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Show REACTION IS SURE FALL MILLINERY STYLES ARE TOO EXTREME. Good Designers Realize That Revision and Modification Will De De. manded by American Women Who Dress Well. No siren over called men to danger and destruction mfffo effectually than do millinery openings lure women Into bankruptcy of dross allowances. The cntlcomonta of tho fall oponlnga nro mnuy nnd deceptive. At first glance, tho nverago shopper Jin This Style Looks Heavy. s'lli decldo that all styles aro extreme ind sho must bo resigned. If sho so-octs so-octs her hat on this supposition sho s making a gravo mistake, because iftor tho exaggerations of tho fall pcnlngs will como a reaction In favor )f more snno styles. This much In warning. Do not buy your fall hat, which may havo to last you well Into tho winter, until you havt studied tho millinery field thoroughly. thor-oughly. Do not pin your faith to tho milliner's statement thnt only tho extreme ex-treme styles will bo worn. Oood designers de-signers nlrcatly admit thnt tho extreme ex-treme styles of tho moment will bo rovlsod nnd modified within n month's time. The American woman simply will not bo made to look llko a frump, and selecting nn extremo Btylo for mil-llnory mil-llnory for general wear, not occasions, stamps tho woman ns tho frump, the porson of hopelessly bad Inslo. Naturnlly tho first question raised at fall opening wns this: "What will replaco tho morry widow sailor?" And tho nnvorJs: "The Hngllsh walking hat, crossed with a man's silk tllo." Not n promising outlook, Is It, especially espe-cially for tho middle-aged womnn of conservative tastes? And the oddest thing about tho situation Is thnt tho woman who wore tho morry widow snllnr Is quite sure thnt sho onn swing to the other extreme nnd look smnrt In the severe Kngllsh lint which the millinery world Is trying to popularize. popular-ize. In addition to tho walking hat do-scribed do-scribed nbovo, thero are many largo and bizarre shnpos. Tho merry widow shape, probably a trifle larger In diameter, di-ameter, has n higher crown, nnd Is bent In tho back. Another largo hat suggesting tho summer picture hat, but trimmed with wintry fabrics, Is as broad ns tho merry widow, but droops on tho sides, suggesting tho big sunbonnct or scoop-shaped hat. In fact, tho extremo hats along thoso lines scorn almost to touch tho shoulder. Fluted brims npponr, nnd while there Is no bandeau, tho brim Is sharply tilted on tho loft side,. Crowns are generally high, somo running up absolutely straight and others graduated, gradu-ated, smaller at tho top than where thoy Join tho brim, llko a poach basket bas-ket What few toques nro shown at all havo clnborntcly fluted brims nnd a very heavy look. |