The sun., 1910-02-25
EVERYTHING NEW IN HATS
STREET WEAR WILL BE CLIPPED
CLOSE TO THE HEAD.
hut for Occasions Or Ornament HmmeOaa
ArreARes Win PrcNail-Chanteclrr
Must Ramp. Not Set--TaxI BOnmoss
Go Sc Just LIKE GRANDMOTHER Hood.

The elevator In the Hotel Victoria.
Broadway and Twenty-seventh street.
designed TO accommodate ten adult per-
sons, was taxed to its capacity last night
when Mime. Marie. president OF the Ma
tionnl Association OF Retail MilIiners,
endeavored to ascend to the second floor.
where the mIlltners are holding their first
New York convention. Nine. Marie was
wearing a reception hat. and for some time
Il was thought ahe would have to take the
stairs.
II was not that the hat was heavy.
The difficulty arose from the fact that the
elevator in a structure In three dlmen-
siOnal space. The reception hat had
attained to at least the fourth dimension.
The reception hat was the largest OF the
bats displayed by the milliners last night.
though not the most convincing. There
was one evolution from the peach basket.
all black with sapphire buckles.
Millinery IL an art" said Nine. Marie
last night as she passed the hat around.
Just a. much an art as music or getting
votes for women. It's all very well to
talk about pictures or statues. but when
1t comes right down to IL how many OF
these things they paint or sculpture would
you consent to wear as you do a hat? i
should say mott"
Now, this hat with the sapphire buckles
had small chassis and was almost pure
Colonial in style. IL WIS for street wear
and was just black straw fesooed with
binok velvet. II was epic rather than
lyric and too distinguished for anything.
Hats for street wear. said Nine.
Marie to the embattled milliners, will be
mostly small Little turbnns and Russian
things. you know. Further down over
the back OF the neck too
less derby in shape or elaborately decor
ated bathing caps. The values were
generally poor and not a single one OF
them showed the slightest mastery OF
chiRrOscuro. The idea is 90 build street
hst that will not betray the wearer who
attends one OF these open air suffrage
meetings.
There is to be different hat for every
occasion" said madame. es a buzz OF
comment rose over the turbine hats,
design cafe hats now. A complete nov
city. Does it whatI Change color? Why
no. Yes, | suppose a hat might be made
OF chsngeable silk. And another thing
is the taxi bonnet. just like grand
mothers hood. A little red riding hoods
No. we don't design them"
The acreage OF the hats has decreased
| in some cases. Headgear for the street
L. helmetlilSe. Hats for receptions, teas
balls. christenings and aviation have an
immense surface area. They are worn
fullrigged though royals and t'gallants 10
may be fnrled IN the still breese OF an
electric fan. The Chantecler hats have
the rooster rampant; these things you
see with the rooster setting on an egg
are di@tictiy limitations. With the excep-
tion Of Chantecler all the birds, as well
as all the fruits aud studies IN still life.
are antiquated. Aeroplane hats. which
respond to the prevailing air currents.
are useful in aiding one TO walk fast
without effort. They must. however. be
securely fastened and are advantageous
only with a fair wind. Wearing an aero
plane hat with a beam wind makes steer
ing extremely dificult, while with a head
wind the only thing to do is to tack ship
At every street crossing.