The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-20
WHAT MILLINERS
 ARE BUYING

Buyers who are in the market at the time Of going to press express them selves as satisfied with what the mar ket offers. There are. of course, many conflicting ideas, but for 50 early in the season quite a number of cer- ample, that taffeta silk is having a boom, and that after seasons of en- deavor the lace trade has been suc- ceSSfUI in creating a demand for lace other coarse faces lead in white and ecru- Last season black Chantilly trade, but the demand for this has fallen behind, the coarse linen lace in bandings, app iques and allovers talk Ing the lead. IT, this connection 1t must be stated that practically all lace hats have -a,s foundatieR, 9f straw. few transparent effects being shown, Later on the vogue of lace may re- solve itself into a revival of the bebe and fluffy lingerie hat, made of mar TOW ruffe but at present something quite different Is the mode, the lace uscd being heavy and on this account possibly used with fullness.
 Nadine is being used to an encour- aging extent, the newest idea to use 1t in pastel or radtum shades, the lat ter having as many colors as the former but much deeper in tone. Lay CTS of maline, each one a distinct col or produce a curious effect but one tlFat is at present very smart, for u S1rQuldLeS the Cn6QSSdDi0 fO0A WIl1Cn is so very strong on silks. ribbons and straws.
 It is gratifying to several branches of the trade to hear that the per centage of handmade hats is consid- erably larger than for several seasons past. There are any number of braid hats. as we'll as hats made of plateaux, and hoods in the market.
 Very soft Mi1ans and hemps, with Mani'as, Bananas and leghorns are best liked for the body hats, many of which are faced with velvet or taffeta-
 The novelty braid of most import ance is chrysanthemum and a glace braid of many colors resembling in it's formation a branch of rais'ns and so is termed raisin braid. Both these rough effects and many others are in many colors.
 Deep purple and blue bodies are us- indeed these co ors are often substi- tuted for black in combinations with bright colors.
 While dark color combfna tions-the radium-prevail, one sees few hats in pastel shades and in light pinks and bright rose shades. A few grey hats ton of a very smart and delicat te combination, that of light grey and white
 Conflicting Features in Hat Shapes
 A study of the shapes seen th's year is rather perplexing, for there are OC~~ , spea king. crowns are lower, head sizes are smaller and brims are subject tc much twisting, turning and lashing g More brins turn up than down anc quite a few are slashed or are pleat- ed in or given a twist which calls fol the introduction of some trimming or the brim, usually against or under the turned LID portiOn.
 Brirns are being trimmed much of tener than formerly and while thert are many crowns almost hidden un der flowers and foliage, in almost al mary instances they are bare, thu trimming being applied on or around the brim.
 Every effort is being made to bring about a mode which calls for nor elaborate trimming. To be sure, mucl ribbon is used and the pattern hat show no tendency toward scanty trim ming The outlook is excellent fo flowers and for fancy feathers in tn sma' Ter effects. The glace idea, is no ticed in flowers, many of the smart est being of silk. Ribbon flowers ar used quite a little as well as thos made of metal tissues Sometimes on finds foliage bronzed or gilded-
 A new fabric is called wire cIot or wire net. As it's name implies, it stiff in texture, having a mesh mucl coarser than maIine. It can be ha in gold silver and bronze and fo some purposes is very effective.
 Ostrich and willow in bright shade and in white and black are much use as are also paradise and numidde. Os