Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-15
BAN ON STRAW HATS
Sent to the Attic by Decree of
Fashion.
FALL STYLES IN HEADGEAR
Low Crowned. Broad Brimmed Crea-
ton at the Fore-Derbies
and Soft Hats.
FALL STYLES IN HEADGEAR

SO Won didn't buy q fall hat Nester-
day? Well. that was funny looking tile
saw YOU wearing when you got on the
car in a ranstorm this morning
So said tho lucky fellow who had al
ready made his fall hat purchase. Sep
tember II. for many year. has been
the day ON which every straw hat must
nc put away in the attic. Any man wear
ing straw hat on or after September IL
may 10 mobbed and his assailants let 2"
free on the grounds of justitiable straw
hat-icide
With Washington having its coolest Sep
TENDER II in forty years the fall hat trade
did a grand business yesterday. Ana to-
day. with the weather bureau promising
cold weather and. perhaps more ram, the
straw hat seems to have been put away
in avalanche style.
Marks an Innovation.
Speaking in the Language of the nat
statesmen hats for this fall mark the
greatest innovation in years. Mems hats
are almost as stylish as women's mats
and have all the shapes the human head
can stand without ''holerinS. sun Quot
ing the hat statesmen, shapes. coiorS ana
sizes are radically different from any
previously shown. and II that Is true
then watch out for some wonders.
The artists who design the Wen known
derby or darby as it Is called bS SOME
have reached into the innermost depths
of their imagina ton this year and nave
fashioned a low crowned broad brlmmed
thing that looks exactly like an inverted
rowboat with broad scuppers..
No human being was ever known VINO
did not secretly in his heart admit that
he looked like = criminal in hard derby
hat but. yet. the hat salesman conNlhcSs
him that when this croWnlnS glory Oh
masculine wear IS tipped back over the
ear at a certain angle. to be found only
after long experimentation. the whole ef-
feet is that of 4 rakish daredevil sort.
the KIM so much priced by our smartest
dressers.
Once Upon a Time.
Time was when there were only two
styles OF hats for fall wear. barring the
eyer-present silk tile. These styles were
the derby and the fedora, but now the
fedora has blossomed forth into an array
OF soft hats of felt. cloth and other ma
terials. until the eye cannot choose. The
hat salesman. in his patter, says they
are made in tewilderinS array OF rough
and smooth materials, in plain and mixed
colors. the latter being an almost exact
replica of the rough English suitings just
coming into vogue.
You can stand in front of one OF those
double mirrors for an afternoon, put on
soft lat afte- soft hat and never find
two alike There are green plaids, and
red rlaids,- and brown and green com
hination woollv things with Il little turned
up cloth gutter running around the en-
tire roof. You punch in the crown and
pull down one side. and the salesman
mutters something which convinces YOU
that YOU look exactly like a millionaire
voyager standing on the deck of a trans
atlantic liner.
Some Of the Effects.
There soft French hats which cost
IS and which make the face long and
solemn. The English cloth hats, which
have no shape at all, make the face
look broad and rudGy and hungry for
slice of red rare roast beef There is
something new in the way of a Spanish
bat in red and yellow box. which makes
the youth who wears one think he looks
Ike II Spanish sport ct bull fight.
The straw hat also makes way for the
cap which used TO be 20 cents. but
which now runs rs high as 81, and which
measures from yard to three yards. il
would seem. in circumference. There are
more shades and designs in caps than
there ever wee before. and today is the
day for their first appearance.