Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
Alistellanruus 8eaaing.
NEW HATS ARE GIGANTIC.
Huge Crowns and Brims Larger Thar
Ever.

At the first fall opening Of Arm
strong, Gator & Co., held recently, were
shown the advance styles Of the fall
seasons hats. AS on previous occa-
sions the display was large and COM
prehensive, and many exquisite exam
pies Of fashionable millinery were ex-
| hibited to the admiring crowd OF buy
/ ers.
l cannot be truthfully said, how
evel that many Of the fall styles IN
hats are individually beautiful. They
are only pretty as compared with other
hats Of the present. Indeed, the mill
linery outlook is dark and gloomy
There are murmurs Of revolt against
the styles, and If Hobson. the warlike
were interviewed on the subject he
might say the following:
Prepare for war, prepare! Make
ready for carnage; get out the battle
ships and polish up the armor and the
coats of mail There is going to be a
civic strife. And the cause? The Win
ter's hats! This broad land, this glor-
ious nation that the politicians allude
to so tenderly is going to be divided
against itself, and, therefore, according
to Aesop's fable, the number % must
fall. Such a sad, sad strife, too, as Will
overtake us! Men united against wo-
men: sweethearts against lovers: wives
against husbands, and sisters against
brothers. And somewhere in the mid
die. to augment the feeling and stir UP
the trouble, will be the milliners.
For. let it be said at once, the hats
are broader, larger, taller and wider
than the famous Merry Widows. Well
it is a dire prophecy to make when
the weather is so warm, but an eminent
authority on the habit of the sex mas
culine has said that the men will not
stand larger hats OF course, every
body knows there are reasons for such
an assertion.
In the first place. with the increase
in size of the hat comes the increase
in the bill-and that is a subject worth
mentioning. Secondly, the nerve-rack-
ing, piercing, altogether-hurtful
propensities Of the Merry Widows have
already overstepped the patience that
a mere man is said never to possess
An added inch to the width Of brim
an increased 81 to the bill will be the
straw to swing the scales too far.
Seriously speaking, though, the hats
as seen this early in the season are TO
be feared. OF course, the styles may
change later and such freaks may fall
by the wayside, but at present the out
look is bad. To be truthful, there isn't
any outlook; the hats leave no room.
Not only are the brims wider than last
season, but the crowns are huge, mon
umental, colossal. Some Of them are
seven inches, others have the appear
ance Of a stout leaning tower OF Pisa.
There are Tam-O'- -Shanter crowns
large enough to cover that well-knoWn
gentleman and his entire family. Some
shapes resemble inverted kitchen uten-
sils, such as the humble dishpan. Fire
mems helmets are quite popular, too
and derbies, the sort favored by the
king of England, and felt stovepipes
are designed to adorn fair heads.
Just how little women and plump
women and dowagers will look in these
topheavy concoctions is a subject too
portentous to contemplate. Picture an
inverted dishpan with 24-inch hrim
and an S-inch crown resting lightly on
person five feet tall! And they will
all wear them Of course. They Will
find the biggest they can. They Will be
laughed at by their brothers, joked
about by the cartoonists and the funny
men. nd-maybe-there will be that
3ire revolt mentioned previously.
So long as the revolution is only
mentioned, however. there is no seri-
Gus danger and it is we'll to know a
few of the fads, even if their adoption
fOrebodes i'll.
There are some lovely colors, such
as nile blue a lovely deep delft blue
taupe, the old smoked gray, or ele-
chants breath, masquerading under a
new name, and rosewood, a shade that
is a cross between mahogany and old
rose. Most of the hats flare up sharply
IN the right or left side, and the num-
ber Of large crowns is marked.
To increase the size of the crowns
the newest device there is in the COL
lar effect Of wings, finished off with a
big cluster of large wings at the front
" left side. This collar effect is seen
rften. too, in cascades Of quilted ribbon
md ostrich plumes. The new method
# trimming is directly in the front
| II at the right side. and the fancy
luils and aigrettes are frequently stood
oerpendicularly against the crown
Some Of the crowns slope as do the
milk pail and others flare out and puff
The buckles that are to be such a
correspond with the crowns. Some OF
them are six and eight inches long
Among the popular felts will be the
short nap beaver, and velvet and satin
ana the new OltOIIlctIl SIN " III DS uSSN
IN combination on brims and crowns
Fancy braids and trimmings, some
passementere effects, and cretonne
will be arranged on many of the hats
Persian effects will still be popular.
AS a contrast to the huge hats there
will be worn also some jaunty little
toques, close fitting and trimmed with
uuills and soft curling plumes. The
directoire hat is the fad of the fall
and winter. 1t is like the familiar
mushroom sailor and is finished with
long fringed loops of ribbon fastened
on each side of the edge Of the brim
and arranged to tie under the chin or
to form a band effect around the neck
and droop down over the shoulder
Baltimore Sun.
TALKING DowN.-The superintendent
If a Sunday school class in Philadel-
phia recently called upon a visitor to
say few words" to the class, the