The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-15
OUTLOOK FOR THE SEASON
AS TO WOMEN'S HATS.

just when some Of US had begun to
grow nervous lest there be nothing new
in millinery the coming season and lest
the feminine part Of the population
would be doomed to struggle along
wearing the creations of last year.
along comes the official announcement
that the new fall and winter hats are
already in our midst. Moreover. iudg-
ing by the descriptions, they give the
lie direct to that old and titne-worn
adage that there is nothing new under
the sun.
II appears the smart ha5 for the
season that is now opening will cover
the right ear. It is understood that
few hats with any real professions to
being out of the ordinary will fail in
this. If, however, the wearer insists
not merely on a smart effect, but on
being in the lead in respect to smart
ness, then it will be incumbent on the
hat not merely TO cover the right ear,
but also to veer down in front and list
to starboard in way that will ex-
tinguish from view the right eve. This
is not saying that there will not be
other lIats which will move along on
an even keel, so to speak. Some of
them, 700, will be in extremely good
form, but they viii not have those at
tributes of ultra smartness that appeal
so strongly to some of their charming
occupants.
Diligent search of the advance in
formation discloses no reference to the
Merry Widow. Whether this means
that the Merry Widow is obsolete or
has come to be regarded as permanent
ly established is not quite clear. 1t
appears that the hats this season range
from the large hats with excessively
wide briEis to some extremely small
shapes. If wide hat is built on up
to-date plans and specifications, it is
likely to tilt afar up at the left side
and swing low and afar down on the
right side. This idea, so near as can
be learned, is borrowed from the APP
.pearance presented by the average aero
plane when it is making a graceful
fight aloft among the clouds The
tendency to borrow IDEAS for hats from
what is going on in the world outside
of that part of it which is given to
millinery is seen in the fact that one
of the popular styles viii be modelled
after a boat
This idea is gathered from the Hud-
son Fulton celebration, in which the
Clermont and other craft are to figure
OF course, the discovery of the North
Pole viii have important effects on the
hat styles. That announcement was
made within twenty-four hours after
DR.. Cook returned to the edges of civil
lizatfon. The grenadier hat which has
certain touches resembling the head
gear of the leader of the village band
when he is arrayed in all his glory, is
going to make its debut this year and
will no doubt be one Of the popular
members of the milliner's set.
These are a few of the salient facts
about the millinery outlook for the
season. 1t is said the miscellaneous
assOrtments OF fruits which were
thrown in with hats last season will
not be so much in evidence. The ten
dency will be to feathers rather than
flowers, and to dull. rich colors rather
than gay and dazzling ones.
From the purely masculine stand
point. we are violating no confidence in
saying that the market for hats this
season promises to be extremely brisk
and they may be purchased on about
the same terms as have hitherto pre-
vailed.