Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1913 — Two Stable Styles in Millinery That Appear to Be Permanent [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Two Stable Styles in Millinery That Appear to Be Permanent

There is, quite evident, an awakening interest in the matter of millinery styles with some degree of permanence. At last season’s hat (in the nomenclature of the millinery trade) is the "deadest on earth.” But this is not altogether true, has not been in the past and will be less than ever true in the future. Women ,who own fine leghorn and panama hats are loath to have them reblocked or changed in outline, because they are beautiful in outline and quality to start with. By way of variety, they may be retrimmed from season to season. Sometimes a hat is so good from an artistic point of view, that worn or faded trimming is replaced with other exactly like it, or trimming is selected with a view to its capacity to stand cleaning. Hats modeled on those pictured by Rembrandt and Gainsborough belong to the'class which may be said to be srtWfcya. “good style.” This does not mean that they are always fashionable, it means that they must be reckoned with outside the realm of capricious fashions; that women of intelligence and fine taste will wear them at any time they see fit, regard-

less of the fashions of the moment. In Fig. 1 a Rembrandt turban is pictured made of Velvet. Two feathers only (from the pheasant) are used for trimming. Simplicity and grace are its paramount features and they are most important factors in all good millinery. In Fig. 2 a soft hat is shown, which is made of velveteen or other substantial fabrics, has no frame or wires and belongs to that order of millinery which is coming to be known as “the suit case hat” It is becoming popular to make such hats of the same fabric as the coat The hat shown is made of corduroy, the brim stiffened with an interlining and machine stitched. It is as practical as the good old-fash-ioned sunbonnet and occupies the same place in the winter wardrobe as its prototype does in that of summer. Since women are no longer satisfied with one or two hats, it would be wisdom for them to select the smart stable styles and wear them several seasons by way of change from their new hats.. For every woman wants a new hat; it is one of her dependable inspirations. JULIA BOTTOM LEY.