The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-10-05
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO EVERY WOMAN
EDITED JULIA CHANDLER MANI
PLUSH TOTHERORE
IN FALL MILLINERY
Figures in Small Tailored Hats a
Well as Evening Models.

Fall hats have been blossoming pienti-
fully ever since early in August snd now
even the fuzziest and warmest Of plush
and beaver and fur hats are on view.
Plush, in particular. fairly romps
through the new millinery. figuring IN
every type Of hat from the soft little
tailored model for street ana outins
wear to the handsomest of big dress
hats, and white plush. though lament
ably impractical takes precedence
"Oh. YOU can clean II easily with
French chalk" the saleswoman says
arily-but you can't, and there will be
sad sights in connection with those
white plush hats a little later when SCOT
and dust have done their worst. While
they are clean, however, they are soft
and pretty and becoming, and Cassandra
was a deservedly unpopular woman; so
truce to dire prophecy.
There are two kinds of the plush, one
with thick soft velvet like more of the
look of silk beaver. The latter is the
and there is frequently a low plain
crown or slightly draped crown Of this
plush in white associated with wide
brim of black velvet or black satin.
Velvet Rose Only Trimming.
a Single great NcNcb EOec IA
or black may be the only trimming for
the summer fad for huge low hats, little
trimmed, seems likely to hold over; but
more often the trimming is some fancy
feather set at a spiky angle or full
egret or tuft of paradise plumes oddly
and somewhat rakishly posed. Full.
fluffy trimming effects concealing the
hat lines are as little used as they
have been during the summer. The line
is the thing, and in the small hats, WHAT
ever trimming is APPLIED, is likely to be
narrow and high, while the trimming Of
the large hat is usually low and unob-
trusive or narrow and angular.
There are, of course, many exceptions
to this rule. Beautiful shaded or plain
toned ostrich plumes curl out over some
OF the wide brims or around low crowns,
but so far few of them stand up in the
old dasting fashion.
Large tulle bows do blur the outlines
of some OF the hats. but these bows ap-
pear most frequently upon medium sized
hats, not upon the large shapes, and
often the whole hat is OF the tulle. with
touches OF fur to lend a cold weather
appropriateness. Pretty hats of this type
are shown in soft nut browns with mar
row lines of skunk other dark furs
and little dull gold lace here and there
under the brown tulle. Attractive all
black hats of tulle are numerous, too.
but will doubtless give way as cold
weather comes on
Big. soft, draped velvet or plush
crowns on the tam o'shanter order are
seen in both large and medium sized hats
and among the innumerable black and
white models offered for first hats
there are many whose lightly draped
crowns are of white satin. while the
brfms are of black velvet or black silk
beaver.
Black and White Popular.
These black and white hats are legion.
particularly among the small. semi-tai-
lored hats, and there is little that is
new in shape among them. The lines
follow very closely those of the summer
small hats. and originality Is obtained
only by some novelty in the fancy feather
or bow or cockade with which the shape
is trimmed
Some of the small soft hats of this
comfortable and practical sort are In
charming colors, soft old reds, for ex-
ample, and lovely tones OF brown and
yellow. One extremely good looking i'm
ported model with round crown and close
rolling brIm was in channels color beav-
er. soft and pliable as velvet The brim
was faced with dark brown velvet, and.
oddly enough, but most effectively, the
trimming was a SllSnIly QrdDeQ Ddnu VI
thick, soft, smoky gray silk embroidered
in dull gold. The color scheme sounds
unattractive, but on the contrary was
exceedingly successful.
Dark blue is a popular millinery color
as 1t has been during the summer and
is frequently combined with white, after
the fashion of the black and white mod
els. or is relieved by lighter vivid blue
or some one of the vieux rouge tones.
Taupe is another of the popular colors
in millinery and is used even more for
trimmings than for hat shapes. This
color tones down satisfactorily most of
the brilliant hues and in fur. marabout.
velvet, tulle, &c, gives good trimming
effects. A draped toque of glowing gera
mum red, for example, has taupe mara
bout next the face and a feather fancy
Of marabout and heron posed at a curl
Gus angle.