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Show Mourning Millinery NEW models from Paris in mourning mourn-ing millinery show a degree of style and smartness which is hard to achieve in any apparel having less individuality than this special class. A turban and a hat, both designed for a widow, are pictured pic-tured here. They are wonderful examples ex-amples of this class of millinery. The turban, which might more consistently con-sistently be called a turban-bonnet, is as simple in outline as possible and covered with English crape drawn smoothly over the crown. Its distinction distinc-tion lies In the graceful draping and great length of the beautiful veil. A width of crape, two yards long, is finished fin-ished with a hem set on at the bottom bot-tom a quarter of a yard deep. The other end is wound about the turban frame, exactly in the fashion of an Oriental turban. The crape veil thus provides drapery for the turban, a scarf about the shoulders and the regulation reg-ulation widow's veil, all in one. A ruche is not worn with this crape tur- ban, but is in evidence in toques and bonnets when there is a preference for It, The beautiful sailor shape with square crown and rolling brim, is covered cov-ered with a dull-finished black silk. A band of crape as wide as the crown is laid smoothly about It. A broad crape bow is poised across the front with a crape-covered buckle at its center. The long crape veil laid in a double box plait and sewed to the under brim, close to' the head, is a purely decorative feature, although it may be worn about the neck In a scarf-like manner. This fashion of wearing the drape like a throw about the neck may bring about a lengthening of the veil. It is a very graceful fashion. Since crape is manufactured so thai; it is waterproof, it is as useful, indeed, in-deed, more useful, than fabrics not so protected, and may be used more freely free-ly than ever, before. A JULIA BOTTOMLEY. |