Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1912 — HATS MOSTLY IN ONE COLOR [ARTICLE]

HATS MOSTLY IN ONE COLOR

One Small, Vivid Touch of Display fa About the Only Thing Permissible at This Time. ' Hats show nothing now. They cover the head as well as they can and' since becoming accustomed to the style people like it. Women look odd with none of the back hair showing, but oddity is apparently something the couturier and modiste both seek for their clients. Plush and velvet make the best big hats, while those for smaller shapes are of fur—if the owner can afford the fur, for only good pieces go in hats, and such a hat means a handful of money. A class of women wear imitation fur, even on the head, where the counterfeit is so marked, but . well dressed women do not incline to it During the last few days a note of red has been introduced on black hats for morning wear. This is generally in q chou of ruby, scarlet or empire red, and little is employed. There is no great variety about hats this winter. All the best are in black and white and when’ not that, then in violet or a rich purple; they remain simple and require little trimming. The one color feature is mostly followed. Shapes are not pretty, but they are picturesque and fit the head well. If a color be put with purple it is dark blue. This combination is put in dresses, too, and with the two for embroidery there is often a note of cerise and yellow, only a suggestion of the latter. Plumes are no longer modest. They are long and wide, ths strands sometimes covering the whole hat.