Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1912 — The HOME DEPARTMENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The HOME DEPARTMENT

NEW MILLINERY POINTS

60ME CHANGES IN STYLES ARE TO BE NOTED. Beal-Brown Color Maintains Its Popu- ~ larity—Gorgeousness Still Is a Marked Feature of the Fashions. The ever-interesting story of the hat holds the attention of womankind from dawn to sunset. It changes with the hours of the day, the days of the week, the weeks of the season. And because of its comparatively small Cost it appears In numbers in the ordinary woman’s outfit. Georgette is emphasizing the sealbrown color in millinery. It bids fair to supplant the black-and-white and blue-and-white alliance that was so strong. The tam-o’-shanter crown on a flat brim is another type of hat launched by this well-known milliner. This suggests a change from the beret cap, yet has all the becomingness of the cap-worn by the peasants in Spain. Maline hats are another innovation. The lightness of weight will commend them to women who cannot wear heavy chapeaux. Just one extreme hat that takes us back to Empress Eugenie, or, still further, to the Watteau period, has a flat top. There is Just a little gutter to suggest a crown, in which is laid a wreath of flowers. The hat is raised from the hair by a rose-covered bandeau, and velvet ribbons tie it securely on the head. The velvet facing is prominent, frequently combined with moire and fabrics that are excellent imitations of fur. Trimming has moved toward the front, the stiff cockades, brushes and cord ornaments being particularly favored for hats to be worn with directoire and revolutionary suits. The brim flares away from the face in many types, and huge buckles are noticeable, holding scarfs on .practical hats for fall and winter. Ribbon loops and bows are still good and inexpensive, while aigrettes have “been hlghly favored for afternoon and evening. Velour hats are in great demand, and the leading milliners in Paris are shoving them with smart ornaments of picot-edged faille ribbon. Mushroom shapes with tam-o’-shan-ter crowns are the important word in tho millinery story. Sailors in many varieties of velvet anil plush will be favored for walking suits, If the showing of a well-known bouse be an Indication. Ostrich fantaisies are used for afternoon hats. Wings rank next in importance, the white vulture, goura and magpie furnishing the greater part of the immense supply demanded by milliners.