OCR Text |
Show Soft, Small Hat Is Now the Thing. ! ( , 2K v rMte n - ,v stf4tFF ' ? JUST now it la tuo soft little bat, i made of satin or velvet, that every one wants. Its crown Is Innocent of wires and Its brim gets along with only one or two. This bat fits snugly to the head, comes pretty well down and makes the hatpin unnecessary. It is charming and In addition to its modest size and comfortable fit, it is made up In black and In quiet colors. Muck velvet trimmed with black moire or satin ribbon, and soft taupe or mauve crepe with velvet to match are among the most successful developments. devel-opments. Muck is pre-eminent. Of a half dozen smartly dressed women one Is liable to find four of them wearing the soft little hat In black. A few aparce and soft feathers are liked for trimming or a small, close-set close-set bunch of quaint autumn flowers, or ornaments made of a fabric like that In the hat. These hats are designed de-signed to be elegant and inconspicuous. inconspicu-ous. liorders of fur will finish many of them as the weather grows cold. Among the loveliest models for the coming season are velvet caps with puffed crowns and a band of fur for I the brim part. Ure and a little bunch of flowers trim some of them Others are decorated with heavy, nar row rlbbous having a picot edge nixdo Into stiff little bows like a era-vtt era-vtt bow and mounted flat to the hat A bat that does early duty In the fall may take on the splendor of fur and lace, with a touch of vivid color In ornament or flower, when the snow flies. In spite of the prevalent soft crown and narrow brim there is a wide variety va-riety In shapes. Hats modeled after those painted by Kembrandt and called after the painter, are a feature of the season's styles. It Is only when one studies the work of the artist that an appreciation of these Itenibraodt bats Is possible. The soft, little hat la carefully mide and carefully finished. Linings are of silk always matching the hat In color and of a substantial quality. Altogether Alto-gether the season presents so far the best standards of quality In styles and materials that we have had. Judging from these early hata we are to rejoice re-joice in the popularity of real mllll nery. JULIA BOTTOMLEV. |