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Show ' , CeiJW 11 Charles ' (THE MID-WINTER HAT Page II By HELEN FALCO 11 Ec"tor j sembled than by any very decisive change of shape or material. Returning Return-ing travelers, who Lavo lingered In Paris to avail themselves of the latest developments In foreign fashions, have brought with them some exquisite creations, which represent tho newest Ideas extant in tho French capital. Not always are the ultra-high crowns made by the actual height of the shapo Itself, but oftcner Is tho effect devised by the clever use of wired hold hussar effect is given by tho two Btralght black ostrich plumes. Beneath this one. is a Napoleon shaped hat. The material Is black DELICATE, FILM! MESH IN VEILINGS Metal Laces in Great Vogue for Trijnmings Elaborate, Almost Oriental Rk "mess of Ornamentation-New Ornamentation-New Styles in Laces Is tho white fcU picture bat in tho centro of the drawing. A ribbon of black and whits stripe 13 draped In fold3 around tho brim. A large bow of I ho Bane material Is placed on top of the turned up brim, well to the front. RUSSIAN TURBANS More Popular than Ever this Season Fur Trimmings Trim-mings Used Great Deal IF ono can say with accuracy that there is anv dominant note at all in tho millinery styles for this winter, this noto Is tho Russian. It nnvtbing, it will be more popular even than it was last season. Turbans there are on every hand, some of them look, at a distance, llko the headgear of the marauding Cossack, some llko a Hussar's shako. But. to be precise, It Is hardly correct cor-rect to talk of a dominant note. For the principal feature of the winter hats is that a clever woman can wear almost any style that suits her and be very fashionable. To be sure she can Bdapt her favorite style after th Russian manner and give an added chic touch. For the Russian vogue comes not only In the shape of the headgear but In the trimmings. Fur Is used more extensively than ever. This, of course, should match tho pelt of the Jacket or paletot If worn with a plain tailor-built It 6hould harmonize with the general color scheme. More Revivals. It is good news to almost every woman that the three-cornered hat of last season is to appear again, as this shape is one of the most becoming It is modified and changed a little, of course, but In general outline it gives tho same effect Some three-cornered hats 6how a very fetching new treatment treat-ment in tho covering of the crown and upper brim In black and white Striped Bilk. Such a hat, faced in black velvet with a black aigrette catching up the brim as it turned back against tho crowu, was very smart indeed. in-deed. A clever woman who chance to have a shape of this kind faced in black veUet can cover the top of the hat with black and -white silk and make for herself a most fetching winter win-ter hat. Cockades are still in high favor, not only for three-cornered hats, but for many plain walking shape?, and are excellent trimming for the morning hat; their stiff and trig outline being exactly the thing for tho smart tailor-made. tailor-made. Taffeta or louislne silk is seen in many models, especially those for tho mid-season before" actual winter weather sets in. A lovely French hat is covered In heliotrope taffeta put on perfectly plain over a broad, round crown and wide brim; the only trimming trim-ming Is a flat banding of tho silk embroidered em-broidered in a conventional design of self-tone soutache which is laid around the crown and manipulated into in-to a bow so plain that It is tailored in its effect. The braiding appears! again on the edge of the brim. An abslnthc-green toque in soft beaver had a turned-up brim faced in velvet of the same tone; slanting off to tho left there was a fancy aigrette, also in absinthe-green, held in place by a lovely jeweled ornament a green turquolso matrix. Magnificent Trimmings. Gold and silver laces aje more sumptuous than ever and make gorgeous gor-geous combinations with velvets and silks of winter millinery. One very charming black velvet hat, straight and broad of brim and with a rather flat crown, has, as Its only trimming, a scarf of silver lace brought around the crown and manipulated into a beautiful bow at the side. This bow, by the way, unllko most examples, does not flare upwards, but spreads out wide and close to the brim. Tho earliest Importations of French hats for autumn wearing arc dominated dominat-ed by the element of distinct plc-turesquoners. plc-turesquoners. This effect is obtained rather by the set of the trimming and tho way tho several parts are as- hat, lined with black satin. It has a full tam-o-shanter crown of Persian silk, with a band of black silk around i tho crown. Bows and How to Make Them. Tho bows which trim tho new hats nro charmingly graceful in their arrangement ar-rangement this year. They are not made, however, in the usual way by i pinching tho loops into a tight urns and tying securely with wire. To givo the suggestion of ease and looseness which now characterizes them, the loops aro formed on the hat and fastenod with long stitchoB drawn over the centre of tho bow as each loop Is made. In wiring this type of bow bend the wlro over In narrow points as shown In tho first illustration illustra-tion In the middle of the page to extend ex-tend within half an Inch of tho end of the loop. Sew the wire In each loop as you make the bow and socuro with slip-stitches concealed under the folds. This holds tho bow firmly without detracting de-tracting from tho soft appearance which is its chief charm. Heavy thread and metal laces are pretty features of the winter hats designed de-signed to wear with dressy clothes. This is shown In a new application with the straight edge of tho lace sewed to tho brim edge, and the scallops falling in a looso arrangement arrange-ment over the brim and crown. This idea is one which you may mako practical prac-tical uso of In remodeling an old hat which has become spotted or shows signs of wear on the uppor brim. Tho scallop should not be fastened tight, but held here and there with, long tacks. Vcil6 and Their Meshlngs. Tho extremely spider-web and filmy treatments of last spring aro repeated In many variations, while the laco veil is moro than ever popular. The decidedly de-cidedly new thing among the latter is the filet mesh which comes in either black or white with a little, square, all-over motif and a blocked pattern at the edge. This has much distinction, distinc-tion, and Is becoming as well as smart In one charming lace veil with ovals I saw tho samo tendency to combine three or four meshes as among the laces. The big oval openings open-ings are in one size, tho main veil in ,. 1 another, whereas the patterned edge is smaller still. Although this veil is one of tho marked novelties of tho season It Is one that should be worn only by tho right person, as it is by no means suited to every face. Tho new color In lace veil la a champagne tint a good deal deeper than cream, and this promises to be highly popular, pop-ular, since it has tho charming faculty of softening tho face and is an Improvement Im-provement over the harshness of tho dead-whlto veil. The fine meshe3 are so filmy and shadowy In tissue and confused In pattern that they have been named "cracle." They como nearest, perhaps, in effect to tho crackled patterns of frost on tho pane. New Laces. The distinctive feature of new laces is too combination in one design of several sized meshes, there being as j many as three or four placed together, and never less than two. The newest lace, known as mallno lace, it being given the treatment just described. Its pattern is very lovely, delicate and filmy, an arrangement of ferns overspreading over-spreading the main body with a j strengthening at the edge of a wild- j rose motif. This last is supplemented by a feathery sprinkling of tiny dots. J It measures eighteen inches in width. Belonging to tho same family Is tho mediaeval mallne lace, with its quaint, charming little pattern showing the figure of a woman holding a niaco or hatchet in either hand. This approaches ap-proaches very nearly a real lace In ItJ effect and Is one of tho most popular styles of the year. ft loops, or by tall upstanding shlrrlngs or pleatlnga of net or malines. A Beautiful Matinee Hat. The drawingB on this pago illii3trate rather well the prevailing tendency of the winter's fashions. The one in the top left hand corner la a charming matineG hat for a youug girl being, of course, too dressy for general street wear. It should bo worn with a fur coat It Is a mushroom-shaped toque of black velvet arranged in folds that aro massed high up in the back. It is trimmed with a band of mink low down on the brim and caught at the right side, well to tho back, with a cluster of pink roses that add a chaiming note of color. Tho next one will bo recognized ns a picture hat of . tho Gainsborough type that -would mako a stunning effect ef-fect in tho evening. It Is of white felt, with black and white plumes curling right back oor the brim to the shoulder. To tho right of this Is a black satin, basket shaped model, trimmer! with u band of sablo. A satin. A delightfully quaint, almost oriental touch Is added by a strip of Persian embroidery, which is let in to the left of the brim. A band of the same embroidery falls around the brim and Is loosely knotted at the sldo, A magnificent creation, to my mind, In the lower left hand corner is a turban that strongly suggests the Hindoo headgear. It 13 of blue and green Persian silk a fascinating cora-b. cora-b. nation with ospreys of the same colors held in place by a huge gold buckle. At tho extreme left Is a white satin |