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Show i sit Five O'clock Tea ;-0f' -v . o,' --CV.SS- f . V ' f THE very large cities, and a few smaller ones, have succeeded in establishing the custom of "five o'clock tea," which is altogether worth while; It is a little event in the day, for those who would otherwise other-wise stay at home, which takes women wom-en out of ctoors for a space and brings them into, inspiring touch with each other. (After the matinee or the afternoon's after-noon's shopping one may see women , j at their prettiest in , the tea rooms of "the hotels, or the great shops, or at those confectioners who are wise enough to provide an attractive rendezvous ren-dezvous for homeward bound patrons. The comfortable part is that one may be gowned appropriately in the plainest plain-est of tailor-mades or in more pretentious preten-tious .visiting costumes, and, in the matter of "millinery, everything is ad-missabble, ad-missabble, with the tendency toward dressy hats, ever growing in favor. Hats plain, more hats semi-dress and most hats dressy may be looked for at the five o'clock tea. This latitude in millinery Is portrayed por-trayed in the three hats, shown here. In Fig. 1, a clever little bonnet shape of deep rose colored braid boasts no trimming, but a quilling of ribbon about the face and a sash about the crown. This is in a soft greyish, blue that seems somehow to have been borrowed bor-rowed from a tint in the braid. This hat was quite fit with a long enveloping envelop-ing cloak of dark blue cloth, which covered the matinee bodice of the wearer. The bonnet-like shape, with tan crown developed in dark amethyst plush is a striking model in a semi-dress semi-dress hat. The pendant beads and oriental embroidery take is a step beyond be-yond the tailored type. " The bonnet of velvet and- lace, modeled mod-eled on the Dutch shape, is an inspiration. inspira-tion. Big butterfly wings of lace, and a gilt and silver ornament make up its simple ensemble. But it is a hat to catch, and hold the attention and to compel admiration. ! Grouped about a table in a party of four one may find the plainest and the most elaborate of hats, with all wearers enjoying a sense of being correctly cor-rectly dressed. Pretty millinery and soft furs are charming for the 5 o'clock tea. JULIA BOTTOM LEY. |