Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-19
special Correspondence of The Star.

NEW YORK, October 19.-The strus-
gle in millinery is between the high
and the low crown. Nothing else counts.
Trimming, fabric, colors are alike. and
accepted in bulk by all the houses, but
in shapes the milliners disagree.
1t is the women who make the trou-
BILE The high position, or Puritan, as
we call it over here sometimes. was
launched, as you know, as the first hat
of the autumn, and was instantly
copied in every shop and sold at any
price that suited the purse.
The woman who paid $40 for the
original model soon saw its copy on
the heads of half the women, on 9Th as
well as 5th avenue. 1t was the hat OF
the moment and everybody had to have
1t. It's popularity is still undisputed.
but how long will it last? Will it es-
tablish and finally settle the high
crown is the main query. The millin-
ers at first said that none but the high
crown would be fashionable. but lately
they have weakened on this statement.
Their customers have refused to undo
all their achievement in good looks by
wearing an unbecoming hat.
Every Woman Suited.
Therefore. wide-brimmed sailor shapes
have been offered to those whose faces
will not permit of a crown that elon-
gates every feature; each crown is lift
ed higher than it was last winter, and
the entirely fat one has been abon-
doned, but there is far more modera-
ton now than was threatened when
the first day of September broke. Then
things looked gloomy indeed: now the
Gun shines.
1t appears that every woman may be
suited If she looks long and well for
tribute, undoubtedly, to excellent
dressing. But it is easy to believe
what the milliners claim: That the
woman who wears the high-crowned
hat will look smarter. more in the pic
ture, than she who retains the low one.
So one must make a choice between
what is becoming to ones type and
what is new and fashionable. We have
had to make this choice so often in
the near past that our minds should
be very well made up as to what
course to pursue.
New Collar Has Arrived.
The wide shoulder cape collar Of Or
candle that was commonly worn
throughout the summer has not been
abandoned because cold weather has
arrived. It has come to stay for sew
eral months. one would judge by the
varieties of it that are offered in vari-
Gus fabrics. Chiffon and cloth edged
with fur have replaced the white mus
lin one on coat suits, although one
piece frocks hold to the original model
The newest ideas in these accessor-
les Is deeper and higher than any of
its predecessors 1t is shown in the
sketch. The hat is the now well
known pot shape which may be Puri-
tan. position. Elton, Robespierre. stove
pipe. 1870 or anything else one thinks
of calling 1T It is made of sealskin
which has returned to high fashion
and is trimmed with bands of ermine
again hecked with the black tails that
fashion removed from the white fur
surface several years ago.
The muf matches the hat: II is in
barrel shape. thoroughly well stuffed
as the NUTS of the last few winters
have not been. for the hatter they
were the smarter they were. No really
fiat muffs are in fashion now, so the
woman who owns good peltry in the
old shape needs must go to the furriers