Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
Well Dressed Girls
Diary
The ryen,nr Hat Is Returning.


Suzanne's father always takes
four season seats for the Metropoii-
tan Opera. Last night they included
me in their party. Suzanne, her
mother and Il had to wait in the lobby
some time for her father. He had
some business engagement that kept
him downtown until it was almost
lime for the curtain to rise. How
ever, waiting in that throng was
pleasure, for we could admire all the
beautiful gowns, wraps and mats
worn by the women.
/ remember that several times when
went to the opera last season the
women stepped from their carriages
without hats. Their hair was mar
yelously dressed, and they wore
tiaras set in precious stones, but hats
were conspicuous by their absence
Now this season it is going TO be
quite different, for, you know, those
enormous Gainsborough picture hats,
trimmed in extremely long, curling
Dlumes. have again come into vogue
They make almost any woman look
stately, and they throw dark sIla-
dow about ones eyes that IS very at
tractiye. -,
The large black hats were for the
most part faced in light pink. Ostrich
plumes appeared in every manner manu-. ~, pa
shade. Sometimes they outlined the
crown and hung far over the brlm'
Others were clustered in great masses
at the front or side, and stood very
high, | saw one shape covered IN
Japanese silk crepe and trimmed IN
plumes of shell pink and turquoise
blue.
You know many of the new silks
and gauges are covered in designs OF
of tinsel. These make feautiful nat
crowns for the evening models.
saw one woman entering the lobby OF
the opera house who wore a large nd
covered in canary yellow velVet ne
crown was made of yellow ana sliNel
tinsel, and a sheaf OF plack alsre'ees
was poised at the front. ..,,a
Another hat was covered in frilled
pink silk net, and the crown was
made of gold tinsel. Three ostrlch
plumes. in pink arched from the crown
at one side. A hat of black lace ana
gold tinsel was trimmed by single
gold butterfly. Almost all the large
black velvet shapes had crowns OF
gold or silver lace An edging OF
gold or silver lace was used about
the brin. sometimes in combination,
with strip of fur One large plack
velvet picture hat had crown OF
gold lace. The brim was trimmed IN
three places by clusters of tiny wet
ostrich feathers in plum color: A
black shape with a silver crown had
it's brim covered by straight row
of velvet roses which extended
around the hat as its sole trim
ming.
These clusters of small ostrich
three inches in length
were worn by many of the younger
girls. They are, Of course, more suit
able for them than the long plumes.
I saw another hat worn by miss
of sixteen which was of marked in
dividuality. The hat was wide.
black velvet shape, its crown and
brim trimmed by half-inch silver rib
bon which was applied to look like
q large fiat bow. Roses were tackled
at the centre of each bow.
We saw a great deal of the slick
white plumage of the Indian cock
and white hacxle used as the trim
ming of black velvet hats. But, be-
cause these trimmings are suitable
for afternoon and evening street wear,
they are not as smart as ostrich for
large evening hats.