The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-23


You ought to nave seen the hats at
Madison Square Garden. Run up to the
show and see for yourself, the millinery
sights which are now striving for rib
bons along with the equine competitors.
Now look at this tomato ketChup
creation, which is dripping and drOOp-
Ing over the raven head Of the radiant
beauty in Miss Cornelia Fellowes' box
Il not ripe specimen and IS quite
green underneath the br1m-the nat is
hut that IS the de E1gueur combination
and quite suited 70 vivacious brunettes-
The wind mist arrangement which bal
ances Il in the back Is dOwny mara
the side IS really very effective. No.
/ that Is not an eccentric hat-quite
usual everyday affair, and II you KsEp
your eyes wide open you'll see more
than one of that kind.
Now look al this dear little COncoo-
| ton which is perched in boxes. on, yes,
{ that's a very simple affair but ex-
I tremely smart, too, for there Is really
nothing 10 It but one immense black
crow. He doesn't have 10 scream very
hard TO make himself heard, for while
the color IS sOmbre and quiet you see
a thousand eyes nXed upon It Just
note how coquettishly he mes les over
his mistress left eye and how proudly
he spreads his wings as II he were go
ing to fly! But he'll never get away
from that bonnet. for he is nailed fast
With two huge Jet pins, which glitter
and glisten with unbecomtng pride.
Really Distingue Hat.
There IS very much OF a celebrity sit
ting serenely 10 your right Who is the
pretty woman in black and white with
the really distingue hat7 Why. that IS
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs. who Is called
the most fascinating widow In the 100.
Now, doesn't she look attractive in that
simple. yet startling. hat2 It's black
velvet underneath, and sits down right
close on her parted hair, which falls
IN WaVy precision Please look as she
turns her head and talks 70 the man
at her side White satin with a black
veivSt crown completely covered with
those weirdly waving sprays Of downy
white feathers Don't mistake them for
naughty ostrich plumes. for they are
nothing OF the kind, but the latest thing
in trimmings, just over from Paris.
Then take peep at that hOwery az
fair which is coming down the steps.
What IS It made Of? Good gracious. 1t
looks like a crown OF roses completely
lost midst the waves Of a much Golf
fured head. There is same pink
plume dangling IN mid-air, and II the
lady ISN'T careful she will shed Il be
fore she reaches the door. Now mag
Inc ccming to the morse show with a
WhiSE broom in your hat-but that's
what the young lady did in box IL II Is
IalneI pretty ISM IL ana Qui sub
dued, too until you discover thai ami
mated straw which bobs and qUirks and
puts itself very much in evidence. It
looks as II IL might fall out, but see.
there is a white fox mead which grasps
Il tightly IN its teeth
Next so to the Reggie Vanderbilt box
and see the frivolous CONNECTIONS which
are holding court this evening. The
girl is a blond beauty, and quite unaf-
fected, to-, and it's hard to tell which
IS more attractive-sne or the stunning
hat. OF course. it's very large: you
grow TO expect that everywhere; but the
scientific scroll work Of gauze and rib
bon is charmlngly simple and effective,
and resembles a billowy sea There IS a
you a sensation of tossing gray waves.