Evening journal., 1915-07-30
PILGRIM STYLES ARE
POPULAR FOR MILADY
As SUMMER LINGERS
BY MARGARET MASON,
for thAas1Jnited. Press.

BY MAhJAltfI MAoVNs
written for th8s1jnited. Press)
And now some Pilgrims Progress,
Has been made in modern style
Since Hattie wears a Pilgrim nat
It's good for quite a smile
Have YOU seen. the quaint Pilgrim
lids that all the dear girls are wear
ing9 They are nothing more nor less
than replicas 81 the chapeau John
Alden wore when he wooed the falr
Priscilla Broad Of brim with a hign
cone shaped crown that is hattened
off before il attainssto a perfect peak
the. are certainlyra distinct novelty
when perched on a perky 1913 heao.
How oft has The modern maid cast
aside right spurnfully a garment
which She declared looked as II II
had come out of the ark And yet
here she is. exuberantly pleased TO
haunt hat that came over in the
Mavdower The only difference be-
tween the 1915 Pilgrim hats and the
original models is the material in
which they are developed, John Al
den. Miles Standish and the old boys
ran TO felt whereas the new maids
have their Pilgrim headgear done
in .aneta, preferably black. A sirisle
white silk cord knotted around the
base of the crown is the only adorn-
ment.
From Pilgrim designs to Quaker
models is but a step and II is no
anacronism for milady to wear her
Pilgrim hat to top off a Quaker grey
taffeta frock. tight or bodice and
adorned with the sheer white Quaker
collars and cuffs. Indeed the popu-
larity of the lovely Quaker cuffs and
collars seems no whit on the wane.
They are becoming to almost all types
of pulchritude and Immediately stamp
their wearers in the eyes of mere man
as most desirable Friends" Yea ver-
lily it is most meet that thee should
address your better half as Friend
Wife" these days of picturesque
ouakeresque fashions. But. Of, would
not all the Pilgrim Fathers and Cody
Ouakers writhe with rage could they
know that they who despised all
worldly pomp and vanity have so
generously contributed to the fash
ionable follies of 1915.
All indications are that when the
first cool days of autumn arrive nil
lady will cast aside her hot weather
white fox fur set and don a costume
OF sheer silk mousseline. Thin fab
RIGS are to be all the 60 fer the fall
so get out your chiffons wells and
gauzes and such and prepare to lay
off your furs till next summer
Velvet hats are getting thick as
peas not only on the wax figures
that gaze meltingly out of smart Fifth
avenue shop windows these scorch-
ing days but on real live figures on
the outside looking in. Most of the
new velvet shapes are broad OF brim
and fiat of crown and simply adorned
with a bit of gourra a chic wing OF
a piquant ribbon bow. They are us
ually of black velvet. although many
striking models are shown in a bright
royal purple and a few in a deep al
most black brown a shade or sc
darker than last seasons popular tete
de nigre.
One safe and sane note is being
sounded for fall footwear II promises
to be a season Of sane shoes Bacl
and side lacings are to be put in theil
proper place and the rainbow effects
of colored kid are looking forward tc
black days. Won't your poor be.
dizened feet be surprised and glat
to be encased once more in neat bu
not gaudy black kid shoes and boots
laced or buttoned discreetly up the
front again? Indeed our understand
ings have been kidded extensively this
summer and it seems about time they
were receiving a little serious con
sideration
Take a long breath and then pul
your corset strings and tie 'em tight
The wasp waist is really and truly
going to appear in our midst thi:
fall Naturally it would appear il
our midst if it appeared at all bu
when we are so used to things appear
ing unnaturally that it should no
surprise if a wasp waist had alight
ed on our shoulder blade or even al
eye brow. Corset makers are busl
revising their model stays for thu
autumn figure and comfort and goo,
health are preparing to torsake us il
the imminent approach of an eigh
teen-inch waist measure.
Thus you have a resume of tn,
startling changes affecting our heads
our feet and our midsts that this fal
we fall heir to.