The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-05

ti.<is and the designs shown IT " tie exclusive Fifth Avenue shops, q /the winter styles 1T hats are st v2red and inclusive .iilt ere i'llSr! aeil say there are no writer styleS Hats are both large and small, heavily <.Ti,s.ned sud otnamented T:sh simple ls,w of fiS5on; feathers gre used iicwei. are 'isc<., every known and well f..-creJ fasliic1 of trimming seems lii vogue. : nc seascn's novelty seem nic:e f.se nove.ty If variety than the novelty of any special design. One might say that one could wear anything witlout remark.
 seasqn'a Novelties
 Yet, of course, like all generahties, tliis comment is too sweeping to be strictly true. The season has one nov city, an adaptation or rather rlodlhca- tic: of a Paris novelty that startled the visitors to the gay capital i'll the early afitarnn This was nothing less than a military "shako," a large fur cap, at least foot ill height. ornanented on the front with two or three stiff plumes of equal altitude attached by a fancy jcsveled buckle. These plurnes were at tached' almost halfway up the head piece. You can fancy the effect of sucl, monumental helmet on either very short woman or a very tall ono. Hats a foot and half high are a little be- yond the courage of most of us, and although one or two importers brought samples over, they met with no favor whatever. An adaptation of this hat IS shown, however, Tn the upper -rig11t-hand picture. As you will note, the ''shako" has been cut down to small fur tur- ban. This makes a very becoming head piece and will, believe, be worn ex- tensively.
 Fur Hats in Vogue
 Last winter began the revival of fur hats, an always becoming type of head gear. but more or less fallen out of fashion for the past few seasons. This year sees the vogue of the fur hat we'll established, with fur models shown for every occasion. This year, too, fur is to be used extensively with both feathers and flowers The four hats shown ill the top row of pictures are all fur. 1 have already described the. modified 'shako" The one next to that is de- signed for young girls reception hat, a low-crowned broad mass effect created out of white mink and decorated with a bunch of pink roses. The effect IS very fetching.
 The hat on the extreme left is another dress design; this, however, for evening wear. A nice flare brirn frame is GOV cred with errnine and this is adorned with black velvet ribbons and white ostrich plurrles. The fourth hat is the more familiar toque style made out of sable, with little sable heads and feather plurnes for ornament
 The wide divergence in style yo1i may judge from the pictures 1 am showing herewith. You may be sure of one thing this year: select the style that Is most becoming to you and your hat will be not only satisfactory but fashionable
 It seems a far cry from the discussion of woman's headgear to baby's gar rrlents, and yet I have received so many inquiries recently on the subject of the little ones garbing that, despite the charge of incongruity, 1 am going to write about 1t now
 The necessity and desirability of speclless cleanliness about the baby and all his belongings is the hygienists ar \ gument against many dainty bits of fussiness that make strong appeal to the mothers fancy. The muslin-and- lace-trimmed baby basket" seems an in- stitution of the ages, and it requires not only the self-sacri6cing spirit, but al- most the training of hospital nurse to be willing to forego the pleasure of pre- pairing it.
 When you think of it seriously, a glass tray. with glass jars for the pow -ders and things, may be made to seem attractive. too, and linen cloth (with narrow lace edge and perhaps bit of hand-embroidery) to throw over the tray and its furnishings when it is not in use, may serve as sop to the work