The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-16
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Exchange
Fail Fashions In Hats

would ensue; and further tells us that
$50 0O0,O Ge are annually spent In TINS
country for millinery alone. If the new
fail nat and the Easter bonnet nave
of the country, there should surely De
cause for rejoicing that the fall sea-
son is now all but upon US and the
selection of the winter chapeau be-
comes imperative.
To Pay More for New Hat.
Tho panipulatCrs of national finance
NAV also take heart of grace. for the
news has leaked out that hats are to
he more expensive. 1t is hard to see
how they could be; but that they Will
be. the milliners are warnin" us. Wo-
men demand larger and larger hats
complain these poor, brow beaten mil
liner folk: and large hats cost more
money than small ones; not in the
trifing matter of extra material, but
because only the richest and best ma
terials will give proper class and dis
tinction to the big hat, which, if built
of cheaper material. is apt to degene-
rate into tawdriness.
In the big hat, too. the lines must be
ment' of the shape. as the French mil
liners express it, must have grace
style and character SO skilled and
expensive people must be employed to
work on these larger hats, where small
or medium chapeaux could be credit
ably turned out at much less cost.
The wise woman selects her first au-
tumn hat with discretion; knowing
that the advance models will very like1
~ exhaust their own popularity before
mid season arrives. It takes a deal of
cleverness to select satisfactory styles
unless the purse be generously long.
The wealthy woman who can depend
on an authoritative milliner con-
stantly in touch with the best Paris
styles is usually provided with sat-
isfactory and suitable hats without any
worry. 1t is the woman who must
make her dollars go a long way and
who is not sure which way the cat
will jump in exploited styles. who has
all the difficulty.
Therefore a very simple hat should
and when styles have settled and clar-
ified, a bit later, the dressier mid
season hats may be planned.
Dashing Cavalier Models.
Early peeps at Paris creations for
autumn reveal hats that invariably
turn up somewhere. The roll may be
sharply upward at one side; or just
tilt at the edge of the brim; or the brim
may be slapped against the high
crown directly at the back, a decidedly
new fancy. The Cavalier model, roll
ing gradually up at the left side and
sioping sharply downward on the
other. is the favorite. and many of the
graceful models ready for fall show
this Cavalier shape. Such a hat. heaped
with fluffy marabout trimming. is
show in the illustrations
Many variations of this rolling brim
VIII be seen; but in almost every case
the new crowns are .alike-rather high,
with fiat tops. The low conical crowns
Of last year are no longer seen. One
pretty model for first fall wear has a
rolling Cavalier brim and a very high
crown, around which is banded
straight strip Of bias black velvet,
with a huge, perfectly fiat bow
smashed against the crown on the
right side of the hat, opposite the roll
ing side. Tucked against the crown
within the roll of the brim is little
stiff cluster Of roses in pink, shading
to dark beauty tone.
The rolling brim is a welcome
change after a tiresome period of
mushroom millinery, and the brim that
curves slightly is much less harsh and
trying than the severe mushroom line.
So many varieties of roll brims are
ready. too. that every fact may be
suited.
Wings High in Paris Favor.
All the smart French millinery de-
signed for first fall wear with tailored
costumes shows a favor for wings and
other stiff feather trimmings. Some OF
the wings are enormous, measuring
more than a yard from tip to tip
Sometimes these big wings are COM
bined with long. soft breasts, which
encircle the crowd. the wings point
ing toward the back Heron and gull
feathers are much used and the short
fan wings, standing up pertly at one
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side. are considered very smart.
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