Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14

tho desire for coiorful costumes. Those
that he designed and Mime. PaQuin car
ried out Were not successful, tor bakst,
like all Theatrical costumers, although he
Is supreme artist, would not be able u
design the kind OF clothes that accom-
pany everyday life. But his amazing
combination OF colors, that laugh anc
leap and shout for JOY" have given 10
masses Of women new ideas In the art
of costuming themselves.
il is impossible TO so home and be
drab and conservative in ones clothes
after an afternoon spent among those liv-
ing reds. purples. greens and blues y
1t is only thread OF scarlet or a p'ecc
OF purple, one feels that color must D.
added TO ones costume.
In fact. the pictures are having some
thing of the same effect on costumery H.
America that they had in Paris, where
one could see his creations worn by sucl
women as Ida Rubenstein and Anna PAY
Iowa.
Apropos Of the influence or the east.
via Bakst and Poiret, the newest edition
Is the minaret hat. 1t had the same
source as the minaret tunic. The Per
sian headdress was very much exploit
ed in America last October and womca
could not take Ii seriously. because IL
was too fantastic, although il must be
said to the credit of those who brought
IL over that tney dlQ IOl lulGnQ 10 u&Nt
any one use il. but only admire ii.
The minaret hat is altogether weaT
able. Ii hts the head like a dome-shapeG
cap and has revers, as these new up
standing brims are called, and the Trim
ming shoots straight upward in front eN-
actly as il does on the Persian turbans.
This is the best known form OF the min
aret hat But there Is another one, also
In the form of a cap with til. upstand-
ing brim, which Is trimmed In front with
a series rlrryinp. fanfa sizes. tWlrllrE
around like q rams horn. This trimming
was used on fully dozen OF the head
dresses worn in the Persian ballet, anu
the idea presented itself as a novelty TO
the miliners who are now searching ways
and means to make women forget the
aigrettes they cannot buy.
All of these tisht-fittiug, high hats with
the three and four inch brims that stand
up closely against the crown and are
s!ashed In front to show huge cabo-
chon or the beginning of a spiral Of
feathers are exceedingly ashionable.
They are unusually becoming and mt In
we'll with the American idea OF what Is
trig and smart in the matter OF street
clothes.
There is a remarkable absence of wells
these days, and the small hat with the
neatly coiffed hair beneath is good adj
| junct to the coat suit which has few
| frills and furbelows about IL when IL is
turned out by good tailor.
There is a strong pressure brought 60
bear on women to have these hats made
OF fur. as 1t is possible the markets are
overstocked with peltry of all kinds and
IL is well to dispose of il before the quail
! ity of the winter is determined. Women,
| however. do not fall In with the plans
| of furriers in this respect. They do not
| care for the fur hat. They do not object
| to a twist OF peltry, bow Of 1t, or even
| an edge at the top Of the hi2h turban,
| but they are tired. of a whole hat OF
| hide. whether it is precious or SEMI
| precious.
| There Is also a strong effort brought by
| the milliners to induce women TO wear
| flowers and ostrich feathers, now that
the war on the aigretIe is successful;
but women prefer the i'm. tation aiErette
made of horsehalr. to real ostrich tbs.
| though it is possi5 thai Caroline He-
boux'S invention of the ostrich ,,ss19cA
on a velvet hat will swing fashisn iate
line.
Nine. Reboux has a way of hitting thg
popular taste and few OF her invention.
tall fat. As for flowers, there can be- a.
more brilliant way of adding color 20 =
black hat than by employing the ssllcaGil
blossoms of velvet or satin that are nov
made. The main trouble lies n TIE fac.
that the shape of the hat neeus 4 rush
Of some sort.