The evening world., 1921-02-03
Black the Prevailing Color of
Imported Creations-Prices
of Home Makes to Be Lower,
PerhapS-WinSome LaSsies
Display Styles, With Mar
garet Vessel an Enticing
Child "Vamp." A,,s..-

Partisan chapeaus and American
hats were rivals for attention at the
1921 Spring Fashion Show Of the
Retail Millinery Association Of
America at the Hotel Astor last
I night.
Black was the dominating note OF
the foreign creations. These hats ran
the gamut from severely tailored tri.
cornered shaLes 20 huge, fantastic
picture models. Trimmings of the
latest innovation were made. o;
leather, cellophane, straight ostrich
feathers hanging far over the shoul-
ders, monkey fur and curled ostrich
plumes set at odd angles upon origi-
nal shapes.
Some of the exhibitors intimated
that while it is possible that the
prices Of hats may be reduced in the
near future this would do little to-
ward keeping the already well-taxed
wallets from collapsing. for the very
good reason that women would only
buy more Of them. Yet it is scarcely
likely that imported models will fall
within this lowered price range as
Milton Wolf outbid competitors for
twenty-five fetching French models
at an auction held by Pearl White
of the movies and paid $4,000 for the
lot
The show opened with n frolic by
tots who were lifted from a pony
cart Immediately upon setting their
wee toes on the promenade they he
gan vamping shimmying and imi-
tating their older sister models az
they coquett!shly exhibited chiidrcn's
| headwear.
One OF the most winsome of these
baby "vamps" was six-yea r-Old Mar
garet Vessel, who while pirouetting
about the stage drew muCI admIYl-
ton both TO her quaint and graceful
performance and to the copy OF a
French hat which she displayed.
! This little chapeau was naise straw
with n white geOrgette CROWN EN-
broidered in hesh TibbOnoZine. Her
costume was pink maline, trimmed
with Farlands of flowers correspond
, ing with flowers us ed on hat.
Thelma Wood and May Ward also
attracted attention in the children's
Z
Dresden Doll, wore a poke bonnet Of
pearl gray with an ostrich plume
starting from centre OF crown coming
over edge OF brim, embroidered in
French Colors, with gray bow at back
The latter delighted the audience by
her fluttering capriCes as she tripped
over the stage exhibiting a black
moline hat with transparent brim and
solid crown of vari-colored bachelor
| buttons.
One of the sharpest features for
children's wear for the coming season
is tri-cornered hats in imitation of
| their elders, and also many large
fiower-trimmed leghorns.
! Among the striking French hats
were a trio shown by Frances Nc
| Cam, Ruth Alexander and Virginia
Van Name. Miss Mccain wore a
tangarine georgette wide -brimmed hat
| trimmed with monkey fur, and "A long
scarf of same material tossed care
| lessly over one shoulder. Miss Alex
nnder showed a most unusual model
| Of black Milan with twO-toned Gros-
! grain ribbon caught at centre OF top
( in areoplane bow and finished with
/ long streamers over shoulders. The
, unique feature of this amazing crea-
| ton was a black and white harem
veil OF chantilly lace. The third young
| woman wore a black Milan straw
model with extremely wide MORE rib
bon perched in fan shape across the
| front.
Typical Of approaching spring, sew
eral models were trimmed with brill
liant red cherries. on one hat these
were woven into a long strcameI
hanging over the shoulder, while on
another they were made OF blue kid
The versatility OF the mnliner's art
was demonstrated in six treat nent'
of a basic model. In this six pre-.
cisely similar frames were trimmed
in as many different ways to Ineet
the demands OF that number Of fem,
mime whms.