Show New To ToBe Be r CHANGES RADICAL IN HATS ATS Seen Seep Spring Styles In Local focal Stores SLIGHT BUT V T DIFFERENCES IN GOWNS J S 1 It may seem a far cry from the be beginning beginning beginning ginning of Lent to the gay time of Easter Euster but milliners must be fore forehanded forehanded handed with their wares in this day and already the local shops are show showIng showIng showing Ing all kinds of spring sprin and even sum summer summer mer styles Each Bach year the cry of or style becomes more moro and und more insistent and the styles for the present season bid fair to rival those o ot of any which preceded it at least any since the extravagant reign of Louis XIV Not only are the colors richer and more abundant than those with which a bounteous nature blesses mankind but the prices are greater than any ever before known in the west went Time was when 30 or 40 was wasa a 0 high hf h price to pay for the Easter bon bonnet bonnet bonnet net but not so today tOda Prices range all nil the way from the plebeian styles to hats hilts of some and upwards Need Neediest Needless less leeK to say sa one does not go bareheaded for the lack of or these latter The day of the styles is fro the present Never were seen such sueh before Nor does the thero ro style stylo mean anything either cheap or unseemly Instead the largest t and most exclusive shops are those which make malte hats for the street for tor travel and for business alone The present season shows such n a variety of or styles and the prices are so 80 high that the novice wonders what will be the price of real 1001 millin orv or orSOME orSOME SOME OF THE STYLES IN HATS TO BE SEEN SEENA A particularly street hat is the Napoleon style which is shown in inthe inthe inthe the true shape worn by the great con conqueror and in modified forms as well The style is not by any means so try trying tryIng trying ing to the face as one might imagine and will doubtless be worn by all ages from the tiny maiden for whose especial es especial especIal benefit it was revived some few yearn earn ago to the woman well into mid middle middle middie dle die age Another style somewhat similar In effect is the Colonial which is seen in inthe inthe inthe the hat of the day or Washington and also Ii in a smaller style suitable for fot a compromise be between between tween a bonnet and hat This will consequently be worn by all ages Perhaps the most choice hat yown own wn so far is the polo turban a close little turban shown in Fren and Japanese Polo though one fails to see anything of ot a Japanese order in the style The Thel hat l at is is particularly fetching on the tho had of a good looking girl with a ht bit bitof bitor bitof of or dash to her carriage It is shown in all colors and in a variety of ma materials materials Sailors in the plain style are no more to be seen but the popular French tailor sailor is back among us with only a few touches to distin it from that of o three years ears ago The most daring hat to be seen in intha inthe inthe the tha varieties is the Tom Tommy Tommy Tommy my Atkins a jaunty jaunt little piece as saucy as its name implies and to be bl b worn just as the English soldier wears his Still another distinctive one is the Scotch cap somewhat like a Tam Tarn OShanter in form and really becoming to a pretty face Despite these many I styles with cognomens of their own there are many nameless ones which are as attractive as these The toques which have been quite quire the thing for forr matron and maid the past few rew years ears are still in vogue and are as jaunty and fetching as ever eyer They Y tre tetO shown in ip the simplest materials and also in inthe inthe inthe the most exclusive Something About the Creations But if l the styles les are areso areso areso so bewitching and so expensive as well what must be said ot of o those hats which are not called by any such common commonplace commonplace i place names but are designated as i creations confection confections chapeaux chapeaus etc Such lavish colorings and such magnificence of or effect has never before dominated any season Feathers and flowers have grouped together and with these are fancy straws maline tulle t lle lace ornaments and even em a touch of fur furIn In the local shops are to be found everything which might be sought on I Fifth avenue and many hats bats brought direct from Paris These more exclusive exclusive ive he hats huts are many of them impossible of ot imitation and doubtless the model will be gone in most instances before a satisfactory copy could be made The large plaques of last year are now turned anti and an twisted into every ever conceivable conceivable able shape and some that are almost inconceivable Everything Ever thing that the mind of ingenuity can conjure into a ahead ahead ahead head dress has been produced in one form or another One hat is shown in the Charlotte Charlott Corday style r mades made mad entirely of ot Irish point lace and ald satin ribbon in three shades of or rose The rich ich lace laco dropping over the face is relieved d of its dead whiteness with the brilliant tones of the ribbon the whole making a striking striking ing in combination A French sailor of or moss green gr en straw is trimmed with ith withered roses roses and nd their foliage The roses are massed in great clusters at the back of the hat i where the wide brim is rolled up to a great height and the same flowers are seen in clusters in the front as aswell aswell well wen Bright blue satin braid twisted into int inta a fantastic shape is used with great masses of ot American Beauties and knots of narrow narrow velvet ribbon the straw hold the roses roseS in place A toque similar in shape shupe to those worn last year is made in the foundation foundation foundation tion part of pink Napoleon braid with ith B TWO OF THE NEW SPRING HATS Taken Especially For The Herald s sv sK sors v K ors C Y rC Gr a t 2 5 r t THE POLO THE NAPOLEON an entire brim of ot lilacs in pastel shades Lilacs are seen in fact in lavish lav lavish lavish ish profusion everywhere both in com combination combination combination with other flowers and alone Hat Big as a Cartwheel A Gainsborough large enough in di diameter diameter diameter ameter to form the proverbial cart cartwheel cartwheel cartwheel wheel is shown in creamy white with witha a wreath or of o lilacs in the natural shades around the crown and three e shaded sI plumes drooping over the hair beneath the wide brim A low flat hat of 01 black Neapolitan I braid is trimmed with ith clusters of ot roses i and set on a ribbon of pale blue while beneath the brim droop three pale blue plumes A combination of Tuscan and Neap Neapolitan Neapolitan Neapolitan braid makes mak s a cream hat trimmed with pink This is a Georg iette sailor though the word sailor is no suggestion of ot the hat The wide brim turns up at the back and sur surrounding surrounding surrounding rounding the crown is a row of small I pink roses while from underneath the left side comes a cluster of or three plumes shaded from cream white to rose pink Another French sailor is of ot moss green Tuscan with row r of nots and roses surrounding the crown and a chou thou of two shades of green rib ribbon ribbon ribbon bon made into a mass falling toward the th front fron t over the crown The Lillian Russell toque of or burnt Tuscan braid is trimmed with ith droop drooping droopIng drooping ing clusters of lilacs and their foliage and within the enclosure formed by bythe b bythe the high brim is a low uneven une n bed of the foliage alone aloneA A black and white hat of lace with witha a row of tiny pink rose buds is ia perhaps the most stunning hat shown so far farin farin farin in the shops The Th top is entirely of black lace the oC ot white lace la e while rising from the back and falling both forward and backward is a mass massof massot massof I of ot six pure white plumes The pink roses are across the front The price j lis is something up in three figures I A flat blue satin chip is no less than twenty inches in diameter and is trimmed with three roses ot or proportion proportionate ate size in the vastel pastel shades going goin from the bright fresh pink of ot the full blown roses to the rotten rose color colorI I which is easily easi recognized in dead roses Despite all this beauty many of ot the newest things will hardly find favor faor favorIn in the popular eye The French wo women women women men where headgear has its origin are wonderfully original in ill the ar arrangement arrangement arrangement of the hair hall and are most skillful in making the head conform to the new hats Not so the American woman although a step has been tak taken taken taken en In thia thi direction In the shops bunches of curls in all shades of ot hair are arc kept ready read and when the hat needs filling out here or there these serviceable adjuncts are called into use and d adjusted a e at nt the he proper spot spot ThUs Thos Is nature net it able as assistance assistance assistance in the making makinI of the cos costume tunic tume tl nic Styles Sty Little Girls But Bu there th re is one set to whom hom the modern moden milliner caters which needs no such sucK makeup nor does the wise milliner mil milliner milliner liner suggest anything more than ui na nature nature nature ture has har done The daintiest had hea l gear is that shown for the maidens up to 6 Little L tle hats of ot real reul lace with plumes or coy rosebuds are seam s an in inmany inman inmany many man of ot the shapes which will m adorn the larger head but they are seen to better advantage A poke bonnet ot of fine straw Is h trimmed with large ro rosettes rosettes rosettes of shirred slurred ribbon while a n soft lining of or chiffon and strings of the same make maRe a picture worth orth looking at aL atA aLA A Scotch Sc Tam Tarn OShanter effect is seen iu in Neapolitan straw a narrow W row ribbon ruche beneath the brim being set off of with ith a mass of oC white mf itea it Another bonnet is formed of oC a large kuge flat fiat hat l bent into shape and r rolled filled back baek over the forehead At the Ul left i iside side is a cluster of asters with foli foliage foliage I age and ribbon rosettes are just above the long ties tiesA tiesA A Napoleon apoleon hat for a little tot is of fine Leghorn and aud has HI a amt under I facing of shirred chiffon and rosettes and ties of or the same Another pretty style is that drooping i over oer the face like Uke the Charlotte Cor Corday Corday Corday day but with a wider brim One is shown of soft liberty libert silk on a wire frame with bows bos of ribbon tied above 1 oe the hair BRIGHT COLORS IN THE NEW SPRING GOWNS One of the first things that appeals to tho the good dresser at the change of seasons is the mass of color The present season gives precedence to some new colors but holds pretty closely to those found to be ao teo popular popular popular lar last year First In precedence come the shades of mulberry with a new French name attached Next is the popular and color reseda green and und a close third is the absence of oC all allwhite white These three will be seen perhaps more than any an of the others but that does not mean that all aU the colors in the rainbow and many never neverseen neverseen neverseen seen there will not be worn Indeed it itis itis itis is safe to say sa that every color will be worn Coral is particularly desirable in the ribbon shades and in hat trim trimmings trimmings Pastel shades which means the careful blending of ot tones in m any light colors will also be popular Veaux rose which was seen in flowers and andin andin andin in trimmings so much last lust autumn Is 15 still popular and ash hues hiles are quite rs to the front But toque coque la 1 ruche 1 is ison on the wane The touch of burnt orange which has grown to such HJ an extensive touch that it is Is doomed omed to disappearance e a aa at as asa a t whole is waning and the various shades sh d a of gray r will take its place Gra Grais Grai Gray is i to be the spring sprint color to m gowns no m matter how much It may be relieved r by ley G brighter hues in trimmings and millinery milliner Gowns in the 1830 Style In the matter of oC gowns gow th the st sty i is still to the front Toke Time long droop drooping lag ing tn shoulder r which has hu come to hr h significant of oC grace is the feature anti ana rows of shirring g on Ob the short length gown bring ri h ck the fashion plate plater pia tf of bygone b days daS Did I say sa v short hort length lend h skirts No Xo they too are are doomed ami ct ar nd l the tile style prescribed p Is that most un ur uncomfortable comfortable ble on one of round length ver Vf very ry much below w the fe feet t Few Fe gowns ar shown with trains but much worse t manage than the train is the toe long lone Ion go goof gow o i of or full proportions fAd ed on th Ulan plan of or the Uie short skirt Perhaps the moat t decided deckled innovation in gowns shown in the local shops shop i if it that f ha t of the lace waist with ith should straps or rather suspenders and belt boH 1 1 f fot of ot the skirt material The Th style va vaen w a aHen aseen seen Hen en here heie first on Edna Wallace Hop Hoj Hopper Hoper per when she appeared In It an outdo gown gon ia is The Country Mouse It i ia ia a graceful pretty style for a youthful maiden but older women oRten will wUl be very verv en guarded about appearing in it Silk Jackets Ja Replace Shirt Waists Some beautiful spring gowns at an shown in the silk jackets and skirts skirt which are to take the place tw fee th early season se son at least of the shirt shirtwaist t waist suits of oC last year A tendency to make even these supposedly plain gowns much more elaborate ela borate is deplored de deplored dep p ored as s claim cAlim that t the they tiley lose a certain trimness of ot a m when they are covered with shirring and They are shown in iu grays gratis browns blues and above all gre greens ns With these are the most elaborate elaborate elaborate orate separate separ te waists ever eer shown In Inthe the city One in a local store is fir of f white illusion finely woven w ven and mad madin mada in a multiplicity of frills and bertha berthas I e Sewed to this soft are art exquisite pieces of or in faint Persian colors the whole making a garment elaborate enough for tor the most important event Simpler but no less lees expensive waists are shown in wash materials One of fine Per Persian Persian Persian sian with insertions of real Val Valenciennes Valenciennes Valenciennes lace and hand embroidery embroider iu m pale blue linen is set at the modest price of 30 Shirtwaist suits will still be popular however and these are shown in plain colors and simple materials as well wen as expensive materials and in loud plaids and dainty shepherd plaids |