Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-30
BYaANNE R1TTENHoUsE.

Around the bride on the hat RACES
ntr1 arsarle,t. Som like it; some, Go
ntr There are American Women who can
VIA tiAs tIa not draw down upon them
selves any violent criticism. 1t is the hat
to- the French Woman rather than Tor
tia ,sagib saxon,, BUT tue fashionable sets
OF. today look so much alike, no matter
What thsat personality sfr birthplaee- thai
ua arc losing ftdividpaNty, Paris has
pdrsibiy.se4 the model, or maybe it Is the
times. whatever the reason, it is ainaS-
ing how much, women appear ai1ke
Though similarity sef pose, figure sano
HoweSern there is something about The
life iip Europe; below England, that allows
woman to- dare more In dresS than any
where DID and that is probably why we
e8t OF most eccentric fashions from that
fashfonabte, region Of sthe world bounded
by Paris on the north andPby Rome on
the south
II uasS In. this part of the country that
the bride, to a hat became the fasmon.
1t, came about through the influence OF
the Russian dancers and the Ralkan war;
1t drops, fFom the sidss OF the nat a ~,
D Dsas % s 1sixs si fissqn h aees aaW#
ref-t4reve.-&#e.-.aasss-E girls. Who make, ~.
OF tulle and-oatch it at the, left side with
a group OF roses.
There is nothing startlingly new ABOUT
this .bfadle -on a hat, but, Ike many
fashions. it has been raised to a position
of prominence because miiliners nave
argued for and against II. and certain
daring types of women have persisted III
wearing it, ..ts = 100
II 10 at it's hest on a hat tina L. is WON
by a-.sfrf -fetwesu. ten and eighteen Seass.
old, and it,. can he higiTfy recommended
for SUCH Youngsters. The kind of. hat to
which il is attached IS not especially
fashionable for older women this winter:
this is the bee-fiiv,s shape that goes well
over the head, has Il high crown and is
somewhat deadeHins' to face that mas
lost its .gir!ishpess.
Strange il may seem. the nat lndt
shews some al. the hair and has an up
:5;.res, hrim is more becoming To the
* aa .s sf5 Il sssSsa fha S9s P1 IS
o5s s sl A saas s.SrI S%5e x xsi
s.sat shades The eyes and hides the puffs
az holows under them. but these women
ara few and far between. -. a..
There IS very attractive basket hat
With a bridle--l was about TO say horse
hat for after all the shape is somewhat
SIMILAR. IT, Ihe. straw hats. that horses
wear in summer-made of folded yellow
cfiffor sprinkied with cubist roses of blue
satin SURROUNDED by long. nat green leaves
Inc nat Is nnlSneO With dH cu6e VI
brown fur. and-there is IA birdie to match.
Any bride VINO wants original headgear
would do we'll to adopt this hat for her
naids and ii. is especially attractive for
little girls who act as flower bearers.
Lace Coronet is Out.
One a the graceful fashions of the
midsummer was the hat with a velvet
crown and high. wired lace brim. And
yet the selective women are avoiding this
hat because of its overpopularity and
consequent cheapness. One really does
not like. to wear a hat that floods the
market places. and this shape was fore
doomed to this fate when it made its first
appearance.
AND yet like many other attractive
fashions. II may be avoided by the fash
ionabie women for a while and then re-
turn to favor because of its intrinsic
merit. But at the present moment it, IL
best not TO buy one unless ypH are quite
sure that your neighbors VII old 1t.
As far as+the season has su!.,, there Is
nothing to disprove the early assertion
that black. Nslret. would ohH:.rhe. leading