The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-15
Large Hats the Thing Mushroom Shapes On the Decline The Slight 1y Rolled Brirl1 Craze for Fancy Feathers Flowers Revived Fa- vorite Colors.

There was no escaping the eccentric hat this summer. one simply had to wear a nlonstroslty or go hatless. And so the majority of Us accepted tho conditions with what grace We could master, ana doaued huge mushroom or cloche shape of startling proportions like every other Fluffy Ruff cs on the Avenue and Imagined ourselves attractive, or at any rate stylish
 Now conos Fall. and presto. change We may ugalp he halted becomngly and sane.y without losing caste in the world If fashion There is variety im the fell hats,-shapes that turn up here nnd shapes that turn down there, and shapes that turn neither mp nor down; which ull means that various faces and figures may readily be suited in millinery mnt ters.
 We may classify all the dressier hats In one generally sweeping term of large There are. to be sure. some small hats, but they are the exception that serve 10 point the rule Beyond this one genera cIasslfca ton there is infinite variety.
 The mushroom shapes have by no means died out with the summer, but the fali variety are more modest in their pro portions than their summer ancestors. There Is sloping hrm shape that dips sharply in point in front and which Las 2 soft tam crown. This is not really new, for something very like 1t was worn by few exclusives in the ate summer; nevertheless 1t is worthy of classification among the fall favorltes
 But the hat whose brim turns up is the new thing.< The turn often Is directly In front. Again it is at the left side; still again, directly in the back, this latter being the smartest of all The turn does not bring the brlm up against the crown, but is 9 turn of only the very outer edge of the brlm, matter of say two inches Straight brims are again In favor, and any number of new picture hats of the Rembrandt type, and there are smart small toques and turbans, these depending on the novelty of their trimmings for their charm.
 Felt and velvet will be about equally popular this winter as material for the dressier hats Then there are various beavers, and the rich uncut velvets that look to the uninitiated like corded silks. A new point is the deep two inch binding noticed on many of the new models. Sometimes this binding Is but an inch wide on the lower brlm, and again tt is equal width upper and lower side.
 Another characteristic of the fall mil linery Is the extensive and very general use of fancy feathers. The hats are perfect riot of them. Cassoway, gouras and frost feathers. and score of styles impossible to classify, may be noted by the most casual glance into any of the smart millinery shops. Most of these feathers can be worn by the conscenti- ous without qualm since they are frankly of the made" variety. Whole feather crowns are seen, and crowns covered and the feathers trailing down on tho shoulders in the back. Not so much os- trich Is noted as for several seasons past, It's place being taken by these fancy feathers.
 There is revival in the use of hand some flowers thls winter The black vel vet hat with wreath of roses in shades of pink and red is again welcomed in by the scores of women who know full we'll that 1t is both becoming and economical! Morning glories, in all their rich shades of purple and blue and the reddish pe- tunia tints: chrysa nthemums. asters and the iris; in fact most of the large flowers will find representation fin the dressy fall hats. Ribbons are seen In abundance. wide soft scarfs of them. Buckles and ornaments of all kinds are used with a lavish hand.
 The black velvet with a touch of color Is very popular, as noted above. Purple in all it's tones and variations of violet and eggplant and mnuve are right to the fore in millinery Bronze greens and brilliant Emerald greens are used, the latter more as trimming than for the whole hat. There are brown hats and