The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-01
For the Women to Think About
Written Especially for The Reformer

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cannot completely disappear from sight
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There are often small pieces of old lace
and embroidery that their owner cannot
| find any use for and yet they are really toe
handsome to throw away These are
lust what is wanted for the Dutch collars
! 1t is very much the fashion nowadays Y
combine several kinds of lace and embrold.
ery. using them as medallions or small con
Meeting pieces of Insertion, To make one
of these collars a girl should FIRST make q
design on piece Of muslin which Will
give good effect with what pieces she has
| then haste them on and ill IN the spaces
with fine handkerchief linen and beading
1t requires careful sewing, but that is some
thing that many girls of to-day can do ex-
/ tremely WELL and this kind OF work is very
| fascinating, 1t is not always necessary to
make the entire design at first The most
! important pieces may be basted on the mus
| lin and the rest of the design worked out
gradually Any number of things may be
used in one collar if the whole effect is
artistic,
The head size of all the newest hats Is
smaller and in consequence the crown OF
the hat does not fit down so far on the
head. There are any number OF smart hats
that are made apparently to cover the
head. so close fitting and all conceallng are
they but, as has lust been said, the newest
hats are built differently and show more OF
the hair: There are also more small crowns
than ever, and the only danger is that the
crowns will become too small, a fashion
that is almost if not quite as ugly and I'M
becoming as the huge round crown that Is
SO disfguring and inartistic Fortunately
the latest styles in millinery are far more
sane. Older women have much to be
thankful for in the present fashions, Tor
there are so many attractive toques, tur-
bans and small shapes of all kinds, without
exception far more becoming than the large
hats. Nothing makes woman who is past
her first youth look old as does big hat
with picturesque lines. The freshness of
youth is needed for such styles. while in
the medium and small hats an older woman
will look years younger than the Family
Bible will credit her.
Silk flowers, large and small, are
fashionable this season, and the workman
ship is exquisitely fine. The ribbon work
small flowers that have been and are used
on gowns and in fancy work are also util-
are the larger flowers, with long stems and
many leaves. Black hats trimmed with the
white silk flowers are smart and effective,
and while this fashion made its appearance
some months ago, it has only now been
generally accepted 1t is original and dis
tinctive, two of the requisites now demand
ed by fashion. That the brim and the
crown of the hat shall not be the same is
another of this seasons rules. The crown
covered with flowers or feathers, is often of
a transparent material with the brim of
straw, often faced with velvet. This makes
hat lighter and different from the cut and
dried models always in fashion. 1t may be
trimmed only with velvet or satin bows at
one side, and still be intensely smart and
effective and quite unlike any other style
that has yet been seen. 1t is copied in all
black and all white and is charming in
either while for sharp contrast the original
model of the black and white is all that
could be desired. White feathers and white
bows on black hats are always effective,
and this year the placing of these trimmings
is much smarter than when low crowns are
more fashionable The high crown FORMS
a background or groundwork that supports
the trimming while with the low crown
the trimming has to be wired or braced to
stand up right, aud there are few shapes
this year that are intended for the fiat
effect.