The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-17
he Wornan's Page of The T'miaes-Dispatch
The Bonnet Of To-Day

and what She viii wear on her head for
the ensuing days. be Ii known that the
leaders Of dress and the designers Of
fashion have met. and the fall hat has
arrived in all the charm and innova-
lions of its Ioveliness Those who
know say that we VIII not have any
thing strikingly original or positively
new and startling I'm the hat line for
early autumn wear. but many of the
favored shapes have been retained.
One observes the fashion books. and
the pages are bright with little hats,
big hats wide and broad affairs Of
dashing contour and color, Oriental tur-
bans. Breton bonnets. Napoleon helmets
and really almost any kind of Il hat
that the soul Of, woman might desire
with which to frame her pretty face
Just at present the most notable fea
lures OF the fall millinery are the
great height of the tall. peaked crowns
and the wing -like arrangement OF
wired bows. The tall crowns are APP
pearing on all sorts OF hats, from the
largest affair for dress occasions to the
smallest bonnet for street wear The
wired bows trim everything, and are
used in almost any arrangement and
style on the newest hats seen in the
shops And such wonderful combina-
tons of colors and tones as we do
find! Really tho fall hats are little
dreams. and the face of lovely wo
man viii lock even more fetching ana
piquant framed in cunning Breton
bonnet, made and trimmed in the soft
est shades of felt and satin.
Coque plumes are going to be used
a great deal. Ono very attractive com
bination shown at a recent opening was
the use of the coque feathers with sido
revers OF a contrasting color on "A very
small hat with very tall crown.
Feathers OF every sort will be used o
good deal, though tho willow plume
seems 10 have sung its swan song for
while at least The latest model
straigh, from the fashion capital, is
AN All feather hat. combining corona
Sion blue with French gray In both the
crown and narrow brim. with a wide
wing OF the same feathers Just a lit.!e
10 one side
One OF tho most popular hats of the
present Is shaped like a thimblc. hav-
ing a high crown. rounded at the top.
while the narrow brim resembles ths
rim OF thimblc very closely. The
usual trimming upon such a hat is a
feather or brush made Of lnarabou,
posed either al the side or In the cx-
IRENE centre. but forai decorations may
he used MS well These blossom deco
rstions are lovely wild flowers and gar
den oneE, appearing on the same hat.
But whatever the nat. the style. the
woman, tho time has come for the
feminine world to pin on the last
summer straw and sally forth In search
OF 81 new affair 10 adorn her head for
tho winter season II she he of mucl:
means. she VIII arrive IN her machine
or carriage. bu, most probably. says a
~ tient and nevcr-tiring shopkecpcr
viii she arrive on foot. and not in tho
best Of humors al that. Then will she
4.
IL be the hat for the rich or the hat
FOR her purse. aud you must stand
choerily by and SEQ your prize exhibits
pulled about Even then. shopkceper
after three and four long hours. she
Will smile svee,ly into your taco and
remark that she was only looking
around and would he in again next
week" y prayerful and upright shop
geeper manages to hold his tongue ana
his temper and bow the customer from
the shop. hu; others have been known
10 mention facts. Next year they seq
no hats
when Putting In Yokcs.
Tho home drcssmaker can save much
trouble and many stitches when put
tins Jokes into her frocks by purchas-
ing an inexpensive bust form Provid-
cd this form faithfully models ones own
neck and shoulder lines not a single
stitch need be put in the wrong place.
il is only necessary to put the gown
on the figure, wrong side out, and
haste in the yoke. One woman who
puts both thought and much exquisite
hand work into her wardrobe bought
dummy form" in her own hip size
and then made two waists of heavy
white drill, one with and one without
collar These she puts on the form
as occasion requires. stufing them out
with cotton wool. II was she who in
vented the above mentioned method of
putting in yokcs.