Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-02
SATIN IS USED IN WINTER HATS

along with the Chinese fabrics ant
to fill the place of the European i'm.
portations, Is strangely In keeping with
some of the Russian shapes, and even
the colors of the Chinese ornament
which hangs from the button at the
top, closely resemble those used by the
Slavs. Well, there were days In tho
formation of the races on this planet
when the Mongolian and the Russian
were closely mingled. Genghis Khan
left many Mongolian traces in that
vast bit of territory known as Russia,
and 1t may be that the hat was one.
The Transparent Brim.
Since the advent of the evening hat
as an adjunct to the low gown when
one Is dining In restaurants, there has
come into the fashions an entirely new
kind of millinery. These new things
are afternoon hats de luxe. All that
the milliners wanted q woman to wear
In the afternoon, and against which
she rebelled for many reasons, she is
happy to wear at night. 1t has given
her good opportunity to exploit the
wide brim, which motoring, dancing
and skating have put somewhat In the
background.
These brims are transparent. Car
toonists used to draw amusing pic.
lures of women using brims of hats
as "A substitute for wells, and the idea
was considered capricious and attrac-
tive; and, suddenly, 1t is taken seri-
ously. Metallic net and bullion lace
are used for these wide brims, and
the hat Is tilted so far forward over
the eyebrows that Ii Is an easy mat
ter to look upward through the fabric.
The fashion has also led to women
doing up their eyes bit I'm the Orien-
tai manner, so as to make them more
significant and expressive under the
half-concealing metal tissue.
The crowns of these large evening
hats are made Of crystals, of closely
crushed roses and of heavy metal en-
broidery on tulle or satin, but there are
no feathers. The much-vaunted os
trich feather, which was taken up BY
the best of the French designers Ia
September, did not gain place in the
affections of the public, aud tho
musketeer hat that Talbot revived.
with its sweeping plumes and Its like.
ness to those worn by the women of
the eighteenth century In England,
was taken up only by the Individual
who wanted something different from
her neighbOr.
1t may be safely said that I'm choos-
Ing an evening hat or one for the aft
ernoOn, II you have the social oppor-
tunity to exploit so ornamental an
article, It is wise to just look into the
metallic fabrics and go no further.
The straight sailor of cloth of silver
or gold Is not used for the evening,
but is kept for the street, strangely
enough, and Is sometimes worn with
severe black velvet gowns I'm the aft,
ernoon.
Makes AIIuring Picture.
1t Is at its very best i'm the latter
setting. The woman who can wear
simply cut, medieval frock of black
chiffon velvet, with its slightly open
neck, absence of collar and full
sleeves caught in with an embroid-
cred band at the wrist, and n straight
RebouX sailor of oXidized cloth OF
silver, Is sure of turning herself into
an alluring picture.
Ii Is not within the power of every
woman to look well in metallic hat
II she will be fashionable at the cost
of her appearance, let her take her
courage In both hands and defy Opin-
ion; but If she will compromise with
fashion and her appearance and will
see to 1t that flesh pink tulle is aid
somewhere in the intricacies of the
metallic lace or embroidery that makes
up the brim, she can frankly line
wide, transparent brim with double
thickness or plating of flesh pink
tulle. This will make hat more strik-
ing and effective than If the harshness
of its metallic threads Is left I'M
touched by softening veil.
Probably the best of these models
is one that has n crown entirely of
faint blush roses mounted on gold net
which Is pulled In and out of the flow
ers, and brim that Tits bit In front,
made of fine gold lace mounted on
flesh pink tulle. Across the back of
the brim there Is wide, eighteenth
century bow of blush pink velvet.
All Of these evening hats are worn
with low gowns more often than with
half-high ones, but so far they have
not been adopted at the theater, for
few women are willing TO go back to
the inconvenient days of holding
large hat on their laps, or, failing In
the attempt to hold 1t, spend most of
their time frantically grabbing II to
keep 1t from slipping, or picking 1t up
from under the heels of the man who
goes out between the acts.
Copyright. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)