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Show Monkey FurFringes Shadow t he Face Touches of Met al Ribbon and Lace Add Sparkle Spar-kle To Dark Hats - Ostrich Hf Plumes Reach Height of Glory In Midwinter-Velvet Ribbon Trims Debutante Hats Sufficiently. jf.V December, winter piininery I I i I reaches Its ve ry apex of Import -Hl t I ance. With the beginning of Jan-I Jan-I uar : he l'alm Beach h;u.s begin IlB to appear in shop windows, BOCietJ prepares for Its annual hcjelra southward south-ward and burning: Interest in winter fashions is pone, although, of course. V styles selected during the eiVlfer ili weeks will nmintaln their popularity '11 for several weeks to come. But in !j f December new winter modes are still j arriving. This is the month of months ;jr in i,f ;n ..-w V.i; . Tn. debutantes til! nre making: their bows with number-I number-I H rss dinners, dances luncheons and !rJ i .matinee parties as side issues. The1 !,! I ;i ' 'i. inn t m t a Have returned from IbIH ;thelr honeymoon trips and for thorn B also are smart social events arranged iM by eager hostesses. All the big char-It char-It Ity affairs crowd Into December too to catch patrons before the Balm h'liv rBeach flitting begins. The opera Is a f'f'Pj .high social interest find toward the j It fend of the month the holiday festivl-I festivl-I 'ties start In. One must have plenty; i of clothes to get through gay Decem- ii her In town and not the least Important Im-portant Item in the wardrobe Is mil-Uiilf mil-Uiilf 1 in cry. Hats Accompany Formal Costumes ! I With almost eer costume except. M .1 ithc house frock for mornings and the danco frock for evenings, the hat is IIti I ftn '"dispensable feature. Hats are 1 worn at luncheons and at afternoon Vfl tl bridge affairs even when the coat Is Bjlii left in a dressing room. 'Hals aecom-Iany aecom-Iany restaurant d'.nner costumes ex-'II ex-'II tept in very exclusive dining places 111 I where women are going on to some 111 priaie dance or other entertainment. Ill jllats nnd matinee frocks are partners j though during the play the hat rests Jill i' In the frock's lap. And. of course a Jk smart hat is an Integral part of a tea-r tea-r I hour costume Woman does her hair. I f during the day. to suit her hats. Only :Harocn TroTxiBfim for an ejenlng costume Is the coiffure piled high and adorned with a big comb. For hat-hours the hair must be as close to the head as possible and most of the locks unless one Is blessed with a quantity of hair arc trained down over the ears to show under the hatbrlm. A good many very ' smart looking women would be for-, for-, lorn spectacles Indeed were they com- polled to remove that boon companion. ! the hat. at some unexpected moment of the day. Ostrich Supreme This Season The most .superb hats of December are loaded with ostrich Feathers are i enormously fashionable and the more you can hue of them on one hat, the more Impressivo and elegant the effect. ef-fect. And Ihe more expensive! Who wouldn't gladly sacrifice a year of her life way at the further end. of course, when so much life won't be needed as just now to possess an ostrich loaded j picture hat like the gorgeous affair illustrated on todays page? Many, many times ten dollars does a hat like i this cost more than one used to think wait a tidy price for a fur coat; but such a hut would carry off the simplest frock successfully , provided of course, hoot.s. gloves and other small belongings belong-ings were irreproachable. One must live up to stich a hat. you know. It demands perfection even if the perfection per-fection expresses utmost simplicity. The pictured hat Is of black velvet lone of those new shapes that arc so marvelouSly soft and limp off the head but assume fascinating lines of grace I when on. The plumage Is taupe colored ! and Is made of uncurled ostrich. Tt i all cho"wer, of In onepieco.asplendld wreathof ostrich that curls all around the hat, covering the brim and dropping over its edge while one end of the ostrich garland I drops to the shoulder behind the right I ear. It takes a pretty face to carry off a hat like that; though most women probably think they would be pre'tj I enough if they could wear sur h a won - I derful chapeau. Feathers B.i-iai in Odd .is Another hat shown today has twin ostrich plumes, one drooping over! each side of t he hat, a roll brim sailor j shape of black hatter's plush. The feathers are in a soft fawn shade and one curls toward the front while the other has a backward slant, making J a soft background for the head at the left side. There are numberless ways of arranging feathers and the more daring the arrangement the smarter the line of the hat. A Lewis model of black velvet, rather h gh crowned and with a brim turning' .sharply upward at one side has two full, rich ostrich tips In Jide green, one sprawling across ihe top of the crown and the other tumbling overi the tumed-up brim to touch the hair, j An Odette model, small and dainty of line and made of gray velvet, has a long gray ostrich feather which Is ; caught under the narrow brim at one i side The feather is straight and j v, Two Handsome Plumes fe JKKBB6ri a Bim Shape 12 ibbon. and Hatter rp Pluh j wired for ten Inches and shoots downward down-ward at the back at an angle of sixty degrees, the curled under tip resting on the shoulder blades. If you are clever at arranging feathers you can possess a wonderfully wonder-fully smart hat at little expense comparatively little, that Is paying only for the feathers and the velvet shape. A woman picked up a taupe velvet picture hat the other day on a ' selling-out" counter for $3 9S. nnd at the feather counter purchased for five dollars each two beautiful very full taupe ostrich tips The velvet hat had a crown of gold and brown brocade and the brim was l.mp and soft, marking the well-made hat. She laid the ostrich tips on their backs, one Slightly behind the other, an. I tacked the two along one side of the Wide velvef brim, the hlndm'dSl fea'h- p ' J er curling forward just at the cdg3 of. j the brim and the other one curling! forward about midway of the side. The quills of the tips came almost I to the front edge of the brim. 1' . took five minutes to fasten on those feathers and the result was a hand' some hat that looked four tlme5 Its , price. Considering the smart Style of ostrich this Season and Ihe enormoii" , demand for It It Is really marvelousi how ;lttle it costs in comparison with 'some other articles of drcs.. But In buying a feather hat ready trimmed ' you pay not only for the feathers bul for the infinite art of their arrange-1 nienl: for Ihe convenience and sstis-facfion sstis-facfion of knowing ju.-t how your ha' Is going to look without personal experiments ex-periments at home and also, of course, for the prestige of the shop , .-nd for Its luxurious and beautiful j furnishings even for the silver hut-, hut-, tons of the little messenger boy who delivers your hatbox. Tailored Hats For December Days Shopping is an important feature of prc-Christmas days, vo the sho;- ping hat must be car' fully considered also One meets Everybody one knows on the Avenue and In the adjacent side streets during the December weeks and the luncheon places and j the tea rooms are filled with Mrcd I shoppers recuperating over a cup of tea. or something more substantial In a ropast. Of all the tailored hats launched this year, most popular Is the bowl shaped turban with a wide, unstlffened brim of velvet crushed back against the crown. Usually the brim Is a mere flounce of doubled elvct. or silk-lined velvet, attached to the bowl shaped crown and then .urnod up and caught against the crown at back and front while the sides flare out smartly. Sometime! fine wires arc run through cordlr.sts all around the limp brim, which helps to hold the hat in correct shape I through weeks of wear These hats fit down closely and softly over the head. I ke a cap. and they are almost " 1 Invariably becoming for the limp brim may be dragged this way and that to suit the face. Another popular turban style Is j shown In a picture ioday. This aho is u soft mod. I. like a -.n and It Is i made of hatter's plush in tobacco brown. The feather, slanted across the brim at one side is in brown, cop- per and brick tones. A turban much m ogue now in Paris was designed by Lanvin for a French actress. It ll of lustrous blac.k taffeta and has j cap-like draped crown and a soft brim that turns back from the face and i' I held by a pearl ornament. Usually . a veil of Chantllly lace Is draped over j this small, very chic black turban A most engagiqg (.urban Is the petite q modd of maroon v r I : with f-ratli'r tufts I n p e in i sn ugg'.mg .''.1 . around Ihe crown. A larger h.nt in the fashionable marquis shape h'si brim pointed in the back and folded over the crown to slip through a slash in the front brim A paradise feather shools off at one side to em- II phasize the arrangement. Kor a deb- J, utante is the big sailor trimmed only with two loops nnd an end of wide velvet ribbon. This hat is all black j a n d Is especially smart and distinc- Ji live. I I |