Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-07
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.
ecial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, September 2S, 1918.
One marvels at the absence OF white
hats over. here. Last summer the boule-
wards were abloom with them and they
grew like white crysanthemums in the
Bots. Today one sees a single white hat
amid a forest of black ones. For that
very reason, 1t has novelty and charm.
In America the round white hat of satin
or beaver was the smart thing last sum-
mer, and Americans who arrive in Paris
this late in the season are wearing them,
but the French woman has given herself
over entirely to the black velvet hat.
Even with a white linen. or muslin
gown, she wears a hat of velvet, and it
is usually trimmed with black. She does
not employ a touch Of white. to tighten.
1t. Possibly she puts a colored POM
pom on 1t.
yesterday who wore a pink and white
| striped one-piece frock with white shoes
black velvet belt, and black velvet hat
with high Mother Goose crown and a
small rolling brim. At the side of the
| front was yellow silk pompon that
reached out over the brim. 1t was bright
yellow and looked like powder puff
| By the way. this kind of ornament Is
| also put on the coats or gowns. 1 saw
| one of PaQuin's coats fastened a little
above the bust with quite a large silk
| pompon. 1t carried out the idea that the
French woman never goes without her
powder puff. and she has long since
| ceased to conceal 1t.
| If you could see her in any public place,
| powder1ng her nose, painting her lips,
blackening her eyebrows, before her tiny
gold mirror, while she slipped tea and ate
cake, you would enjoy one Of the most
comical sideshows in Vanity Fair. And
| this winter she will evidently wear the
gown In order that there will be no
chance 10 forget 1t.
The Black Velvet Hat.
Will women get tired Of wearing SO
many black hats? What will the early
winter bring out in their place? These
are difficult questions to answer.
| Women do not seem to care for coIored
hats. That much seems settled. Whether
or not the winter will bring in white satin
and fur ones, as the summer has brought
In. black velvet and plush ones, Is some
thing that even the milliners do not
know.
All their ingenuity today Is centered in
producing as many shapes in black as
possible. II they can invent a new one
| each week they are content. 1t looks
| tiOuSH thCIc WdS u 0S0i III "a A0Ooo
| somewhere, somehow, for one sees an
anna zing number of duplicates on the
i street and in the shops.
| The hat that the Frenchwoman wore In
the summer, which came well down over
! the ears and had high. straight, crown,
| was repeated in velvet last week. It runs
| down in an almost straight line from top
of crown to edge of brim, and Is trim
med only with ribbon-a wide band that
| goes around the middle and Is arranged
| in fantastic loops at the side.
| Another summer hat that has been re-
peated for the winterfi Is the shape with
| a drum-like crown and a high fiaring
brim Of wired black lace with or without
an osprey at the side.
Sometimes Touch OF Yellow.
When one wishes to depart from the
all-black hat, one puts q dab OF yellow on
| It The case of the pompon was good
| one, for example, and one will see a yell
low velvet rose or bunch of small yell
low flowers added as the single ornaments
| There Is no doubt that yellow is the
color of the year as far as accessories
go; one sees few smart yellow. evening
gowns touched of with Turkish blue, or
SNUFF brown, but yellow accessories are
| plentiful At the autumn resorts enc sees
yellow sweaters with white skirts and