The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-06
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ing little lace hounces attached to thu underbrim-a piquant and betwitchinf innovation. By this I do not meaI the plaited lace frill that is seen st much in mob caps and Charlotte Cor day designs. The new garniture is perfectly straight hanging frfll of lac. entirely without fitness, that is at tached just inside the edge of thu brim and hangs not lower than al inch or inch and a half. In mos
 cases 1t is used with the broad brim
 med or picture hat; black velve
 models showing it repeatedly. Al
 often as not there is double flounce,
 the outside one of black lace, the in
 ner one of white. It softens the fact
 and carries out delightfully."- the pic
 turesqueness of the chapeau. But it il
 treatment that must be used witt reserve, otherwise 1t will quite lose
 its distinction and become common.
 For the Conservative Smart Women. { The hats in the illustration afford,
 I think, excellent proof that there is
 ample latitude for the stylish woman
 who doesn't allow her regard for the
 modes to overcome her. good taste.
 The one in the lower right hand corner
 Is the autumn cloche hat, a really
 charming model and admirably de-
 signed to show oil delicate features.
 It Is covered with black tulle Hsse.
 tho underbrfm being faced with black
 velvet. A delightfully."- simple but most
 effective trimming is the huge dotted
 bow of satin and velvet.
 At the top of the picture is white
 beaver toque. The brim is of black
 velvet and upturned at the back and
 front. The ornaments are. cocAades
 and rosettes of black plaited satin rib
 bon.
 The most novel of them all, to my
 mind. is that in the upper right hand
 corner. This is model of black vel.
 vet, trimmed with broad band o1
 light blue velvet tied in bow near tho
 back. A trailing branch of flowers 1T soft, pastel shades of blue, pink ane red forms garniture across the crown The feature of this hat is the new theatre cap worn under it so that, or entering the theatre the wearer car
 dof her hat and have her head covered
 in dainty lace creation which is al
 the same time an ornament and protection against the disarrangemeni
 of the hair.
 An adaptation of the extreme, old. fashioned poke bonnet is shown at thu left. It is of black velvet, with black satin bows placed square1y on top ol the crown, one end extending over th' brfm arranged in bows just under tht poke at the back.
 The hat below this is of the modified mushroom style that bids fair to b, very popular this winter It is o brown felt-the new, extremely fash ionable and extremely beautiful shad, l of brown. It has round brim, witl a fold of velvet of the same color sur | rounding it. At the front are browl l and green wings that extend straigh back on either side. The effect, whicl l is very stunning, is rather like Val kyr's helmet!
 I have left the description of tn, center hat to the last, because thinl l it is one of the most beautiful model I have seen in many months It is large black theatre hat, made of ele ments as unsubstantial as a beautiful dream, but put together with a mar velous French art that def1es imitation The extreme height of the airy 'blacl l crown is achieved by tall shirrings very line black Brussels net, held alof by imperceptible wires that evade ds l lection but serve their purpose ad mirably. A wonderful bird of para disc, with floating feathers that tos | daintily against this unsubstantia crown with every zephyr, and wit head posed on the dropping brin above the face, completes the trim ming. The transparent brin, whic ! has fascinating wave to it's circum ference, is made of the shirred BrUs l sells net with deep facing of blaci satin, both inside and out, and is fin ished on the edge with cord