolling the straight brim or wiring 1t in front and bending 1t away from the face to show the underbrim facing in a darker tone If the hat is light, such as brown velvet with tan felt. Taffeta silk is also en- ployed as a facing, and frequently en- tire hats are made of 1t. Black tafretas silk hats have been worn In Paris all summer. and In the made models which have been imported this fall there seems to be goodly number of these silk novelties
 A feature of the new hats which in- presses one quite forcibly is their ap- parent youthfulness and the more or less elaborate hair dressings which they de- mand. With these picturesque effects the hair must be arranged softly around the face and puffed out close to the brim so that there Is no intermission be- tween hat and hair Mallnes will in many instances supply this effect for the woman who has not been blessed with an abundant chevelure and who has certain scruples about wearing false frlsettes and puffs.
 The bandeau or cache peigne finds place in almost every model, but 1t serves more often as a foundation for these maline ruches than as means of tiltfng the hat to a becoming angle. Instances are not lacking where 1t is covered plain with velvet and used as a founda ton for false hair pieces to be worn only when the hat is on the head and taken of with 1t. The Parisiennes first practiced this little trick and many American women have followed in their steps.
 The broad brimmed sailor with trim mings of huge wings Is as smart a hat as one can find anywhere this season. There are, of course, variations for those to whom the simplicity and severity of the straight brim is not becoming. One Npf these turns up slightly In cavalier fashion on the left side, another curves downward front and back like a shep- herdess, and still another droops a little all around like summer cloche.
 Fine, smooth French felts mingle with the softest clipped beavers in all of these shapes. The beavers are seen in the dressy as well as the tailored hats and are particularly good in combination with feathers and flowers curled ostrich in plumes and uncurled ostrich and mara bout in boas wreathing the crowns of these broad brimmed shapes. Sometimes these boas finish with a long dropping | plume and again they are combined with 1handsome flowers tucked in the soft fluff dness oh the feathers
 Large front trimmings are as conspicu- us this fall as heavy back effects were uring the summer. Occasionally we see